We have put a lot of effort into the 4.4 release (now available for download and currently in review in the Mac App Store) which caused it to be be postponed for several months behind original schedule.
There are various aspects we wanted to cleanup in Cyberduck, some of them I want to highlight here.
Foundation Libraries. There core of Cyberduck includes protocol implementations. We make use of open source implementations of WebDAV (Sardine) and SFTP (Ganymed SSH2) to which we contribute. For 4.4 we forked a new OpenStack Swift client library (OpenStack Swift Client Java Bindings) to support multiple regions and allow Keystone authentication.
Embedded Runtime. We wanted to get rid of the install requirement for Java on OS X and bundle the runtime with Cyberduck as we previously already did for the Mac App Store version. The embedded runtime is now the default.
More reliable transfers. We now fail fast on errors during a multi file transfer and offer the option to continue with the remaining files or abort the transfer. The refactored code is also a lot more efficient determining the transfer action for duplicate files.
Safer edits. When editing files on the server, changes are now uploaded by default with a temporary name and moved only when the upload completes.
Tests. We are tired of regression bugs between versions and added 830 new unit and integration tests to make our code bullet proof to upcoming changes. We are now running continuous builds executing all tests with coverage and rule compliance tests. To make our code testable we refactored our core package shared between the Mac & Windows versions and fixed some 100 bugs on the way. We are now having a zero known bugs day in our issue tracker. The refactoring also allows to share more code in use on both Mac & Windows. This will lead to the same problems on both platforms and helps to reduce our support effort.
And, yes, we updated our website with a new responsive design to salute the 4.4 release.
If you have installed a build of 4.4 prior 13582 (Check in About → Cyberduck), make sure to manually reinstall.
The update is currently in review for the Mac App Store.
Cyberduck 4.4 is fully compatible with OS X 10.9.
The latest 4.4 snapshot builds feature an updated overwrite transfer prompt that shows much clearer if a file is to be included in the transfer given the selected transfer action. In addition to Resume, Overwrite, Rename transferred file, Rename existing file or Skip existing, a new option Compare only includes duplicate files that do not match in size, modification date and checksum like when synchronizing folders.


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Mother Robot Builds Own Children
By Deborah Block
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WASHINGTON - What parent doesn't want to mold their child to be better - faster, smarter, more capable? Even though human parents can't do that, a robot that builds its own children can. Scientists at the University of Cambridge in England have created a mother robot that not only constructs its own children, but tests their performance.
It's a robotic version of nature's survival of the fittest. The mother robot analyzes the performance of each of the "children" it creates, and incorporates preferential traits into the next generation.
"As the mother creates them and puts them to work, she evaluates how they're behaving, and she uses data from this behavior to create the next generation of robots," explained research scientist Andres Rosendo.
There's no human intervention, except for a computer command to create a robot capable of moving from one place to another. The mother builds its children by gluing together pieces with small motors inside, in different configurations. Then it watches how quickly the children move, keeping the designs of the ones that moved the fastest.
"The mother robot can actually build hundreds of child robots and see the performance of these child robots. And if their performance is good, keep their design for the next generation. And if bad, just let it go," said Fumiya Iida, lead researcher.
The motivation to produce better children is controlled by the research team, which provides an incentive.
"We program the robot based on some functions that define the reward the robot is going to get, depending on the construction that they make. They cannot change their own reward. In the case of the child robot, it's distance, so the longer the distance the robot walks, the better the reward it receives," said Rosendo.
After several generations, the "children" were running twice as fast.
"The mother robot generated 500 robots to see what one is good and which one is bad," said Iida.
The researchers suggest the machines could be used in an auto plant, for example, where robot cameras scrutinize each car in the assembly line, evaluate any mistakes, and then design a better car.
Deborah Block

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Perry revealed she has now educated herself on the topic.
Katy Perry has apologised for appropriating black and Asian culture in her past music videos.
During an insightful interview with Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson, the 'Bon Appetit' singer admitted that she is guilty of cultural appropriation and benefits from white privilege.
"I've made several mistakes," she began. "Even in the 'This Is How We Do' video about how I wore my hair.
"[One of my friends] told me about the power in black women's hair and how beautiful it is and the struggle," Perry said.
She then went on to explain that she listened and educated herself on the topic.
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Home > News & insights > Portfolio Learnings | Sanivation's bundled hand-washing service delivery
One of the projects to be revisited in our Portfolio Learnings series is Sanivation, an end-to-end sanitation service provider that delivers clean, safe and efficient sanitation hygiene products and services to communities in East Africa.
Sanivation installs a container-based toilet called Bluebox inside the client's home and, for $2 a month, services it twice a week. It then collects the waste and treats it to be transformed into charcoal briquettes.
In addition to its sanitation services, the organisation wanted to pilot an innovative hand-washing service delivery to increase hand-washing behaviour in East Africa. It teamed up with TRANSFORM to deploy and test a model that is convenient, hygienic and affordable.
The hand-washing pilot
Aiming to scale a financially sustainable model for sanitation services, Sanivation partnered with TRANSFORM to evolve its solution to include hand-washing stations in its in-house toilet provision.
With support from TRANSFORM to test the soap delivery model, connect it to potential suppliers of hand-washing stations and optimise logistics and servicing practices, Sanivation piloted the project in Kenya to instil the habit of hand-washing after using the toilet.
First, the organisation conducted interviews to better understand hand-washing and hygiene concerns. The feedback on bundled hand-washing and in-house sanitation services from its existing clients was overwhelmingly positive. Following the prototyping phase, Sanivation provided two solutions for the pilot: a locally produced sanitiser and a commercially produced liquid soap.
They recruited 18 existing Bluebox clients – 10 households and 8 schools – to sign up for the service for three months. After analysing the data, they found very high levels of satisfaction, with 80% of households renewing their subscription every month and 77% considering the service delivery affordable.
The challenges and the lessons
The pilot saw some challenges during the three months, presented both by households and operators, including:
Calculating appropriate volumes of soap/sanitizer: some households used more than calculated and others less, the latter consisting of those who travel all month and single-member families. These households want to pay for the product rather than the monthly service delivery.
Collecting payments: as the pilot started mid-month, clients wanted to continue to renew subscriptions in the middle of the month, but they tended not to have disposable income at this time. This led to a lot of time spent tracking down payments. A solution presented is to collect both Bluebox and monthly hand-washing subscription fees on the same day, to reduce time spent collecting payment.
Attitude of operators: data collected from the Toilet Service Representative, the person responsible for recording weekly usage data at the households, was unreliable and often missing. One reason was that the representative felt it was extra work beyond their job description. Their attitude changed, however, when the organisation emphasised to them the overwhelming satisfaction from clients for the service.
The next steps
According to a report from Sanivation, the three-month pilot provided many beneficial insights into the delivery of a hand-washing product bundled with the Bluebox in-home toilet and the development of a viable business model for hand-washing services.
However, in the short term, they estimate that revenue is too small to incorporate hand-washing services into their current business model. It would be financially beneficial to include it into operations at a scale of 500 households, a target the organisation hopes to meet soon.
Along with hand-washing stations, Sanivation aims to provide clean and efficient sanitation services to 1 million people throughout East Africa by 2020, a mission supported by TRANSFORM in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sanivation will do this by replicating their waste-to-energy treatment plants in partnership with municipalities and local governments. Read more about other projects looking to enhance the lives of low-income households in our portfolio.
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I came across the story of the The Cracked Pot the other day and saw how beautifully it described so much of my life. I was the cracked pot constantly comparing myself to those whom I perceived were perfect. I would let my thoughts get caught up in my imperfections and flaws. Bringing me down and keeping me constantly searching for perfection.
When I finally stopped looking and discovered that what I was looking for had always been within me, my perception changed. As a human being having a spiritual experience I may not appear to be perfect, but my innate self has always been and always will be perfect. In this, I see the perfection in my imperfections.
With advent of Facebook, many of my former students and friends have found me, through them I see the flowers that I watered along the way. These beautiful beings whom I've had the pleasure to meet on my journey found something useful in I what I had to give. Even while dwelling in my thoughts of imperfection, my innate perfection shone through.
As I go through each day, I may not be aware of the impact of each smile, word or gesture, but I don't need to. All I know is that in each interaction with others an inner light shines and an exchange takes place. It's these small actions that change lives in ways that only Universal Mind knows.
So, I carry on with an open heart, shining my light for all to see knowing it will land were it needs to land.
What's your message from the the Chinese Cracked Pot?
Thoughts swirling around like a leaf in a whirlwind.
Pulling me down in to a miasma of self-doubt, insecurity and pity.
Haven't seen this place for a very long time.
Moments of connection to the Divine however fleeting.
Knowing all is not lost.
Finally letting go! Let it be!
Knowing this storm will also pass.
The clouds part and once more the sun shines.
My inner calm is never far away.


I haven't glued the pieces down yet, as I feel it may need a tweak or two. I'm gonna let it cogitate for awhile. The original piece was so saturated with color, while this collaged piece leaves lots of space for the eye to rest, something it really needed, I think. It feels restful and peaceful to me, even with so much vibrant magenta humming through it. I'd love to hear what type of feelings this might bring up for you. Maybe it makes you feel like dancing, hehe. 🙂 We can only hope, right? Have a wonderful week!
This is mixed media on 1/4 sheet of watercolor paper. Yes, 11 x 14″, the largest I've gone yet! I had some angst in my spirit, and so I folded a large sheet of watercolor paper in half both ways so I could swing my arm and fling some paint. I'm working around the color wheel. And having lots of fun!
I hope you enjoyed, as there will be more to come! I originally created this to go into a collage or other mixed media application, but when I was finished……oh, who knows, maybe I'm not finished. Not sure if I should call this a painting or cut it up for something else. I'd love to get your thoughts. Peace and happy Sunday to you!
Oh, I'm addicted to texture products! It took me awhile to understand what gel mediums do, what texture mediums do, and how the different paint formulations behave….I guess now that I understand, I want to keep experimenting! If you'd like more information about this too, I can highly recommend Chris Cozen's videos on Artists Network TV, as well as her books. Also, Nancy Reyner has a terrific book called "Acrylic Revolution" that I believe Jill from Jill's Art Journal told me about. Jill, you nailed it; it's a wonderful book, with lots of techniques and great illustrations too! Chris and Nancy are both Golden working artists and educators, and they know their stuff.
This is another painting do-over. It was a texture experiment gone wrong on a 5″ x 5″ Ampersand Gessobord and so I needed even more texture to wipe the slate clean, so to speak. I spread a layer of Golden molding paste on the painting first. This product dries opaque, leaving no show through from the painting underneath. Next, I embedded a scrap of 1/2″ grid hardware cloth from Hub's wood shop into the painting, lifted it up, and then turned it and impressed it again. This gave me all of those great texture lines.
After it dried (several hours), I dripped some Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay India ink in, sprayed it with water, and moved the painting around, allowing the ink to follow those grid lines, highlighting them. Where the ink was a bit too strong or became soupy, I sopped it up (on paper towels I will save, thanks to Kerfe's great inspiring post yesterday), and wound up refining with some Golden fluid acrylic paints. I think I may have gone a bit too far with Quinacridone Burnt Orange, but I can always go back, add Titanium White, which is very opaque, and have another go with the colors. Or I may leave it as is. What do you think?
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This one started out as a painting fail from several months back that I almost wanted to remake as soon as it was posted. I fished it out of the pile the other day and added some Golden Molding Paste to it to cover what was below, and then drew swirls into the paste with the back end of a paintbrush. I really love the Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India ink set I bought, but it is extremely strong. I decided to make my own homemade spray ink by adding drops of it into mini mister bottles partially filled with water, and adjusting the mixture until I was happy with the strength of the spray coming out.
This turned out to be an extremely inexpensive way to make wonderfully vibrant spray ink! And you can see how strong the colors are. It also gives you the opportunity to mix up your own colors. (I recently bought a box of 50 small spray bottles very inexpensively on Amazon (only 32 cents per bottle), and plan to make lots more little bottles of spray ink, as combining the colors and watching them mix on the painting was so much fun.) This is not only inexpensive, but a fun and easy way to custom make a spray ink (in this case, multiple colors to play together) especially for your project. I do feel this painting needs a stronger focal point, so I may add a blackbird or crow in the lower right corner. Speaking of which, the August issue of Draw A Bird Day comes to your WordPress screens this Monday, August 8! I hope you will help us make WordPress fly by posting your bird art then! I will do a roundup mid-month with a link to everyone's beautiful artwork.
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We made it to the halfway point of the work week! Blessings to all for a wonderfully productive rest of the week! Peace.
I experimented awhile back with Liquitex Glass Bead gel, which is one of the first acrylic mediums I bought months ago. I think I fussed too much with it, and wasn't happy with the result. The painting needed a remake rescue.
Enter Golden Fine Pumice Gel, which is my favorite of all of the acrylic mediums I've tried so far. If you look closely, you can still see some of the tiny glass beads from the bead gel underpainting scattered around, giving texture to the finished piece. I couldn't resist adding Golden fluid acrylic paint in Iridescent Copper light fine. I just love a bit of metallic paint here and there, love the depth and pop those paints create. And I love all of the lines I see from using my palette knife in the wet Fine Pumice Gel. This is such a wonderful medium, I am in total love with it. I hope you will be too, because I bought a 32 oz. jar, and plan to make good use of it!
I still see fine tuning to be done, and perhaps too much of the underpainting shining through here and there, but considering where this painting started out, I am happy with the progress so far. Plus, it gave me a chance to use my favorite Golden Quinacridone Crimson and Quinacridone Violet Fluid Acrylic paints! Such depth, especially with a bit of that Iridescent Copper light mixed in. Dreamy and creamy!
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Yes, I am having a love affair with acrylic paints and mediums. Hub is aware of my two-timingness, as I did a sanity check with him before ordering a 32 ounce tub of the Fine Pumice gel! I had completed yesterday's painting, and then had a nice little makeover with this one, and decided to go a little hog wild! Looking forward to more mad scientist experiments with Fine Pumice + loads of other textures, media and everything but the kitchen sink! Peace, and have a great week.
That song is stuck in my head from working at this, really trying to make this painting "become" what it wants to be. The lines of communication just weren't there, and I couldn't hear what it was trying to tell me. All I could hear is that song "Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, mama said…." This is 5 x 8″ 300# Arches cold-press. The good news is, this has turned from a watercolor painting (yeah, it's underneath, somewhere) to an acrylic painting, and with acrylics, it is never over. Amen, brother Ben, and please pass the sauce!
Every painting is a journey. Some journeys never get there, and we just have to turn the page, and know that the sun will rise tomorrow!
1. I truly love Quinacridone Burnt Orange.
2. I love texture products. OK, I already knew that.
3. Yeah, that's probably it.
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This weekend, I'll be posting my round-up from the fabulous bird art we saw on July 8, when we last celebrated Draw A Bird Day. Peace and happy WEEKEND to all!
Because it's World Watercolor Month, I began with a background wash of M. Graham watercolor paint (azo yellow, quinacridone gold, bit of yellow ochre). After it dried, I went back in with Golden fluid acrylics (they're the consistency of heavy cream, and oh, so vibrant; my favorite of all of the Golden paint formulations) and Caran d'Ache neocolor crayons. And then several layers later, we have this! I never know where these abstracts are going to go, and I've learned that making a plan ahead of time isn't the way for me to work. I may sleep on this one and see if I need to lighten some areas, but I like where it's headed so far.
Happy Saturday evening to all. May your skies be sunny, your breezes be warm and comforting, and your palette be full and welcoming. Peace.
Watercolor Pencils for Nature Lovers (and 100 Face Challenge #66)!
If you're a little insecure about working with watercolor paint, but you enjoy natural subjects as I do, then watercolor pencils may be a medium to consider.
These Graphitint pencils by Derwent, swatched out on the sheet above, were on my Christmas list last year. This YouTube video by The Mind of Watercolor (great channel, by the way) sold me on these pencils. The full set contains 24 pencils, but they also come in a starter set of 12, which are the colors in the top half of the photo. Each pencil is water soluble, and contains a bit of graphite in addition to the watercolor pigments, lending an organic feeling to your work. Watercolor pencils were the first artist quality supplies I purchased nearly two years ago, because they gave me a feeling of security and control as a watercolor beginner. Sharing in case this may help someone else out there, too!
Blick is offering free shipping on orders of $35 or more through Friday of this week, which saves you $4.95, their flat rate shipping charge. The set of 12 Graphitint pencils is priced at about $16.50 at Blick, the full set, under $38. A sweet deal, as these pencils will probably last me at least 10 years or so, probably more! (Note: As a Blick affiliate, purchases from these links help to support my site.) Are you gearing up for World Watercolor Month yet? Can you believe it starts on Friday?! Followed by a loooong holiday weekend in the States! So exciting! I may review the Derwent Inktense line of water soluble pencils tomorrow. The colors in that set are really bright and vibrant, and have some unique properties I think you'll be glad to hear about, too! I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday, and that you do something special for yourself today. You deserve it! Peace.


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Q: Probability: How many ways can be ordered. A cafe serves 6 kinds of soups, 5 kinds of salads, and 20 kinds of entrees.
Q: How many ways can I order a salad or a soup?
there are 5 + 6 =  11 ways.
but I'm confused whether I need to consider for other 20 kinds of entrees.
then it should be  c(31, 11)(?) because total is 31.

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*If one is required to pick one item from the combined menu of soups and salads, then there are $11$ choices, since the combined menu has $6+5=11$ items.

*If one is required to pick one soup and one salad, then there are $6\cdot 5 = 30$ choices.

*If one is required to pick at most one soup and at most one salad, then there are $7\cdot 6 = 42$ choices. But really $41$, since empty orders are generally frowned upon.

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A MATLAB code is developed to simulate design criteria used for designing an air washer that operates as a humidifier for air, as well as a dehumidifier. These results, which are based on two practical design examples for the air washer and dehumidifier, are based on previously solved examples using a manual graphical approach as presented in the literature. In the first example, a case of a parallel-flow air washer is used to heat and humidify the outgoing air. In the second example, a counter-flow spray dehumidifier of the air is accomplished where the air is cooled and dehumidified from its initial conditions. The error of the results obtained by this code compared with the manually obtained graphical data is less than 0.24 % and shows the potential use of this computer-based approach for educational purposes so that students can change different parameters and see the outcome of their design criteria on the performance of the air washer and the dehumidifier. With an increase in the number of numerical steps needed to reach the desired design it is shown that the accuracy will increase accordingly. © 2017 IEEE.
Saraei, A., Moujaes, S. (2017). A computer aided design for an air washer and a dehumidifier tested against two graphical solutions for their applications. Proceedings - 25th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSEng 2017, 2017-January 392-398. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..


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Engines of Growth: the Railroads in DeLand, Florida
By W. E. Roddenberry
DeLand is perched atop a section of high ground known as the DeLand Ridge. The ridge is bordered on the west by the St. Johns River and on the east by a Pamlico Terrace. It is bordered on the north and south respectively by DeLeon Springs and Orange City. It was originally called Orange Ridge because of all of the oranges grown there in the late 1800's. Prior to the introduction of railroads into the interior of central Florida, in the last three decades of the 19th Century, access for goods and people was gained by steamboats which traveled the St. Johns River between Jacksonville and Sanford.
In 1876, after travelling by steamboat to Enterprise, Henry DeLand visited a small community known as Persimmon Hollow. He recognized its potential for settlement, started promoting development and purchased some landholdings there. He advanced the costs of streets, a school, churches and a public wharf. The residents agreed that the community should be called DeLand. Originally, passengers and freight destined for the DeLand area disembarked on the wharf at Beresford Landing. By 1880, a wharf had been built at Cabbage Bluff which became known as DeLand Landing. In that year, J. Y. Parce, the brother in law of Henry DeLand, obtained the contract to carry the mail from the steamboat landing at DeLand Landing into DeLand. The population of Volusia County in 1880 was 3,294.
During 1881, The Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad was incorporated. This narrow-gauge line ran from DeLand Landing to a depot located on the south side of New York Avenue between Clara and Delaware Avenues. The line started at DeLand Landing and followed Old New York Avenue to its intersection with what is now State Road 44 and then proceeded easterly to DeLand's first depot. On March 11, 1882 the town of DeLand was incorporated. G. A. Dreka, who became a very prominent citizen and land owner, established his new mercantile store, which became the largest in north central Florida, on the southeast corner of New York Avenue and Woodland Boulevard. On July 28, 1884, the operation of the railroad commenced. The rolling stock consisted of an engine, two flat cars, three boxcars, and one passenger coach.
On January 9, 1886, the big freeze of 1886 occurred and many citrus growers were ruined. Sometime that year D. B. Parce, the father of J. Y. Parce, fell through the railroad dock at DeLand Landing and sued the railroad for his injuries, whereupon he became the new owner of the railroad. The name of the railroad was then changed to the DeLand and St. Johns Railroad. Later in 1886 the decision was apparently made to reroute the railroad. This decision was probably made because 1886 was the year the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway line crossed the tracks of the DeLand and St. Johns Railroad at what came to be called DeLand Junction. On September 27, the Big Fire occurred, which burned down the business structures located in the 100 block of. Woodland Boulevard north of New York Avenue. During 1887, DeLand Academy, the outgrowth of the first school funded by Mr. DeLand became DeLand University.
By 1888 the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad appeared to have been leasing the DeLand and St Johns Railroad. The tracks between DeLand Landing and DeLand Junction were removed and a new line was constructed between DeLand Junction and DeLand. DeLand was now connected to the rest of the outside world through a steady and reliable form of transportation. A portion of the lands, through which the new line was routed, were owned by John Stetson. The new route followed the now existing. line from DeLand Junction to a point near the corner of Adele and Michigan Avenues then turned southeasterly past the water tower and crossed, diagonally, the St. Barnabas Church property, then turned easterly at Clara Avenue and followed the westerly extension of Ohio Avenue between Clara and Florida Avenues. It followed Ohio Avenue and curved south from Ohio Avenue to the intersection of Church and Amelia Avenues where the line split into four separate tracks.
The most easterly track served various lumber mills, fertilizer manufacturers and finally some warehouses owned by Mr. Dreka. The second track served the freight depot and the third track served the adjacent, second, passenger depot built in 1888. The depot stood in what is now part of Amelia Avenue at the northeast corner of Amelia and New York Avenues. The depot was opposite and east of the Parceland Hotel, built by J. Y. Parce about 1884. The most westerly track continued south to Voorhis Avenue where it serviced a large lumber and planning mill. The only good depiction of the depot and track layout that can be found is on the H. S. Wyllie Panoramic map of 1894 (see foldout in A Pictorial History of Volusia County 1870-1940). On April 3, 1888, DeLand became the county seat. In 1889, DeLand University became Stetson University, which Mr. Stetson had heavily endowed. During 1890 the DeLand and St. Johns Railroad was acquired by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad. The population of Volusia County was 8,467.
By 1892 an Icehouse had been constructed on the lands of Mr. Stetson near the northwest corner of the intersection of Spring Garden Avenue and the railroad line. It was located on a short spur of track running to the north. Just to the south of that spur was the West DeLand Station. Sometime during 1893, the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad went bankrupt, probably due to the Financial Panic of 1893, and was reincorporated as the Jacksonville and St. Johns River Railroad and sold to the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway which was part of the Henry B. Plant system.
In the winter of 1894-1895 the Great Freeze occurred. This freeze was so devastating that fruit production fell, in Volusia County, from over
700,000 boxes per year to less than 200. Farmers, fertilizer companies, packing houses and banks were all bankrupted. The railroads suffered a substantial decline in freight revenue.
1896, John Stetson purchased and greatly enlarged the Parceland Hotel, which was renamed The College Arms Hotel, from J. Y. Parce. It was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Amelia and New York Avenues across from the railroad depot, where the Volusia County Courthouse now stands. By 1897 the DeLand Power plant had been built on the lands of Mr. Stetson on the southwest corner of the intersection of Spring Garden Avenue and the railroad tracks. The West DeLand Station, which was located nearby, had disappeared and been replaced by Stetson Station located on the Southeast corner of that same intersection. Just to the east of that station Mr. Stetson constructed a fruit packing house, a fertilizer warehouse and a feed warehouse, all of which appear to have been connected to the water tower, also located on Mr. Stetson's property.
Sometime during 1893, the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad went bankrupt, probably due to the Financial Panic of 1893, and was reincorporated as the Jacksonville and St. Johns River Railroad and sold to the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway which was part of the Henry B. Plant system.
1902, the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad was acquired by the Atlantic Coastline Railroad. During 1909 G. A. Dreka constructed his new, very large, four-story mercantile establishment, which still stands, at his original site on the southeast corner of New York Avenue and Woodland Boulevard. On December 17, 1909, the depot at the corner of New York and Amelia Avenues burned down. A large number of the citizens of DeLand, accompanied by members of the faculty at the University, petitioned The Florida Railroad Commission to relocate the depot to somewhere west of town because they deemed the town too populous to endure a steady stream of train traffic. The Commission ordered the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to build a new passenger and freight depot, on lands owned by the Railroad, between Michigan and Minnesota Avenues, to the north and south, and between Clara and Adele Avenues, to the east and west. The Estate of John B. Stetson, Mr. Dreka and a few others objected and sued the Commission to force the rebuilding of the depot at the old site, presumably to protect the value of their nearby properties. The case went to the Florida Supreme Court where, in 1911, the Commission prevailed. The new, third depot, which was served by a still existing three track spur that joined the main line at Amelia and Michigan Avenues, appears to have been built in 1911 or 1912. That depot is long gone.
During 1918, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built the "new", fourth, passenger depot, which is still in use, on the main line just off Old New York Avenue. This was probably constructed to avoid regular passenger runs on the DeLand Junction to DeLand spur.
The tracks that ran down Amelia Avenue, but perhaps not the one to Voorhis Avenue, appear to have remained in place through the middle 1950s. They were partially or wholly removed after that date. The removal of those tracks probably has something to do with the fact that the Bert Fish Memorial Hospital was built on the grounds of the old College Arms Hotel in 1952. It is doubtful that the city fathers thought a rail yard to be a good setting for a hospital. The site of the Bert Fish Memorial Hospital is where the Volusia County Courthouse now stands.
During 1967, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was acquired by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The tracks, east of St. Barnabas Church, appear to have been largely if not entirely removed by 1971. It is unknown when the Michigan Avenue depot was removed but it was probably in the 1960's.
In 1983, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was acquired by the Seaboard System Railroad. Finally, in1986, the Seaboard System Railroad was acquired by CSX Transportation.
SOURCES: Florida Geological Survey Bulletins Nos. 29, 51; Florida Geological Society Geologic Maps; Story of DeLand and Lake Helen, Helen Parce DeLand, 1928; Historical Highlights of Volusia County, T.E. Fitzgerald, 1939; Volusia the West Side, Francke et al; Annual Report of Railroad Commissioners of Florida, 1889 and 1911; Sanborn Insurance Company Maps of 1897 and 1915; A Pictorial History of West Volusia 1870-1940, W.G. Dreggors Jr. and Stephen Hess, 1989; List of Florida Railroads, Wikipedia; Volusia County Property Appraiser aerial photographs 1958 and 1971.
Population of DeLand
1890 - 1,113
1960 - 10,775
Wood Burning Locomotive 1880s
Cabbage Bluff - 1884.
Text on this vintage postcard: The trip from Jacksonville to DeLand over the J.T. and K.W. R'y affords one vast panorama of Tropical Scenery, beauty and grandeur, of which it is utterly impossible for a picture to portray.
The DeLand Train
Stetson Depot - 1915
College Arms Buggy - 1900
DeLand Station - 1920s


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How Love Can Inspire Digital Transformation
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We need oxygen to breathe, but we need love to live. Otherwise, we're nothing more than oxygen consuming zombies, right? Still, relationships take work — specifically, work centered around an openness to making connections and a willingness to create them. We're talking about active listening and communication, being kind and having empathy for one another, and playing to each other's strengths. After all, it's about bonding through common ground and chemistry. At least that's what relationship experts and love academics tell us. But what can love teach us about developing work relationships for successful digital transformation and adoption?
While finding love in the digital age has never been easier — given the dramatic increase in the options and choices available — we are additionally challenged by our need to find the right fit quickly, and by our conditioning for something to work immediately. We don't accept waiting for internet access, our Uber, or our coffee, so why would we wait for a relationship to be deep and meaningful? We just swiped right — and that's it. This speed, quality, and cost triangle applies just as much to love as it does to business. However, both additionally require effort, rely on trust, and only work if you're willing to adapt to maintain them. What's more, it never occurs to us to question why we want a relationship in the first place, or why we have such a sense of urgency surrounding the idea.
The same goes for digital transformation and adoption. Have you ever been in a situation where you do all the research to buy the right digital business products (ahem, our products), and you even find the right partner to get it implemented, you release it and… nobody is using it? It's akin to a typical dating profile blunder — my profile picture is good. I took that selfie 43 times. Why isn't anyone swiping right on me? Let's walk through some profiles to find out.
Believing in your business
Enter Gerald Ratner. He's the London businessman who succeeded in building a successful chain of jewelers during the 1980s. He was an innovative executive who became infamous in an otherwise staid industry. His secret? Gerald explained his strategy with statements such as, "Yeah, it's not Cartier, but it looks good, so who cares?" He spoke the language of the people who wanted to be a part of this exclusivity but couldn't afford it. And it worked. His customers bonded with him because he was one of them — he had the same values as they did.
Or did he? When he was asked how he could offer an impossibly low price for his cut-glass sherry decanters, Gerald said, "Because it's total crap." He sold a promise and an experience that — with this statement — he revealed he didn't believe in. Customers stayed away in droves.
Gerald is the guy who has a really great profile picture and looks good on paper — hey, he even looks good in person — but beyond that, there's no chemistry. Just when you think you could convince yourself of a second date, he tells you that he has a pregnant wife but he's unhappy and he's getting separated any day now. Needless to say, things with Gerald don't work out.
Values that drive success
Enter next Howard Schultz, the former chief executive at Starbucks. Howard famously said, "I can't imagine a day without coffee. I can't imagine!" He believes that any enterprise can grow big without losing its passion and personality if it is driven by values and people. People gravitate and stay loyal to a brand that is honest and shares their values. He knows this.
Howard is the guy you wouldn't have swiped right on, but when you meet him at a party, you find out that he is really interesting, passionate, and makes you laugh. So you think, "Why not?" And then after the first date you think, "You know what, this guy knows where he's going, what the end goal is, and how to get there." He's not the guy you thought you'd end up with, but you do.
Picking the right wingman
Speaking of having a vision and a plan to get there, Adobe has devised a strategic framework that in many ways leverages these love lessons. The strategy has three pillars — Immersion, Innovation, and Realization. Let them act as your wingman.
Immersion asks if you're ready to get back out there, and what you're looking for in a new business relationship. Innovation wants to know the kinds of people you are looking to attract with your online dating profile, or, in this case, with your digitally transformed business. It makes sure you're going to the right places and making the right connections. Realization then puts the digital transformation to work. It gets you the number, the first date, and ensures you get to the second date and many more thereafter.
When it's time for a change
Not all relationships are obvious from the outset. Sometimes there is trial and error. And sometimes you have a specific vision of what you want but realize along the way that your vision needs to change for a greater chance at happiness. Those who are present, patient, and open to change, succeed. And those who aren't may very well stay in relationships that last but aren't as fulfilling.
Let's talk about the Airbnb experiment. In 2009, Airbnb had a revenue of $200 per week when they realized a pattern — all of the pictures on their site were poor quality. So the founders traveled to New York, rented a camera, spent some time with customers listing properties, and replaced the amateur photography with beautiful, high-resolution pictures. A month later, their weekly revenue doubled to $400. It set the precedent for how Airbnb wanted to build its company culture — that you don't have to solve problems in a scalable way. Just like with dating Howard, sometimes what doesn't initially seem to be a good fit is actually what works.
Help for those who ask
Most of us understand the need to adapt and change, but we aren't truly patient, willing, and open to do this. At some point, however, we have to make a conscious choice and act on it. For your business, let Adobe be your marriage guru.
Adobe Customer Solutions offers a range of digital performance solutions to customers. Work with us to design and implement the right programs to help you assess, transform, and manage workforce relationships. By adopting our solutions, we can help you gain unique and tangible insights into the digital skills and behavior of your team. Our four steps — diagnostic, orchestration, governance, and change management — help ensure operational excellence in keeping everyone invested and moving toward the common goal of digital transformation. This will be a healthy relationship that lasts.
Nirmal Merchant and Shiv Paul, digital experience strategists at Adobe, are contributing experts on both love and digital transformation. To learn more about investing in experience-driven businesses, visit Taking the Lead in the Era of Experiences.
Topics: Future of Work, Digital Transformation, Personalization


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Why Would Shelter Take Stray Animals Outside Local Area?
Proactive Redemption is one of 11 components for reaching No Kill. It is all about making it easy to reunite lost pets with their families. Why would a poorly performing animal shelter, therefore, take in stray animals that were found in a community that is more than 40 minutes away, particularly when that community is No Kill? That is what No Kill advocates from Pueblo, Colorado are asking of the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR), an organization that has been embroiled in a series of ongoing controversies, which caused HSPPR to lose the contract to run animal control for the City of Pueblo effective January 1, 2019.
After losing the contract to run Pueblo's municipal animal shelter, HSPPR has tried to claim ownership of the brand name "Pueblo Animal Services." The shelter has, therefore, been rebranded "Community Animal Services of Pueblo" (CASP) and operating under the management of PAWS for Life, a No Kill shelter that has operated in Pueblo for more than 40 years.
Some natural confusion has taken place as a result of the contract change beginning in January. Unfortunately, that confusion has been unnecessarily exacerbated by a number of things HSPPR has done, like insisting on ownership of the PAS "brand." People searching for the Pueblo animal shelter now, for example, needlessly get directed to the HSPPR shelter in Colorado Springs, making it harder for them to find their lost pets.
More recently, as reported in the Pueblo Chieftain, HSPPR has been accepting stray animals found in Pueblo at their shelter in Colorado Springs, a 40 minute drive from the city where the pets were found. More startling is the fact that HSPPR also recently sent a letter to supporters, including those in Pueblo, saying they had "opened their doors" to Pueblo stray animals, along with a not-so-subtle suggestion that people should donate to help them because of it.
HSPPR's letter goes on to read:
As an open admission shelter, we accept all animals that come to us. Given our location, that means we see animals from Teller County, Fremont County and Pueblo County.
It should be noted that while HSPPR encourages people to bring them lost animals from outside their local community they make it harder for families looking for lost pets to find them.
To be absolutely crystal clear:
Pueblo has a Municipal Open Admission No Kill Shelter.
Fremont County has a Municipal Open Admission No Kill Shelter.
Teller County, although they do not use the words No Kill, has an Open Admission Municipal Shelter with a higher save rate than HSPPR.
There is no reason for HSPPR, or any shelter, to encourage people to take pets out of the jurisdiction where the animals have been found.
Pueblo City Council President Chris Nicoll said it best when he said, "Nobody will think to find their animals 40 miles north,"
"If there are animals being brought up there, I would think we'd want to have them transferred back here so people can find them," Nicoll added.
This sort of behavior, which seems to line the pockets of HSPPR at the expense of animals, is how HSPPR lost the contract in Pueblo also continues making the transition of the new leadership of CASP - the new animal control operation in Pueblo - more difficult and at a time when the work is naturally more challenging.
CASP took over the Pueblo contract on January 1, 2019. When they did, they moved into a shelter that had been stripped of anything HSPPR believed they could take, even that had been donated to "Pueblo Animal Services" for the expressed purpose of helping Pueblo animals.
In spite of the obvious challenges this has needlessly created for CASP, the new contractor finished their first month of operating with a 95% Live Release Rate, the highest the municipal animal shelter in Pueblo has ever seen.
One of the ways they achieved this success has been engaging in Proactive Redemption practices that ensure lost pets get reunited with their families as quickly as possible. They are getting so good at it that they are reuniting many animals with their families before they ever get to the shelter in the first place. They scan for microchips in the field. They look for tags and other identification in the field. They literally begin looking for potential owners before they take an animal to shelter.
This practice is saving money, labor and lives and is a clear indication the new management is serving the community well. That's progressive sheltering.
CASP is saving lives at an unprecedented rate in Pueblo and has put the community on a clear path to a sustainable No Kill success. HSPPR needs to stop working against this. They should help or - at the very least - get out of the way. It's what the people of Pueblo asked for when they chose a new shelter contractor. It is also what the pets of Pueblo deserve.
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Contested Public Attributions of Cyber Incidents and the Role of Academia
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In a recent article in Contemporary Security Policy, Florian J. Egloff reflects on the contested nature of public attributions of cyber incidents and what role academia could take up.
In the last five years, public attribution of cyber incidents has gone from an incredibly rare event to a regular occurrence. Just in October 2018, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre publicized its assessment of cyber activities conducted by the Russian military intelligence service (also known by its old acronym, the GRU). Clearly, publicizing activities that other political actors like to keep secret is a political act – but what kind of political act is it and what happens when a government publicly attributes?
For research on governmental public attribution, one can split the public attribution process into two phases: mechanisms that lead to public attribution and what happens after an incident is publicly attributed. Little research exists on either phase with regard to attribution of cyber incidents. This is problematic as our understanding of contemporary security policy rests on knowledge about what drives threat narratives, how and why particular attributions are introduced publicly, and how contestation of threat narratives takes place in the public sphere.
In a recent article for Contemporary Security Policy, I focus on the second phase of public attribution, namely, what happens after a government goes public about a cyber incident. Understanding this phase is important as public attributions of cyber incidents are one of the main sources from which the public learns about who is attacking whom in cyberspace, thereby shaping the threat perception of the general public. Most attribution judgements are published by governments, the private sector and a small number of civil society actors. To situate the knowledge space in which attribution claims are introduced, I reflect on such attributions as a source of knowledge about cyber conflict by identifying how they structurally shape our understanding of cyber conflict, in particular due to operational and (political, commercial, and legal) structural factors. In short, I argue that due to the commercial incentives on the private sector side and the political bias on the government side, public data about cyber conflict structurally induces distrust in the representativeness of public attribution statements.
I also focus on the contestation of public attribution claims in democracies and the consequences such contestation brings. Contestation is fundamental to democratic politics. The open debate, the ability of everyone to freely voice opinions, and the emergence of truth through democratic discourse is foundational to the public sphere of democratic polities. Thus, the ability to contest is a sign of healthy democratic politics. However, as I show in the article, this openness to contestation, coupled with an information poor environment, creates particular problems in the area of cybersecurity.
Attribution claims are introduced and contested, but even the possibility to perform attribution is questioned. Disinformation tactics are used to muddy specific attribution claims, leaving an electorate exposed to the coexistence of multiple "truths" and a fractured narrative of the past. Due to the secrecy attached to the attribution processes by governments, particularly due to concerns of intelligence agencies about sources and methods, governments are often reluctant to reveal the evidence underlying attribution judgments. These are ideal enabling conditions for other actors to contest governmental claims.
In a series of empirical examples (Sony Pictures in 2014, the Democratic National Committee in 2016, and NotPetya in 2017), I reflect on the drivers of contestation after an incident is publicly attributed and show how attackers and other constituencies with various political and economic motivations purport particular narratives. The Sony incident highlights the difficulty a government can have in convincing an electorate of its claims when there is no record of accomplishment in making attribution claims in public. The DNC intrusion shows how the attacker can take part in the meaning-making activities, in this case by actively trying to dispel the notion that the government knows who is behind a cyber incident. Finally, the NotPetya incident illustrates how actors seem to have learned from the contested cases. In particular, the coordination of attribution claims across different countries and entities was specifically designed to bolster the legitimacy and credibility of the attribution claims at the international level.
Finally, I reflect on how academia could provide a partial remedy. Academia, so far, has not been a strong participant in the discursive space around particular attributions. However, academia's commitment to transparency and independence theoretically makes it well-placed to add to independent interdisciplinary contributions on the state of cyber conflict. Thus, I argue there is an increasing need for academic interventions in the area of attribution. This includes interdisciplinary research on all aspects of attribution (not just in cybersecurity), and conducting independent research on the state of cyber conflict historically and contemporarily. One of the main implications of my argument about research on contestation of attribution claims for democracies is that they need to be more transparent about how attribution is performed. This could enable other civilian actors to study cyber conflict and to thereby broaden the discourse on what is one of the main national security challenges of today.
Florian J. Egloff is a Senior Researcher in Cybersecurity at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich. He is the author of "Contested public attributions of cyber incidents and the role of academia", Contemporary Security Policy, Advance Online Publication, available here. A shorter policy analysis on the subject can be found here.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 14, 2018
K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Today, the Nova Scotia Government released regulations and further details for the Nova Scotia Cap and Trade program. This follows the announcement of the final system on October 23, 2018, in tandem with the Federal Government's announcements on carbon pricing nationwide.
"We welcome the introduction of a carbon pricing system in Nova Scotia, but much more needs to be done to ensure it is effective and equitable," says Stephen Thomas, Energy Campaign Coordinator with the Ecology Action Centre (EAC).
The Nova Scotia Government says the system will be responsible for 650,000 tonnes of provincial greenhouse gas reductions over four years – or an annual reduction of about 1%. Thomas says that reduction is not strong enough to keep global warming below 1.5°C, the amount needed to avoid catastrophic climate change according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
"We need to get serious about reducing emissions and creating jobs in this province. We need ambition, and we need leadership," says Thomas.
Under the new system, Industries still get the vast majority of their emissions credits for free, but some credits from electricity and fossil fuel suppliers will now be auctioned. The money raised at auction will go into a new Nova Scotia Green Fund. The province estimates the fund will raise between $25M and $30M each year for low-carbon programming. The rules for how the fund works and how it will be spent will be developed in 2019.
"We think that collecting revenue into the Green Fund is a good thing under this system, and we should work to increase the amount that polluters are paying into the system over time," says Thomas. "It's critical that we have broad, public consultations and input into the Green Fund. It's an exciting prospect for supporting low- and middle-income households, emissions reductions projects and capacity around work on climate change in Nova Scotia."
The province also released a 2030 greenhouse gas reduction "target" of between 45% and 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 (12.7 Mt to 11.6 Mt) – which has been the business-as-usual projections for Nova Scotia since before any additional emissions reductions programs like Cap and Trade.
The EAC is a partner on the 2030 Declaration, which calls for ambitious climate change targets for 2030, and support for workers and communities transitioning to the green economy. The 2030 Declaration target of 50% below 1990 levels by 2030 (9.8 Mt) is estimated to create more than 30,700 jobs in Nova Scotia.
Thomas says much work remains to ensure we reduce emissions in a way that creates jobs, supports communities and meets science-based climate change targets in Nova Scotia. "We need to work quickly to diversify our energy sources in Nova Scotia in ways that supports job-creating local industries like renewables and efficiency."
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Тшцянне (; устар. Тростяны) — деревня в Польше, входит в состав Монькского повята Подляского воеводства. Административный центр гмины Тшцянне. Находится примерно в 10 км к юго-западу от города Моньки. По оценке 2015 года, в деревне проживало примерно 545 человек. Есть католический костёл (1846) и еврейское кладбище.

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Бывшее еврейское местечко. К концу XIX века местечко Тростяны входило в состав Белостокского уезда Гродненской губернии. Была развита торговля щетиной и хлебом. Действовала щёточная фабрика, имелась почта и телеграф. По данным переписи 1897 года насчитывалось 2313 жителя, среди них 2276 евреев.

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What will happen in education in 2013?
Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 00:00
It's time to find out who in education has been naughty or nice and how the New Year will look in the classroom
There will be increasing speculation about Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn's future
Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn can reflect on 2012 with quiet satisfaction. Key elements of his reform programme, such as changes to the Junior Cert and school patronage, are up and running. Further reforms are planned.
The Minister, now aged 66, insists he is there for the long haul, all the way to the next election. But it's been a long time since any education minister completed five years in Marlborough Street. Quinn is the fifth person to hold the portfolio since 2004. With a Cabinet reshuffle due in September after the EU presidency, there is already speculation that Richard Bruton could move to education, although surely Labour would would want to retain the education portfolio?
Quinn, a distinguished former president of Ecofin-EU finance ministers, will also be linked to the EU commissioner post which falls vacant next summer. Labour has never held the post and a heavy hitter such as Quinn would secure a very senior post; and that could be important in key discussions on our debt burden.
With Quinn unlikely to contest the next election, there will also be pressure from some in the party to move on.
So will Quinn be in education this time next year? No one, least of all the Minister himself, is sure.
What's certain is there will be a wave of speculation about his future. The hope must be that it will not derail or slow down his reform agenda.
Northern Ireland will become the new Finland.
For year we have looked north to Finland for education's promised land. But the latest international rankings for primary schools suggest that the promised land may actually be up the road.
Northern Ireland is among the elite performers in both reading and maths where it significantly outperformed the Republic.
Its secret? A concerted move to boost standards in literacy and numeracy and radical reform of teacher education.
The good news is that similar reforms are already under way south of the Border.
There will be speculation about a new working contract for teachers as part of Croke Park Two.
It has been a good year in hard times for the teacher unions, the INTO, Asti and the TUI. Croke Park has protected pay, conditions and jobs, except for new entrants, and there has been no increase in class size for most schools. But there are already signs the Government is targeting the working conditions of teachers, especially at second level where teachers work 167 days a year.
It may be that the Government will press for a new teaching contract where second level teachers are required to be on the school premises during office hours every day. There could also be changes to arrangements for oral exam and much else.
President Higgins will become even more outspoken on education.
The President launched a number of thinly veiled attacks on the "pro-business" agenda of the UCD president, Hugh Brady, and other university leaders in 2012. Expect more robust comments as the Government targets academic working hours and performance-related pay in Croke Park Two.
Opposition to the new Junior Cert will stiffen among teachers.
While change to the Junior Cert has received a hugely positive response from educationalists and commentators, it's viewed with suspicion by many rank and file teachers. There are fears the new exam gives an advantage to better resourced schools and fails to prepare students for a high stakes Leaving Cert exam. Clearly, the Department of Education has still to make the case for change to the ordinary teacher.
Expect this issue to dominate the Easter teacher conferences of Asti and the TUI.
Waterford will secure a new technological university.
Combined efforts by Brendan Howlin and Phil Hogan will help deliver the new technological university for Waterford, despite the scepticism of some in the Department of Education and the Higher Education Authority.
Little evidence of real collaboration between the universities will emerge, despite their commitment to do so.
Two outstanding HEA reports this year exposed one glaring truth – the seven universities are run like proud, independent fiefdoms. They have no great appetite for pooling resources. Next year, various reports will back regional clusters, deeper collaboration and the rest, but the universities will be slow to change.
Here's a forecast: This time next year there will still be huge duplication of courses in engineering, education and humanities.
Reform of third-level admissions will begin in earnest.
The university presidents are due to report early next year on changes to the CAO. Expect more broadly based first year university courses in science, engineering, languages and much else. There will be a move away from highly specialised combinations where students need more than 500 points.
Winners and losers in education 2012
Winners . . .
The INTO, which lobbied successfully against a Budget increase in class size.
University presidents:DCU's Brian MacCraith emerged as unofficial leader of the sector; Jim Browne of NUI Galway was a low-key but highly effective president; Philip Nolan of Maynooth made a strong first impression.
Clive Byrne, head of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, the first key figure to back radical Junior Cert change.
Educate Together.The big winner in the changes to school patronage and about to gain ground at second level.
Labour backbenchers.Protected DEIS schools and special-needs provision and successfully targeted fee-paying schools in the Budget.
Marino Instituteof Further Education and St Patrick's College of Education: winners in the teacher-training shake-up.
Charlie McConalogue, the new Fianna Fáil education spokesman who led the way on the SUSI grants shambles.
. . . and losers
New entrantsto teaching, all but abandoned by the teaching unions and facing severe pay cuts.
Fee-paying schools, facing a further two-point increase in class size and more scrutiny from the Department.
City of DublinVEC which won the contract for the SUSI student grant system, the biggest education scandal of the year.
The VECsector, increasingly losing out to Educate Together and the preferred choice of relatively few parents in Department of Education survey.
Small schools. The Government held tough on new staffing arrangements hitting small schools.
Most popular articles Education Today, 2012
1Inside Third Level; former college president Paul Mooney on poor management and light workloads. A response by Gavan Titley of NUI Maynooth entitled "How Mooney got it all wrong" also drew a huge response.
2Anseo! How a new generation of gay teachers is fighting back. By Gráinne Faller.
3Improve your child's reading in 10 minutes per day.
4Goodbye Mr and Mrs Chips. Louise Holden on the exodus from teaching.
5A TBH column from a parent: To see real educational apartheid, look no further than your local Gaelscoil.
6100 things you need to know about college life.


11 Reasons Cabbage is good for you!
I LOVE cabbage! I love it raw, steamed, baked, grilled, boiled, and even fermented! It is an amazing addition to any meal in my opinion. The funny thing is cabbage is beyond amazing for you health!
Years ago when sailors used to travel back and forth between the European & North American continents, they would get scurvy. One of the best ways to prevent scurvy is with Vitamin C & Fermented Foods. So the sailors would begin taking cabbage & citrus fruits with them when they were sailing to prevent scurvy.
1: Slows the Aging Process: It is full of Vitamin C & Vitamin A- which play a huge role in anti-aging!
2: Prevents colon cancer: There are many studies that show that people who eat large amounts of cabbage are far less likely to develop colon cancer. It is chock full of healthy fiber that is amazing for keeping your bowels moving regularly and not leaving behind much waste at all.
3: Heals Ulcers: Especially Red Cabbage! Eat about 1/4 of a raw red cabbage (per day) if you are having ulcers and it will heal very quickly.
4: Heals & Prevents Cataracts: Cabbage is high in Vitamin A & Beta Carotene, which are essential for healthy eyes & healthy vision.
5: Clears Skin: Cabbage is full of Vitamin D which is effective in the treatment of acne. Cabbage juice is best for this.
6: Boosts the immune system: An ingredient in cabbage called sulforaphane helps to create antioxidants which fight infections within the body.
7: Boosts Energy: High in B Vitamins which support your adrenal health & boosts energy naturally.
8: Promotes Strength: Cabbage helps to build muscle within the body.
9: Treats fungal infections: Cabbage has a very high amount of the mineral, Sulfur, which is effective in killing off fungi.
10: Promotes silky smooth hair: The high sulfur content in cabbage also helps to keep the scalp healthy and gives the hair a nice shine.
11: Relieves sore muscles: This is perfect for when you change up your workout routine and you are extremely sore. Cabbage will give your body the proper amount of lactic acid and makes sure it doesn't get stuck in the muscles.
The people of the United States have not fully decided if Raw Milk is "okay" and "healthy" but I must say it is one of the most nourishing and healthiest things I have ever had in my entire life.
Raw milk has all 20 of the standard amino acids, which lets our body take a rest from trying to make them since we are providing it in our food.
It is full of immunoglobullins which has tons of antibodies which ward off viruses, bacteria, and other illnesses. It has also been shown to to decrease the symptoms of asthma!
About two thirds of the fat in milk is saturated. Saturated fats play a number of important roles in our bodies. They construct cell membranes and key hormones, they provide energy storage and padding for delicate organs, and they serve as a vehicle for important fat-soluble vitamins. Also when you have the proper fat soluble vitamins, you can assimilate your minerals much better!
The coolest thing about raw milk, it has both water soluble and fat soluble vitamins-- which is way cool. It isn't often that one can find something with both fat and water soluble vitamins in abundance!
My personal testimony to raw milk is that when I was pretty ill after coming home from the hospital after my latest heart incident. I couldn't really eat or drink much of anything without getting sick. I started drinking raw milk as a last hope. After the first glass I began feeling stronger, after the second I had color to my face, and after the third my headache went away, and after my fourth glass I no longer was having diarrhea (a horrible side effect to my episodes with my heart). I did some research and even found out that raw milk is full of enzymes that aid in proper digestion and help you to assimilate nutrients more properly. Also it is full of saturated fat! Do you guys know how much fat I eat?! I eat lots of fat! I will be posting an article about the importance of fat in your daily diet soon- but I eat at least 2 sticks of butter or more per day when it comes to fat... and well guys I am pretty thin!
So if you are in states that allow for the sale of Raw Milk- start drinking it! If you are in the states where it is illegal unless you are drinking from a cow you "own" -- so find a co-op and pay a yearly fee! Drink up !!!
Bone Broth: It is amazing for healing the body. Based on your blood type you can figure out which kind is the best. It heals leaky gut syndrome which is basically what happens when people get vaccinations and when people have allergies! It nourishes the liver and kidneys. It even helps to have the blood supply create more platelets. It stimulates the nervous system and nourishes the nerves with the fats. In America we are afraid of fat! Don't be afraid of fat! Fat unless it is trans-fat is good for you. Especially saturated fat and animal fats!
Beets: Beets are one of my favorite foods to have people eat! They will help balance the body's pH! Have you ever done the beet test? Eat a few raw beets or a glass or two of juice. When you urinate, if your urine isn't a beet color, then you are too acidic- so how do you fix that? Well you eat more beets! It also has the natural mineral of sodium! When you take in beets, it will balance the body's sodium- it will get rid of the nasty table salt. It will help decrease the excess water in your system as well! Stay tuned to learn more about beets!
Avocados: They are rich in monounsaturated fat! It is amazing for your brain & nerves. It is also one of the first foods a baby should be eating! They have twice the amount of potassium that a banana has. It is chock full of B Vitamins, Folic Acid, Vitamin E, and Fiber!
Free Range Eggs: When chickens are allowed to roam the pasture so to speak, they are able to eat things that are normal to their diet such as worms, bugs, insects, and seeds. One egg carries tons of choline which supports the heart, lutein for the eyes, and at least 9 different amino acids! Amino Acids are the carries of proteins in the body! It also naturally carried Vitamin B12 which most vegetarians are very low in! Eat some eggs!


This week SCI Foundation brings you a guest post from our fellow IUCN member, the National Whistleblower Center, on how hunters can help stop illegal wildlife trafficking without fear of reprisal!
Hunters have the opportunity to take a lead role in anti-trafficking efforts by blowing the whistle on wildlife trafficking activities that violate U.S. laws. By serving as whistleblowers, hunters can protect their livelihoods and recreation, as well as qualify for monetary rewards if the information they report results in successful government actions against traffickers.
Whistleblowers have a long history of exposing corruption, such as bribery, fraud and government misconduct. The Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program, launched by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), is now mobilizing whistleblowers around the world in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. NWC Executive Director, Steve Kohn, discovered untapped whistleblower provisions within U.S. wildlife conservation laws, like the Lacey Act, which can be used to strengthen enforcement efforts against wildlife traffickers.
In the article Monetary Rewards for Wildlife Whistleblowers: A Game-Changer in Wildlife Trafficking Detection and Deterrence, Kohn highlighted the seemingly forgotten whistleblower provisions that have existed in wildlife statutes for over 30 years. Kohn analyzed the success that whistleblower programs have had in increasing detection of covert crimes involving taxes, securities, and ocean pollution demonstrate the potential impact wildlife crime whistleblowers can have in boosting enforcement efforts against wildlife traffickers. For example, whistleblowers have helped the government recover over $30 billion under the False Claims Act (FCA). For their role in protecting U.S. taxpayers from fraud, FCA whistleblowers have received over $6 billion in rewards.
Using U.S. wildlife protection laws to prosecute wildlife traffickers requires a connection between the illegal activity and the U.S. Poaching, illegal fishing, and interstate transport of illegal wildlife products that occur in the U.S. can clearly be reported by whistleblowers. Activities such as wire fraud and participation by U.S. publicly-traded companies can be used to establish connections to the U.S. when the underlying poaching and trade occur abroad. Despite the potential complexities of applying U.S. laws to illegal activity happening outside of the country, whistleblower programs targeting foreign jurisdictions have thrived.
Two prime examples of this are The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), which target violations occurring outside the U.S. Whistleblowers from anywhere in the world can report illegal activity and qualify for rewards. The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Whistleblower, which administers the FCPA, has received whistleblower reports from individuals in 103 countries. The whistleblowers who report ocean dumping under the APPS are often crewmembers on foreign boats, and they report illegal dumping that occurs on the high seas or in foreign waters. The international scope of the whistleblower provisions of the APPS has enabled the U.S. to play a leading role in fighting global ocean pollution. Like the FCPA and APPS, wildlife crime whistleblower provisions apply to international activities and reward international whistleblowers. There is significant potential in replicating these whistleblower programs to fight global wildlife trafficking.
Reporting information to the government through a whistleblower program enables a person to qualify for potential rewards and receive certain protections. Under the FCPA, whistleblowers can report information anonymously to the government. In those cases, only the whistleblower's lawyer knows the identity of the whistleblower to minimize the risk of exposure. Some whistleblower laws, like the FCA, also allow organizations to qualify as whistleblowers. An organization assuming the role of a whistleblower can provide an additional layer of protection for individual informants. The rewards and protections offered by U.S. whistleblower programs are essential for emboldening potential whistleblowers to do the right thing.
Hunters often use their skills and experience to act as stewards for wildlife, and this can be particularly useful when targeting wildlife trafficking. The ability to distinguish between similar-looking species can help determine whether a protected species is being sold as a pet. Field experience can help identify whether the trapping equipment being used is legal. Connections to hunters and guides around the world can facilitate the sharing of information about trafficking participants, from poachers to corrupt officials. By channeling their knowledge into whistleblower reports, hunters can help turn the tide against extinctions caused by wildlife trafficking.
The National Whistleblower Center's Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program provides a secure and confidential online platform where individuals across the world can report wildlife crime. The Program seeks to connect whistleblowers to attorneys who will help prepare viable reports for submission to government agencies and ensure that whistleblowers are protected and compensated for bringing violations to light.


Yet again IBM blockchain is making noises in the blockchain ecosystem. According to recent reports, the tech giant is collaborating with major players in the healthcare sector. In addition to PNC Bank, IBM has entered in an agreement with health plan providers Aetna, Anthem, and Healthcare Care Service Corporation.
According to reports, the aim is to improve the way in which medical data is handled and shared, as well as making health claims and transactions more efficient. As explained by a representative of IBM, transforming the healthcare sector requires pursuing insights and predictions by using data and doing away with inefficiencies. Furthermore, "In healthcare, these inefficiencies are in clinical areas and in administrative areas – or just friction that happens in the system which leads to bad customer experience," the representative added.
Labeled as the Health Utility Network, this initiative encompasses close to 100 million healthcare plans. Nevertheless, additional organizations and healthcare providers are set to join in the near future.
Lately, the Healthcare industry has been getting a lot of attention in terms of blockchain technology. Not only IBM blockchain and its partners have been trying to implement blockchain technology in the healthcare system. Insurance giants Humana and United Health Group have also teamed up to launch a blockchain initiative, another is newcomer proCredex, created to facilitate sharing credentials of medical and dental practitioners.


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what is the best artificial lighting design to avoid plasma glare?
Discussion in 'Home Cinema Building DIY' started by intv, Jan 11, 2008.
what is the best artificial lighting design to avoid plasma glare? im not talking about daylight here or watching tv in dimly lit rooms.
ive searched the forums and even googled the net but the answers ive found seem to be quite vague. discussions often get dragged into an lcd vs plasma debate which lets face it have been done to death.
im guessing you would not want a light shining directly at the screen.
also guessing, if you replaced the plasma screen with an imaginary mirror you would not want to be able to see a light in this mirror from each viewing position, hence people tilting their plasma down a few degrees. this would make my imaginary mirror show a reflection of the area under a problem light. what if you can see a well lit area in this mirror, light from a reading or task light?
how can you add a reading light, should a spotlight be used ? 12v or 220v, recessed or eyeball ?
have you one light you live with but turn off for serious viewing.
i think as trial and error wass probably the solution for most, gathering the results in a discussion might help some people. my own point of interest is im thinking of adding one downlighter in the ceiling to illuminate a seat which is used for reading and i am hoping it wont be a wasted install.
I had mine tilted down at the previous house because there was a window pointing directly at it.
In the new house, that isn't a problem so I mounted it straight.
I've got a square of downlighters running around the room and get no glare at all on the plasma.
Have a look at my thread here.
- intv, that's exactly the type of problem I've experienced in my lounge. We have a floor-standing lamp which we've tried in a number of positions, but there's always a seating position that sees the reflection. Like you say, the mirror idea is the way to see if you'll be affected when doing your layout. My tv isn't tilted.
I actually use this lamp for reading, it's placed at the end of a sofa. The lights are small halogens, and it has a dimmer built-in, which is really useful. Turned off for films.
Are you talking about ambient lighting in this case?
As the lighting is behind the plasma then you get no reflections at all.
Apologies if this is not what youre after.
@MitsiTurbo no, not ambient lighting, more along the lines of task lighting (eg reading lamp). ive seen grooves thread and the design is truly beautiful, (even his photos are professional looking).
when you have the lamp on, do you see a reflection of the bulb, the lamp shade or do you also see the area that the lamp has illuminated. can you see any of the person who is reading.
your just using standard flush-fitting (not-recessed) 12v halogen downlighters , yes?
could any of the actual fittings be seen from any of your viewing position, if the screen was a mirror, or is my mirror theory to stringent?
I used the satin chrome downlighters from here.
I think if you make the assumption that your plasma is a mirror, you are adopting a very much worse case scenario.
The front glass on plasma displays is coated with an anti reflective coating (same as you can get on a pair of glasses). The reflection from even a bright light appears as a blueish purple colour rather than a direct reflection.
In my room and with the plasma off, you are aware of the presence of the downlighters but they are not invasive. Remember that they are shining straight down and not at the display. The ones I recommended above have the lamp recessed by about 10mm from the face of the fitting as well.
With the plasma on, they cannot be seen at all.
great info stevelup thanks for sharing.
what i was trying to get across with the mirror theory thing was more to do with the angle of reflection than the intensity of the reflection itself. i didnt really explain myself properly. its very interesting to now know that the recessed lights you linked to wont show up reflection when the plasma (with anti-reflection coating) is on, even if the fittings would be viewable thru a mirrored-screen. knowing this, im going to add a few to the ceiling. what watt bulbs did you use?
I understand where you are coming from with the reflections, I was just suggesting that a pure mirror is a bit extreme as a comparison point.
You *can* see the lamps but they are a dull purple glow and not at all invasive for normal viewing.
I used these 35W lamps.
The light I read by is only visible on the screen if (as you suggest) the angle of reflection is just right. You can see the light, but obviously your eyes aren't focussed on it. However, if it distracts, then your eyes focus on it, and you can see a perfect reflection of the light (shade).
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So doing that yoga video for Squam kind of broke the ice for me, and I felt compelled to share another video post! (Feeling braver, yes we are!) The idea for this one started first with my love and passion for Thai Yoga Massage, and my desire to share it with others. Now, to be clear: I am NOT a schooled or trained Thai practicioner (yet!). I have simply taken a few workshops and have had and done a handful of Thai massages myself. But I so love this healing art form and practice it regularly on my family and friends (lucky ducks, huh?!).
The second reason this video idea was at the top of my mind is because my mom is aging (like ya do) and has started experiencing some health problems. Typical stuff like feeling stiff, aching feet, sore back, etc. In her words: "Pen, I am turning into a stone!" So in talking and brainstorming with her, we came up with the idea of me posting little videos to help her regain her health and flexibility. And I mean helping with simple, natural ways... basic things you can do at home (massage techniques, yoga, food choices) to nourish your body. Plus, helping my mom will give me experiential knowledge to eventually start to help other people (something I'd love to do down the road when the timing is right and I get more schooling).
So onto this video. This is a super simple, but amazingly wonderful foot massage technique that you can do with a partner. It's basically walking on the receiver's feet with your own. There's no real "right" way to do it, as long as you are communicating with your partner and they feel good. So you can use your heels first, then the front part of your foot. You can grab a kitchen chair for balance and walk on both feet at the same time. Whatever feels right. I know it's hard to visualize in black and white type. So watch the video, try it out, and let me know what you think!
Hope your feet are happy too!


St. Jude's Rambling Club is now in its 12th year and warmly welcomes any new members.
On each monthly outing, because of the varying capabilities of members, walks of varying degrees of severity are organised.
Walks are planned in the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, the Peak District, Wales and Shropshire, and, of course, in our own county of Lancashire.
The club also holds social events, such as the annual Buffet Dance, Slide Shows and Christmas Dinner.
Anyone interested in joining the Rambling Club should contact Bernard Cusani.