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Pesticide PLS in Place to Ensure Safety Management from Stage of Production
'National responsibility to ensure safety of food is a concept of adding caring to safety'
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Dir.-Gen. Han Sang-bae of the Food Safety Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). (Photo: MFDS)
Starting this year, the pesticide positive list system (PLS) has gone into force to ensure safety management of pesticides from the stage of production.
The regime is designed to control all pesticides in a strict fashion: to non-detection levels, so pesticide safety management is expected to be upgraded to prevent pesticide overuse and misuse from a stage of production.
Furthermore, on-the-spot inspection booths will be installed at public wholesale markets, and a project to support inspections prior to distribution in cooperation with distribution companies and inspection booths will be implemented to keep improper agricultural produce off the dining table.
National responsibility to ensure the safety of food means adding "caring" to safety. It is designed not only to keep strict management from production to consumption so that the safety of supplies can be ensured, but also for the state to be responsible for caring about the foods of the vulnerable like children and the elderly.
The following are excerpts of an interview with NewsWorld and Dir.-Gen. Han Sang-bae of the Food Safety Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in which he spoke of the steps and others to ensure the safety of food.
Question: One of the MFDS's core national objectives under the current government is a realization of the national responsibility to ensure the safety of food. Will you introduce how that is happening?
Answer: The national responsibility to ensure the safety of food means adding "caring" to safety. It is designed not only to keep strict management from production to consumption so that the safety of supplies can be ensured, but also for the state to be responsible for caring about the foods of the vulnerable like children and the elderly.
In order to ramp up safety management, ranging from production and consumption, the ministry is concentrating on safety management in stages of production and consumption — the start and end points of the food supply chain — on top of surveillance and inspections focusing on the manufacturing process.
We're also working on the creation of management regimes, reflecting the latest consumption trends like home meal replacements and delivery apps as well as the provision of information to consumers.
As to the dietary life of the underprivileged, hygiene management of food being served at children's homes and in kindergartens without nutritionists and nutrient support are being continuously expanded. Starting this year, the ministry has expanded the scope of food management to social welfare facilities for the elderly.
Q: The ministry has focused all capabilities to ensure safety management from production and consumption. Will you tell our readers about key policies and outcomes?
A: Starting this year, the pesticide positive list system (PLS) has gone into force to ensure safety management of pesticides from the stage of production.
The regime is designed to control all pesticides in a strict fashion: to non-detection levels, so pesticide safety management is expected to be upgraded to prevent pesticide overuse and misuse from the production stage.
Furthermore, on-the-spot inspection booths will be installed at public whole-sale markets, and a project to support inspections prior to distribution in cooperation with distribution companies and the booths will be implemented to keep improper agricultural produce off the kitchen table.
Reflecting trends like a rise in eating outside, HMRs and food deliveries, food safety management at a stage of consumption has been reinforced. An eatery grading system is in place to improve the hygiene levels of restaurants.
The step has dramatically reduced food poisoning cases from 251 cases with 2,120 people in 2016 to 146 cases with 1,032 people. Improper HMRs are recalled immediately to prevent consumption while food delivery app operators are required to report on food containing alien substances.
Q: Caring for the dietary life of those in the privileged bracket is noteworthy from the conventional paradigm of food safety management. Will you specify efforts to protect the underprivileged and share some tangible outcomes?
A: We've expanded hygiene and nutrition support to facilities like children's houses and kindergartens that do not have nutritionists to improve the dietary life of the underprivileged.
As a result, beneficiary children of registered food supply support facilities increased from 1.24 million with 34,292 facilities in 2018 to 1.32 million with 36,796 establishments.
Starting this year, a pilot program has been launched to support social welfare facilities for the elderly. These steps are designed to expand the scope of state responsibility, contributing to realizing an inclusive welfare state.
In particular, Korea is recognized by the international community as a leading country of children's dietary life policies. The nation ranked eighth, a top level, among 141 countries in terms of national competitiveness in the health sector thanks to factors such as the improved life expectancy.
In recognition for such efforts, Korea won the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the prevention and control of Non-communicable Diseases (UNIATF) Award 2019 at the 74th UN General Assembly held in the United States on Sept. 23.
Q: Government enforcement is important for the safety of food, but it is more significant for consumers to make the right decisions after related information is known to them. Will you elaborate on efforts to provide information to consumers?
A: Currently, information on improper food items and eateries is provided in real time via the website (www.foodsafetykorea.go.kr). A food labeling system has information on food safety such as allergies and natrium known to consumers.
In particular, starting this year, the requirement of labeling egg shells with production dates, producer and production environment will help people choose safe and fresh eggs.
Furthermore, a website has been launched that specializes in collecting and analyzing information on hazards and dangers of foods from Korea and abroad, so information tailored to meet each demand category are is made available. The ministry continues to strive to provide content to consumers.
Of late, the ministry is also attempting to promote safety management through consumers' direct participation beyond the simply the supply of information. For instance, look at a public petition on safety inspection, designated recently as one of the innovative practices in the public sector by the OECD.
If a given number of people ask for an inspection into food as well as items under the jurisdiction of the MFDS, the ministry itself does tests and the outcomes are released to the public.
Q: Many imported food items are put on our dining table due to the internationalization of our food supply. Amid rising misgivings, fishery products imported from Japan have become the subject of controversy. What is being done to ensure the safety of food from Japan?
A: I'm pleased to see the public trust toward the government go up one step as Korea won a dispute at a WTO panel through the government's efforts.
After Korea won a dispute on its ban of Japanese fishery products, import curbs on food imported from Japan are still intact. Starting September, the ministry began to redouble inspection for raionuclides on imported food items that have a track record of containing small amounts of the substance in recent years.
Q: Public worry has been mounting over food items made with pork in the wake of the recent spread of the African swine fever (ASF) virus. Does the ASF virus infect only pigs, but human beings?
A: Generally speaking, unlike bacteria, viruses cannot proliferate on their own and can sustain themselves only when they're united with certain cells. It is like the matching of a key and a lock. It means that the virus prefers to pork cells, so the virus cannot be contagious to human beings since it does not match any human proteins due to species specificity.
In reality, about 100 years have passed since the ASF virus was confirmed, no cases of endangering human health and infecting humans through mutation were reported. International institutions such as OIE and FAO have confirmed that the ASF virus is not a danger to human health.
Heath authorities say that African swine fever (ASF) virus is a virus, which infects pigs, but not human beings. Do not worry about eating pork since only pork, from uninfected pigs checked at slaughterhouses, is distributed on the market, they add.
Q: Pork prices have plunged due to incidences of the ASF virus. It is the reason people tend to refrain from eating pork due to public misgivings over safety. Experts told media outlets it is safe to eat pork. Is it no problem to eat pork?
A: Pigs infected with the ASF virus or feared to transmit it are removed from stages of production and slaughter. Pigs in danger of infecting the virus are slaughtered and buried, and pigs with abnormal symptoms are banned from slaughtering at butcheries.
The MFDS is cracking down on distributing and selling of unreported and illegal livestock in food groceries at foreigners' concentration districts in cooperation with related ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
As I said before, I recommend eating pork without anxiety since the ASF virus does not infect human beings due to species specificity. As the virus can be killed in the course of cooking through enough heating, it causes no worry to Korea's food supply.
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If you're passionate about education and keen to start a business, you may be considering a preschool franchise. Compared with other possible franchises, preschool franchises seem particularly enticing as they are in an industry with positive social impact and purpose, while also being recession-proof and having evergreen demand. But as with all investments, it is worthwhile nonetheless to think carefully and choose the right franchisor to work with.
Here are several points to consider before deciding if a particular preschool franchise is the right investment for you.
1) How much capital is needed to start a preschool?
As preschools are subject to governmental regulation in many countries including Singapore, you don't have free rein to decide how or where to set up your new preschool. There are rules and restrictions to abide by in order to get the government license to operate, and these include a minimum space per child, minimum staffing for your school per child, minimum size of indoor or outdoor playgrounds, amongst others. In the Singapore context, we estimate that a franchisee will need around $500,000 or more in capital, depending on factors such as the location and size of the centre (since rental expenses scale according to location and size).
Make sure your investment budget covers items like the initial franchise fee, the rental deposit, the cost of obtaining government approvals, the cost of renovation/fit-out, as well as working capital for staff salaries, rental expenses and other operational needs in the initial months prior to your school hitting the monthly operational breakeven point.
But wait a minute, did you hear from somewhere that you can set up a preschool for $300,000 or less? Well, this is where caveat emptor applies. You need to be careful with what is said or not said – hidden costs can adversely affect your overall ROI and investment case, so it helps to clarify with the franchisor exactly what is included or not included in the investment budget!
2) Where is a good location for the preschool? Can I pay the franchise fee only when the space is found?
There are many factors that affect whether a new preschool can succeed in a given location. These factors include the population demographics and number of competing schools in the vicinity, the rental rates offered, the differentiated curricular offering you are providing, the price you are charging, etc. Our belief is that it is wise to first conduct a holistic market study before you decide which location has the best chance of succeeding for you! Here's a tip – do ask your franchisor if they are able to provide a site survey report for you to assess the chance of success before you agree to take on the location!
While common wisdom may point towards rapidly growing suburbs like Punggol, the reality is that there are almost no commercial spaces available in decent locations there. (We know because we have been looking there ourselves for quite a while!) With many available locations there being in properties owned by HDB and therefore subject to a tendering process, it is extremely difficult for a new franchisee to win a tender without the direct intervention of your franchisor.
In other areas in Singapore, it will ultimately depend on market forces and the state of the property market. E.g. how keen the landlord is to have a preschool or childcare centre within the premise, how flexible landlords can be for the rental rates, etc. We generally find that rental rates above $6 psf (per square foot) for preschools tend not to present a very compelling investment case for the franchisee, so it is wise to do your sums!
Next, be aware that some franchisors may reassure you that it is easy to find a space so as to seal the deal and collect franchise fees. The true litmus test is whether the franchisor is willing to delay your payment of the full franchise fees until a suitable space is found. There are potential risks for you otherwise – e.g. you may end up with a sub-optimal space that was hastily found just to "close the case", or perhaps wind up having your capital "stuck" for a long while without earning anything due to no suitable location.
At Mulberry Learning, we believe that it is fair for our franchisees to only pay us the full franchise fee upon a suitable space being secured. This approach helps ensure better alignment between both parties!
3) How easy is it to get and retain good teachers?
Teachers are a key resource pillar for your future school, and our studies have shown that finding high quality teachers is one of the easiest ways to grow a school's enrollment and word-of-mouth referral engine among parents. The fact is, however, that there is much competition out there for the best teachers, both from government-linked preschools like MOE Kindergarten, as well as private sector operators.
It would be useful for you to ask your franchisor how they can aid you in the hiring process to ensure that you get access to the best teachers. You can ask if they can directly help you advertise for positions, conduct interviews, provide salary benchmarking, or centralized HR management services like payroll management and staff engagement/retention initiatives.
For Mulberry Learning, we provide all of the above services under our standard franchise package, and it is one reason why our franchisees find it much easier to own a preschool with us.
4) What support is provided by the franchisor, and does the franchisor help absorb any costs?
Many franchisors are able to provide the normal franchise support items such as staff training, operations manuals, site setup and marketing advice, etc. But if you happen to be someone who is keen on owning a business but not too keen to quit your day job, nor do you fancy having to handle daily issues like teachers going on sudden MC or disease outbreaks, do ask your franchisor if they can help you manage the centre as well.
From what we know, not too many franchisors are too keen on this operational management model, as it restricts their ability to quickly offer as many franchises at the same time. However, franchisors who are willing to do so are usually more aligned with you in ensuring that quality is maintained and that your school will succeed, since they will need to properly find a good location for you, commit their own internal resources to help you grow the school, or be accountable otherwise!
any nationwide branding ads or Open House campaigns! In fact, there is also a centralized HQ Admissions team that helps franchisee centres follow up on every single lead generated, so as to maximize enrollment conversion!
Investing in a preschool franchise is a potentially rewarding endeavour but it does have risks if you do not choose wisely! Let us know via the form below if you are keen on a private consultation on this investment opportunity to grow your nest egg while achieving a sense of fulfilment and purpose!
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The State Finals of Art Showcase were held February 9 at Northwest Guilford High School. 35 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.
Shown below are the results from the 2019 Art Showcase Regionals. All schools listed below advanced to the February 9 State Final hosted by Northwest Guilford High School.
The State Finals of Art Showcase were held December 3 at Hillside High School of Durham. 25 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.
Shown below are the results from the 2018 Art Showcase Regionals. All schools listed below advanced to the February 17 State Final hosted by Durham School of the Arts.
NEW in 2018 - students will receive a rubric from the judges to provide additional feedback for their work.
The Art Showcase pits artists of different media from different schools in a judged competition that awards both individual and group prizes. Media categories are shown below. Students create their artwork and enter the competition by submitting digital images of their work. Top students' works from each category progress to the statewide competition and are evaluated by judges in-person.
Visit the Art Showcase section of our site.
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This study was planned to compare two treatment modalities for supracondylar and intercondylar fracture of the femur, open reduction and internal fixation with a condylar buttress plate.
If there was an intercondylar fracture of distal femur, the strut was placed transversely and the cavity filled with bone cement.
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Drug costs. Most clients receive a monthly drug benefits card to cover the cost of prescription medications. If you did not receive this card or it has been lost or stolen, contact us immediately.
Dental care. If you need dental care, book an appointment with your dentist. He or she will assess the work you need then fax Oxford County a pre-determination, or description, of the work needed and an estimate of how much it will cost. Human Services will reply to your dentist to let him or her know what work is eligible for benefits. If you are not eligible for benefits under this program, there are other dental programs available.
Education. If you are interested in completing high school or taking a training course, contact your client services worker to discuss the options and benefits that can help you with your education-related expenses.
Special diet & nutritional allowance. If you are pregnant, nursing or have a medical condition that requires a special diet, you may qualify for a special diet allowance. Contact Human Services to request a special diet form to be completed by your physician.
Other medical benefits. If you are in need of diabetic supplies, surgical supplies and dressing or a guide dog allowance, contact your client service worker.
Employment-related benefits. If you are starting to job search, or are starting new employment, you may be eligible for financial assistance with things like clothing, equipment, training and transportation.
Contact your client service worker to ask for more information.
Extended health benefits. If you have received social assistance in the last 30 days and you are no longer eligible for Social Assistance because your income has increased, you still may be eligible for Extended Health Benefits. Contact your client service worker to find out more.
Eyeglasses. The Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP) covers eye examinations for people who are under 20 years of age or 65 years of age or older. If you are between the ages of 20-64 and receiving Ontario Works benefits, Ontario Works will cover the costs for routine eye exams once every 24 months. Simply provide the optician with a copy of your drug benefit card. If you need glasses or repairs to your glasses, have your optician fax Human Services a quote for your glasses. The quote will be reviewed and the optician will be notified of what coverage can be provided.


How 'bout those memes? London-based GIF gallery 15folds teamed up with the BuzzFeed Creative Animation Team to curate a special end-of-year, meme-themed show "Meme-mas," asking some of their favorite artists to submit GIFs in response to the best memes of 2014.
"I'm In Me Mum's Car, Broom Broom!"
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2018 Rittenhouse Star Trek TOS Captain's Collection trading cards combine several different elements. Among them? Inscription autographs that come with both a signature and an added note or line of memorable dialogue.
The checklist goes deep into The Original Series with lots of photos, a broad mix of inserts and even a preview of the company's first set of Discovery trading cards.
Each box has a pair of autographs.
The main part of Star Trek TOS Captain's Collection is the base set. It has 80 cards that cover every episode of the show's run. Each card has multiple photos but what sets it apart from the many other sets of Star Trek trading cards are the new captain's logs that accompany them. These are told from the perspectives of Captain Kirk and Captain Pike.
The base set comes with Throwback parallels. These land just one per box, which should make putting a full run together a challenge.
2018 Rittenhouse Star Trek TOS Captain's Collection has a few different autograph styles.
The Inscription Autographs are a first for the franchise. The notations vary from signer to signer, opening up a lot of room for variations. Inscription signers include Joan Collins, Sean Kenney, BarBara Lun, Clint Howard, Michael Forest and Gary Lockwood.
The set also goes back to the enduring Classic TOS Autographs. These date back to when SkyBox had the Star Trek card line. Signers here not only include key stars, but fill in some of the numerical gaps. Among them are William Shatner (#A270), Leonard Nimoy (#A280), Walter Koenig (#A281), Nichelle Nichols (#A282) and George Takei (#A283).
Cut signatures are also randomly inserted in packs. The first is an Cut Signature Relic from Susan Oliver. She played Vina in The Cage, the show's original pilot. The relic swatch comes from the material she wore in her first scene. Vic Tayback, Jojo Krako in A Piece of the Action, is the product's other cut signature.
Where No Man Has Gone Before Uncut is kind of like a set within the main set. Clocking in at 70 cards, it focuses entirely on the pilot that originally aired and introduced us to Captain Kirk. These fall approximately two per box.
Star Trek TOS Lobby Cards is another large insert set, this time with 80 cards. Each of these have new art from Juan Ortiz. He's the artist who did the recent Star Trek Portfolio Prints sets. Lobby Cards are 1:12 packs.
Not all of the inserts in 2018 Rittenhouse Star Trek TOS Captain's Collection come with massive checklists. Inside the Enterprise (1:48 packs) has nine cards. As the name suggests, it looks at some of the most iconic locations on the ship. Star Trek Movies Captain's Log Cards (1:288 packs) expands on the base set theme to incorporate the first seven Star Trek films. Star Trek: Discovery has four preview cards for the card maker's Season 1 set. These land at a rate of about one per case.
Canada Post 50th Anniversary Stamp Cards fold in another type of collecting. Each of these cards, which are inserted 1:288 packs, has an original lenticular stamp embedded in it.
Sketch cards return with original art. These work out to approximately one per case.
Those pre-ordering six, nine and 18 cases of the product get some exclusives not available in regular packs. The six-case incentive is a Dual Autograph featuring Walter Koenig and Celeste Yarnall. A second Dual Autograph card is the nine-case incentive. This one has William Shatner and Louise Sorel.
The 18-case incentive is a special Archive Box. Contents include a set of four matching Printing Plates used for one of the base cards. There's also a memorabilia card with material from the skirt Susan Oliver wore in The Cage. This is similar to the Cut Signature Relic minus the autograph.
Rarity scale: Extremely Limited – 100-200 copies, Very Limited – 200-300 copies, Limited – 300-500 copies.
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What is the Jewish view on masturbation?
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R. Yaakov Emden suggests that it was adopted from the Christian practice and laws to avoid Christian attacks against Jews who act otherwise,5 but this argument has been attacked by many other Halachic authorities.
1. See also Editor's Comment to "Polygamy is not Ideal" User Comment beneath article.
2. Maharik beshem Rashbo, cited in Darkei Mosheh, Even Ha'ezer 1, note 10.
3. Maharam M'Padua #14; Mishkanot Yaakov #1.
4. Maharam Shick EH #4; Mordechai Ketuvot #291, cited in Darkei Moshe there note 12.


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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, cast his state as the place "where woke goes to die," to which Murphy, in his State of the State address, responded, "I'm not even sure I know what that means."
It's not just the nation's highest-profile chief executives getting in on the crowing, either. It may be news to most, but Jim Justice, the Republican governor of West Virginia, is aware of "jealousy" about his state, "because now, all of a sudden, we're the diamond in the rough that they missed."
"We're in a never-before-seen era of contrast between red and blue states," said Rob Stutzman, a Republican strategist. "What state you live in has become a subtext for what your politics must be, and I don't think that was ever really true until the last six years or so."
Covid, he said, "has thrown an accelerant on the way governors have presented their states. It became more a point of contrast – open or closed, mandate or no mandate, pro-vaccine or vaccine skeptic. There were very few governors who played it down the middle."
The governors' addresses have not been without some introspection about what could improve within their geographic boundaries. In Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, pointed last week to the relatively high rates of smoking and obesity in his state, where "our life expectancy in Indiana has declined in recent years." In Arizona, Katie Hobbs, the newly-elected Democratic governor, warned of "potential catastrophe that will happen in just a few months" if lawmakers do not address an education funding cap, while noting the state is facing a "drought unlike anything in modern times."
In New York, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, after a closer-than-expected election, warned that inflation was harming Empire Staters. "And on top of that," she added, "how do you pay the monthly rent, or the mortgage? It's just so overwhelming for our families."
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Please join the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce for "The State of Florida's Economy" Business Luncheon, proudly sponsored by City of Apopka and The Apopka Chief and The Planter, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
This special opportunity will be held at the Highland Manor in Apopka and we will be featuring the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Ken Lawson, as our guest speaker.
Open to Chamber Members & Non-Chamber Members
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Sponsorships and Tables are still available! For more information, please see the investment opportunities below.
It will be an event to remember and we look forward to seeing you there! #LeadConnectServe
About Ken Lawson
Ken Lawson, a veteran of Gov. Rick Scott's administration, was selected by Governor Ron DeSantis to lead the Department of Economic Opportunity, as its Executive Director on January 8, 2019.
The Department of Economic Opportunity, or DEO, is the state's jobs-creating agency, handling "workforce programs, community development opportunities, and economic development initiatives and programs."
Prior to his appointment to DEO, Mr. Lawson served as the president and CEO of VISIT FLORIDA and as the secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Mr. Lawson received his bachelor's and law degrees from Florida State University. He began his legal career in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate General and later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.
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    .option('-c, --cheese [type]', 'Add the specified type of cheese [marble]', 'marble')
    .parse(process.argv);

console.log('you ordered a pizza with:');
if (program['peppers']) console.log('  - peppers');
if (program['pineapple']) console.log('  - pineapple');
if (program['bbq']) console.log('  - bbq');
console.log('  - %s cheese', program['cheese']);

function range(val: string) {
    return val.split('..').map(Number);
}

function list(val: string) {
    return val.split(',');
}

function collect(val: string, memo: string[]) {
    memo.push(val);
    return memo;
}

function increaseVerbosity(v: any, total: number) {
    return total + 1;
}

program
    .version('0.0.1')
    .usage('[options] <file ...>')
    .option('-i, --integer <n>', 'An integer argument', parseInt)
    .option('-f, --float <n>', 'A float argument', parseFloat)
    .option('-r, --range <a>..<b>', 'A range', range)
    .option('-l, --list <items>', 'A list', list)
    .option('-o, --optional [value]', 'An optional value')
    .option('-c, --collect [value]', 'A repeatable value', collect, [])
    .option('-v, --verbose', 'A value that can be increased', increaseVerbosity, 0)
    .parse(process.argv);

console.log(' int: %j', program['integer']);
console.log(' float: %j', program['float']);
console.log(' optional: %j', program['optional']);
program['range'] = program['range'] || [];
console.log(' range: %j..%j', program['range'][0], program['range'][1]);
console.log(' list: %j', program['list']);
console.log(' collect: %j', program['collect']);
console.log(' verbosity: %j', program['verbose']);
console.log(' args: %j', program['args']);

program
    .version('0.0.1')
    .option('-f, --foo', 'enable some foo')
    .option('-b, --bar', 'enable some bar')
    .option('-B, --baz', 'enable some baz');

// must be before .parse() since
// node's emit() is immediate

program.on('--help', () => {
    console.log('  Examples:');
    console.log('');
    console.log('    $ custom-help --help');
    console.log('    $ custom-help -h');
    console.log('');
});

program
    .command('allow-unknown-option')
    .allowUnknownOption()
    .action(() => {
        console.log('unknown option is allowed');
    });

program
    .version('0.0.1')
    .arguments('<cmd> [env]')
    .action((cmd, env) => {
        console.log(cmd, env);
    });

program.parse(process.argv);

console.log('stuff');

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Congress health care vote: a dark day for freedom in America
The following are great comments about the health care vote by Nile Gardner writing in the Telegraph in the UK:
The passage last night of Barack Obama's health care reform bill through the House of Representatives is yet another blow to freedom in America inflicted by the Obama administration. The legislation, which comes at a staggering cost of $940 billion, will hugely add to the already towering national debt, now at over $12 trillion. It is yet another millstone round the necks of the American people, already faced with the highest levels of unemployment in a generation.
It is also a great leap forward by the United States towards a European-style vision of universal health care, which will only lead to soaring costs, higher taxes, and a surge in red tape for small businesses. This reckless legislation dramatically expands the power of the state over the lives of individuals, and could not be further from the vision of America's founding fathers. It has also been rushed through Congress without proper scrutiny, in the face of overwhelming public opposition, and with not an ounce of bipartisan support.
Above all the health care bill is a thinly disguised vanity project for a president who is committed to transforming the United States from the world's most successful large-scale free enterprise economy, to a highly interventionist society with a massive role for centralized government. The United States has thrived as a nation for over 230 years precisely because of its love for freedom and its belief in free markets.
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In the past two years, the annual catalogue has helped local businesses increase web traffic, online sales, wholesale orders to local retailers, and gain media attention.
With nearly 12,000 printed copies distributed to Edmontonians, visitors, local and international media, conference organizers, and economic trade offices around the world along with 38,000 unique views online, Gifted makes it easy to shop local.
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The House budget calls for cutting mandatory funding in the transportation section of the budget by almost 90 percent in 2016, from $54 billion to $6 billion, as the chart below shows. It then allows only a partial restoration, holding funding well below the 2015 level through the middle of the next decade. The total ten-year cut is $154 billion (28 percent) below the cost of continuing current funding.
The Senate budget cuts funding far less steeply in 2016, from $54 billion to $42 billion; its ten-year cut is $123 billion or 22 percent.
Virtually all of these cuts appear to come from highway and mass transit programs financed through the Highway Trust Fund. The House and Senate Budget Committees cite trust fund shortfalls as the reason for the cuts, but these shortfalls are neither new nor unexpected. Since 2008, dedicated revenues in the trust fund — mostly from taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel — haven't been sufficient to cover the authorized and ongoing costs of federal highway and transit programs. One reason is that the taxes aren't indexed for inflation and policymakers haven't raised them since 1993. (The gas tax is 18.3 cents per gallon.) Also, revenues have slowed due to major fuel economy improvements and some decreases in driving.
To alleviate the shortfall, Congress has supplemented motor fuel tax revenues through various temporary measures, the latest of which will soon run out. The House and Senate budgets offer a different solution: to cut infrastructure spending to bring it into line with revenues from motor fuel taxes. The House version does so suddenly and dramatically, apparently by almost shutting off new contract authority (that is, the authority for states and other entities to sign contracts for highway and mass transit projects involving federal funds) in order to bring spending down quickly. The Senate takes a more gradual approach.
Both plans, however, will result in significantly smaller highway and transit programs at a time when many urge more investment in infrastructure in order to reduce congestion, increase capacity, and improve the performance and safety of our nation's highways, bridges, and transit systems.


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Phenomenological Beauty
To me, architecture is a romantic and visionary discipline in constant pursuit of creating beauty. This pursuit of beauty is not new. Julio Bermudez explained, "Philosophers as far back as Plato have pointed at the central role that beauty plays in human life. Architectural delight – or venustas as Vitruvius called it 2000 years ago". Beauty is elusive and fleeting. The desire to create beauty is evidence of a relationship with the divine. James Hillman explained, "Beauty cannot enter art unless the mind in the work is anchored beyond itself so that in some way the finished work reflects the sacred and the doing of the work, ritual". This idea of having the mind anchored "beyond itself" is what Hillman was laying the groundwork for when he said, "beauty is not merely a cultural accessory, a philosophical category, a province of the arts, or even a prerogative of the human spirit. It has always remained indefinable because it bears sensate witness to what is fundamentally beyond human comprehension". It is the inability to define and measure beauty that makes it difficult to defend in "today's rational and utilitarian civilization where little or no value is assigned to phenomena that can't be measured, explained, or materially consumed". Beauty always matters and is celebrated when emulated by architects, artists, writers, and poets. Beauty sometimes lays waiting undiscovered and uncelebrated, but is always potentially powerful by its nature.
Tacit beauty like mountain vistas and sunsets are examples of a safe common ground from which timid conversations about beauty may begin and shallow accolades may be acquired. However, the power and potential of beauty require emotional investment and a willingness and courage to expose intimate embodied experience. The experience of beauty is often described in reference to the body, mind and heart. Peter Schjeldahl describes, In my experience, an onset of beauty combines extremes of stimulation and relaxation. My mind is hyperalert. My body is at ease. Often I am aware of my shoulders coming down as unconscious muscular tension lets go. My mood soars. I have a conviction of goodness in all things. I feel that everything is going to be all right. Later I am pleasantly a little tired all over, as if after swimming. Mind and body become indivisible in beauty. Beauty teaches me that my brain is a physical organ and that 'intelligence' is not limited to thought, but entails feeling and sensation, the whole organism in concert.
The potential to create an embodied experience is what makes beauty always important.
BEAUTY ALWAYS COUNTS It may be that a starving man may not see the beauty in a meal or the beauty in the resolution between starvation and contentment. It may take time and retrospect to discover that beauty in combining the "extremes". In the short term, he may only see food, not beauty. However, the idea of food keeps him hoping and therefore moving toward a resolution to his hunger. The power of this hope is the power of beauty even when it is not perceived as such.
Beauty will always count no matter where it is or by whom it is experienced. It may not be understood as beauty by those closest to it and it may not ever be observed by anyone who would understand it as such, but it matters anyway. Heidegger might say that beauty not seen as such, is in "standing reserve" and waiting to be harnessed or celebrated. Part of the allure of beauty is that it has not all been discovered, created, or recognized.
FRAMING BEAUTY When framed as art, literature, film or architecture, beauty is placed in a context on display to be experienced. Bringing the relationship of the body, the mind and the heart to the surface is a reminder that beauty has a transcending importance in our lives. Burdened by the everyday pressures of life as we may become, the bricks of all the events that make up our lives are held together by the mortar of beauty that strengthens us and makes experience real and meaningful in a way that nothing else can. Agnes Martin says that "we respond to beauty with emotion… All artwork is about beauty; all positive work represents and celebrates it".
READY FOR BEAUTY There is no doubt that beauty can be best perceived by one who is ready to experience it. In his studies related to "Profound Experiences in Architecture", Bermudez concludes, "…while the power of a building by 'itself' may provoke the 'miracle' of the sublime moment, it is important (generally essential) to consider the state of mind that individuals bring to the experience". It is as though a person must be in tune in order for a place of beauty to resonate to its fullest.
It is interesting to note, that Bermudez said, "the state of mind that individuals bring" and that he did not say "the state of mind that the general public brings" or "other architects". It is also interesting to note that this same study reported a related comment about the designer from one of the surveys. This particular comment was selected as it described an "Extraordinary Architectural Experience" at the Taj Mahal by one of the respondents to the survey. It says, "The experience keeps reinforcing my belief that to achieve such level of beauty the designer needs to be emotionally immersed in the project and have a soulful relationship with it. Personalization is imperative". Certainly a logical conclusion here is that the real dance is between the designer and the individual observer. The music is the building.
The three legs of this stool of beauty are all important and depend on each other. Beauty must "stand in reserve" so when it is sensitively framed by an artist, film maker, poet, or architect, and it resonates with one to experience it, then it fulfills its symphonic purpose with inspiration and power.
ARCHITECTURE FRAMED BY ARCHITECTURE All too often, architects become pre-occupied with architecture. They work endless hours to make sure their buildings meet regulatory requirements and the expectations of the current trends in architectural style. Architects tend to look at their work and the work of other architects through the framework of their understanding of normative standards instead of the intimate individual characteristics and aspirations of clients. The physical, intellectual and emotional needs of the clients are sometimes simplified and compromised to meet measurable requirements such as construction budgets, square footages, kinds and sizes of rooms and architectural style. That is compounded by other factors competing for resources of money, time and attention. Development standards, requirements of financial institutions, the propensity toward compromise by lay committees and other factors are typically insensitive to the needs of the end user. An architect cannot know what is in the mind and heart of the clients of other architects. It is the architects' responsibility to understand his or her own clients. Empathy by the architect is required to design a sense of place that addresses the physical, intellectual and spiritual needs and aspirations of the client.
ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM A phenomenological approach to architecture is one where architectural phenomena related to realness and beauty as experienced by the individual are studied and analyzed. A critical view of architecture is more likely to look at a building from a public point of view and embrace a more objective analysis of whether or not the building meets normative criteria including the expectations of the public and budgets and energy efficiency.
REMODEL OF A MINER'S HOME This building was built by local miners in the mining town of Frisco Colorado in the mid-1800s and remodeled by the current owners in 2003. Frisco sits at 9100 ft above sea level in the Rocky Mountains about 60 miles west of Denver. The building stands in its original location which is currently one block off of Main Street. A railroad once ran down the alley between this house and Main Street and has been abandoned and removed for some time.
(a) (b) Figure 1 (a) back door, (b) fireplace (c) (c) loft A "critique" of this building might look like this:
CRITIQUE This remodel of this house was an effort to restore existing infrastructure and buildings in the historic part of the Town of Frisco per the plan of the municipality. About half of the second floor was removed and the remaining portion is now an open loft which looks across an open rail to the living area below. The sagging ridgeline was restored and a fireplace was added using local stone. The fireplace appears to be out of scale with the rest of the house and burns wood which contributes to the declining air quality in the valley. In its remodeled condition, the house does not meet the county's "green building" requirements. The project was exempt from the "green building" requirements because it is a historic building and the changes were not determined to be significant enough to trigger that requirement. Window and door trim was either repaired or replaced with vintage detailing and materials for remodel were milled and purchased locally. The charm of this building is in keeping with the master plan of the Community, but the energy efficiency should be studied so that regulations can be developed to insure that future efforts like this are not detrimental to the environment.
A "phenomenological" review of this house might look like this:
PHENOMENOLOGY The approach to this house captivates the senses. The natural materials and textures combine with the aroma of the flowering plants to create a unique address of the senses for this house. The experience becomes more real with the grasp of the hundred and sixty year old door knob. The sound of the opening door is complemented by the creaking of the wood floor and the smell of food cooking once the house is entered. With care and sensitivity, one can feel the ever so slight unevenness of the floor and the vibration of the creaking floor through the soles of shoes. The fireplace is built with true masonry construction by the hand of a local craftsman out of stone from a nearby scree field so it is imperfect, contextual and full of texture. The warm fires in that fireplace heat the entire house. All the work done on this house was specified to be done by hand by local craftsmen with local materials in keeping with the desires of the owners. The sagging roofline and bulging side walls were pulled true with tie rods and hardware reminiscent of the railroad that historically ran only yards from the back of the house. Unlike the new speculative development down the street, there is a character in this house that enhances the embodied experience.
In architecture schools, the Critique method is used for review of design projects which conditions young architects to judge their work compared to the work of their peers and other architectural standards from a critical perspective rather than a phenomenological view. The client is seldom if ever invited to sit on a review panel or design jury. The focus on the architect seems to be the way architecture is seen from within an architectural framework and not from the frame of the embodied experience of the client or end user.
Beauty as an embodied experience, deeper and more meaningful than tacit beauty is conspicuous by its absence in architectural dialogue. Scientific evidence and empirical data seem to even out the playing field and reduce exposure to subjective risk. It is much easier to explain to a jury or developer that a particular design solution is the logical result of a mathematical formula and collected data than it is to go out on a limb and explain why it is beautiful. Beauty has power and along with the power comes fear. James Hillman explains that there are many roads to take to lift the "repression of beauty". One of those roads "is the courage to be afraid". Hillman goes on to explain that "defenses against beauty are often defenses against the fear of its power". It takes courage and emotional equity to design real beauty because of the emotional risk involved. If you make a mistake or find yourself in a hostile crowd defending beauty, the only one you have to look to is yourself because there are no universal formulas. It is as though one must sacrifice himself for beauty. Peter Schjeldahl says that "the self you lose to beauty is not gone. It returns refreshed. It does not make you less intelligent. It gives you something to be intelligent about."
We have engineers to help us create structure. We have politicians to help us understand the needs of the public. We have banks and developers to help us understand the economics of a project. We have environmentalists to help us understand how to balance our work with the environment. We have technology to help us communicate and analyze. And we have clients to help us create beauty. It is important for architects to have a fluent understanding of each of these aspects of design in order to communicate and to lead a project. If we are not careful, we may do so at the expense of our client, and one by one, eventually at the expense of our communities and our world. As architects we are stewards over beauty in our built environment which requires an empathetic stewardship to our clients.
Image Credits Figure 1 (a), (b) and (c) – Kreamelmeyer Residence – photos by Darrick Wade
Julio Bermudez, "Profound experiences of Architecture – the Role of 'Distancing' in the Ineffable", in 2A Architecture and Art – Architecture, Culture & Spirituality Part II, Spring 2011 Quarterly, ISSUE No. 17. Pg 22
James Hillman, "The Practice of Beauty," in Uncontrollable beauty : toward a new aesthetics, Beckley, Bill, and David Shapiro. New York: Allworth Press : School of Visual Arts, 1998. Pg 274
Peter Schjeldahl, "Notes on Beauty," in Uncontrollable beauty : toward a new aesthetics, Beckley, Bill, and David Shapiro. New York: Allworth Press : School of Visual Arts, 1998. Pg 53
Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology" in, The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, pp. 3-35.
Agnes Martin, "Beauty Is the Mystery of Life," in Uncontrollable beauty : toward a new aesthetics, Beckley, Bill, and David Shapiro. New York: Allworth Press : School of Visual Arts, 1998. Pg 399
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Emirates Holdings has streamlined its management processes with the deployment of Microsoft's Great Plains eEnterprise business management solution.
Emirates Holdings has streamlined its management processes with the deployment of Microsoft's Great Plains eEnterprise business management solution. The holdings group, which has a diverse range of business interests, including foodstuffs, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications, implemented the solution with support from Microsoft Great Plains' local partner, Mideast Data Systems (MDS).
With an inventory totaling over 1.6 million electronic records, Emirates Holdings required a solution that was user friendly, flexible, customisable and capable of forming a financial decision-making base.
"Emirates Holdings is an enormous group, with diversified business interests geographically-spread across great distances, so reliability was our first concern when implementing a wide-area network (WAN) application for our staff of more than 40 concurrent users," said Walid Chatila, director of finance and administration with Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Holdings.
"With more than 60,000 installations across the world, the Microsoft Great Plains eEnterprise name carries a reputation for excellence. And, now, Emirates Holdings can be counted among that impressive list of global accounts, as we find that the solution continues to meet even our most challenging financial and accounting demands," added Chatila.
"MDS provides business solutions, not IT solutions," said Hazem Ahmed, division manager, MDS. "Emirates Holdings is a solid Microsoft Great Plains customer because of the advantages that its applications have provided to the company's management team, as well as for its ease-of-use and flexibility in comparison to other IT solutions on the market," added Ahmed.


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Injured shortstop Dansby Swanson didn't make the Atlanta Braves' roster for the National League Division Series. His replacement is Charlie Culberson, someone familiar to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Swanson tore a ligament in his left hand against the New York Mets in the next-to-last series of the regular season. He is one of Atlanta's top defensive players. At the plate, he was hitting .238, with 14 home runs and 59 RBIs in 136 games.
The Braves' 25-man roster features 12 pitchers, including right-hander Julio Teheran, one of just two players who were with Atlanta for its last postseason appearance in 2013. The other is first baseman Freddie Freeman.
The other pitchers are: Brad Brach, Game 1 starter Mike Foltynewicz, rookie Max Fried, Kevin Gausman, rookie A.J. Minter, Sean Newcomb, Game 2 starter Anibal Sanchez, rookie Chad Sobotka, rookie Touki Toussaint, Jonny Venters and Arodys Vizcaino.
Sanchez went to the World Series in 2012 with Detroit. Venters pitched for the Braves in their postseason appearances in 2010 and 2012.
Catchers Tyler Flowers, Rene Rivera and Kurt Suzuki are on the roster.
Besides Culberson and Freeman, other infielders are Ozzie Albies, Johan Camargo, Lucas Duda and Ryan Flaherty. Duda helped the Mets win the NL pennant in 2015.
The Atlanta outfielders are rookie Ronald Acuna Jr., Lane Adams, Ender Inciarte and Nick Markakis.


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Q: Initial conditions when doing method of characteristics Assume we would like to solve PDE by method of characteristics, and take one specific example to be the following, where $a$ is a constant.
$$ \partial_t u(x,t) + a \partial_x u(x,t) = 0 $$
Then, the idea is to parametrize both $x$ and $t$ with parameter $s$ to get the following.
$$ u'(x(s), t(s)) = t'(s) \partial_t u(x,t) + x'(s) \partial_x u(x,t) $$
This expression is zero if we choose $x'(s) = a$, $t'(s) = 1$. Then, we know that for arbitrary parameter $s^*$, we have $u(x(s), t(s)) = u(x(s^*), t(s^*))$.
Solving ODEs we get that $x(s) = as + C_1$ and $t(s) =s+ C_2$ where $C_1, C_2$ are some constants.
Question: I would like to show that general solution of such problem is $u(x,t) = u(x-at)$.
My attempt and confusion: The way I would proceed is the following. Intuitively, ($C_1, C_2)$ are initial coordinates from which characteristic curve goes with parameter $s$ until it hits $(x,t)$. In other words, if $(x,t)$ is given, then, for given $s$, I can compute what should be initial conditions of such curve. This can be done and the result is that $C_1(x,t,s) = x-as$ and $C_2(x,t,s) = t-s$. From here, we get the following.
$$ u(x,t) = u(C_1 (x,t,s), C_2 (x,t,s)) = u(x-as, t-s) $$
I have seen that in some cases people set $C_2 = 0$ but this is not clear to me why could that be allowed. For example, I imagine that some characteristic curves might be circles around $(1,1)$ with radius $<1$ and then none of the initial conditions would go through axis.
I appreciate your help!

A: The general solution is not $u(x,t)=u(x-at)$ but is :
$$u(x,t)=F(x-at)$$
where $F$ is an arbitrary function (to be deterined according to some condition to be specified).
For example if the condition is $u(x,0)=x^3$ on $x^2+t^2=1$
$$u(x,0)=F(x-a(0))=F(x)=x^3$$
So the function $F$ is determined. We put it into the above general solution where $F(\chi)=\chi^3$ with $\chi=(x-at)$. Thus $F(x-at)=\chi^3=(x-at)^3$. The solution is :
$$u(x,t)=(x-at)^3$$
The condition $u(x,0)=x^3$ is satisfied and the PDE is also satisfied.
Note : It seems a bit strange to write "I imagine that some characteristic curves might be circles around $(1,1)$ " because there is no $y$ in this problem. So, no cercle $x^2+y^2=1$. But this is OK if we consider $t$ as a geometrical ordinate but not "time", so that $x^2+t^2=1$ is the equation of a circle.


An old carpenter carves a little wooden puppet from a mysterious piece of wood that seems to have the ability to talk! He begins to love the little creature like his own son and names him Pinocchio. But the mischievous fellow runs away from his loving father as soon as he learns to walk. The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi follows the misadventures and naughty exploits of this delightfully "human" puppet who in his heart of hearts longs only to become a real boy.


I love Hackathons! Here are a few projects I've done.
I saw a gap in the market for remote user testing tools - they are still all meant to be used by trained UX researchers. I wanted to build a tool that is meant for non-UX researchers to use. I chose to build it out as part of the YC Hackathon, as a way to connect with engineers. I was lucky enough to recruit 3 during this Hackathon. This prototype was created in less than 24 hours and demo-ed to YC partners. I was responsible for the conception, design, and implementation.
User research at PlayStation can be expensive, outsourced, and often asks for feedback out of context. This project allows for surveys about PlayStation to be taken directly on the PlayStation using the controller.
This was created during the PlayStation Winter Hackathon in 2017. I partnered with one engineer to build it. We won first place. Watch me presenting it here or view the demo below!
Players usually leave their PlayStations on all the time, rarely powering them off. I wanted to take advantage of that existing behavior, and turn the players' TVs into a centerpiece for gaming art! When the PlayStation is idle, beautiful screenshots players capture, UGC from around the network, games news, trailers, and more will take over the screen. Users can quickly interact with an image by selecting X button, and the interactions will vary depending on the content source.
This was created during the PlayStation Summer Hackathon in 2018. I partnered with one engineer to build it. We won first place. Watch me presenting it here or view the demo below!
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We can teach you how to overcome communication barrier of the deafblindness. We can improve your life quality by increasing your independence, cultivation of your activity and creativity.
We can provide you with information on legal issues.
During the stay you will achieve an improvement of your physical powers, acquire confidence and realize that some of the life obstacles, which were impossible to overcome alone, will be happily overcome with our help.
By the bulletin "Doteky", which informs you and advice you and to which you may have your own contributions.
By organizing a club meetings where you are among your own that understand you.
By legal consultation with lawyer.
By providing interpreting services for the deafblind.
What you or someone close to you have to do for it?
You have to let us know at the listed contact places by phone or in letter what kind of help or advice do you need.
What we have to do for it?
We have to reach out for you with a helping hand and with our hearts open for you.


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College Home / Department of Hispanic Studies / About the Department / Faculty and Staff Listing / Silvia Rodríguez Sabater
Silvia Rodríguez Sabater
Associate Professor of Spanish
Graduate Faculty, M.Ed. in Languages (Spanish and ESOL)
Affiliate Faculty, Linguistics Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Sustainability Literacy
Address: 137 JC LONG
E-mail: rodriguezsabaters@cofc.edu
PhD, Hispanic Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition, Curriculum and Instruction, Pragmatics)
MA, Applied Linguistics and Spanish
Medical Interpreting, Medical Interpreter Competency Exam
Graduate Diploma, Legal Translation
Llicenciatura (BA), English Language and Literature and Secondary Education
Teaching and learning languages online
Exploring sustainability in the L2 classroom
Developing intercultural competence in the service learning context
Developing authentic assessments in the L2 classroom
SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 150: Intensive Elementary Spanish
SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II (face-to-face and Distance Education)
SPAN 202/FYE: Intermediate Spanish II: The geography and cultures of Spain
SPAN 250: Intensive Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 313: Spanish Composition (face-to-to face and Distance Education)
SPAN 323: Civilization and Culture of Spain II
SPAN 344: Advanced Grammar and Lexicon
SPAN 381: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 400: Service Learning: Latinos in the U.S. (face-to-face and Distance Education)
SPAN 448: Spanish Sociolinguistics
SPAN 449: Pragmatics and Language Learning
SPAN 491: Special Topics
SPAN 496: Directed Reading
SPAN 498: Independent Study
SPAN 499/LING 499: Bachelor's Essay
SPAN 590/INTR 510: Language and Culture
SPAN 630: Seminar in Hispanic Studies
SPAN 681: Spanish Linguistics for Language Teachers
LALE 601: Applied Linguistics (face-to-face, hybrid, and online)
LALE 603: Second Language Acquisition
LALE 690: Special Topics in Language Education: Pragmatics and Second Language Learning
LALE 695: Standards-based Teaching Portfolio
HONS 391: Bilingualism Issues: The bilingual community and the bilingual self
HONS 499: Bachelor's Essay
Featured faculty member in Hispanic Studies Faculty Focus. August 2018.
Nominated for Service Learning Award. South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Service Learning Competition. 2017.
Nominated for the Multicultural ExCEL Award "Faculty of the Year." 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015.
Nominated for the Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs Faculty of the Year Award. 2012.
Global Scholar. 2009
Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Initiatives Promoting Undergraduate Research in the Department of Hispanic Studies. 2002.
Rodriguez Sabater, S. (2015). Beyond Mexico and Spain: cultural diversity in Spanish college textbooks. The Southern Journal of Linguistics, 39 (2), pp. 69-86.
Rodriguez Sabater, S. (2015). Cultural activities in Spanish college textbooks. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 19 (3), pp. 37-42. (Special issue on Language).
Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2015). Service learning and intercultural competence in the Spanish as a second language classroom. The Southern Journal of Linguistics, 39 (1), pp. 1-23
Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2011). Review of Schauer, G. A. (2009). Interlanguage Pragmatic Development. The Study Abroad Context. London and New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. The Modern Language Journal, 95, 333-334. (Invited).
Rodríguez-Sabater, S. and Weyers, J. R. (2010). Ning applications in teaching and administration. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 14 (4), pp. 86-91.
Martínez-Gibson, E., Rodriguez-Sabater, S., Toris, C., and Weyers, J. (2010). A study of ser and estar in second language learners of Spanish. Southern Journal of Linguistics, 34 (1), pp. 49-74.
Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2008)."En una playa de Acapulco, les pregunté a unos mexicanos "¿me decís dónde puedo comprar un zumo?" "Por qué se habrán reído?" in Ewald, J. and Edstrom, A. M (pp. 61-70). El español a través de la lingüística: preguntas y respuestas. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2005). Utilizing undergraduate peer teaching assistants in a speaking program in Spanish as an L2. Foreign Language Annals, 38 (4), pp. 533-543.
Rodríguez-Sabater, S., Martínez-Gibson and C. Pope. (2005). Translation into Spanish of the OPTION Observing patient involvement scale by G. Elwyn, A. Edwards, M. Wensing, and R. Grol.
Rodríguez, S. (2004). Review of Reagan, T. G. and Osborn, T. (2002). The foreign language educator in society: toward a critical pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies (vol. 1, no. 3, 2004).
Rodríguez, S. (2003). Programa de conversación a nivel elemental: metas, métodos y maestro-estudiantes [Elementary conversation program: goals, methods, and peer teachers]. Actas selectas del octavo congreso de didáctica del español (pp. 1-7).
Rodríguez, S. (2001). Actividades para la enseñanza de pragmática en español como L2: el caso de los actos de habla [Activities for the teaching of Pragmatics in Spanish as an L2]. Actas selectas del sexto congreso de didáctica del español (pp. 1-12).
Rodríguez, S. (2001). Review of Turell, M. Teresa (Ed.). (2001). Multilingualism in Spain: Sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of linguistic minority groups. Clevedon, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. Linguist Network April 16, 2001).
Interpersonal communication challenges and viable solutions for online L2 learning and teaching. Hispanic Studies Teaching Discussion Series: Innovations and Challenges in Second Language Teaching. College of Charleston. 2018.
Interpersonal communication challenges and (possible) solutions for online learning. TLTCon, College of Charleston. 2018.
Postcards from Mexico: A creative tool to address culture. American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese-South Carolina (AATSPSC). Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 2017. (With J. Weyers).
Applying the ACTFL guidelines everyday in the classroom. Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT). Charlotte, NC. 2016. (With C. Moran).
Beyond Mexico and Spain: cultural diversity in Spanish college textbooks. Linguistics Discussion Series. College of Charleston. 2015.
Cross-cultural awareness activities in Spanish college textbooks. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in San Antonio. 2014.
Create, collaborate, and communicate in a second language: digital literacies in a distance education Spanish course. Digital literacies in and beyond the L2 classroom: a hybrid symposium on research and practice. University of Arizona. 2014. (With L. Plotts).
Representations of indigenous cultures in Spanish L2 textbooks. Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Communication. University of Arizona. 2014.
A critical analysis of Spanish L2 textbooks as sources of cultural information. 2013 Conference of the International Society for Language Studies. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2013.
L2 perceptions of intercultural competence in a service learning Spanish course. Linguistics Discussion Series. College of Charleston. 2012.
Service learning and intercultural competence in the L2 classroom. 2nd International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Communication. University of Arizona. 2010.
Cambio de código en la prensa en castellano de Barcelona [Code switching in the Spanish press of Barcelona]. 2nd Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society. Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. 2008.
Code switching in the Spanish press of Barcelona. Linguistics Series. College of Charleston. 2008.
An overview of Linguistics for Medical Interpreting. The National Medical Interpreter Project for Children's Hospitals. Web Conference. 2007.
Strangers in a foreign land: Hispanics in South Carolina. National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Houston, TX. 2005 (With A. Grove).
To be or to be: the acquisition of ser and estar in second language learners of Spanish. 120th Modern Language Association Convention (MLA). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2004. (With E. Martínez-Gibson).
Visual learning in L2 in the interpretive and presentational modes: the use of graphic organizers. The South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers' Association (SCFLTA). Columbia, SC. 2004.
The use of technology in foreign language program supervision. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLIC). Charleston, SC. 2003.
Programa de conversación a nivel elemental: metas, métodos y maestro-estudiantes [Elementary conversation program: goals, methods, and peer teachers]. Octavo Congreso de Didáctica del Español. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN. 2003.
Students teaching students: a peer teaching program in Spanish as an L2. The International Society for Language Studies 2003 Conference. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. 2003.
Actividades para la enseñanza de pragmática en español como L2: el caso de los actos de habla [Activities for the teaching of Pragmatics in Spanish as an L2: the case of speech acts]. Sexto Congreso de Didáctica del Español. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN. 2001.
"They're more direct here": instances of pragmatic awareness and definitions of pragmatic concepts by L2 learners of Spanish in the study abroad context. The 54th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 2001.
Writing in L2 Spanish: input comes first. Philological Association of the Carolinas. College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. 2001.
Language learning environment and the pragmatic acquisition of requests in Spanish as a L2. Fourth Hispanic Linguistic Symposium. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2000
Selected service activities
HISP Distance Education Committee Chair. 2017-present
Basic Language Steering Committee. 2014-present
Director, M.Ed in Languages Program. 2015-2018
Nominations and Elections Committee. 2012-2013
Committee on Graduate and Continuing Education. 2009-2012; Chair 2010-2012
Senator. 2005-2006 and 2011-2014
Graduate Council. 2003-2005; 2010-2012; 2015-2018
Basic Language Program Coordinator. 2009-June 2011
Global Scholars Program. 2010-present
External panel member in the Department of German and Slavic Studies. 2011, 2012, 2018
Reviewer for tenure and promotion cases: University of Ohio. 2007; Montclair State University. 2007
Faculty search committees (2013-2014, Chair; 2010-2011, Chair; 2009-2010; 2006-2007; 2005-2006; 2004-2005)
Search committees: LCWA TLT liaison. 2018; Assistant to the Graduate Dean position. 2013.
Casa Hispana Advisor. 2011-2014.
Sigma Delta Pi committee member. 2009; 2012- 2018 (graduate advisor).
Interpreting: MUSC CARES Physical Therapy Clinic, Charleston. 2012-2013; Harvest Free Medical Clinic. North Charleston. 2009-2011; Midland Park Elementary School, North Charleston. 2005.
Translation: children's books from Spanish to English. Nube 8, Spain. 2015; Sight Translation of Women's soccer contract (Catalan to English). 2012; Dept. of Teacher Education on indigenous Amazonian students and their cultural understandings of science. 2011; Barceló Abogados web contents (Spanish to English) Barcelona, Spain 2011.
Consulting: Linguistics trainer for the National Medical Interpreter Project for Children's Hospitals. 2006-2007. The College of New Jersey's Spanish Conversation Program. 2006.
Journal reviewer: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Hispania, L2 Journal, Foreign Language Annals, Pragmatics and Language Learning, Language Learning, Proceedings of the 4th Hispanic Linguistic Symposium.
Textbook reviewer: Aula (McGraw-Hill), Arriba (McGraw-Hill), Ambientes (McGraw-Hill), Escalas globales (Cengage). Voces (McGraw-Hill), Puentes (Heinle/Cengage Learning), Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica (Cambridge), ¿Sabías que ...? (McGraw-Hill).


One thing I noticed this past Christmas Eve was that there seems to be a lack of respect lately in the House of God.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't attend church as much as I use to or would like to, but when I do, I'm there for the Big Guy and to honor his welcome.
Just like clockwork, every year around Easter or Christmas, the pews are packed to the brim with bi-annual church-goers. Again, I know I'm not as frequent of a flyer as I used to be, but I still make an effort. Admittedly, as I looked around the church this past Christmas Eve, the unfamiliar faces had an effortless expression of wanting to actually be there, but I suspect it was only so they could say that at least they showed up.
Now, that's not even the worst part. I sat there with my hands folded, trying my best to recite the "Our Father" prayer in my head without the rude distractions buzzing around my ears. The place was loud, and I'm not talking about whispers here and there—there were full blown conversations throughout the church, like a swarm of angry bees, while the priest was trying to deliver his sermon.
It was only then the priest briefly mentioned the two words that will cause an uprise of hate and anger and utter commotion that would turn even a Christmas sermon upside-down: Donald Trump.
That was it. A political uproar cried through the pews, and it was then that I realized that politics and religion just shouldn't mix.
I will say this: if you do not get to Easter or Christmas Eve mass early (seriously, like 35-45 minutes before start time), you WILL NOT get a seat and will have to stand along the back or along the side for the remainder of the time. As I was people watching, waiting to see who was coming in to find out every last available seat was gone, I noticed not once, but twice, an elderly lady and man forced to stand, left with no other option. I waited for someone younger to kindly give up their seat; sadly, it never happened (I would have given up my own seat, but I was on the other side of the church).
If you're not someone who attends mass, allow me to explain the "shaking of the hands." Towards the end of most sermons, right before Communion takes place (when us religious people consume a small round wafer that represents the bread of life and the body of Christ), the crowd exchanges handshakes to all around them in a sign of peace to one another. It's also a showing of respect.
There will always be the argument from those who do not wish to shake other's hands due to illness, or fear of becoming ill, and that's completely understandable. But at least give a simple wave of acknowledgment. I can't even begin to tell you how many people I said "Peace be with you," and not only did not receive a handshake back, but they turned their heads and proceeded to ignore the gesture completely, with not even a word returned.
Lastly, I will leave you with the ultimate sign of rudeness and poor etiquette, and it all revolves around cell phones. Not once, but twice, I was asked by people I've never met before in my life to help them take a photo of the Christmas-themed decorations that draped the altar. I should have kindly refused, but didn't want to be rude.
Of course the flash went off, making everyone turn towards me. That was the last straw for me; I was not only embarrassed for myself, but for more than half of the snowbirds who found it acceptable to be glued to their phones while the priest was spreading the good word. I will defend myself by saying I took the photos before the sermon started, but the point is that once you're through the entrance doors, the phone can wait until you're back outside again once mass has finished.
This discussion has been a long time coming, and I most certainly had this building up inside for the past couple of weeks, but it all had to be said and brought to attention. Church etiquette is not the same as it used to be, and it saddens me. Come in, welcome others, sit down, open your ears, close your mouth and PLEASE leave your phones at home.
It honestly doesn't get any simpler as that.


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The business that i own is getting calls from a company called united cash loans for an employee. We don't allow personal calls of this nature + they are extreemly rude. We have asked them numerous times to stop calling but they scream and cuss saying they will continue to call. We do have a phone number but its not really getting us anywhere. What else can be done with this?
Are these calls from UCL or a 3rd Party debt collector. I have about 5 saved vmx's from UCL calling for one of my associates from 800-354-0602 ext 2015. They have been told repeatedly that the associate is not allowed phone calls but they still call. If you can narrow down who is actually calling, UCL or a 3rd Party, send them a C&D CMRRR and file complaints with the FTC, your AG, their AG and the FTC.
Since you are a business owner, you might try calling your provider and filling out a formal complaint. I'm really not sure how far they (your provider) can go as far as tracing down where exactly this phone call is coming from, but with todays technolgy they should be able to trace them down SOME how.
in regards to recording calls.then sue them up the ying yang.
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A Republican lawmaker pushing to put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions said that bipartisan cooperation is the only route to significant climate change legislation.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Brian K. FitzpatrickFreshman House Dems surge past GOP in money race Cybersecurity Advisory Committee will strengthen national security through a stronger public-private partnership Congress is ready to tackle climate change MORE (R-Pa.), one of only two lawmakers formally supporting Rep. Carlos Curbelo Carlos Luis CurbeloHillicon Valley — Presented by CTIA and America's wireless industry — Lawmaker sees political payback in fight over 'deepfakes' measure | Tech giants to testify at hearing on 'censorship' claims | Google pulls the plug on AI council Lawmaker alleges political payback in failed 'deepfakes' measure Ex-GOP lawmaker joins marijuana trade group MORE's (R-Fla.) carbon tax bill, said Thursday at an event hosted by The Hill that partisan climate proposals can never get the support needed to pass through Congress.
"It's not a question of 'can,' the parties have to come together," Fitzpatrick told The Hill's Editor-in-Chief Bob Cusack during the climate event hosted alongside the Bipartisan Policy Center.
"These purely partisan solutions are never going to work, because you're never going to get the votes you need to pass. We're trying to get something across the finish line to advance the goal," Fitzpatrick said, adding that he's always suspicious of partisan proposals to solve major problems.
Fitzpatrick has set himself apart as one of a handful of current Republicans in Congress to back a proposal to punish companies for their emissions.
The Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, or MARKET CHOICE Act, would put a $24-per-metric-ton tax on carbon emissions and put most of the money toward infrastructure.
Curbelo and Fitzpatrick introduced the bill days after the House easily passed a GOP-backed nonbinding resolution to disavow a carbon tax and declare it detrimental to the country.
"Carlos and I stand for something very different: We're trying to be that voice inside the GOP caucus to advance common-sense, bipartisan solutions to what he and I believe is a very significant threat," the freshman lawmaker said.
Thanks in part to Pennsylvania's court-ordered redistricting, Fitzpatrick is one of the most vulnerable GOP lawmakers in this year's midterm election. Democrat Scott Wallace has polled very closely to Fitzpatrick, and Democratic leaders think he can take the seat.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon WhitehouseHillicon Valley: Washington preps for Mueller report | Barr to hold Thursday presser | Lawmakers dive into AI ethics | FCC chair moves to block China Mobile | Dem bill targets 'digital divide' | Microsoft denies request for facial recognition tech Dems introduce bill to tackle 'digital divide' Senators press drug industry 'middlemen' over high prices MORE (D-R.I.), speaking with Cusack after Fitzpatrick, blamed corporations for the general GOP opposition to climate policies and the failure to pass significant emissions legislation.
"The general posture of corporate America — at least in the United States Senate, where I am — is still violently hostile to movement on climate change," he said.
Whitehouse said fossil fuel interests are actively pushing against climate policies through lobbying and campaign spending, while companies with progressive internal environmental policies are doing little to help.
"And that, I think, is the crux of our problem," he said.


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Queensland leads the world in Australia's coal mining blitz
Ketan Joshi 3 June 2021 0
A new report published by Global Energy Monitor has found that the world's coal producers are significantly expanding their supply of coal, despite growing calls to restrict mining projects to help drive decarbonisation.
The analysis found that 2.2 billion tonnes per annum of new mine projects around the world, a growth of 30% from current coal production, is being pursued globally. A handful of states and provinces in Australia, China, Russia and India are responsible for 77% (1.7 billion tonnes per annum) of the new mine activity.
If these coal mines are seen through to completion, the product supplied will increase emissions around four times beyond a 1.5°C compliant pathway. One quarter of the proposed capacity, 0.6 billion tonnes of coal per annum, is capacity that is already under construction, much of it at risk of becoming stranded due to climate policies.
Australia has the second highest quantity of mine proposals, with 31 megatonnes per annum (mtpa) of capacity under construction and 435 in the planning stages. China is first, and India and Russia are third and fourth respectively.
"While the IEA has just called for a giant leap toward net zero emissions, coal producers' plans to expand capacity 30% by 2030 would be a leap backward," Ryan Driskell Tate, a research analyst at Global Energy Monitor and lead author of the report, said. "Demand for coal is plummeting and financing for new coal projects is drying up. New mines and expansions of existing mines will be producing coal for a world in which coal is unviable economically, and untenable for the environment".
A recent report from Ember highlighted that the emissions footprint of Australia's existing coal exports is greater than the domestic emissions of Germany. While much of the mining capacity in China and India is sponsored by state-owned enterprises, Australia's corporate developers are more varied. "Against market headwinds, even private coal companies in Australia and Russia remain committed to new projects".
Much of the capacity of new mines is in mid-sized projects, as these tend to not attract the same scrutiny from protesters and civil society, the research finds. This is certainly reflected in Australia's coal mine data, released separately by the Department of Industry and analysed for RenewEconomy. There are 60 projects sized 10 mtpa or lower, and only ten sized between 10 and 40 mtpa, according to the latest Department data.
Relative to existing production, Australia's planned coal mines are the largest percentage increase across all countries studied in the report, though Australia also has the highest proportion of coal projects in the 'pre-construction' phase. This means they are vulnerable to status changes if there are shifts in investment, governments or civil society groups.
"The coal-fields of Queensland, Australia, have more coal under development than any state or province in the world (357 mtpa), bolstered by projects in the Bowen and Galilee Basins", the research finds. New South wales come in ninth, after a collection of major Chinese and Russian provinces.
Several Australian firms dominate the top ten coal mine developers by planned capacity, such as Mineralogy (second) and Valiant Resources (fifth). Coal India and Adani are first and third. The report estimates Australia's capital costs of projects under development is $15.8 billion USD, all at risk due to policy changes or changes in demand for coal due to global climate policies.
"All of Australia's thermal mine proposals are early phase developments and thus vulnerable to cancellation, especially with foreign governments moving to cut emissions and reduce demand". The majority of Australia's thermal coal customers have now established net zero targets, and are very likely to announce plans to meet those targets in the short term at COP26, due to be held later this year.
A recent poll from the Lowy Institute found broad cross-party support for a moratorium on new coal mining in Australia, but the idea has not been welcomed from political circles. Recently, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suggested the concept, but that resulted in him being fired from a position advising the New South Wales government on energy transition issues. The firing of Turnbull was welcomed by Deputy New South Wales Premier John Barilaro, who later 'saluted' a train transporting coal from a mine to a port.
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