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The Peter Robinson Settlers
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Sunday, 1 August, 2021
In Canada today there are perhaps hundreds of thousands of people of Irish heritage descended from more than 2,000 people who travelled from Ireland in the 1820s as part of an experimental assisted emigration scheme run by Peter Robinson.
Above pictures : The Heffernan Family: Descendants of the 1825 Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada.
Over 50,000 people from all over the island of Ireland applied to be considered for the scheme, with the majority of those chosen coming from the area north of the Blackwater River in County Cork.
Peter Robinson was the Supervisor of the emigration Scheme and 'being a stranger in Ireland' was ordered to 'act under the advice of Lord Ennismore and the Magistrates in managing it.' He was from New Brunswick, a policeman, Justice of the Peace and Businessman who had been introduced to Robert John Wilmot-Horton, the new British under-secretary of state for the colonies.
2025 will be the 200 year anniversary of the "resettlement" of Irish people in Canada by Peter Robinson. Many people, in Ireland and Canada are eager to discover more about their connections via these brave pioneers who choose to travel to the unknown so many generations before. In this article, Mary Cooper, descendant of Patrick and Margaret Heffernan, shares her family's story as one of those who resettled in Canada in 1825.
Mary Cooper's story
I love this photograph (circa 1900) of the Heffernan family. My grandmother, Johanna (centre) sits between her parents, Mary Ellen (Kennedy) Heffernan and Thomas Heffernan. Her two sisters, Mary(left) and Margaret (right) complete the front row. Johanna's 5 brothers stand behind her (L. to R.) Michael, Richard, William, Patrick, and Thomas Jr. I think that each face tells a story, and I love the way the photograph is staged with the ornate background and the items strategically placed in the hands of those in the front row.
This family, my ancestors, are early descendants of a group of 2,024 Irish Catholic settlers who came to Canada in 1825 courtesy of the British government and under the supervision of a Canadian named Peter Robinson. Thomas Sr.'s parents, Patrick and Margaret (Doherty) Heffernan, from Kilworth, Co. Cork, were among that group of settlers. They were 25 years old and, like the other 2022 souls, were tenant farmers living in desperate times.
Picture: Banks of the river Blackwater where many settlers came from
By the early 1820s, there was a great deal of uncertainty for the Irish tenant farmer who due to politics and climate had become paupers. The amount of farmland available in Ireland had been greatly reduced, while at the same time pasture land had increased, and it was possible for landowners to remove the farmers without notice. In addition, during the growing season of 1822 and 1823 the crops were completely ruined by excessive amounts of rainfall. It has been recorded that parts of the mud huts in which the farmers lived were actually washed away. Needless to say, the result was extreme hunger and a substantial amount of unrest.
Assisting the farmers in emigrating and settling in Canada served several purposes, it increased the amount of productive, taxable land in Canada while reducing the level of distress in Ireland. It also provided a larger potential pool of recruits to assist in defending the border with the U.S.
Approximately 50,000 people applied to be part of what was deemed an 'experiment' but only 2,024 were chosen for the 1825 expedition ( 239 families: 385 men, 325 women, 727 boys, 587 girls). Before embarking on the resettlement 'experiment' Peter Robinson toured the areas where the tenant farmers lived. It has been noted that he was greatly impacted by the dire situation and the weakened condition of the people, and he was quite surprised by their high level of literacy. Some requirements stipulated that those chosen were the poorest families and they could not be directly related.
Picture: An image of emigrants waiting to board ships at Queenstown from the London Illustrated News
Originally, only families with young parents were accepted but later he included a few couples who were over 40 years of age because he thought that their maturity would be helpful to the success of the endeavour. While crossing the Atlantic, 15 babies were born  there were 15 deaths too. So, in all there were 9 ships transporting the settlers across the Atlantic Ocean to Quebec City on the St. Lawrence River. There were cramped quarters, illnesses, and even hunger since the Irish did not like the unfamiliar food that was provided mainly hard biscuits, moldy pork, and hot chocolate. On May 16, 1825, in Cork Harbour, my ancestors, Patrick and Margaret, joined 155 fellow passengers aboard the Regulus. (They brought a 3 year old girl named Nora with them but there is no evidence that she was their daughter and Nora died in 1826). A surgeon was assigned to each ship and it was their duty to treat and document any illnesses or incidences throughout the entire journey. It was also their duty to write character descriptions of the men since there was an effort to identify any troublemakers. After arriving at Quebec City on June 19, they travelled by steamship to Montreal. Then they travelled overland on foot to a place called La Chine. From there they rode in open 'bateaux' which were oared and poled by the French and Iroquois First Nations to Prescott and onward to Kingston where they were set up in camps. They spent several weeks in tents waiting for Peter Robinson to arrive. Conditions in Kingston were poor due to extreme heat that summer and there were resulting deaths.
Picture: Bronte Creek near Ontario in Canada
From Kingston they travelled by steamship in groups of 500 to Cobourg on Lake Ontario. Then, they spent 10 days improving the roads before travelling twelve miles north to Rice Lake. From there, they travelled for 24 miles in flat-bottomed boats, which held twenty to thirty people, up the Otonabee River to their final stop, Scott's Plains  now named Peterborough after Peter Robinson.
By the end of October, all of the surviving settlers had arrived and been assisted overland to their farms in the surrounding area. It is difficult to imagine that this entire, grueling journey was completed successfully by such a young, needy group. It is definitely a testament to their inner strength. I believe that the challenges faced by the Peter Robinson settlers of 1825 as they travelled from Ireland to Canada were staggering to say the least, and not all of them have been included here.
In addition, there was much more that they had to overcome once established on their 'land'. In order to survive and prosper, they had to clear the trees, work the soil, produce food, survive the extreme climate conditions, endure illnesses and accidents which could be fatal, pay taxes, educate their children, etc., etc. I find it remarkable that Margaret Heffernan gave birth to her first child, Michael, in August, 1825. How amazing is that? She and Patrick went on to have 7 children in total and one of them was my great great grandfather Thomas Sr. Currently, their descendants number in the thousands.
Understandably, when I look at this family photograph, I am deeply impressed by the achievements which were brought about by Patrick and Margaret's vision, sheer determination, hard work, and faith when faced with unimaginable challenges.
Mary Cooper is a SingerSongwriter/Writer who 'Grew up on a farm in Southern Ontario.' She is currently writing a literary/music project about the Peter Robinson Settlers.'
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As individual U.S. states and the federal government approach full legalization of cannabis for adults, a universal symbol for cannabis products is essential to ensure the protection of public health and safety. In the absence of federal standardization, states have have adopted widely differing requirements for cannabis labeling.
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Normally, I made this family favorite using a combination of my stove and crock pot. I decided to speed things up and used the electric pressure cooker. I will definitely make it this way from now on!
No more! Never again will I ever spend time boiling up chicken, reserving some of the broth to boil noodles in later, thickening the remaining broth, and then putting it into the crock pot to make the cheese sauce, chopping up the chicken to add, later on adding the broccoli at just the right time, and then later still boiling, draining, and stirring in the noodles. Nope! Never again! This recipe alone makes the purchase of an electric pressure cooker worthwhile!
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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by prius_nerd, Feb 11, 2019.
I have a 2008 Toyota Prius.
Neither mentions synthetic oil at all.
The Scheduled Maintenance Guide recommends changing oil and the filter every 5K miles but is probably talking about standard dinosaur oil.
Advance Auto Parts - Down for Maintenance says "The special synthetic oil used for Toyota and Jaguar vehicles has been approved for change intervals of 10,000 and 15,000 miles respectively" .
Are you changing your oil too often? - Chicago Tribune says "Toyota says if you use full synthetic oil, it's a 10,000-mile oil change interval."
Stop Changing Your Oil! | Edmunds.com says "Toyota has been shifting its fleet to 10,000-mile oil change intervals using synthetic oil."
How often do you change your oil? | PriusChat has a bunch of anecdotes, which are better than nothing, but I'm wondering: can you point me to an official recommendation either from Toyota or from an oil company that specifically mentions Prius?
Oil deteriorates slowly; it's not fine, fine, then suddenly not fine. Your call when you want to change it, depends on your priorities, how long you plan to keep it, whether you DIY vs the hassles/expense of pro oil changes. If you want to baby it change it earlier, and check the level regularly as well.
Personally I change per my Canadian 2010 Owner's Manual, which specs 0W20 (invariably synthetic I think), and 6 months or 5000 miles whichever comes first.
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The official recommended oil change interval is 5000 miles, I doubt Toyota would ever change that. Oil is always getting better. Oil that was used in the 70's would ruin an engine today that's the nature of improvement.
The only time I have seen then change a fluid recommendation is backwards. They used to say their transmission fluid was lifetime. Now it's less, like 90,000? Miles?
What are the oil change intervals using synthetic oil?
per my Canadian 2010 Owner's Manual, which specs 0W20 (invariably synthetic I think), and 6 months or 5000 miles whichever comes first.
I have never been able to understand what is so different about the NA market. Is it just greed on the part of dealers, is the oil inferior? Was there some law suit and so now they just are covering their butts?
Here, Australia and UK (and maybe Europe, too??) Toyota specifies 15,000 km/1 Year (or 10,000 mile/1 Year for UK). 15,000 km is the metric equivalent to 10,000 miles (given that 10,000 miles is 16,093 km, rounded down to make a better number to work with).
My cars have always had 15,000 km and oil is not that black, but I use full synthetic and a new oil filter each time. Never had a problem.
I'd looked up third gen AUS schedule before, and it was saying 6 months or 10,000 kms for oil and filter. Checked 2nd gen and it was the same. These are just pdf's, maybe you booklet is different?
I'm DIY'ing the oil, the cost is trivial, and I really don't mind overdoing it. I appreciate it's more hassle and expense going through dealerships though.
It's fun and interesting to compare notes with others on this topic. Here is my experience in the post I copied below, I used to change our oil every 3000 to 5000 miles but in the last 5 years have finally been converted.
I drive a 2004 Sienna LE and 2008 Prius. We bought them new and I used Mobile 1 synthetic 5w-30 initially and changed oil out at 5000 miles with a new filter. I have changed this habit.
After many years of doing this and becoming price sensitive. I've switched to dare I say it, Walmart Super Tech synthetic 5w-30 and change it once a year (in miles driven this works out for us to be about 10,000 to 12,000 miles). I use Purolator Pure One oil filters and change the oil filter every 6 months.
Our engine seems to have not noticed the change and I feel confident enough in this 14 year old vehicle to take trips like a 3500 mile round trip from Kentucky to South Dakota/Wyoming this last summer. Driving 80 to 85 miles per hour in South Dakota and parts of Wyoming where the speed limit is 80 miles per hour.
This seems to be working for us with savings of about a $5-$10 by watching the price of Walmart Synthetic and another $25 savings by changing out the oil every 10,000 miles instead of 5000 miles. This is something I have now been doing for the last 5 years.
I have gained enough confidence is this routine that I now use Walmart Synthetic and Purolator Pure One filters in our 2008 Prius doing the same 10,000 to 12000 mile routine. Our Prius seems satisfied still turning in right around 50 mpg.
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I was getting Toyota Bulk 0W20 for $4.50 (CDN) per liter, went up recently to $4.90. For our daughter's Pilot I get Toyota bulk 5W20 (conventional) for $2.80 per liter. Show up with a 10 liter gas can, transfer to 4 liters bottles if I need to, when I get home.
The price is very reasonable, and I don't need to chase sales. Also, I avoid putting all those bottles in the recycle stream.
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That sounds like a great way to get good oil at a good price, I think I will check our local dealer for this option.
I suspect I'm their only client for this, not sure. Yeah it'd be good if it caught on. I contacted the service manager a few years back, asked about it and he ok'd.
Their service department mainly uses bulk oil, and it's good for a lot of reasons. People get paranoid about it not being the same oil since they don't see the branded bottle, but I think we've just gotta get over that.
You do realize, most manufactures of late model cars (say 2010 and later) specifically advise the motor oil to be a quality synthetic, and for a much longer mileage service interval? Some some manufactures go to 5k, 7k, 10k miles, and beyond. Remember, the auto manufacutres have done some expensive testing and would be on the hook for an insane amount of warranty claims if they got their extended service interval wrong.
Remember the Gen 2 is speced for conventional motor oil at 5k mile intervals. Obviously you can run synthetic in a Gen2, but Toyota didn't provided an oil change interval when running synthetic. Logically you can go longer, and many people have done so w/o any problems. IIRC, PC's own Patrick Wong did go 7,500 miles between oil changes w/ synthetic, when he had his Gen2.
The Gen3 is speced for synthetic motor oil and 10k mile oil change intervals.
I have never been able to understand what is so different about the NA market.
People not wanting to accept responsibility, that they are actually at fault.
Was there some law suit and so now they just are covering their butts?
Toyota settled this costly Class Action case. And because of it, they went w/ shorter oil change intervals for a period of time, to minimize/prevent future class action lawsuits due to oil sludge.
You are a responsible owner who keeps up on the oil change interval. I do agree w/ Toyota's position that owner's poor maintenance was the cause of the sludge.
Large bulk oil's cleanliness cannot be controlled as its transferred from a dirty tanker truck or from point of origin. Lots of transfer's from manufacturer to the nasty tank at the dealer. And Large bulk storage tank at the dealer is never cleaned. Never. Not many reasons why its good except your buying it in bulk so its a little cheaper and with pneumatic injector (another way to induce dirt as that's never cleaned either) its fast to install but not accurate at all which is why so many people get drastically overfilled at the dealer. There's no guarantee of what brand it is or what viscosity it is.
Toyota says nothing about synthetic oil in the Owner's Manual. An argument could be made that spec'ing 0W20 infers synthetic, but nowhere do they make a connection between synth oil and longer service interval.
Correct about the inference. As you know, 0W-20 is only available as a synthetic. Therefore synthetic oil only.
Gen2, 5W-30 (conventional), 5K mile OCI (oil change interval).
Gen3/4, 0W-20 (synthetic), 10K mile OCI.
Notice the longer OCI, due to the change from conventional motor oil to synthetic.
Volumes of data about extended OCI when using quality synthetic motor oil and quality oil filters. Up to the individual to go long or short. Their car, their money.
For my Gen 3, with 0W20 Toyota Canada says 6 months or 8000 km (~5000 miles), whichever comes first. For Gen 4, essentially the same engine and 0W20 again, they're in line with the US schedule: 12 months or 16K kms (~10K miles).
I just go with the 6 months interval, our kms are extremely low (almost into severe service due to short trips), and if I had a Gen 4 would likely do the same.
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There is an old saying that we can accomplish a lot if we "set our mind to it"... that is very true, and it particularly makes a lot of sense if we take as best example, the inner consistency, conviction, talent, certainty, wisdom, kno wledge and attitude of contemporary artist Antonio Pessoa and his increasing power to create. Soul Fire! Years ago, breaking free of his old patterns, Pessoa grabs the attention of a wide audience, not only becoming a life guru, but what's really at stake and most importantly, coming up with an impressive cutting edge abstract (neo- surrealistic) series which visual effects succeed to take the viewer beyond pseudo-intelectual reason (or confusion)... straight high up into the universe of ultimate emotional ecstasy. Antonio Pessoa is much talked about nowadays but how many of us have really understood him, his message and his Oeuvre to put him once and for all in the reputable world of the Great Masters? Obviously many, however the future is just about to surprise us far beyond our expectations with a new exciting movie about the Masterpiece of a Genius, which script is inevitably in the complex but enthusiastic process of being written. An Art Expert, an artist or a Life Guru? That's the ultimate question concerning Pessoa's top priorities, as the world goes round and round and time eventually goes by. Knowing the artist as we know, even so, the secret and the mystery is ultimately for him to know and for all of us to find out. However, one thing is true, Antonio Pessoa and his unique capacity to relax, and in so doing just letting go, more than remarkable, is a well developed skill he uses and commands, a quality so intimate that even his willingness to share, oftentimes is not enough when it comes to when many fans and clients, friends and art collectors want to know and learn the trick behind the Great Master of Reality. Art expression, international language as it is and must be, knows its limits, the abstract message inevitably subjective, ambiguous as visual poetry. The whole deep truth about this mysterious and unique man, can only be felt through intuitive interpretation, even when effective communication and world wide web information about his Art and Life, concentrate the efforts in providing the public with as clear as possible reviews and news tips in order to let out in the open the big riddle of the artist's inner self and private life. One way or another, for the artist there is one unquestionable issue. Always! The time to magically open up is Now. Labelled as Soul Fire, energy, love, action and creativity, these are the elements involved in achieving abundance in Art and Life, while Pessoa, the Master of Wisdom trusts the universal time, the universal principles and laws and the perfect alignment to simply afford pleasurably work, live, enjoy anf letting go. Yes, Belief underlies the whole process. The belief that there are no other options but to know exactly how to accomplish whatever is on his mind, whatever is on his list, whatever is burning on his soul. An excellent equation, a brilliant combination. However, how it all comes about is still an awesome miracle to many. No Miracle, whatsoever. It's all about Soul Fire and inspired action. Antonio Pessoa's intuition tells him his thinking mind where to look next, what to do next, and what to paint next. It's a very exciting intuitive and personal issue-unquestionably a very exciting way of living - between the artist and his feelings. He trusts his feelings and feelings don't lie. More than Soul Fire, what's really at stake and what we are really talking about is the artist's reknown intuition and it sure works. Voilà!
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"Her supermarket is a happy place for everyone!" Have you ever wished there was a supermarket where the entire store is themed as Hello Kitty? This Supermarket series is your dream come true! Enjoy these stickers that the market offers.


This collections of notes (what some may rashly call a 'book') serves as the ultimate place of mine to collect all the nuts and bolts of using Apache Spark. The notes aim to help me designing and developing better products with Apache Spark.
In this book, professor Matt North uses simple examples, clear explanations and free, powerful, easy-to-use software to teach you the basics of data mining; techniques that can help you answer some of your toughest business questions.
The book describes a storage architecture that some experts are calling a game changer in the infrastructure industry. Called the Microsoft hybrid cloud storage, it is a way to integrate cloud storage services with traditional enterprise storage.
This is a free little book about Riak, a scalable, high availability NoSQL datastore. Riak is an open-source, distributed key/value database for high availability and near-linear scalability. Riak has remarkably high uptime and grows with you.
MySQL is a leading open source database management system. This is MySQL tutorial. It covers the MySQL database, various mysql command line tools and the SQL language covered by the database engine. It is an introductory tutorial for the beginners.
Graph Databases, published by O'Reilly Media, discusses the problems that are well aligned with graph databases, with examples drawn from practical, real-world use cases. This book also looks at the ecosystem of complementary technologies.
The Data Wrangling Handbook is a companion text to the School of Data. Its function is something like a traditional textbook -- it will provide the detail and background theory to support the School of Data courses and challenges.
Redis represents a simplification in the way we deal with data. It peels away much of the complexity and abstraction available in other systems. The goal of this book is to build the foundation you'll need to master Redis.
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News Ainsley Gotto's Edgecliff apartment sold for $1,587,000
Ainsley Gotto's Edgecliff apartment sold for $1,587,000
| Jul 16,2018
The late Ainsley Gotto's stylish Edgecliff apartment has sold for $1,587,000.
The former public servant who passed away in February is best remembered serving as prime minister John Gorton's principal private secretary in the late 1960s.
BradfieldCleary agent Georgia Cleary had the listing of the Mount Stewart complex apartment, after instructions from the estate's executors, retired politician Helen Coonan and solicitor Nicholas Eddy.
There was $1.5 million price guidance.
Gotto paid $1.2 million for the three bedroom, 155 sqm apartment with harbour views in 2007.
Auctioneers Lawsons sold the contents of her Edgecliff Road apartment.
It included portraits of Gotto among the 262 lots on offer, including an elegant June Mendoza painting (above) which fetched $15,000 when sold to a family member after the National Portrait Gallery rejected its donation.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
Title Tattle Edgecliff


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Prosecutors dropped charges Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator accused of mailing poison to Obama, and the FBI is eying the cleared man's alleged nemesis as a possible culprit.
Federal authorities searched the home of J. Everett Dutschke, 41, for links to ricin-tainted letters mailed to Obama and two public officials, The Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reported.
Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator, was cleared Tuesday after authorities found no trace of ricin in his house. His lawyer, Christi McCoy, previously pointed to Dutschke as a possible suspect in the case because he and her client were online rivals.
Dutschke is currently the subject of a child molestation investigation by the Tupelo Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff's Department, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
He ran for a seat on the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2007. His opponent was Steve Holland, whose mother, Judge Sadie Holland received one of the tainted letters.
Dutschke denies that he had anything to do with the ricin letters, and that he and Curtis were rivals. The two men corresponded at one point because Dutschke wanted Curtis to take down a purportedly fake Mensa certificate off his Facebook page, Dutschke told USA Today.
"He said that caused some arguments, but that he never considered Curtis any kind of rival. He said those correspondences took place in 2010, and that he hasn't heard anything from Curtis since."
Prosecutors immediately zeroed in on Curtis as a suspect because the letters mentioned his unpublished novel "Missing Pieces," which he wrote about on Facebook, according to ABC.
Curtis said during a news conference Tuesday that he's giving up Facebook. He also joked that he's going to give his lawyer a lot of foot massages because he can't afford to pay her the $1 million she deserves.


Do not sleep directly on the floor.
1) Place cardboard or plastic under the store. If you did not fall to take them to the camp, putting grass can also serve, in addition to soften the ground on which you go to sleep.
2) Spread some thermal blankets between the floor of the store and the bags. These blankets are perfect to use, because they are light, do not bulge and are cheap.
3) Thermal or synthetic garments maintain heat better than cotton garments.
4) Avoid tight clothing. Although carrying several layers is better than a single thick one (between the layers an air chamber is created that maintains the temperature) it is not recommended that the clothes tighten too much. It would cut off the blood circulation and cool us down.
5) Wear gloves and thick socks. The hands and feet are very susceptible to cool easily, increasing the feeling of cold in the rest of the body. Therefore, keeping warm hands and feet covering them with these garments improves body temperature.
6) Avoid covering yourself with excessive layers, because you can get to sweat and it is not good that the sweat cools later. If we have heat, it is better to unbutton a little the clothes that we wear avoiding the condensation in our interior.
7) Place the tent near a wall, or build a wall with rocks to avoid direct contact with the wind. Even, you could mount it inside a cave!
8) Orient the tent perpendicular to the wind, thus preventing it from entering directly through the entrance.
9) Adjust the hood of the bag well, lifting the zipper up and pulling on the laces. By the head is where much of the heat is lost and thus we will prevent our heat from escaping or from entering fresh from the outside.
10) Fill the empty spaces of your bag with clothes or tie a knot around the remaining part. This prevents cold air pockets from forming and takes a long time to warm up.
On the other hand, if the sac is too small, you may not be completely covering your body and you will be tighter.
11) Put hot water bottles inside the bag. It is a good technique to heat it before getting inside and the heat will remain for about 6 or 8 hours.
12) Hydration is very important during a camping trip in the cold. It can deceive us to think that with the cold we are not perspiring, but liquid is lost without realizing it.
13) Human warmth. Do not leave empty spaces between you and your store mates, you will be creating a gap where cold air can sneak in. In addition, the human body releases heat that can be transmitted from one to another.
14) Try to evacuate the bladder before going to bed. Urinating at low temperatures produces chills and you may be spared because of it.
15) The best thing to keep cool is ... leave in July.
I hope that I have served you and that you enjoy your trip.


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S.D. Festival of Books receives SDSU Honors College Community Partner Award
Festival of Books and Center for the Book director Jennifer Widman (middle row, fifth from right) holds the South Dakota Festival of Books Outstanding Community Partner Award following the annual Honors Convocation at South Dakota State University on March 28, 2019. The SDSU Honors College presented the award to the Festival during the ceremony in recognition of the opportunities it has offered to SDSU Honors students, such as an appearance on campus by internationally-renowned author Alice Sebold at the 2018 Festival in Brookings.
Festival Recognized for Offering Opportunities to SDSU Students
The South Dakota Festival of Books was honored recently by an entity that knows a thing or two about "honor" – the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State University.
At its annual Honors Convocation March 28, the College presented its Outstanding Community Partner Award to the Festival in recognition of the opportunities it has offered to SDSU Honors students. Festival events in Brookings have encouraged students to meet acclaimed authors with a wide range of expertise.
Jennifer Widman, director of the South Dakota Center for the Book, accepted the award on behalf of the South Dakota Humanities Council, which puts on the annual Festival.
"We've been so fortunate to collaborate with the SDSU Honors College to provide opportunities for students to hear directly from Pulitzer Prize-winning historians and journalists, best-selling novelists and poets, and many more," she said.
Special Appreciation for Support of SDSU Common Read
In making the award, Rebecca Bott-Knutson, dean of the Honors College, expressed particular appreciation for the Festival's support of the 2018 Common Read. The selected book, "Wrecked" by Maria Padian, focused on sexual assault, an issue also addressed by Festival presenter and internationally best-selling author Alice Sebold in two appearances on the SDSU campus.
Sebold's debut novel, "The Lovely Bones," created a literary sensation upon its release and was later made into a major motion picture by director Peter Jackson with a star-studded cast. Sebold also survived her own rape as a first-year student at Syracuse University, an experience which led to a memoir, "Lucky," and a lifelong dedication to understanding and eradicating sexual violence.
"Sebold's interests dovetailed so perfectly with the themes of the Common Read that we wanted as many students as possible to hear from her," Widman said. "It was a thrill to see young people streaming in to her sessions, and she told us afterward that she was especially moved by a standing-room only event in the Student Union at which several students opened up about their own experiences."
Acclaimed author Alice Sebold speaks at the 2018 South Dakota Festival of Books in Brookings at an event on the SDSU campus. The Festival of Books received an Outstanding Community Partner Award from the SDSU Honors College in March for, among other reasons, offering important opportunities to SDSU students, such as attending events featuring well-known authors like Sebold.
Partnership Yields Enhanced Awareness of Important Issues
Working together, the two organizations had a greater impact than either would have had alone, Bott-Knutson said.
"This partnership yielded enhanced awareness of both the Festival and the Common Read, resulting in robust participation in both programs and strong focus on the awareness and prevention of sexual assault. We are delighted to recognize the South Dakota Festival of Books with the 2019 Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College Community Partner Award."
In addition to the Outstanding Community Partner award, the Honors Convocation featured eight faculty awards, one alumnus award and multiple student awards. Justin Goetz, a 2007 SDSU Honors graduate, presented a keynote address titled "The Humility Paradox."
He encouraged students to build lives based on service by keeping in mind the C.S. Lewis quote, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."
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Now Buy LapTab Micromax dual-boot tablet in February for less than Rs 30000
Micromax new mobiles, Smartphone maker dual OS tablet LapTab Indian Micromax unveils for less than $500 (about Rs 30,000) for sale and be available in the domestic market in the next month.
Their latest offering, which runs on Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2 Jellybean, was presented at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
"The Laptab costs less than $500 for the Indian market and is expected to sell about 100,000 units in the domestic market during the first half of 2014," said co-founder Rahul Sharma Micromax PTI.
The LapTab with Intel technology is a dual-boot Windows and Android tablet and is designed by operating platforms for multi-tasking.
Users need to change the device from Windows to launch Android and vice versa, it is amazing new, he said.
The technical specifications of the tablet, Director of Marketing Micromax Shubhodip Pal said that this device is powered by 1.46GHz Intel Celeron processor and features a 10.1-inch IPS screen.
Laptab comes with 2 GB RAM, 7400 mAh, 2 mega pixel camera with light sensor and a wireless keyboard. With memory of 32 GB, expandable up to 64 GB and supports Bluetooth v4.0 and Wi-Fi, he said.
"As Micromax seeks traces in the global markets to expand, we continue our promise of technology, people in the world by to meet to democratize it affordable and accessible," Sharma said.
Micromax unveil more products in the international markets in the next six months, he added.
According to analysts, the information is not the highest point for Laptab, but the two operating systems is quite interesting feature to grab new tablet users.
However Micromax is not the only company to launch a tablet Betriebssystemauf CES 2014 Dual.
Computer components manufacturer Asus Transformer presented Duet Book TD300, which also runs on Windows 8 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system.
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At the back of every punter's mind, is the dream of winning a significant prize some day. Those aspirations propel their desire to go back to the Stud Poker sites to try again. To remain competitive, you need to play smart and aim for the Royal Flush or anything close to that. There is no secret strategy for winning the game, bring your lucky charm or better still, practice and practice hard to master this. The jackpot can be anything from a few hundred dollars to several thousand. Moreover, there is nothing more exciting than having a chance at winning free money.
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Only love for this one! Guerlain has taken over my morning ritual with their micellar cleansing water. It removes make-up very effectively but I prefer using it after waking up to take away all traces of night cream and freshen up my skin to start the day with healthy radiance.
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This article covers everything about Ted Budd net worth, early life, and other things about his personal and political life.
1 Ted Budd Net Worth 2022
2 Early Life of Ted Budd
3 Ted Budd Endorsements
4 Closing Comments
Ted Budd Net Worth 2022
Ted Budd Net Worth
Ted Budd net worth is estimated at around $6.4 million, making him one of the wealthiest U.S. politicians.
He has amassed such big wealth through his career as a legislator and his businesses. He receives a yearly salary of at least $174,000 as a legislator.
According to Business Insider, he operates a gun store and shooting range in North Carolina called ProShots, and the company is worth $1 to $5 million.
The Budds provided AgriBioTech with a $10 million loan, which was repaid with interest totaling more than $25,000. Later, the business filed for bankruptcy.
Early Life of Ted Budd
Tedd Budd was born in 1971 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His dad had a facility-services business, but the family relocated to Davie County outside of Advance when Ted was young.
Budd graduated in 1990 from Davie County High School and then transferred to Appalachian State University, where he eventually earned a degree in business.
He obtained his master's degree in business administration from The Wake Forest University School of Business.
In 1991, while on a mission to the Soviet Union, Budd met his present wife, Amy Kate. The couple has three kids, and the family resides on the farm where Budd was raised in Davie County.
In the subsequent primary for the Republican nomination for the 13th District in the 2016 elections, Budd ran as one of 17 candidates. Budd won his primary with 20% of the vote.
In the general election, he ran against Bruce Davis, a former Guilford County Commissioner. Budd received 56% of the vote, winning the race.
Ted Budd Endorsements
Tedd was recently endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump. Trump said, "This gentleman is going to be your next Senator, someone you'll be very proud of. He'll fight like hell. I'm giving him my complete and total endorsement."
Besides Donald J. Trump, Nikki Haley also endorsed him, saying, "North Carolinians are sick of out-of-control spending, rising crime, and government that wants to control them. That's why I'm supporting Ted Budd. He's a pro-freedom, pro-law enforcement, pro-parent, a small business owner who understands the best government is one that gets out of the way."
Other than these, Ted also received endorsements from North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Congressman Jim Jordan, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, and the Organization of Gun Owners of America.
There you have it – a detailed article covering Ted Budd net worth, early life, and other things related to Ted Budd's life. With that said, here I am wrapping up this article. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot them in the comment section below. Our team will try to respond ASAP.
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The American Cervid Alliance Leadership Council met on September 18, to discuss possible opportunities at the upcoming United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Conference next month in Kansas City. The ACA wanted all the alliance council members to have an understanding of the agenda affecting the cervid industry at USAHA prior to the leaders' arrival.
Alliance members reviewed the USAHA event schedule, which includes regional meetings, Committee on Farmed Cervidae, Committee on Wildlife Diseases, Subcommittee on Tuberculosis, Subcommittee on Brucellosis and Committee on Animal Welfare meetings. The Committee on Farmed Cervids is a new committee solely dedicated to deer and elk issues that was first proposed by the ACA in 2013. Charly Seale, who serves as the Executive Director of the Exotic Wildlife Association, serves as the vice-chair of the committee. "We have a very strong agenda for our committee next month," Seale told fellow ACA council members on the conference call.
At least one resolution is being proposed by the cervid industry during the USAHA conference relating to strains of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer and elk. Recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease across the world has proved some strains vary in pathogenicity. The Norway strain in moose and reindeer is a different strain than the North American strain. A specific CWD test, known as the Western Blot test, can determine the different strains and if the CWD strain is sporadic or spontaneous (atypical). The Western Blot test is not currently being used by USDA APHIS or state animal health or wildlife officials for CWD positive farmed cervids. In contrast, the European Union uses the Western Blot test as a standard on every positive case. The ACA's resolution requests USDA APHIS use the Western Blot test for CWD testing to indeify the strains. Such knowledge will help identify possible sources of the disease. A motion was made and unanimously approved by the Alliance to offer this resolution as a united cervid industry position.
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GRASP Lab Receives $5.5 Million for 'Fast, Light and Autonomous' Flying Robots
The University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Laboratory has received a three-year, $5.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to create new flying robots that are able to quickly and autonomously navigate unknown environments. These abilities would be invaluable in disaster situations where conditions are too dangerous for humans to inspect damage or search for trapped or injured people.
"Our emphasis is on three S's: size, speed and smarts," said Vijay Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science. "A small, fast flying robot that can find its way through a partially collapsed building or a nuclear plant during a meltdown has the power to save lives."
DARPA's Fast Lightweight Autonomy, or FLA, program seeks unmanned aerial vehicles that weigh less than three kilograms and can fly at speeds as fast as 65 feet per second.
Such robots are already a common sight in the GRASP Lab at Penn Engineering, where swarms of palm-sized quadrotors fly in tight formations and zip around obstacles. However, those feats are accomplished with the aid of motion-tracking cameras mounted on the walls of the lab, which relay precise location information to a central computer and back to each robot in the swarm.
Enabling each robot to see and recognize features of a given environment, such as walls, doors, windows, and people is the first step toward autonomous navigation. Each robot must also be able to make sense of this information and plan its trajectory accordingly. Packing all of these abilities onto a fast, lightweight platform requires drawing on several engineering disciplines.
In addition to Kumar, the principal investigator for the FLA program, GRASP Lab director Daniel Lee, and members Camillo J. Taylor, Kostas Daniilidis and Jianbo Shi, along with their students, will provide necessary expertise for the project. Lee, who also leads Penn's team in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and in the international robotic soccer competition RoboCup, is an expert in machine learning and autonomy. Taylor will provide insights into computer vision and object recognition, while Daniilidis will provide his expertise on 3-D vision for navigation in unknown environments, and Shi will work on machine learning as it pertains to 3-D perception.
The DARPA grant will extend existing work on miniaturizing quadrotors that can fly autonomously in never-before-seen environments. Using a suite of on-board sensors and processors, such robots can enter a building, make three-dimensional maps of the space and use those maps to return to their starting point.
Lab members have already built a flying robot that can do aspects of this kind of navigation using the software and cameras on a customized platform but at more modest speeds.
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My name is Deborah Jean. It was given to me in honor of those women who made a difference in her life. Little did we know that for my mom "the rest of her days" would not be many. She lost a battle with cancer and stepped into Heaven when she was 40. I was 23 and had a five week old baby boy. Jarrad was her first grandchild.
I was devastated and depressed. But the Lord began to walk other women into my life that made a huge impact. My mom, because she died so young, was not my spiritual mentor. It was other women that made a significant spiritual investment in my life. They loved me and prayed me through some very dark days. And I began to thrive!
As a leader in Women's Ministry, how are you investing in the lives of other women? How are you helping other women to do the same? Your efforts can change the course of history. The "face" of Mentoring Ministries continues to change, some have gone more organic, others have added new aspects. Some churches have eliminated "mentoring programs" stating: "It didn't work"…but the "fact" remains the same….The Lord asked us to do it! (Titus 2:3-5) There are only a couple of scriptures in God's Word where He asks women to do something for him – so let's be found doing what we were asked to do!
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While the world struggles to find new sources of growth, one solution to revive sputtering economies requires neither drilling nor innovation and could add up to USD 12 trillion to the global economy within a decade. In theory, companies and societies should be clamoring to embrace such an economic panacea - getting more women to work. But the reality is far from ideal: women worldwide still face huge hurdles in the workforce, despite the irrefutable benefits.
Min Lan Tan, Head CIO APAC Investment Office, UBS Wealth Management, and co-author of "Women as a force for economic change" tells us why we should take a closer look at this topic.
Economic case for narrowing the gender gap
A 2013 IMF study says gender gaps in the labor market have resulted in losses in GDP per capita of up to 27% in some markets. Additionally, the IMF found that raising female labor participation levels to match that of men would significantly raise GDP – notably, by 5% in the US, 9% in Japan, 12% in the UAE and 34% in Egypt.
Persistence of the gender gap
Only 50% of the world's women are gainfully employed, much less than 75% for men. The gender gap (the difference between working men and women) exists across the world - from Saudi Arabia and India (both over 45%) to Canada and France (both under 10%). Women also still earn on average 24% less than men globally. The reasons for these vary across regions, but certain factors are universal.
Female labor participation deficit relative to men by country (15—64 years)
Gender gap in %
Source: OECD Employment database, March 2014
Educational opportunity not always root cause for employment segregation and gender pay gap
While equal-education opportunities are a good first step in addressing the gender gap, they do not necessarily translate into equality in labor force participation. Despite the progress made in education equality, women tend to be under-represented in fields related to science, engineering, manufacturing, construction, and IT. Women also earn far fewer advanced degrees than men, causing a segregation employment gap - women account for just 30% of all researchers and 33% of IT workers. Conversely, the majority of female employment is concentrated in domestic work, education, and health and social work. This disparity is further exacerbated by implicit bias, which has manifested into persistent wage gaps worldwide. A UN study says the difference in hourly wages between sexes tends to be the greatest in the financial and insurance sectors.
Science-related research is one of several fields where women are under-represented
Women's and men's share of the total number of researchers by region, 2011
Source: UN, as of 2015
The glass ceiling: Women are under-represented in corporate leadership
Getting more women into work is only a partial victory if they are confined to lower levels of the corporate hierarchy. According to MSCI, women held 18.1% of all directorships among MSCI World companies. For emerging markets, this figure falls to 8.4%. An MSCI study claimed that there is no qualification gap to explain this phenomenon; in fact, female directors have better educational qualifications than their male counterparts.
So what gives? The intangible barrier preventing women from climbing to the top, or "glass ceiling" is best reflected by the ratio of men versus women in leadership positions and their qualifications.
Ratio of men vs. women in leadership positions and their qualifications
MSCI World Directors as of August 15, 2015
Source: MSCI ESG Research, as of November 2015
This male-friendly paradigm for corporate leadership is not without costs. As UBS pointed out in the report Gender Diversity Matters, gender-diverse companies - those with women in at least 20% of senior leadership positions - were more profitable than their less gender-diverse peers. The same study also revealed that companies with a higher number of female leaders tended to outperform the MSCI World equity index. The benefits of gender-diverse leadership on corporate performance are proven, leading asset owners and global advocacy groups to call for women to make up at least 30% of boards and directors.
Maternity and domestic burden universal challenges for women
The universal reason for women either abstaining from the workforce entirely or only taking up part-time work, which results in lower pay, poorer job security and fewer promotions, is their obligation to child rearing. As such, the different female employment rates by country are often linked to family-friendly policies. A UN study showed that Nordic countries consistently scored higher participation rates for mothers than other European countries, a credit to their best-in-practice family policies.
In Japan, the absence of holistic family policies has deterred women from re-entering the workforce, undermining the government's target for women to occupy corporate management positions.
Average maternal employment rates by number of children in EU countries by family policy regime, in %
Source: UN (calculated using data from Eurostat 2015)
Governments and corporations key to narrowing the gender gap
For governments, the optimal policy mix extends to the spheres of education, family planning, and fiscal and labor policy measures, all of which should be designed to address the specific needs of each region. But there are universal changes that would realize meaningful gains in female workforce participation and could be made today. The first step is to address maternity, the one common denominator across nations. Best-in-practice policies suggest that paid parental leave rather than maternal leave can contribute to improving women participation rates in the economy. Likewise, ready access to subsidized and high-quality childcare plays a major role in encouraging new mothers to stay in the workforce. Gender-related corporate policies are also needed, like aspirational quotas, incentives, mentorship and sponsorship programs, to promote women into leadership positions and to narrow the wage gap.
Lasting solutions require costs, trade-offs and shift in mindset
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, closing the gender gap within a decade will cost as much as USD 2 trillion or 1.7% of global GDP. Lasting solutions and sustainable progression require a fundamental shift in mindset and cultural attitudes – the buy in of the broader society and government that these measures are for the greater good. And they will involve costs or trade-offs over the short and longer term at the family corporate and fiscal levels. The strength of the outcome will also vary by country and the extent to which social attitudes are entrenched and incentives are in place to enforce these policies.
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Samsung x Theta Collab for Galaxy NFTs
August 9, 2022 Updated: August 10, 2022
Samsung Electronics is collaborating with Theta Labs, Inc. for the upcoming Galaxy NFT ecosystem built around the new range of Galaxy mobile phones.
Samsung Electronics has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with some partners, including software company Theta Labs, Inc., to operate an NFT ecosystem exclusively for Samsung's new range of Galaxy mobile phones. This initiative is part of an ongoing partnership between the two brands that started in February.
Theta Labs will issue Galaxy NFTs as part of this initiative, offering Samsung users an innovative consumer experience. It includes exclusive access to virtual events using ThetaPass, an NFT ticketing system.
Galaxy NFTs Utilities
As mentioned in the get-go, Samsung and Theta signed the MOU along with other South Korean retailers, including E-cruise, Shilla Duty-Free, Galaxy Store, Show Golf, and NFC solution company Alllink. The MOU would help Theta carry out this latest campaign and provide NFT holders with more utilities for each partner's retail stores.
The signing of the MOU was held in Seoul's Eland cruise dock. It was attended by Samsung Electronics marketing head Lee Shin-woo, Theta Labs CEO Mitch Liu, and Alllink CEO Kim Kyung-dong, among others.
According to Theta, the Galaxy NFT ecosystem promotes "consumer experience innovation" by bridging the divide between the virtual and real worlds through real-world benefits.
Hence, beginning this month, NFT holders of the Galaxy NFTs can participate in Theta's promotion. They only need to install the NFT authentication app to tag their phones and verify their NFTs whenever they go to any offline retail store partners mentioned earlier.
For instance, Galaxy NFT holders will receive gift vouchers when they purchase Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 mobile phones. They can also enjoy coupons for Shilla Duty-Free, cruise ride vouchers from E-Cruise, outdoor driving range vouchers from Show Golf, and gift card giveaways from the Galaxy Store.
Through Galaxy NFTs, Samsung wants to deliver "practical benefits" to its users through customer discounts and an authentication tool. However, Samsung will confirm further details about these benefits at a phone unveiling event scheduled for August 10.
Talks are rife that on the said day, Samsung will launch the Galaxy Fold 4, rumored to have an improved hinge design, slimmer build, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus that features a 4-nanometer process technology.
Per a press release announcing Samsung and Theta's collaboration, it is suggested that there will be an in-person/retail component to the utilization process. Aside from the previously mentioned retail partners, the company's in-house Digital Plaza stores are included.
"Samsung Electronics will continue to innovate the customer experience that connects the virtual world and the real world by using NFT with various partners," said the press release.
Theta Labs' role is primarily to issue the Galaxy NFTs. Meanwhile, Alllink, an NFC payment solutions firm, will take care of authentication services.
"With this agreement, we're launching the world's largest ever offline NFT utility campaign, where more than 100,000 NFT holders can use their Theta NFT online and offline through ThetaPass technology," said Liu.
"This is only the beginning, and we will continue expanding retail and e-commerce store coverage and utility to broaden benefits to Samsung NFT holders."
Previous Samsung and Theta Collab
As already mentioned, this isn't the first collaboration between Samsung and Theta. The two companies previously partnered on an NFT digital collectibles project in February in celebration of the Galaxy S22 and S8 Tablet launch.
During that time, those who pre-ordered the phone and table in Korea could claim free NFTs. They had to register on Theta's NFT marketplace, ThetaDrop, using a unique code they received through a verification process using the "Samsung Members" app.
Theta's Liu said at the time that the collaboration "exemplifies global adoption of Theta's blockchain technology" and that he was looking forward to establishing a long-term community through said opportunity.