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Deze lijst omvat voetballers die bij de Chileense voetbalclub Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción spelen of gespeeld hebben. De namen zijn alfabetisch gerangschikt.

A
  Cristian Abarca
  Pablo Abdala
  Pablo Abdullah
  Miguel Aceval
  Patricio Aguilera
  Juan Albornoz
  Luis Alegría
  Óscar Altamirano
  Mauricio Aros
  Juan Arraya
  Francisco Arrué

B
  Hugo Bascuñán
  Jean Beausejour
  Fabián Benítez
  Héctor Berrios
  Cristian Britez
  Humberto Bustamante

C
  Juan Cabral
  Franco Cabrera
  Mario Cáceres
  Jorge Carrasco
  Anibal Carvallo
  Carlos Cisternas
  Gonzalo Cisternas
  Juan Cisternas
  Gerardo Cortes

D
  Diego Díaz
  Hugo Droguett

E
  Federico Elduayen
  Ismael Espiga

F
  Matías Favano
  Silvio Fernandez
  Leonardo Figueroa
  Luis Figueroa
  Carlos Fuentes

G
  Alejandro Gaete
  Fernando Giménez
  Michael Godoy
  Cristián Gómez
  Mauricio Gómez
  Osvaldo González
  Pablo González
  Renato González
  Diego Guidi

H
  Lizandro Henríquez

I
  Yeison Ibarrola

J
  Marcelo Jara
  José Jiménez

L
  Julio Laffatigue
  Michael Lepe
  Gustavo Lorenzetti

M
  Manuel Maciel
  Leonel Mena
  Robert Mendez
  Fernando Meneses
  Marco Millape
  Leonardo Monje
  Cristián Montecinos
  Pedro Morales
  Sergio Moreno
  Claudio Muñoz
  Felipe Muñoz
  Pedro Muñoz

N
  Gerardo Navarrete
  Patricio Neira

O
  Otelo Ocampos
  Marco Olea
  Roberto Órdenes
  Manuel Ormazábal
  Andrés Oroz

P
  Ricardo Parada
  Esteban Paredes
  Richard Pellejero
  Daniel Pereira
  Francisco Portillo

R
  Rodrigo Rain
  Renato Ramos
  Emmanuel Reinoso
  Joel Reyes
  Juan Ribera
  Carlos Rivas
  Pedro Rivera
  Marcelo Roa
  Edison Rozas
  Patricio Rubina

S
  Claudio Sandoval
  Carlos Santucho
  Jorge Schwager
  Diego Sepúlveda
  Fernando Solís

T
  Héctor Tapia
  Rodrigo Tapia
  Juan Toro

V
  Jorge Valdivia
  Iván Valenzuela
  Alex Varas
  Gabriel Vargas
  Alejandro Vásquez
  Carmelo Vega
  Wilmer Velásquez
  Gonzalo Villagra
  Juan Viveros
  Ricardo Viveros

Y
  Renzo Yáñez

Z
  Alonzo Zúñiga

Concepción, Club Deportivo Universidad

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Experienced Sports Media Executive Jim Irving to Join Forbidden Board of Directors
By Wall Street Communications 02 November 2015
LONDON -- Nov. 2, 2015 -- Forbidden, makers of the market-leading professional video editing software, Forscene, today announced the appointment of Jim Irving as non-executive director. Irving's immediate appointment to the board is a part of the company's overall leadership restructuring designed to strengthen the commercial capability of the team.
Irving possesses a wealth of experience in developing and growing companies within the digital sports-production sector. His position with deltatre Media from 2008 to 2015 saw him responsible for all commercial activity in the U.K., South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as for all of the company's marketing and communication activity. Before joining deltatre, Irving's background was in hands-on sports production, with roles including executive producer of the BBC's football highlights programme "Match of the Day" and head of digital production projects at BBC Future Media & Technology.
"I've worked extensively with the Forscene team during my time at deltatre and have been impressed with their work in digital rights post-production," Irving said. "I'm excited to help the team maximise Forscene's potential in the sports sector and to find new, innovative ways of using Forbidden's consumer products in crossover industries."
Irving recently founded Fanview Consultancy LLP, a sports content and technology business that helps rights owners maximise the value of their content through fan engagement. The company aims to design and build compelling and engaging sports-fan experiences by producing engaging content, creating new sports and fan concepts, building a social presence, and monetising sports audiences.
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Q: Are $r + \frac{1}{3}(s-r)$ and $r + \frac{2}{3}(s-r)$ irrational, given that $r < s$ and both are irrational? Are $r + \frac{1}{3}(s-r)$ and $r + \frac{2}{3}(s-r)$ irrationals, given that $r < s$ and both are irrational?
The context is the following:
There is an interval $E$ with irrational endpoints $r,s$. Do I get two other intervals if remove the middle third of $E$?
The doubt came from below [Cooke-1976]:
Q.: Is there a non-empty perfect set in $R^1$ which contains no rational number?
A.: Yes. Let $\{r_1, r_2,...,r_n,...\}$ be rational numbers in the interval $[-\pi, \pi]$. Let $E_0 = [-\pi, \pi]$. Now assume that $E_k$ has been chosen for $k < n$ in such a way that $E_k$ is a pairwise disjoint union of at most $2^{k+1}-1$ closed intervals with irrational endpoints, each of positive length at most $(\frac{2}{3})^k\pi$ and that $E_k$ does not contain $r_j$ if $j \le k$. (All of these conditions hold trivially for $k=0$.) Define a set $F_{k+1}$, which is obtained from $E_k$ by removing first the middle third of each of the intervals that constitute $E_k$. The result is a set of at most $2^{k+2}-2$ pairwise disjoint intervals having irrational endpoints, each interval being of length at most $(\frac{2}{3})^{k+1}\pi.$ If $r_{k+1} \notin F_{k+1}$, let $E_{k+1} = F_{k+1}$. If $r_{k+1} \in F_{k+1}$, then $r_{k+1}$ is not the endpoint of the interval $I = [a,b]$ of $F_{k+1}$ that it belongs to. Hence let $\delta$ be an irrational positive number less than the minimum of $r_{k+1}-a$ and $b-r_{k+1}$, and let $E_{k+1}$ be obtained from $F_{k+1}$ by removing the interval $(r_{k+1}-\delta, r_{k+1}+\delta)$ (which has irrational endpoints). Then $E_{k+1}$ consists of at most $2^{k+2}-1$ pairwise disjoint closes intervals, each of positive length at most $(\frac{2}{3})^{k+1}\pi$, and each having irrational endpoints. ... (and the proof goes on)
[Cooke-1976] - Solutions Manual to Walter Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis

A: That is not necessarily true. For example, with $r=-\sqrt{2}, s=2\sqrt{2}$, we get $r+\frac13(s-r)=0$.
What you can show is that you cannot have both of your considered points rational, so at least one of your resulting 'remaining intervals' has both end points irrational.

A: They can't both be rational because if they were, then $2(r + \frac 13(s-r))-(r+\frac 23(s-r)) = r$ would also be rational, which $r$ is not.
But one or  or the other may be rational.  Just set one of them to any rational you want and then solve for $r$ in terms of $s$.
e.g.  $r + \frac 13(s-r) = 0\implies s = -2r$.
But this would mean $r + \frac 23(s-r)= -r$ which, of course, is not rational.
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Actually it looks like Cooke maybe made an oversight.
If you take an interval with irrational endpoints $r,s$ where $r$ and $s$ having been derived by linear combinations of $\pi$ and arbitrary irrational $\delta$s, and finding $(r + \frac 13(s-r))$ and $(r + \frac 23(s-r))$ which he assumed to be irrational, which they are unless by some coincidence it just happened that $\frac {(2|1)}3r = q - \frac {(1|2)}3s$ for some rational $q$.
That would be a very strange coincidence but it could happen.
But... we can avoid it.
As the irrationals are dense in the reals we don't need an algorithm to find them.  We just provided one for the sake of confidence it gives us.
Do this instead:
Take an interval $[A,B] = E_0$ where $A$ and $B$ are irrational.  Take an enumerated list $(r_1,......)$ of the rationals in $[A,B]$.
Now for each $k$th step of the procedure do the following:  If $r_k$ is one of the intervals, $[a,b]$ (i.e. $a < r_k < b$, composing the set $E_{k-1}$,  remove a small chunk of the interval containing $r_k$ so that $[a,b]$ has been broken down into $[a,b']\cup  [a', b]$ where $a < b' < r_k < a' < b$.
Then for all the other intervals $[a_\alpha, b_\alpha]$ that compose $E_{k-1}$, remove about one third from the center.  Do it so that you are left with $[a_\alpha, b_\beta] \cup [a_\beta, b_\alpha]$ where $a_\alpha < b_\beta < a_\beta < a_\alpha$ and $b_\beta, a_\alpha$ are irrational.
Call the resulting union of closed intervals with irrational endpoints $E_k$.
Do this a countably infinite number of times.
The result is a cantor like set with only irrational points.

A: Put $r+(s-r)/3=100$, $r=\sqrt{2}$. Solve this linear equation for $s$, that will give you a counter-example.

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Injured worker lawsuit at Ohio Supreme Court spotlights deliberate-intent-to-harm standard (gallery)
Updated Jan 12, 2019; Posted Mar 04, 2013
By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer
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(Gallery by Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Bruce Houdek was tagging inventory between 25-foot stacks of metal plates in a narrow aisle at ThyssenKrupp Materials when he looked up and saw the sideloader.
His co-worker operating the electric-powered forklift, shuttling sideways down a row of the Cuyahoga Heights warehouse, would later say that he didn't see Houdek until he caught the flash of a helmet.
With no room to squeeze past the machine, Houdek tried to scrabble up the metal racks but was pinned against a scissor lift parked in the aisle. His right leg and ankle were crushed and his pelvis was fractured.
He spent six months in the hospital. After getting out, he sued ThyssenKrupp.
Ohio and other states usually shield companies from lawsuits unless they deliberately try to hurt workers, which is extremely difficult to prove. In fact, the state in the past few years has nearly closed the door on lawsuit damages for workplace injuries.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce would go even further. It says employees should never be allowed to sue their employers over job-related accidents -- that workers' compensation is supposed to be the sole remedy for such injuries.
But here, as in many other states, there are slim exceptions that let workers like Houdek try to recover money from employers in court.
Ohio companies can be liable if they deliberately intend to hurt an employee, if they deliberately remove a safety guard or deliberately misrepresent a hazardous substance
Houdek's lawyers felt the first two applied in machinist Houdek's case.
The lawyers said ThyssenKrupp required Houdek to work in a poorly lit aisle without a reflective vest, failed to put safety cones or expandable gates at the end of the aisle to prevent machinery from entering, and ignored a warning about the very kind of accident that happened.
The legal battle would prove as daunting a fight for Houdek as the one he waged to regain health.
Struggle to save Houdek's leg
Doctors at MetroHealth Medical Center had worked feverishly on the evening of Oct. 14, 2008, to staunch Houdek's wounds and get blood flowing to his lower body minutes after his accident at ThyssenKrupp. His mangled leg could be saved, they decided.
But trauma from the injury was causing tissue to swell, and the pressure was like a tourniquet on his muscles. The 40-year-old developed a potentially lethal symptom called acute compartment syndrome. His calf measured 29 inches, almost the circumference of a basketball.
Doctors performed a fasciotomy to save Houdek's leg, cutting it open to relieve pressure. Skin from his left leg was used to close the wounds on his right leg but the grafts didn't take, and doctors decided to let his fractures heal before trying again.
"Pain was a 7 or 8 after bath," one of his sisters wrote in a journal for visitors kept by his hospital bed. "Pain is 10," his mother later wrote.
Doctors eventually removed the balky fixator that had stabilized Houdek's shattered ankle. A new graft, using three-fourths of the skin from his back, healed most of his leg wound but he still couldn't walk more than a few yards.
Houdek joked that MetroHealth issued him a Cadillac wheelchair, one with wheelie bars so it wouldn't tip.
He wasn't whole, but he was ready to leave. On Good Friday, 2009, he headed home.
Workers' comp "grand bargain"
Like 115,000 Ohioans injured on the job every year, Houdek's medical costs were paid by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Workers' comp also paid him a portion of his lost wages, tax-free. Temporary total compensation amounts to 72 percent of a person's wages for three months, and 66 2/3 percent after that. Houdek's payment was $426 a week for three months and then $394 a week.
Houdek hired lawyer Joseph Condeni to handle his workers' comp claim. Condeni teamed up with a former law partner, David Grant, to filed a complaint on Houdek's behalf. If Houdek won a lawsuit, the bureau of workers' comp would be reimbursed for payments it made out of any damages won.
During trial preparation, the sideloader operator had a stunning revelation when he was deposed by Houdek's lawyers. Just days before the accident, he said, he questioned during a shift meeting with the plant manager whether he should avoid aisles where employees were labeling inventory.
The manager told him that workers would move out of the way, the sideloader operator said.
"Frankly, I don't recall a case where I had that sort of evidence before," said Grant, at Plevin & Gallucci in Cleveland.
ThyssenKrupp, in court records, said Houdek's injuries happened because the sideloader operator forgot Houdek told him he would be working between aisle racks A and B. The accident was not foreseeable or intentional, the company said.
"Mr. Houdek's accident was truly tragic," the company said in an email in late February. "At ThyssenKrupp, we value the health and safety of our employees above all else. After the accident, we conducted a rigorous investigation and fully cooperated with all of the regulatory agencies."
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company $2,250 for unsafe operation of a motorized vehicle.
ThyssenKrupp also negotiated a $58,000 payment to Houdek under a provision of workers' comp that lets injured workers seek awards if there is a "violation of a specific safety requirement." Condeni argued several safety lapses, including that the sideloader didn't have audible or visual warning devices.
Some lawyers consider the "deliberate intent" requirement that figured in the Houdek case almost like having to prove an employer acted with a criminal mindset.
That's not the way Houdek's attorneys saw it.
"We believe a claim should exist when an employer is aware of a dangerous condition or machine and the employer still instructs an employee to work under those conditions," Grant said last week.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Michael Donnelly didn't agree, dismissing the case before it got to a jury. Houdek failed to show that ThyssenKrupp intended to injure him, Donnelly said.
Houdek appealed to the Eighth District Court of Appeals. (ThyssenKrupp response here.)
The three-judge panel concluded the lower court was wrong. There were issues a jury should consider, the judges said. They ordered the case set for trial.
ThyssenKrupp then appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, setting up an historic confrontation over workplace injuries. (See Houdek brief here.)
Thirty Years' War to define "intent"
There wasn't an intentional tort law against employers in Ohio throughout much of the 20th century, after formation of the "grand bargain" of workers' comp in 1912.
It covers workers even if they are negligent and cause their own accident. Employers pay for the insurance through premiums and are protected from lawsuit uncertainty. Workers don't get higher benefits when accidents are the employers' fault. Workers' comp also doesn't pay for pain and suffering.
Then came a 1982 bombshell by the Ohio Supreme Court. It said that employees had the right to sue employers for damages for intentional infliction of injury. The court held that employers' legal immunity from lawsuits had always been for negligent acts, not intentional conduct.
That set off what one commentator called the equivalent of a Thirty Years' War to parse the meaning of "intent."
In 2005, the Ohio Legislature made it harder than ever to sue employers by saying they were liable only when they had a "deliberate intent" to injure.
The Ohio Supreme Court said there was no evidence of such intent in Houdek's case, and ruled that the lower court was right to throw out his lawsuit. Justice Paul Pfeifer, a Republican, was the lone dissenter in the 6-1 opinion.
"An intent to injure can be inferred from the facts and circumstances of a particular case," Pfeifer wrote. "Otherwise, an injured worker would be dependent on an employer's confession to make his case."
Gregory Guice, who represented ThyssenKrupp, said the court properly interpreted the 2005 law that narrowed when workers can sue.
Columbus attorney Preston Garvin, who for 30 years has represented the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in major worker-injury cases, said the Houdek case was a big win for employers because fault had crept back into what is supposed to be a no-fault system.
The Ohio AFL-CIO said requiring Houdek to show that his employer deliberately meant to hurt him rendered the employer intentional tort law in Ohio meaningless.
"If Mr. Houdek's case does not provide sufficient facts for a jury to consider his claim, no case will," the labor organization said in a court pleading.
Just two weeks before the Dec. 6 Houdek ruling, injured worker Larry Hewitt lost a separate case before the Ohio Supreme Court.
Hewitt said his employer should be held to a presumption of intent to injure because his company removed a safety guard by failing to equip the apprentice lineman with insulated gloves to prevent him from shock. A 7,200-volt line coursed through Hewitt's arm and hand, leaving him permanently disabled.
Employment law blogs flashed news of the Houdek and Hewitt rulings.
"Intentional tort claims in Ohio are (nearly) dead in the water," said a posting by lawyers at Littler Mendelson. "The Employer Intentional Tort. Going, Going.. . Gone?" said another blog.
Grant said he would continue to file lawsuits for injured workers when companies consciously disregarded safety.
"Otherwise, employers are left with their own moral obligation, moral compass," he said. "And like it or not, that moral compass doesn't always point in the right direction."
After Houdek's accident, ThyssenKrupp workers were equipped with fluorescent vests, and the company used cones and gates to block aisles where employees were working for extended periods. The changes didn't have legal implications: Ohio law says remedial measures taken after an accident can't be presented to a jury to prove negligence.
Headed downhill
As the case wound through Ohio courts for 3 1/2 years, Houdek's health was declining.
Stubborn patches on his leg remained raw. Dangerous infections lingered. His leg was elephantine and it made him sick and weak.
The amputation came in April 2010. Still, infections and pain clung, and now phantom pain was in the mix. His missing toes hurt.
Houdek's medical bills, all paid by workers' comp, totaled $757,845.07. He also got $86,294 in lost wages and a scheduled loss award of $100,000 -- after attorneys' fees -- for the amputation. In Ohio, there are set amounts for amputations or loss of use of legs, fingers, arms and other body parts.
Houdek used part of the payment for his amputation to buy a red Ford pickup, 1968, the year he was born. He kept it in mint condition.
Meanwhile, trips to MetroHealth continued, at first every day, for wound treatment, then less often for physical rehabilitation.
In January, Houdek gave Nurse Practitioner Tammy Coffey, who had handled more of his care than anyone else, a framed photo of the two of them from his hospital stay. "To my hero," he wrote on the back. He added his medical record number.
Houdek put up pictures on Facebook of happier times when the Cleveland Browns fan organized tailgating cookouts, and graphic photos of his wounds. "Retired," he posted, "not by choice though."
At the Ed Keating Center for alcoholics in Cleveland, where Houdek went through treatment, he'd pull into the parking lot honking his horn.
"He would bring the guys a bunch of things, and say 'Keep doing what you're doing,'" said house manager Marty Taft. "But I think his self-esteem after the accident was crushed."
The close-knit Houdek family saw it first-hand.
"He was in pain from morning to night," said Houdek's mom, Joann.
On Nov. 21, Houdek and his dog, Webster, went to Garfield Heights, where he was meeting two friends for poker. He collapsed over a game of cards of an apparent heart attack. He was 44.
The funeral procession that left for the cemetery from St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Parma led with Houdek's red pickup. In the truck bed was Houdek's coffin.
Two weeks later, the Ohio Supreme Court denied his lawsuit.


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Q: Limiting downloading, copying and printing for EDITORS in Google drive I am looking to find out if it is POSSIBLE to restrict EDITORS from downloading, copying or printing a Google sheet or other documents in a Google Drive.  We share sheets/documents with our customers so they can fill in the details. For that we need to make them EDITORS (so they can edit and even invite others to the party).  I know that we can restrict COMMENTERS and VIEWERS from downloading, but in our case we need to prevent EDITORS.
We have a LOT of intellectual property in our sheets (custom formulas and approaches), and we would like to be able to prevent people from simply downloading it.  As I understand it this SHOULD be possible using the Google Drive API, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it, yet. Looking at the API it obliquely says it MAY be possible, but it is not clear :-(
Direction, or sample code, would be VERY much appreciated.
TIA

A: It's not possible to restrict editors from downloading files. The documentation mentions that only commenters and viewers can be prevented from this. Then in the API docs concerning permissions and their definitions you will see that there's nothing controlling downloads either. This is just a UI change.
If you think about it, the reason is clear: Even if you manage to stop direct downloads, to anyone with at least read access to the file or API this is just a minor inconvenience. They can still read all the content and metadata from the API and replicate the file perfectly. Even viewers with copy disabled can still read the formulas from the formula bar. Sharing the Sheets file is inherently unsafe if you have confidential data in it, since a determined attacker can still get all your trade secrets easily. You're only supposed to share these files with trusted users.
My suggestion is to take a different approach. Do not share the Sheets file at all and use something else as intermediary to request data from your customers. For example:

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*Create a Google Form to save the responses to a Sheet. Your customers will only need to fill out the form and the sheet will be filled with data that you can handle on your side.

*If you need the users to also view some information in the Sheet before filling out their info you can build an Apps Script Web App that displays only the plain data that you need to show them. With this you can hide the formulas and other sensitive information. Using templates and server functions you can allow the users to interface with the Sheet data similarly to how they do it now, but with a more restricted view. You could even allow them to edit only the data you want them to. This requires more work and is starting to delve into web development, but It's much easier than a fully fledged website since the hosting and interfacing with APIs is handled by Apps Script.

*You could just create your own application and use the Sheets API to read and write data from the Sheet. This is pretty much the previous suggestion but much harder, though in the end it will give you more flexibility.

The bottom line is that sharing your Sheet in any way is akin to giving your users full database read or write access, and there's no single setting that can prevent that. Your best bet is to avoid sharing these files and use a different method to request user data.

A: You could use importrange to share data from another protected sheet and have users able to download and view data as editors in another place.  Downloading the editable sheet data results in values from importrange sheets displaying "normally" when viewed, but resolving to something like this within each cell: =IFERROR(@__xludf.DUMMYFUNCTION("""COMPUTED_VALUE"""),"")


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File photos of pregnant women, pregnancy, ultrasounds.
The experiences of these two women, doctor and patient, shed light on the state of maternal health care impacting immigrant women in the United States.
Earlier this year, the patient's blood pressure inched higher and higher. Her pregnant body felt "strange and different," and obstetrician Dr. Cristina Gamboa became increasingly concerned.
Gamboa and her colleagues at Salud Para La Gente, a community health center in Watsonville, California, quickly changed their patient's delivery plan to perform a repeat cesarean section after diagnosing the patient with preeclampsia. Moments later, the patient gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
"Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death and timely diagnosis is important," Gamboa said.
The blood pressure-raising stress seen in Gamboa's patient during her pregnancy has become an increasingly common trend that Gamboa has seen at Salud Para La Gente, which has centers in California's Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
She has seen increased stress specifically among pregnant patients who happen to be Mexican immigrants in the United States. Among the patients at Salud Para La Genta in Watsonville, about 40% are farmworkers and 92% are Hispanic, said Gamboa, who herself grew up in a farming town and belongs to an immigrant family.
While several factors can drive stress — such as employment status, social instability or preexisting health conditions — one additional factor in recent years for immigrant women has been America's political climate, Gamboa said.
The stress that some mothers face can make them at higher risk for depression and anxiety, which potentially can impact the baby's health too, Gamboa said.
Gamboa's patient, whom CNN has agreed to keep anonymous for her safety, experienced that high-risk pregnancy earlier this year due to preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and a history of two previous cesarean sections.
"With the new administration, it's a tense moment," the patient said in the documentary "Giving Birth in America: California," produced by Every Mother Counts, a nonprofit that seeks to raise the profile and issues of maternal health in the US.
"Sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night, at two in the morning — supposedly in the last weeks of pregnancy is when you should be most relaxed, most calm — that ICE is here, ICE is there, sometimes I'm even scared to go to the doctors," said the patient, who works picking strawberries.
High blood pressure occurs in about 6% to 8% of all pregnancies among women, ages 20 to 44, in the US, and every year 2% to 10% of pregnancies in the US are affected by gestational diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The scientific literature remains unclear on exactly how a woman's immigration status may impact the health of her pregnancy or childbirth. More research is needed to determine whether immigrant women in the US have higher or lower rates of pregnancy complications than US-born women, Gamboa said.
Some studies suggest that in industrialized countries, an immigrant woman's country of origin is associated with whether she may have a higher or lower risk of complications, such as preeclampsia. Other studies point out that the stress of migration and targeted raids could be associated with adverse birth outcomes.
"Studies have shown later entry to prenatal care and/or no care at all for pregnant women who have more recently migrated to our country," Gamboa said.
"They've also been shown to have a higher rate of preterm birth, which could be linked to the limited access in care or other factors," she said.
She added that those factors are called "social determinants of health," and are important to evaluate when caring for a patient.
"In California, we have the availability to provide insurance to all expecting mothers, regardless of immigration status, called pregnancy-related Medi-Cal," she said.
"But other programs — such as food assistance programs, Migrant Head Start, WIC [the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children] — a lot of the patients are saying that they're hesitant to sign up because they're afraid their information could be used to track them, to find out that they're here unauthorized and notify authorities," she said.
Gamboa's patient knows the cost of care all too well.
After arriving in California nine years ago, she tried to have another child but had difficulty getting pregnant. She discussed her fertility concerns with Gamboa and underwent some medical exams. To her surprise, her exams showed that she had her tubes tied in a procedure that must have been done in Mexico, she said, without her knowledge.
"When I had my last baby, my boy who is now 13, I had him in Mexico. It was a C-section, I would say, 'All this pain is normal, it's because of the surgery.' So I went back to inquire at the hospital to see my file, to see what had happened, but there was no file. It seemed like I hadn't given birth there, my baby hadn't been born there," the patient said in the documentary.
"It wasn't until later, when I got to the States that I found out my tubes were tied," she said, referencing a forced sterilization practice that has been documented in Mexico and other countries, often targeting poor and other marginalized communities.
The patient had the procedure reversed, but "no health insurance, nor Medi-Cal would cover the procedure. The surgery costs about $10,000. So I looked online and found a clinic that charged me $5,800, but it was traumatizing," she said in the documentary.
Some Americans and organizations, however, don't share that position — making the argument that since undocumented immigrants may have broken the law coming to the country, it may not be fair for them to access the same health care services as those who migrated legally.
For Gamboa's patient, she fled Mexico to escape the violence in her community.
"In Mexico, there had been a lot of violence. So it's better to just get away from it all. And we walked for two nights … passing through the mountains," the patient said in the documentary.
One patient in Arizona will forever be lodged in his memory, he said.
Border patrol agents brought the young woman in due to concerns that she was going into early labor. As her small frame rested in the hospital bed, Rahimian noticed fear in her eyes while an agent stood next to her in the medical exam room.
"It was just such a profound case. I mean, this poor woman just came straight in from coming across the Arizona border," Rahimian said.
His colleagues and he worked with the Florence Project, an organization that provides free legal and social services to detained people under threat of deportation, to help house the woman in a shelter for the remainder of her pregnancy.
"Then she could follow-up with a physician and get the appropriate care versus being in a detention facility and dealing with the stress that comes along with incarceration, that could put her in preterm labor or she could be exposed to sick contacts that could cause an infection, potentially complicating the pregnancy further," Rahimian said.
Gamboa said that there is hope for the future of immigrants' health if we are willing to discuss and create solutions for addressing disparities in health care.


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When Stars Align
It happens once a year on August 1 in Rosslyn's Dark Star Park.
Matt Blitz,
At exactly 9:32 a.m. on August 1, if the clouds part and the sun peeks out, the concrete spheres and vertical poles that make up Rosslyn's Dark Star Park will put on a show like no other.
As the clock ticks toward the prescribed time, the sun's angle will shift and the shadows cast by the orbs and posts will begin to align with a series of matching shapes and lines on the ground. "It actually looks like they aren't going to [line up], but…something happens and they just snap into place," says Angela Adams, Arlington's public art director. "It's just for that moment. Then, it passes."
Dark Star Park. Photo credit: Hoachlander Davis Photography
In 1979, famed land artist Nancy Holt was given the reigns to develop, design and install an entire public park—a rarity for an artist. It took five years and $200,000, but when Dark Star Park was unveiled in 1984, it was Arlington's first publicly commissioned art piece. It immediately became the centerpiece of the county's now-robust public art program.
Dark Star Park. Photo credit: Matt Blitz
Located between Fairfax Drive and N. Lynn Street in Rosslyn, Dark Star Park gets its name from the concrete spheres' resemblance to fallen, extinguished stars. In fact, Holt hired an astrophysicist to help her during the project's design phase to ensure she got the math and science exactly correct.
The fact that the park shares its name with a song by the Grateful Dead—whose lead singer, Jerry Garcia, was born on August 1—is nothing more than a peculiar coincidence. (Although tell that to the tie-dye t-shirt-wearing Deadheads who show up every year in celebration.)
August 1 is, in fact, a call back to Rosslyn's history. It was on that date in 1860 that William Henry Ross purchased the land that would later become Rosslyn.
The exactness of the time (9:32 a.m.) is simply because Holt favored the morning light.
Public art director Adams knew Holt well and worked with her to renovate the park back in the late 1990's and early 2000's. She says Holt's goal was to create an art installation that blended naturally into the urban setting.
"If you are in Dark Star Park, you are hard-pressed to [differentiate] the art from the park," Adams says. "The public space…is elevated to a higher level of civic design."
According to Adams, Holt thought the passage of time (both short and long term) added an interesting element of depth, dimension and patina to her urban design. During the park's renovations, Holt made specific requests not to fix certain things that had weathered. "She liked the sort-of leeching that happened [to the spheres]…and the desire line [footpath made by] people who were cutting through the park to get to the Metro. She [didn't] want to fix it, but didn't want to formalize it either."
Entrance to Dark Star Park. Photo credit: Matt Blitz
Holt died in 2014, but one of her greatest and most famous works still lives in our midst. This year, an early morning tour of the park is being offered (though it's currently at capacity). Community members can also attend a public viewing and talk about the installation, right around the time those stars align.
Tags: Angela Adams, Arlington County, art, August, Dark Star Park, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Matt Blitz, Nancy Holt, Public art, Rosslyn, sculptures


(starred review) O'Nan proves that uncertainty can be the worst punishment of all in this unflinching look at an unraveling family. In the small town of Kingsville, Ohio, 18-year-old Kim Larsen—popular and bound for college in the fall—disappears on her way to work one afternoon. Not until the next morning do her parents, Ed and Fran, and 15-year-old sister, Lindsay, realize Kim is missing. The lead detective on the case tells the Larsens that since Kim is an adult, she could, if the police find her, ask that the police not disclose her location to her parents. When Kim's car later turns up in nearby Sandusky, Ed, desperate to help, joins the official search. Meanwhile, Fran stays home putting all her energy into community fund-raisers, and Lindsay struggles to maintain a normal life. Through shifting points of view, chiefly those of the shell-shocked parents and the moody Lindsay, O'Nan raises the suspense while conveying the sheer torture of what it's like not to know what has happened to a loved one. When—if ever—do you stop looking?
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Grantfork is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 341 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Geography
Grantfork is located in eastern Madison County at . Illinois Route 160 passes through the west side of the village, leading south  to Highland and north  to Illinois Route 140. Edwardsville, the county seat, is  to the west, and downtown St. Louis is  to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grantfork has a total area of , of which , or 2.13%, are water. The East Fork of Silver Creek, part of the Kaskaskia River watershed leading south to the Mississippi River, passes through the southeast corner of the village.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 254 people, 101 households, and 67 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 103 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.21% White, 0.39% Native American, and 0.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 101 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $42,917, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $36,563 versus $21,458 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,415. About 3.1% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty five or over.

Notable person

 Rube Peters, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Tip-Tops; born in Grantfork

References

Villages in Madison County, Illinois
Villages in Illinois


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Taleskoten. Gouache, charcoal and crayon on paper by Zinovii Tolkatcheve, 1944. (Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum. Gift of Sigmund A. Rolat of New York/Photo © Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem)
Foreword by François Mauriac
Preface by the author
Translated by Marion Wiesel
Illustrated with art by Holocaust artists
Night is one of the first and one of the greatest Holocaust memoirs. The new Folio Society edition is illustrated with art by survivors and witnesses and is published alongside Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
Night is Elie Wiesel's terrifying and intimate account of his time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. It is also an incredible historical document; essential reading for a generation removed from the suffering inflicted by humankind against its own during the Second World War. But despite the subject matter, Wiesel's narrative is beautiful and the measured language highlights the terrible dichotomy between humanity's creative and destructive capabilities.
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Bound in blocked cloth
Set in Jansen
Frontispiece and 10 colour illustrations
Blocked slipcase
8˝ x 5¼˝
Survival against the odds
Wiesel was 15 years old in 1944 when his family was transported from their hometown of Sighet in Hungary, to Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland. His mother and younger sister were killed on arrival and he was left with his father to adjust to the brutal regime of camp life. The horrors of the Holocaust are omnipresent and yet survival is the recurring theme – the reserves of strength that can be called upon to cling on to life against the greatest of odds. The young Wiesel essentially switches roles with his father, taking on the mantle of protector and provider in his desperate efforts to keep them both alive.
We had been a hundred or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it. Among them, my father and myself. We had arrived in Buchenwald.
A long road to publication
'Elie Wiesel was not just the world's most prominent Holocaust survivor, he was a living memorial.'
Following the liberation of Buchenwald by American Forces in 1945, Wiesel moved to Paris, studied at the Sorbonne and subsequently worked as a journalist. It was following an interview with French novelist François Mauriac that Wiesel revisited the manuscript he had written in his native Yiddish and felt compelled to publish Night. Mauriac's fascinating foreword tells of the struggle to secure a publisher and how the book was eventually released in French and then in English translation. The text was revised by Wiesel's wife Marion in 2006 and it remains the best-known Holocaust memoir, a powerful reminder 'lest we forget'.
An edition illustrated with Holocaust art
Wiesel was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and his moving acceptance speech is published alongside his memoir. To illustrate the edition, we sourced paintings and drawings from Holocaust archives, including Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. These include Thomas Geve's chilling Culture – painted by the teenager while he gained sufficient strength to leave the liberated Buchenwald; and Roll Call at Auschwitz by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak, an artist who smuggled over 300 drawings out of the camp so the rest of the world would know something of the horror.
The stark binding design encourages contemplation and the blocked title is replicated on the slipcase, which is the colour of approaching night.
About Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) was a Romanian-born Jewish novelist, journalist, human rights activist and Holocaust survivor. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in 1944. Liberated from Buchenwald in 1945 by Allied troops, he was taken to Paris where he studied literature, philosophy and psychology at the Sorbonne and became a journalist, yet for years he remained silent about what he had endured as an inmate in the camps. During an interview with the distinguished French writer François Mauriac, Wiesel was persuaded to end that silence. He subsequently wrote his memoir La Nuit (Night), first published in 1958, and which has since been translated into more than thirty languages. His other works are on Jewish subjects, most focusing on the Holocaust, and include Dawn (1961), Legends of Our Time (1966), A Beggar in Jerusalem (1968), The Testament (1980), and two volumes of his memoirs All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995) and And the Sea is Never Full (1999).
Wiesel was also a teacher and from 1972 to 1976 he served as Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and became the Andrew Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Boston University in 1976, where he taught in both its religion and philosophy departments. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Elie Wiesel as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and in 1980 he became the Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. In his later life Wiesel emerged as a political activist and humanitarian and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
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Lockers don't have to be a place where the kids dump their books after class. They can be so much more fun! These LockerLookz Brand Locker Wallpapers featured in our August 2015 back-to-school supplies story can help with that. These magnetic strips come in different colors and designs.
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LG has officially brings G6, its latest flagship smartphone to India weeks after it was launched at MWC in Barcelona. The device features a 5.7-inch QHD+ FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio, and sports dual 13MP wide-angle rear-facing cameras for great photo capture.
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The 64GB storage variant is the one released in India today.
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Thinking about a teaching career? Registration for information sessions on Brock's Consecutive Teacher Education program is now open.
April 15, 2019, from 11 a.m to noon in WH 204. Register here.
April 22, 2019, from 11 a.m to noon in WH 204. Register here.
The OAME Golden Section Spring Conference takes place in Welch Hall at Brock University on Wednesday, April 17. The conference is presented by the Golden Section of OAME, Brock University Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Brock University Department of Mathematics and Brock University Faculty of Education.
This year, the conference features a keynote by the inspiring Bill Ralph.
All registration will be done electronically at www.oame.on.ca/mcis starting on Tuesday, March 26th. Click on Conferences Open For Registration, then click on Online Registration for Golden MiniConference 2019. If you have questions regarding registration, please e-mail: liisa.suurtamm@dsbn.org.
Other questions can be directed to: elizabeth.pattison@dsbn.org or jaime.rootes@ncdsb.com.
Driving Directions to Brock University can be found here: brocku.ca/directions. Parking is available in Lot D. When arriving, tell the parking attendant you are attending the OAME conference to be admitted into the lot. To locate Welch Hall, please view the map of the Brock Campus available at brocku.ca/maps.
After professing his love for mathematics for more than 30 years in the Faculty of Mathematics at Brock University, Bill Ralph is retiring! Over those 30 years, Bill has been a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of Golden Section – he has opened his classroom to our students, given talks at our spring conference, provoked our thinking about the role of technology at our inaugural fall social, welcomed students at our Math Olympics and given a keynote address when the Provincial OAME conference was hosted by Golden. But more importantly, Bill has been, and continues to be, an inspiration to many mathematics teachers in the Niagara Region and beyond.
If your house is built on quicksand, in an earthquake zone, and on a flood plain, then buying stocks will be as easy for you as falling off a cliff. If you're very risk averse like me, you might want to bring a little mathematics into your investing to help you sleep at night. We'll look at what mathematics tells us about predicting risk and return and see if it can explain why the teachers' pension fund does so well. Bring some coins to toss for some hands-on experiments that could introduce your students (elementary or secondary!) to stock market mathematics. You might want to have a look at my financial website www.portfoliomath.com or my art website www.billralph.com.
Are you looking for ideas to engage students in math learning? This session will explore a range of tasks that can be used immediately to get K-3 students excited about mathematics.
Are you looking for ideas to engage students in math learning? This session will explore a range of tasks that can be used immediately to get 4-8 students excited about mathematics.
B7: Can You Escape Math Class?
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An information session for those who have completed (or will soon complete) a university degree and would like to apply to the Consecutive Teacher Education program to pursue a career in teaching. Register here to attend the information session.
An information session for those applying for admission to the January 2020 intake of the Technological Teacher Education to become a Technological Education Teacher and teach one of Ontario's 10 Broad Based Technology curriculum. Register for the information session here.
An information session for those already holding an ECE diploma who are interested in earning a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours) degree. Register here to attend the information session.
Directions to the Hamilton Campus are available here.
Guest speaker Porfirio Samuel Furé Davis will explore the race debate in Cuba during a presentation hosted by Brock's Faculty of Education on Tuesday, March 12.
Race and racism have been controversial topics in Cuba in the post-revolutionary period. Furé's talk will explore new grounds for the race debate in Cuba and provide insight into a complex discussion.
A distinguished scholar and Professor Titular in the School of Foreign Languages at the University of Havana, Furé is known for his work on Afro-Caribbean oral tradition, Cuban reggae and Anglo-Caribbean literature, and is also the author of La Cultura Rastafari en Cuba, his seminal history of the Rastafarian movement in Cuba. He also serves as a host and a scholarly mentor to visiting international scholars who go to Cuba to study the issue of Black culture in Cuba.
The talk was organized by Michael O'Sullivan, Associate Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Student Services, Research and International in the Faculty of Education. Furé has been connected with Brock since 2008 and has collaborated with O'Sullivan on a research project in the past.
His talk takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in WH 206. All are welcome to attend.
Members of the Brock community recently gathered to discuss social media, beauty ideals and visual and cultural identities in adolescents during a research symposium organized by Fiona Blaikie, a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies. Blaikie's recent research has focused on youth visual and cultural identity constructions and the need for these to be explored in art education.
The symposium, "Impression Management: Constructions of Visual and Cultural Identities," was held in Pond Inlet on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The day included two discussion panels, with speakers also giving brief presentations on their work around the theme of youth identity construction. The discussions were moderated by Dolana Mogadime, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies. The welcoming ceremony was officiated by Nicholas Printup, a media and communications student at Brock University and member of the Beaver Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation.
Shauna Pomerantz, Associate Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University: 'It's my Lifeblood', or Why Do We Disparage What Girls Value Most in Their Construction of Self?
Fiona Blaikie, Professor, Art Education, Faculty of Education at Brock University: Embodied, Constructed and Performed Youth Identities in Relation to Global Celebrity Influencers, Popular Culture, Social Media and Intersectionality: Dreaming the Impossible Dream.
Local high school students will showcase their artistic skills through a new exhibition featured at Rodman Hall Art Centre over the next few weeks.
Trevor Norris, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies, will be speaking at an event co-hosted by the Environmental Sustainability Research Center (ESRC) and the Posthumanism Research Institute (PRI) to explore environmental buzzwords in our daily landscape. Researchers from PRI and ESRC will gather to investigate the meaning of five key environmental terms and concepts: "transformation," "resilience," "sustainability," "stewardship," and "consumerism." Everyone is welcome to join for the general discussion among presenters and audience members that will follow brief presentations on each term/concept.
Hosted By: David Fancy, Associate Professor, Dramatic Arts and PRI Member.
The latest Special Issue of Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice is now available.
This special issue brings together a collection of diverse voices, critical perspectives, and topics, which examine notions of aesthetics, art interventions, and implications for social justice issues and education. The essays contained in this issue represent a rich interplay of theory, practice, and criticism, creating a form of cross-disciplinary response that invite new approaches to investigate aesthetic education.
The guest editors were supported by Editor-in-Chief, Dolana Mogadime, and the Brock Education Journal's technical team throughout the process of producing the special issue. The Brock Education Journal's technical team includes William Ankomah, Tim Ribaric, Peter Vietgen and James Windjack. Dénommé-Welch and McNeil would also like to thank the reviewers for contributing their time and expertise to the special issue.
Whether it's Instagram, Snapchat or another popular platform, social media has the ability to impact the way teens see themselves and how they form their own identity.
This concept, as well as others surrounding social media, beauty ideals and visual and cultural identities in adolescents, will be discussed at a research symposium taking place at Brock on Friday, Feb. 1.
Impression Management: Constructions of Visual and Cultural Identities in North American Adolescents brings together researchers from several institutions and disciplines. Held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pond Inlet, the event is open to all members of the Brock community.
Two discussion panels will be held throughout the day, with speakers also giving brief presentations on their work around the theme of youth identity construction.
"Identity is a key issue across disciplines because it is contested and difficult to navigate. Asserting identity raises issues of class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion and politics," says Faculty of Education Professor and event organizer Fiona Blaikie.
Her recent research has focused on youth visual and cultural identity constructions and the need for these to be explored in art education.
"Identity is a particularly problematic issue in high schools as adolescents begin to establish their sense of self," says Blaikie. This process shapes youth as individuals and impacts the social ecosystem of schools.
"Studies of high school identities reveal various manifestations of power and agency within subcultures, as well as bullying and exclusion," explains Blaikie.
The role of technology, celebrity culture and social media on identity construction will also be explored during the symposium.
Many forms of identity construction as well as the impact of celebrity and pop culture influencers are realized via social media, including Instagram, Snapchat and blogs.
Blaikie is currently leading a research project that focuses on visual and cultural identities and beauty ideals in adolescents, encompassing intersectionality and visual art self-creations and constructions through social media and art making.
The discussions will be moderated by Dolana Mogadime, Associate Professor in Brock's Faculty of Education. Mogadime's scholarship resides in the arenas of ethnographic, auto-ethnographic and narrative inquiry. She focuses on social justice and intersectionality, particularly around issues of race, gender and class.
Refreshments and lunch will be provided at the symposium. Members of local school boards have also been invited.
Capacity for the event is limited and registration is required by Thursday, Jan. 24 for catering purposes. For more details on the day's speakers and to register for the event, visit the Faculty of Education website.
Beginning a new year gives us an opportunity to look ahead to the future.
For the Faculty of Education, this will be a year of transitions in several key areas.
The Department of Educational Studies is developing a new Bachelor of Educational Studies program for students interested in learning and teaching in non-school environments such as non-for-profit, for-profit, government and post-secondary organizations.
The Department is also exploring the development of a professional education doctorate (EdD) to respond to domestic and international demands for high quality, professionally-focused programs for educational leaders.
Our existing Bachelor of Education (BEd) programs are undergoing their periodic review by the Ontario College of Teachers. During this process, we have reflected on the ways the Initial Teacher Education Program, mandated by the province and implemented in 2015, continues our tradition of exceptional teacher education and responds to the diverse learning needs of children in our K-12 systems.
We will be hiring three new tenure track faculty positions. These will support Faculty renewal and help set the direction of our programs over the next ten to twenty years. The new positions are an opportunity to re-affirm our commitment to faculty equity and diversity while ensuring our programs and research reflect the needs of educators today and tomorrow.
Encouraging increased engagement between local and international students to the benefit of both and expanding programs that lead to international students engaging in the local community.
Developing professional development modules for international teachers and educational leaders that can be offered on-campus or abroad.
Creating options for short-term (one week to a month) and longer-term (a semester or more) study and research abroad opportunities for our students.
Infusing international content into our course offerings as appropriate.


Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. is set to introduce a new engine technology that goes beyond power. Arriving in the All-New V6 Honda Accord is the i-VTEC (Intelligent Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control) engine equipped with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM), a new generation of fuel-efficient technology.
Combining power and fuel economy is typically improbable in conventional engines. With the VCM system, optimal power output, promising fuel economy and lesser harmful emissions in actual driving situations become possible by simply closing down cylinders when not needed. VCM tailors the number of cylinders to be activated to match one's driving requirements.
During start-up, acceleration, high-speed driving along North Luzon Expressway or uphill climbing to Baguio City, the engine operates on all 6 cylinders, thereby unleashing full power output potential of the Accord. For mid-speed driving along Subic or climbing a moderately inclined road, the engine deactivates 2 cylinders and runs on 4 cylinders. Meanwhile, fuel economy is optimized while cruising around town on moderate speed or driving downhill from Tagaytay. It is when the engine runs at 3 cylinder mode while the other 3 cylinders are closed down. With the VCM system, it is like having three engines in one.
Seamless activation and deactivation of cylinders from 6 to either 4 or 3 brings about the coining of its nickname, VCM 6 4 3.
The ingenuity behind Honda's VCM system is that it complements with its VTEC concept. VTEC adjusts valve timing and valve opening depending on the driving situation to optimize fuel economy and power output. Honda uses VTEC mechanism in closing down cylinder as it deactivates and closes the cylinder intake and exhaust valves. In inactive cylinders, spark plugs continue to fire up to keep the cylinders clean.
To know more about Variable Cylinder Management, visit any Honda dealer nearest you. You may also check-out www.vcm643.com or simply type-in VCM643 on online search engines.


With the playoffs around the corner, the top teams of Major League Baseball are preparing for a World Series run. September is the month where the best of the best can rest a little bit. They have compiled such good records throughout the course of the season that they can line up their pitching for the postseason. People who have minor injuries can rest them because they can afford to. Teams contending for those wild card spots do not have this luxury. Teams like the Red Sox, Tigers, Dodgers and Braves are in position where they can visit the pit stop for some good maintenance. All four teams represent the No. 1 seeds if this were a bracket. However, the team with the best chance to win it all this year is the Detroit Tigers.
Miguel Cabrera. Need I say more? They have the best hitter in baseball and he is having another phenomenal season, chasing the Triple Crown. He may have off-the-field issues, but who cares? He is becoming one of the best hitters of all-time in terms of power, clutchness and batting average. It does not matter what pitchers he faces. You know the adage, "good pitching beats good hitting," Not with Cabrera. He reminds me of the Dos Equis Guy, aka the "Most Interesting Man in the World," except Cabrera advertises hitting. They have invented a new pitching category for pitchers who start against the Tigers when he does not get a hit. A Complete Miguel Cabrera Shutout. Pitchers are relieved when he hits a double because they prevented him from scoring on his own hit. "Miggy Pop," as his teammates call him, could outhit most of the league using a tennis racket. Slight exaggeration, but he is truly that good. With another Triple Crown in sight, Cabrera will be sharp once October comes around and lead this potent Tigers offense.
Max Scherzer is having a breakout season. Very simply, he is 19-3 with a 3.01 ERA as of September 12. His team seems to always give him run support and Scherzer looks like he will be the Game 3 starter. That's like having to drive the Porsche third because you had to drive the Bentley and Aston Martin first. His last name may be tough to look at, but his pitching this has been anything but. Anibal Sanchez might be the most consistent starter out of the group, proving he is worth every penny that he was signed for in the offseason. Doug Fister is that crafty veteran of the group and could be a No. 1 or 2 starter for most teams. He would have to wait until Game 4 to pitch, if there is a Game 4. From top to bottom, the Tigers' big four is lethal, all capable of shutting out any team on any given night. Good luck hitters. You are going to need it.
Now let's take a peek at the supporting cast. The Tigers spent a lot of money landing free agent Prince Fielder and he is doing a great job playing Robin to Batman. First of all, the only reason Cabrera is able to not get pitched around is because Fielder is licking his chops in the on-deck circle. If anything, Fielder has it tougher because he is the one in position to get pitched around in a tight spot. He has remained under the radar a lot, but don't be surprised if he ended up being the MVP of the team in the postseason. He is posting very solid numbers this year and combined with Cabrera, represent the most formidable 1-2 punch in baseball. It's a right-handed and a left-handed punch that Canelo Alvarez could have sure used against Floyd Mayweather.
Torii Hunter joined the ball club this year and has rejuvenated his career. After some underachieving seasons with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Hunter is killing it this year. Just like his name, his two eyes help form his identity. And this year, he is seeing the ball brilliantly, hovering around a .300 batting average with a chance at 90 RBI this year. Austin Jackson, like Fielder, is having a respectable year leading the way at the top. The main reason Cabrera has a shot at the Triple Crown is because Jackson and Hunter are always on base. They set the table. A good running back cannot excel without a good offensive line. A good eater cannot eat if there is no food on the table. Maybe that's why Cabrera has gotten so plump in recent years. This supporting cast around Cabrera makes so many of his at-bats meaningful. They all are patient and know their roles. This lineup is going to be very tough to beat.
Since the Biogenesis suspensions were handed out, the Tigers have reached somewhat of a lull in their season. They lost Jhonny Peralta to this steroid suspension, and some have said that this has gone hand in hand with their plateau in their performance. I think not. Jim Leyland would not let this happen. Let's cut the Tigers a break. They played in the World Series last year and are eager for it to be October again. Every "championship or bust" team goes through this. The regular season can be boring at times, especially when you play 162 games in a season. They know how good they are and how little meaning the regular season has once a playoff spot has been secured. Leyland, the second oldest manager in the big leagues, has seen a lot of baseball in his day and knows how to manage teams through this phase. Experience is something that the Tigers have on their side all throughout their roster and Leyland is the brains of the operation. He is the jockey and is keeping the reins on his thoroughbred until the final sprint of the race.
The Tigers have comfortably led the AL Central throughout the entire season. Sure, the Indians and Royals have been feel good stories and given Detroit a little reason to cause to pause, as they say, but let's be honest, it's the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City fans have moved on to supporting the Chiefs and Cleveland fans are already looking toward the NFL Draft. They have better hitting than the Dodgers and Braves, subjectively and statistically speaking. And compared to a similar offense in the Red Sox, their pitching staff trumps Red Sox hands down.
The Tigers are equipped with the most powerful offense in baseball, led by Cabrera, the best hitter in baseball. With guys like Fielder, Hunter and Jackson surrounding him in the lineup, crooked numbers can happen in any given inning. Role players in Andy Dirks, Alex Avila and Omar Infante will be crucial as well. Look for many calls to the bullpen by opposing managers. If by some chance the offense has an off night, the hurlers will be waiting to show the team's true stripes. Pitching is vital in October and the Tigers, led by Verlander and Scherzer, have plenty of it. Throughout the playoffs, the Tigers will have a top pitcher on the bump, and the opposing offenses will have an uphill battle, literally. Throw Leyland into the mix with leadership and experience, the ingredients are in line for a World Series title. You heard it here. Detroit Tigers will be champions at the end of October.
specific pitchers history vs a specific team?
than winning 53 games out of 100.
still Opening Day in New York City and in no way will be a cake walk for the sox.
for the last game he pitched; but to prove he's worth the money as well.
punch for punch with the Tiger's, regardless Verlander is on the mound or not.
Chris Young and Justin Upton via trades.
teams having fresh bullpens, this is the kind of game I see finishing in the 4-2 range.
Good luck, and lets start off Opening Day with a bang.
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Lennie Smith
Posted in:Burglary/Robbery, Child Sexual Abuse, Criminal damage/vandalism, Kidnap, Murder/ Manslaughter, Prostitution-related offences, Public Decency Offences, Rape / Sexual Assault, Sexual Offences, Theft/ Fraud/ Money laundering, Torture, Violent Offences
Author: melodie
Tags: 10+ years imprisonment, Aged 20-29, Aged 30-39, Autopaedophilia, Birmingham, Child victim, Convicted 1970s, Convicted 1980s, Convicted 1987, Convicted 1990s, Convicted 1992, Deceased, England, Essex, Extreme violence, Gender issues cited as mitigation, HMP Nottingham, HMP Wakefield, Leslie Bailey, Links to other paedophiles, London, Male victim, Multiple victims, No remorse, Offended 1970s, Offended 1980s, Offended 1990s, Pimp, pre-GRS, Pre-transition, Prison transition, Prostitution, Repeat offender, Robert Oliver, Sidney Cooke, Trans woman, Voluntary custody
Lennie Smith photo via The Needle
Leonard /Lennie Smith, a violent male who identified as a trans woman subsequent to his convictions, was jailed for 10 years in 1992 for a series of sex attacks on a six-year-old boy. In 1987, Smith, aged 31, had been one of 12 men convicted of sexual offences against two boys aged 13, one of 11 and one aged 14. In the early 80s he served a year in prison after being convicted of burglary, theft and criminal damage. He also had at least five convictions for gross indecency dating back to when he was a rent boy in the late 70s before he turned pimp.
Smith was also charged with the murder of seven year old Mark Tildesley in 1987 but charges were subsequently dropped as the person who named him as the killer (Leslie Bailey) was himself convicted of the manslaughter of the child (having confessed to having been present) and this was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction without a confession from Smith.
While in voluntary custody at a special unit in HMP Nottingham in 1996, Smith, now aged 42, was reported as seeking gender reassignment to live as a trans woman, claiming many of his offences were the result of his 'confused' sexuality. However, criminologists believed this was a ploy to convince police and public that he was a reformed character.
Daily Mirror 23 Oct 1992 via Spotlight
Smith was part of a group of paedophile men including Sidney Cooke, Robert Oliver and Leslie Bailey who are believed to have tortured, raped and killed at least 5 young boys in the 1980s. Oliver was jailed for 15 years in for the manslaughter of 14-year old Jason Swift; Smith was also arrested for the killing but never charged.
Smith died of AIDS aged 51 in 2006.
Further details of Smith's catalogue of crimes of sexual violence against children are available in these blog posts:
The Needle https://theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/operations-stranger-and-orchid-lennie-smith/
Operation Greenlight https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/0FE31538-2121-8495-33A5-86073BE95DE1/thought/3997#-3687
Archived copies of newspaper coverage https://spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com/tag/lennie-smith/
Daily Mail (archived) https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109707196.html
Sunday Mirror (archived) https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/0FE31538-2121-8495-33A5-86073BE95DE1/thought/7070
Hackney Gazette (archived) https://spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/men-procured-and-corrupted-boys-court-told-12-6-87/
The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/20/nickhopkins
The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/paedophile-gets-life-for-killing-boy-7-at-orgy-homosexual-ring-abducted-children-and-drugged-them-1559081.html
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You are in Paris! So what are the most important places you must see?? What are the Things To Do in Paris? Here is Paris City Guide and my 'The Top 21' list about Paris.. Here you go!
We see many monuments or towers made of stone, marble or something like that in many cities in the world. But this amazing thing was made of iron. It is just amazing. Art of iron!.. Click here for more info about my love with Eiffel and click here for my birthday celebration witnessed by Eiffel.
Most probably Louvre is the world's most special museum. Because Mona Lisa is there.. It is a great museum. So, if you spend just 1 minute in front of each work, it takes about 11 months to visit the museum. 🙂 So you should make a good plan to visit here. Especially if you have limited time.. Otherwise, you might miss the most important works. I think all works in Louvre are amazing and they are very impressive at least as Mona Lisa. You should know which works you especially need to see. (for the general information about Louvre and famous Louvre Pyramide click here. For must see works, click here and here..) The most important work of the Louvre is Mona Lisa. Genius Leonardo Da Vinci's mysterious lady is the most valuable work of Louvre. So why this lady is so valuable? For 11 truth about Mona Lisa click here..
Do not care about the people who says 'Don't go D'orsay if you visited the Louvre', and go to D'orsay.. For more details about D'orsay, click here.
Very close to Louvre, D'orsay and Concorde Square. It was created as the garden of the Tuileries Palace. Then it was opened to the public. If you are here on a sunny Paris morning, you see many Parisien jogging. Very nice and calm place.
This famous bridge was filled with love locks in the near past. The lovers used to write their names on the locks, put in the bridge and throw the key into the Seine River. One day the bridge couldn't carry thousands locks anymore and it was crashed. Fortunately, no injuries or deaths, but the topic was very serious from now on. So Paris Municipality removed the railing of the bridge with the love locks and replaced it with lock-themed graffities. There were love locks when we were in Paris but we didn't put a lock. There is an alike bridge in Venice also. We didn't put a lock there also 🙂 Whatever, even you can not put a lock on this bridge go there. Watch the Seine and Paris. By the way this bridge is very close to Louvre. However you will not be able to put the lock on the bridge, Pont Des Arts must be on the Paris To Do List..
This amazing cathedral is one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. For more details about this cathedral, its giant bell Emmanuelle, scary gargoyles and rose window click here.. For my observation about the very special musical written about this mysterious gothic cathedral click here..
Another end of the Champs-Elysées. Many memories had been occured witnessed by this squre. For more info about Concorde Square click here. If only memories witnessed come to words, I can't imagine how long it would take listening this famous square..!
This is the neighbourhood that famous film 'Amelie' as Audrey Tautou in the main role was taken. This is the area some famous writers and painters such as Celine, Picasso, Van Gogh had been lived once upon a time. It is one of Paris's most intellectual place.. You can go to a dreamy world among the works here and you can also ask for your portrait to be made. After leaving here, walk down. You will reach Basilica of Sacre Cour which is one of the most famous buildings in Paris.
You must watch Paris from this magnificent white building in Montmarte. It would be better to watch Paris from Sacre Coueur rather than the Eiffel Tower. Because you can see the Eiffel as well 🙂 For my post about Montmarte-Place du Tertre-Sacre Coueur click here.
Do you like contemporary art? So minimalism? Do you wonder main meaning under the works that looks like meaningless? If so, you must go Pompidou.. But don't leave without understanding the works. If you cannot understand the meaning of any work, don't hesitate to ask to an officer. For the post about this modern center click here.
One of the most beautiful neighbourhood of Paris. There are many cafes here. Go to this region for your coffee break. There are two historical, special cafes here. For more info about Paris' food, drink and those famous cafes, click here.
It was built as a church, but it has became a cemetery where famous intellectuals such as Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas buried after the French Revolution. These words are written at the entrance: Aux grands hommes la patria reconnaissante (To the great men, the grateful homeland). Consider its deep meaning.. There are many rooms next to each other inside. Some of very important intellectuals are sleeping alone, some are sleeping with two or three together. There is a Foucault's Pendulum inside also. I do not know whether you have any idea, Foucault Pendulum which was taken its name from famous French physicist Leon Foucault, proving mechanism that the world rotates around its own. Pantheon is definitely worth visit.
Very close to Pantheon. Its name is 'garden' but think big 🙂 this is a community of tons of greens. There are many structure, art works and a palace inside. Consider its wideness.
Trendy part of Paris. Bohemian.. Nearby same as Cihangir-Istanbul. Intellectuals and gays prefer this area. There are vintage boutiques, book stores, cafes. You must go.
I am sure you have an idea about Rodin. The artist of 'The Thinker'. There are many copies in different cities in Europe and one of them is at Bakirkoy Psychiatric Hospital in Istanbul. If you want to see the original of this work and like statue art, visit here.
The special collection of Picasso's, works belong to Picasso himself. The museum is at Hotel Sale in Marais..
How about the child in your soul? Do you want to live a fairytale? If so, go to this entertainment center. You can go by train and spend all your day.


Today (21/10/16), Dr Julia Reid MEP's Office Team took part in the UK's biggest, brightest and pinkest fundraiser, wear it pink. Every year, wear it pink raises around £2 million during Breast Cancer Awareness Month for the UK's largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now. Today marked the 15th year since the original fund-raising campaign began.
Julia and her team, who are based in Chippenham, donned pink outfits and took part in fundraising activities throughout the day including a tea and pink cake sale.


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The new experimental Sony launches the Qrio Smart Lock
In the midst of a crisis, Sony has decided to crowdfund a little more security. The Japanese electronics giant has launched a campaign for its Qrio Smart Lock, a device it says is the smallest of its kind, allowing users to open their doors with their smartphones and share encrypted keys with friends via messaging apps like Line and Facebook.
Launching the Qrio as a crowdfunding campaign is part of Sony's new initiative to bring back the pioneering spirit that defined the company in previous decades. The Wall Street Journal reported that chief executive Kaz Hirai has backed initiatives to fund new ideas such as Sony Real Estate while smartphone head Hiroki Totoki is currently overseeing the company's Seed Acceleration Program, which copies Silicon Valley startup culture with auditions and funding rounds for new business ideas.
Crowd-funding the Qrio also allows the company to gauge consumer interest, with early adopters able to buy a prototype device for ¥11,250 (about $95). The company previously tried this tactic with their e-paper FES Watch, which launched on the same crowdfunding site without Sony's name attached in September. It eventually raised 2,780,136 yen (about $22,729) of its 2 million yen target and the WSJ reports that Sony is hoping for at least 1,500 orders of the Qrio.
But while the e-paper Fes Watch struck many as a novel idea, the Qrio is more of a conventional product. A whole range of smart locks with similar features are already available in the US, including the brushed aluminum August ($250) and the Indiegogo-funded Goji ($278). With the Qrio expected to retail for around ¥15,000 ($126) it's at least cheaper than its foreign rivals and Sony also claims it can be securely installed without any tools at all. However, it's questionable whether or not these features will endear it to the security-conscious — especially considering Sony's current woes.


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News & Media 2018 May P&O Ferries set to lift capacity at Teesport by 25 per cent to create gateway to Scotland
P&O Ferries set to lift capacity at Teesport by 25 per cent to create gateway to Scotland
P&O FERRIES today announces that it plans to lift capacity on its Zeebrugge-Teesport route by almost 25 per cent within the next month in order to create a gateway to Scotland via the north-eastern port.
The integrated ferry and logistics company currently carries more than 100,000 freight units a year to Teesport from its continental hub at Zeebrugge. The 12 sailings a week service is provided by the 25,000 ton Bore Song and the 10,000 ton Mistral.
Customers will benefit from P&O Ferries' plans to increase the capacity of its ships combined with the introduction by PD Ports of a new rail service to Mossend in Scotland. The timetable of both services will be fully integrated so that freight can be moved from one to the other with minimal delay.
Janette Bell, Chief Executive of P&O Ferries, said: "The most reliable way for exporters to or from Scotland to transport their goods is via Teesport. The 15 hour sailing is more cost efficient than more northerly routes and by integrating our timetable with PD Ports' new rail service to Scotland we can guarantee customers an unrivalled service to and from northern Britain."
Frans Calje, Chief Executive of PD Ports, added: "PD Ports is at the centre of an increasingly important logistics hub based at Teesport. We have a strong and historic partnership with P&O Ferries and we are supporting this expansion by providing additional capacity for their upsized Zeebrugge-Teesport route through even more investment in our rail services to Scotland. PD Ports has extensive rail capacity with direct intermodal links across the UK and with a new, second planned daily service to Scotland imminent, we will shortly see further opportunities for cargo movements to and from Scotland."
Pieter Balcaen, Chief Executive of ECS & 2XL (European Logistics Group), added: "Our mission is to create sustainable and reliable logistics, which means that we focus on sustainable transport and multi-modal solutions to add value to our customers. The Teesport Rail initiative started three years ago, with a reliable level of service from day one. The increased ferry and rail capacity will enable us to further develop and strengthen our rail connections to/from Scotland – this is vitally important for our intermodal solution for our two products: Commodity Full Loads or one step beyond Supply Chain Solutions."
P&O Ferries is a leading pan-European ferry and logistics company, sailing 27,000 times a year on eight major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium. It operates more than 20 vessels which carry 8.4 million passengers and 2.3 million freight units annually.
Together with its logistics division, P&O Ferrymasters, the company also operates integrated road and rail links to countries across the continent including Italy, Poland, Germany, Spain and Romania. P&O Ferrymasters also owns a rail terminal in the Romanian city of Oradea, which facilitates the onward movement of goods to Britain from Asian countries via the Silk Road.