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Navy lacrosse has made improvement over the past year, head coach asserts
By By BILL WAGNER bwagner@capgaznews.com
Navy men's lacrosse closed a dismal 2013 campaign with an ugly 15-4 loss to Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore. It was never really a contest as the Blue Jays held the Midshipmen scoreless for the first 28 minutes of the game then scored 11 unanswered goals to close the second half.
The Mids finished with a 3-10 record that was the worst in program history, both in terms of number of wins and losses.
One year later, Navy carries a 4-7 record into its annual meeting with Hopkins on Friday night in Annapolis. Third-year head coach Rick Sowell did not hesitate when asked this week if the program has improved since last April.
"I think we are in a significantly better place than we were at this time a year ago," said Sowell, admitting the season-ending rout at the hands of Hopkins was "rock bottom" for Navy. "Just the way this team has bought into everything the coaching staff has asked and how the players have gone about their business since day one has been a huge step forward."
While Sowell conceded the record is similar, he said there is plenty of evidence that Navy is playing a better brand of lacrosse. Statistically, Navy is scoring two more goals (9.82 per game) and allowing almost one less goal (9.36) than it did in 2013. The Mids have slightly decreased their turnovers (14.73 as opposed to 16.08) while increasing their shooting percentage (27 percent as compared to 24 percent).
By far the biggest improvement has come at the faceoff stripe as freshman Brady Dove (Kent Island) has given Navy a huge boost. The Mids are winning 57 percent of draws this season after garnering just under 46 percent in 2013.
"I don't pay a whole lot of attention to stats because they don't always tell the whole story," Sowell said. "I know our clearing has been much better and I think our defense is clearly stronger. We've cut down on the turnovers, although that's still an area we need to work on. We're taking baby steps, but there is no doubt in my mind that we're a better team."
Last season, Navy lost three Patriot League games by seven goals or more - Bucknell (11-1), Colgate (11-3) and Army (14-7). This season, Bucknell and Colgate beat Navy by just three goals. On the down side, Lehigh smacked the Midshipmen by a 13-2 score while Army once again won the annual rivalry game by seven goals.
"We have definitely been more competitive. We've been in a lot more games," said Sowell, whose squad lost by one goal to Georgetown for the second straight year and took top-ranked Loyola to double-overtime before falling, 7-6. "A lot of the strides we've made have come off the field and are of the intangible variety. We still have a long way to go to reach the level we seek, but I really believe we are headed in the right direction."
Navy is still seeking that signature victory that would validate the progress the players and coaches swear has been made. Had a Tucker Hull shot from the crease not hit a pipe in the first overtime, the Midshipmen would have stunned the lacrosse world by upsetting the Greyhounds.
Navy still two more chances to post the type of win to hang its hat on with Hopkins coming to town tomorrow night and a road game at fifth-ranked Maryland looming on May 3. The Midshipmen could make a strong statement to themselves by reversing the regular season result against Lehigh in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament on April 22.
"We feel like we're right on the cusp of taking the next step," Navy senior co-captain Pat Kiernan said. "We've been in so many close games over the last four years and it's always been a lot of little things that have held us back. Too often, we've been on the wrong end of what we call the 'hidden plays' that happen in every game."
Kiernan, a standout long stick defensive midfielder and two-time All-Patriot League selection, agrees with Sowell that Navy lacrosse is in better shape today than it was a year ago.
"It's nothing that's really visible to people on the outside, but everyone involved with the program knows that this season was real positive in a lot of ways. As seniors, we feel confident that what we've done this year has helped lay the foundation for future success."
Prior to Friday night's game, Navy will honor the 14 seniors who are playing for the final time at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Heading the class is Kiernan, a two-time winner of the Lt. Robert T. Bianchi Award as Navy's most outstanding player. Attackmen Sam Jones (Severna Park High, 137 career points) and Tucker Hull (127 career points) are closing out strong careers as they rank 13th and 17th, respectively, on the school's all-time scoring list.
"It would be awesome if the seniors could win their final home game. Our players have certainly put in the time and effort and deserve a big win," Sowell said.
"Johns Hopkins is an outstanding team that is very well-coached. They are going to come in here confident and are not going to play down. We have proven at times this season that we are capable of playing good lacrosse. We need to maintain a high level for 60 minutes in order to beat an opponent the caliber of Hopkins."
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Charity condemns equipment delays contributing to death of hospital patients awaiting discharge in Northern Ireland
Calvin Barnett24th April 2019 Charity condemns equipment delays contributing to death of hospital patients awaiting discharge in Northern Ireland2019-04-24T09:17:38+01:00 Newsroom, Reports & Research, Third Sector
Marie Curie, the UK's leading charity for people with terminal illnesses, has revealed that over 200 patients in Northern Ireland died in hospital whilst waiting to be discharged in 2017/18 due to shortfalls in community care packages, including necessary equipment and adaptations, as well as a lack of care home placements.
In the charity's latest report, it disclosed that 204 patients with a range of conditions died in hospital in 2017/18 while waiting to be discharged in the Belfast, South Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Trusts.
Additionally, the terminal illness charity highlighted discharge delays resulted in patients spending thousands of extra days in hospital beds every month after being declared ready to leave.
46,148 hospital bed days were wasted across the health service according to Marie Curie because of delayed discharges, averaging more than 3,800 delayed days per month.
Joan McEwan, Head of Policy and Public Affairs for Marie Curie Northern Ireland, said: "The local population is getting older and we're seeing more and more people living with terminal illnesses and complex needs. Not only is this resulting in greater numbers of hospital admissions, it is also putting massive additional pressure on community care, which is vital in helping the safe and prompt discharge of patients back home.
"Most terminally ill people want to spend the time they have left being cared for at home or in the community. It is unacceptable that pressures in community care and challenges such as delays in getting equipment or making adaptations are preventing this from happening. These patients are uniquely impacted by delayed discharges from hospital because time is a luxury they don't have. When you are approaching the end of your life, every minute matters, and being kept in hospital may deprive someone of precious time with loved ones in the place of their choice during their final days and weeks."
Marie Curie found that shortages in community care packages and care home spaces were among the principal reasons behind the delayed discharges, emphasising that for terminally ill patients and their families, being stuck in hospital when they would rather be cared for at home or in the community can have a huge impact on their quality of life.
The biggest contributing factor to the discharge delays was lack of domiciliary care packages, which accounted for nearly 13,000 delayed bed days across the health service in 2017-18 reports the charity, whilst hospital care planning issues accounted for over 10,000 delayed days, and shortage of care home beds resulted in 7,775 delayed days.
Northern Ireland has now been without a government for over two years, with the devolved executive and assembly which have powers over the region collapsing on 9th January 2017 following the resignation of Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister because of ongoing disagreements between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
Currently, the region holds the world record for the longest period without a sitting government, with all attempts to restore power-sharing having failed.
Marie Curie has called for the return of the political institutions in Northern Ireland so the region can address major systemic challenges facing the health service and for Stormont officials to scope out new funding measures for adult social care, as well as the introduction of longer-term budgets for Health Trusts.
"In the years ahead, Northern Ireland's population is predicted to keep getting older and, unfortunately, sicker, so urgent solutions are required if we want to prevent even more vulnerable patients being stuck in hospital beds when they shouldn't be," added Joan McEwan.
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The Tide® Global Gospel Radio Ministry
For nearly 75 years, The Tide® ministry radio programs have been changing lives by telling people about Jesus in the language they were born to speak. Founded in 1946 as the Gospel Tide Broadcasting Association, The Tide ministry has transitioned from a domestic radio program to a versatile multi-national outreach focusing on the least reached regions of the world. Through radio broadcasts in 25 heart languages, thousands of lost people are coming to know Christ. Driven by a sense of urgency to rescue the world from false teachings and pagan religious practices, The Tide board of directors is constantly working to introduce evangelistic radio programs in additional languages so that an ever-increasing number of people can hear the good news about Jesus and His love for them.
The Tide outreach includes discipleship seminars, literature distribution, Bible correspondence courses and leadership training. This combination of ministry elements has proven to be extremely effective in changing lives and planting churches where believers are nurtured in their faith so that whole communities are drawn into the Kingdom of God.
The Tide Spokespersons
Don Shenk
Don Shenk is the Director of The Tide global Gospel radio ministry, which began in 1946 as The Gospel Tide Hour, a local radio program targeting a small community in south central Pennsylvania. The Tide ministry has since expanded and transitioned into an international Christian media ministry reaching millions of people in relatively unevangelized regions of the world in multiple languages. The Tide ministry, in partnership with native missionaries, has been instrumental in bringing many unbelievers into relationship with Jesus Christ and establishing healthy, growing indigenous churches among pagan cultures. This is accomplished by producing evangelistic radio programs in the local language, providing radios and media players where needed, and facilitating discipleship and leadership training through literature distribution, correspondence courses, teaching seminars, and spiritual conferences.
Shenk was born to missionary parents in what was then known as Rhodesia, and prior to joining The Tide ministry in 2001, served as a missionary teaching at a Bible School in Zimbabwe, Africa. In addition to lecturing in the classroom at Ekuphileni Bible Institute, Shenk served as Academic Dean and Director of Student Ministries, and also developed and implemented a manual skills training program to enable rural pastors to minister bi-vocationally. Through 28 years living in Zimbabwe, and after numerous visits to Africa, Eastern Europe and India as a ministry administrator and resource person for church conferences and leadership training events, Shenk has acquired a wealth of international, cross cultural ministry experience.
The majority of The Tide ministry's outreach takes place in relatively undeveloped regions of the world targeting less privileged populations and is accomplished in partnership with like-minded ministries, indigenous missionaries and local church movements. Shenk is prepared to discuss the effective use of media in building God's Kingdom, along with issues related to cross cultural ministry, freedom of religion, religious persecution, the juxtaposition of religion and culture and meeting needs without creating dependency. Download headshot…
Mark Story
Mark Story is the Director of Development at The Tide global gospel radio ministry. He grew up in rural Maine as the son of a protestant church pastor, and as a child came to know Christ as his personal Savior. Story first received theological training with a bachelor's degree from Lancaster (Pa.) Bible College and went on to receive nonprofit training with a master's degree from Eastern University.
Story has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years, during which time he led fundraising efforts for a Christian conference center, Habitat for Humanity and the Franklin County (Pa.) Public Libraries. His hobbies include camping, riding an antique motorcycle and gardening.
In 1996, Story married Jill (McKee), who teaches at Shalom Christian Academy. They have two daughters: Moriah and Lydia. The Story family resides in Greencastle, Pa., and are members of Cornerstone Bible Church.
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You want your child's new room to look fresh and current, even if the furniture you're using isn't all brand-new. Luckily, what really distinguishes an okay room from a wonderful room is consistency, functionality, and personality. These qualities don't require a huge budget, but they do call for some planning.
Consistency just means you come up with a color scheme and a visual theme and maintain them throughout the room. For example, if you start out with blue, peach, plaids, and seashells, don't throw in (or neglect to remove) items that feature pink, black, florals, and zebras. The smaller the room, the more important consistency will be in preventing a cluttered look. You're not trying to be rigid here; you're trying to create a bit of underlying visual order that will stand up to the multitude of everyday kid items that will soon be scattered around.
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Unless you're starting from scratch, the first and often toughest part of a decorating job may be editing -- that is, removing pieces from the room that don't support the new vision. Of course, there are a couple of important exceptions.
If an accessory is meaningful to your child, do your best to find a place for it in the new room scheme. Sometimes just grouping a treasured white elephant with other accessories will keep it visible but not annoyingly prominent. Kids' toys are so varied in style and color, just about anything can work in the mix.
Functionality is a simple concept: Does every piece in the room serve an essential need? A comfortable place to sleep, a convenient place to play, an accessible place to store toys and clothing, and a workable place to study or indulge in hobbies are the basics. Once you've found them, it's time to inject the magic ingredient of personality.
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Civil Partnerships More Popular Than Expected – And Dissolutions On The Rise Too
Family Lawyer Says Couple Have Confidence In Civil Partnerships
A family law expert says the continued popularity of civil partnerships and the rise in dissolutions could be due to the confidence gay couples have from knowing the legal system is treating them the same as married couples in terms of tax treatment and on divorce.
More people than expected are entering a civil partnership with over 100,000 people making the legal commitment since they were first available in 2005. The number of dissolutions of civil partnerships is also rising. The number granted in 2011 was 672, an increase of more than 28 per cent over the previous year. And lawyers say the couples will see their cases handled in the same way as divorces.
Alison Hawes, a leading family lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, added: "The rights and responsibilities of civil partnerships were always agreed from the start to be in line with marriages. A Court of Appeal hearing earlier this year also confirmed that financial issues on civil partnership dissolutions would be treated the same as in a divorce, further emphasising that the legal system makes no differentiation between the two.
"The continued popularity in civil partnerships just confirms that the government was right in the first place to introduce them and although there was an initial rush of people who were 'queuing' up to get one, they have continued to increase. The confidence couples have in knowing that they will receive the same rights as heterosexual couples being married or going through divorce, means that they feel civil partnerships have real value."
Alison adds that she believes civil partnerships statistics will eventually fall into line with marriage and divorce rates. She added: "It was always expected that dissolutions would vary in numbers for a few years as some of the pioneers of civil partnerships find that the change in status from living together to having a legal commitment to each other de-stabilises their relationship, as also often happens when long term heterosexual cohabitants suddenly decide to marry.
"We would expect to see civil partnership dissolutions coming into line with the divorce rate. There will be a gradual increase as people form new civil partnerships after dissolutions. Statistics have shown in the past that the more marriages a couple has been through between them, the less likely their marriage is to endure.
"Gay couples face the same pressures and traditional causes of relationship breakdown as heterosexual couples such as falling out of love and infidelity, and simply not getting on now that they are legally committed to each other."
The latest figures show that 6,795 couples entered into civil partnerships in Britain last year – a rise of 6 per cent. This takes the total number of couples to more than 100,000 people since civil partnerships first became legal in December 2005.
This far exceeds initial official estimates that between 11,000 and 22,000 couples would enter a civil partnership in the first five years.
The new statistics show that in the early years more men than women formed civil partnerships, but the balance has now become more equal since 2009. The average age for people entering a civil partnership is just over 40 for men and 38 for women.
London and Brighton and Hove remain the most popular places for civil partnerships with Manchester and Birmingham next on the list.
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EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell and Fox may be looking to shake things up in the on-air department of the upcoming reality series X Factor. I hear pop star Enrique Iglesias has been approached to star on the singing competition series. But in an interesting twist, I hear he is being courted to be the host of the show.
Having a music superstar as host would certainly set X Factor apart from the other reality series, which are fronted predominantly by TV and radio hosts/presenters. That includes Fox's American Idol (Ryan Seacrest), ABC's Dancing with the Stars (Tom Bergeron) and NBC upcoming The Voice (Carson Daly). Coincidentally, Cowell also took a more unusual approach on his NBC talent series America's Got Talent, tapping actor-comedian Nick Cannon as host.
As for Iglesias, I hear he may be more open to a judging than hosting gig on X Factor. But, with his latest album Euphoria doing well and his most recent single, Tonight (I'm Lovin' You), peaking at #1 on the US Pop Songs Chart earlier this month, he is reportedly leaning towards sticking with his music career full-time.
Iglesias has crossed paths with Cowell before. While promoting Euphoria, he performed on the British X Factor last year. He has also doubled into acting, including a role in the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico and guest sports on CBS' How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men. Additionally, he has served as a guest co-host on Live with Regis and Kelly.
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German authorities won't take proceedings against Don Johnson, the former star of "Miami Vice" and "Nash Bridges" who was stopped last year by German customs officers as he was traveling in a car carrying credit notes and other securities worth as much as $8 billion.
The documents, meant to serve as a security for a business deal, belonged to one of Johnson's fellow passengers and not to Johnson, said Leonhard Bierl, spokesman for Germany's Customs Crime Office in Cologne.
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Billionaire wealth has surged by nearly $1 trillion during 7 months of pandemic and economic collapse |
Billionaire wealth has surged by nearly $1 trillion during 7 months of pandemic and economic collapse
October 21, 2020Frontpage news and politics
Over just the past seven months—as millions lost their jobs and health insurance, tens of thousands of small businesses shuttered permanently, and more than 200,000 Americans were killed by the coronavirus—U.S. billionaires saw their combined net worth surge by more than $930 billion, bringing the collective wealth of just 644 people to a staggering $3.88 trillion.
That's according to an analysis released Tuesday morning by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), progressive organizations that have been tracking the explosion of billionaire wealth since the start of coronavirus lockdowns in mid-March. (See the groups' compilation of billionaire wealth data here.)
The new analysis shows that the collective wealth of America's billionaires grew by $931 billion—or nearly 33%—between March 18 and October 13, a period that also saw unprecedented job loss, a nationwide surge in hunger, and a sharp increase in housing insecurity.
The groups noted that the jump in billionaire wealth over the past seven months exceeds the size of both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) so-called "skinny" Covid-19 relief bill and the estimated two-year budget gaps of all state and local governments, which have been forced to lay off more than a million public-sector workers due to revenue shortfalls caused by the coronavirus crisis.
"Sadly, the Gilded Age is here again," ATF executive director Frank Clemente said in a statement. "We have extraordinary gains in wealth by a small sliver of the population while millions suffer, this time from the ravages of the pandemic, much of which could have been avoided."
"In the short-term we need a robust pandemic relief package that meets the urgency of the moment, not Senator McConnell's skinny bill that offers political cover," Clemente continued. "In the long-term we need major reform that taxes the extraordinary wealth of the billionaires and millionaires and uses that wealth to create an economy that works for all of us."
How have working families fared? 🦠Nearly 8.2 million fell ill 🦠Nearly 62 million lost work 🦠98,000 businesses have… https://t.co/F1CFgm4jnt
— Americans For Tax Fairness (@Americans For Tax Fairness) 1603201319
The new analysis shows that a handful of billionaires "have seen a particularly astonishing increase in wealth" over the past seven months:
Jeff Bezos' wealth grew from $113 billion on March 18 to $203 billion on October 13, an increase of 80%. Adding in his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott's wealth of $65.7 billion on that day and the two had a combined wealth of more than a quarter of a trillion dollars thanks to their Amazon stock.
Mark Zuckerberg's wealth grew from $54.7 billion on March 18 to $101 billion on October 13, an increase of 85%, fueled by his Facebook stock.
Elon Musk's wealth grew from $24.6 billion on March 18 to $92.8 billion on October 13, an increase of 277%, boosted by his Tesla stock.
Dan Gilbert, chairman of Quicken Loans, saw his wealth rocket by 656%, to $49.2 billion from $6.5 billion seven months earlier.
"With Mitch McConnell's Senate paralyzed with inaction, U.S. society is kicking into inequality overdrive, with wealth surging up to U.S. billionaires," said Chuck Collins, director of IPS' Program on Inequality. "The juxtaposition between surging billionaire wealth and the imploding livelihoods of ordinary Americans is grotesque and unseemly."
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Recommended Recording Return Of Pianist Timothy Cooper
Thread starter Lillian
There are plenty of musicians out there who play piano by themselves without additional instrumentation. In the new age genre, beginning with George Winston in the late Seventies and early Eighties, there has been a steady stream of solo piano releases. Some of the artists have become tried-and-true old favorites by now (Suzanne Ciani, David Lanz, Ann Sweeten, etc.) and others have (sometimes mercifully) disappeared from the scene. But there are also a lot of us who faithfully love solo piano playing because of the warmth and expressiveness of the instrument, so we are always on the lookout for the next interesting player. Which brings us to Timothy Cooper. He is not technically a newcomer. He released his first two albums in 2008 and 2009, and they did well on the new age airplay charts. But then he disappeared until a recent surprise return with GLOBAL SKIES.
This new recording shows a depth and maturity in his playing and composing beyond those earlier albums. In fact, the last one, EAST WEST, was comprised of lots of short and very short (like 22-seconds or something) piano tracks. GLOBAL SKIES is just the opposite. The shortest tune is four-minutes long and the longest nearly 14-minutes. And, even though a lot of Cooper's composing comes out of improvisation (but that is where so many musicians start), he now seems to be going beyond just sitting in the studio and playing off riffs and little melody lines that he has come up with. These new pieces seem more formalized, more complete, more composed. Sure, he takes an idea and then runs it through the wringer and explores it in several different ways. But he seems to know where he is going and how to get back from there. This is a composed, self-assured musician with some interesting ideas and plenty of feeling in his music. Take a chance on this one. Recommended.


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Samsung Canada: Galaxy Note 2 Jelly Bean update with Multi Window support coming this week
Samsung Canada announced the Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Note II will be released within the next week.
Shea Harris
Samsung Canada has announced that they'll finally be pushing out the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to Galaxy Note 2 devices within the next week or so. Exact availability isn't known quite yet and will vary by carrier.
Also good news for Canadian Galaxy Note 2 owners is that Multi Window support, which allows for two apps to be open on the screen at the same time, will be included in the update. Users will also be able to use Pop Up Video in conjunction with Multi Window.
Here's the word from Samsung Canada:
"Samsung Canada announced today the upcoming availability of the latest update for the GALAXY Note II smartphone, which offers Multi Window allowing users to interact with two separate applications simultaneously.
The OS update (Android 4.1.2) gives customers the ability to personalize and customize their smartphone experience and interact with two apps at the same time. Samsung Canada now allows GALAXY Note II customers to change app positions within the Multi Window in addition to having the capability of using Pop Up Video while using Multi Window.
Also, included in this software update is the inclusion of both simplified and traditional Chinese language support. Easily accessible from the device's settings menu, the software can change the language for most menus and applications and also support handwriting of Chinese characters to be transposed into text."
What do you say, eh? Any large-screen loving Canadians excited about the news?
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Western Edition | Southern Edition | MidWest Edition | Archive | Sponsoring | January 29, 2015
White House Won't Seek To End 529 College Tax Break
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College Admissions Racket: They're Not Going to Let You In Anyway
Bloomberg - Jan 28, 2015
Elite colleges are suddenly extending their application deadlines, but some say they're juicing their numbers and giving students false hope...
Mastering the College Admissions Process
WCPN.org - Ideastream - Jan 27, 2015
There are a ton of questions before you set foot on a college campus, much less take your first exam: Which college is the right fit for my interests? How can I increase my chances of getting in? How the heck am I going to pay for it? ...
A Quiet Revolution in Helping Lift the Burden of Student Debt
New York Times - Upshot - Jan 25, 2015
Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question. Student loan debt is at a record high of $1.1 trillion, and the average undergraduate who borrows to attend school graduates ...
College Admissions: More College Application Follow-Up Suggestions
GoLocalPDX College Admissions - Jan 28, 2015
If you are waiting until March to hear back from some of your top-choice schools, it can seem like a very long haul. Even though your application has been submitted, there are still positive actions you can take to stay top-of-mind and let the school know they are one of your top choices....
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DC College Admissions Examiner - Jan 26, 2015
It�s fair to say that most every college and university in the United States has a clearly posted priority financial aid deadline by which the FAFSA should be filed for students to have the best possible chance of receiving both institutional and federal aid. ...
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Echo Press - Jan 26, 2015
Many families worry about how they will pay for their children�s college education, especially if they have not had the financial means to start or grow a college fund. ...
A Long Shot
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The legislation requires public schoolteachers and staff members to receive two hours of suicide prevention training every year.....
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NJ.com - Jan 26, 2015
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Home > Fantasy > 2010 > 01/03 > The Cat Call: You are about to enter…The Stillman Zone.
Well Panthers and hockey fans I hope you all have had a good holiday – I myself have returned after a long family hiatus just in time for this past week's New Years Eve hockey extravaganza and….the Twilight Zone marathon (c'mon puck heads…it cannot be hockey all the time).
So what has happened in the past ten games? A 5-4-1 record…that's what happened! This looks pretty plain jane to me – but there were some major offensive triumphs including, Stephen Weiss's offensive ballet (see guys ballet can be cool). Or my personal favorite – the night against Carolina when our defense played like the best scoring blue lines in the league. All in all, after the big expectations I gave in the previous article I find myself looking at 1-1-1 record, in reference to my predictions.
I gave myself two points for the Stephen Weiss explosion…well because I am a horrible self promoter. The record also represents the loss because we have not seen too much from Dmitry Kulikov this season – due to a knee injury. However, guess what boys and girls, there is a point for the Steve Reinprecht outlook. With the return of Cory Stillman this past Thursday came a whole new set of predictions and possibilities for Reinprecht and the Panthers scoring lines – this prediction has gone into overtime.
– Reinprecht had nine goals in eight games and Stillman had seven points in eight games.
Pretty nice. Now this time around, Coach Pete DeBoer added the speedy Radek Dvorak – who has six assists and three goals in the past ten (including that should–have-been-a-goal assist on New Years Eve). That's nine points – for those who did not want to read before (I assume you won't do math either). Joking and…abuse…aside it looks like the Cats might once again have two strong scoring lines, and that goal with six minutes on the clock only helps to prove this self promoter right.
Nathan Horton – C, RW (81% owned in Yahoo! Leagues) – Horton hears a who?…oh ok I admit it…predictable…I am sure you guys can think of a better team name than that. In any case, I should not have to say this but, Horton is nasty! This guy really heated up in the past couple weeks. And what about that assist run between Dec 11th and 18th where he racked up 10 points and a hat trick for good measure. Add this with the fact he is eligible in the RW position and he should be even more enticing to you struggling Mike Knuble owners (well even though he forced one in Wednesday night). If you are looking to move him you might find the beginnings of a workable deal.
In his defense…he was doing awful. In her defense…it probably had to do more with him…doing awful. However…I am starting to feel pretty good about getting him for Brenden Morrow in my 16 team league.


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Q: Python Запуск Сервера в среде PyCharm jango-admin runserver Застрял с запуском сервера.
В среде PyCharm в терминале набираю команду jango-admin runserver
Появляется ошибка
  `D:\Myjango Prog\second>django-admin runserver
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
        return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
        exec(code, run_globals)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\Scripts\django-admin.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 446, in execute_from_command_line
        utility.execute()
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 440, in execute
        self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 414, in run_from_argv
        self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 74, in execute
        super().execute(*args, **options)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 460, in execute
        output = self.handle(*args, **options)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 81, in handle
        if not settings.DEBUG and not settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS:
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 87, in __getattr__
        self._setup(name)
      File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 67, in _setup
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
    django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DEBUG, but settings are not configured. You must either define the env
    ironment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.`

Потом запускаю команду  django-admin manage.py>
Появляется ошибка

 `D:\Myjango Prog\second>python manage.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 18, in main
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  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 446, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 420, in execute
    django.setup()
  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", line 116, in populate
    app_config.import_models()
  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py", line 304, in import_models
    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
  File "D:\Pyton\Miniconda3\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 848, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
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    from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
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    class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
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Как я понял проблема с доступом к базе Sqlite3
Помогите застрял на этом.

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Alaska Highway 75th Anniversary Events to Include Tribute to Black Soldiers' Key Role
KUAC | By Tim Ellis
Published January 16, 2017 at 1:23 PM AKST
Delta Junction Chamber of Commerce
Seventy-five years ago, the U.S. Army began work on a road to connect the far-flung territory of Alaska to the continental United States. This week, the town at the end of that road, Delta Junction, will consider a proposal to celebrate the Alaska Highway's 75th anniversary. Organizers of a statewide effort to commemorate the anniversary say the highway represents an important historical achievement and a breakthough in race relations.
The Delta Junction City Council on Tuesday will consider a resolution that would launch planning for local events to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway. The measure also calls for the city to accept donations to pay for the events.
Mayor Pete Hallgren says the council also will consider kicking in some money to "... to jump-start that with maybe a thousand dollars out of the city's funds."
Fort Greely officials have pledged support for the events, and along with the local chamber of commerce have begun planning them. State Transportation Department spokeswoman Meadow Bailey is heading up a group that's working on more events to be held statewide. And she says residents of another Alaska Highway community also want to recognize the anniversary.
"Tok is also looking to celebrate the highway and to tie that in with their Fourth of July celebrations," she said.
Credit Luigi Zanasi/Wikipedia
The Alaska Highway stretches from Dawson Creek, B.C., to Delta Junction.
Bailey says there's a lot of interest around the state in commemorating construction of the highway, along with some other mileposts in Alaska history. Those include construction of Allen Army Airfield on Fort Greely in 1942 as part of what was known as the Lend-Lease program that sent aircraft from the United States to the Soviet Union, to help the ally now known as Russia fight the German war machine.
"This year marks a lot of milestones across the state," she said. "Not just the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway, but also of lend-lease, the hundredth anniversary of UAF, the 150th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska from Russia..."
Bailey says her group is coordinating with other organizers in Canada who are planning many commemorative events in communities along the Alaska Highway, which connects Delta to the northern British Columbia city of Dawson Creek. Bailey says the group is looking for new members and ideas for Alaskan observances.
Credit U.S. Army/University of Alaska archives
U.S. Army soldiers hacked their way through some 1,500 miles of rugged Canadian and Alaskan wilderness in about eight months to build the road later named the Alaska Highway. Some historians consider it one of the 20th century's greatest engineering feats.
"We're trying to find all kinds of creative ways to commemorate these marks in history," she said.
Among the most ardent supporters of Alaska Highway commemorations is author and historian Lael Morgan. She's researched and written extensively about the highway, and helped organize and support celebrations of its 50th anniversary. Morgan says while researching the history for a National Geographic article, she learned that thousands of African-American soldiers played an important but largely unheralded role in building the highway.
"I discovered a lot more about the blacks who built the Alaska Highway," she said, "and that they'd been completely written out of history."
Historian Lael Morgan says the 10,000 U.S. soldiers who built the Alaska Highway included about 3,500 African-American troops, who mainly worked from Alaska southward into Canada.
Blacks comprised about a one-third of the 10,000 soldiers assigned to build the highway. They served in three segregated regiments, consistent with U.S. military policy at the time that required black soldiers to serve in segregated units that typically were assigned to menial work, out of a notion they were unfit for more important missions.
"They were consigned to warehousing and stocking shelves and maybe doing longshore jobs," Morgan said.
But she says a shortage of military manpower in the early going of World War II, and the need to establish an overland route to supply Alaska in the face of Japanese aggression, forced military leaders to send black soldiers to help build the Alaska Highway.
Black soldiers were segregated and marginalized in the lead-up to World War II, but they proved their mettle with their work on the Alaska Highway.
"All of a sudden, the road became very, very important," she said. "And they had nothing left but black troops."
Morgan says the black soldiers were assigned mainly to units in Alaska that worked their way south into Canada to meet up with units comprised mainly of white soldiers, who were working their way northward on the road sometimes referred to as the "Alcan," a conjunction of Alaska and Canada. Morgan says the black soldiers proved themselves every bit the equal of their white counterparts as they endured bitter cold and snow, then torrential rain and mud and swarms of mosquitos. And despite a chronic lack of supplies and equipment, they got the job done.
"What they did with the Alcan was truly amazing," she said. "They couldn't have built it without them."
Credit U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Alaska Highway Project
Pvt. Refines Simms Jr., a bulldozer operator with the Army's 97th Engineer Battalion, exchanges a handshake with Pvt. Alfred Jalufka, an operator with the 18th Engineer Brigade, when soldiers working from the north and south met Oct. 25, 1942 at Contact Creek, Yukon Territory – some eight months after work on the highway began.
The black troops met the white soldiers units on Oct. 25, 1942 at Contact Creek, near milepost 590 in the Yukon Territory. A photo of two soldiers, one black and one white, who'd climbed down from their bulldozers to shake hands at Contact Creek captured what Anchorage history buff Jean Pollard says was a breakthough in race relations for the military – and the nation.
"This is a picture where you see a black soldier and a white soldier shaking hands where their bulldozers met," Pollard said. "That picture went worldwide back then."
Morgan and other historians say the black soldiers' work on the highway helped convince U.S. military and civilian leaders to desegregate the armed services in 1948 and contributed to the nation's broader civil rights movement.
Pollard, a retired educator, says she's been working with the Anchorage school district to include lessons on the Alaska Highway's construction in state history courses. And she's working with Morgan to arrange events in Anchorage to commemorate the 75th anniversary as part of the Alaska Highway Project.
Editor's note: this story was revised to clarify that the executive order that abolished discrimination became official military policy on July 26, 1948.
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Over the course of the last few years Mikael has gained quite a following of fans for his wines. These include the White House and President Obama! Below are just a few videos of interviews and articles which we are very proud of as they demonstrate that Kaena Wines is friends to all!
Garagiste Festival ~ Get the Dirt fomr Mikael Sigouin of Kaena Wine Co.
Aloha Kaena Friends & Followers!
Your Aloha Crew is pleased to share that we are in the thick of our 2017 Harvest season and are extremely pleased with the insanely abundant vineyard picks making their debuts. Currently, we have quite a few Kaena fan favorites begining the first stages of their individual fermentations. Therefore, we felt that it is the perfect time to talk about the fermentation process in general. Many might be farmiliar with the term 'fermentation' in general but might not have a thorough understanding of how this vino magic actually takes place.
WELCOME TO FERMENTATION 101.... CLASS IS NOW IN SESSION!
The word fermemtation comes from the Latin word fermentare, meaning " to leaven." Fermentation is a chemical breaking down of a substance (as sugar) that is controlled by an enzyme which overall is converted to ethyl alcohol. This is a process in which a substeance breaks down into a simpler substance. In the process of creating wine, microorganisms like natural bacteria and yeasts play a large role typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.
As previously mentioned, yeast is essential during the fermentation process. Once the initial chemistry of the fruit is determined (sugar,acid,taste ect.) we can then decide what type of yeast we want to use. It is important to clarify that all yeast, even cultured yeast, is infact natural. The differnce comes from weather the fermentaion is from wild or inoclated yeast. With this being said, there are specific yeast strains used for each wine. The different yeast strains are specialized to work in different enviornments. Examples of these would be high/ low temperature, high/ low acid, and high/ low sugar. Yes, the yeasts themselves can produce differnt flavors that are involved in the outcome of a wine. Choosing the right yeast strain is up to each individual winemaker's prefrence as it is extremly crutual to the winemaking/ fermentation action.
At this point of an active ferment, we let the yeast do it's thing. Next, the yeast will consume the sugar in the juice and convert it to alcohol ...as well as heat and carbon dioxide. During this time the Grenache King and Aloha Crew will continue multiple 'punch downs' daily while each individual ferment is cold stabalized in our temperature controlled facility. Our winemaker will also deside when to stop each fermenattion. He can either stop the fermentation at the desired sugar/ alcohol content, or let the ferment go until all of the sugar is gone (dry wine). Kaena's winemaker (Mikael Sigouin) and harvest team will monitor this process carefully by checking the fermentation speed throughout to ensure that the yeast(s) are infact healthy and active.
Typically after fermentation is complete, the dead yeast cells 'lees' will settle to the bottom of the tank/ bin and then the wine is pumped into a clean tank. Each wine will then go through various stabilization and filtration steps until it is ready for barrel aging or botteling. Don't worry...we will geek out shortly about oak & againg prefrences!
OK, CLASS IS DISMISSED... AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR CRASH COURSE IN FERMENTATION 101!


ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team earned a bid to the 2018 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's Basketball Championship, announced on Monday.
The Lions (20-7) earned the No. 1 seed in Pod 3 and will host the first round against No. 4 Alfred University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night. The winner of this matchup will face off against the No. 2 seed, and host school, Wilkes University. This game will take place at Wilkes on Friday, March 2 at 5 p.m.
Juniata claimed the overall-top seed of the tournament and the right to host the first round in Pod 1. Wilson College will host Pod 2 and Bethany College has earned hosting privileges of Pod 4.
The winners of each pod, will go on to compete in the semifinal rounds on Saturday, March 3 at Wilkes. Pod 1 winner will play against the winner of Pod 4, while the winner of Pod 2 will face off against the Pod 3 winner. The championship will be held the following Sunday between the two semifinal winners.
Behrend is making its 16th appearance, and fourth consecutive, in the ECAC Tournament. The Lions were victorious in 2010, claiming the ECAC Championship crown. Behrend recently finished second in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular season and received a first-round bye in the conference playoffs.
The Lions were defeated by No. 1 seed La Roche in the AMCC Championship, 77-74. The No. 4 seed Alfred in the Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) was knocked out in their conference tournament. They lost to top-seeded Nazareth in the final seconds of the semifinal contest, 73-72.
Behrend and Alfred will be meeting for the first time since the 1997-98 season where the Lions snagged a 78-69 victory.
Semifinal #1: Pod 1 Winner vs. Pod 4 Winner - 3:00 p.m.
Semifinal #2: Pod 2 Winner vs Pod 3 Winner - 6:00 p.m.
Winner Semifinal #1 vs. Winner Semifinal #2 – 1:00 p.m.


Let's all run away to the Paris funfair, in the shadow of Monmartre, in this perfect incarnation of a Snow Princess dream of a winter dress by cult Faroese queens of yarn – Gudrun and Gudrun. This ethereally beautiful winter fashion star is for girls who really do believe in fairytales and flying over chimney pots as modern day Mary Poppins.. well you never know. Constructed from the softest mohair, with a tulle underskirt, this wil o wisp stick of freshly spun fashion candy floss is just the ticket for the modern Alice-in-Wonderland.
The dress is the work of the two brilliantly creative Gudrun's who inhabit a faraway island in the Faroes. Together, they conjure up marvellous, gossamer, luxe-heirloom conscious knitwear, inspired by the colours, textures and environmental challenges of their remote, North Atlantic, island home, where wool is a very precious commodity indeed. Everything these creative fashion mavericks dares to create is made from from by-products of the local food chain, from wool to fish skins, so there is absolutely no waste – and look how arrestingly beautiful the result is?
This is knitwear made from waste and elevated to an art form for the most discerning, caring fashion lover; not to mention the odd sociopath detective, namely Sarah Lund, in the Danish drama The Killing, who wore Gudrun and Gudrun's snowflake sweater to chase after a few dark fairytales of her own, and promptly turned this form- fitting ice queen knit it into a cult object of desire in Denmark and the UK, where the series was a huge hit. One of the Gudrun's says she can just see Bjork in the dress and we have to agree, it would be perfect for the extrovert Icelandic Princess of experimental rock and pop.


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Home Sectors TRANSPORTATION The Impacts Of The Pandemic On The Automotive Industry
The Impacts Of The Pandemic On The Automotive Industry
by Rosette Monell
No businesses and industries were spared from the effects of the recent pandemic. The majority of the business sector worldwide stopped, and many have had to cut costs by closing down branches and shops and laying off employees. Some even had to close down permanently, while others have announced they will follow suit shortly.
The pandemic threw the economic outlook into the pit of uncertainty and brought forth long term impacts on most sectors, including the automotive industry. Production was disrupted, which lead to delays and other problems regarding the supply chain. Other than that, since quarantine protocols were initiated, people's interest in purchasing cars diminished, resulting in a decline in sales.
Now that some months have passed, automotive companies are still exerting effort to recover from what was lost. With most of the world's economy coping in today's business climate, see how the recent pandemic affected one of the world's largest business sectors.
Labour conflict and factory closures
To some manufacturers, closing down factories is part of surviving this global crisis. Analysts said that automakers all over the world had 20% more factory capacity than what they needed. Since sales went down after the pandemic hit, most of those underused factories had to shut down operations.
The situation is challenging, especially for the big plants in Europe. The struggle is real for companies that manufacture smaller cars because of their tendency to be less profitable. Aside from the economic element, they're also feeling the pressure politically because of the resistance they've met in laying off their employees.
In light of the reduced production capacity of carmakers and the change in consumers' purchasing behavior, the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) business of tyre companies is also affected. Experts expect tyre price renegotiation in the remaining months of the year to keep the volume and that there'd be no sudden increase in sales post-pandemic because of business losses.
Delays in tech deployments
This year, a survey found that almost 65% of firms said they're expecting to see delays in technology deployment in upcoming projects. An auto industry semiconductor analyst from IHS Markit, Phil Amsrud, cited the survey and an example of consequences due to said delays. He noted that a 7-nanometer node size chip might instead be delivered in a 14-nanometer node size, which will lower the expectations and ambitions that the industry has for autonomous vehicles (AV).
However, this doesn't mean that AV chip development work is out of the picture. What it eludes to is that it will be slowed down, and consumer expectations should be tempered. This is also due to the decreasing auto sales that affect the timelines of various projects considering the current state of the economy and the conservation of financial resources.
A change of pace in international trade
The automotive industry is globalised, and so most manufacturers depend on supplies and raw materials coming in from different parts of the world. Since production is affected because of the pandemic, various manufacturing plants have either encountered or still encounter shortages in terms of necessary materials. It only compounds with the problems of having fewer plants and people to do the work.
Companies and suppliers are taking a more cautious approach to globalisation, which will continue to be the case for quite some time. On a positive note, major players in the industry firmly believe that the supply chain is built to withstand the impact of a crisis, so there's no reason to cease international trade.
The author, Rosette Monell, is a freelance writer.
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NEC Launches A New Model of the 'SX-Aurora TSUBASA' Vector Supercomputer that More than Doubles Computing Performance and Power Efficiency
PRZOOM - /newswire/ - Tokyo, Japan, 2022/10/07 - Introduction of the world's highest performance* vector supercomputer at Tohoku University - Tohoku.ac. / NEC.com. NEC; TSE: 6701
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NEC Corporation will launch the new "SX-Aurora TSUBASA C401-8" for data centers in an "SX-Aurora TSUBASA" vector supercomputer that offers 2.5 times the computing performance and twice the power efficiency of previous models.
In this product, the number of cores has been increased from the previous 10 cores to 16 cores, and a new L3 cache has been adopted to achieve faster computation performance. In addition, the adoption of state-of-the-art processes has resulted in improved power efficiency.
The new system will be utilized for large-scale scientific computing at Tohoku University's Science Center (Tohoku University). Tohoku University is scheduled to begin operating the system in August 2023, featuring a total of 4,032 Vector Engines (VE) and a total theoretical computing performance of approximately 21 PFLOPS (Petaflops), making it the world's highest performance* vector-based supercomputer system.
Tohoku University (tohoku.ac.) has already adopted previous versions of the SX Series for a wide variety of applications in various areas, including manufacturing, such as the design of airplanes and power generation turbines, where large-scale numerical fluid simulation plays an important role. Other applications include disaster mitigation simulation, such as the prediction of damage from tsunami or river inundation. This is in addition to simulations useful for daily living, such as risk assessment for heat stroke. Moreover, the university has started to explore the applications of quantum computing with the help of the SX Series, and going forward, Tohoku University will continue to expand contributions to a wide range of research and development.
The German Meteorological Agency "Deutscher Wetterdienst" (DWD) has also evaluated the power efficiency of this system and is scheduled to introduce it in September 2023 for the purpose of augmenting its weather forecasting system.
In recent years, the role of information in society has evolved rapidly, and supercomputers are now being used to help solve social challenges such as the prediction of disasters and changes in energy needs.
As part of this, there is a greater need for a next-generation, energy-efficient computational infrastructure that is capable of analyzing more sophisticated problems and handling large amounts of diverse data.
Against this backdrop, NEC has developed a new power-saving SX-Aurora TSUBASA that incorporates a large number of card-type VEs that combine LSI technologies and high-density packaging technologies, as well as high-efficiency cooling technologies that NEC has cultivated over many years of supercomputer development.
Main features of new system include the following:
1. Enhanced computing performance (2.5 times compared to conventional systems)
The number of cores in the CPU has increased from 10 to 16, while the memory bandwidth has been improved by 1.6 times and the memory capacity has been increased by 2 times when compared to the existing model. In addition, the new L3 caching system, which is highly valued by users, marks the first time that the SX Series has double mounted the Last Level Cache, which contributes to accelerating computing performance by 2.5 times when compared to conventional products.
2. Realization of high power-efficiency (twice as high as conventional models)
In addition to high performance, the new system delivers high power-efficiency that has been doubled when compared to conventional products, making it well-suited for responding to recent power problems among supercomputer systems in data centers.
3. Continued use of traditional SX-Aurora TSUBASA programming assets
This system can run applications used in the existing SX-Aurora TSUBASA as they are. In addition, the programs are automatically optimized to the data center model and can be accelerated simply by compiling Fortran and C/C ++ programs, without the need for special programming.
"Tohoku University Cyberscience Center has been using vector supercomputers since the introduction of 'SX-1' in 1986. The current supercomputer 'AOBA', which has been in operation since October 2020, is also based on the 'SX-Aurora TSUBASA' and has been used by a wide variety of people with consistently high utilization rates. In order to meet this high demand, we have decided to introduce a new generation of SX-Aurora TSUBASA. With this new generation, the Center will continue to contribute to the advancement of science and technology in an even broader and more diverse range of fields," said Professor Takuo Suganuma, Director of the Center for Cyberscience at Tohoku University.
"In addition to the newly announced 'SX-Aurora TSUBASA' data center model, NEC will continue to promote systems suited to customers' environments, including on-site models, edge models and vector engines. Through these efforts, we aim to expand the use of vector supercomputers and actively contribute to solving issues in society and the marketplace," said Yasuo Mogaki, Managing Director, Advanced Platform Division, NEC Corporation.
*According to NEC research as of October 7, 2022
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There are many reports of near-death experiences, descriptions that are remarkably consistent from one person to the next. For those who sometimes doubt the existence of life after death, Dr. Emile Allen presents a compelling personal account of his journey, detailed in Allen's nonfiction book, Eaten By The Tiger.
Now living with a brain injury, the talented surgeon was thrust into a world where he struggled just to do simple things such as counting change at the grocery store or reading a book. The event not only changed his career but also his identity and capabilities. At the time, he didn't understand how significant the impact of this incident would be for the rest of his life.
Eaten By The Tiger: Surrendering to an Empowered Life, by Emile Allen, M.D., is a collection of stories and insights acquired through his personal experiences as a surgeon, son and patient that helped get him through the paralysis of emotional and physical loss. He had ridden the gamut of emotions from shock and denial to full-blown depression.
For anyone who has experienced a recent loss or might be struggling with life's daily challenges, Dr. Allen's personal journey will undoubtedly inspire you to find your own insights. Regardless of the reason, you will be able to relate to something in his compelling story because it will touch some aspect of your life. Powerful and heartfelt, Eaten By The Tiger gives readers an invaluable gift: a second chance at life.
Dr. Allen is a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his general surgery internship and urology residency at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. As a retired urologist, Dr. Allen has turned his passion for helping others into inspirational speaking and writing, touching more lives than he ever could have as a surgeon.
Dr. Allen will be visiting the following cities throughout the months of May and June: Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, and New York, NY. He will be available for radio and TV interviews.
For more information, please visit: www.eatenbythetiger.com.


Sometimes blinds on windows can supplant the usual curtains. This is because manufacturers annually develop their quality and improve their appearance. Today there is a huge amount of them available: horizontal and vertical, plastic and textile. But apart from its aesthetic look for every taste, they carry out many important functions. However, like any surface, over time, they are polluted by collecting dust, grease and dirt.
If horizontal or vertical blinds need to be cleaned without removing the window, then first of all, they need to be closed. Converting to a single canvas, they are easily subjected to a dry finish with a brush or a vacuum cleaner. Clean the blinds on both sides. This will allow them to freshen up, free from dust accumulation.
Textile vertical and horizontal blinds have a special dust-repellent layer, so they are sometimes only enough to vacuum clean. If they are heavily soiled, first try to handle them with a window cleaning. If the contamination is left – remove them, disconnect plastic fasteners, roll it and soak in a soap solution. Clean the blinds just enough to soak. The solution can be added to the cooking salt. The exposure time for soaking can range from 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on the condition of the blinds. After rinse thoroughly under running cold water when it stains – hang up. They dry up and under the weight of their own weight, they completely dissolve.
Our cleaning company can carry out the service deep cleaning, which includes the ordering of blinds. In the arsenal of our company: cleaning the territory, dry cleaning of upholstered furniture, disinfection, desinsection, cleaning after the fire.


The robot revolution is upon us, and it will transform our lives, businesses, and jobs for the better. At a time when technologists are digging ever deeper into the blossoming territory of robotics and artificial intelligence, Georgia Institute of Technology's Professor Ayanna Howard, Ph.D., insists that with the right programming, robots and humanity can productively work together. In a recent Forbes piece, she reveals the opportunities, as well as challenges, of robotics in business, healthcare, education and the future of work.
The first generation of robots was concentrated primarily in manufacturing, but nearly every other industry is now being impacted, says Dr. Howard. "Robotics is going to reshape the economic landscape… Some companies are already starting to think about that, but we need to be more deliberative about it." From health care (Dr. Howard is herself developing humanoid robots that provide physical therapy for children with motor skill limitations) to finance (companies are increasingly looking to AI to predict market trends and craft investment strategies), we will see more and more of our robot friends working alongside us.
To those who argue that humanity is taking a dangerous leap into the dark with robot tech, Dr. Howard says, "I understand those fears. We roboticists don't talk enough about it. Like with any technology, there's a negative aspect. But if we do robotics right, the good will outweigh the bad. Robotics will empower people to accomplish other great things in work and life without requiring them to be robot experts." Companies that integrate robotics into their long-term business strategies will benefit immensely during the coming shift in our economy and way of life.
To learn more about Dr. Howard's work and how your organization can capitalize on the robot revolution, contact us.