I'm have a really frustrating problem with beam joints where I have 2 wide flange beam parallel rails with smaller wide flange beams connecting the 2 at regular intervals(sort of like a forklift mast). The problem is the smaller beams only make proper joints with 1 of the rails and remain free or unattached to the other rail even though it's completely symmetrical. I have played around with the distance tolerance and it had no effect.
One thing that does solve the problem is when I locate the profile differently so that instead of the small beams sitting on top of the rails, they are located on the same axis as the rails (centroids aligned). But this will give inaccurate results later when I constrain this weldment in a more realistic manner.
This should be really simple but it's consuming a huge amount of time. It seems the beam analysis feature is not usefull for anything but simple beams. I attached the file.
I think there is an easy solution to this.
1. Right-Click on "joint group" and click edit beam joints.
2. There should apprear small spheres on the model, Golden puke-yellow for the end of a beam, and pink for a beam joint.
3. right-click on the golden coloured "end" joint that you want to be welded to the bigger wide flange beam.
4. A little dialog window pops up showing (you already knew this) that the only beam involved in this joint is the single beam.
5. Click on the other beam to which it's supposed to be welded. Now two beams should appear in the little dialog box.
6. Click "calculate" in the beam joints property manager window. The golden joint should change into a pink "joint" and all should be well.
If the steps I've described don't work, you can read more in the simulation help file under "beam joint".
Thanks for the tip David, your suggestion worked for most of the joints, although there was still some odd behaviour with some of the joints for no apparent reason.
dear david.thanks for your answer. i have same problem and solve with your solution steps.


It looks like we've got a rally! In years past it has been estimated that the rally brings in 400,000 - 500,000 attendees. We certainly are not expecting less this year. Our events have expanded from Dickson Street, Baum Stadium and the Washington County Fairgrounds in Fayetteville to include the Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, Arkansas this year.
While Arkansas proudly boasts some of the best motorcycle riding roads in the country, and we all know it's a wonderful place for a quiet, scenic ride, once a year it's also the best place in the country for a four day party tailored to suit BIKERS! They call that a rally, folks, and we've sure got one put together for you which is certain not to disappoint.
We have riders coming in from all over the country and even a few reporting in from UK, Australia and Germany. With less than a week before the festivities begin, we are all excited to share the 15th ANNUAL BIKES BLUES AND BBQ MOTORCYCLE RALLY with the entire country and beyond!


Hossam will be on tour in Italy playing in Musicanti.
Musicanti is a show which brings to the stage great performers, choreography, a new story and the immense musical heritage of Pino Daniele. A weaving that links songs, dramaturgy and Neapolitan tradition to create a new and unique theatrical and musical experience.


New Delhi: India's no. 1 off-road racer, CS Santosh has been announced as the Brand Ambassador of Favre-Leuba, the second oldest Luxury Swiss Watch Brand, for their Raider Sea Sky timepieces.
CS Santosh is a name that is synonymous with testing all limits and being the first to take up some of the biggest challenges. He is the first Indian in history to compete and finish the Dakar Rally – the world's toughest off-road motorsport event. He has won several races such as Raid De Himalayas, Desert Storm and India Baja. He was also the winner of P1 Power Boats.
The Favre-Leuba Raider Sea Sky aligns with Santosh's unaverred adventures. Since 2016, the brand has been testing the timepiece and its performance across a challenging environment as an instrument with genuine functionality beyond telling time. The watch has successfully managed to stand strong through various extreme weather conditions and environmental changes making it an ideal fit for a rugged environment as extreme as off-road racing.
The Raider Sea Sky incorporates a retro-futuristic design philosophy, unique to Favre-Leuba. The timepieces are not limited to the design of the past but skillfully transition into the bold look of the future with sharp lines and a formidable size, making it a very contemporary timepiece for today's explorers.
Bold and spunky, the Raider Sea Sky combines the functionality of a chronograph with the practical benefit of a rotating bezel, which allows the wearer to calculate speed and precise time. A pop of colour makes an impact in the water, on land or in the sky, complemented by luminous index marks on the dial.
CS Santosh, as an off-road bike racer needs a device which can not only be his time keeping companion but something that stays put on his wrist and functionality through a very rigid environment, thus making the Raider Sea Sky the most compatible timepiece for him and all his racing expeditions where even a hundredth of a second can define results.
Favre-Leuba is the second oldest Swiss watch brand, with a rich heritage in watch engineering and design spanning over 282 years. It was led by eight generations of the Favre-Leuba family until the 1980's and acquired by the Tata Group on November 16th, 2011. With the global reach and understanding of the Tata Group supporting it, Favre-Leuba is now transitioning a legendary brand into the present day while continuing to cherish the very thing its forefathers breathed life into – the art of watchmaking. Not many brands can look back on such a rich and inspiring history, and few people will ever have the privilege of owning a part of it. Today, Favre-Leuba is creating future legends that will be cherished by anyone who believes being exemplary is just the start of their own story.


Keep a square pan ready by greasing with little butter.
Heat a non-stick pan with sugar and water, stir well and cook until the sugar gets completely dissolved.
Add sweetened condensed milk and mix well.
Now stir cook on low-medium flame for about 15 minutes or until the mixture gets dried.
When it almost gets dried add salted butter and mix well.
Cook for another few minutes until it starts leaving from the sides of the an.
Add cardamom powder and chopped nut; mix well and turn off heat.
Quickly transfer in to greased pan and level it with the help of a greased spoon or spatula.
Allow to cools down completely.
Cut them in to squares with the help of a greased (with oil or butter) sharp knife.
You can store them in an air tight container up to one month.


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Game of Thrones Plans Croatia Shoot
Game of Thrones, the HBO series, will shoot portions of its second season in Croatia, HBO announced.
23-08-2011 FNE Staff
PRODUCTION: Peter Greenaway Begins Filming in Zagreb
ZAGREB: British director Peter Greenaway is filming Goltzius and the Pelican Companyin Zagreb. Shooting began on 27 July 2011.
FESTIVALS: Croatian Films Awarded in Sarejevo
Croatia claimed four awards at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival, including the honorary Heart of Sarajevo prize which was given to Emil Tedeschi, general manager of the Atlantic group, at…
Pula Film Festival Prize Winners
PULA: The 58th Pula Film Festival awarded its main prize, the Grand Golden Arena, to Kotlovina directed by Tomislav Radic in its National Competition for Croatian film. The film also…
Croatia Approves Tax Incentives Bill
ZAGREB: The Croatian Parliament adopted an amendment to it Audiovisual Law which introduces a 20% tax rebate for film production costs. The law was passed on 15 July 2011.
FESTIVALS: 58th Pula FF Opens
The 58th Pula Film Festival, running 16-23 July 2011, screens 19 feature-length films, opening with Lea i Darija by Branko Ivanda.
FESTIVALS: Seven Croatian Films Compete at Sarajevo
Seven Croatian films have entered the official competition programme of this year's 17th Sarajevo Film Festival (22-30 July).
FNE at Pula IFF: Pula Announce Competition Films
PULA: The 58th Pula Film Festival (9-23 July 2011, www.pulafilmfestival.hr) and the National Programme (16-23 July) have announced a selection of 19 Croatian films to be screened, including 10 Croatian…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Marija's Own
The Croatian director Zeljka Sukova's debut film, Marija's Own, is an unconventional documentary that screens in Karlovy Vary's East of the West competition.
30-06-2011 Iulia Blaga
Croatian Film Grants Announced
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC, www.havc.hr ) selected five feature films for co-funding at its 19th session on 27 June 2011. A total of HRK 2,200,000 was distributed.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Belvedere
Ahmed Imamović's second feature Belvedere, which has its European premiere in the East of the West competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, is a drama about the survivors of the…
Ivona Juka's Co-production The Other Supported by Eurimages
ZAGREB: Director Ivona Juka's feature live-action debut The Other, a Croatian/Slovene coproduction,has won financial support from Eurimages.
Croatian Films at Karlovy Vary IFF
ZAGREB: The feature film Room 304, a Croatian coproduction by Danish director Brigitte Staermose, and the documentary film Marija's Own by director and writer Željka Sukova have been selected for…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Croatia
ZAGREB: Croatian television is still struggling to find its way. The recent departure of several top executives and uneven results for attempts at new programming - as well as the…
PRODUCTION: Flower Square Completes Filming
ZAGREB: Filming of the feature crime drama Flower Square (working title) by Krsto Papić wrapped on 12 May 2011. The shoot began on 10 April, and the film was shot…
Croatia Introduces Proposed Incentives at Cannes
Croatia will promote its new incentive measures for investment in the country's audiovisual industry during the Cannes film festival. The incentives were featured in the objectives of the National Programme…
Croatia at Cannes
The stand of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre at the Cannes Film Market will be for the second year located at the Village International Riviera in the framework of the South-East…
PRODUCTION: Fashion Tension Begins Filming in Hvar
ZAGREB: The Croatian feature Fashion Tension is directed by Filip Šovagović and written by Ivica Đikić and Robert Perišić began shooting on the island of Hvar on 26 April 2011.
FNE - IDF DocBlock: Mechanical Figures
Croatian producer/director Helena Bulaja explores the life and world of inventor Nikola Tesla in the interactive and animated documentary Mechanical Figures, pitched at the 2010 East European Forum.
PRODUCTION: Croatian Doc Receives Romanian Funding
Croatian documentary film Gangster Loves You by director Nebojša Slijepčević and produced by Restart and Fade In received a grant of €26,000 from the Romanian National Film Fund CNC (Centrui…

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Singh Campaign Vows to Increase Pressure Following Cory Booker's Failed 2020 Attempt
January 15, 2020, 12:04 pm | in
LINWOOD — On Monday, Cory Booker's political machinations were finally derailed as Hirsh Singh, New Jersey Republican candidate for U.S. Senate continued to gain ground in the Garden State. The Singh campaign issued a statement shortly after the Democrat was forced to drop out of the 2020 presidential race.
Since April of last year, the Singh campaign has gained considerable ground with New Jersey residents. Many of his newest supporters are from the African American communities, former Democrat voters that suffered heavily from the ill effects of Booker's policies, including record-high crime, unemployment and poverty, ever since he first took power.
"It's easy to paint Cory Booker as a clueless dope with delusions of grandeur," said Singh. "Just look at the water scandal in Newark. Instead of fixing the problem, Booker literally fled the state to campaign for even more power. But voters have awoken. They see through his charades."
Over the past four years, at least 200,000 New Jersey residents have been affected by Newark's lead-poisoned water supply as a direct result of Booker's mismanagement and neglect. Last August, the city committed another $120 million to the issue, with no end in sight.
In spite of Booker's comments calling him "worse than a racist," President Trump would later sign a water bill dedicating another $100 million of federal funds to fixing Newarks water crisis. Less than two months later, Booker would repay the President by accusing him of betraying his oath, a display of hypocrisy critics say may have been the self-inflicted blow that spelled doom for his campaign.
"The fact is, this is worse than dopey delusion," Singh continued. "Cory Booker is greedy, corrupt and self-entitled. This is the first time he's found himself without the buying power he's used to. His closest supporters are jumping ship and he's out of time. He's played the race card to death and his constituents in New Jersey aren't having it. He's desperate now, and that makes him dangerous."
Since losing his corporate backers, Booker has had constant trouble raising funds of any kind. Prior to calling it quits, he'd failed to qualify for the December and January primary debates, with an approval rating of just 4%. In a poll from early this year, a full 25% of voters — from all parties on the political spectrum — rated the Democrat as "Very unfavorable."
Singh has dedicated much of his U.S. Senate campaign to addressing the problems caused by Booker's tenure in power. Bi-partisan analysts have speculated that Booker would likely treat the Senate race as a "contingency" effort — his last-ditch effort to cling to power. Those predictions grow ever more likely now that Booker's presidential dreams have been dashed by his young Republican rival.
"This Senate election is Booker's last chance to stay in politics," says Singh. "He'll be coming back to New Jersey with a vengeance, licking his wounds and demanding support from the same constituents he ignored while pursuing the White House. It won't work — we will never allow it."
In contrast to Booker's dogged anti-Trump rhetoric, Singh has pledged to work with President Trump to restore New Jersey's infrastructure and prestige as an economic powerhouse for the nation. At a Trenton rally on Monday, Singh spoke to thousands of cheering New Jerseyans, declaring "We will not go quiet!" The crowd ridiculed Democrat corruption, breaking out into chants of "We will vote you out!" and "In God we trust!" as they packed the steps of the State Capitol building.
"These are my people," Singh later commented. "They are the intense pressure Cory Booker feels right now. We won't be letting up any time soon. We're just getting started."


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Home Community Two Smiley Pete contributors celebrate release of new books
Two Smiley Pete contributors celebrate release of new books
by Smiley Pete Staff
Two Lexington authors and regular contributors to Chevy Chaser and Southsider Magazines are celebrating the release of their new books in the coming weeks.
Jarrett Van Meter spent the entire 2015-2016 basketball season following three Kentucky high school teams, the Clay County Tigers, Covington Catholic Colonels and Taylor County Cardinals, on their journey to the "Sweet 16" Tournament. His first book, "How Sweet It Is," takes the reader into the locker rooms, bus rides, practices, and games of these socio-economically and culturally diverse teams – into the homes of players and coaches, on team trips to Las Vegas and Florida, and into the local businesses and communities that support the programs. The book features interviews with some of the state's most notable high school basketball players of the past, including Dave Cowens, Cliff Hagan, and Anthony Epps.
Van Meter will be at Sayre School on Monday, March 13 from 3:30-5 p.m. to read and sign copies of the book, which was published by The Sports History Foundation and is now available. He will also be on hand March 15-17 at the 100th Boys "Sweet 16" Tournament at Rupp Arena with copies of the book. Click here for more information on the book or to order copies.
Also, "The Lighthouse Keeper," the third novel by Cynthia Ellingsen will be released on April 4. Ellingsen, whose previous books include "The Whole Package" and "Marriage Matters," is scheduled to sign copies at Joseph-Beth Booksellers at 12 p.m. on April 8.
Set in a fictional town in northern Michigan, "The Lighthouse Keeper" centers on a woman who buys a lighthouse at government auction and remodels it, while struggling to solve a century-old family mystery. The book will be released by Brilliance Audio and Lake Union Publishing, a division of Amazon Publishing. For more info on the book can be found here.
Cynthia Ellingsen Literature Arts & Culture Jarrett Van Meter Basketball


Phnom Penh Cycling Tours -Centered in the Mekong River, the small island of Koh Dach preserves the rich traditions of authentic Cambodian culture: village women weave by hand delicate silks, while, just down the orchard lane, monks wearing brilliant saffron robes collect morning alms. Local village life here exemplifies a beautiful simplicity . Cambodia cycling tours offers a broad insight into this exotic, mystical and hugely diverse country. Cycling tours begins in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh where you will have your first encounter with Khmer culture and a chance to visit some of the cities many splendid historical buildings and markets. On this bicycle holiday we will also witness traces of the more recent turmoil of the killing fields. A day-long cycling retreat from Phnom Penh into the countryside, the Oudong trail reveals Cambodia's ancient beauty.


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That extra chair in your home office? Rent it out
Sally Herships Sep 12, 2014
https://www.marketplace.org/2014/09/12/extra-chair-your-home-office-rent-it-out/
Normally around 10 in the morning, I'm writing a news memo or interviewing an expert on something like how our ethics change in accordance to our energy levels over the course of the day. But this morning I'm entirely focused on vacuuming up crumbs between couch pillows, and also, where to store squeaky dog toys (found behind the couch). That's because people are coming over, and soon. And these aren't typical guests – they're co-workers, and, bonus(!) perfect strangers who are planning to work, hopefully productively, from my dining room table for the day.
Together we'll be beta-testing a new start up called SpareChair, a website that lets you rent out space in your home – like Airbnb, but for workers. And just minutes after I empty the dustpan and take down the trash, 32-year-old Brooklyn residents Jerry Emeka and Nate Graves, respectively a producer/ comedian and a web developer, arrive.
Like Airbnb, SpareChair lets homeowners or renters like me set their own rental rates, and the site takes a cut.
"I don't think it's that strange," Emeka says of the concept of paying to rent a chair in someone's private home. "It's 2014 – we're already dating online, we're sharing our homes for strangers to live in. And we pay a lot of money to live in our homes. Why can't we work at home?"
Why not indeed? Well, my apartment, for one, is in Brooklyn, on a traffic circle, and while I've become accustomed to the soundscape – which contains more than the occasional blaring of a taxi horn – I wasn't sure how co-workers would feel about the noise, especially if they were paying. SpareChair lets those offering space list amenities and preferences (such as "WiFi," "children present," or "children welcome") and users get to review them. But because Emeka and Graves were going to be my first co-workers, they didn't have any reviews to go on.
Luckily, neither said he minded.
"Even though I can see you cringing," Graves said. "I mean, compared to a coffee shop, this is steps above that in terms of noise."
Additionally, as a developer who works part time for MeetUp.com, Graves says he welcomes the chance to network and meet new people, so he regularly uses a co-working space. He says SpareChair would be about the same cost, and money changing hands can be a big plus of co-working.
"Cost reduction. It's the economics," says Ed Glickman, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Finance Research at the NYU Stern School of Business. He says co-workers tend to be young and live in expensive cities like New York or Seattle. For the renter out of home desk-space, co-working can literally pay off.
"All of the sudden not only do you have company, you have somebody who might give you connections but you also have a way to help you pay your rent," he says.
And not just for the month. Glickman says co-working can lead to the birth of companies. People sharing space know what the others are up to, and sometimes join forces by pitching projects together. But, he notes, using a co-working space is altogether different than renting desk space in a private home.
"You're taking a residential setting and all of a sudden you're making it a workplace," he says. "You're becoming a landlord."
Which–if you're a renter–your own, real landlord, the one you signed a lease with, might not like. So Glickman says before renting desk, couch or other space out to people who are not on the lease or deed, you may want to check your insurance policy.
And, of course, there's always the ultimate, higher power employees need to get clearance from before taking on new projects: the boss. Before you consider working from home at all, make sure your manager fully supports the idea, and isn't just giving it lip service, says Douglas McCabe, a professor of management at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. While some workers love telecommuting, management can still be skeptical.
"Are individuals working from home goofing off? Are they really working eight hours a day? Are they watching television when they should be on the computer? It's a very interesting social, psychological phenomenon," he says, "that some people view this issue very well, and others view it very poorly."
There are pros and cons to working from home, McCabe says. In the plus column: no commute, and getting away from co-workers who want to talk about last night's Nets game, while you're, um, busy. McCabe does note that a particular kind of worker can be even more productive at home. But he says, most of us will miss the camaraderie of the office and can feel disengaged from employers, something he experienced first-hand while recuperating at home after having a medical procedure.
"I thought that this was going to be party – staying at home for three months, catching up on books that I've not read for a number of years," he said. "And I realized after about six weeks, boy, I miss the workplace, I want to go every day to be with my colleagues."
Ben Waber, CEO of Sociometric Solutions, a company that uses wearable technology to understand how people's interactions at work relate to job performance and satisfaction, says there's simply no substitute for the office.
"Your default should be – you need to be with the people you work with," he says. "The whole reason we work in companies is because together we can do something that we couldn't do by ourselves."
Waber says it of course depends on the kind of work that you do. But for most of us, working solo is only okay sometimes. His company tracked a group of computer programmers to see how they worked best – together or apart.
"People assume, 'well you know what, a programmer, they're just a person who sits in the corner, drinking Mountain Dew anyway,'" he said. "'They're not going to talk to anyone anyway. It's not a social job.'"
But when programmers don't communicate, he says, their code takes a lot longer to write. And when workers don't work in the same place, they communicate less. For big companies that can mean losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars. But he says working together is not just about de-bugging Java. It's also about something more simple: face time with other human beings.
"Because that's what gets lost," he says. "You still have the meetings about 'we have some big project coming up,' and you'll get on a Skype call for that. But it's not the same as 'you're at the coffee machine and you're talking to a coworker about a movie you saw last night,' and you're building that deeper connection with them. That's what you can't do when you're remote."
But you can co-work, which Waber says is better than working alone. And toward the end of the afternoon I check in with Graves to see how he withstood my noisy living room. Did he get all his work done?
"It was good," he says. "I got as much done as I needed to."
And so did I.
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Therefore, CAN is calling all Christian assemblies worldwide to observe two Sundays of National Christian Protest on 29th April, 2018 and 6th May, 2018. Christian assemblies that are unable to organize the protest on 29th April should do it on 6th May, 2018. Any Congregation that wishes to observe the Protest on the two Sundays is free to do so.
The protest should be restricted to areas where it is safe for Christians to observe it. Believers are required to restrict the protest to their immediate vicinity.
Ensure display of placards and banners. In addition, arrange adequate Media coverage.
Christians in the Diaspora are encouraged to present copy of the Press Conference to the Government of host country. In non-English speaking countries, Nigerian Christians are encouraged to translate the text of the Press Conference into the official language and present to the host Government.
Christians in Diaspora are requested to impress on the host Government that the Buhari Administration is deliberately fermenting war in Nigeria the consequence of which would negatively impact Africa, Europe and the United States of America.
Thank you for your participation. The text of the Press Conference is below.
I welcome you all to this press conference in the precious and wonderful name of Our Redeemer and Savior, Jesus Christ. The last press conference I addressed was in January over the state of insecurity in the country where we brought to the fore, the failure of the security agencies to rise to the challenges of ending sustained killings by the Fulani herdsmen, the Boko Haram terrorists, the armed banditry, the kidnappers and the armed robbers. These criminals have been operating with impunity, leaving a strong impression that the security architecture in Nigeria has collapsed. There is also the suspicion that the entire security system of Nigeria is compromised.
Unarguably, lawlessness and impunity are reigning supreme in Nigeria, while the country is fast heading to chaos and anomie. It has never been this bad in the country that had lived relatively peacefully since independence.
painfully, the President seems to depend on his media aides to make responses, which often times had no bite on widespread bloodletting across the federation, most especially in the Middle Belt part of the country.
down more than 300 people in cold blood only in Benue state. On 24 April 2018, 19 people including two Catholic Priests were brutally killed in Gwer Local Government area, 25 April 2018, 23 people killed in Guma Local Government, 26 April, 2018, 27 people were killed in Logo, while on 26 April, 2018 five people were killed in Guma Local government area and the figures continues to rise by the day. This is not to talk about numerous innocent citizens that were killed in states like Adamawa, Taraba, Kogi, Plateau and others in the southern region of Nigeria.
matter how many Nigerians will end up as sacrificial lamb on that single ambition!
Therefore, with heavy heart and unquantifiable sorrow, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) welcomes you to this Press Conference. To say that we are sad and grieved would be an understatement at the blatant treachery, treason and unpatriotic actions of some of our fellow citizens. Our pains are multiple fold and we are baffled that in the 21st Century, we could still have human beings whose worldview is locked in backward and retrogressive beliefs and culture.
On the one hand, we are in sorrow because we are daily bereaved of our members, Christians, who are serially murdered by Islamic insurgents. On the other hand, we are in shock and disbelief that citizens of this country, most of who went to school and are supposed to be civilized and rational human beings could blatantly legalize murder based on retrogressive worldview. Daily, Islamic religious extremists in Nigeria, backed by powerful and influential people in Government, with impunity, commit acts of treason that jeopardize the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Nigeria.
The Doctrine of Hate taught in the various Mosques and Islamic Madrasas in northern Nigeria.
The supremacist ideology of the Fulani ethnic group.
These two factors are responsible for the river of blood that is flowing all over Nigeria. The Christian Association of Nigeria is compelled therefore, to call on all citizens of Nigeria as well as the international community to observe that Nigeria is on a free fall to disintegration.
Time and space would not permit me to list chronologically the horrendous report of death and murder sponsored by the Islamists of northern Nigeria since the 1970s. However, it would be necessary to refresh our memory with some of the gory occurrences in recent times.
In the past few months, there have been Islamist insurgent attacks on Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Yobe, Borno, Nasarawa, Enugu, Imo, Abia, Rivers, Ogun and Oyo States. The Islamists and their agents have extended their trail of blood and destruction to Bwari in Abuja and Ilorin in Kwara State. On Christmas Day, 2017, Christian community in Bwari, Abuja was attacked; several lives were lost while business locations of Christians were burnt down. All these were done with full security "protection" as it were, for the attackers, according to eye-witnesses report. On New Year's Day in 2018, Christians observing "watch-night" service in Ilorin were attacked and three Churches were burnt. Again, the Security Agents did not intervene until the attackers had finished their horrendous assignment.
This pattern suggests collusion of the Security Units with the Islamists militia operating under such names as Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, "unknown gunmen", and "group of vandals". On 17th January, 2017, the Nigerian Air Force "accidentally", in broad daylight, bombed a Christian IDP Camp and killed over 200 Christian refugees in Rann, Kala-Balge Local Government in Borno State. In December 2017, an Air Force spokes person confirmed that the Nigerian Air Force sent an Alpha Jet and an EC 135 attack Helicopter to fire "warning" shots at Islamist militia attacking Christians in Numan, Adamawa, but not to kill them! The villagers were later to report that the Jet actually bombed the Christian villages resulting in the death of over 50 people, while, the Nigerian Air Force said it merely fired warning shots at the Islamist militia attacking the villagers.
Twice in 2018, the Benue State Government has conducted mass burials publicly. The Government of Taraba state has had to publicly denounce the Nigerian military of colluding with insurgents to attack Christians in Taraba State. The situation became so tense that Elder Statesman, General T. Y. Danjuma publicly called on Nigerians to defend themselves as it is clear the Security Unity are incapable of doing so.
As these attacks are going on, school girls in Chibok and Dapchi, both in northern Nigeria were abducted. To date, four years after the abduction of mostly Christian female students in Chibok, 113 of the girls are yet to be released. A recent news report insists that 98 out of the remaining 113 girls are dead. In Dapchi, all the girls who professed Islam as religion were brought back safely by the Islamist insurgents while 15 years old Leah Sharibu, who held on to her Christian faith, remained in captivity.
On Tuesday, 24th April, 2018, Rev. Fathers Joseph Gor and Felix Tyolaha, with 17 members of the Catholic Church were murdered during worship service in St. Ignatius Quasi Parish Ukpor-Mbalom, Makurdi, Benue State. Again, the security forces are unable to effect any arrest.
All these are going on under the full glare of a democratically elected President who took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution of Nigeria. Section 14 (2) b of the Constitution declares: "the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government:" It is clear that the security and welfare of the people is NOT the primary purpose of this government in power.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN NIGERIA?
We affirm that JIHAD has been launched in Nigeria by Islamists of northern Nigeria. There is an intentional and deliberate agenda to impose Islam as the only religion in Nigeria and supplant the Constitution with Sharia as the source of legislation. The promoters of Islamization want to eradicate Liberal Democracy as the National Ideology and replace it with Sharia ideology. Even though the current Administration has been strenuously denying this, its actions and inactions, confirm that this is the truth. Every denial by this Administration is nothing but display of "Taqiyya", which is approved deception in Islam.
We equally affirm that the ongoing Jihad is the continuation of the Othman Dan Fodio Jihad which was halted in 1804 by the British Colonialists. It is clear that there is a Fulani Supremacist Ideology behind the current Islamization Agenda in Nigeria. This is confirmed by the unconstitutional appointments of mostly Fulanis by the President to head nearly all units in Security as well as in Education.
The Fulani herdsmen are clearly associated with MACBAN and the officials of MACBAN are noted to make very inciting statements before and after the Fulani herdsmen attack vulnerable communities. In the recent attacks on Benue State, the President of Benue Branch of Miyetti Allah, Garus Gololo said they attacked the communities because 1,000 of their cows were stolen. Even if it was true that cows were stolen, who constituted Miyetti Allah into law enforcement agency, judge and jury to commit wholesale murder?
In very strong terms, CAN condemn the inability of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration to curb and stop the murderous activities of Islamic insurgents in the country. Christian Association of Nigeria calls on the President of Nigeria to immediately take steps to permanently dismantle both Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen.
CAN also condemns in equally strong terms the violation of the Federal Character Principle in appointments in Security and Education by the Buhari Administration and calls on the National Assembly to fulfill its mandate by reversing the appointments made by President Buhari. The supremacy of the Constitution must be upheld by the National Assembly.
All Christian assemblies in and outside Nigerian shall observe two Sundays of Christian Mourning and Protest on Sunday 29th April, 2018 and Sunday 6th May, 2018. All Christian Assemblies are required to protest round their neighborhood about the killings of Christians and also demand the immediate release of Leah Sharibu and the remaining girls from Chibok still in captivity.
Nigerian Christian assemblies, particularly all those in Diaspora are requested to obtain a copy of this Press Release and read it publicly on Sunday 29th April, 2018 and on Sunday 6th May, 2018 at all locations worldwide. All Churches are encouraged to ensure adequate media coverage.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association should be banned for promoting terror and bloodshed in the country. In addition, the officials of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association should be arrested and prosecuted for murder. By their public statements, they have confirmed that they are directly responsible for the murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen.
Every Nigerian of voting age should ensure he/she is registered and obtain the Permanent Voters Card in readiness for the 2019 Election. Nigerians must vote into power a Political Party that will promote Democracy which translates to Justice, Equity, and Fairness for all.
CAN support the call of the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) for the setting up of Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Restructuring the nation as platforms to provide healing for the country and rebuilding trust and confidence.


The all new 'The Bachelor' from the US has just hit our satellite and we can see it hours after the US airing.
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'It's Like Baking a Cake': An Analysis of Conscience Voting in the New Zealand House of Representatives since the Introduction of the Mixed-Member Proportional System in 1996
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Conscience voting in the New Zealand House of Representatives offers a unique opportunity to assess Sam Peltzman's 'Principal-Agent Theory' as outlined in his 1984 paper, Constituent Interest and Congressional Voting.
In this thesis I will conduct a brief of assessment of the principal-agent model (and other literature regarding parliamentary representation) before looking at the New Zealand Parliamentary system as well as the phenomenon of private member's bills and how they aid the legislative process before exploring the dataset of conscience votes that have occurred since the inception of the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system in 1996. This is then followed by an analysis of the conscience voting patterns of the 52nd Parliament and an attempt to form an ideology score for each Members of Parliament present since the 45th Parliament, based purely off of a subset of these conscience votes. This followed upon by regression and statistical prediction analysis that aims to capture a measure of legislative shirking as well as assessing the strength of the principal-agent theory when it comes to conscience voting and the various principals that comprise it. Finally, I aim to qualitatively assess the motives behind conscience voting in the New Zealand House of Representatives by discussing conscience voting with several current Members of Parliament who were present during the 52nd Parliament session, including Dr. Deborah Russell, Tim van de Molen and Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki, before concluding with a final discussion and assessment of the topic of conscience voting in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Hosking, Harrison, "'It's Like Baking a Cake': An Analysis of Conscience Voting in the New Zealand House of Representatives since the Introduction of the Mixed-Member Proportional System in 1996" (2021). CMC Senior Theses. 2843.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2843
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The North Admiral district of West Seattle is a highly regarded neighborhood that combines a beautiful, scenic residential area with ultra-hip businesses and unique culture. Residents and businesses here care about the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the neighborhood. Events like clean-up day, outdoor concerts, community forums and art walks get everyone involved and feeling like they are part of something bigger. Nearby is everything you need including Metropolitan Market, great restaurants and places to meet, caffeine stops and hip boutiques.
Intimate nook with a clever, ever-changing menu of European-inspired fare plus wine & Sunday brunch.
Classic Italian fare, including pasta & seafood dishes, plus wine & cocktails in a relaxed setting.
Longtime deli counter furnishing classic sandwiches & housemade ice cream.
Good people drink good coffee!
Coffeehouse chain pouring varied roasts, teas & smoothies with pastries & light fare.
Pan-Latin restaurant/bar with a candlelit rock wall offers happy hour & inventive late-night menus.
Irish pub with a tavern setting offering shepherd's pie & corned beef, live music & trivia nights.
Local chain outpost of upscale supermarkets with a variety of foodstuffs plus prepared meals.
Sunday marketplace for local farmers & food vendors with chef demos & live entertainment.
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Spacious beach featuring a path for biking & running, volleyball courts & a picnic area.
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Deal: $150,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM). Should Ulloa meet certain performance-based metrics, FC Cincinnati could send up to an additional $100,000 in GAM. In addition, FC Dallas will receive a percentage of any future transfer or loan fee should FC Cincinnati transfer Ulloa outside of MLS.
Cincinnati acquires homegrown midfielder, @ulloa_victor, from FC Dallas.
We touched base with Drew Epperley, managing editor of SB Nation's Big D Soccer, to get his perspective on the Orange & Blue's latest acquisition. Epperley witnessed Ulloa's development as "an original FC Dallas Homegrown player from the academy." Ulloa captained the FC Dallas Juniors in 2009 and was signed to an MLS contract the following year. He made his first-team debut in 2011 at age 19 and has 144 total MLS appearances for the FCD. Epperley had the following to say about Ulloa's player attributes.
After years of stability and success, FC Dallas is undergoing major changes following the departure of long-term head coach Oscar Pareja, who left for Xolos in Liga MX. Personnel changes are part of that equation, and those included a move for Ulloa to FC Cincinnati.
Epperly remarked that a "change of scenery" might be good for Ulloa after being with FCD for his whole career. That change would also "provide (FC Dallas) the ability to bring up younger guys on the roster like Brandon Servania and Jacori Hayes who play in the same position." Transfer strategy may also be a motive for the Texas club's decision to deal Ulloa.
Regardless, FC Cincinnati added another experienced MLS player with a defensive mindset to the roster. Alongside Fatai Alashe, the back line of the Orange & Blue should have plenty of midfield protection. Through three trade moves, including deals for Garza and Waston on Tuesday, the defensive prowess of Alan Koch's side is looking a lot stronger for the upcoming season.
The deals are coming thick and fast this week, and two more pieces of business look close to completion. The first is an international transfer deal for Polish goalkeeper, Przemyslaw Tyton. The 31-year-old has recently been out-of-contract, but he has a significant number of first-team appearances in the Spanish, Dutch, and Polish first divisions.
The second rumor is that FCC is close to acquiring 24-year-old Portland Timbers right back Alvas Powell. The Jamaican has 121 MLS appearances and has been capped 35 times by the "Reggae Boyz".
Per source, hearing that #FCCincinnati is closing in on a deal for #RCTID & Jamaican international defender Alvas Powell. Trade would involve allocation money. Powell steps into a spot where he can instantly challenge for the XI.
If those two are signed, FC Cincinnati's 2019 MLS roster will quickly climb to 20 total players. A big thanks to Drew at Big D for the insights. Go check out their stuff for high-caliber FC Dallas content – www.bigdsoccer.com. It's one of my favorite SB Nation site. Stay tuned to Orange & Blue Press for more coverage of FC Cincinnati's MLS roster build.


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Default Service Considerations for Competitive Markets
Paul Peterson presented "Default Service Considerations for Competitive Markets" at the New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners Symposium in Providence, Rhode Island on June 9, 2003.
Determining the Benchmark Price for the California Renewable Portfolio Standard
Synapse analyzed the value that renewable resources offer when acting as a hedge against volatile fossil-fuel prices. The analysis focused on the risk of fossil-fuel prices increasing over time in response to future environmental regulations. Synapse prepared a summary of recent activities to regulate or otherwise control CO2 emissions, and developed a quantitative estimate of the hedge value of emission-free renewables. The results were presented in the testimony of Tim Woolf before the California Public Utilities Commission, Docket No. 01-10-024. Project completed in April 2003.
Determining the Market Price Benchmark for the California Renewable Portfolio Standard
Development of Load Response Programs in New England
Synapse worked with UCS to encourage the development of effective load response programs in New England and to ensure that such programs were consistent with the long term goal of environmental quality. This project identified options for "clean" load response, determined how to incorporate these options in load response programs, and worked through stakeholder and regulatory processes to develop effective load response programs. In addition, Synapse participated in regional coordination efforts on load response with Pace Energy Center and Project for Sustainable FERC Energy Policy. Project completed in December 2003.
Economic Analysis of Coal Phase Out
Sierra Club Ontario
Synapse examined the feasibility and costs of meeting Ontario's commitments under the US-Canadian Ozone Annex by phasing out coal generation at the Nanticoke and Lambton power stations. Project completed in April 2003.
A Clean Path to Ozone Annex Compliance: Phasing Out Ontario Coal-Fired Power Plants
Economic Analysis of Renewable Portfolio Standard
Synapse prepared a report on the proposed Maryland Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). The analysis examined benefits of the policy, experiences in other states, elements of a successful RPS, renewable power generation resource options, and projected cost impacts of the policy. Project completed in April 2003.
Electric Utility Rate Cases
Synapse analyzed settlement agreements in two Vermont rate cases and made recommendations for clarification and modification; specifically, the return on equity in one of the settlements was found to be too high. Neil Talbot prepared testimony that supported an alternative return. Project completed in December 2003.
Direct Testimony Analyzing Settlements in VT Electric Utility Rate Cases
Rate Schedules Analyzing Settlements in VT Electric Utility Rate Cases
Energy Plan for the City of New York
Resource Insight Inc.
Synapse conducted multi-area electricity market simulation analysis using the PROSYM-MULTISYM model to support analysis of generation, transmission, and demand-side resource options available to serve electric service needs in New York City. Project completed in April 2003.
Environmental Externalities Valuation for Distributed Utility Planning
Synapse examined the economic theory and methodology supporting the calculation of environmental externality values. These values were used in distributed utility planning in Vermont. The analysis was conducted by Dr. Frank Ackerman, Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. Project completed in February 2003.
FERC's Transmission Pricing Policy: New England Cost Impacts
Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Maine Office of the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
At the request of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, the Maine Office of the Public Advocate, and the New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate, Synapse analyzed the impact that the FERC's incentive pricing policy would have on New England transmission costs. The report details the results of that analysis based on estimates of the value of New England's transmission facilities, as well as the value of facilities proposed for construction over the next several years.
Integrated Resource Planning Regulations in Nevada
Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission opened a docket to revisit the integrated resource planning regulations that have guided utility planning over the last decade. The regulations have been updated to account for new renewable portfolio standard requirements in Nevada, as well as recent developments in the electricity industry. Synapse assisted the BCP in providing comments at Commission workshops and in recommending modifications for the new regulations. Topics included the identification and evaluation of appropriate supply-side resources, the design and evaluation of demand-side resources, the integration of demand and supply-side resources, load forecasting, accounting for environmental impacts, and cost recovery issues.
Long-Term Forecast of Energy Efficiency Potential
Synapse estimated the potential for implementing cost-effective efficiency programs on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard through the year 2015. The estimates were based on efficiency measures and programs included in the Compact's Energy Efficiency Plan: 2003-2007, and thus were based on real-world efficiency opportunities. The study investigated several different scenarios, including one to eliminate future load growth and one to stabilize CO2 emissions. Project completed in May 2003.
Energy Efficiency Potential on Cape Cod and Martha`s Vineyard: Long-Term Forecasts and Scenarios
Modeling Demand Response In New England
Synapse performed a comprehensive assessment of the emissions impacts of demand response programs in New England. As ISO New England continues to refine its nascent electricity markets, there is widespread interest in facilitating demand response (DR) -- the ability for customers to respond to high prices by reducing electricity use or producing their own electricity onsite. There is also widespread interest in the net air emissions impacts of DR.
Synapse assessed the net emissions impacts of selected DR programs using the PROSYM/PROMOD dispatch model. The programs assessed included the economic DR program proposed by ISO New England for the summer of 2003, an economic DR program proposed by the New England Demand Response Initiative (NEDRI) for the summer of 2004, and several scenarios that explored key variables and uncertainties in these programs. In addition, Synapse modeled several energy efficiency programs in order to compare the emissions impacts of these programs to the DR programs. For all programs assessed, Synapse explored both the emissions impacts of DR operation and the impacts of new DR capacity on ISO unit commitment. Project completed in May 2003.
Modeling Demand Response and Air Emissions in New England
Need for a Proposed Transmission Line in York County, Maine
Maine Office of the Public Advocate
Synapse reviewed whether Central Maine Power Company's proposed 69 kV transmission was needed to ensure adequate system capability and reliability in York County, Maine or whether a lower voltage line, demand side management, and/or distributed generation would have been adequate. Synapse also evaluated whether part of the proposed line could have been installed underground or inside existing transmission line rights of way. Project completed in July 2003.
In testimony filed at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in September and October 2003, Synapse found that the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation was over-collecting from ratepayers for funds that would be needed to decommission the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant at the projected end of its service life. Project completed in September 2003.
Direct Testimony Reviewing Kewaunee Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Costs
Nuclear Power Plant Steam Generator and Reactor Vessel Head Replacements
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Synapse evaluated technical and economic issues related to Entergy Arkansas' decision to replace the steam generators and the reactor vessel head at the Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 nuclear plant. Project completed in June 2003.
Economic and Technical Evaluation of Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant Steam Generator and Reactor Vessel Head Replacements
Oklahoma Rate Case
Oklahoma Attorney General's Office
Synapse was retained to assist the Attorney General's Office in the Empire District Electric Company rate case. Synapse investigated a number of issues including excess capacity, the cost of new generation, transmission and distribution investments, the Company's weather normalization methodology, and the rate of return. Project completed in July 2003.
Direct Testimony of David Schlissel in the Empire District General Rate Case
Direct Testimony of Neil Talbot in the Empire District Electric Co. General Rate Case
Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Foundation
On behalf of the Regulatory Assistance Project and the Energy Foundation, Synapse prepared a manual on Portfolio Management that reflects state-of-the-art thinking on integrated resource planning, energy efficiency program planning, and risk management for electric utilities. Project completed in October 2003.
Portfolio Management: How to Procure Electricity Resources to Provide Reliable, Low-Cost, and Efficiency Electricity Services to All Retail Customers
Potential Cost Impacts of a Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard
Tim Woolf presented "Potential Cost Impacts of a Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard" to the Vermont RPS Collaborative on September 11, 2003. The presentation summarized Synapse's report of the same name prepared for the Vermont Public Service Board.
Report on RPS Benefits for the Renewable Energy Technology and Environment Coalition (RETEC)
Renewable Energy Technology and Environment Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council
In July 2003, NRDC retained Synapse to develop a white paper reviewing the literature on selected benefits of a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). The resulting report was titled "Cleaner Air, Fuel Diversity, and High-Quality Jobs: Reviewing Selected Potential Benefits of an RPS in New York State." The report was submitted by The Renewable Energy Technology and Environment Coalition (RETEC) in the New York Public Service Commission's proceeding reviewing the proposed New York RPS.
Subsequently, Synapse commented on work submitted by other parties. During August and September 2003, Synapse evaluated studies of the potential cost of such a standard prepared by other parties and summarized the findings in a report titled "Comments on the RPS Cost Analyses of the Joint Utilities and the DPS Staff." This report was also submitted by RETEC for the record in that proceeding. In June 2004, the Public Service Commission issued a recommended decision in support of the RPS. Project completed in August 2003.
Cleaner Air, Fuel Diversity and High-Quality Jobs: Reviewing Selected Potential Benefits of an RPS in New York State
Retirement of the Salem Harbor Generating Facility
Synapse examined whether PG&E could independently decide to permanently retire one or more of the generating units at its Salem Harbor Station. The results of this analysis were presented in testimony submitted to the Joint Committees of the Massachusetts Legislature on Government Regulations and Energy. Project completed in March 2003.
Review and Critique of Hydro-Québec's Energy Efficiency Plan
Régionaux de l'Environment du Québec
Synapse reviewed and critiqued the Hydro-Quebec Energy Efficiency Plan: 2003-2006, and investigated opportunities for improvement or expansion. The review focused on the design of residential programs, as well as budgetary priorities and rate impacts. It also included a comparison with leading energy efficiency programs offered by US electric utilities. Project completed in April 2003.
Hydro-Quebec Energy Efficiency Plan: 2003-2006
Review of a Proposed 1100 MW Power Plant in Brooklyn, New York
Synapse reviewed TransGas Energy's proposal to build an 1100 MW combustion turbine facility on the East River in Brooklyn, New York. Among the issues addressed by Synapse was whether the proposed plant would produce economic, environmental, and reliability benefits for the electric systems in New York City and/or New York State. Project completed in November 2003.
Direct Testimony Reviewing a Proposed 1100 MW Power Plant in Brooklyn NY
Rebuttal Testimony Reviewing a Proposed 1100 MW Power Plant in Brooklyn NY
Review of a Proposed 300 MW Power Plant on Long Island, New York
Synapse reviewed Kings Park Energy's proposal to build a 300 MW combustion turbine facility in Suffolk County, New York to determine whether the proposed plant would produce economic, environmental, and reliability benefits on Long Island and/or in New York State. Synapse also examined whether the repowering of existing generating facilities near the proposed site on Long Island would be a reasonable alternative for achieving the same or greater environmental benefits. Project completed in January 2003.
Review of Emission Reductions from Renewables & Energy Efficiency in North America
Synapse reviewed recent efforts to estimate emission reductions from renewable energy and energy efficiency in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The CEC was interested in developing a comparable methodology to calculate displaced emissions from these technologies across North America. Working with consultants in Mexico and Canada, Synapse assessed recent efforts to quantify the benefits of energy efficiency and renewables and presented the key methodological challenges and best practices in such quantification efforts. Project completed in September 2003.
Estimating the Emission Reduction Benefits of Renewable Electricity and Energy Efficiency in North America: Experience and Methods
Synapse reviewed the power procurement and risk management practices of Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company in the Western markets for a test year that included the summer of 2002. The results of this review were presented in the testimony of Bruce Biewald (PUCN Dockets 02-11021 and 03-1014). Project completed in May 2003.
The 2003 Blackout: Solutions that Won't Cost a Fortune
Following the 2003 Blackout, a group of Synapse authors published an article in The Electricity Journal about system reliability. Access "The 2003 Blackout: Solutions that Won't Cost a Fortune" here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040619003001374.
The Environmental and Reliability Benefits of a Proposed Power Plant Repowering in New York City
Coalition Helping Organize a Kleaner Environment
Synapse reviewed Reliant Energy's proposal to repower its Astoria Generating Station in Queens County, New York. The analysis focused on whether the plant would produce environmental and reliability benefits in New York City and/or New York State. Synapse also reviewed the Applicant's strategy for mitigating salt deposition from the proposed repowered facility. This assessment led to a proposed settlement among the parties in the case. Project completed in March 2003.
On behalf of its New England consumer advocacy clients, Synapse prepared a paper reviewing the structure and history of the New England wholesale electricity markets, examining market design, and reviewing various options for pricing capacity resources. The paper concludes with a brief review of future market design initiatives.
Valuation of Hydroelectric Plants
Vermont Department of Taxes
Synapse and Resource Insight prepared estimates of the market value of eight hydro-electric generation facilities in Vermont. These facilities were assessed using the income approach, the replacement cost approach and the comparable sales approach. The income approach relied upon computer simulation modeling of the New England electricity market. Project completed in 1999, with subsequent support following negotiations continuing until May 2003
Valuation of Power Plant Site
Mississippi Public Service Commission
Synapse worked with Resource Insight to estimate the value of a power plant site leased by the regulated utility company to its affiliate generating company for use at a new combustion turbine generating facility. Project completed in February 2003.
Cliff Chen, Bruce Biewald, David White
Air Quality In Queens County: Opportunities for Cleaning Up the Air in Queens County and Neighboring Regions
Natural Resources Defense Council, Coalition Helping Organize a Kleaner Environment, Keyspan Energy
Tim Woolf, Geoff Keith, David White, Michael Drunsic, Montserrat Ramiro, Jeannie Ramey
Air Quality In Queens County: Opportunities for Cleaning Up the Air in Queens County and Neighboring Regions ‒ Executive Summary
August 14th Blackout
Geoff Keith, Bruce Biewald, David White, Anna Sommer, Cliff Chen
Comments on Electricity Procurement Related to Ameren Requirements
Neil Talbot
Tim Woolf, Cliff Chen
Geoff Keith, Bruce Biewald, Anna Sommer
Evaluation of the Rate Filing of Public Service of Indiana
Paul Peterson, David White, Nick Doolittle, Amy Roschelle
Fewer Jobs for Illinois: Employment and Other Impacts of Commonwealth Edison's Proposed Electricity Rate Increase
William Steinhurst
Geoff Keith, David White, Bruce Biewald, Michael Drunsic
Need for Proposed Transmission Line in Southwest Connecticut
Connecticut Towns
David Schlissel, Paul Peterson
OCC Comments on Alternative Transitional Standard Offers
William Steinhurst, Tim Woolf, Cliff Chen
Bruce Biewald, Tim Woolf, Amy Roschelle, William Steinhurst
Potential Cost Impacts of Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard
Vermont Public Service Board
Tim Woolf, David White, Cliff Chen, Anna Sommer
Review of 54 MW Peaking Power Plant in Far Rockaway NY
New York Public Interest Research Group, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, National Association of State PIRGs


In parts one and two you got to know about the basic Arashiyama travel plan for beginners, but in this part, we are going to get to know about even more exciting places in Arashiyama!
Arashiyama is famous for its grand and beautiful nature which of course looks different every season. Besides the Togetsu-kyo Bridge and the Bamboo Grove, there are many other places and activities where you can enjoy the nature of Arashiyama!
Okochi Sanso is a villa just after the Bamboo Grove where you can enjoy a Japanese garden which uses the concept of "borrowed scenery" in a masterful way by incorporating the mountains surrounding the villa into the design of the garden. From the top of the mountain, you get to see all of Kyoto below you, and the hike up the mountain is refreshing but not too demanding.
They also have tea room style seating where you can have matcha tea and sweets outside. This is a nice place for a break, especially in autumn when the weather gets a bit cooler. The entrance is 1,000 yen so it is not on the cheap side of things, but this contains matcha tea and a sweet, plus a postcard, so the price is actually not that bad.
I want to recommend Sagano Romantic Train if you want to enjoy the awe-inspiring nature of Arashiyama to the fullest! You can take the train from Arashiyama all the way to Kameoka and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
The scenery you see from the windows of the train changes depending on the season, and the incredible beauty of the Hozu Valley is sure to become an unforgettable memory for you.
If you took the Sagano Romantic Train all the way to Kameoka, this is a great chance to take the Hozugawa River Boat Ride back and enjoy a 2-hour ride of excitement down the river.
This is a great chance to have a full-on experience of Arashiyama; you have the beautiful scenery, and when the stream gets stronger, the experience will get even more exciting.
There is a park in Arashiyama where you get to see monkeys up close, and this park is on top of a mountain, only a 5-minute walk from Hankyu Arashiyama Station. Even though the park is so close to the station, it is usually not at all crowded. This is a great place to experience an Arashiyama different from the busy temples and souvenir shops.
Over 100 Japanese macaques live in the park, and it is surprising how close you get to see them. The views from the top of the mountain are also really good, so this truly is a place I can recommend heartily.
These places here are great especially for those who want to enjoy the nature of Arashiyama. These places are great no matter whether you are going to Arashiyama alone, with your friends, or with your family!


Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec. It was founded on an island in the Saint Lawrence River at the foot of the hill with the same name: Mount Royal. This up-beat urban center has a wide diversity of lively neighborhoods, from avant-garde galleries, to world-class restaurants, plenty of parks and public spaces. A city with nearly 2 million inhabitants who are very friendly. English and French are both well spoken. During winter it offers a great array of winter sports. No doubt, Montreal is a year-round tourist attraction and a winter wonderland during the cold season.
Looking for a fun, entertaining, international and well reputed summer camp in Montreal? Look no further! Here is your best option to study english or french in a fun way, practice lots of sports, take part in artistic workshops, and explore Montreal and its surroundings.
A magnificent combination of summer games, activities / excursions. The mission of this camp is to promote self-awareness in society through diverse artistic, linguistic methods and also through sports. As well, to help develop in every camper his/her creativity skills. Campers learn, explore, and get to love our planet at the same time they make friends and enjoy a fantastic summer time. Learn and practice a wide variety of sports and a different language (english, french or spanish), develop your artistic skills, and have a blast of fun. Furthermor, explore Canada's cultural diversity and the beauties of Montreal, meet people from all over the world, live an unforgettable summer!
We provide many different educational and fun programs to fit your children's profile. We also offer amazing athletic activities and organized games, evening cultural and recreational outings, as well as weekend excursions. All these activities are offered with the one objective of developing your children's cognitive, interpersonal and motor skills, leadership and team work. Native French and English speaking counselors, highly trained. University students with previous experience working with children and youth. All staff has 1st aid certification.
Premises: Campers are accommodated in clean, well-ventilated suites at the McGill University residence complex of the prestigious 25 acres of prime facilites at John Abbott College in the West Island of Montreal. Provided with bunk beds. most suites have a large picture window overlooking the river. Suites have their own private showers and toilets.
Every camper must bring its own sheets and sleeping bag.
The program is the same as the Art, Sports & Language Camp, with an extensive Language course that runs 20hrs. / week.


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Ashton Kutcher to play Apple's Steve Jobs!
posted 2 Apr 2012, 05:26 by Sam Mbale [ updated 2 Apr 2012, 05:27 ]
Ashton Kutcher to play Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs in an indie biopic!
Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie biopic!
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 24, 2011) (HOLLYWOODTV) - Ashton Kutcher is attached to star as Steve Jobs in "Jobs," an independent biopic being produced and financed by Mark Hulme. Joshua Michael Stern is set to begin principal photography in May while Kutcher is on hiatus from CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Stern will direct "Jobs" from a script by Matt Whiteley. The film will chronicle Jobs' meteoric rise from Northern California hippie to co-founder of Apple. It's a high profile assignment for Kutcher, and "Jobs" looks to get off the ground before Sony Pictures pulls together its own Steve Jobs biopic. Last fall, Sony acquired the film rights to Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Jobs that was published within weeks of Jobs' death on October 05, 2011.
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Beltara - Dhamtari
Beltara Population - Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh
Beltara is a medium size village located in Dhamtari Tehsil of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh with total 103 families residing. The Beltara village has population of 478 of which 237 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Beltara village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Beltara village is 1017 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Beltara as per census is 1455, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.
Beltara village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Beltara village was 77.83 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Beltara Male literacy stands at 88.37 % while female literacy rate was 66.99 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Beltara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Beltara village.
Beltara Data
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 478 237 241
Child (0-6) 54 22 32
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 215 113 102
Literacy 77.83 % 88.37 % 66.99 %
Total Workers 272 154 118
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 27 14 13
In Beltara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.98 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.26 % of total population in Beltara village.
In Beltara village out of total population, 272 were engaged in work activities. 90.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 272 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.
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Density / Km2
1 Delhi 11,320
2 Chandigarh 9,258
3 Puducherry 2,547
4 Daman and Diu 2,191
5 Lakshadweep 2,149


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Windows 11 Review
Daryl Baxter
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Windows 11 is finally here – which in some ways is surprising, as Windows 10 was heralded as the last ever update of Windows – one that would receive updates over the years, and eventually, decades.
Windows 11 is now available to download and install, and we've spent time with the final release for this review. There's a saying that you either have to move with the times or the times moves you, however, which may be why we're now seeing Windows 11, the first major update to the operating system in years.
Windows 11 is free for anyone who meets the system requirements set by Microsoft.
The upgrade arrives in two versions; Home or Pro. The Pro version has features mainly aimed at business users, but home users may like the fact that you can encrypt your hard drive with a tougher encryption level for better security.
However, most regular users won't be missing out if they go with the Home version – every exclusive feature in Windows 11 Pro is tailored for a business, not the home, so if you use a PC for creative work or gaming, or just casual use, there's little need for the Pro version.
While the free upgrade is welcome, the communication surrounding the system requirements in the run up to Windows 11's release has been pretty woeful. TPM was once just a niche topic – but now it's a major talking point, with many users still wondering if their PC is compatible.
A new requirement for anyone to access Windows 11 will be a Microsoft account and an internet connection. Without these, you'll be stuck at the set up screen. While understandable from one perspective, it could frustrate others who just want to use a PC occasionally without having to create an account or constant access to an internet connection.
Microsoft made sure to mention in the June 24 announcement of Windows 11 that the user interface has seen a major redesign, which the company is calling 'Fluent design', the successor to the Metro design language that was first seen in Windows 8.
On first glance it looks great – everything appears modern and refined, and File Explorer has finally seen an update, alongside the context menus, both no longer looking like the fourth version of Windows XP.
But it's only when you go deeper that the similarities to Windows 10 remain. For example, if you right-click in a folder and bring up the 'Properties' menu, you'll find the same settings as before, but with rounded buttons and a new icon.
After a while it dawns on you: this is a reskin of Windows 10. While it's a great step forward, more work needs to be done. Getting rid of the Ribbon interface in File Explorer and other built-in apps is a good start, as you now have ten icons on the toolbar instead of four tabs and countless settings found in Windows 10 and previous versions that used the Ribbon interface.
It's one example of Windows 11 where it's a great first step, there just needs to be a giant leap for more.
Gadgets are also back for Windows 11, but are now called 'Widgets'. These are found in their own section, similar to macOS, so you can't freely place them on your desktop. Swipe from the left-hand side of the screen brings them up, and they do their job for bite-sized information at a glance.
The only strange addition is the search bar in the widget window – it feels less like a widget and more of a shortcut to make you use the Bing search engine.
We also noticed that adding work accounts to a Calendar widget doesn't work, but Microsoft tells us that it's aware of this, and a fix is incoming.
A big plus for Windows 11 is a new focus on Accessibility. It's called 'Accessibility' instead of 'Ease of Use', which paradoxically could be a confusing name, but that's just the start for Windows 11. New options for audio alerts for visually-impaired users can now notify when a message box appears, an update is available, and much more.
Voice Typing can also aid other users in being able to transcribe voice to text, whether that's for the Edge address bar or when composing an email. There's also better support for magnification programs, speech commander apps and screen readers as well, though not all of those will be supported at launch.
Let's get to the point – the new Start menu in Windows 11 needs work. It feels half-finished, as if it's a stopgap between Windows 10 and a touch interface designed for the new Surface tablets.
Visually it looks great, but once you dig deeper, the issues begin to reveal themselves. Everything is centered, with your apps being displayed, followed by a 'Recommended' section. This is a strange placement, which shows your recent files and apps but you can't clear the list. When you click 'More', it's just an expanded list with a date and the location of the files.
Also, when you try to search for something, it launches the Search app, which is a bit jarring when it switches between this and the Start menu. It lacks the unification of the Windows 10 Start menu, when you would try to look for something and the results would appear in an instant. It feels half-baked and slower than before.
Another point is the Taskbar itself, where the new default location for the Start menu and the icons is the middle. Again from a usability perspective, it makes sense if you're using Windows 11 on a tablet device, but with a mouse, it doesn't make sense, and you'll most likely want to switch this back to the left (which, thankfully, can be easily done through the Settings app).
However, while there's promise here, it needs refinement. Hopefully, once Windows 11 rolls out to everyone, feedback will convince Microsoft that the new Start menu needs another look. Perhaps this design can work for tablet mode as a starting point, and when using devices that don't have a touch display, the icons and Start menu can revert to their original placement and in a way to make it more accessible.
Microsoft has told us that they're taking notice of the Feedback Hub, an app where it shows users' recommendations for Windows 11. There may be more changes to the Taskbar and Start menu in the coming months.
One common theme across Windows releases has been the lack of love given to the built-in apps, such as Paint, Snipping Tool and more. But in Windows 11, they've all been refreshed and updated, which is sure to please many users.
The aim for these looks to be a design that suits both a mouse and touch input, and for the most part it succeeds for these apps. Paint is fun to use once more, while Snipping Tool is finally the only app to control how you crop apps and save them as an image.
Clock is a surprising app to be redesigned here as well. Now, it's where you can manage your time to do work thanks to 'Focus', a feature similar to one of the tentpoles of Apple's iOS 15 update, where Focus allows you to create profiles that can be automated depending on your calendar, location and more.
Each of these apps finally looks unified with Windows 11 – there's no mix of Fluent Design and Metro design, something that Windows 10 suffers from. Everything looks refined, which is great to see from Microsoft.
Another big tentpole of Windows 11 is the redesigned Microsoft Store. It's no secret that it has felt a little neglected in Windows 10 recently. But, the new Microsoft Store looks to be a place where apps and even third-party stores can be accessed securely and without fear of malware.
The design of it is simple enough, with a search bar at the top with instant results, alongside three categories to choose from on the sidebar to the left.
For new and novice users it's a great storefront to easily find apps, and it's a credit to Windows 11 as it's going to be a big timesaver for many people, especially those who have got a new PC and want to quickly and easily download essential apps.
While it was announced that Android apps from the Amazon Store will be arriving at some point, it looks like we'll have to wait until a future update in 2022, enabling users to install apps such as TikTok, Instagram and more.
There's other features exclusive to Windows 11 apart from the new Fluent Design refresh, Accessibility and the Microsoft Store.
When you first start up a PC with a fresh install of Windows 11, you'll be given the option to move files and your desktop from OneDrive, similar to the Migration Assistant from macOS. It's a very welcome feature that's going to help a lot of users, especially as it can relieve the stress when setting up a new PC for the first time.
There's also a new way of managing different apps that are open called Snap Groups. While this is more aimed towards touch screen devices, it's a much improved variant on the snapping of windows that was first introduced in Windows 10, and makes it much easier when managing a multi-monitor setup.
In-tandem with this, better multi-monitor support arrives in Windows 11, where the upgrade will remember where certain apps were placed if you disconnect a laptop from an external monitor, for example.
In the past, gaming on Windows has had its fair share of ups and downs, from Games on Windows Live to the barebones Xbox app in Windows 10. But, Microsoft has made sure to make gaming a tentpole of Windows 11, with the Xbox app now built-in and more tightly integrated.
Better HDR support for games, plus Auto HDR for making non-HDR games look better when it comes to contrast, has also been added, which is very welcome indeed.
This is the first release of many to come for Windows 11, and based on what it brings, it's a fantastic start. Fluent Design is a great successor to the Metro look that's been prevalent since Windows 8, and it brings the style and colour scheme of Windows to the modern age.
However, the redesign often feels like merely a reskin of Windows 10 at the moment regardless of a change in buttons in Explorer, Paint, Snipping Tool and other apps. As soon as you go deeper, you're looking at the same features as before, but with rounded corners and a new icon.
Meanwhile, an improved Microsoft Store is something that was needed for Windows, and it's very easy to use. Alongside Android apps coming soon from Amazon, it's going to be a great starting point for casual users who want to find their apps more easily.
For now though, while it's a great start for Windows 11, it's time for Microsoft to go deeper and look to refine how other apps, such as Disk Management and even Notepad, can work in Windows 11. If you use a PC occasionally, you're going to enjoy Windows 11, but for anyone who uses it for work or gaming for more than eight hours a day, you may find it's just an incremental update – but that may not be a bad thing either.
The Windows 11 operating system will be remembered for bringing Windows to the modern age, thanks to its updated design and better ways to discover and download apps. But deeper improvements remain to be made in future releases, such as clarifications on system requirements and making Fluent Design more than just a reskin.
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Heat, humidity, rain dampen LA Fleet Week…
Heat, humidity, rain dampen LA Fleet Week attendance
Fireworks erupts over the San Pedro skies Saturday night to celebrate Fleet Week in the Port of Los Angeles. (Chuck Bennett/ Daily Breeze/SCNG)
Opening day of LA Fleet Week at Port of Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, featuring the USS Anchorage, a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock. Public tour. (Photo by Robert Casillas, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
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By Donna Littlejohn | dlittlejohn@scng.com | Daily Breeze
PUBLISHED: September 5, 2017 at 9:19 p.m. | UPDATED: September 6, 2017 at 4:25 a.m.
Coming for next year's LA Fleet Week: more directional signs, a widened Harbor Boulevard south of Sixth Street and a more "dialed-in" concert lineup.
The weather? Unfortunately, there's not much organizers can do about that.
It was the Labor Day weekend's unusually high temperatures and humidity that apparently held this year's crowds to below expectations, at 160,000 to 180,000, according to the Port of Los Angeles.
"What can you do?" port spokesman Arley Baker said of the wicked weather that even included a Sunday night cloudburst that cut one of the concerts short.
"Under normal weather conditions, I think it would have attracted more people," he said, adding that the weather was rare and difficult to tolerate at times. "It was monsoon weather, it was uncomfortable and it was draining. It was very tough. There's only so much we can do and the rest is out of our hands."
Last year's inaugural event drew an estimated 200,000 people and this year's was projected to attract as many as 250,000 over the course of several days.
'Great event'
Still, this year's second annual LA Fleet Week — with expanded offerings including more visiting ships, a spectacular fireworks show and nightly free concerts — was crowned a success that helps propel the Labor Day weekend event forward as it grows.
"It went really well," said Jonathan Williams of the Battleship Iowa, who headed up the organizing committee. "The programming was awesome, all the sailors loved it."
Among the most popular features this year, Baker said, were the expanded outdoor exhibit area, a basketball tournament — the Coast Guard won the championships — and the "Galley Wars" television competition with celebrity chefs.
"Overall, it was a great event, we succeeded in building on last year's event," Baker said.
Local businesses also did well, said James Brown of San Pedro Brewing Co. on Sixth Street in downtown San Pedro.
"It was a little warm, we sold a lot of beer and poured a lot of water," he said. "Our air-conditioning was cranked."
The addition of a full-fledged Fleet Week to the harbor's regular summer lineup, Baker said, is a boon to local shops and restaurants.
"Fleet Week in 2016 was one of our best weeks ever and this year it was really close," Brown said. "It's wonderful to have all the Marines and Navy, our customers were buying lunch and dinner and beers for everybody."
Bridge run delay
The weather also threw a hurdle into the path of the ninth annual Conquer the Bridge walk-run across the Vincent Thomas Bridge early Monday morning. The annual event is now wrapped in as a featured part of LA Fleet Week.
The cloudbursts and rain that hit the port area Sunday night and early Monday morning had staff members scrambling in the predawn hours to secure nonslip rubber mats over the metal grates along the bridge.
"I was in the car driving (to the port) at 3:15 in the morning and it was raining," said Michael-Patrick Hogue, race founder and organizer. "I knew we had a potential problem. This was rain, it was serious rain."
While the race started 41 minutes later than its scheduled 7 a.m. start time, it all went on without a hitch from there, he said. There was even a refreshing breeze as the weekend's high temperatures began to break.
"I was standing in front of 4,000 people (explaining the delay) and they were so cool and so nice, no one was moaning or complaining," he said. "… I saw a lot of really magical things going on (Monday)."
Improving each year
Going forward, Baker said the event will improve again next year as organizers continue to learn from what works — and what doesn't.
"The port can be a pretty intimidating complex if you're coming in from out of the area," Baker said. "I think we're always going to be working on directional signage and trying to communicate with people about parking. Every year it's going to be a question of how we can continue to work on this."
By next year, he said, the expansion and realignment of Sampson Way/Harbor Boulevard south of Sixth Street should be completed, which will help the flow of traffic.
Traffic flowed fairly well this year, Baker said, and added that the lower-than-expected crowd numbers may have helped considering the ongoing roadwork on Harbor.
"It was a bigger and better event in terms of visitor experience, but perhaps it's a tale of 'be careful what you ask for'" in terms of attendance, he said.
Baker also hopes for a bigger air show in 2018.
This year's addition of free nightly concerts on board the Iowa were big hits, Williams said, but organizers noticed that by far the largest crowds came on Friday and Saturday nights.
"We're going to dial in the programming a little bit more, our focus is going to be on doing two big concerts with headliners and, on the other nights, doing DJs," Williams said of what is already under consideration for the 2018 LA Fleet Week.
More money also will be poured into regional marketing, Baker said, adding that there were 10 billboards this year but the plan is to have a more robust outreach next summer. Media attention this year also was diverted by the massive La Tuna fire, he said, which cut down on the ongoing weekend coverage the event might otherwise have received.
"It's really a regional event and it's great that San Pedro can have an event on this scale," Williams said.
But no amount of planning can ever control Mother Nature's unexpected twists and turns.
"I can't recall weather like this in recent years," Baker said. "It was really uncomfortable."
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Best education research of 2017 for schools
18 Dec 2017, 5:00
Having scoured the international academic journals for the best research applicable to schools in England, Stuart Kime shares his top five treasures
Making decisions means engaging with information, either consciously or not. As I set about finding the shining jewels of rigour in methodological research and substantive brilliance in 2017, I couldn't help but think of the mis- and disinformation currently buzzing about our daily lives, and how the importance of high-quality research evidence grows with each poorly phrased tweet and propagandist blog post. We need good information in our schools now more than ever.
So what caught my eye in 2017?
Draining the swamp
The Michigan School Program Information Project, Z Neal and JW Neal
Who do you trust to answer an important question? And to whom does that person turn to answer their question? What's the provenance of the advice you're given?
In amongst the cloying swamp of competing school improvement priorities and a host of other bit-champing needs, school leaders face a challenge: how do they identify robust programmes which respond to students' needs, and how do they evaluate the effectiveness of each?
This is where my first pick, the Michigan School Program Information Project, comes in.
MiSPI as it is known is not a covert auto-surveillance system, so don't worry. Rather, it is a ground-breaking social network analysis project which seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice. It focuses on understanding the ways in which school leaders find and use information to make decisions about interventions and programs to use in their local contexts.
It's a US-based project, but watch this space. I'm hopeful that we will be able to bring it to the UK soon and trial it here.
A paper entitled 'What makes research useful for public school educators?' and written by the MiSPI coordinators is also available here.
Does schooling contribute to learning?
'The contribution of schooling to learning gains of pupils in years 1 to 6', H Luyten et al
It seems like a silly question to ask, but let's do it: is going to school better than not going to school?
To answer the question, Hans Luyten, Christine Merrell and Peter Tymms brought us the gem that is 'The contribution of schooling to learning gains of pupils in years 1 to 6', a paper which indicates that schooling – thankfully – has a positive effect on learning (accounting for about 40 per cent of total learning gains). Interestingly, the authors also show that, as children get older, the effect of school decreases.
READ MORE: Catch up on Stuart Kime's favourite education research of 2016
Hans told me that he was prompted to write the paper because "the bulk of studies on educational effectiveness focuses on differences between school and teachers; our paper addresses what the educational sector in general contributes to the cognitive development of children".
This is a paper that goes where value-added data cannot go, and that's why it made this year's list.
'Educating for democracy in a partisan age: Confronting the challenges of motivated reasoning and misinformation', J Kahne and B Bowyer
In an era of fake news, research which seeks to understand how young people judge the accuracy of truth claims related to current affairs is prescient, to say the least. In February this year, Joseph Kahne from the University of California, Riverside and Benjamin Bowyer of Santa Clara University emerged with 'Educating for democracy in a partisan age'.
Kahne and Bowyer found that young people's accuracy judgements depended, in part, on the alignment of the new truth claim with their prior viewpoints (a form of bias known as "the anchoring effect"). Now there's an argument for robust education, if ever there was one.
Interestingly, the authors also observed, perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively, that simply knowing more about politics doesn't improve accuracy of judgements, but that media literacy education did. For me, this is the kind of finding that sets off my thinking. What kind of media literacy? What would it look like? How could we trial it? It's timely and thought-provoking, so it makes the cut.
Is education neuroscience the next big thing?
'Online EEG-based workload adaptation of an arithmetic learning environment', C Walter et al
Neuroscientific research was still all the rage in 2017, the next big thing in education and, while I'm optimistic for what it can offer, I'd challenge the use of the words "next" and "big". I concede that it's probably a thing, but let's not go changing lesson plans just yet.
As the thing grew this year, though, Carina Walter and her colleagues in Germany used EEG (think of the cap with wires coming out all over it) to study the effects of a computer program which adapts learning material online in an attempt to improve students' arithmetic outcomes. With a small sample, they found that they could measure cognitive workload unobtrusively. I've tried doing EEG-based experiments myself and can concur that you get over the cap's presence pretty quickly, and use it to adapt the content delivered to students.
None of this is going to change what happens in classrooms tomorrow (imagine a class of 30 children each wearing a
28-lead EEG), but it will help us understand more about cognitive load, and that, I am convinced, will be an important element of how we design teaching and learning activities and experiences in years to come.
Can schools reduce bullying?
'Can schools reduce bullying? The relationship between school characteristics and the prevalence of bullying behaviours', D Muijs
Why is the relationship between schools' policies and bullying not a more studied area? Bullying has been, is and will continue to be an insidious problem until we understand more about it and address it in an evidence-informed manner.
Daniel Muijs' study began with the hypothesis that school size, policies and processes (such as quality of teaching) are related in some way to the prevalence of bullying. By surveying 1,411 year 6 pupils at 35 primary schools, Muijs found a substantial effect of both the school as a whole, and the individual classroom on the prevalence of bullying, but also found that these were mitigated by effective school policies.
I chose to include this study because it shines a light on the importance of school-level policy and practice decisions pertaining to bullying. In a school system that has become increasingly obsessed with a very narrow range of valued outcomes, acknowledging other factors in the life-course development of young people – especially those related to mental health – is critical.
Stuart Kime is a director at Evidence-Based Education, an organisation which trains teachers to be assessment leads and research leads in order to improve school decision-making and student outcomes. Stuart is the developer of three IEE/EEF research schools in East Anglia.


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