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Red River College's skilled trades students build new multi-purpose shed for Oak Hammock Marsh
Stonewall, MB – If you're planning a nature walk along the trails at Oak Hammock Marsh this Canada Day long weekend, you may spot a new cabin-like structure along the path. Today, Red River College's students and staff from the skilled trades programs will officially donate a new multi-purpose shed that they designed and built for the interpretive centre.
"As Manitoba's largest institute of applied learning and research, we take a hands-on, learn-by-doing approach to education, and this shed is a true example of this at work," said Paul Vogt, President and CEO, Red River College.
"We are proud to donate this structure to the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, and to share the talent and craftsmanship of our students and staff with the community to use and enjoy for years to come."
The shed project was an assignment for students in the Level 3 Carpentry, Level 2 Roofing, and Pre-Employment Electrical programs as part of their academic learning goals. Twenty-four students led by four instructors worked on the structure over five weeks between classroom theory lessons and time in the lab. The windows and doors were supplied by Jeld-Wen and the delivery of the structure was donated by Greg's Tilt Deck Service.
"This assignment is such an important learning opportunity for the students because it's often the first time many of them will work together, across multiple trades disciplines to apply their knowledge in a collaborative way – much like they will once they graduate and go on to work in industry," said Rob Masi, Carpentry Instructor.
"We thought it was a great opportunity to share the student's completed work by donating the structure to a non-profit organization that could utilize it in a meaningful way, and we are thrilled that the shed has found a permanent home at Oak Hammock Marsh. We hope to work with more community partners who could benefit from a project like this in the future."
Oak Hammock Marsh recently received funding to launch a new self-guided canoe tour program through the wetland trails, and with the donation of the shed from Red River College, they will also be expanding their courtyard – creating even more space for visitors to enjoy and explore.
Moving forward, the shed will be used by the staff, volunteers and visitors for interpretive programming and events.
"Our goal at Oak Hammock Marsh is to create new and innovative opportunities to connect people with our wetlands, and this multi-purpose structure is yet another way that we can expand our facilities and programs in order to provide these meaningful interactions," said Nathalie Bays, Manager of Interpretive Centre Operations, Oak Hammock Marsh.
"We want to thank the students and instructors at the College for donating this beautiful shed, and we look forward to using it and sharing it with the many school groups, tourists and visitors that we welcome to Oak Hammock Marsh each year."
Crunching numbers and crushing the competition; RRC financial planning students best in the west as they set their sights on nationals
Winnipeg, MB – For the second year in a row, Red River College (RRC) students in the Financial Services Specialization course have banked a first place victory at the 2019 Western Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFP) Case Challenge Competition, and will now square off against the best in the East next week in Vancouver.
The Business Administration students: Scott Lobban, Suzie Nguyen, Desiree Huang and Ron Eric Venezuela, led by their instructor Maria Vincenten, have invested countless hours practicing and preparing in the hopes that this year they will come home the national champions – leaving a statement in more ways than one.
"Students come to Red River College to gain the skills and knowledge that will make them employable. Competitions like the CIFP Case Challenge, provides our students with opportunities to practice problem solving, hone their innovation skills, strengthen their ability to communicate and work within teams, and acquire real-life experience that will ultimately lead them to a successful career," said Paul Vogt, President and CEO.
"We are so proud of these students and their instructor, who are representing Red River College on the national stage and are truly demonstrating the value of hands-on, applicable learning."
The CIFP Case Challenge provides students with an opportunity to take what they have learned in their financial services programs and demonstrate their financial planning skills.
In the challenge, teams of three are sequestered in a room and receive a copy of a multi-page financial case study. Teams then have just two hours to develop a case analysis, recommendations, and an implementation plan.
Once completed, students then have up to twenty minutes to present their findings to a panel of judges (financial services professionals). During this time students must convince the judges that their solutions are viable and are the best solutions for the case. The team that makes the best and most persuasive case presentation wins.
"What's really amazing about winning the western challenge and making it to nationals is that RRC's Business Administration program is only two years, so our students only take the financial services courses over one semester in their final year. We are going up against students in four-year programs who have been learning this material for two plus years, and in some cases, post-graduate students," said RRC Instructor, Maria Vincenten.
"There was some material in the case that we hadn't even covered yet in class, so this is a really big deal for our students, the program and for the College."
Vincenten said that this year, three of the students on the team are international students from the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, so they came into the program with a blank slate and had to learn the Canadian business and financial system from scratch.
"Whether we win or lose at nationals next week, in our minds we're already winners," said the students. "Red River has given us a very meaningful college experience – this program and the competition have already opened so many doors for each of us, and instead of us applying for jobs, we now have the big financial services players pursuing us. It's a great feeling to graduate from this program with a career that we are excited and passionate about."
The team will head to Vancouver June 2-5 for the 2019 Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFP) Case Challenge Competition.
School's out for summer, but the learning doesn't stop at Red River College's Youth Camps
Winnipeg, MB – Whoever said summer school couldn't be fun hasn't heard of Red River College's (RRC) summer Youth Camps. For any child who dreams of building their own racecar, or cooks like they are Canada's next master chef – RRC has a number of fun-filled, hands-on camps back by popular demand this summer.
"Red River College takes great pride in being a valued member of the community. Summer camps are just one way we are able to introduce young people to many potential career paths in a way that is interactive, engaging, and most importantly – fun!" said Christine Watson, RRC VP Academic.
"We are thrilled to offer a variety of different camps throughout the summer months – many back by popular demand – in our state-of-the-art facilities, and taught by our industry leading instructors."
Each summer the College opens its doors and welcomes school-aged students ages 10 to 14 on campus for weeklong interactive learning experiences. This year, the College is pleased to offer the following summer program list:
Look out Jillian Harris! In this camp children ages 10-14 will learn how to design their very own product or living space. Under the direction of two experienced designers, children will have the option of designing their own Green room or perhaps a brand new product that is just waiting to be discovered.
Culinary Camp
Budding chefs ages 10-14 will learn from RRC's culinary experts in our professional-grade kitchens at Paterson GlobalFoods Institute. From home-made macaroni and cheese to mouth-watering cinnamon buns, in this popular camp children experience the satisfaction of preparing food using quality basic ingredients. Your chefs will learn about food science, kitchen safety and the art of meal presentation.
Girls Exploring Trades and Technology (GETT) Camp
GETT camp introduces girls ages 12 to 14 to applied skills and technology careers and encourages them to consider a variety of career choices. This camp features fun projects and interactive team activities that show young girls the importance of taking sciences, advanced math subjects, and industrial arts in high school.
Technology Exploration Camp (TEC) Camp
TEC provides students ages 11 to 12 with a taste of various engineering technology-related disciplines through hands-on technology activities and demonstrations. Students will build a working model of a medieval catapult and learn about mechanical engineering, work with robots, have fun with static electricity, and learn about theory and safety.
"We are excited to give children the opportunity to discover their love for technology, the trades, and the creative and culinary arts. We hope to see many new faces as well as our returning campers this year, and welcome many of them down the road as Red River College students," said Watson.
Registration for Red River College's summer Youth Camps is now open. For more information please visit: www.rrc.ca/youth-camps
Residential Decorating Students Partner with IKEA on Co-Create Spaces
Today, a group of 24 Red River College's (RRC) students unveiled five displays they created in partnership with IKEA.
The in-store displays are an iconic part of the IKEA experience and are different in every location, based on localized market research. They're designed to address the needs of a specific person, place and price-point.
Josephine Pulver — an interior designer and Residential Decorating instructor at RRC — saw a chance to connect with the industry and turn IKEA's design process into a final project for her students.
"Last year I placed two of my students at IKEA for their practicums and got to meet some of their staff, and saw the opportunity to set up a project with them," says Pulver. "The mission is to get students involved, and show the industry what our students are doing at RRC."
Five displays designed and built by Pulver's students are now on display at IKEA's Winnipeg location. The five rooms — called Co-Create Spaces — were unveiled over the weekend, and will remain in-store for the next three years.
Through the Co-Create project, students were able to work off-campus and immerse themselves in the process from start to finish. IKEA provided the research, room dimensions, budget and list of products, then the students broke into groups and began sketching solutions for better everyday living.
"We start from inspiration and develop a concept, which we present to our client, then we get our client's feedback and get them involved in the progress of the plan development," says Pulver. "We then carry that through to the completion of the project."
"We have a specific way of working that comes with having been here for a while, so [the students'] designs suggested different ways to use our products that we may not have thought of before," adds Andrea Dreilich, communication and interior manager at IKEA.
The Co-Create project marked the first time these students were able to take their drawings and translate them into real spaces. As Pulver notes, communicating directly with an actual client comes with lessons that can't be reproduced in a classroom. The confined space and timeline limitations (students only had two weeks to build the spaces) afforded additional opportunities for learning.
"They've experienced what it's like to work with a contractor, for example, and how on top of things you have to be. It's also little things like remembering to bring your plans to the site … that will hopefully give them a step up when they join the workforce," she says.
One of IKEA's current interior designers is a recent graduate of the same program. Kerri Harpman completed her workplace practicum at IKEA in 2018 and was hired directly after graduating. She was recently selected to go to Coquitlam, B.C., for six weeks to join a team of specially selected interior designers from across Canada, and helped redesign the IKEA store there.
"I feel like I was well prepared. My instructors were awesome, and I was able to take things that I learned, like space planning, and apply it and see my work come to life," says Harpman.
Here in Winnipeg, Harpman helped oversee the build-outs at IKEA. She says passing on her knowledge to a group willing to learn and adapt was a great experience, and also a reminder of how far she had come after only one year in the industry.
"Designing a room isn't all about what it looks like. The room has to be functional," she explains. "In a big store like IKEA, we have certain rules to follow and you can't just change things, so it can be hard to wrap your head around that as a student. In school, you hand your plans in and think it looks good, but when you have to implement it, you learn a lot."
Dreilich says the partnership is beneficial for all involved.
"We get an opportunity to see what up-and-coming designers are working toward, and see this as an opportunity to connect with fresh talent," she says. "The students get to put it all together in real life, which is not typical in a design program."
Pulver says the project wouldn't have come together so quickly without interest and buy-in from IKEA, and internal support from RRC.
"Things like this set Red River College apart," she says.
Red River College Unveils Indigenous Stoles at 19th Annual Pow Wow
WINNIPEG, MB – Today, Red River College will unveil a new Indigenous graduation stole at RRC's Graduation Pow Wow to recognize the achievements of the College's Indigenous students. The students will be presented with their stoles by RRC's elders and members of the College's leadership.
The 19th annual Graduation Pow Wow has grown by more than 25 per cent from last year and is one of RRC's largest cultural celebrations.
"Advancing indigenous achievement is a key priority at Red River College, and the College recognizes the important role it plays in supporting reconciliation efforts across the Province," said Rebecca Chartrand, Executive Director, Indigenous Strategy. "Presenting our students with these beautiful Indigenous stoles will give them a great sense of pride at the Pow Wow and as they walk across the stage at convocation. Today is about celebrating our students' success and this stole an important way of honouring who they are, their culture, and their achievements at the College."
The stole was designed with symbols to represent The Seven Sacred Teachings, Métis culture, and Inuit culture. In the middle of the stole is the Red River College logo, which rests on the back of the neck. The Assiniboine and Red rivers are also represented throughout the design, which lays on red silk to proudly display the College's brand colour.
"The Red and Assiniboine rivers are historically and culturally significant to Indigenous peoples; they are the reason so many groups came to reside on the land that Red River College campuses are located on. This geography has informed Indigenous history and is our College's namesake, so it was really important to incorporate the rivers symbolically into the design," said Chartrand.
Students who receive a stole at the Pow Wow are encouraged to wear their stole at the College-wide Spring 2019 Convocation ceremonies on June 4 and 5, 2019 at the Centennial Concert Hall. The stoles will also be available at convocation for Indigenous students.
Every year, the Pow Wow welcomes hundreds of guests, community members, dancers, drummers, college staff, faculty and students to join in the community celebration hosted by the School of Indigenous Education.
"Today is an important event for our students to not only honour and celebrate all their hard work and achievements, but it also gathers the community around our students to give them our support as they start their careers. We look forward to continuing a lifelong relationship with each of our students and graduates."
In addition to celebrating student success, RRC's Pow Wow festivities reflect the College's continued commitment to making education more accessible for Indigenous learners. RRC aspires to deliver excellence in Indigenous achievement through partnerships and networks, incorporating Indigenous knowledge, philosophies, perspectives and content with innovative and relevant programming.
Media are invited to attend the Pow Wow festivities:
WHEN: TODAY, Friday, May 3, 2018
10:00 am Pipe Ceremony in the North Gym
10:30 am Dancer, Drummer, and Honoured Guest Registration
12:00 pm Grand Entry
2:00 pm Honour Indigenous Graduates
5:00 pm Feast
WHERE: North Gym, Red River College, Notre Dame Campus
2055 Notre Dame Avenue
Red River College receives green thumbs up
Winnipeg, MB – Red River College is abuzz once again and it's not just the honeybees. This time paper reduction is taking a front-seat, even ahead of electric vehicles and urban beekeeping, as one of the many innovative and green initiatives that has once again landed Manitoba's largest institute of applied learning on Canada's Greenest Employer list for the ninth straight year.
This annual award recognizes RRC's environmentally friendly policies and programs that continue to successfully engage staff in their sustainability efforts on campus and at home. Staff surveys consistently show that 90 per cent of RRC's staff and faculty believe sustainability needs to be a priority in all College operations. It continues to be a key strategic priority for Red River College and is a fundamental part of the College's Strategic Plan.
"Organizational sustainability is a journey without a final destination at Red River College," said Sara MacArthur, director of sustainability. "We must continually adapt to use resources more efficiently and reduce impacts by implementing new programs, embracing innovation and fostering a culture of sustainability among staff, students and stakeholders, and we are proud to say what we're doing is working."
One area where staff have really gone green this year is the Mechanical Engineering Technology department, where a group of instructors worked with the College's Sustainability Office to reduce their overall paper consumption by 23 per cent over which worked out to 11,672 sheets of paper. Not only did that mean less paper use in their department, but it also resulted in a cost-savings of 33 per cent and earned them the College's Sustainability Leadership Award.
"Staff and student engagement is critical for the success of any of the sustainability projects that we initiate, and we have seen that many areas of the College eager to get involved and make positive change within their departments," said MacArthur. "We are fortunate to have a variety of individuals throughout the organization who are committed to sustainability and take initiative, over and above their job duties, to advance sustainability and inspire others"
Green transportation continues to be top of mind at the College and it didn't just stop at the creation of the City of Winnipeg's first all-electric transit bus either. Through the College's applied research initiatives, staff, students and visitors now have access to seven multi-level electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Notre Dame Campus.
That means staff, students, and even visitors at RRC have an option to charge their car in as little as 30 minutes, using our Level 3 rapid charging station, one of the first of its kind in Manitoba, or they can plug-in to one of our Level 1 or 2 charging stations to top up their car while they're on-campus.
Another exciting initiative is the College's urban beekeeping project that is operated in partnership with Beeproject Apiaries. RRC has three hives installed on the rooftop of the Notre Dame Campus and three on the fourth floor patio of the Paterson GlobalFoods Institute, and together these hives yielded nearly 200kgs of honey last year that was sold at the College-run farmers' markets held throughout the year.
Throughout the summer, staff and students had the opportunity to visit the hives and learn about the important role bees play in our food system.
Transportation Leader and Visionary Donates $1.5M to Red River College
A transportation pioneer will help Red River College train the next generation of industry achievers, and ensure the viability of Manitoba's skilled workforce for decades to come.
Jan den Oudsten — founder and former president of New Flyer Industries, and inventor of leading-edge transit technology — along with his wife, Maria den Oudsten, is donating $1.5 million to RRC, one of the largest gifts the College has ever received from individual donors.
"I spent much of my life in an industry I am passionate about, and am incredibly humbled to be able to give back and inspire the next generation of learners," says den Oudsten. "Working and living in Winnipeg was the best time of my life. Winnipeg has the best bus builders in the world, and it is my hope that with this gift that reputation of excellence can continue for many more years."
RRC is celebrating the transformative gift by officially renaming its Heavy Equipment Transportation Centre. The 60,000-sq.-ft. training and research facility will now be proudly known as the Jan den Oudsten Vehicle Technology & Research Centre (VTRC).
The expansive complex was built in 2008, and was one of the first education centres in Manitoba to receive LEED® Silver certification from the Canada Green Building Council. Every day, close to 170 students at VTRC are trained in transportation technology programs such as Heavy Duty Mechanic, Truck Transport Mechanic (apprenticeship), Trailer Mechanic (apprenticeship), Outdoor Power Equipment (certificate and apprenticeship) and specialized training for General Motors.
VTRC also works with industry partners such as New Flyer to drive applied research in vehicle technology and development, and to support the transportation industry on energy conservation and alternatives (such as electrification), cold-weather testing and technology integration.
This work is expanding with the construction of MotiveLab™, a 7,000-sq.-ft. research facility that will support Manitoba's heavy vehicle sector, including transit. MotiveLab™ contains a climatic chamber with the ability to test vehicles in extreme weather conditions — from -40C to +50C — while under full load conditions.
"On behalf of Red River College I am so grateful and honoured that the den Oudstens chose to support the College through this impactful gift. Their generosity will benefit thousands of students every year by enabling the College to build and upgrade its state-of-the-art facilities with cutting edge equipment," says RRC President Paul Vogt.
"Students today, and for decades to come, will be equipped with the confidence, training and skills necessary to become leaders in their chosen fields, all thanks to Jan and Maria den Oudsten."
Den Oudsten's contributions to the vehicle research sector have made a significant impact around the world over his 50 years of service. He purchased New Flyer in 1986 and introduced his vision for European-style accessible low-floor technology to the North American transit market, ensuring all passengers — including those with significant mobility challenges — are able to travel using regular transit services in cities across the continent.
Den Oudsten was also involved in pioneering hydrogen fuel cell technology applications, and was the first to introduce a 60-foot articulated diesel-electric hybrid bus. In 1999, he unveiled the Invero, New Flyer's state-of-the-art transit bus design. Under his leadership, New Flyer expanded to over 2,000 employees. Today, the company has more than 44,000 buses in service, just over 7,300 of which are electric powered and 1,600 of which are zero-emission.
On Thu., March 21, den Oudsten will also be recognized and honoured with the 2019 Pioneer Award from the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters – Manitoba.
Indigenous Culinary Skills students open first pop-up short order restaurant at Red River College
Winnipeg, MB – Red River College's inaugural Indigenous Culinary Skills program is cooking up opportunities for students and re-opening the doors to the College's Prairie Lights restaurant at the Notre Dame Campus.
The College's first-ever pop-up short order restaurant will see this inaugural group of students cooking made-from-scratch breakfast and lunch starting March 12th to April 17th, with a menu featuring a new take on some delicious Indigenous dishes.
"A key priority for the College is to advance Indigenous achievement and elevate student success. Our role as a college is to ensure we create the programs, supports and opportunities that allow Indigenous peoples to demonstrate their leadership and innovation in all facets of our society," said Rebecca Chartrand, Executive Director, Indigenous Strategy.
The students will operate the restaurant as a real short order kitchen, which won't only give students practical experience that they can use when they enter the workforce but it will also touch on power skills like team work, communication, time management and problem solving. This initiative demonstrates the College's commitment to support Indigenous learners on their journey towards education and successful employment as well as growing Indigenous peoples successfully into all industries.
"By offering traditional Indigenous dishes such as bannock tacos and 3-sisters soup, these students will be sharing their culture with the rest of the College and members of the public who come to dine at Prairie Lights. That really fits into the work we are doing with Truth and Reconciliation through celebrating Indigenous culture and advancing Indigenous achievement in our communities. You can really see the sense of pride students have by sharing the food they make that is part of their history."
The restaurant will also give employment experience to students enrolled in College Transition, a one-year exploratory certificate program. The College has hired these students to run the "front-of-house" operation and as part of their new role also received First-Aid Training and their Food Handler's certification.
"Red River College is dedicated to finding innovative opportunities to build a better future for students," says Chartrand. "There is a compelling need for financial assistance for Indigenous students who want to pursue post-secondary education, so we will find solutions and remove barriers to education and employment wherever we can."
The Prairie Lights restaurant will be open to the public from March 12th to April 17th and offers made-from-scratch breakfast, lunch and daily specials. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday; 9 am to 10:30 am for breakfast, and 11 am to 12:30 for lunch. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-served.
Red River College and Indspire Announce $1 Million in Bursaries to Advance Indigenous Achievement
Winnipeg, MB – Today, Red River College (RRC) and Indspire announced a commitment to double the funding for the Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards. This renewed investment will support Red River College's continued efforts to create more pathways to education for aspiring Indigenous students. Today's announcement builds on RRC's commitment to advance Indigenous achievement in Manitoba.
"This financial support we've created demonstrates our commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action. There is a compelling need for financial assistance for Indigenous students who want to pursue post-secondary education. The Building Brighter Futures bursary we've created at Red River College will help remove financial barriers for students to support their educational aspirations," says Executive Director, Indigenous Strategy, Rebecca Chartrand.
"From an educational perspective, Red River College is already seeing the difference these funds are making for our students. We have a number of students in our School of Indigenous Education who wouldn't be here had it not been for this meaningful and impactful partnership, and we're excited to see the impact we will have as we continue to grow this bursary to support more students."
In the pilot year, the Building Brighter Futures bursary provided support to 85 aspiring Indigenous students by matching dollar for dollar to cover the full cost of tuition, books and supplies for students enrolled in RRC's Indigenous Education programs. Now in its second-year, the innovative partnership will provide $1 million in financial support and enable twice as many students to enroll in the following Indigenous Education programs:
ACCESS Pathway to Health Programs (10-month transitional program)
ACCESS Pathway to Engineering Technology Programs (10-month transitional program)
Culinary Skills Indigenous Certificate (10 months)
Social Enterprise Diploma (2 years)
Indigenous Language Certificate Program (10 months)
Introduction To Trades (5-month preparatory program)
College Transition (10 months)
Community Development/Community Economic Development (2 years)
A key pillar of RRC's five-year strategic plan is to continue to support Indigenous student success and through this initiative, led by RRC's School of Indigenous Education, the College believes these bursaries will help continue to remove the barriers to access post-secondary education for Indigenous learners in Manitoba.
"The College is focused on Indigenous Achievement, which means we are focused on creating opportunities for Indigenous students. We are working hard to build partnership with Industry, Indigenous organizations and other bodies that want to support our students," said Chartrand.
"This partnership is another step in the direction of supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis to achieve their potential, so they can in turn transform their families, communities, and Canada," said Roberta Jamieson, President and CEO of Indspire. "We are grateful for the support of Red River College and for the work they are doing to advance Indigenous achievement and education."
Indigenous students who are interested in learning more about Indigenous programs and bursaries available are invited to attend the Aspiring Indigenous Student Enrolment Fair on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 1:00pm – 7:00pm at the Notre Dame Campus in the Indigenous Support Centre.
The event will provide future students with an opportunity to meet Support Staff and Instructors who can answer questions and help with filling out application forms for any of the featured programs. Students are asked to bring their Social Insurance Number, official high school transcripts and proof of Indigenous Ancestry to help complete the applications.
Learn more at indspire.ca
ABOUT INDSPIRE
Indspire is a national Indigenous charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada. Indspire's vision is to enrich Canada through Indigenous education and by inspiring achievement. In partnership with Indigenous, private and public sector stakeholders, Indspire educates, connects and invests in Indigenous people so they will achieve their highest potential.
Red River College hires first-ever Truth and Reconciliation Manager
Winnipeg, MB – Red River College is proud to announce that Carla Kematch has been hired as the new Manager, Truth and Reconciliation and Community Engagement. Kematch will lead the College in their commitment to Manitoba's Indigenous Education Blueprint, an unprecedented commitment to advance Indigenous education in the province and to make Manitoba a global centre of excellence for Indigenous education, research, languages and culture.
As one of nine post-secondary signatories to the Manitoba Indigenous Education Blueprint, which takes action on recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the College recognizes it has an important, proactive role to play in supporting reconciliation efforts in the province.
"A key priority for the College is to strengthen our partnerships and continue to advance Indigenous achievement in our communities, and education is the key to improving the lives of Indigenous peoples and to improving Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations across Canada," said Rebecca Chartrand, Executive Director, Indigenous Strategy. "Our role as a college is to ensure we create the programs, supports and opportunities that allow Indigenous peoples to demonstrate their leadership and innovation in all facets of our society. We are excited about the skills, experience and perspective that Carla brings to the College as we look at addressing the important role we play in supporting the calls to action towards Truth and Reconciliation."
Kematch comes to the college with 30 years' experience working within the Indigenous community in a variety of capacities, including the development of training programs for staffs, community clients, board members and other partners which has also included: policy development, needs assessment, implementation plans, evaluation and delivery of group training. As part of her work in program development, she developed, launched and stabilized Art City. Her policy work at the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for five years focused on promoting Indigenous hiring, recruitment and retention plans. From there, she worked at the Mental Health Commission of Canada as a Project Winnipeg Site Consultant and United Way as their Capacity Building Director.
In addition to these projects, Carla has extensive knowledge developing recruitment and retention plans for government department and projects, private sector and nonprofit organizations: such as the Red River Expansion Project and Valard Construction. In both these projects, Indigenous communities were engaged and processes were developed for the hiring and training of Indigenous community members.
"This position came up and it just seemed like a natural fit for me to move in and indigenize the different areas within Red River College. I know it's a big project but I'm looking forward to the challenge," said Kematch. "The 94 Calls to Action covers all aspects of everyone's lives; health and wellness, government policy, and education institutes, so it's all encompassing. It also recognizes the history of Indigenous people, their challenges as well as celebrating the culture. Ideally, we will embed, instill and recognize the Calls to Action within every area. I think everybody is doing it already, they just haven't been able to identify what it is they are doing and how it correlates to the specific calls, so if staff and students recognize that they are already doing it then it will be easier to embed it and instill it in how they work every day."
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LeEco, China's Rising Tech Star, Can't Catch A Break
Christina Warren
Apr 11, 2017, 3:00pm
A year ago, Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco, often known as "the Netflix of China", was flying high. By many measures, the quickly growing company appeared poised to become a global consumer electronics powerhouse. How quickly things have changed course.
Image: LeEco
After a splashy US launch of low-priced smartphones, smart TVs and electric bikes, the company admitted that it was growing too fast, and was running low on cash. Faraday Future, a US-based electric car start-up that counts LeEco as its primary investor, has had numerous problems paying its bills, retaining staffers, and generally proving that it isn't garbage. The Great Wall, a big budget film starring Matt Damon and co-financed by company's film division, Le Vision Pictures, flopped at the US box office and failed to meet expectations in China, putting a damper not just on Le Vision Pictures' future film ambitions, but on the broader US/China film co-financing space.
Today, things got even worse: LeEco is calling off the $US2 billion ($2.6 billion) acquisition of TV brand Vizio, which was first announced last winter.
In a statement sent out to the media, LeEco says (emphasis ours):
LeEco Global Group Ltd. and VIZIO Inc. announced today that the merger agreement to acquire VIZIO will not proceed due to regulatory headwinds. We continue to believe that there is great synergy between the two companies, and are pleased to announce that LeEco and VIZIO have reached an agreement that is a win for both companies.
Under the new agreement, LeEco and VIZIO will continue to explore opportunities to incorporate the Le app and content within the VIZIO connected CE platform, and engage in a collaborative partnership to leverage LeEco's EUI (Ecosystem User Interface) platform, along with the brand's exclusive content and distribution channels, to bring VIZIO products to the China market.
We've reached out to LeEco to get more clarification on what "regulatory headwinds" mean, and to Vizio to see what this failed deal will mean for its brand and its plans moving forward. LeEco didn't have any additional comment for us when we asked, except to point us to a LinkedIn post from research firm IDC's Chris Dong, which notes that since November, the Chinese government has been holding outside investment deals — that is, Chinese acquisitions of non-Chinese companies — to stricter reviews.
In a statement, Vizio told us: "Both LeEco and Vizio will continue to operate as separate, independently owned and operated entities, with Vizio's operations continuing under the same management team headquartered in Irvine, California."
It certainly seems possible that the regulatory climate in China may have prevented LeEco from finalising the Vizio acquisition. That said, it's also true that LeEco as a company is in the midst of a cash crunch. Last month, word broke that it was looking to sell the expensive land it bought in Silicon Valley just last year because of financial problems. (Ironically, LeEco bought that property from Yahoo, another troubled tech company.)
All of this paints a very bleak picture for a conglomerate that was coming hard and fast for the US market just six months ago. The company, which is best known in China for its online streaming service with 730 million monthly users, wanted to expand its ambitions from beyond video to include phones, electric cars, TVs and other gadgets. In the last year, the company made a big play in the US market: Last July, LeEco announced its intention to buy Vizio — one of the most popular budget TV brands in the US — as a way to enter the market and to help act as a launchpad for its own video services and partnerships.
But by November, it was clear the company's broader ambitions had faltered, with CEO Yueting Jia admitting the company had grown too fast, and that it would scale back many of its global expansion plans. At the time, we spoke with Danny Bowman, LeEco's Chief Revenue Officer in North America, and he told us that "everything will continue to be on track with the announcement we made with Vizio," adding that "the United States is our highest priority within the company." But five months later, with the big Silicon Valley HQ on the sales block and its biggest acquisition cancelled, it's unclear what LeEco's US plans will look like going forward.

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At the New York Time Fair, Funko have announced a new range of Pop Vinyls from the new Marvel movie, Spider-Man: Far From Home. The new collection includes Spider-Man wearing his stealth suit, Spider-Man wearing his usual suit, Spider-Man wearing his upgraded suit, MJ and Happy Hogan.
There is also a Spider-Man Pocket Pop keychain coming as well.


The size and position of one's jaws, as well as overall facial structure, are hereditary traits that can cause a number of bite complications (or "malocclusions"). Overbites or underbites caused by uneven jaws can lead to chewing and speech difficulties, and result in chronic pain and/or Temporomandibular Jaw Disorder("TMJ") if left untreated.
Spacing problems, either due to missing or overcrowded teeth, are oral issues that have been hardwired in a person even before the emergence of teeth. Cases where people lack some ("Anodontia") or all ("Hypodontia") permanent teeth can threaten gum and jaw health, as can instances of "supernumerary" teeth, in which extra teeth erupt.
Though rare, it is possible for tooth enamel to be defective, or develop abnormally. Dentin, which makes up the protective enamel covering of teeth, may not be produced or mineralize at normal levels, leaving teeth vulnerable to decay, sensitivity and damage.
Genetic mutations and the presence of oncogenes, a type of gene that transforms healthy cells into cancerous ones, can increase the risk for cancer by interfering with the body's ability to metabolize certain carcinogens. From serious conditions such as a cleft palate, to occasional aggravations like canker sores, many other oral issues may be linked to genetics. Keeping track and sharing the family's health history with your child's dentist can help detect and treat inherited conditions as early as possible.
Harmful oral bacteria from a loved one can easily colonize and overtake your little one's mouth from something as simple as sharing food, utensils, or kissing. The inadvertent swapping of saliva can put your child at increased risk for cavities and gingivitis.
Satisfying that sweet tooth with sugary, refined treats, or turning to soda and juice for refreshment can create an unhealthy addiction that's as dangerous to the mouth as it is to the waist. Sugar and acid can eat away at the tooth enamel, causing cavities and tooth sensitivity. Exposure to certain chemicals and ingredients can also cause discoloration.
Last, but certainly not least, lacking a good dental routine can wreak havoc on teeth and gums. Failing to follow through on brushing and flossing twice a day (or as recommended by the dentist) can create a haven for cavities and periodontitis, not to mention halitosis. Leading by example is an easy, effective way to teach your child the importance of oral health while benefitting the whole family.
Every parent wants the best for his or her child–including a healthy smile. With so many potential problems that can be passed down, protecting your child's oral health is not easy, but you don't have to do it alone. Seek the help of your child's dentist for optimal professional and at-home dental care. Treating existing issues early on and teaching your child to make dental friendly decisions can provide lifelong benefits to his or her health.


Death Trap The Maulborn have occupied the Obsidian Gorge, the pass to Mournhold. House Hlaalu guards have cordoned off the area to keep anyone else from walking into a trap. I volunteered to locate the Hlaalu scouting party and find out whats going on in the gorge.


Jaded gamers often talk about an industry afflicted by sequlitis and an overall lack of originality. Ubisoft seems to have heard gamers loud and clear, releasing two new IPs in as many months. Can Watch Dogs live up to the hype it managed to generate? Yes. Yes it can.
Watch Dogs is the story of Aiden Pearce, thief-turned-vigilante who uses the city's hyper-connected operation system, CTOS, to hack the city and turn Chicago upside-down. Of course, there are various types Aiden needs to defend himself from— rival hackers, mob bosses and of course, the police.
Aiden's supporting cast is a motley crew comprised of fixers (hitmen) and hackers who help Aiden through his journey in Watch Dogs' Chicago. Aiden is joined by T-Bone, a backwoods punk hacker who loves to drink. Clara, a badass who always seems to be a step ahead of him. And last but not least, my personal favorite, Jordi a fixer who takes perhaps a bit too much pride in his work.
One of Watch Dogs' opening scenes starts with Jordi trying to convince Aiden to see the deft hand he's applied in killing a few gang bangers as he slumps one against the wall, leaning against him as he makes the dead man fire a round into his comrade. Scenes like this add a sense of personality to the supporting cast that makes them interesting.
Most missions will afford you the opportunity to make the choice to charge in guns blazing, or skulk around the area dropping lures before escaping quietly to create chaos with the help of hacked security cameras. Having the choice itself is extremely gratifying, and Watch Dogs does it quietly, which is something I appreciate.
Shooting is satisfying in its own way as well, of course. Despite Stephen's disappointment with guns in Watch Dogs, they're very well done. Aiming is spot-on, and the control scheme will be instantly familiar to anyone who's played a third-person shooter in recent years.
Of course, shooting is nothing without a decent cover system, and what's on offer here is probably the best cover-shooting experience I've had. In the middle of the action, Aiden can run between cover with a single button press. Environments are also littered with structures you can hack to create makeshift cover, though I never quite felt the need to make use of one.
Watch Dogs may not look as good as its now-infamous E3 2012 trailer, but that doesn't mean it isn't a looker. Characters may not be as hyper-detailed as they were when we were first introduced to them, but they look amazing nonetheless. Even more so in real-time cutscenes. The city itself looks stunning under the veil of night with subtle lighting effects really highlighting the great work Ubisoft's various teams have done here.
Explosions are absolutely gorgeous, raindrops fall individually and leave your jacket slick and subtly reflective and you can even see individual drops hit the sidewalk.
Watch Dogs is rife with opportunities to find out more about Chicago's citizens, including some very interesting people. Perhaps the most interesting part of hacking, profiling reveals side missions, secondary objectives, bank accounts and general information of just about anyone in the city.
This single element adds a layer of humanity to NPCs that is sorely lacking in so many sandbox games. In fact, a fellow TAY author genuinely regretted hacking as a byproduct of his profiling.
I ignored digital trips for much of the game, thinking it wasn't much more than just some cheesy drug reference in an otherwise entertaining game. Boy, was I wrong. Yeah, digital trips are definitely a drug reference of sorts, but they're a vehicle to some truly interesting gameplay.
My favorites were Psychedelic (pictured above) and Spider Tank. The former has you bouncing between neon flowers and flying through rings all over Chicago to rack up points; the latter has you taking control of what is essentially a robotic black widow of Godzilla-like proportions armed to the teeth with a chain gun and anti-tank gun. If you played a heroic route, you're able to sate your desire for wonton murder here, and to be honest, it's just plain fun.
I often fear driving in sandbox titles. It's not that I'm a particularly bad driver, see, it's just, I find leveling up handling to be an annoying feat to need to accomplish, as with GTA. Fortunately for me, you don't need to improve your handling in Watch Dogs to drive competently.
The problem, however, lies in the fact that cars just don't handle as well as I would expect them to. Cars handle reasonably well, but feel a tad floaty, as though the surface of the ground is constantly slick.
The cars' arguably poor handling isn't too much of an issue most times, but when you're trying to chase down a criminal convoy or you have a mission that requires you to chase someone down in a vehicle, you might find yourself wishing you could just blow them away instead.
Multiplayer in Watch Dogs' plays well with the single-player theme of constant connectivity. Other players can freely (you can turn this off if you like) hop in and out of your game, trying to hack you to steal data and gain points. Of course, you can hunt down and kill them to stop this, or use your gear to slow their progress as you search.
It all sounds well and good, but I found essentially all modes aside from free roam to be a complete waste. Player-controlled fixers trying to hack me become old fast, as finding them was more annoying than I had patience for. Grabbing a few buddies and tooling around in the world though? Sheer delight.
If Ubisoft were to create a GTA Online style multiplayer experience set in Watch Dogs' Chicago, I'd be thrilled. Unfortunately, as a package, multiplayer falls down a bit.
I honestly found this to be completely baffling. Aiden is capable of tearing through the mean streets of Chicago wielding weapons of all type, from pistols to grenade launchers. You can take down helicopters, wipe out cars by the dozens and kill hundreds of mob foot soldiers, but you can't shoot out your car window?
It just seems absurd, and counterintuitive .
As in many sandbox games, you'll hear the vast majority of Watch Dogs' soundtrack while driving through town. Unfortunately, you'll end up turning your radio off the vast majority of the time, as the tracks are far too varied to consistently find something you'll enjoy listening to.
Ubisoft tried taking a "something for everyone" approach with their songs it seems, and it just turned out as nothing for anyone.
Watch Dogs is a fantastic start to an interesting new franchise. I can't help but be reminded of popular superhero movies after having thought on the game for a while. Like a good superhero flick, Watch Dogs' story doesn't feel like it's reached a conclusion, but more like it's explained the origin of a hero we'll be spending years to come with.
With an opening like this, I can't wait to see what Aiden's second act will deliver.


Outcome research is a new interesting field in medical research. Some years ago, a document of the American Society of Clinical Oncology distinguished the outcomes of a treatment into patient-outcomes (overall survival and quality of life) and cancer-outcomes (response rate), giving higher priority to patient outcomes. This document is one of the best structured instruments to evaluate and classify the outcomes in clinical oncology. Nevertheless, although overall survival and quality of life represent the main patient outcomes in clinical oncology, in the last years many researchers tried to overcome these recommendations, creating new surrogate end points to assess overall survival and quality of life. Surrogate end points can be useful tools when they are used to achieve preliminary data that anticipate the evaluation of the final outcome, but the use of surrogate end points instead of the main outcomes is quite dangerous, as it can provide wrong answers to clinical questions. The use (or abuse) of surrogate end points of quality of life has recently favoured some questionable decisions of the main regulator organs, such as the approval by the Food and Drugs Administration of the use of gemcitabine in advanced chemotherapy-naive pancreatic cancer, or mitoxantrone in the palliative treatment of hormone-resistant pancreatic cancer, based on the improvement in clinical benefit (a non-validated instrument to evaluate the outcome of palliative chemotherapy) besides a minimal and questionable overall survival, or pain control (evaluated with a non-validated instrument). A correct use of surrogate end points of quality of life within and not instead of quality of life assessment should be the engagement of our further efforts in quality of life research.
In the last years, many authors highlighted the importance of outcome research in oncology, either in clinical research or in daily clinical practice [1, 2]. Outcome research has been defined as a discipline investigating the relationship between the results of clinical research and clinical practice, but a consensus about the real meaning of outcome is not yet fully reached, and many aspects are not well defined. In 1996, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published a special article to clarify the outcomes of a clinical approach to neoplastic disease . Based on the distinction between activity and effectiveness of a treatment, the outcomes were divided into cancer-outcomes (response rate) and patient-outcomes (mainly survival and quality of life). Moreover, the Outcomes Working Group of the ASCO highlighted the priority of patient-outcomes, giving a secondary relevance to cancer outcomes and pharmacoeconomic evaluations. The relevance of survival and quality of life as patient-outcomes entails two critical issues: a) how to correlate the different outcomes in the same clinical approach; and b) how to evaluate the outcomes in daily clinical practice or clinical research from a methodological point of view.
In daily clinical practice, response rate is the main criterion to evaluate the outcome of a treatment, as a relationship between response rate and overall survival is supposed. However, such an assumption can be acceptable for chemo-sensitive diseases (Hodgkin disease, testicular cancer), but it is at least questionable for the most part of chemo-resistant diseases (Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, gastric or pancreatic cancer). A similar questionable attitude is represented by the increasing use of symptoms control, toxicity or performance status as surrogate end points of quality of life, whereas the actual assessment of quality of life remains a neglected end point in clinical research. Despite the dangerous implications from a methodological point of view, the use of surrogate end points of effectiveness is a quite diffuse attitude, that is rapidly increasing in both clinical research and daily clinical practice. Although the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and EMEA give great relevance to quality of life as a patient-outcome [1, 4], they do not seem to consider quality of life as an essential outcome when they are approving new drugs [5, 6]. Such an idiosyncrasy of both clinicians and regulatory agencies for the assessment of quality of life has favoured the use of several surrogate end points, potentially misleading and methodologically questionable.
In the last years, clinical research paid increasing attention to quality of life, and many papers investigated quality of life as an outcome of the treatment and improvement in the quality of the data [7–9]. However, the assessment of quality of life is difficult and often inaccurate. Frequent obstacles in quality of life assessment are represented by patients compliance, missing data, accuracy of the assessment, usefulness of the tools (validated and not-validated), complexity of the assessment, and scepticism of clinicians, researchers and regulators about the value of health-related quality of life assessment in clinical research or in clinical practice [10–16]. All these obstacles have favoured the use (and the abuse) of surrogate end points of quality of life, the role of which has invaded the main dimensions of quality of life research, jeopardizing the correct assessment of health-related quality of life as a patient-outcome. Surrogate end points are intermediate end points, that should be related with the main end point and could represent a preliminary index of the final outcome. Surrogate end points of survival can be the disease free interval in the adjuvant setting, or the number of complete regressions of the disease during chemotherapy for metastatic cancer . Both parameters, although different from overall survival, may represent a preliminary index of effectiveness, that can be useful in a preliminary analysis. Although a preliminary evaluation of effectiveness with a surrogate end point can be extremely useful if related with the final outcome, it could be deleterious if used instead of the evaluation of the final outcome. The risk of confounding a surrogate end point with a final end point is a real danger for researchers and regulators, and the misunderstanding between surrogate and final end points is not uncommon in oncology.
Clinical benefit has never been validated as an outcome of a palliative treatment in pancreatic cancer.
Although clinical benefit assessment derived from the assessment of two primary measures (pain and performance status) and one secondary measure (weight change), it was just pain (in particular the reduction in opiate consumption) that significantly differed between responders and non-responders; this could not be considered enough to justify an approach with chemotherapy.
The effectiveness of gemcitabine as palliative treatment had to be tested against an appropriate palliative treatment (in particular, considering the relevance of pain assessment in clinical benefit evaluation, against an adequate treatment with opiate), avoiding to use the reduction of opiate consumption as a partial index of activity.
The weight of costs and side effects was not adequately compared with the modest and questionable improvement in the primary end points.
However, these severe criticisms, raised by many authors, failed to restrict the use of clinical benefit as a surrogate end point of quality of life. On the contrary, it has become one of the main outcomes not only in the palliative treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer, but also of many other solid tumours [25, 26]. Moreover, on the basis of the improvement in overall survival and clinical benefit , in 1997 the FDA registered gemcitabine as the treatment of choice in advanced pancreatic cancer, assuming clinical benefit as a surrogate end point of quality of life, and paving the way for a new dangerous era in quality of life assessment.
Likewise, in 1996 Tannock et al. published the results of a trial investigating the use of mitoxantrone in advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer . Also this trial had some limits, that were similar to those weakening the trials focused on clinical benefit in advanced pancreatic cancer: primary end point was pain control; pain was assessed using non-validated instruments; the reduction in opiate consumption was a secondary end point; the control arm received corticosteroids, that is a questionable treatment if pain control is the primary end point. Nevertheless, mitoxantrone was registered by the FDA for the treatment of advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer, adopting pain control (assessed with a non-validated instrument) as a surrogate end point of quality of life, despite the criticisms and the doubts widely expressed in literature [28–30]. The group of Tannock successively reviewed the data of their first experience, analysing either the quality of life , or the pharmacoeconomic dimension, correctly using a cost-utility model of analysis . Both reports confirmed the superiority of the experimental arm, but some perplexities do remain, for either the choice of the control arm (low doses of prednisone are not universally accepted as the standard palliative treatment in hormone-resistant prostate cancer), or the rapid approval by regulators on the basis of the data of the first paper. Also for the use of mitoxantrone in hormone-resistant prostate cancer it is evident how dangerous could be an approach to quality of life based on surrogate end points.
Insufficient sensitivity of the instruments used for quality of life assessment (no validated instruments was used in the selected trials).
Duration of the treatment and follow up too short to evaluate the impact of the treatment in overall quality of life.
Secondary relevance of cancer cachexia in the status of terminal or pre-terminal patients.
Moreover, a further fundamental aspect is worthy to be underlined, as it is likely to concern not only cancer cachexia, but the most part of palliative care dimensions. Symptoms control probably represents an index of activity instead of effectiveness, and it can not be considered by itself a surrogate end point of quality of life without running the risk of drawing erroneous conclusions, as it is probably a relevant, but not fundamental dimension of quality of life assessment.
Quality of life assessment represents an independent outcome in clinical research and an index of effectiveness of a treatment.
Surrogate end points of quality of life can represent an useful instrument in clinical research or daily clinical practice, on condition that they are used with and within quality of life assessment.
The conclusions of trials using surrogate end points of quality of life instead of quality of life assessment as primary outcome should be evaluated with caution, and no definitive conclusion about quality of life should be drawn from such trials.
The habit of regulators (FDA or EMEA) of using surrogate end points of quality of life to register new drugs should be handled with great caution, and further confirmatory data should be warranted before reaching a definitive confirmation.
The use of surrogate end points of quality of life can be useful within a project of quality of life assessment. On the other hand, the evaluation of quality of life using solely surrogate end points is incorrect by a methodological point of view and can lead to incorrect conclusions, that are just surrogate responses to surrogate questions.


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Decades before the A-10, this German fighter jet revolutionized close air support
But strafing targets on the ground in fast jets is a practice that dates back more than 70 years. Before the A-10, and even before close air support doctrine was formalized, the German Luftwaffe was working hard to develop an absolutely colossal gun into what would become the very first operational jet fighter.
The Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe (Swallow) marked a turning point in aviation history. It was the product of German science and engineering which was at least five to ten years ahead of Allied technology at certain points in the war.
The brutally fast and agile jet fighter was born from a design first conceived in 1938, before the official start of World War II. The engines that powered it also had their pre-war origins, the venerable Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine. The combined thrust of two 004 units propelled the jet to speeds 160 km / h (160 km / h) faster. than any British, Soviet or American piston engine fighter.
As tank battalions on the eastern and western fronts crowded on both sides, the decision was made to mount a cannon on the Me-262 that could meet the ground threat from allied nations. What was needed was a weapon powerful enough to penetrate the hull armor of even the toughest Allied medium tanks. We are talking about the Soviet T-34 and the American Sherman M4. Such a cannon would almost certainly tear an Allied bomber to pieces in one shot.
Messerschmitt's engineers must have thought that there was no better way to take out a tank than with a gun designed to be mounted in a tank. Enter the colossal 50mm Rheinmetall BK-5 cannon. A brute of a weapon that weighed a scale destroying 1,200 pounds (540 kg) and fired custom 50 × 419 mm cartridges at 45 rounds per minute.
Not that the BK-5 could ever reach this rate of fire, as the magazine drum only held 21 rounds at one point. Its original purpose was mounted in the Panzer III tank as the KwK 39 tank gun as featured in famous tank battles like Operation Barbarossa and the Battle of Kursk.
Let's compare these numbers to those of the more famous A-10 Thunderbolt. Unlike the 262, the A-10 was designed from the start as a close air support and ground attack aircraft. Its GAU-8 Avenger may not be as huge as the German Me-262, but it makes up for its ammunition capacity well in excess of over 1,000 HE rounds.
Lessons learned in planes like the BK-5 equipped Me-262 have taught engineers that the recoil of such a heavy gun is enough to unbalance the pilot's aim. The A-10 compensates by having its barrel mounted laterally offset from the axis of the airframe.
Either way, a hit from either of the main guns on these planes is enough to shred just about anything in the sky or on the ground. BK-5 guns were also tested on the twin-engine Messerschmitt 410 attack aircraft. It is believed that more than 100 American bombers towards the end of the war were shot down at his hands.
This came at the cost of pathetic ammo reserves and a muzzle flash bright enough to blind its pilots at night. The cannon protruded at least a meter beyond the nose of the plane, revealing to enemy pilots that this was the slowest and least agile ground attack variant. The gun was also tested on the Junkers Ju-88 as an alternative wartime test stand aircraft.
In the end, no more than 300 MK-5 guns were produced between 1944 and May 1945. Not having made a hard-hitting breach in the invading armored force that ultimately drove the German army into unconditional surrender. Although ahead of their time, the BK-5 and Me-262 were two machines that did not exist fully in harmony at all times. Just hear what Reich Luftwaffe Marshal Hermann Goering said about the project when it was captured by the US military.
"You might find jets with anti-tank guns around Germany. Don't blame me for such monstrosities. It was done on the explicit orders of the Führer. Hitler knew nothing about the air. "Known to the Army or Navy, but absolutely nothing on the air. He even considered the Me-262 to be a bomber, and he insisted that it be called a bomber."
Such oversights ultimately led to the fall of the Third Reich. Meanwhile, the idea of attaching a monstrous cannon to a jet attacker took a few more decades to mature. The end result is the phenomenal A-10 that we all know and love today.
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FIFA on Thursday fined the Croatian and Kosovo's soccer federations a total of 80,000 Swiss francs for anti-Serbian chants by fans of both countries at a World Cup qualifying match in Shkodra, Albania in October. Kosovo was fined 30,000 francs.
The head of the Kosovo Football Federation, Fadil Vokrri, said he did not contest FIFA's decision, urging the team's fans to watch their words.
"If we really want to compete at such levels, fans should be more careful. I find this decision very logical," Vokrri told BIRN.
At its second qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup, after Kosovo was accepted into UEFA and FIFA earlier this year, media footage of the match showed Kosovo and Croatia fans outside and inside the Loro Borici stadium chanting "Kill the Serbs".
With Kosovo football still facing an uphill struggle in terms of players and infrastructure, Vokrri said the fans' bad behaviour risked doing serious damage to the federation.
"I appeal to fans to be really careful on these issues, as with this amount of money [the fine] we could invest on things that need to be done" Vokrri said.
Ahead of the match against Croatia on October 6, Albanian authorities reported that around 16,000 people crossed the border from Kosovo to support their team in Shkodra's stadium.
Balkan football fans have a long history of using matches to air political and ethnic disputes between their countries.
The first match between Albania and Serbia in decades, played in October 2014, was abandoned in the 41st minute after a clash between the teams, the result of a drone carrying a "Greater Albania" flag being flown over the pitch.
Serbian fans booed the Albanian national anthem and chanted racist slogans, such as "Kill the Albanians".
The match later became the object of a UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body ruling.
Before the match with Croatia, Kosovo played its first competitive international match in September against Finland for a World Cup qualifier.
Kosovo finally joined FIFA in May despite strong opposition from Serbia, which opposes any international endorsement of its former province's independence.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by more than 100 countries, but not by Serbia, Russia, China, and five EU member states – Spain, Slovakia, Greece, Romania and Cyprus.


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Living on the knife-edge pays off for 'heavy metal' artist Nigel
December 2nd, 2020 5:45 PM
By Emma Connolly
Nigel and his steel swan. His interest in steel began when he forgot objects for an art class, so borrowed knives and forks.
A WEST Cork artist has been living on a knife-edge during the pandemic – but with tremendous results.
Well known painter and sculptor Nigel Connell Bass is renowned for his creations of birds and animals made from new and recycled metals, including common kitchen cutlery.
Nigel, who lives in Castledonovan near Drimoleague, is also a painter of extraordinary instinct and is featured in Cork Artists Winter Showcase by Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre.
In recent years Nigel could count on nearly half his earnings to come from sales at the Sculpture Garden at Blarney Castle which didn't take place this year.
The Uillinn collection, by over 60 artists from all over Cork, provides a gifting opportunity to shop local and support local artists whose incomes have been drastically impacted by Covid-19 restrictions.
Normally at this time of the year, preparations for the Uillinn Christmas Fair would be underway. However the showcase will continue until January 16th instead.
Remaining positive Nigel, who is a full-time carer to his partner Breda, says: 'It's nice living in my bubble in the hills. I work from home so I can look after Breda and the house and still get three to four hours in my workshop or else work inside, near her.'
Nigel started out designing and building sets and backdrops for busy theatre companies in the UK. In between, he spent many years house painting and decorating to make ends meet.
In 2015 he decided to take the arts course at Rossa College in Skibbereen, and that's where his association with cutlery started.
He was supposed to bring in objects from home for his drawing class, but arriving with nothing he went to the canteen and borrowed some cutlery and a corkscrew and a few other bits. Later in the course he had to make something with found objects, so he just returned to the cutlery. He started on what was going to be the head of a bald eagle made with stainless steel and forks.
'It got out of hand and I ended up with a life-sized bald eagle with an eight-foot wingspan!' he said.
See Nigel's work in the Cork Artists Winter Showcase at uillinngalleries.com or follow him on Instagram at 'themetalmorphosis.'
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice upon arrival from Dubai, UAE.
Report has it that Mr Adoke was being probed alongside others over $1.06billion Malabu Oil Block ( OPL 245) deal.
He was earlier arrested in by INTERPOL Abu Dhabi on November 11 after being watch-listed by the EFCC.
He however voluntarily offered to return to Nigeria for interrogation by the EFCC and trial after one month of being in INTERPOL's custody.
On arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Adoke was spotted on a white Kaftan with a white cap. He arrived aboard Emirates flight (Boeing 777 -300ER) at 3.45pm and was picked by the EFCC officials and transferred into a Toyota bus marked RBC 931 BV.
We are still waiting for more information but Adoke's counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has released a statement on the issue, saying that Adoke returned on his own volition because he has nothing to fear.
The statement reads in part: "Our client told them that he was ready to return to Nigeria on his own accord after his medicals; yet, they still kept him in illegal custody for over one month, after running into a legal logjam. It was very clear to them that the Government of Nigeria did not have any legal basis or grounds to extradite Mr Adoke back to Nigeria.
The ex- Minister said he decided to come back to the country based on legal advice.
The statement added: "Adoke, based on our legal advice, has therefore decided to break this unnecessary logjam and simulated stalemate that are already causing Nigeria international embarrassment by buying his own ticket to return to Nigeria voluntarily and peaceably, instead of going to another country of his choice."
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Palavras-chave: Glycine max (L.). Fósforo. Fungos micorrízicos arbusculares.
O uso de estimulantes para o estabelecimento de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares tem grande potencial em contribuir para a absorção de P pelas plantas. Objetivou-se avaliar a eficácia do isoflavonóide formononetina como estimulante da micorrização na cultura da soja, associada a adubação fosfatada, em dois Latossolos com teores de fósforo disponível médio (LPm) e baixo (LPb) no Cerrado piauiense. O delineamento experimental em cada solo foi em blocos casualizados no esquema fatorial 4×4, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por quatro doses de fósforo (0; 26,66; 40 e 80 kg ha-1 de P2O5) e quatro doses do isoflavonóide formononetina (0; 0,5; 0,9 e 1,8 g kg-1 de semente de soja). As variáveis avaliadas foram, o crescimento, a produção, a nodulação e taxa de colonização micorrízica da soja. Com exceção da taxa de colonização micorrízica no LPm, altura e número de vagens por planta de soja no LPb, as demais variáveis, não foram influenciados pela aplicação do isoflavonóide formononetina, em ambos os solos. A produtividade cresceu linearmente ao incremento das doses de fósforo no LPb, apresentando uma eficiência agronômica de ~15 kg ha-1 de grãos para cada kg ha-1 de P2O5 aplicado no solo.
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Arnold V (12?? – 22 augustus 1328) was graaf van het graafschap Loon van 1279 tot 1323. Hij was vanaf 1299 tevens graaf van het graafschap Chiny (later gelegen in Luxemburg) en het Naamse Agimont. Hij was in 1280 gehuwd met Margaretha van Vianden, dochter van graaf Filips I van Vianden. Van Loon was een zoon van Jan van Loon (-1279) en  Mathilde van Gulik, een dochter van graaf Willem IV van Gulik.

Arnold richtte in 1295 een Loons eigenhof (of allodiaal hof) op. Hiervoor zouden alle allodia verschijnen die binnen het graafschap waren gelegen. Hij probeerde daardoor de impact van het Casa Dei, het Luiks eigenhof, te verminderen.

Toen zijn oom Lodewijk kinderloos overleed in 1299, verwierf Arnold het graafschap Chiny.

Arnold was verbonden aan de Vlaamse partij omdat hij leenman was van Gwijde van Dampierre, de graaf van Vlaanderen, voor Agimont. Toen het bij de Guldensporenslag op 11 juli 1302 tot een confrontatie kwam tussen Gwijde en koning Filips IV van Frankrijk, was hij niet aanwezig met zijn strijdmacht. Zoals zovele anderen geloofde hij waarschijnlijk niet in de overwinning en maakte hij een omweg en bracht een bezoek aan Jan II, hertog van Brabant. Arnold was bondgenoot van diens vader, Jan I van Brabant onder meer tijdens de slag bij Woeringen omdat zijn aartsvijand, de prins-bisschop van Luik zich in het andere kamp bevond. Twee van Arnolds leenmannen, Willem en Jan van Pietersheim, namen wel deel aan de Guldensporenslag.

In 1313 deed Arnold afstand van Chiny ten gunste van zijn zoon Lodewijk IV en in 1323 droeg hij hem ook Loon over.

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Arnold en Margaretha kregen 5 kinderen:
 Lodewijk IV die de volgende graaf van Loon werd.
Mathilde van Loon (1282-1313) kreeg het Land van Vogelsanck, bestaande uit Zonhoven, Zolder, Houthalen en het zuidelijk deel van Heusden in 1308 als bruidsschat van haar vader wanneer zij Godfried van Heinsberg (de vader van Diederik van Heinsberg) huwde. Tot aan het Franse bewind zouden deze gebieden deel blijven uitmaken van het Land van Vogelzang dat een vrije baronie werd omstreeks 1600.
Johanna van Loon die trouwde met Willem van Oreye, heer van Rummen. Arnold van Rummen was een zoon uit dit huwelijk.
Margaretha van Loon die trouwde in 1328 à Willem van Neufchâteau.
Maria van Loon die trouwde met Everhard I van der Mark.

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Frank DECAT, Heren van de Euregio. Hoe Loon en zijn graven het Middeleeuwse Maas-Rijngebied mee vorm gaven. 1150-1300.
In: Limburg – Het Oude Land van Loon, jg. 95, 2016, blz. 199-245.
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