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The mission of ACTEA is to promote quality evangelical theological education in Africa by providing supporting services, facilitating academic recognition, and fostering continental and inter-continental cooperation.
In this edition of ACTEA eNews:
Change of contact information for ACTEA accreditation
ACTEA eNews changing server
Theological Higher Education conference announced
The Evangelical Training Database
Theological Education Matters by Linda Cannell
Theological librarian seeks position
Seminary seeks senior academics for positions
Two sources for library books
Keeping up with Africa–Reviews of Recent Books
1. Change of contact information for ACTEA accreditation
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3. Theological Higher Education conference announced
The Theological Higher Education conference sponsored by the South African Theological Seminary will take place on 17-18 August 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Every year this conference highlights issues of interest to Christian educators, leaders and theology students. Early-bird registration fee is R350.00 (about US$48) After 16 July registration fee is R380 (or, for a group of 5 or more people: R325 per person).
The theme of the conference this year is "The Rest to the West – Mission Responsibility to Africa." What is the role of Africa to reach the West? Floyd and Sally McClung together with Michael Cassidy are the main speakers of the conference. The conference is for Christians who have a desire to educate, train and develop leaders in Africa with a view to world mission outreach.
For further information contact Jenny Mason at jenny@sats.edu.za
4. The Evangelical Training Database
The Evangelical Training Database project seeks to list missionary, pastoral, and theological training courses in all countries, so that Christians everywhere can more easily find the training they need to serve our Lord Jesus Christ. Initially this is available in English and Spanish, but the project is working to translate the interface into all major languages.
You may register your institution's training courses by following these directions.
Go to www.TrainForChrist.org, click "Training Provider Registration", and follow the instructions. You will receive your password by e-mail and you can log in at Training Provider log-in to then post details of your courses. In the process of registration, please indicate the evangelical associations of which you are member (especially ACTEA) – so that searches specifying those bodies will bring up your courses.
Dr Christopher Wright, former principal of All Nations Christian College, and now leading the Langham Partnership, supports this project, and Geoff Tunnicliffe, head of the World Evangelical Alliance, has said that he hopes to integrate it into the WEA website.
5. Theological Education Matters by Linda Cannell
Dr. Linda Cannell, formerly of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, now at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, recently published a landmark book on church leadership education entitledTheological Education Matters (Newburg, IN: EDCOT Press, 2006), 371 pages, $29 (hard) $19 (paper) $9 (e-book), available from www.lulu.com/candospirit.
It is a must-read for all who are concerned about equipping church leaders (lay or clergy). Cannell explains why so many stakeholders today appear dissatisfied with the "products" of conventional seminaries and explores new models for equipping leadership for the Church. In the process she delves deeply into the history and proposed purposes of theological education from the early monastic period to the present. She concludes with predictions concerning the future of global theological education and some suggestions for making it better.
Book notice by Dr Rich Starcher
6. Theological librarian seeks position
"My name is David Matsveru. I have been working for 15 years as librarian at Harare Theological College in Zimbabwe and resigned to give way for my studies in 2004 at the University of Botswana.I have now concluded my studies, and I strongly feel that as someone who has also done three years of theological training I can serve the Lord best in a theological college context. If you know of any college that is looking for a Christian librarian with theological training and also a bachelors degree in library and information studies please let me know.
I can be contacted at davidmatsveru@yahoo.com"
7. Seminary seeks senior academics for positions
The South African Theological Seminary, a dynamic Bible-based, Christ-centred, Spirit-led distance learning institution, is looking for two senior academics to supplement its faculty:
Head of the Postgraduate School We are looking for a committed Christian with a DTh or a PhD qualification, who has a proven track record in supervising postgraduate candidates, has published articles in well-known journals and has excellent managerial skills. This person will be responsible for managing and developing a large postgraduate school, for supervising postgraduate candidates and for training postgraduate supervisors. He/she will report to the Academic Head.
Senior Academic The person to fill this post will be a committed Christian with a DTh or PhD qualification, and will have experience in the area of postgraduate supervision. This person will need to have published academic articles in peer-reviewed journals and will have outstanding course writing skills. He/she will report to the Academic Head and will be responsible for supervising postgraduate candidates, for course writing, editing and curriculum development.
Both posts require that the person resides in Johannesburg in South Africa. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Please contact the Principal, Dr Reuben van Rensburg at reuben@sats.edu.za or telephone 011 234 4440 for more information.
8. Two sources for library books
The Africa Library Services Office (ALSO) [a partner with Africa's Hope], acquires both English and French books at discount prices from major religious and secular publishers.
ALSO then sells those books to pastors, missionaries, and Bible schools throughout Africa, at discounted prices. ALSO has developed extensive bibliographies or "Core Libraries" at various levels for Bible schools and seminaries to serve the curricular needs of the Bible schools in Africa.
Visit their website at: http://also.network211.com/tools/WebSite.cfm?cid=287&Language=English&catid= 2980&UID=0
The mission of the Theological Book Network is to provide quality academic books and journals to the libraries of seminaries, colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East that provide theological training toward the development of leaders, teachers and clergy in the Christian Church.
The Theological Book Network collects academic books and journals from Western theological libraries, publishers and scholars. All donations are brought to our warehouse where they are sorted and packed for shipment. TBN works with regional networks of institutions for efficiency and breadth of distribution. Recipient institutions share some financial, logistical and administrative responsibilities for the shipment.
Visit their website at: www.TheologicalBookNetwork.org
9. Keeping up with Africa–Reviews of Recent Books
Azumah, John Alembillah. The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-religious Dialogue. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001. 264 pp, pb, $26
John Azumah is now one of Africa¹s leading Christian scholars of Islam. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, he was until recently lecturing at the Henry Martyn Institute in Hyderabad, India. Azumah has written several articles, and now has produced his first book, which is a revised form of his PhD thesis at the University of Birmingham (one of the world's foremost centres for the study of Christian-Muslim relations).
The book presents a detailed review and analysis of some of the darker features of historical Islam as it developed in Africa. "Our aim is not to demonstrate how horrible and nasty the Islamic past in Africa has been, but rather to say that it was, as other systems of the time, not glorious." Azumah has two further goals in the process: to correct the somewhat romantic views of Islam in Africa among certain western scholars, and to invite African Muslims into honest dialogue with African Christians concerning these issues.
After discussing these goals, Azumah looks first at the manner in which Islam developed in Africa, noting especially how the African religious context fostered a "creative and resilient pluralism" in which African Islam incorporated many traditional religious features. Next, he deals with the response to this situation by certain Muslim leaders in the form of military jihad. While these often brutal campaigns achieved limited "success" in expanding Islamic identity and influence, they did not eradicate the indigenous African worldview and its resultant practices. The longest chapter reviews the horrible effects of slavery among Africans by Arab and African Muslims, which was justified by a strong anti-pagan sentiment as well as racial prejudice. Azumah rightly criticizes attempts by both Muslim and western scholars to minimize the harsh realities of Muslim slavery, claiming that it was just as cruel as its western counterpart.
Azumah ends his book by calling for a fresh Muslim-Christian dialogue which reassesses these historical issues with a view towards more positive relations between Africa¹s Muslim and Christian communities. While this is certainly a worthy ambition which calls for patient and persistent effort, this book would require Muslims to take the far bigger step of critical self-analysis. Unfortunately, current events, along with an increasingly intransigent Muslim stance towards the Christian west, mitigate against this goal. Nevertheless, Azumah¹s book will prove valuable for anyone wishing to enter the discussion, and in any case is an essential text for better understanding the particularities of Islam in Africa.
[Review supplied by "BookNotes for Africa", a specialist journal that offers 40+ such reviews per issue on recent Africa-related publications 40+ relevant for theological educators and libraries in Africa and overseas. The subscription rate within Africa is US$8 for four issues (airmail); $12 to overseas addresses. Send inquiries and orders to: BookNotes for Africa, PO Box 250100, Ndola, Zambia, email: rwstuebing@gmail.com]
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Help Ruhi Fund Her Trip To The World Dwarf Games & Repay Her Loan
RUHI SHINGADE
Ruhi, a Para Athlete (Gold Medalist in Powerlifting & Ranked 7th in Badminton Doubles) needs support to participate in the World Dwarf Games
Accepts funds from Indian Passport / ID holders only.
Cause, Sports
How many sportspeople do we know who can do "POWERLIFTING" with the same passion and excellence as they can play BADMINTON? Introducing Ruhi - The Superwoman from Nalasapora, Mumbai.
PIC: Ruhi is a gold medallist and multi-talented.
Here is the story of Ruhi Shingade, a dwarf from Mumbai. Only four-foot tall yet undeterred, she's managed to make her mark as a Para Powerlifter and a Para Badminton athlete.
Doing her country proud time and again, she won the gold in the 40 kg open division category in Powerlifting at the World Dwarf Games in Michigan and qualified for a direct entry to the World Dwarf Games in Canada scheduled for next month. If that wasn't remarkable enough, as a Para Badminton champion, she's ranked 11th in Singles, 7th in Doubles and 8th in Mixed Doubles.
PIC: Ruhi in action at the badminton court. She is also a powerlifter
Ruhi has braved many odds throughout her life to get to this position. She hails from a lower middle-class family that resides in the suburb of Nallasopara in Mumbai. Her parents have been her biggest strength but are in dire need of funds to send their daughter to compete in the World Dwarf Games that start in Ontario, Canada from the 3rd of August 2017. They were forced to take a loan to fund the cost of almost 2L INR for her to travel and be able to participate. So Ruhi is going for the games but desperately needs your help to raise funds so that the loan can be repaid.
Ruhi is raising INR 1.5 Lakh through this crowdfunding campaign to pay back the loan and offset the costs for her participation in World Dwarf Olympics! Help Ruhi who plans to make India proud! The total costs are upward of 1.7 L INR and her parents will bear some of it.
Ruhi's Achievements
Ruhi is an International Para Badminton player and Athlete holding World rankings in multiple categories. In Badminton she has a ranking of 11th in Singles, 7th in Doubles and 8th in Mixed Doubles (as per the latest BWF rankings, November 2016). She has been playing sports at a National level for the past seven years & has bagged many medals. Her aim is to win Gold in the 2017 World Dwarf Games as a Para Badminton athlete.
Ruhi's Story
All was fine in the life of Ruhi Shingade, till she got to high school. She began to notice that all her friends were growing taller than her, but her height remained as is. A few visits to the doctor and she was hit with the bitter truth that her growth had been restricted by a disorder. The shock was followed by denial, and then depression took its place. However, with tremendous support from her family, she completed her schooling. Around that time she started putting on weight and obesity was impacting her overall health.
That's when Ruhi decided to join a gym nearby, called the Strength Gym. A month later she visited her native, Nagpur, to get a certificate indicating her disability. This was needed for higher studies. It was there that she met a kind gentleman who enquired if she was interested in sports. On receiving a positive response, he advised her to go to Yaswanth Stadium and meet Vijay Munishwar.
Vijay was quick to spot Ruhi's strength and implored her to give a shot at powerlifting. Ruhi immediately agreed. Her training at the gym proved extremely helpful. After a few days of training and practice, she participated in the State Level Tournament in Nagpur and won Gold in the junior category.
Back home, she received tremendous support from her gym instructor, Sachin Otavaneker. He trained her for free of cost and pitched in money whenever required. Come 2013, and Ruhi made all her supporters proud by winning gold in a powerlifting competition at the World Dwarf Games in the US.Along with Powerlifting, Ruhi also regularly practised badminton in her building, with her brother. In 2015, she won the Bronze in Mixed Doubles, BWF Para-Badminton World Championships!
Now, Ruhi's aspiring to win Gold at the 2017 World Dwarf Games, Canada. She will be competing in Powerlifting, Badminton, Shot put and Javelin.
Let's come together and fuel Ruhi's dream by helping her raise funds! Her stunted growth is no reason to stunt her aspirations!
Ruhi's Background
She is the eldest daughter in a family of 5. Her father is employed in a private bank, and her mother is a home maker. Her younger brothers are in school. Ruhi's struggles were plenty. Most people look down on the disabled and don't let them lead normal lives.
However, Ruhi was undeterred. She went on to win gold in Powerlifting. Her ranking on badminton are noteworthy too, however, what's astonishing is that she is a self-taught badminton player. Not getting support from her community, she plays Badminton with her Brother in her building.
Her zeal and grit have brought her so far. And now, she's looking for support from you!
COST BREAK UP:
I have taken a loan of INR 2 LAKHS for the tournament. If I can raise 1.5 lakhs through this campaign it will help me pay back my loan with ease. This is putting tremendous pressure on me and my parents. We are a middle-class family and your funding will help me tremendously.
Fueladream charges 2% for the payment for the payment gateway and 7% as crowdfunding charges. With GST the total comes to 10.62%. There is also an initial fee of 3000 INR which is being waived for me.
It's a concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an Idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream is a crowdfunding site and platform in India that allows for such a pooling of funds.You can fund innovations & ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding. When you fund a charity it's more like a donation & you get small innovative rewards like a shout-out on a FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.
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I will brand your company on my apparels, kit bag and wrist band!

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Q: Python data correlation Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the pearson correlation method and the normal corr() method? I expect it to be the same output, is that right?

A: no difference, if method='pearson'

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Q: Google Distance Matrix between two locations does not return results when origins and destinations are reversed Inbound https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=Mount+Monodnak&destinations=Boston+MA
Outbound: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=Boston+MA&destinations=Mount+Monadnock
You can see that data is returned on the outbound leg to the mountain but not on the return back. Travel mode needs to be driving.
I Geocoded Mount Monadnock to get the latitude and longitude and tried the nearestRoad api call but that also returned {}
Here is the URL with my API key removed (but is required) roads.googleapis.com/v1/nearestRoads?points=42.8610804,-72.1083267&key=
A solution I am considering is to find the lat long bounds of the zip code area and find which point is closest to the destination to calculate distance and duration but that is obviously not ideal.
Any ideas or insight would be much appreciated, thanks.


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Eric Johnson, Sports Anchor / Reporter
Published: November 27, 2022, 7:06 PM
Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Women's College Basketball, East Carolina University, ACC, Charlottesville
Virginia women move to 8-0 with 72-50 win over East Carolina
First 8-0 start for the program since 1992
Virginia improves to 8-0 this season (WSLS)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women's basketball team put quite an exclamation point on the 2022 Cavalier Classic Tournament as it downed East Carolina 72-50.
Another pivotal run sprung the Cavaliers to victory. This time a 17-3 spurt to open the second half opened the Cavs up to a 20 point lead. It's the first 8-0 start for the program since 1992 as first-year coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, also called Coach Mox, continues to shape and refine the culture of the program in Charlottesville.
Sam Brunelle led Virginia in scoring with 15 points while three others scored in double figures--Mir McLean, Kaydan Lawson and McKenna Dale. McLean recorded a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
ECU was held to just two made three-pointers and shot just 31 percent for the game.
"I'm definitely proud of our team," said Coach Mox. "In the second half we got considerably better. It's been a long month as far as how many games we've been playing and we've had quick turnarounds, including having only one day to prep, so we haven't really had a chance to work on ourselves. I say that a lot here because it's important. Until today, nobody has played a zone against us, and we knew they'd probably play us 40 minutes in zone. We haven't gone against zone or practiced it since probably preseason. In the first half we really needed to settle in and find our rhythm and then we did that in the second half."
Virginia will travel to Penn State on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tip off with the Nittany Lions.
Eric is no stranger to the Roanoke Valley. He is a Roanoke native and proud graduate of William Fleming High School.


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Home/ELIXIR-UK involvement in ELIXIR/ELIXIR-UK Communities
ELIXIR Communities bring together experts across Europe to develop standards, services and training within specific life science domains. The Communities also provide feedback on the Platform services, which helps ensure these services are practical and useful.
You can visit the ELIXIR Hub website to see the full list of ELIXIR communities. Below are the communities which ELIXIR-UK plays an active role in:
3D BioInfo
Helps to understand the structure of macromolecules like proteins and DNA.
UK involvement: Christine Orengo (UCL) is one of the leads of this Community.
The community aims to make it easier to import data into Galaxy instances, help develop and share Galaxy tools and workflows, and to increase the provision of Galaxy training.
UK involvement: Nicola Soranzo (Earlham Institute) is one of the leads of this Community.
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Develops standards, tools and resources to help identify and characterise IDPs.
UK involvement: Members from the University of Bradford are active in this Community.
Provides the resources, analysis tools and infrastructure to help metabolite identification.
UK involvement: Members from University of Birmingham, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge are active in this Community.
Helps the development of tailor-made microbes and biological systems.
UK involvement: Anil Wipat (Newcastle University) is one of the leads of this Community and Members from the University of Manchester, Cardiff University and Earlham Institute are active in this Community.
Aims to facilitate genotype-phenotype analysis for crop and tree species. ELIXIR-UK is involved in the work of this community, in particular in annotating and submitting exemplar datasets to relevant public archives.
UK involvement: Members from the Earlham Institute, Rothamsted Research, University of Oxford and University of Manchester are active in this Community.
Aims to help us understand the effect of food choices on human health.
UK involvement: Members from the Quadram Institute and Earlham Institute are active in this Community
Human Data Communities
Federated Human Data
Develops long-term strategies for managing and accessing sensitive human data.
Human Copy Number Variation
Aims to make it easier to detect, annotate and interpret human Copy Number Variations (hCNVs).
UK involvement: Members from the University of Bradford, University of Cambridge and University of Leicester are active in this Community


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Okręg wyborczy Berwick-upon-Tweed powstał w 1512 r. i wysyłał do angielskiej, a następnie brytyjskiej, Izby Gmin dwóch deputowanych. W 1885 r. liczbę mandatów przypadających na okręg zmniejszono do jednego. Okręg obejmuje północną część hrabstwa Northumberland.

Deputowani do brytyjskiej Izby Gmin z okręgu Berwick-upon-Tweed

Deputowani w latach 1660–1885
 1660–1660: Thomas Widdrington
 1660–1661: John Rushworth
 1660–1677: Edward Grey
 1661–1665: Thomas Widdrington
 1665–1679: Daniel Collingwood
 1677–1679: Peregrine Osborne, wicehrabia Osborne
 1679–1685: Ralph Grey
 1679–1685: John Rushworth
 1685–1689: Philip Bickerstaffe
 1685–1689: Ralph Widdrington
 1689–1695: Francis Blake
 1689–1690: Philip Babington
 1690–1710: Samuel Ogle
 1695–1698: Ralph Grey
 1698–1701: Francis Blake
 1701–1701: Ralph Grey
 1701–1702: Francis Blake
 1702–1711: Jonathan Hutchinson
 1710–1713: William Kerr
 1711–1715: Richard Hampden
 1713–1715: William Orde
 1715–1723: Grey Neville, wigowie
 1715–1723: John Shute Barrington
 1723–1727: Henry Grey
 1723–1727: William Kerr
 1727–1740: George Liddell
 1727–1734: Joseph Sabine
 1734–1740: Hugh Hume-Campbell, lord Polwarth
 1740–1754: William Barrington, 2. wicehrabia Barrington
 1740–1765: Thomas Watson
 1754–1761: John Delaval
 1761–1765: John Craufurd
 1765–1774: John Delaval
 1765–1768: Wilmot Vaughan
 1768–1774: Robert Paris Taylor
 1774–1780: Jacob Wilkinson
 1774–1795: John Vaughan
 1780–1786: John Delaval
 1786–1790: Gilbert Elliot
 1790–1796: Charles Carpenter
 1795–1802: John Callender
 1796–1802: George Carpenter, 2. hrabia Tyrconnel
 1802–1803: Thomas Hall
 1802–1803: John Fordyce
 1803–1806: Francis Sitwell
 1803–1806: Alexander Allan
 1806–1807: John Callender
 1806–1807: Alexander Tower
 1807–1820: Alexander Allan
 1807–1812: Alexander MacDonald Lockhart
 1812–1820: Henry Heneage St Paul
 1820–1823: Charles Bennet, wicehrabia Ossulston
 1820–1820: David Milne
 1820–1820: Henry Heneage St Paul
 1820–1826: Francis Blake, wigowie
 1823–1826: John Poo Beresford, torysi
 1826–1832: Marcus Beresford
 1826–1827: John Gladstone, torysi
 1827–1835: Francis Blake, wigowie
 1832–1837: Rufane Shaw Donkin, wigowie
 1835–1837: James Bradshaw, wigowie
 1837–1847: Richard Hodgson, Partia Konserwatywna
 1837–1841: William Holmes, Partia Konserwatywna
 1841–1853: Matthew Forster, wigowie
 1847–1852: John Campbell Renton, Partia Konserwatywna
 1852–1853: John Stapleton, wigowie
 1853–1859: Dudley Marjoribanks, wigowie
 1853–1857: John Forster, wigowie
 1857–1859: John Stapleton, wigowie
 1859–1863: Charles William Gordon, Partia Konserwatywna
 1859–1859: Ralph Anstruther Earle, Partia Konserwatywna
 1859–1868: Dudley Marjoribanks, Partia Liberalna
 1863–1865: William Walter Cargill, Partia Konserwatywna
 1865–1868: Alexander Mitchell, Partia Liberalna
 1868–1874: William Keppel, wicehrabia Bury, Partia Konserwatywna
 1868–1874: John Stapleton, Partia Liberalna
 1874–1881: Dudley Marjoribanks, Partia Liberalna
 1874–1880: David Milne Home, Partia Konserwatywna
 1880–1880: Henry Strutt, Partia Liberalna
 1880–1885: David Milne Home, Partia Konserwatywna
 1881–1885: Hubert Jerningham, Partia Liberalna

Deputowani po 1885
 1885–1916: Edward Grey, Partia Liberalna
 1916–1922: Francis Douglas Blake, Partia Liberalna
 1922–1923: Hilton Philipson, Narodowa Partia Liberalna
 1923–1929: Mabel Philipson, Partia Konserwatywna
 1929–1935: Alfred Todd, Partia Konserwatywna
 1935–1941: Hugh Seely, Partia Liberalna
 1941–1944: George Charles Grey, Partia Liberalna
 1944–1945: William Beveridge, Partia Liberalna
 1945–1951: Robert Thorp, Partia Konserwatywna
 1951–1973: Antony Lambton, Partia Konserwatywna
 od 1973: Alan Beith, Partia Liberalna, od 1988 Liberalni Demokraci

Linki zewnętrzne
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tv NBC10 News at 6pm NBC November 22, 2016 6:00pm-6:31pm EST
about who sent it? >> reporter: not any idea. we just finished up a news conference here at atf headquarters? explosive life something that's rare if ever seen. they have examining it at the atf headquarters to discover how it was made and who made it. the outside looked like your typical package delivery. it was left on a stoop on pine street. it even had the victim's name on it. but inside, it was filled with shrapnel and a trigger system. >> it was constructed so that when you open it, did debt nighted. >> the man had just gotten home from a trip, he grabbed it thinking it was his medication. >> he opened it thinking it was something he needed and that's when the bomb went off.
>> reporter: it sent the viblg from to the hospital. he did suffer injuries to his face, his for toe and to his hand. >> somebody told me that there was an incident that a package exploded. >> reporter: neighbors want to know who would intentionally target someone on their block. investigators say the device was unusual, rarely seen in phil. >> no, we haven't seen it here, but we are familiar with it in other areas of the world, so it's something that's been our capabilities and we have the ability to conduct this investigation. >> reporter: and police say there does not appear to be any connection to organized terror. they are investigating other motives, his roommate and other people in the neighborhood. developing tonight, a bull escapes and goes on a wild run through philadelphia.
drivers captured the moment the bull ran through philadelphia. it was quite the scene on i-95. it took off from a slaughterhouse and was then spotted near kensington hospital it was finally spotted right here police headquarters. what have you been able to find out about this? >> reporter: we have actually seen a lot of people stopping to look earlier this afternoon, but the bull arrived here, backed into this patch of brush that you see just over my shoulder here and picked up the dead animal. the conservation officer who had to kill the bull walks us through what happened. >> i was just driving up 95 minding my business and saw this. >> reporter: this is what this conservation officer saw, a bull on the side of i-95.
the maanimal jetted off a slaughterhouse truck, over to the kensington highway and then five miles down the highway. you see officer check, an 18-year veteran with the game commission and police, rounding the run away an mall, they say they determined it was an emergency situation before putting the bull down. >> we're in center city philadelphia, we're not in rural pennsylvania where you have a little more time to make decisions and maybe let the critter go and get a hold of it with a rope or something. it's 3:00 in the afternoon in the middle of philadelphia on a business day.
>> reporter: the cofficer said that the bull could have injured someone on the street so he believes they did the right thing. thanksgiving is now just two days away and travel ever lers want the wind to get in the way. >> lye at the arrow mark building, this flag shows how windy it is out there. this comes as millions of people are leaving their homes for their holiday destinations. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here to let us know how the holiday is going to look. >> looking greet for the next 24 hours, lots of cars on the roads, we're not going to have any problems with the weather now that it's not that windy. 44 in philadelphia, but look at some of these temperatures, in the 30s already in parts of
lehigh valley. and as the night goes on, look at the wind diminish, by 9:00, the temperature goes down to 30. for thanksgiving itself, there is a threat of a couple of showers, especially at the jersey shore and in delaware, that's where the best chances are. we do have some chances early in the afternoon and much of the rest of the area, it's not going to be an especially chilly day, we also have chances of rain for black friday, we'll get into that and the rest of the holiday weekend in just a few minutes. mwe're monitoring one of th busiest travel days of the year and why it may cost you more this year. you can get the latest travel updates on the going by logging on to nbc10.com. the officer accused of
shooting his own son is now charged with attempted murder. officer dorian young turned himself into police today. officer young was off duty at the time. the da says the shooting followed an argue with his son over the use of the family car. >> there's no execute for what happened today, and dorian young will be held responsible for having shot his son. >> young has been a philadelphia police officer since 1991. the police department suspended him for 30 days and plans to fire him. now to the transition to president-elect donald trump. today the soon to be commander in chief met with the newspaper he's criticized for months. he abruptly cancelled the meeting early this morning, accusing the paper of changing the agreed-upon terms of that
meeting. but later on in the day, the president-elect did sit down with the publishers and journalists as well. he said that prosecuting hillary clinton for her e-mails would be, quote, very divisive. and earlier in the day the president-elect announced on twitter that he's seriously considering dr. ben carson as the head of housing and urban development. but just last week, carson's business manager said that he had opted out for any decision. now trump has put the transition planning on hold as he heads to florida for thanksgiving. new fallout in philadelphia following a controversial appointment by president-elect donald trump. this is the scene in center city around 4:00 this afternoon. >> members of the jewish community marching to protest
the appointment of steve bannon. his critics say that bannon is anti-sem ittic and racist. >> the manager will leigh office next month and now speculation over his replacement is growing. according to reports one name on the list is jim schultz, you might recognize him from our political punchout segment right here on nbc10. he was also state general counsel under tom corbin. other names you might recognize, mike hogan and joseph p oshs poluka is being considered.
the plan leaves some fire stations empty to help state of costs. >> reporter: the timing actually works out now for a little example of how this works, engine 6 is clear across the county fighting a fire. wilmington firefighters here saying that closing -- this morning rolling by pass was suddenly brought back. >> when tragedy strikes, it gets taken away, now it's back in. >> reporter: when firefighters call in sick or go on slay indication, the fire chief has to pay others overtime. in january, the fire engine station closest to this fire that claimed two children, it was shut down and the fire i
mentioned that killed christopher leach and jeremy fickes, the engine had to come from two miles away. union leaders say common sense tells you every fire engine around the city should always be staffed and ready to start a fire. >> i can imagine what any resident would feel like, banging on the firehouse doors, and seeing a fire engine just sitting there if something was happening to them just blocks away. >> reporter: the firefighters union and the chief agree on this, to the fire department numbers are down. but a new mayor is coming in, he might elect his own fire chief. it's not clear what the present fire chief is going to do about this rolling by pass situation.
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a plan that would have impacted thousands of people in their commute. maintain a tax agreement with pennsylvania. the agreement allows people to work in either state to pay income taxes at their home state's rate. christie announced in september that he was pulling out of the four decades old deal. millions of people are hitting the roads, skies and the railroads. >> it's all about getting together with family. and today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. the roads are all packed today and nbc10 jersey shore reporter tim furlong is there. >> reporter: i can tell you about an hour ago, 5:00 or so,
southbound lanes of the turnpike came to a stand still, despite the fact that we're still in the m midst of rush hour now, traffic is moving steadily. aaa says it might not be your year to arrive early. for siblings caleb and audrey, it's a long ride to their grand pop's house for their first new jersey thanksgiving. they'll have company, maybe bumper to bumper, an estimated 48 million people will travel this holiday week, a million more than last year, 1.2 million in new jersey alone and 90% of them in a car. how wud it for you? >> it wasn't bad, but i'm looking around the beltline around d.c.
>> reporter: gas tax hike now in full swing, take a look, let's say you're traveling from north jers to south, 118 miles from hoboken to pennsville, you'll play $3 more in gasoline now than last year. >> we planned for a long time and put away money. >> reporter: they'll trade patience for safety. >> you don't want to stuck in traffic on the way home. >> reporter: along with family time and fond memory this is thanksgiving. >> it's absolutely worth it. >> there's some things to a family that are absolutely priceless. we just don't want to miss it. >> and we have been checking the pumps that were stacked up earlier. aaa says the volume of cars we will see on the road this thanksgiving week is the largest in nine years, since 2007 they
atribute a strong economy and momentum on the roads has been building starting on memorial day. i see a boat going fast. . >> at least we don't have snow here. if your plans including syracuse over the thanksgiving holiday, okay boy. >> that two feet of snow is not going to disappear any time soon. but it's one of the few places in the country that has any kind of travel issues as we head toward the thanksgiving holiday. your issue might be to get a heavy coat on. it's already into the 30s in south jersey, also the p.a. suburbs and the lehigh valley. it's chilly out there already. 35 in unionville, 35 in exton,
collegeville, north wales, 36 degrees. that's at 6:00 at night. they're going to be well down into the 20s, especially as the wind continues s ts to die dow. we have some places with winds less than 20 miles an hour. it's pretty close to calm very soon. syracuse area, finally not getting any more snow. but here comes another area of precipitation, a little bit of snow on the northern edge, but that's not going to be affecting us. as you can see, we go through the die tomorrow dry and a really nice day. here comes the rain for thanksgiving day. it's not a well organized area, it's not especially heavy. but there it is, the general shower area coming into the early afternoon and then it months out. that's not real, real impressive. the computer models do show at
least some rain both days. in both cases's not widespread, in both cases it's not especially heavy but it's there. be prepared for that. here we are, we start off, thanksgiving day dry, and then into the afternoon, a couple of showers, a better chance at the jersey shore, and in delaware for black friday, we also start off the day on the drier side. not especially cold and then later on during the day and into the evening we have a chance of some showers there. so things could be a whole lot worse, i remember thanksgiving day with ice, dtrying to drive o thanksgiving dinner. that's not happening. there's a couple of showers thursday, couple of showers
friday, windy, especially on sunday, and significant rain and thunderstorms, that's next tuesday. i'm john clark, a standout eagles player today said we went through is same thing nelson aguilar is going through. and the flyers with a lineup change tonight. it's all next. what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test...
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my gravy had an accidefollow me. i'm usually the gravy master. my guest list just tripled. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family deserves a new tradition... happier and healthier. everything for thanksgiving. that's my giant.
i'm john clark from csn. eagles head coach doug pederson is deciding whether he should reduce the playing time for nelson aguilar.
he only has 260 receives yards this season. that ranks 124th among receivers in the nfl. eagles defense end brandon graham, he also a slow start to his career and now he's flourishing. >> i've been through what he's been through and i called myself up at one point. and i had a guy come to me. and he came to me and said don't you ever say that you're a bust. all you got to do is keep your head down and keep working. and that's what i'm going to say to nelson, hey, man, keep working. >> carson wentz, over his last sick games, he only had four interceptions. >> the way to get him back on track is i got to handle the run
better like we did in laechbt games and you can't put 45 pass attempts on a young quarterback, you're doing hyim a disservice. >> sometimes things happen like that, i don't think we're generating the most over the last few games, so it's normal. at any point during the season for lines to be switched up. it's just the way it goes. >> did you see this hit chris vach vanderbilt took on friday? he's got a few black eyes there. detroit lions linebacker deandre lei levy said that -- well tied,
franko harris and former nittany lions condemned those comments and th and.
everyone from singers to scientists honored today at the white house. >> bruce springsteen is among those who received the medal of freedom. things didn't go smoothly for one of the recipients. ellen degeneres tweeted this photo of herself after not being allowed into the white house because she forgot her id. she was led in about an later. >> i think we know who she is. >> i think we do. >> it was a pretty decent day, a nice day tomorrow and some
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Country Report: Conditions in reception facilities Last updated: 30/11/20
Overall living conditions
The Asylum Home is located approximately 20 minutes by bus from the Ljubljana city centre in a rather isolated area, while the Branch Facility Kotnikova is in the city centre. The towns of Logatec and Postojna, where the other two branch facilities are established, are located 30 km and 50 km from Ljubljana respectively.
The Asylum Home was renovated in 2017. The average room surface in the Asylum Home is around 3.75 – 7.50 m2 per applicant, the same as before renovation,[1] and of similar size to the rooms in the branch facilities. Applicants are normally accommodated in rooms for two to four persons. Bathrooms in all facilities are shared. Hygiene and other conditions in the Asylum Home and its branch facilities are generally considered to be satisfactory.
Applicants are provided three meals per day. Children up to the age of 15 are entitled to two additional intermediate meals.[2] The menu is adapted to special medical or other needs on the basis of a doctor's certificate or other proof. Religious and other dietary customs are taken into consideration, whenever possible.[3] Asylum seekers in the Asylum Home as well as all branch facilities also have common kitchens at their disposal in which they can cook for themselves.
The Asylum Home employs social workers and a nurse, who are present in the facility on a daily basis. A psychiatrist visits the Asylum Home on a weekly schedule and is also available to applicants from branch facilities upon appointment. Social workers are available in the branch facilities as well. Medical assistance is mostly organised through appointments at regular clinics and hospitals. Security is provided by personnel of a security company. Legal counselling is provided by PIC and various other assistance and activities by other NGOs. Student Dormitory Postojna employs specialised staff for care of minors.
The facilities could benefit from more regular employment of cultural mediators and interpreters to help with reception issues and activities, so far only available inconsistently through projects. Kindergarten-type care of children could also be increased in scope. The number of staff in the facilities is otherwise generally considered sufficient, although it may be lacking during certain periods of time (e.g. due to gaps in implementation of projects).
In 2019, due to a large number of arrivals, the Asylum Home could not accommodate all of the persons waiting to lodge their application. Due to the lack of space in the reception area of the Asylum Home, individuals who had not lodged their applications were also accommodated in the room intended for common activities or on the hallways of the Asylum Home. For that purpose, beds were brought into the common room or the hallway. Hygiene standards were not adequate and people could not have any privacy. The number of people accommodated in the reception area of the Asylum Home often exceeded the number of available accommodation places. Due to the overcrowding of the accommodation spaces in the reception area of the Asylum Home, people were also accommodated in containers in Logatec. During the winter they were accommodated in one part of the centre. Although the conditions were not appropriate for longer stays, people had to wait to lodge the application for up to 15 days.
The medical examination is normally performed before the interview but on account of the delay in lodging, people were also obliged to wait for the medical examination. Before the medical examination was performed, they were in contact with other asylum seekers and employees of the Asylum Home. Due to the increase of arrivals, hygiene conditions were low and represented a health risk for both the asylum seekers and people working in the Asylum Home. After they lodged their applications, they were accommodated in the Asylum Home or one of its branches.
Activities in the centres
Many NGOs and humanitarian organisations provide support in the Asylum Home on a regular basis. PIC lawyers are available to asylum seekers for legal aid and assistance in the Asylum Home every weekday between 8 am and 3 pm. The Institute for African Studies provides special information sessions following the asylum application with unaccompanied children and other potential victims of trafficking. Društvo UP carries out activities every day, through a project aimed at assistance with accommodation and care of asylum applicants, which includes psycho-social assistance and free time activities. The organisation Mozaik currently provides two hours of childcare every day for families accommodated in the Asylum Home. Javni zavod Cene Štupar carries out a daily programme involving Slovenian language and literacy classes and learning assistance. Free time activities are currently also carried out by Slovene Philanthropy. The Red Cross Slovenia provided psycho-social counselling as well as workshops on sexual and gender-based violence in cooperation with Zavod Emma once per week.[4] Asylum seekers also have a room in the Asylum Home dedicated for prayer and practicing their religion.
The Branch Facility Kotnikova is visited by PIC lawyers providing legal counselling every Tuesday and Thursday between 15:00 and 18:00. Slovenian language and literacy classes are also carried out on a daily basis by Javni zavod Cene Štupar, which is the same as in the Asylum Home. Slovene Philanthropy provides English classes twice or three times per week and Red Cross together with Zavod Emma provided counselling to victims of SGBV twice per month.
The Branch Facility Logatec is visited by PIC lawyers for legal counselling every Wednesday. Slovenian language and literacy classes are carried out on a daily basis by Javni zavod Cene Štupar. In 2019, the Red Cross together with Zavod Emma provided counselling to victims of SGBV once per week.
One shortcoming observed in the Slovenian system is that pre-school children do not have access to regular kindergartens and families can, in this regard, only rely on NGO activities, which may not always be available or sufficient.
Apart from the above, activities are also carried out in the Asylum Home and branch facilities by the social workers of the UOIM.
A project for interpretation and cultural mediation with access to health care, as described under (see Health Care), is implemented in the Asylum Home and Branch Facility Kotnikova and was previously also implemented in the Branch Facility Logatec.
In the Student Dormitory Postojna, activities are mostly carried out by the specialised staff of the facility; various educational, cultural and sports activities are organised by them in the dormitory and outside. Children also attend Slovenian and literacy classes organised by Ljudska univerza Postojna. Various other smaller activities and assistance are implemented by other organisations. PIC lawyers visit the facility to provide legal counselling once per month.
Average duration of stay
Considering that more than half of persons applying for asylum in Slovenia abscond – around 2,372 out of the 2,875 persons applying in 2018 – usually within a short time after the application, the turnover of people in the reception facilities is quite high. Applicants in the regular procedure often wait for the decision for over six months, possibly over one year or longer. The duration of Dublin procedures varies considerably and may be quick or take several months or longer. The average duration of accommodation in 2019 per person was 24 days.[5] The statistics for the average duration of stay per reception facility is not available for 2019.
[1] European Migration Network (EMN), Focused Study: The Organisation of Reception Facilities for Asylum Seekers in different Member states, Slovene national contribution, 2013.
[2] Article 14 Decree on the methods and conditions for ensuring the rights of applicants for international protection.
[4] The project was concluded in December 2019.
[5] Information provided by UOIM, February 2018.


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As a brief introduction into the science of water one must realize that up to present in the traditional science there has not been any evidence of various states of "liquid" water, therefore the following discovery can be considered sensational.
The water bridge is a phenomenon that was discovered by William Armstrong in 1893 and has been forgotten until recently. In this demonstration two glasses with distilled water are placed under tension, which forms a floating bridge between the two glasses.
Dr. Elmar Fuchs changed from the TU Graz to the Netherlands, where he is now Scientific Project Manager and Researcher at Wetsus – Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology. Using the most modern technology and perfect, optical measuring instruments he is able to continue his research on the phenomenon of the water bridge.
Through high-speed cameras and femtosecond lasers, it was established that water forms further structures apart from the already known "loose" and "firm" connections (appropriate for liquid water and ice). With this one has entered "No Man's Land" between "loose" and "firm", and has expanded the classic knowledge regarding water.
Water in a liquid state does not form firm structures – actually connections in the water network change incredibly fast – within femtoseconds (10e-15). The research at Wetsus has shown that this dynamic changes significantly if a strong electric field is placed near water. This is also highly relevant for biology since comparable and even stronger fields appear in living cells.
The fact that water has the ability to take on various states corresponds to the ideas and concept of Johann Grander, who discovered more than 30 years ago that water can be altered through the treatment with his natural magnet motors into having a very high, inner order (structure). This very concept of water's behaviour discovered by Johann Grander is embedded in the idea: through the improvement of the water state a stable system can be created, one that has a stronger self-cleansing power and therefore a higher water quality as a result.
For many years the need for a "new" water model has become more and more important due to the numerous anomalies of water. The sensational discovery by Wetsus emphasizes this scientific demand. When, or if, a new generally valid water model will be established is unknown. However, we know that there are and will always be discoveries that challenge all present-day physical laws and that the water research has not reached its peak at all.


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Chaotic, unorganized, sloppy, dysfunctional, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder power user extraordinaire. No, I am not describing Miley Cyrus, I am talking about how I feel with all of the new educational technology tools that are out there. Just when I start using one, something newer and better comes along to pick up the torch. We have based our Techlandia podcast around keeping teachers informed on what is the latest and greatest. I look back at all our Learnist boards and there is A LOT of information out there to digest and take in.
One of my favorite tools to help with this is Symbaloo. I have been using Symbaloo for almost three years, and they keep improving to make things easier. I just created a Symbaloo "webmix" of all our Techlandia episodes last night. It didn't take very long at all, and the finished product ends up looking very professional. Those are all the qualities I need in a web tool: simple to create, saves time, and gives a great product when you are finished.
Symbaloo is responsible for the growth of my PLN on Twitter. I talked with them after a demo at the 2011 ISTE Conference in Philadelphia. Then I proceeded to my last session, which was 60 in 60 by Brandon Lutz. The session was packed, and Brandon ripped through 60 webtools in 60 minutes. I went back to the hotel, and started working on my webmix for all the websites Brandon shared. When I was finished, I contacted Brandon and told him I was going to share the webmix on Twitter. He was very positive and suggested that I put the link to his website and Twitter handle in the webmix. It was one of the first things that I shared that people responded to positively on Twitter. I could see people sharing and adding the webmix to their Symbaloo accounts, and that gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I have been trying to make and share items like that ever since.
One of my other favorite uses of Symbaloo is to curate class projects in the same place for viewing by students and parents. I like for students to have a forum to share and present projects. A quick Symbaloo webmix can get all your projects together in one nice board. A tap of the sharing options gets their hard work shared on social media, which they can also get feedback from. I used the Twitter hashtag #comments4kids to see if other teachers and students would give feedback. It raises the bar if the students know that their work will be shared with people outside the school. I also like organizing the projects in a Symbaloo webmix, so that we can look back on their work at the end of the year. It makes for good discussion on how much progress they have made throughout the year.
If you get the chance, sign up for Symbaloo and give it a try. I think it is great for visual learners. All you do is press the button, and you are at the website! This is my Symbaloo profile if you want examples of my webmixes. If you need any help getting started, I am just a tweet away @ipadsammy. I have also embedded my newest creation, all the Techlandia episodes in one place, along my two most popular boards. Once you start….you can't stop!
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Digital download: An ecumenical prayer walk for Good Friday which uses local landmarks to relate to the concerns of the community and its links to the wider world. Based on the medieval tradition of fourteen stations of the Cross. 24 pages.
On a Hill (PDF download)
Bob Warwicker and Janet Lees £2.60
Digital download: An outdoor service for Good Friday. 10 pages.
The Empty Day (PDF download)
Digital download: A liturgy for group use, intended as a way of using Holy Saturday within the context of Passion liturgy, by pausing, and reflecting on a world without God, and on our own human losses. 14 pages.
On the Other Side of This Day (PDF download)
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Digital download: A poetic reflection on death and loss, including that of Jesus, for Holy Saturday. 4 pages.
The Very Best Kind of King (PDF download)
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Digital download: A lively all-age service for Palm Sunday, including a dialogue between the pebbles on the road that Jesus travelled, an exploration of what it means to be a king, and an opportunity to make a crown of thorns from pipe cleaners. 10 pages.
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Digital download: Eleven poems to reflect on during Passiontide: 'a sacred time of remembering what it means for a friend, and brother, to be betrayed, to be afraid, to be humiliated, to be falsely accused, to be deserted by those who love him ' 10 pages.
In Light and Love (PDF download)
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Digital download: Thoughtful and insightful reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week. 13 pages.
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Digital download: A reflection on the Beatitudes, encompassing the two different versions that appear in the Bible and two different translations, resulting in a set of ten distilled statements to meditate on during Holy Week or at any other time of the year. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Digital download: A reflection and a poem for Holy Saturday on the relationship between Jesus and Judas and what betrayal means for us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Elaine Gisbourne £2.20
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Maundy Thursday, centred around a story of homelessness, shame and self-loathing from the author's work as a Street Pastor. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 6 pages.
Wednesday of Holy Week – An extravagant gift of love (PDF download)
Bonnie B Thurston £2.20
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for the Wednesday of Holy Week, with an emphasis on one woman's gesture of love for Jesus and what that means for all of us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises. 6 pages.
Tuesday of Holy Week – Peace will grow from the ground up (PDF download)
Mike Mineter £1.85
Digital download: A reading, a reflection and a prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week on working for a peaceful solution within a situation of conflict. From the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
A Story of Love (PDF download)
Ruth Burgess £3.20
Digital download: Prayers, responses, reflections, blessings for each day of Holy Week. Includes an all-age service for Good Friday with an activity. 23 pages.
Monday of Holy Week – The courage to be the only voice (PDF download)
Lyn Ma £2.50
Digital download: A Bible reading and a reflection for the Monday of Holy Week on having courage to stand up and speak out for what is right, with an emphasis on asylum seekers. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 9 pages.
Walking in a Wider World (PDF download)
Digital download: Readings, reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week up to Easter Monday. 9 pages.
Seven Moments (PDF download)
Stephen J Maunder £2.80
Digital download: A service of prayer and reflection recalling seven moments during the day of the death of Jesus. After each reading, one of seven candles lit at the start of the service is extinguished. 14 pages.
Palm Sunday – Surges of Hope (PDF download)
Katharine M Preston £2.10
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Palm Sunday, taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 5 pages.
Walking to Emmaus Again (PDF download)
Sarah Agnew £2.20
Digital download: A dramatic and poetic telling of the road to Emmaus story, for two actors and a narrator. 6 pages.
Seven Actions (PDF download)
Digital download: A reflective service for Maundy Thursday, leading into Holy Communion. Seven candles are lit during the service in response to seven actions in the narrative from John 13. 14 pages.
Rosemary for Remembrance (PDF download)
Trevor Thorn £2.20
Digital download: A meditation and a reflection for Good Friday, a lament for Holy Saturday, and a simple all-age activity for Easter Sunday. 6 pages.
Prayers for the Journey to Easter (PDF download)
Digital download: Four substantial meditative prayers for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. 6 pages.
Take us Back (PDF download)
David McNeish £2.30
Digital download: A thoughtful service for Good Friday featuring seven voices dispersed among the congregation. 7 pages.
Living Easter (PDF download)
Digital download: Another of Nancy's lively communion services for all ages, this time for Easter Sunday and incorporating a rooster's view of the Resurrection. The author is a former Deputy Warden of Iona Abbey. 13 pages.
Following the Light of God's Spirit (PDF download)
Tim Aldred £2.80
Digital download: Worship resources for Good Friday, including drama scripts, with some reflections/prayers for other days of Holy Week. The author is currently Head of Policy and Research at the Fairtrade Foundation. 15 pages.
Transformed by Life (PPT download)
Pat Bennett £2.40
PowerPoint download: An Easter Sunday Communion service celebrating not only the resurrection but also the transforming power of love and life. A call to embrace new, vibrant possibilities and radical living. 26 slides. Also available in PDF format and combined PDF+PPT.
Transformed by Life (PDF+PPT download)
Combined PDF and PowerPoint download: An Easter Sunday Communion service celebrating not only the resurrection but also the transforming power of love and life. A call to embrace new, vibrant possibilities and radical living. 8 pages / 26 slides. Also available in separate PDF and PowerPoint formats.
Stories for Holy Week (Cycle B) (PDF download)
Tom Gordon £3.50
Digital download: Modern parables for each day of Holy Week, from Passion/Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, taken from Tom's book With an Open Eye. These stories relate to lectionary cycle B and offer reflections on life and faith that help us to be aware of familiar things in a new and imaginative way. 39 pages.


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Phtheochroa inopiana es una especie de polilla de la familia Tortricidae. Se encuentra en China (Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin), Irán, Japón, Mongolia, Rusia y la mayor parte de Europa. También se ha registrado en América del Norte. El hábitat consta de áreas húmedas y bordes de bosques.

Descripción
La envergadura es de 17–22 mm. Las alas anteriores son relativamente estrechas y parduscas, de color bastante variable. Los adultos son sexualmente dimórficos, las hembras son más sencillas que los machos. Meyrick lo describe:

Alimentación
Las larvas se alimentan dentro de las raíces de Pulicaria dysenterica. La especie pasa el invierno en estado larvario.

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Tag Archives: dangerous humor
The Zuckerberg Atrocity
Posted on October 9, 2014 by bd
How about some crass humor?
For some, the costs are higher. In 2010, 12-year-old Amanda Todd bared her chest while chatting online with a person who'd assured her that he was a boy, but was in fact a grown man with a history of pedophilia. For the next two years, Amanda and her mother, Carol Todd, were unable to stop anonymous users from posting that image on sexually explicit pages. A Facebook page, labeled "Controversial Humor," used Amanda's name and image—and the names and images of other girls—without consent. In October 2012, Amanda committed suicide, posting a YouTube video that explained her harassment and her decision. In April 2014, Dutch officials announced that they had arrested a 35-year-old man suspected to have used the Internet to extort dozens of girls, including Amanda, in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The suspect now faces charges of child pornography, extortion, criminal harassment, and Internet luring.
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Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir, decided to draw attention to similar problems by creating a page called "Men who hate women," where she reposted examples of misogyny she found elsewhere on Facebook. Her page was suspended four times—not because of its offensive content, but because she was reposting images without written permission. Meanwhile, the original postings—graphically depicting rape and glorifying the physical abuse of women—remained on Facebook. As activists had been noting for years, pages like these were allowed by Facebook to remain under the category of "humor." Other humorous pages live at the time had names like "I kill bitches like you," "Domestic Violence: Don't Make Me Tell You Twice," "I Love the Rape Van," and "Raping Babies Because You're Fucking Fearless."
• zuck/zucked/zucking: Shorthand term describing online rape threats for the sake of humor; named after Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.
• Raping Mark Zuckerberg page on Facebook: Why not see how long Facebook lets that one stand as a humor page? Doll up photos of Mark Zuckerberg and have at it.
• Taking the Piss: A bit of a twist on the classic English phrase; put photos of Mark Zuckerberg in urinals, snap the photo, post them to a Facebook "humor" page.
• Use your imagination: Really, I can't keep thinking like this. It's actually uncomfortable. (See below.)
One would think the problems are obvious. To wit, how do we define fair? Do we really think this sort of thing would stay confined to activism? Of course it wouldn't. And while fair is fair insofar as Zuckerberg is apparently just fine with how things go at Facebook, so why not treat him the same way, isn't that also kind of the point? It's wrong to treat any person that way, regardless of how much the Facebook CEO might occasionally look like he's hoping you don't get squirt in his face, and please not in the hair. (Spit or swallow?) Poor Mark. But then, billions of dollars do a lot to relieve the stresses of having a conscience.
Then again, it would be a good thing to hear people on television starting to refer to how a person got "zucked". Shame might be the only way to test whether or not Mark Zuckerberg has a conscience left.
And if you're confused? Just read through Catherine Buni and Soraya Chemaly's article for The Atlantic. There's a reason Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are atrocities against humanity.
Buni, Catherine and Soraya Chemaly. "The Unsafety Net: How Social Media Turned Against Women". The Atlantic. 9 October 2014.
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Your pregnancy begins at conception. (Friday, June 29, 2018) Your due date is 266 days (38 weeks) later (Thursday, March 21, 2019). We will use the more popular numbering, starting 14 days before your conception. According to this, you are already 2 weeks pregnant at the time of conception, making your total pregnancy last 40 weeks, or 280 days.
Your first trimester is from Thursday, 6 28, 2018 to Wednesday, 9 12, 2018 .
Your second trimester is from Thursday, 9 13, 2018 to Tuesday, 12 25, 2018 .
Your third trimester is from Wednesday, 12 26, 2018 to Wednesday, 3 20, 2019 .
Mar 21, 2019 It is your due date!
An alternative calculation of your due date, based on the Mittendorf-Williams method.
2. We -and probably your doctor too- use Naegeles method (anno 1838) to calculate your due date: Add 280 days to the start of the last menstrual cycle, or 266 days to the ovulation.
3. Your due date is an estimate, it is an average. In the chart below you can see the reality. In week 38, 2 weeks before the due date, 2 out of 10 women will give birth.
In week 39, 1 week before the due date, 2 out of 10 women will give birth.
In week 40, the due date, 3 out of 10 women will give birth.
In week 41, 1 week after the due date, 2 out of 10 women will give birth.
It is very unlikely that your baby will gestate for longer than 42 weeks. In such cases, estimated due dates may have been incorrectly calculated.


ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech baseball team begins the 2009 season Friday, Feb. 20 when it opens a three-game series with Lipscomb. Every day, leading up to the first pitch, a different member of the 2009 squad will check in with Yellow Jacket fans. Today sophomore Jeff Rowland is letting Tech fans get to know him a little better.
First job: I was a bag boy at Food Lion and HATED IT! I had to clean the bathrooms and mop the whole store.
My bucket list: Sky dive, see the world, and shoot a monster buck.
My motto: Bring your rainy day running shoes even when the sun is shining.


What do you think this 3 OPEN GUARD SWEEPS: Balloon Sweep and Helicopter Armbar with Professor Mackens Semerzier video?
Professor Mackens Semerzier received his Black Belt from the hands of 7th degree Black Belt Master Pedro Sauer in July of 2013. He was a dedicated student at Linxx Academy under the watchful eye of current Coastal BJJ owner and head instructor Professor Nestor Bayot and Linxx Academy owner and head instructor Professor Frank Cucci. Professor Semerzier dedicates a majority of his success to the training and mentorship he has received from these two well respected instructors.
Professor Semerzier retired from professional MMA in 2012 after winning the WKA featherweight title by second round submission to focus on finishing family and finishing his degree in business at Virginia Wesleyan College. In 2014 he completed an extensive and detailed instructorship program at the Gracie Academy headquarters in Torrance, California under the instruction of Rener and Ryron Gracie. Combined with his years of previous formal instruction the manner in which he can command a class is second to none.


Sony wanted to boost sales of their premium electronics models (camera and TV). Competition is strong in the main electronics stores with limited product knowledge with in-store retailers sales assistant. Sony wanted to ensure that highly trained sales teams were available on the shop-floor to help sell Sony products especially on high-end models.
We created a Brand and Retails Activation team of 90 sales promoters and 2 Field Coaches.
Alongside frequent product training by Sony we offered our promoters an extensive training programme to ensure the best sales results and a strong and committed pool of talent for Sony.
Improved client relationship with a true partnership approach. Highly trained sales team who provide extensive product knowledge to both consumers and in-store sales team resulting in increased sales.


The Creative Network returned to Leyland for 1 scorching weekend of live entertainment!
Nigel (never out of the papers) Stewart put together a great line up in the pubs, clubs, restaurants and on the streets of Leyland….
I had the very easy duty of documenting a few of the highlights over the 2 days, The Street Monkeys (hope they have good insurance) could be seen jumping off walls at Peek-a-Brew, Ryan & Tom really got the crowds going in The Railway & The Gables on Saturday Night, James Christy entertained the crowds outside Peppermint Cottage and that was just a very small percentage of what happened that weekend.
Chorley Live is coming in October and Nigel tells me there will be a lot more after that!
Next Dionne & Andy: Wedding video teaser.


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Volleyball Closes Out Weekend With Win Over Louisville
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Finishing with 14 blocks, including 13 over the final three sets, Florida State (17-7, 10-4 ACC) came from behind to defeat Louisville (16-8, 9-5 ACC) in four sets on Sunday by the score of 18-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-22.
Freshman Emma Clothier finished with a team-high eight blocks, while five Seminoles ended with at least three blocks – Taryn Knuth (6), Jasmyn Martin (4) and Payton Caffrey and Jessica Nunge with three each. The three blocks for Nunge tied a career high for the freshman, matching her performance at UNC on October 13.
"Honestly, since the North Carolina match a few weeks ago when we had a few players out due to illness and injury, we haven't played well," said FSU head coach Chris Poole. "Even when we have won, we have still struggled. I thought the first set today looked a lot like how we've played recently, but then we came alive and played so much better the final three sets. We ran our offense much more effectively and had a lot more confidence. That was the difference and hopefully we can gain a little momentum out of it."
Florida State opened the match with three straight points on a pair of kills by Martin, but Louisville came back to score five of the next six points to take a 5-4 lead. The middle of the set was a back-and-forth battle until the Seminoles went on a 4-0 run, including kills by Knuth and Morgan Chacon, along with a service ace by Adrian Ell, to take a 15-12 lead. Louisville took control from that point, closing the set with a 13-3 run to post a 25-18 win in the first set.
The Seminoles bounced back in the second set, posting a quick 9-1 lead on a pair of kills and a pair of aces by Caffrey, as well as a block by Martin and Clothier. The Cardinals came back and got within four points at 16-12 and then the Noles posted a 5-2 run with a kill by Martin and a service ace from Lauryn Burrows to push the lead back out to seven at 21-14. Florida State carried that momentum to tie the match with a 25-16 win in set two.
FSU started the third set with a 7-1 scoring run, including another ace by Burrows, as well as kills by Clothier, Caffrey and Knuth. The Cardinals scored the next four points, but the Seminoles made it 17-7 after a 10-2 run that included consecutive aces from Taylor Roberts and a trio of blocks involving Knuth, Caffrey and Clothier. Florida State wrapped up the set by scoring six of the last seven points, including consecutive blocks from Knuth and Nunge, to post a 25-12 win.
The Seminoles opened a 4-1 lead in the fourth set, including a service ace by Lily Tessier, but Louisville rallied to tie the set at 8-8. The Noles followed with three straight points, all on kills by Caffrey, before the Cardinals managed to take the lead at 15-14. There were four lead changes and five ties throughout the middle of the set, until Florida State took the lead for good at 21-20 on a kill by Nunge. Three of the final four points for the Seminoles came by way of blocks from Clothier, Caffrey and Martin, as FSU secured the match with a 25-22 win in the fourth.
Caffrey recorded 16 kills to lead the team, while Chacon finished with 11. Clothier tallied a team-high .455 hitting percentage on eight kills with just one attack error, and Tessier and Ell shared the setting duties with 21 and 19 assists, respectively. Florida State set a season high with nine service aces from five different players, led by three from Roberts.
The Seminoles only have one match this coming week as Florida State hosts North Carolina (12-11, 9-4 ACC) on Sunday, November 17 at 1:00 p.m. The contest between the Noles and Tar Heels will be broadcast on the ACC Network Extra, and links for the stream and live stats will be available on the volleyball schedule page on Seminoles.com.
Follow Florida State volleyball on Twitter (@FSU_Volleyball) and Instagram (fsuvolleyball), and like our Facebook page (Facebook.com/FSUVolleyball) to keep up to date with everything about Seminole Volleyball.
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Asa Garden offers residents a luxurious and comfortable home right in the heart of the city. This high rise apartment building was completed in 1986 and features 18 floors that contain a total of 73 newly renovated units. Options include large three-bedroom and four-bedroom units, which are ideal for families who are looking for a new home and pets are welcome here.
One of the great things about Asa Garden is the building's large number of facilities. The large outdoor swimming pool is situated close to a separate children's pool and is surrounded by sun loungers, while the building also features a children's playroom, a tennis court and a game room complete with a snooker table. As the name suggests, Asa Garden boasts a gorgeous landscaped garden, which features a large gazebo.
The building boasts a location in a quiet neighbourhood on Sukhumvit soi 24. Phrom Pong BTS station is just a five minute walk away and connects the area with the rest of the city. A number of leading international schools and hospitals can be found nearby as well as some of the city's best international restaurants.


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Environmental Justice, Denied
Rare discrimination finding by EPA civil-rights office
Michigan regulators treated African American residents unfairly during the permitting of a power plant in Flint, feds say
Talia Buford
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's civil-rights office has made a rare finding of discrimination, saying the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality treated African American residents of Flint unfairly during the permitting of a power plant more than two decades ago.
In a letter dated Jan. 19, the last full day of the Obama administration, the EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance Office said the evidence showed that "African Americans were treated less favorably than non-African Americans" during permit hearings for the Genesee Power Station – which burns wood waste and other debris – from 1992 through 1994. A "preponderance of the evidence in EPA's record would lead a reasonable person to conclude that race discrimination was more likely than not the reason …," office director Lilian Dorka wrote to the complainant, Father Phil Schmitter of the St. Francis Prayer Center in Flint.
The Genesee Power Station in Flint, Mich., a poor, largely African-American city.
In a statement, Schmitter said, "Communities of color and schoolchildren have had to grow up near this horrible power plant and be subjected to its harmful emissions. It's unbelievable that it took EPA decades to make this finding, but it's important to send a clear message to MDEQ, even now, that it needs to change the way it does business."
A Center for Public Integrity investigation in 2015 detailed the EPA's anemic enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin by recipients of federal funding. The analysis showed that the civil-rights office hadn't made a finding of discrimination in 22 years – apart from a preliminary one in 2011 – despite having received hundreds of complaints. Last year, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights cited the Center's work in a performance review that found the EPA was failing to meet its obligations under the act.
In last week's letter to Schmitter, the EPA found that MDEQ officials "deviated from … standard operating procedures [at public hearings] on more than one occasion to the detriment of African Americans." For example, it said the department used armed guards to intimidate speakers and closed hearings before all who wanted to speak had done so. The letter recommends, among other things, that the MDEQ improve its public-participation policies and add information about non-discrimination laws to its website. The department has failed to operate a "foundational nondiscriminatory program" for almost 30 years, the letter said.
In a statement, the department said it "disagrees with the EPA assertion that MDEQ has not taken sufficient action to address public participation, especially in minority communities… Above all, our purpose is to respect Michigan residents and to protect public health and the environment."
The EPA's finding on the Genesee plant is separate from "additional and current serious concerns" the agency has expressed about the MDEQ's handling of the drinking-water crisis in Flint. There is no public record of any civil-rights cases having been filed, but the EPA told BNA it received at least two emailed complaints alleging discrimination by state, county and city officials after Flint's water supply was tainted with brain-damaging lead in 2014.
In another letter on Jan. 19, the EPA announced that the New Mexico Environment Department had agreed to take steps to improve the public-participation process for a proposed hazardous-waste disposal site in the southeastern part of the state. A group called Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping had filed a civil-rights complaint against the department in 2002, alleging it had shown a pattern of discrimination against Spanish-speaking residents. Under the agreement, the department said it would "develop, publish and implement written procedures to ensure meaningful access to all of NMED's programs and activities by all persons, including access by limited English-proficient individuals…"
Deborah Reade, who filed the complaint on behalf of the citizens' group, said in a statement, "It took far too long to get to this point. But finally there's an agreement in place that should lead to more equitable public participation so communities' voices are heard when permits to pollute are being considered. We'll be watching to make sure that New Mexico implements the agreement."
The EPA's findings in the Michigan and New Mexico cases represent an uptick in activity by a civil-rights office – recently moved into the agency's Office of General Counsel – long criticized for failing to act on complaints alleging Title VI violations.
"Credit for the EPA's movement on civil rights complaints goes to the communities and groups that pushed hard for discriminatory practices to be addressed," said Marianne Engelman Lado, a visiting professor at Yale Law School and a former attorney with the public-interest law firm Earthjustice, which has lodged several complaints with the office on behalf of minority communities.
The EPA did not respond to requests for comment.
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The Local Game: The good, the bad and the ugly of VN's World Cup campaign
Members of the Vietnamese national team celebrate an unlikely goal against Japan last week. Photo vietnamplus.vn
Peter Cowan
All good things must come to an end and whether you thought it was a good, bad or ugly campaign, Việt Nam's World Cup qualification odyssey came to an end last week in Japan.
Four points and eight goals from 10 matches is one way of telling the story of Việt Nam's bid to reach Qatar, but while the table doesn't lie, it doesn't tell the whole story.
With the dust settled, it's a good time to reflect on what went right for Việt Nam, and what didn't.
The good – making history
Vietnamese football has seen a lot of firsts in the past few years, and the World Cup campaign was no exception.
Reaching the third round for the first time ever meant coach Park Hang-seo's men were playing with house money from the opening kickoff, but they weren't content to make up the numbers.
A 3-1 win over China in Hà Nội in February made Việt Nam the first Southeast Asian team to pick up a point in the third round.
That special night was almost topped last week when Việt Nam held Japan to a 1-1 draw away from home.
While they did ride their luck, the result is what matters at the end of the day and this result made history again as the first time the national team had avoided defeat against Asian giants Japan.
The bad – V.League sacrificed
I feel like I'm flogging a bit of a dead horse with this particular gripe, but it still has to be said – domestic football has suffered greatly in favour of the national team.
Things like the ridiculous four-month V.League 1 break and coach Park being able to keep his charges in camp for ludicrous amounts of time have made it clear that the powers that be see the national team as far more important.
That may be so, but the national teams of the future won't have much success without a healthy league to feed them with players.
Hopefully, the next time Việt Nam make it to the third round domestic football won't be sacrificed on the altar of short-term success, but I won't hold my breath.
The ugly – the actual football
Let's face it, for large stretches of the campaign there wasn't much to be excited about on the pitch.
Lots of graft and no lack of commitment, yes, but time and again it was clear Park had set his stall out to avoid heavy defeats, which his team did for the most part.
Perhaps it was the right decision and Park is certainly more qualified to make it than me, but I still can't help but feel that playing with a bit more bravery might have given Việt Nam the chance to really put the cat among the pigeons in Group B.
The 1-0 home defeat to Australia last September sticks out to me as a match Việt Nam could have taken more from.
The Socceroos didn't exactly set the world alight throughout the campaign and were pretty pedestrian that night in Hà Nội, so it was a shame Việt Nam didn't really put their defence under any sustained pressure. VNS
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The aim of this tutorial will be to give delegates an appreciation of what artificial intelligence within computer systems is, the range of applications where it is applied, and an understanding of how it can impact on user-system interaction. It will offer some high level guidelines or tools for the design of user interfaces to AI-based systems to enable them to be more effective as partners with humans.
The tutorial will start by posing the question of what is 'artificial intelligence (AI)' and how does it work? It will present some basic ideas that underlie AI such as Bayes Theory, neural networks and knowledge elicitation, and give examples to illustrate them.
It will discuss the problems of rule-based solutions to problem solving applications such as medical diagnosis or complex systems management, and to consider how they can fulfil a useful role alongside human diagnosis. During the session, delegates will be presented with a scenario of managing a developing emergency situation but assisted by an AI system, as a way to think about how people might react to the advice given and the implications of employing it.
Machine learning will also be addressed as a way for systems to gain knowledge about the world or of a particular domain, without having to program the system with rules. Machine perception will also be discussed and how this area of technical development already plays a role in specialist areas of HCI, such as face and voice recognition, x-ray screening, automobile assembly, and even aesthetic judgment.
The use of different media for communication with an AI system will be addressed including the use of voice recognition for input and voice synthesis and text display to respond to enquiries, for example via a mobile phone, and how simple retrieval of information from the internet may evolve into something smarter.
For "intelligent" control systems, the idea of levels of autonomy will be introduced and the implications for allowing the system different levels of autonomy from human intervention.
Consideration will be given to embodied AI in the form of robots deployed in domestic situations, acting as office assistants, as part of assembly lines, as pet-like creatures, and how embodiment affects user interaction.
The presentation will discuss AI in relation to the internet of things and discuss with the audience what a future world might be like in a sensor saturated environment or how people might feel seeing robots as autonomous beings roaming free in everyday life.
To give delegates some ideas about how incorporating AI features into a system may affect the user's interaction with it.
To offer a human factors or UX design agenda for discussion when participating in a design process incorporating systems intelligence.
To learn some principles applicable within user interface and UX design to maximise the effectiveness of the system for the user.
To share the ideas and experiences of delegates to broaden knowledge of AI and user interaction for the whole class.
The tutorial will run for half a day. It will not assume any technical knowledge and is intended for designers, human factors personal, and HCI researchers, interested in the implications incorporating AI into interactive systems. It will only cover AI at an introductory level so may be less suitable for those who are specialists in this area.
Martin Maguire has a background in computer studies and ergonomics. His interests are in the usability and accessibility of interactive system, the use of IT in health, information design and intelligence within interactive systems. He has been involved in several EU projects to develop human factors tools, methods and guidelines to promote usability within European IT programmes. He has conducted usability appraisals of IT and web-based systems for many organisations in the UK public and private sectors. Within the Design School at Loughborough University he teaches HCI and user-experience design.


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