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FROM evarga/jenkins-slave

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

# Adapted from: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/jpetazzo/dind/dockerfile/
# Let's start with some basic stuff.
RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qqy \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    software-properties-common && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
RUN add-apt-repository \
    "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
    $(lsb_release -cs) \
    stable"
# Install Docker from Docker Inc. repositories.
RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qqy docker-ce=17.09.0~ce-0~ubuntu && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

ADD wrapdocker /usr/local/bin/wrapdocker
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wrapdocker
VOLUME /var/lib/docker

# Make sure that the "jenkins" user from evarga's image is part of the "docker"
# group. Needed to access the docker daemon's unix socket.
RUN usermod -a -G docker jenkins

# place the jenkins slave startup script into the container
ADD jenkins-slave-startup.sh /
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The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance seeks full time or part time, non-tenure track, temporary Music Instructors to provide collaborative piano support to ensembles, instrumental majors, and/or vocal majors in CSU's School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and in administrative roles coordinating special programs. Applicants are added to the pool list throughout the calendar year. Hiring decisions are made during the late spring and early summer for fall semester, during the early fall semester for spring and during the spring semester for the summer term.
When inquiring or applying for this position, please also reference AcademicCareers.com
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Hangu (în trecut, Audia) este satul de reședință al comunei cu același nume din județul Neamț, Moldova, România.

Istoric

Un sat cu numele de Hangu a fost atestat istoric într-un document din timpul domniei lui Ștefan cel Mare referitor la Mănăstirea Hangu care era amplasată în zona unde astăzi se află lacul Izvorul Muntelui; schitul se afla pe teritoriul actual al comunei Ceahlău.

În perioada interbelică, satul Hangu cunoaște o oarecare dezvoltare care se oprește în momentul punerii in functiune a barajului de la Bicaz. Prin construcia barajului, nivelul apei din lacul de acumulare a acoperit satul. După strămutarea a mai mult de 50% din populația satului, satul pierde o serie de instituții importante (judecătorie și spital) și  industria reprezentată de fabrica de cherestea, încetând, practic să mai existe. Biserica satului a fost acoperită de lacul de acumulare, ruinele acestei biserici sunt vizibile când nivelul lacului scade. Localnicii si-au strămutat locuințele în zona satului Audia, care a devenit reședința comunei Hangu și care la reorganizarea administrativ-teritorială din 1968 a preluat denumirea de Hangu.

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Finisar Corp. shares slid Wednesday evening, with the fiber optical-networking company's quarterly forecast coming in short of Wall Street's expectations.
Finisar shares FNSR tumbled 16% to $14.84 in heavy trading. Also slumping were shares of optical-networking company JDSU JDSU down 3.9% at $15.89.
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Finisar forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue of $221 to $236 million and adjusted earnings of 16 cents to 20 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet Research currently expect earnings of 36 cents a share on revenue of $250.6 million. Finisar said the outlook reflects consolidation accounting related to its ownership stake in Norway's Ignis ASA.
For its fiscal fourth quarter, Finisar earned $16.4 million, compared with $14.2 million. On a per-share basis, net income fell to 17 cents from 19 cents. Adjusted earnings came in at 33 cents, meeting Wall Street's consensus estimate.
Revenue at Finisar for the quarter was $236.9 million, up from $188.5 million a year ago, but below Wall Street's projection of $242.8 million in sales.
Meanwhile, Pandora Media Inc. shares slipped following a climb in their trading debut during the regular session.
Shares of Pandora P shed 0.1% to $17.40, but had gained modestly at the start of choppy, late-session trading. Pandora offers Internet radio services under both a subscription-based and advertising model.
Pandora shares finished the day session $1.42, or 8.9%, higher at $17.42. The shares priced late Tuesday at $16, and opened at $20. The pricing of the initial public offering was well above the recently raised range of $10 to $12 per share.
Pandora's trading debut came on a weak day for the tech sector and the broader market, with sharp declines in equities spurred by disappointing U.S. economic data and the ongoing debt crisis in Greece. Pandora's debut tops weak session for techs.
At the end of the regular session, the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP settled 1.8% lower at 2,631.46. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 179 points, or 1.5%, to 11,897.27, and the S&P 500 Index SPX lost 1.7% to close at 1,265.42.
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Russian Athletes Granted Entry Visas for 2021 Gymnastics World Championship in Japan
Russia's entire team of gymnasts have been granted Japanese entry visas to take part in this month's 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, a spokesperson for the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (RRGF) told TASS on Thursday.
"All members of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics team, who are scheduled to take off next week to Japan for the world championship, have received visas to enter the country," the spokesperson said.
RRGF President Irina Viner-Usmanova, voiced concerns to journalists last Sunday that the national team's athletes were unable to obtain Japanese visas. However, she stated the following day that "all issues have been resolved," and "we are all bound for Kitakyushu."
The 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan's Kitakyushu is scheduled to be held on October 18-24, 2021. The Japanese city is also set to host the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships between October 27 and 31.
Russia's Artistic Gymnastics Head Coach Valentina Rodionenko told TASS earlier that the team of national athletes planned to depart for the World Championship in Japan on October 12.
The Russian squad of athletes for the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan's Kitakyushu includes Ivan Stretovich, Vladislav Polyashov, Nikita Ignatyev, Sergei Naidin, Mukhammadzhon Yakubov, Grigory Klementyev, Angelina Melnikova, Vladislava Urazova, Yana Vorona and Maria Minayeva.
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Syrian school hit by attack Idlib
World October 26, 2016 13:18
- By an air strike on a village in the Syrian province of Idlib, 22 people were killed including seven children. Which has declared the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Wednesday.
According to the organization of Syrian activists claimed jet fighters strikes on the village of Haas. Among the targets that were hit was a school. In addition to the children was also a teacher for life.
Syrian television reported the attack on Haas but stated only that a number of militants were eliminated. The province of Idlib controlled by rebel lies in Aleppo in northwestern Syria.


Lunch can be stressful for any WordCamp organiser, but there's a major issue that's trivially easy to fix that's gone unnoticed.
Different people have allergies and dietary requirements, but lunch can be a stressful and anxious situation for all attendees.
For example, lunch at the first WordCamp Europe was a mound of unlabelled sandwiches. As someone who doesn't eat sandwiches, I left the conference and got food elsewhere.
I know I can be a fussy eater, they're not allergies, but you don't have to cater to that, just announce in advance what the food will be, and if it's not to my taste I'll go somewhere else.
WordCamp Europe 2015 did this, their food post made me look forward to lunch!
Here here. I'm celiac and had a bad feeling, so pushed my way to the front of the line (still took 15 mins!) on day one only to find out that they ran out of gluten-free meals. I was pretty upset.
Agree. The length on the line was enough to deter me to buy something more "exciting" / Austrian anyway. Can have sandwiches at home in Australia.


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Morgan Treacy/INPHO 'The way that the boys kept fighting was indicative of what Nev would have wanted.'
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'They stood up with Nev out there and delivered. It was emotional'
Driven by the memory of the late Nevin Spence, Les Kiss' Ulster pulled off a stunning victory last night.
Sep 16th 2017, 9:22 AM
ON A NIGHT wrought with emotion, Les Kiss perhaps summed it up best.
"I think the way that the boys kept fighting was indicative of what Nev would have wanted, and it's a credit to the boys that they carried that through for those moments," Ulster's Director of Rugby said.
"They stood up with Nev out there and delivered. It was emotional."
Before his province's 27-20 victory over the Scarlets at the Kingspan Stadium, there was a minute's silence for Nevin Spence, his father Noel and brother Graham who all sadly passed in an accident on the family farm five years ago.
The Ulster team wore jerseys during their warm-up with the number 12 on the back — Spence's position — as they honoured the memory of their team-mate and friend.
"That emotion was an important part of the week, it was managed well by Chris (Henry) throughout the week," Kiss continued.
"I thought in terms of placing it in its right context and letting it come out the way it should, and the only way it came out that it should do is through what the players say and feel and do."
Driven on by their emotion, Ulster came out on top in a game that had a thrilling final 20 minutes as they condemned the defending champions to their first defeat of the season at the Kingspan Stadium.
Darren Kidd The late Nevin Spence. Darren Kidd
In fact, it was the Scarlets' first defeat in 10 league matches, and it came right down to the wire as it took John Andrew's 76th minute try to separate the two sides in an even contest.
More importantly for Ulster, it maintained their perfect record this season and put them top of Conference B of the Guinness PRO14, albeit just overnight.
And with games against the Newport-Gwent Dragons, Zebre and Connacht coming up, the fans can realistically start dreaming about going into the European games unbeaten.
While it wasn't their most perfect performance to see off the Scarlets, Kiss says it was good to get the result against a team that was looking irresistible in 2017.
"We're absolutely thrilled we put in a performance like that, particularly towards the back end of the game," the Australian coach admitted.
"I think both teams were a little dicey in the first half, but it was one of those tense affairs, and when people got tired (the Scarlets) backed themselves.
"They hurt us a couple of times, but it impressed me that the boys had the bravery to stand up and keep fighting, and that's an important characteristic that we'll continue to build on.
"We're not in full flow with our combinations, there are a lot of guys who are still finding their first or second game together in certain positions – (John) Cooney and Christian (Leali'ifano), and those sorts of things.
"To get the win in that fashion is very pleasing."
Prior to the game a lot had been made of the strengths of the two teams, namely the Scarlets' ability to call upon their British and Irish Lions whereas Ulster could not.
On top of that, Ulster had several key players missing – Marcell Coetzee, Charles Piutau and late withdrawal Jean Deysel – but Kiss believes it is down to their team ethos as to how they triumphed.
"We keep saying it's about a squad, not a team, and I thought the (bench) that came on delivered," Kiss stated.
Morgan Treacy / INPHO The sides observe a minute's silence before last night's game. Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO
"There's a lot of pleasing things in terms of what you find out about yourself in games like that. We've got no illusions though, there are things in the game that we need to make sure we're better at, the things we talk about privately that we need to improve on.
"But to perform that way with the players we have, that's talking about the squad we're trying to build and our ethos."
Regardless of the result, Ulster know they still have things to improve on as the Dragons come to Belfast next weekend, and Kiss says they can use this as a base to build upon.
"It's a good marker but there's work-ons," he admits. "I don't think it was a ten out of ten by any means but it's a sign that we're on the right track, we can't lose the run of ourselves.
"Every game gets tougher. We were disappointed last week, not taking the bonus point from Treviso, but then you see they beat Edinburgh.
"We had to take some learnings into this week, and this week has given us other learnings. It's pleasing that we improved in areas and it's pleasing to know we can still work on more."
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Home / From the Chancellor / Message from Chancellor Carol L. Folt and Provost James W. Dean, Jr. to Carolina Community
Message from Chancellor Carol L. Folt and Provost James W. Dean, Jr. to Carolina Community
By Brandon Bieltz
Dear Carolina Community:
Our first year in new roles at Carolina has been a remarkable experience and given us a unique vantage point for viewing the entire University. We meet with students, faculty, and staff daily and witness their transformative work. Carolina people are truly improving our state and changing the world. The extraordinary commitment and success we see across this University — whether viewed as educational innovation, cutting-edge research, technology, and entrepreneurship or seen in our laboratories, classrooms, studios, on our playing fields, and in service across the state — inspires our work every day.
Today, we are writing about the role and integrity of athletics and academics at Carolina. Getting this right is a priority of our new administration, and we know it is important to everyone who loves this University. When we started the new academic year we listened to hundreds of faculty, staff, students, and community members and learned a great deal from the many people who have been working on and caring about these complex issues for a long time.
We recognized early on that we too would need to work closely on this issue. We decided to take on difficult questions that have lingered, but also to press forward with help and input from across the campus on reforms and become active in the increasing and provocative national discourse about collegiate athletics. You have asked us for information related to our past reviews, current reforms, ongoing work, and future plans. We want you, indeed need you, to feel informed and engaged. Today, we launched a new website, https://carolinacommitment.unc.edu/, to house all of this information as part of our commitment to transparency and continued reform. The site will not be static. We plan to post updates and new actions. As new facts become available, whether viewed as positive or negative, we will post them. We also are actively developing plans to drive our own and national reform; we will post these as they become available.
We are currently in the midst of an independent inquiry led by former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein. To help ensure the integrity of that process, we are limited by how often we are able to comment on specific news reports or social media conversations. We ask for your patience and understanding until the inquiry has been completed.
We want to close by thanking our students, faculty, staff, and alumni for their commitment to making this great institution even stronger. Your dedication is impressive, and you make us proud of Carolina every day.
Carol L. Folt, Chancellor
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Seesaw v2 is a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) based load balancing platform. It is capable of providing basic load balancing for servers that are on the same network, through to advanced load balancing functionality such as anycast, Direct Server Return (DSR), support for multiple VLANs and centralised configuration.
Why do developers choose Seesaw?
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Communities prioritize food and agriculture in urban and suburban neighborhoods formed around farming.
For eons, people came together in communities with a focus on producing food. Cooperative work, often through agriculture, provided greater assurance of a stable source of nourishment, yet as cities developed—and particularly after the dawn of the industrial revolution at the turn of the 19th century—people became gradually disconnected from their food. Instead of being grown outside of their homes in nearby fields, it had to be trucked in to central locations, where it could be purchased.
With the growing awareness of the importance of fresh, local food, there is a movement to bring together daily living and food. People are going back to their agricultural roots, and as a result, whether in urban or suburban settings, agriculture is finding its way back to neighborhoods. In these "agri-hoods," the connection between food and lifestyle is growing once again.
Nearly 15 years ago, a group of energetic women decided they wanted to make a positive social change in their urban neighborhood of St. John's Woods in Portland, Ore.
The garden at St. John's Woods had a positive impact from the start, providing fresh vegetables for the residents along with developing leadership skills and a community affinity. Yet, over the years, the property at St. John's Woods changed hands, and the gardens were relocated several miles away to the area near the New Columbia and Tamarack communities after a transition from a World War II- era housing complex through a Hope VI program.
During the process of creating these new homes for families, there was a little skepticism from the Housing Authority on whether residents would truly participate in community gardens, Esinga says, but participation has been at such a high rate that they had to expand the area.
The 82 gardens named Seeds of Harmony demonstrates the "power of the seed," as Esinga refers to it from her years of watching the connections happen among the vegetable beds.
The common ground of the garden builds relationships and creates a deeper sense of community. Plus, these vibrant gardens, which are free of synthetic herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, help relieve economic pressures for the residents.
"It really does offset the grocery bills, especially for large families," Esinga notes.
To add to the variety in their kitchens, she said they recently installed a fruit orchard called Fruits of Diversity, as part of a partnership with the Portland Fruit Tree Company. Between the gardens and the orchard, more than 35,000 square feet of land is put to use to feed many of the communities' residents. Plus, a corner grocery store is stocked with locally sourced produce, bulk items, and common staples.
The closest grocery store is 1½ to 2 miles away, but without a vehicle, it requires riding the bus. Imagine trying to ride a crowded bus with a couple of active young children in tow, and it's easy to illustrate the challenge of obtaining healthful food in a food desert.
The community also provides a multitude of programs for the neighborhood children, hosts a farmers market, trains community health workers, raises chickens to provide eggs and offers a microeconomic farming program for interested residents.
"We're trying to cover a lot of bases," Esinga says.
The greatest challenge for agri-hoods is maintaining and nurturing effective leadership roles, as it takes special people to keep the momentum going and tackle the multitude of projects. It's much more than simply organizing the planting. It's setting up potlucks, educational opportunities and speaking outreach and even picking up compost when it's available.
The desire to be connected with food resonates in the suburban neighborhoods, as well. Instead of centering a development around a golf course, as has been a popular tradition for decades, agri-hoods are beginning to step in as an alternative. Agritopia in Gilbert, Ariz., located outside of Phoenix, was one of the first. Their goal was to create a walkable, self-sustaining neighborhood with a farm as a key feature.
Today, food is central to the neighborhood. There are community-supported-agriculture subscriptions, a farmers market and a community garden.
"We have a date orchard and a citrus and peach orchard," said Katie Critchley, an Agritopia resident. "We have 30 different fruits and vegetables. And I think we have 200 chickens for eggs." It's a treat for people to obtain weekly food directly from the farm on the property.
Agritopia promotes activities among the residents, such as a salsa-making challenge, that encourages people to get to know each other. Finding that common ground, particularly when it involves gardening and food, is one of the best ways to nurture a community, Critchley says.
This is our 'magic calf' born November 2013.
Preserving the agricultural heritage is also a significant part of what inspired Alann Krivor to purchase the land and create Skokomish Farms on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. They manage the goal of maintaining the openness of the agricultural lands while providing home sites by creating agricultural easements. As a result, owners aren't purchasing just 40 acres of their own: They're buying into a larger entity where they can be part of the agricultural direction of the farm, if they choose.
With a diverse mix of residents from all over the country and the world, there are bound to be an impressive mix of possible uses.
"None of the owners have any farming background," Krivor says, but with the deep well of knowledge from the nearby Evergreen State College in Olympia, there's guidance available for anyone who wishes to delve into a new agricultural endeavor.
They encourage their owners to try new things, and as the projects grow, part of the profits will be returned to the association, ultimately benefitting all of the residents. They're creating a community where neighbors rely on one another.
With people coming together again through the commonality of healthful fresh food, relationships are built and a sense of community is renewed. It doesn't have to look the same in every situation, as each of a community's needs are met differently, but positive change is happening at the soil level.


This is not just another fairy tale. It's a saga about the everlasting battle between good and evil, and you are the main character. Since earliest times the glorious clan of dwarves is standing guard over the subterranean world. And this work is hard and all-important indeed. Only the few know that all the worlds are connected to each other with secret passages. Most of these passages are underground, hidden from strangers' eyes. A casual traveler enters a cave as a shelter from bad weather, but we know it hides a gate to another world. A gate from where unbidden visitors may come.
The dwarves are guarding the passage secret and keep peace in their world... And now the world shuddered. For the majority it is just a natural disaster. But we know: the world substance is torn, it's time to take arms, go down and stop the invaders.
Your mission is to purge the dungeons from the evil and gather as much treasures as you can — it will take plenty of gold and diamonds to repair the seal on the Gate between the worlds.
The Warrior and the Wizard are the greatest heroes of their people. What do you prefer — slashing steel or will-power? Make your choice and start your journey.


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COSTA MESA — The city's No. 2 administrator was named city manager on Friday.
Tom Hatch, 44, will take over for City Manager Allan Roeder, who announced that he will retire in March after 25 years as city manager and 35 years at City Hall.
Hatch has been working as assistant city manager for four and a half years. He previously worked for the cities of El Monte and West Covina.
"It's a lifelong dream, and it's a job that I prepared for 23 years for," Hatch said Friday. "I've been a student of local government, and I've been just a person who believes in public service and cares deeply about his community. I'm honored, I'm excited, and I'm ready."
His pay and benefits for the new position have not been finalized.
Hatch will become only the seventh city manager since Costa Mesa's 1953 incorporation.
Roeder said he will help as much — or as little — as needed.
"As I told the City Council when I gave them my notice, my wife and I will remain members of this community," Roeder said. "We're not going anywhere, and I most certainly will be available to assist Tom with anything I can. That will also include assisting in keeping my nose out of things. That will strictly be as Tom desires."
Hatch will start taking on bigger roles with the city as the transactional process begins, Roeder said.
"If you look at Tom's experience, not simply in Costa Mesa and throughout his career, if you look at that, he would be a top candidate whether it was in Costa Mesa or any other city our size that was looking to appoint a city manager," Roeder said. "He's really that of a high quality and qualified individual."
There's hardly a shortage of challenges Hatch will face once taking over the job in March. On the top of the list is the city's ailing budget and how to locate new revenue sources. Hatch said it's something he's been thinking about and working on for awhile and has developed ideas on how to go about balancing the budget.
"I have the ideas ready to roll," he said. "I need to present those and move forward with those in a way that is a collaborative approach with the City Council, the organization and the community."
Hatch will also be faced with the challenges of reducing the number of homeless who congregate in city parks, a project he's been working on in his assistant managerial capacity.
"Tom Hatch has demonstrated great enthusiasm for improving Costa Mesa and brings substantial experience to the position," Councilman Eric Bever said in a news release.
Hatch, who received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from Cal State Fullerton, moved to Costa Mesa shortly after starting his job here. His wife, Vanessa, serves as the PTA president at Costa Mesa High School, where his daughters, Allie, 17, and Courtney, 15, go to school.
"I believe that Tom will continue the great leadership we have had at the top of the organization," said outgoing Councilwoman Katrina Foley. "His dedication to our community is obvious, and I look forward to partnering with him in my new role as a board member of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District."


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Forbrydelsen ("The Killing: Crónica de un asesinato" en España) es una serie de televisión danesa del género policial creada por Søren Sveistrup y producida por Danmarks Radio. Fue emitida por primera vez en el canal de la televisión danesa DR1 el 7 de enero de 2007, y desde entonces ha sido emitida en numerosos países. Consta de tres temporadas.

La serie está ambientada en el principal departamento de policía de Copenhague y gira en torno a la detective Sarah Lund (papel encarnado por Sofie Gråbøl) y su equipo, quienes en cada temporada siguen un caso diferente de asesinato, narrado día a día en un episodio de una hora que cubre las veinticuatro horas de investigación. La serie se caracteriza por sus vueltas de tuerca, amplios arcos narrativos, el tono oscuro y por presentar con igual énfasis  las historias relativas a las familias de las víctimas, como su efecto en los círculos políticos a lo largo de la investigación. También ha sido destacada por su fotografía del ambiente danés y la capacidad actoral de su elenco.

Forbrydelsen logró un gran éxito tanto en Dinamarca como en el resto del mundo y fue aclamada por la crítica en diversos países (particularmente en Reino Unido, Alemania y Holanda), convirtiéndose en una serie televisiva de culto. Ha recibido numerosos premios y nominaciones incluyendo un premio BAFTA y un Emmy International. En 2011 la cadena AMC produjo un remake, The Killing,  para la televisión estadounidense. En 2012 Macmillan editó una novela, adaptación de la primera temporada, escrita por el británico David Hewson, a la que siguieron otros dos volúmenes en 2013 y 2014. En 2014 se estrenó una adaptación turca en Kanal D, titulada Cinayet.

Personajes

Primera temporada

 Detective inspectora Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl
 Detective inspector Jan Meyer: Søren Malling
 Candidato a alcalde Troels Hartmann: Lars Mikkelsen
 Consejera política y amante de Hartman Rie Skovgaard: Marie Askehave
 Padre de Nanna, Theis Birk Larsen: Bjarne Henriksen
 Madre de Nanna, Pernille Birk Larsen: Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
 Jefe de campaña de Hartman, Morten Weber: Michael Moritzen
 Empleado en la empresa de Theis Birk Larsen, Vagn Skærbæk: Nicolaj Kopernikus
 Actual alcalde, Poul Bremer: Bent Mejding
 Rama, profesor de Nanna: Farshad Kholghi
 Inspector jefe, Lennart Brix: Morten Suurballe
 Esposa de Jan Meyer, Hanne: Petrine Agger

Segunda temporada

 Exdetective inspectora Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl
 Inspector jefe, Lennart Brix: Morten Suurballe
 Detective Inspector Ulrik Strange: Mikael Birkkjær
 Ministro de justicia Thomas Buch: Nicolas Bro
 Primer ministro Gert Grue Eriksen: Kurt Ravn
 Sargento Jens Peter Raben: Ken Vedsegaard
 Mayor Christian Søgaard: Carsten Bjørnlund
 Louise Raben: Stine Prætorius
 Carsten Plough: Preben Kristensen
 Karina Munk Jørgensen: Charlotte Guldberg
 Torsten Jarnvig: Flemming Enevold
 Said Bilal: Igor Radosavljevic

Tercera temporada

 Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl
 Mathias Borch: Nikolaj Lie Kaas
 Lennart Brix: Morten Suurball
 Asbjørn Juncker: Sigurd Holmen le Dous
 Robert Zeuthen: Anders W. Berthelsen
 Maja Zeuthen: Helle Fagralid
 Niels Reinhardt: Stig Hoffmayer
 Kristian Kamper: Olaf Johannessen
 Kristoffer Kamper: Jonatan Spang
 Karen Nebel: Trine Pallesen
 Birgit Eggert: Tammi Øst
 Tage Steiner: Peter Mygind

Argumento

Primera temporada

La inspectora Sarah Lund vive su último día de trabajo en el departamento de policía de Copenhague. Ha pedido el traslado a Estocolmo para instalarse así con su prometido. Sus planes cambian cuando Nanna Birk Larsen, una joven de 19 años, es encontrada muerta, después de haber sido violada y asesinada.

Con la ayuda de su sustituto, Jan Meyer, Sarah se ve obligada a quedarse e investigar el asesinato. La investigación se complica cuando el candidato a la elección a la alcaldía de Copenhague se ve envuelto en la investigación. Si bien es excelente tiene un error en la estructura del guion, que lleva a descartar totalmente al asesino al televidente atento y activo.

Segunda temporada

Diez días después de que una abogada, Anne Dragsholm, haya sido encontrada asesinada, el jefe del departamento de homicidios de la policía de Copenhague, Lennart Brix, se da cuenta de que su grupo se enfrenta con un caso mucho más complicado de lo que parecía a primera vista. Desesperado por obtener resultados, envía al detective Ulrik Strange a ver a la exdetective Sarah Lund para pedirle que eche un vistazo al caso. Lund, que fue degradada a trabajar en la policía de fronteras después del caso de Nanna Birk Larsen de la primera temporada y que ahora trabaja en Gedser en el sur de Dinamarca, al principio no muestra interés, pero cambia su parecer, sospechando que el asesino no está tan claro como parece, a pesar de la confesión del marido de Dragsholm.

Una segunda trama se centra en la investigación del asesinato de los miembros de un pelotón del ejército danés que parece estar implicado en una matanza en Afganistán.

Tercera temporada

La tercera temporada, coprotagonizada por Nikolaj Lie Kaas, empezó a emitirse en Dinamarca en septiembre de 2012. La temporada final de Forbrydelsen se adentra en la crisis financiera global cuando el asesinato de un marinero conduce a Sarah Lund a investigar a una gran empresa.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 The Killing (Forbrydelsen) en AXN.

Televisión de Dinamarca
Series de televisión de Dinamarca


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Sharmila Bhattacharya (en hindi शर्मिला भट्टाचार्य (Lagos (Nigeria) y crecida en India,  es una bioquímica, Jefa del Laboratorio de Performance y Comportamiento de Biomodelos en Centro de Investigación Ames de NASA.

Educación
Después de obtener una licenciatura en química biológica del Wellesley College, comenzando su carrera como asistente de investigación de pregrado en el Laboratorio de bioquímica en la Universidad de Princeton. Después de eso obtuvo su maestría y el Ph.D. en la Universidad de Princeton por su investigación en biología molecular, donde estudió la ruta de transducción de señales para el ras oncogén en Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Luego pasó a hacer su investigación postdoctoral en la Universidad de Stanford en neurobiología..

Carrera
Luego fue contratada como científica contratada por Lockheed Martin para trabajar en la NASA Centro de Investigación Ames. Más tarde, fue promovida al puesto de Científica Jefa en la División de Pequeñas Naves Espaciales del Centro Ames.

Obra

Algunas publicaciones
 M.E. Heavner, J. Ramroop, G. Gueguen, G. Ramrattan, G. Dolios, J. Crissman, M. Scarpati, J. Kwait, S. Bhattacharya, E.A. Miller, R. Wang, S. Singh, S. Govind, (2017). Novel organelles with elements of bacterial and eukaryotic secretion systems weaponize parasites of Drosophila (Nuevos orgánulos con elementos de sistemas de secreción bacterianos y eucariotas que neutralizan los parásitos de Drosophila). Current Biology (manuscrito # CURRENT-BIOLOGY-D-17-00464R2), en prensa.

 T. Straume, T. Slaba, S. Bhattacharya, L.A. Braby (2017). Radiation information for designing and interpreting biological experiments on board missions beyond low Earth orbit (Información de radiación para diseñar e interpretar experimentos biológicos a bordo de misiones más allá de la órbita baja de la Tierra). Life Sciences in Space Res 13: 51-59. doi: 10.1016/j.lssr.2017.04.002

 R. Hosamani, R. Leib, S. R. Bhardwaj, C.M. Adams, S. Bhattacharya (2016). Elucidating the 'Gravome': Quantitative Proteomic Profiling of the Response to Chronic Hypergravity in Drosophila (Elucidar el 'Gravome': perfil proteómico cuantitativo de la respuesta a la hipergravedad crónica en Drosophila). J. of Proteome Research, 15 (12): 4165-4175. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00030 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00030

 M. Sanchez, M. Shenasa, A. Maldonado, A. Kakavand, D. Leskovsky, E. Houston, A. Howard, M. K. Steele, S. Bhattacharya (2006). Development of EMCS hardware for Multigenerational Growth of Drosophila melanogaster in space (Part II) (Desarrollo de hardware EMCS para el crecimiento multigeneracional de Drosophila melanogaster en el espacio (Parte II). Grav & Space Biol 19 (2): 127.

 M. Sanchez, M. Shenasa, E. Blazevic, A. Maldonado, A. Kakavand, S. Bhattacharya (2005). Selecting a Nutritional Media for Multigenerational Growth of Drosophila in Space (Selección de un medio nutricional para el crecimiento multigeneracional de Drosophila en el espacio). Drosophila Information Services Journal 88: 135.

 M. Sanchez, M. Shenasa, A. Kakavand, R. S. Stowers, D. Leskovsky, S. Bhattacharya (2005). Development of the EMCS hardware for multigenerational growth of Drosophila melanogaster in space (Part I) (Desarrollo del hardware EMCS para el crecimiento multigeneracional de Drosophila melanogaster en el espacio (parte I)). Gravitational and Space Biol 18 (2): 93.

S. Bhattacharya, R. Bowman, F. Donovan, B. Girten, E. Hill, M. Kirven-Brooks, & O. Santos (2002). Developing New Habitats for Life Science Experiments on the International Space Station (Desarrollando nuevos hábitats para experimentos de ciencias de la vida en la Estación Espacial Internacional). Drosophila Information Services Journal 85: 156-168.

 T. Fahlen, M. Sanchez, M. Lera, E. Blazevic, J. Chang, S. Bhattacharya (2006). A Study of the Effects of Spaceflight on the Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster (Un estudio de los efectos de los vuelos espaciales sobre la respuesta inmune en Drosophila melanogaster). Gravitational and Space Biol. 19 (2):133

 S. Bhattacharya, B.A. Stewart, B.A. Niemeyer, R.W. Burgess, B.D. McCabe, P. Lin, G. Boulianne, C.J. O'Kane, T.L. Schwarz (2002). Members of the Synaptobrevin/VAMP family in Drosophila are functionally interchangeable in vivo for neurotransmitter release and cell viability (Los miembros de la familia Synaptobrevin / VAMP en Drosophila son funcionalmente intercambiables in vivo para la liberación de neurotransmisores y la viabilidad celular). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99 (21): 13867-13872.

 S. Bhattacharya, R. Bowman, F. Donovan, B. Girten, E. Hill, M. Kirven-Brooks, O. Santos (2001). The Space Station Biological Research Project: Habitat Development and Capabilities (El Proyecto de Investigación Biológica de la Estación Espacial: Desarrollo Hábitat y Capacidades). Publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, #2001-4984: 1-11.

 F.S. Neumann-Silberberg, S. Bhattacharya, & J.R. Broach (1995). Nutrient Availability and RAS/cAMP Both Induce Expression of Ribosomal Protein Genes in Saccharomyces but by Different Mechanisms (La disponibilidad de nutrientes y RAS / cAMP ambos inducen la expresión de genes de proteínas ribosomales en Saccharomyces pero por diferentes mecanismos). Molecular and Cellular Biology, 15: 3187-3196.

 S. Bhattacharya, L. Chen, J.R. Broach, & S. Powers (1995). Ras Membrane Targeting is Essential for Glucose Signaling but not for Viability in Yeast (La focalización de la membrana Ras es esencial para la señalización de la glucosa, pero no para la viabilidad en la levadura). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 92: 2984-2988

Patentes
 "Módulo Compacto de Experimento de Ciencia" patentado vía NASA Ames Research Center (NASA case # ARC-17702-1) Oficina de Marcas y Patentes de EE. UU. (patente No. 15268187) en colaboración con Terry Lusby, Chetan Angadi y Siddharth Pandey (16 de septiembre de 2016)

 "Mapeo y cuantificación por VESGEN de fenotipos de vena de ala en Drosophila a partir de adaptaciones ambientales y otras adaptaciones" presentado al Centro de Investigación Ames de la NASA en asociación con Dr. P. Parsons-Wingerter. E-NTR# 1415041400 (archivado/enviado noviembre de 2014)

Honores

Premios y logros especiales
2015: Premio Ames Honor de la NASA: por un lanzamiento exitoso del experimento FFL-01.

2014: Premios NASA Spaceflight Awareness Awards de la Estación Espacial Internacional por el lanzamiento exitoso de experimento en SpaceX-3.

2011: Premio de la NASA Tech Briefs, por desarrollar un nuevo dispositivo de detección óptica, NASA Ames.

2006: Premio Ames Honor de la NASA como Investigadora Principal del exitoso experimento de vuelo NASA.

2005: galardonada Beca de Investigación de la NASA por su experimento de vuelo en Inmunidad y Tumores de Moscas (FIT)

2004: Premio de Honor Ames de la NASA como Gerenta de Proyecto Interino por experimento de vuelo exitoso.

2003: Premio Nova a la Excelencia Técnica, Lockheed Martin (el más alto honor de Lockheed, otorgado a solo unos 40 empleados de un total de 125.000 en la Agencia)

2003: Premio al mejor vuelo, por excelencia técnica, Lockheed Martin Space Operations (otorgado a aproximadamente 30 empleados de entre 10.000 empleados en toda la División de Operaciones Espaciales)

2003: Beca de Biología del Espacio Fundamental de la NASA, pOr estudios de viabilidad para ISGEN (expresión del gen espacial in situ en nanosatélites)

2002: Premio Lightning, Lockheed Martin Space Operations, NASA Ames.

2001: Premio Lightning, Lockheed Martin Engineering & Science, NASA Ames.

2001: Top Flight Nomination, Lockheed Martin Space Operations.

2000: Premio Ames Contractor Council Excellence de la NASA, Ames.

2000: Premio del Servicio Nacional de Investigación de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, Universidad de Stanford.

1998: Premio de la Beca de Entrenamiento de Cardiología y Electrofisiología de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, Universidad de Stanford.

1995-1997: beca posdoctoral de la American Heart Association, Universidad de Stanford.

1989: beca de investigación para graduados Horton-Hallowell, Universidad de Princeton.

1988: Sociedad de Honor Phi Beta Kappa.

1988: Sigma Xi Honor Society.

1988: Premio de Biología, Wellesley College.

1987: beca Dana para investigaciones de verano de pregrado, Wellesley College.

1986: Carta de Distinción para Académicos, Wellesley College.

1986: beca Dana para investigaciones de verano de pregrado, Wellesley College.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Bioquímicos de India
Bioquímicos de Nigeria
Biólogos de India del siglo XX
Biólogos de India del siglo XXI
Científicas de India
Escritores en inglés del siglo XX
Escritores en inglés del siglo XXI
Alumnado del Wellesley College
Alumnado de la Universidad de Princeton
Alumnado de la Universidad Stanford
Hinduistas
Emigrantes indios hacia Estados Unidos
Lagosenses
Indias del siglo XX
Indias del siglo XXI
Nigerianas del siglo XX
Nigerianas del siglo XXI
Hinduistas de Estados Unidos


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The Parent Handbook covers all the information you and your child will need.
If you have any further questions in relation to school times, dates, policies or other general enquiries, please feel free to contact Our Lady of Lourdes, Seven Hills, by phone on (02) 8869 6800 during weekdays between 8:30am and 4:00pm.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic primary school offering a comprehensive and innovative learning program, including Religious Education for students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
Founded in 1963 by the Sisters of St Joseph, we have a long tradition of providing quality Catholic education in the Seven Hills parish which includes the suburbs of Seven Hills, Lalor Park, Prospect, Kings Langley, South Blacktown, Toongabbie and Girraween.
We have strong networks with our secondary schools - Patrician Brothers, Blacktown (boys), Nagle College, South Blacktown (girls) and St Andrew's College, Marayong (co-ed), ensuring continuous K-12 education.
During 2009 and 2010 Our Lady of Lourdes school refurbished all learning spaces, built a new library and outdoor learning environment that was funded by the Australian Government's Building Education Revolution initiative. This significant refurbishment and construction has provided Our Lady of Lourdes school with learning environments that are ideal for 21st century learning and teaching.
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7 Grantham Road
Seven Hills NSW 2147
Seven Hills 1730
Website: www.ololshills.catholic.edu.au
Email: ololshills@parra.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Keiran Byrnes
Parish Priest: Father Henry Duc
Parish Office Ph: (02) 9622 2920
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President: Mrs Patrizia Fiorenza
Vice President: Mrs Katherine Jane Fountain
Outside of School Hours Care (OOSH)
Before school: 6.30am–8.30 am
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Contact: Ben Irmisch
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Our vision for Our Lady of Lourdes school is to be a Christ-centred community involved in an active partnership of education.
Our mission is to provide our children with a strong spiritual and educational foundation on which to develop and build their lives.
We believe that:
the Catholic faith provides the basis for a meaningful partnership of parish, school and family
values of honesty, respect, love, openness and care are the basis for our growth as a community
parents are the prime educators and share responsibility for their child's learning
education is a life-long interactive process involving teachers, parents and children
children should be encouraged to achieve their personal best
each child has individual educational needs which must be addressed
clear, open communication is essential to our partnership
At Our Lady of Lourdes we live our Catholic faith through learning and celebration.
The Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta syllabus forms the basis of our Religious Education program, and Catholic values are integrated into all units of study.
Religious Education is in partnership with our parish community, which is enhanced by regular classroom visits from our parish priest Father Henry Duc and the school's involvement in the parish pastoral council and sacramental programs.
We have a rich prayer and liturgical life evident in our school celebrations and gatherings. Our liturgies are enhanced by music, choir, drama, dance and art and we encourage the involvement of our families and the parish community.
At Our Lady of Lourdes we foster a great sense of social justice through many different fundraising and awareness-raising activities. On both the Feast of the Sacred Heart and at Christmas, our community donates hampers to the St Vincent de Paul Society. During Lent and Advent, we focus on the work of organisations such as Caritas (Project Compassion) and Mamre House and participate in other specific local and global initiatives each year. The great response to these initiatives shows the generosity and commitment of our school community.
Authentically Catholic
This school exists as one of the ministries of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. As a Catholic school we seek to support parents in the faith development of their children. This includes formal Religious Education lessons using the diocesan curriculum. It also includes our informal Religious Education program which is best expressed through our inclusive practices and quality relationships.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Parish follows the Parramatta Diocesan policy regarding the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation and Penance. The parish where families worship is the parish where children will receive their Sacraments. In the Diocese of Parramatta, Sacramental programs are parish-based and family-centred. While our school supports these programs, the Parish Sacramental team is responsible for the preparation of the children. Sacramental preparation takes place in the parish and involves the family of the child.
Father Henry can be contacted at the Parish Office on 9622 2920 to discuss these programs with you.
Preparation for a Changing World
At Our Lady of Lourdes we equip the children with a variety of skills to prepare them to be successful members of society. In doing so we encourage the children to become responsible for their own learning and foster the desire to become lifelong learners.
Our Lady of Lourdes school follows the Board of Studies approved curriculum for Kindergarten – Year 6 in the Key Learning Areas of English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Human Society and It Environment, Creative and Practical Arts, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education.
Learning and teaching is founded on current education research to ensure learning is personalised for the individual and diverse needs of our students.
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Pastoral Care & Student Management
At Our Lady of Lourdes, our philosophy that underpins all of our relationships is the 3 Rs of Respect, Responsibility and Readiness to Learn. We encourage our students to make positive choices about their behaviour in both the playground and the classroom to help create a safe, happy and healthy environment.
Throughout the school, the first teaching unit for each year is about 'Relationships', which incorporates protective behaviours. The purpose of this unit is for the classroom community to create shared understandings and beliefs around personal, social and environment in order to create a harmonious learning community. The classroom community investigates and discusses individual, group, class and playground routines, roles and expectations. Some classes use peer tutoring as a strategy and individual programs are developed for children with specific needs.
Our Pastoral Care and Student Management Policy clearly outlines the procedures followed at the school including various levels of student management:
Class rules and award systems
Celebrating student achievements
Self management strategies e.g. timeout, reflection
Interviews with coordinators, Assistant Principal and/or Principal including parental involvement
Individual behaviour contracts
A copy of our Pastoral Care and Student Management Policy is available on request from the school office.
Fostering Gifts
At Our Lady of Lourdes Primary we foster the individual gifts and talents of the children.
Challenging Opportunities
The students have the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of stimulating learning experiences such as, Dance Fever, the Maths Olympiad and various inter-school competitions. Traditionally, our school performs well at the Diocesan public speaking competition, The Voice of Youth. Every two years we have a major performance for our older students to develop their talents. In 2017, students from Years 3-6 will participate in the Wakakiri dance and music performance.
At Our Lady of Lourdes school information and communication technologies are used to enhance and support the learning of all our children and is integrated across all learning areas. All children have access to the latest technologies via mobile technology units and wireless internet access.
The school currently has a one to three laptop to child ratio across the school. All grades have interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, data projectors, video cameras and iPods to provide children with the tools to enable them to express their learning in a variety of ways. In 2017 the school plans to further enhance the number of iPads and educational apps to assist students in the recording and sharing of their learning and will expand our internet capacity.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parent Group works closely with staff in ensuring the best educational setting for all children.
The Parent Group values and plans for:
social activities which promote a cooperative spirit among parents, teachers and student
discussions on matters affecting the students' faith and development
opportunities to inform parents of current developments in education generally and Catholic education in particular
The Parent Group meets on the Wednesday evening of Weeks 3 and 7 each term from 7.00-8:30pm. Membership is open to all parents and guardians of children attending our school.
Parent Helpers
Parents are encouraged and welcome to assist teachers in classrooms with reading, writing, Mathematics, computers, gross motor, and art and craft. To assist parents wishing to help in the classroom, a compulsory training course, 'Parents as Educators', is offered each year.
There are many other opportunities to help, such as excursions, carnivals and in the library. If you can spare some time to help us, please contact your child's teacher.
N.B. Child protection legislation requires that all volunteers attend a compulsory Child Protection briefing, complete an online training module and a volunteer declaration form prior to volunteering in any form within the school. Please call in at the office for more information. The online training module needs to be updated and completed every two years.
At 8:10 am Playground supervision begins. Please arrange for children to arrive after 8:10am. Alternatively, they can attend the before-school care (OOSH) centre – call Ben on 9676 7293.
8:40 am - School begins
10:40 am - Recess
11:00 am - Classes
1:00 pm	- Lunch
1:50 pm - Classes
2:50 pm - School finishes
Supervision ends at 3:20 pm, please collect children before that time or arrange for them to attend the after-school care (OOSH) centre – call Ben on 9676 7293.
Any enquiries please phone the School Office on (02) 8869 6800.
Class Allocation
Kindergarten children are placed with their class teachers after the first few weeks of school. At the end of each year, all other children are regrouped into their new classes for the following year and meet their new teacher during the last week of the school year.
At Our Lady of Lourdes school we understand that starting school can be a challenging and anxious time for some children and their families.
We have developed a program to help make that transition as smooth as possible for our Kindergarten families. The program involves:
Preschool visitation for children identified as requiring support during the interview process
Orientation morning for children and parents in November after enrolment is accepted
Children beginning school in small groups and not being placed in classes until the third week of school
During these three weeks, children are observed/assessed academically, socially and behaviourally. The program includes activities similar to those experienced in the pre-school environment to assist the children in feeling comfortable in their new setting.
Assigning Kindergarten children a Year 6 "buddy" student to help them settle into school
Supporting Kindergarten children in their transition to the playground at morning tea and lunch
Kindergarten parents have the opportunity to gather in the first week to share experiences over morning tea
Our main form of communication between home and school is the fortnightly Electronic Newsletter, sent out on Wednesdays via Email, Website and on our Skoolbag App. Other notes are sent home on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Class teacher interviews
From time to time, you may wish to speak with your child's teacher. Please make an appointment to ensure you have enough time to discuss the relevant matters. Appointments are made either before or after school so as not to interrupt your child's class learning time. Please contact the school office so that a suitable time may be made.
Formal interviews & reporting
At the beginning of each year, parent–teacher interviews are held so you and your child's teacher can discuss any matters you think will help your child settle into the new class. Also, at the end of Term 2, parent–teacher–child interviews are held to discuss your child's progress. A written report is sent to you at the end of Terms 2 and 4.
If your child is away for more than two days, please phone the office on 8869 6800. When your child returns to school, please send a written note to confirm the information given on the phone.
If you need to collect your child before the end of classes, please call personally at the office to collect your child. If you have advanced notice please inform the teacher in writing.
If you need to change the usual home-time procedures, please notify teachers in writing.
If an emergency arises which affects your plans to pick up your child, a message can be phoned through to the office who will pass the information on to the teacher and your child.
All extended absences for various reasons other than sickness require the Principal's approval.
If the family moves during the year, please give your new address and telephone number to the office staff.
If you are moving out of the area and need to send your child to another school please let the principal know, in writing. One term's notice is required to allow time for the relevant records to be completed. Failure to give the require notice may result in the full term's fees being charged.
The school requires an emergency contact number in case your child becomes ill or has an accident and you cannot be reached. Please advise us immediately if you change emergency contact numbers. Each year, we ask you to fill in a 'student update form'. This ensures the school has up-to-date home and work contact phone numbers.
Staff will attend to minor injuries at school. In the event of an accident or injury, every effort will be made to contact you or the emergency contact number provided. In serious cases if the school cannot reach anyone nominated by you, appropriate action will be taken to look after your child – e.g. emergency hospital care.
Responsibilities of parents
Parents are responsible for:
Obtaining the relevant medication forms from the school and arranging for their completion and return
Providing the medication in the original labeled container to the nominated staff member
Ensuring the medication is not out of date and has an original pharmacy label with the student's name, dosage and time to be taken
Providing a request by parents and written instructions from a medical practitioner for medication that is not obtained on prescription, indicating:
Name of student
Condition for which the medication is required
Guidelines for administration
Please seek medical advice if you suspect your child has an infectious disease. Many infectious diseases require your child to stay at home for specific lengths of time. Ring the school office to check if you will need a medical certificate.
Managing anaphylactic reactions
It is the responsibility of the parent to notify the school that their child is at risk of an anaphylactic reaction either at the time of enrolment, or if the student is enrolled, as soon after diagnosis as possible. As with other health conditions, Our Lady of Lourdes school provides support to assist parents in management of their child's health through the collaborative development with medical advice of a medical response plan.
Our Lady of Lourdes is committed to developing an educational and organisational culture based on mutual trust and respect. We are committed to providing a safe and supportive work and learning environment for all staff and students.
We acknowledge that employees, students and parents may sometimes have a complaint about a decision; behaviour, act or omission that they feel is unacceptable. Whilst most issues can be resolved through direct discussion with the parties, there may be instances in which this is not possible.
Our Lady of Lourdes Complaint Handling Policy is a process for staff, students, parents and members of the wider community to raise a complaint. This policy outlines options available to the persons with complaints, the intake process, addressing complaints and the appeal process. Please refer to the CEDP Complaint Handling Policy.
Travelling To & From School
Morning Drop Off Procedures
School Travel passes
Kindergarten to Year 2 students are eligible for free school Opal travel regardless of distance travelled. However the Department of School Education specifies that Years 3-6 children must live outside a 1.6 km radius of the school to be eligible. Please explain safe bus conduct to your child and, if possible, travel to and from school with your child during the first few days of school. Information and applications for Opal travel passes are available on http://transportnsw.info/school-students
Please observe road safety when dropping off and picking up your children. In the morning, children are to be dropped off at the school's kiss and drop zone outside the parish/school hall. Please note that parents are not permitted to drive into the bottom car park between 8.00am and 9.00am.
Collecting children after school
In the afternoon, K-1 children will wait for you in their classrooms and Years 2-6 children will wait in the area labelled 'afternoon pickup' on the map (see page 4). Parking in the school carpark is allowed in the afternoon. General parking is also available in Olive Street, at the rear entrance of the school, as well as Grantham Road and surrounding streets.
OLOL Uniform
We ask that children wear full school uniform at all times and we ask for parents' support in ensuring appropriate haircuts (no coloured hair) and wearing of limited jewellery (one pair of studs or sleeper earrings only, no bangles, etc).
Girls Summer Boys Summer
blue check dress with navy piping & navy tab
navy school jacket with school crest
navy jumper with school crest (optional)
navy (ankle) socks
black shoes (lace up/velcro)
navy broad brim hat or cap with school crest
navy bag with school crest
school classic blue short sleeve shirt with school crest
navy (blockers) shorts
navy jacket with school crest
Girls Winter Boys Winter
plaid tunic with plaid tab
long sleeved peter pan collar classic blue blouse
navy (ankle or knee high) socks or navy (opaque) tights
school classic blue long sleeve shirt with school crest
navy (blockers) trousers
school tie
Girls and Boys Sport Other
navy polo shirt with classic blue trim & school crest
navy shorts with OLOL embroidery
navy trackpants with OLOL embroidery
white (ankle) sports socks
white sandshoes (lace up/velcro)
Other items available...
excursion/library bag
scrunchies & headbands
All items of school uniform & school bags are available at the school uniform shop.
The school uniform is sold at school.
Appointments can be made at the school office for Tuesday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm or Thursday from 8:00am to 8.30am to try on uniforms. Orders can also be sent to the school office using the order form on the school website. These orders are processed and sent home as soon as possible. To assist parents, we have limited second-hand uniforms available. Donations of uniforms are received from parents and resold. All the money from the sales is donated to the school.
Click here for the uniform order form.
Hats - No hat, No play
To protect the children from ultra-violet rays, it is compulsory for children to wear a school hat in the playground at all times during the year, and to and from school. The school has a 'no hat, no play' policy.
Students have the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of co-curricular activities, including:
Dance Fever
Voice of Youth public speaking
Wakakiri Dance and Music performance
Entertainment Showcase/Busking
Excursions & incursions
Representative sport - swimming, athletics, cross country, soccer, gymnastics, cricket, rugby league, touch and netball at
a school/diocesan level
Sports clinics – rugby league, cricket, netball and Australian Rules
Catholic Education Parramatta Policies
Overview of policies
Our Catholic learning community has in place a range of policies that set our direction and address the rights and responsibilities of its members.
Our policies are available via www.parra.catholic.edu.au. Alternatively please ask school staff for assistance.
We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the following:
Enrolment Procedures
Student Attendance Exemption Guidelines
Student Anti-bullying Policy
Responsible Use of ICT and Social Media Student – Guidelines
Complaint Handling Procedures and Guidelines
Countering Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying Procedures and Guidelines
Procedural Fairness Guidelines
School attendance plays a critical role in enhancing the lives of students in schools. Every day of attendance adds to a student's achievement and success at school. Schools in partnership with parents are responsible for promoting the regular attendance of students.
Fees Overview
There are three levels of annual fees, billed in instalments during Terms 1, 2 and 3:
Annual Diocesan Tuition Fees set by the Catholic Education Office
Diocesan Building Levy set by the Catholic Education Office
School-based fees.
Discounts on Fees
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta are committed to providing an affordable quality Catholic education for families. We understand the financial demands placed on families and seek to keep the fees as low as possible. No child who meets the enrolment criteria will be refused enrolment or disadvantaged because of a family's financial circumstances.
There are very significant discounts for the second (25% reduction) and third (50% reduction) children enrolled from the one family. There are no fees for the fourth and subsequent children.
For full information concerning the school fees payable at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary please see the 'School Fees' page under Enrolment.
Financial difficulties
No child will be refused enrolment from a Catholic school because of a family's inability to pay school fees
Any parents or guardians who are under financial stress and are not able to pay the various fees should contact the Principal. You will be treated with care and concern and an appropriate arrangement will be made so your children can continue with their education at Our Lady of Lourdes. Weekly, fortnightly and monthly arrangement can be organised.
Additional Needs Enrolment
Enrolment Guidelines for Students with Additional Needs
Our Lady of Lourdes follows the guidelines set out by the Catholic Education Parramatta Diocese.
Enrolment to schools within Catholic Education, Parramatta Diocese (CEDP) must be consistent with our commitment to the integration of faith and life, treating diversity as the norm, and the inherent dignity of all students.
CEDP schools:
welcome students with additional needs, and their families
engage in sincere dialogue with parents/carers through and beyond the enrolment process
aim to provide appropriate educational opportunities and support for students with additional needs
evaluate their existing staffing, facilities and support to determine whether they may provide the services necessary to accommodate additional needs according to each particular set of circumstances.
For further information please see the Catholic Education Parramatta Diocese guidelines for enrolment of students with additional needs.
You can contact the school weekdays during school hours on 8869 6800 or use our email form.
OOSHC
Connected to our school is a parish-based, independently run before and after school hours care facility. This service is also available during school holidays.
Notes For Home


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Moon makes us extra special, scientists say
By Lucy Sherriff
Having a moon like ours makes us very special, cosmically speaking. This is according to proper scientists at the Universities of Arizona and Florida (as opposed to Mystic Meg), who've been searching the universe with the Spitzer space telescope for other planetary systems like ours.
The team has concluded that satellites created by an enormous collision (as the moon was) probably only turn up in between five to ten per cent of planetary systems.
"When a moon forms from a violent collision, dust should be blasted everywhere," said Nadya Gorlova of the University of Florida, lead author of a study published in the November 20 edition of the Astrophysical Journal. "If there were lots of moons forming, we would have seen dust around lots of stars - but we didn't."
The team went hunting among stars that are of a similar age to our own sun when the moon formed. After scanning 400 of these, they found only one system was immersed in dust. They then factored in the probable span of any "moon forming" period, and calculated that the best chance of a given solar system forming a moon like ours was between five and ten per cent.
Making planets produces large quantities of dust, since worlds are built up from huge collisions, like the one that formed our moon. For only one system in 400 to have any observable dust suggests that by the age of 30 million years, most systems have finished making their planets.
Younger star systems swirling in dust are likely in the process of forming their planets, Gorlova said. But the rarity of a system being dusty at 30 million years old actually reinforces the idea that something unusual has occurred. If all the other systems have made their planets and settled down, something else might be going on in the anomalous system.
The team also concedes that the dust they have observed doesn't indicate that a moon is actually forming. "We don't know that the collision we witnessed around the one star is definitely going to produce a moon, so moon-forming events could be much less frequent than our calculation suggests," said George Rieke of the University of Arizona, a co-author of the study.
Our moon is given credit for a lot: some suggest that the tides is caused have helped us (well, not us, but life more generally) emerge from the sea. Others have argued that the coincidence of its relative size matching that of the sun is vital to the development of science. they suggest that solar eclipses helped direct humanities attention to the skies, and kick-started our process of understanding the physical world we inhabit.
The essential Lucy Sherriff of The Register
Labels: Earth's Moon, Lunar Morphology


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PRECAST ELEMENT PRODUCTION | FERTIGTEILHERSTELLUNG
ELBE DECKEN
Residential buildings for refugees with special sound insulation
Figure: Elbe Decken
The use of precast prestressed floors considerably reduced constructiontime
After a construction time of only one year, the German company Ed. Züblin AG Direktion Stuttgart erected 25 new residential buildings for the SWSG housing association Stuttgarter Wohnungs- und Städtebaugesellschaft. The 30-million-euro housing project for refugees, known as Flüchtlingsheime Stuttgart, comprised ten different locations. Züblin was able to complete the first 21 buildings on schedule, in less than one year, owing in particular to the precast prestressed floor slabs that were used from Elbe delcon GmbH.
The housing accommodations, distributed over the Stuttgart municipal districts of Münster, Degerloch, Zuffenhausen, Fasanenhof, Stammheim, Birkach, Stuttgart-Ost, Obertürkheim, and Feuerbach-Ost, have a total gross floor area of around 24,000 m2. Every building is provided with its own green spaces and recreational facilities such as playgrounds and bicycle racks.
Sound protection with industrial floors
The housing accommodations offer living space for around 2,300 people; accordingly, an average of 100 refugees reside in every two-story building. Sound insulation is therefore an important criterion. The fact that the industrial floors from Elbe – instead of conventional sound insulation and residential-building floors – are very well suited for large-area residential housing is evidenced by their sound insulation properties. In addition to enabling free room partitioning, they demonstrably support sound insulation measures due to greater concrete mass and thicker floors. In all buildings, industrial floors of type EID 27/32 were installed on a total of 19,000 m², providing at the same time fire protection in accordance with F90. Elbe delivered a total of 1,290 precast prestressed floor elements at a cost of approx. 800,000 euros, including delivery.
Due to the use of precast prestressed floors, the construction time was reduced by several weeks and costs were accordingly saved. "In light of the special requirements imposed on this construction project – the long spans, for example – we were able to arrange the reinforcement in a way to keep the differences in camber of the installed floors down to a minimum: at up to 1.5 cm, even lower than in buildings constructed with semi-precast floor slabs," says Peter Kirchner, Sales Manager at Elbe Decken. "The greater self-weight of the industrial floors contributed to minimizing the camber." Peter Wunderlich, Site Manager for Züblin, sees the main advantages of the Elbe floor slabs most of all in project scheduling: "The construction phase for the turnkey residential buildings was reduced by about a week per building – amounting to an overall construction time of around four months per building."
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Cutting Christmas trees banned in local national forests
November 29, 2012 | 12:13 pm
Although the U.S. Forest Service has issued suggestions for "safe holiday tree-cutting" on federal land in other parts of the country, Christmas tree chopping is prohibited in the Angeles National Forest, officials said Thursday.
"Trees from your national forest brighten homes across the country every year," said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell in a statement released this week in Washington, urging people to "follow safe cutting practices" when they take out their axes in federal forests.
But that advice is not applicable for the mountains above Los Angeles.
"We don't issue permits for cutting Christmas trees," said John Wagner, a spokesman for the Angeles National Forest.
In fact, officials are on the alert for illegal tree choppers. In past years, rangers have cited tree poachers, who face $500 fines, plus a surcharge three times the estimated value of the tree and a potential six-month jail sentence.
Gathering holly, cedar boughs and mistletoe in the national forest for commercial purposes is also a no-no.
Local forestry officials say pine trees are planted along mountain roads to prevent erosion. In arid Southern California, it takes about 25 years for a pine tree in the wild to grow to the size of a typical 8-foot Christmas tree.
Storm brings high surf, slick roads to Southern California
Witness says man had hands on head when shot by deputies
Lindsay Lohan to be charged with lying to Santa Monica police
-- Bob Pool
Photo: A family in Redding picks out trees at the Shasta College Tree Farm on Nov. 24. Credit: Greg Barnette / Record Searchlight


Works by 42 prominent cartoonists, including Kambiz Derambakhsh, Javad Alizadeh, Mohammad-Ali Baniasadi, Ahmad Arabani, Bozorgmehr Hosseinpur and Bahram Azimi, will be showcased at the exhibition, which will open on April 22.
The exhibit entitled "The Role of Kindness" will continue until May 2.
The recent heavy rainfall in Fars, Golestan, Mazandaran, Lorestan, Khuzestan and several other provinces in western, southwestern and northeastern Iran led to severe flooding, which struck and damaged many cities and villages and left 78 people dead and hundreds displaced and injured.
Photo: A poster for "The Role of Kindness".


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