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Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 8th November, 2016 6.00 pm
Post 16 Update PDF 609 KB
Contact: Earl Piggott-Smith 01902 551251 or Email: earl.piggott-smith@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Simkins, Cllr Patten, Cllr Angus, Cllr Potter and Cllr Jaspal.
In the absence of the Chair and the Vice Chair Cllr Peter O'Neill was nominated to Chair the meeting, this was seconded and all were in agreement.
Resolved: That Cllr O'Neill take the Chair.
Cllr Brackenridge declared that he had a personal interest in relation to the item due to be discussed regarding the Post 16 Update as his wife was a teacher. The Chair confirmed that this interest would not prohibit Cllr Brackenridge from participating in the discussion.
There were no other declarations of interest.
Minutes of the previous meeting (13 September 2016) PDF 84 KB
Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as a correct record.
The Development of Scrutiny PDF 102 KB
[To consider recommendations in relation to the future of the scrutiny function]
The Council Leader introduced a report in relation to the future developments of Scrutiny. The Leader stated that there was a weakness in how scrutiny was working and that he had requested the Managing Director to address this.
The highlighted concerns included the resources allocated to the scrutiny function, the format of the Scrutiny Board, how petitions were dealt with and the engagement of the Executive in the scrutiny process.
Members considered the report and the areas put forward to help move the scrutiny function forward. The recommendations included having a pre-agreed thematic issue at each meeting of the Scrutiny Board presented by a Cabinet Member, three Council wide presentation sessions a year in the Council Chamber covering high level cross cutting issues and a dedicated intranet resource.
Cllr Brookfield stated that it was also vital that scrutiny be engaged at the outset of any consultation processes rather than at the end when it was too late to have an input and monitor the consultation.
The Managing Director confirmed that SEB would be looking into the consultation processes carried out across the Council to ensure that there was consistency in approach.
Cllr Miles stated that she welcomed the recommendations and acknowledged that work was needed to bring the scrutiny function up to date.
Cllr Sweetman requested that the Members be provided with some feedback in relation to the Managing Director and Leader's visit to China and it was agreed that this would form the basis of the first council wide briefing session.
1. That the existing Scrutiny Board work programme be revised so that each meeting going forward will consider a pre-agreed thematic issue presented by a Cabinet Member.
2. That Scrutiny Officers co-ordinate three Council wide presentation sessions a year in the Council Chamber covering high level cross cutting issues.
3. That a dedicated intranet resource is established for all scrutiny members.
4. That review panels consist of no more than 5-7 members and that the maximum number of reviews per year be increased to 6.
5. That the first council wide briefing session provides feedback to members on the visit to China.
Scrutiny Reviews
[To receive a verbal update from the Scrutiny and Systems Manager]
The Scrutiny and Systems Manager provided an update on the current scrutiny reviews. A meeting had been held on the previous evening with the Chairs of the three review groups and briefs had been received from Officers in relation to the City's Apprenticeship Officer and Succession Planning. Information was still outstanding in relation to the third review regarding adult mental health commissioning but a briefing note was expected in the next few days.
Resolved: That the update be noted.
Work Programme PDF 82 KB
Members considered a report updating the Scrutiny Board work programme for 2016-17.
Resolved: That the updated work programmed be noted and agreed.
[To consider a cabinet report in relation to post-16 priorities for the City of Wolverhampton and work being undertaken to meet future employment and skills needs of post-16 learners in the City – the report will be sent to follow].
Kate Howard, Post 16 Lead for the Council presented a report the purpose of which was to provide an overview of the Post-16 education and skills landscape and the strategic plan to deliver Post-16 priorities which had been endorsed by SEB in March and June 2016 and the Education Board in June 2016.
Members were informed that there were 5 Priority areas to support the Post-16 City strategy which were supported by an implementation plan, endorsed by The Young People Skills and Employment Group, SEB and Wolverhampton Education Board. The areas were:
· Priority 1: Improving Partnership and Collaboration
· Priority 2: Supporting Aspirational Attainment
· Priority 3: Ensuring Demand Led and Inclusive Post-16 Provision
· Priority 4: Developing a Skills Pipeline to Sustainable Employment
· Priority 5: Planning Capital Investment
Members agreed that Priority 1 in relation to forming connections was vital for young people as it would provide them with the essential guidance needed for them to consider how best to approach a future career.
Officers confirmed that in every strategic document the Council had produced regarding this area, there was guidance in relation to careers and that training was being rolled out in all schools by independent guidance leads. Officers stated that to date 12 schools had signed up for the first phase and that they were looking at working back down the school to include pupils in year 8.
Members reiterated the fact that collaboration would be key and queried what the role of the Council would be in the process. Officers stated that the Council would act a broker and facilitator and that this role had been enhanced due to the fantastic evidence base that the council now had through the skills team.
Members did express some concern that the Council was not aspirational enough in approaching big businesses such as Jaguar Landrover. Officers stated that work was being done to get the learning routes in place to enable young people to progress into big companies at an affordable cost as at the moment many schools could not afford it.
Members stated that scrutiny had recently carried out a review into skills which had been led by Cllr Angus. Officers confirmed that the recommendations from this review were still relevant and being implemented.
Members considered page 4 of the report which referred to the establishment of business champions and a careers enterprise company initiative focusing on improving business engagement with all secondary schools across the City. Members queried whether this would focus on entrepreneurial skills. Officers stated that yes this was the main focus and that there would be 4 business champions in Wolverhampton committed to one school each.
Members highlighted a recent example where a course at the university had been specifically written in partnership with a demolition company to allow a student to achieve a relevant qualification thus showing that collaboration did work and that companies were willing to get involved. Officers agreed and stated that the introduction of the Work Box would help with this and allow ... view the full minutes text for item 8.


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SENEGAL international Ludovic Sane says interest linking him with West Ham, Newcastle, Southampton, Everton and Wigan can "only be good news".
A host of Premier League clubs are thought to be tracking the 26 year-old Bordeaux man but the French club are understandably reluctant to let him go.
However, Sane has opened the door on a switch.
He said: "I am very proud of my season but I have read that there is interest from English clubs in me and that can only be good news.
"Every physical and powerful player wants to play in the Premier League and I am no different.
"There is nothing concrete at the moment and my club Bordeaux have been great to me and have given me an opportunity."


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Who is actress Molly Rosenblatt? Her Wiki: Bio, Age, Married, Husband, WCCO-TV, Salary & Net Worth
1 Who is Molly Rosenblatt?
2 Molly Rosenblatt's Early Life, Family and Education
3 Molly Rosenblatt Career Beginnings
4 Molly Rosenblatt at the WCCO TV
5 Molly Rosenblatt's Acting Career
6 Molly Rosenblatt's Age, Personal Appearance and her presence on Social Media
7 Molly Rosenblatt's Salary and Net Worth
8 Is Molly Rosenblatt married? Who is her husband? More about Molly's Personal Life
Who is Molly Rosenblatt?
Molly Rosenblatt is a multi-talented persona – she is not only a journalist, television personality and a broadcaster, but also a reporter as well as an occasional actress, who is probably best known for being the weekend evening meteorologist of the WCCO-TV. She could also be recognized from appearing in the 2011 action thriller movie "Mechanic".
So great having the newest addition to our @WCCO family, @Jeff_Wagner4 anchoring on this Christmas Eve! pic.twitter.com/4pC26Vol4X
— Molly Rosenblatt (@MollyRosenblatt) December 25, 2016
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Kickin' it with @lizcollin and the incredible Todd on the @WCCO rooftop on this #Top10WxDay pic.twitter.com/olAP2GdhRH
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Molly Rosenblatt Career Beginnings
Molly Rosenblatt began her professional career right after graduation, when she transferred to Great Falls, Montana, where she joined KRTV, the CBS's affiliate channel, and in the course of the next two years, she honed her skills serving as a reporter as well as an editor. Her next stop was El Paso, Texas, where she began working for the NBC's affiliate television station – KTSM-TV, then after two years in Texas, during which she deepened her professional experience and established herself as a young and prominent journalist and reporter, Molly relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she landed a job at the ABC's affiliated channel – WGNO, serving as its chief meteorologist.
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I am in the dean 73 in the Monster College.
Or, some gods are believed, and I want to see what the dean is very.
If you can observe near, you can see some spider silk.
Erlang is so thinking about it. He heard here, the eyes of the eyes, the eyes of the forehead, are also ready to open.
"So now, we will be handsome, ignorant, the West Lake Academic Dean Longpin Xuan, come with us this round of luck!"
Xu Xian's voice just fell.
A dragon appeared on the stage, a golden golden dragon circled in the air, the nine-claws were abnormal, suddenly landed on the stage, turned into human form.
"Golden Dragon!"
All fairy surprised to look at the figure standing on the stage.
The third eye of Erlang God has already opened it, and the golden light falls in the shadow of the person, and the golden little dragon is flying behind.
Erlang god closed the third eye, and the eyes were complex and looked at Longpin Xuan on the stage. "It is the Jinlong King!"
"But the host is surnamed dragon, isn't a surname?" Taibai Jinxing frowned, "The Dean of this West Lake Academy is not recognized by the Dragon! How could ..."
Many gods have already told the servant to the other side of the twist, let them check it out.
For a time, the people around the gods were less than one or two.
Longpin Xuan stood on the stage. His strength and the body have smashed those gods, it is better to show it directly, the key is, and he has other intentions.
And the people sitting in Hangzhou sitting and watching the celebrations suddenly cheered.
The Dean of the West Lake Academy is Jinlong!
"No, nine claws are Shenlong!"
"No, the nine claw is the dragon king!"
"No wonder that our Hangzhou change is so big, there is Dragon King bless!"
"Dean is the original West Lake Dragon! Bless us!"
For a time, Longpin Xuan head suddenly gathered a lot of colorful clouds, and a powerful energy perfusion was in his body, and his hard studies rushed his cultivation to the realm of Level 7.
This is, the power of faith?
Longpin Xuan mini sideways looked at the people in Hangzhou under the eyes, and the mouth was smiling.
"Dear people, everyone to participate in the family friends of the West Lake College celebration, fairy friends, monsters, and other friends, everyone is good!"
The people of Hangzhou have throws a hat, throw a scarf, and the cheers of handkerchief, "Dragon King is good!"
Many family practitioners and monsters should also answer.
The scene is very lively for a time.
Longpin Xuan's smile started to touch from Xu Xian, "I have to draw a lot, I will pick up three directly? Is it a one?"
He doesn't wait for other people to answer, continue, "A pumping, pumping it directly to the stage, I have point to point!"
The monsters are excited, that is, Jinlong, it is said that the inheritance of the dragon is the most complete, no wonder so many monster cultivation methods.
There are also some cultivators who don't know much about the monsters, but the dragon has always been a symbol of Huaxia, for the dragon, they are not a monster in the monster.
For example, dragon and phoenix, unicorn, etc., all of them are considered to be Xiangrui, or is a powerful existence, so it will peel off the monsters.
Therefore, I saw the ontology of the dean is a dragon, but they have a pleasant feeling, who makes them all Huaxia monks.
Chapter 104 on-site pointing
Longpin Xuan took a small ball from the lottery box, and the ball was written on the small ball. He got up, the word on the small ball was magnified, "" 32 rows of E District "
Bai Suzhen was attached to the side, "32 seats in the E area, which lucky, please stand up, or fly into the stage! If it is ordinary person, still worn by the staff to bring to Taiwan on."
Lin Dong excitedly shouted, "We are 24 rows of E-area, is our family! Fast, find, 32, whose?"? "
The ethnic seen next to him looked at him with a very complex look, "I am 31."
Lin Dong: "Ah, then your next is 32, is there? Is it you? It's lucky!"
Next, the ethnic group is somewhat embarrassed, "I am 30."
Lin Dongyi, what situation, isn't the 31 seats? Is it 30 seats?
Huh? It seems to be 30 seats!
Next to the ethnic hate iron, I didn't take the iron, "You are not stupid, you are not 32 seats!"
Lin Dong is stagnant, he seems to sit next to 31! It's so reasonable!
Lin Dong immediately squatted to the back of his seat and saw the seat number, suddenly "haha" laughed.
"Sure enough, this opportunity is mine!"
Lin Dongfei stood up, and a long sword in his hand refined with his own flight to the stage.
"32 rows of the E area, Mingzhou Linjialin Dongdong!"
Longpin Xuan looked at Xu Xian, Xu Xian's hand took jade in hand, nodded, "said 24 rows of the E area indeed Mingzhou Forest home."
Longpin Xuan directly opened the guiding surgery, launched Lin Dong, "Congratulations, Lin Dong, now please face the audience's knee."
Long Pu Xuan's voice is just falling, a circular futon appeared in front of Lin Dong.
Lin Dong took the kneeter before going.
Longpin Xuan is finely looked at Lin Dong's situation. The face is laughing, "" The potential is good, the physical fit is a little problem, your family's skill is the ancestral, it is very fits your blood. "
Lin Dong nodded, "Yes, we have a big universal person in Mingzhou Linjia, and a strong family in Huaxia, but it is not enough to fall, and it is a ancestral."
Longpin Xuan nodded, "This is better, even if you know the practice, they can't learn."
This is, not only Lin Dong surprised, but the ethnic group of Mingzhou Lin family, the elders, people are surprised, even the gods are a bit surprised.
"This is a problem that I don't think of the practice, or I have to know Linjia's practice?"
"It is nothing to see if the problem is nothing, the key is to solve the problem!"
"Seeing his body cultivation is not long, strength is not high."
"In the human world, this kind of repair is almost the same."
"But this kind of strength can enroll the monster of the demon period, this is some ..."
"Who knows, you see that the demon and Li Shan mother are not unclear, and also involve Bodhisattva, or not to participate."
"you're right!"
The gods gave a head to the lunar, and the sound was extremely low, and he did not let the audience below himself.
Lin Dong is a little expectation, I don't know how the dean will give him.
Longpin Xuan slowly said, "Your blood should be the pulse of the giant, it is easy to produce a spirit, but the demon and spirit are also different, your blood is inherited as a giant, it is spirit A branch of the, although the blood is not pure, it is also one of the places in the same time. "
"Unfortunately, your skills are incomplete, only the skills of nourishing gas and Peiyuan stage, but there is no skill of the magical and above, and it is regrettable. And you just in the stage of Pei, because there is no continued practice, quite Yuka is at this stage, there is good qualification, but it is not improved. "
"Do you want to come to your other people?"
Long Pin Xuan's words, let Lin Dongda, and quickly changed from the knee to the knee, directly squatting on the futon gimmick, "Please give pointers, the dean, the dean!"
Longpin Xuan raised his hand to help him, "the knee sits well!"
"Yes!" Lin Dong got up, the knee sat well, there is the red printing of the forehead.
Lin Dong and his people are the same, in fact, the cultivation of Mingzhou Linjia, in the early stage, but will enter the bottleneck after cultivation to a certain strength.
This bottleneck period can only accumulate strength after the accumulation of time.
And Lin Dong's strength is good, but it has been faintly touching the feeling of bottleneck. If you want to come back, you will be stagnant, or the cultivation is very hard.
Longpin Xuan immediately reached out into a dragon force into his body, "Detacience the walking route of this energy, run according to this route, can't make a few Sunday, you can feel the realm of the Universia. "
Long Pu Xuan's words, many gods have a little smile.
"Is this easy to point?"
"It's going to follow his energy? You can also see the running route in the body. He is not a star!"
"Get it, if you look serious, you can also see it!"
"How many fairyles are that, he is a demon? How can there be such a strength!"
"That is not necessarily, maybe people are deliberate!"
"You said that he hides the repair? How can I not see it?"
"I can't see it!"
"If it is really hidden, we can't see it, then this dean is amazing!"
"Is Erlang Zhen Jun also can't see it?"
There is Shenxian already asked this question to the body of Erlang.
Erlang god shook his head. "I seem to be a demon, but is it true, but I have to see if he doesn't have an effect."
The gods are clear, Longli Xuan shoots the dragon force in Lin Dong, only a small one, can only be guided, so, if it is really effective, I will know.


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Unequal Friends
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Paul Meyerheim was one of the most important animal painters of the second half of the nineteenth century. Aged only eighteen and a student of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, he made his debut at the Berlin Art Exhibition with a painting titled Interieur mit Hund [Interior with Dog]. The work, now in the Albertinum in Dresden, anticipated the direction his artistic career was to take. Zirkusvorstellung [Circus Act], a painting which combines an exotic menagerie and a crowd of spellbound spectators, was executed a year later (Nationalgalerie Berlin). In 1866, Meyerheim achieved a major success outside Germany when he was awarded a Gold Medal at the Paris Salon for his painting Menagerie. In powerfully narrative paintings like these he was to open up new perspectives for the animal genre and forge a reputation as its leading representative.
Meyerheim spent the years 1865-6 in France, where he studied Realism and the painting of Gustave Courbet and also explored the new landscape approach developed by the painters of the Barbizon school. He intensified his interest in landscape painting and travelled widely in search of motifs. Particularly attracted by Alpine subjects, he undertook several study trips to Switzerland and was often accompanied by his mentor and friend Adolph Menzel. In a painting of 1875 titled Ochsengespanne in einem Steinbruch [Teams of Oxen in a Quarry] Meyerheim's broad, firm brushwork masterfully conveys the harsh surface of rock. A further example of his landscape skills is the painting Kohlenweiher im bayerischen Gebirge [In the Bavarian Alps] executed in 1878. Later, he travelled further afield on study trips to Italy and Egypt.
The 1870s saw Meyerheim firmly established in Berlin social and artistic circles. He was called on to paint murals and ceiling paintings for important decorative projects. He received a commission from the industrialist and railway magnate August Borsig to paint seven large-format panels on copper illustrating the Lebensgeschichte der Lokomotive [Life History of a Locomotive]. Executed between 1873 and 1876, the panels are now held at the Märkisches Museum in Berlin.). Meyerheim's cycle ranks alongside Menzel's painting Eisenwalzwerk [The Iron-Rolling Mill, or 'The Modern Cyclops'] of 1875 (Nationalgalerie Berlin) as a major contribution by a Berlin-based artist to the development of industrial themes in painting.
Throughout his life, Meyerheim's preferred subject was the animal world, which he would study on regular visits to the Berlin Zoo. This made him ideally suited for the job of illustrating the first volumes of Brehms Tierleben. He worked on the illustrations from 1864 to 1869. The monkey species particularly fascinated Meyerheim and he often endowed the monkeys in his paintings with human traits. He excelled in the portrayal of lions, occasionally showing them in captivity but usually depicting them in the wide steppe and savannah landscapes of their natural habitat. He returned frequently to the subject matter of his early career – menagerie scenes and depictions of fairground booths. The vibrancy of his paintings derives from his accurate representation of animal anatomy and his lively rendering of the psychological reactions of the spectators. His highly scenic compositions are marked by an underlying humour and, in common with Menzel, incisively realistic detail.
When Meyerheim took over the animal painting class at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin in 1887 he made it mandatory for his students to study animals from life at the Zoo. Two of his best-known pupils are August Gaul and Wilhelm Kuhnert. Both artists were to build on his artistic heritage and carry it forward into the modern era.
Unknown photographer: Paul Meyerheim, c.1900
Cattle Grazing in a Mountain Forest
Tree Stump with Hoopoe
Woodland Landscape
A Declaration of Love I and II
The Dompteuse
Washerwoman in a Mountain Village
Lions in a Cage
Ape Playing the Violin
Lying in Wait
Feeding the Cubs
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Why Andrew Ladd Is A True MVP
March 1, 2011 — Leave a comment
In 2004, the NHL's entry draft wasn't much about who would be selected with the first two picks — for all involved it was almost a lock. Alexander Ovechkin, the enthralling talent certain to be a star in the NHL, was going to go first overall to the Washington Capitals and Evgeni Malkin, the enigmatic centerman who was very much in the shadow of Ovechkin heading into the draft, had been pegged as the Pittsburgh Penguins pick long before draft day.
The speculation that surrounded the draft, however, was the order of the picks after that. Juxtaposed to the situation in which Washington and Pittsburgh had been thrust, the Chicago Blackhawks had the arduous task of selecting third in a draft class that had uncertainty surrounding many of the picks outside the top two. Yet, when Dale Tallon, Chicago's general manager at the time, approached the podium on draft day, he promptly made his selection choosing Cam Barker of the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers. The selection, at the time, made sense in a situation where the 'Hawks were in the midst of a massive rebuild.
Immediately after the pick had been made by Tallon and his Blackhawks and Barker et al had cleared the stage, Gary Bettman approached the microphone atop the podium to announce a trade.
The Columbus Blue Jackets, pegged to select fourth overall had dealt away their pick. The deal, made with the draft host Carolina Hurricanes, sent the crowd into an eruption of cheers. In exchange for Columbus' fourth overall pick, Carolina traded the eighth and fifty-ninth overall selections of that days draft. The eighth pick would become winger Alexandre Picard, the fifty-ninth would turn into defenseman Kyle Wharton.
With Bettman away from the podium, it was the hometown Carolina Hurricanes turn to approach the stage and make their first selection of the '04 Entry Draft.
Ladd, selected fourth overall, is the only 2004 First Rounder to have a Stanley Cup ring, let alone two.
As GM Jim Rutherford walked with his draft team to the stage, jersey in hand, Andrew Ladd sat amongst the crowd with his family by his side, waiting for his name to be called. Ladd, a six-foot, big-bodied, power forward and a member of the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL, was just months removed from his first full major junior season, a campaign which saw the WHL rookie accumulate 75 points. To go along with Ladd's 75 points, he showed his big game potential, adding seven points to the cause in a seven game playoff loss. Ladd not only put together a stellar total in the points column, his plus/minus rating of +39 earned him a fine piece of hardware — the WHL's +/- Award. Ladd, the top ranked North American skater, sat as Barker was drafted ahead of him by the Blackhawks. Rutherford and the 'Canes would not make the same mistake.
Ladd's future, however, would be uncertain as the NHL's lockout loomed. When the NHL chose to shut its doors for the season, Ladd spent a final year in Calgary. He would rack up 45 points and help the team into the second round of the playoffs before falling in the second round. He would record 11 points in 12 games that post-season, once again proving his worth when it matters most.
With the lockout coming to an end after a full campaign had been washed out by the NHLPA and NHL's inability to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, Ladd's hard work paid off as the Hurricanes assigned him not back to junior, but to the Lowell Lock Monsters, the 'Canes AHL affiliate in Lowell, Massachusetts.
It would take just under two months for Ladd to get the call and his shot at a spot in the Hurricanes lineup. In just his third NHL game, Ladd would register his first NHL point — a goal — against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-3 shootout victory. However, a knee injury in early December would sideline Ladd for eighteen games.
In the 29 games Ladd was able to appear in in his rookie season he was able to tally 11 points (6-5) along with playing an average of just over eleven minutes a game. It would not be until the playoffs that Ladd would truly make his impact felt.
The Hurricanes would make a run all the way to the finals in 2005-06 and the young Ladd would appear in seventeen games for the 'Canes. It was during these playoffs that Ladd would truly assert himself in his role; a physical player with the ability to deliver a jarring blow on an aggressive forecheck while also bringing forth the ability to bury from any spot on the ice with a hard and accurate shot. By all accounts, he was the prototypical power forward.
Although his ice-time would dip in the playoffs, it was an inevitability on a team that featured grizzled veterans the likes of Rod Brind'amour. By adding five points during the post-season, Ladd helped achieve what few do in a twenty-year career, let alone in their rookie campaign: winning the Stanley Cup.
Ladd would play in Carolina for the better part of two seasons after the Cup victory, putting up a respectable 11 goals and 21 points in 65 games for the 'Canes in '06-'07. He would follow that up with another 18 (9-9) points in 43 games before being moved just before the 2008 trade deadline.
Carolina, a team far on the outside, would trade Ladd to the Chicago Blackhawks, a team slowly climbing up the standings with hopes of sneaking in as the eighth seed thanks in large part to rookie sensations Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. The deal would see Tuomo Ruutu, once thought to be the great saviour of the 'Hawks, come the other way. Ladd would finish out the season with the Blackhawks, registering an additional 12 (5-7) points, as the Blackhawks fell mere points shy of a playoff berth.
At the finality of the season, Ladd, whose rookie contract had just expired, re-signed with the Blackhawks on a deal that would see him call Chicago home for two more years at $1.55 million a season. He would not disappoint.
At the outset of the '08-'09 season, many had chosen the Blackhawks to succeed in ways the city had not seen them in years, and it would be thanks in large part to Ladd that the once-illustrious franchise would have a resurgence. Ladd would turn in a career year, putting up career highs in goals, assists, and +/- in a season where he saw more ice-time than ever before. His 49 points were sixth on the team, while his +26 rating would be the third best on a Blackhawks squad that would reach the playoffs for only the second time in ten seasons.
Ladd, a Stanley Cup champion and one of the only players amongst a young 'Hawks roster to have ever played in the playoffs, showed the reason why he is so valuable to the Blackhawks during their unthinkable playoff run. With a physical presence and ability to lead a one man forecheck better than almost anyone in the NHL, Ladd was able to create offensive chances and help the team gain the ever-so-valuable playoff momentum needed to make it through the grueling road that is the chase for Lord Stanley's Cup.
Although he may not have shown up on the score sheet as much as some would have wanted, Ladd contributed by inspiring the team with his on-ice play. His 4 points (3-1) helped the Blackhawks move past both Calgary and Vancouver in six-game series, and it would be in the latter which he would play an integral part to throwing the Sedins, Ryan Kesler, and goaltender Roberto Luongo off their respective games, ultimately helping the Blackhawks win the best-of-seven series 4-2.
However, the run for those young and "know-no-better" Blackhawks would come to a screeching halt, losing in five games at the hands of the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings, the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
As the '09-'10 season began, many puck pundits speculated that this could be the year for the Blackhawks; the team had acquired a proven veteran presence in John Madden and the Stanley Cup runner-up two years in a row in Marian Hossa. With a roster boasting Toews, Kane, Sharp, Keith, and Seabrook to go along with Ladd, the team seemed destined to come within at least a sniff of the Stanley Cup.
The Blackhawks would go on that season to win the Central Division title, finishing second in the Western Conference, as many had predicted prior to the outset of the campaign. With their playoff matchups set, Ladd would once again show that when it comes to big game situations, he comes to play.
His style of play was able to break down the tough trap style of the Nashville Predators, often times aiding in the Blackhawks' ability to set up down low and create scoring opportunities. His physical presence got inside the heads of Ryan Kesler, Alexandre Burrows, and the Vancouver D; his pesky play drawing penalties which lead to opportune moments that the 'Hawks would capitalize on. In the Western Conference Finals, back to where the team had been just a year before, Ladd played a massive role once again.
The Blackhawks would roll through the first three rounds, making exceptionally quick work of the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference finals, giving Ladd the opportunity to do what is oft not even dreamt about by stars of the game: winning not one, but two Stanley Cup Championships.
Ladd, who had injured himself in the fourth and final game of the previous round, was questionable for the series against the Eastern Conference Champion Philadelphia Flyers. When the Blackhawks entered the series, they seemed as though they were missing a piece, and once they got Ladd back in game five, it showed exactly what that piece was. Ladd tallied an assist in Chicago's 7-4 victory over the Flyers, a victory that put the Hawks within one win of the Stanley Cup.
In the sixth game, a back and forth that was one of the more entertaining games of the entire playoffs, Chicago had tied the Flyers at 2 midway through the second period. At 17:43 of the second, Chicago rearguard Niklas Hjalmarsson unloaded a blast directed towards Philadelphia goaltender Michael Leighton. With Ladd rushing toward the net, the shot bore down on Leighton, and at the last moment Ladd deflected the puck just inside the near post, putting the Blackhawks up by a goal heading into the final frame. Ladd was twenty minutes away from being a hero in Chicago.
A flurry late in the third period by the Flyers gave the Blackhawks all they could handle, and eventually more, as Ville Leino would send a puck towards the goal that would careen off of several players before banking off Scott Hartnell and past Antti Niemi, tying the game at three. The sixth game of the Finals would go to overtime.
Four minutes into the overtime an Andrew Ladd forecheck led to the puck being sent up the wall, where it was stopped by Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell. Campbell walked the line before dumping the puck off to Patrick Kane in the area from where Campbell himself had come. Kane threw several head fakes on Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen before breaking toward the goal and firing a low shot that would beat Michael Leighton, capturing the Stanley Cup for the Blackhawks, their first Championship in 49 years.
The off-season, as many expected for the Blackhawks, was one which saw the team that had just won the Stanley Cup be shipped off in order to free up salary. Ladd was among those packing their bags. After a qualifying offer was rejected, it was the only move the Blackhawks were able to make. They sent Ladd to the Atlanta Thrashers on July 1st, where only days later he would file for salary arbitration.
The Thrashers, not truly knowing what they were getting in Ladd, have been far from disappointed. The team, so inspired by the play and locker room ability of Ladd, named him team captain on November 18, after only being a member of the Thrashers organization for just over a month.
At the time of writing this, Ladd is on pace for 59 points, a career high, along with already tying his career high for goals with 19 on a Thrashers team that, under his guidance on and off the ice has seen one of the most successful seasons to date even with the recent slide down the standings.
In the last Thrashers game, a contest against division rivals Carolina and an important game in Atlanta's playoff hopes, Ladd showed once again that he is the consummate big game player. Potting two goals, as well as having nearly four or five other great chances, Ladd was creating all over the ice. His first goal, a shot block which lead to a breakaway tally, is proof that he will do whatever it takes to win, the true sign of a champion and an MVP. Ladd, while possibly one of the most underrated players in the NHL, has been given the opportunity to show what he can do given the ice-time (Ladd is seeing an average of nearly five more minutes per game from his time in Chicago).
His performance against Carolina on February 13th encapsulated all the reasons Andrew Ladd is the Thrashers MVP
An RFA on July 1st, Ladd will be looking for a significant pay raise once again. A pay raise that if the Thrashers are not willing to give, the rest of the NHL's teams looking for that final piece will surely be clamoring to offer.
Andrew Ladd, while not the flashiest or the most outright talented, is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most valuable players to any team he is a part of and the NHL should be taking notice.
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High Global Ranking for INTI Students in NSW HSC Finals
INTI International College Penang (IICP) students once again claimed a place among the top academic achievers in the world. 22 students from IICP have made it into the Distinguished Achievers list for their 2011 New South Wales Higher School Certificate results, placing them in the top band of a HSC course.
Tania Loke Suat Mei is a Distinguished Achiever for all 5 subjects she studied. Tania received the Premier's Award for All-Round Excellence Medal for scoring high distinctions in Chemistry, English as a Second Language, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2 and Physics. She has an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) of 99.55 and will be pursuing a double degree in Physics & Political Science at the University of Western Australia.
4 students scored 3 high distinctions each. They are Lai Yuanrui (Chemistry, English as a Second Language and Mathematics Extension 1), Darryl Lim Jun Zhi (Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics), Lim Sook Yin (Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2) and Yap Meng Hui (Chemistry, Mathematics and Mathematics Extension 1).
25 percent of IICP students achieved straight As in all the subjects they took. 100 percent passes were recorded in 8 subjects (Accounts, Business Studies, Biology, Chemistry, English as a Second Language, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2 and Physics). 50 percent and more As were achieved in Accounts, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2. 10 subjects (Accounts, Business Studies, Biology, Chemistry, English as a Second Language, Information Processes & Technology, Physics, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2), achieved higher pass rates than that of the world.
"The outstanding performance reflects the hard work of our students during the year. I am very proud of their achievements and the dedication of our lecturers and staff in helping them to realise their full potential," said Mary Ng, INTI's Vice President of Pre-University Studies.
Widely regarded as the most prestigious of the Australian matriculation credentials with more than 66,000 candidates having successfully undertaken the programme this year, NSW HSC is a qualification accepted by universities in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, USA, Canada, India and Singapore as well as Malaysian private universities into popular degree courses in medicine, pharmacy, engineering, business, IT and more.
Entry into universities depends on the ATAR, a measure of the student's overall performance in comparison with all students taking the NSW HSC. Comparable with the Cambridge A Level, NSW HSC can be completed in 11 months. At IICP, a wide range of subjects is available in the sciences and commerce, and students may combine subjects from the two for broader options in tertiary studies.
Tania Loke (3rd from left) with fellow high achievers (from left) Mah Meng Jern, Ng Le Yu, Yap Meng Hui, Lai Yuanrui and Lim Sook Yin.
An attractive feature of NSW HSC is the assessment system which comprises 50% internal assessment based on assignments and projects at IICP and 50% on an external final examination set and marked in Australia. The assessment marks awarded by IICP are moderated against the final examination marks. The average of these two marks is used to determine the ATAR.
Upon completion of NSW HSC, usually more than 25% of INTI's students take up medical studies at first class universities like the University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Adelaide, Monash University and locally at International Medical University, Penang Medical College, Melaka-Manipal Medical College and Monash University Malaysia.
Students of INTI benefit not only from the institution's over 25 years of experience and strong track-record, but also gain from the global synergy and resources that Laureate International Universities provides. INTI is part of Laureate, the world's largest private education network with a presence in 29 countries, with more than 60 accredited universities and 130 campuses, serving more than 675,000 students globally.
Financial aid is available to students applying for Foundation studies at INTI. INTI Edu-Assist is a new scheme for new applications for the January and February 2012 intakes. It offers a partial grant on tuition fees to PTPTN loan recipients and applicants of Foundation programmes with the objective of minimizing the out-of-pocket tuition fees that students are required to cover.
For further information on NSW HSC, please call 04-6310138.
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Scenes Depicting Hindu Gods in bad taste in "Adipurush" -Says Plea in Delhi HC, Seeks Removal
Sukriti Mishra Agatha Shukla
11:24 AM, 13 Oct 2022
A plea has been filed by Vishnu Gupta, before the Delhi High Court, against the film "Adipurush" directed by Om Raut alleging that it hurts the sentiments of the Hindu community by depicting the religious figures in an inaccurate and inappropriate manner contrary to their description in the Ramayana.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court by the Hindu Sena National President, Vishnu Gupta seeking issuance of directions to the respondents for removal of objectionable scenes depicting religious leaders/ characters/ figures in a bad taste against the film "Adipurush" directed by Om Raut.
The plea also seeks directions to the Government of India, Central Board of Film Certification, and the State of Tamil Nadu to not certify the film "Adipurush" for public exhibition.
The plea states that the director and producer of "Adipurish" film Om Raut and T-Series, Managing Director Bhushan Kumar have depicted the look of Hindu Gods and religious leaders/characters/figures like Lord Ram, Mata Sita, Hanuman, and Ravan in an inaccurate manner and their description in the film is contrary to their depiction in Maharishi Valmiki's Ramayan and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas.
"The depiction of religious leaders /characters like Ravana, played by Saif Ali Khan and Lord Hanuman in the Film is completely detached from the Indian civilization. The bearded look of Ravana's character played by Saif Ali Khan in the film is hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community as the Hindu Brahmin Ravana is shown making a ghastly face in a wrong manner which is an absolute insult to Hindu civilization, Hindu religious figures, idols, ideals, etc.", the plea states.
Plea added that the scene related to Ravana in the film is an absolute distortion of the real facts and story of Ramayana and that this is a sheer violation of religious rights under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.
Plea further states that the depiction of lord Ram, Sita, and Hanuman is also objectionable as it has been done to hurt Hindu sentiments and that Hindus have a particular view of the image of Lord Ram, Sita, & Hanuman and any change/tampering of their divine image by the film producers, directors and actors would be a violation of their fundamental rights.
"The film producers, directors, and actors are under constitutional obligations to ensure that religious feeling, sentiments, and perceptions are not tinkered with in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, the Parliament has enacted the Cinematograph Act, 1952 for regulating the affairs of feature films", the plea read.
It added that in terms of Section 5A of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 this feature film is not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition.
Furthermore, the plea stated that the film certificate under Section 5A & 5B of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, may not be issued to Om Raut and T-series.
Case Title: Vishnu Gupta v. The Government of India & Ors.


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Q: Whole php array into variable... Or something similar First time Ive posted on here..
So Im new to php, mysql and JSON, and Im having some issues, I may just be approaching the problem in the incorrect way, so let me know what you think.
Basically there's a website that I'm trying to do that has some info located on another server, I fetch that info with JSON.
Here is the code:
//Start of JSON Main Content Fetch + Main Content Render
//JSON send_recv of menu array. Assign results to $main_content_b_render
$main_content_fetch=send_recv("menu", array("id" => "17", "fetchContent" => TRUE));

//Renders menu from JSON results.
function render_main_content($main_content_fetch)
{

//Start of processing $menu_result
$main_content_b_render = $main_content_fetch['content'];
print_r($main_content_fetch);
    }
    render_main_content($main_content_fetch['results']);
    ?>

What I can actually get from the other server is the following:
Array ( [id] => 17 [name] => Accessories [reference] => [content] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [type] => Heading1 [content] => BLAH BLAH BLAH TXT TXT TXT [scope] => DetailAndThumb [active] => 1 [reference] => [name] => accblurb ) [1] => Array ( [type] => Image [align] => Left [image] => http://URL.../image/43/webcontent/accshop11.jpg [thumb] => http://URL....com.au/image/thumb/100x100/43/webcontent/accshop11.jpg [scope] => DetailAndThumb [active] => 1 [reference] => [name] => accshop1.jpg ) ) )

I can assign the array values to a variable but it will only assign the first ones, so for example:
if i put this in the function and echo it out
    $id = $main_content_fetch['content'];
    echo $id;
all I get back is 'Array', what I actually want is the 'BLAH BLAH BLAH TXT TXT TXT' thats located later in the returned info, we actually everything thats located in the last set of brackets...
( [type] => Heading1 [content] => BLAH BLAH BLAH TXT TXT TXT [scope] => DetailAndThumb [active] => 1 [reference] => [name] => accblurb ) [1] => Array ( [type] => Image [align] => Left [image] => http://URL.../image/43/webcontent/accshop11.jpg [thumb] => http://URL....com.au/image/thumb/100x100/43/webcontent/accshop11.jpg [scope] => DetailAndThumb [active] => 1 [reference] => [name] => accshop1.jpg )
What I want to do is to be able to assign basically everything I get back to a variable, as it is. because I think Ill be able to pick what I want out easily enough.. and I don't know of any other way to do it :/
Sorry if its a bit vague, Not very good at explaining myself, but I hope someone can workout what I'm talking about and help.

A: This is your function. I just replaced print_r with return
function render_main_content($main_content_fetch)
{

//Start of processing $menu_result
$main_content_b_render = $main_content_fetch['content'];
return $main_content_fetch;
}

lets say you call this function like this. Now you can assign the array in individual variable this way
$data = render_main_content($parameter);
$id = $data['id'];
$name = $data['name'];
......

Hope this helps you. All you need is assign array variable with index to the variable you wish.

A: You can use something like
foreach (array_expression as $key => $value ) {
    // TODO - probably need a recursive version
    $$key = $value;
}

When traversing the array, that statement allows you to create new variables in the code.
But, as a rule, you should never rely on the format of the output you get from the other server. My recommendation would be to explicitly extract the information you need from the input, rather just taking it as is and importing it in.
So for example, you would do
$id = input['id'];

You can then check if everything got assigned properly and catch any errors.

A: You can use below php code solve this issue

$value) { $$key = $value; }

//or....

foreach($user as $key=>$value) { ${$key} = $value; }

?>

A: sorry, just figured out you have nested array, why not access the required item by $main_content_fetch["content"][0]["content"]?
Anyway by print_r($arr, TRUE) you can print the actual items and see the structure of the array you're dealing .
If I understood you correctly, in order to get the BLA BLA BLA text your code should look like this:
//Start of JSON Main Content Fetch + Main Content Render
//JSON send_recv of menu array. Assign results to $main_content_b_render
$main_content_fetch=send_recv("menu", array("id" => "17", "fetchContent" => TRUE));

//Renders menu from JSON results.
function render_main_content($main_content_fetch)
{
     //Start of processing $menu_result
     $main_content_b_render = $main_content_fetch['content'];

     //return the second level "content"
     return $main_content_b_render[0]['content'];
}

$content = render_main_content($main_content_fetch['results']);
print $content;
?>

A: First use print_r($arr, TRUE) to print your array when debugging, that will help you a lot :-) (don't forget the TRUE flag!).
You can access any item in the array as you did, but it looks like you're printing $main_content_fetch instead of $main_content_b_render?


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Feature by Robert Sautter
Small-scale peace teams have played an important role in supporting local groups and facilitating dialogue between divided communities. Robert Sautter reports on the work of the Balkan Peace Team in Kosov@.
I can speak both Serbian and Albanian, but which one I use sets me on one side against the other. There is no place for me here, I do not belong. As she finished speaking these words, Mersiha, a young Slavic Muslim from Prishtina, looked at me intently and demanded to know what the Balkan Peace Team was doing to address the tenuous situation in which she and individuals from other minority communities throughout Kosova are existing.
Kosova may have faded from the headlines, but Mersihas experience is a reminder that the conflict here is both unresolved and filled with complexity. While the original conflict may have been between Serbs and ethnic Albanians, today's post-war tensions exist between the majority Albanian population and the minority populations of Serbs, Turks, Roma, and Slavic Muslims. Responding responsibly to the complicated reality that characterises Kosova today, is a challenge that the Balkan Peace Team is taking very seriously. It includes responding to questions such as Mersihas and the many others whose lives have been altered beyond recognition since the events of 1999.
The process of recovering from the wars in Kosova is underway, with local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as inter-governmental organisations, working to reconstruct the region. The process of social reconstruction part of which is the building of inter-ethnic community confidence is one that the Balkan Peace Team believes must occur in conjunction with physical reconstruction.
Developing trust
One method through which community confidence can begin to be established is through small-scale cross-community interaction especially among young people. Therefore, one of the projects that the team is developing is the establishment of a youth centre in the remote community of Dragasha town comprised of two ethnic communities: Albanians and Slavic Muslims known as Goranci.
By founding a centre where youth from both communities can have access to locally identified needed services, such as computer training and English language lessons, BPT hopes that the young people can begin, at their own pace, to interact and that relationships of trust can begin to be developed.
With a vision of fostering a culture of peace and tolerance between the two communities of Dragash, the youth centre will be a safe space in which all young people can build skills, explore creative self-expression and most important, create support networks among themselves. The activities of the centre will be designed by listening to their views and incorporating their ideas. This will foster a sense of community ownership while encouraging the youth from both groups to co-operate with one another.
Facilitating peace-building is a process requiring a long-term commitment and a respect for the time that traumatised people need for healing. This is especially apparent in the war-torn society of Kosova, where the memories of repression are still vivid, the wounds of recent atrocities still festering, and inter-ethnic violence still rampant.
The BPT team in Kosova hopes to continue to listen to and work with all communities in the region. In this way, they seek to contribute meaningfully and responsibly to the construction of peace and tolerance so that no one will be made to feel that their home is no longer a place where they belong.
Balkan Peace Team, Ringstr 9a, 32427 Minden, Germany (+49 571 20776; fax 23019; bptio@BalkanPeaceTeam.org; http://www.BalkanPeace.Team.org).
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University of South Carolina's Peter Brews, Darla Moore School Raising Bar for Business Education
Richard Breen
Dr. Peter Brews is dean of the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business. The South Africa native's academic career has included posts at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
This year the 5,500 Moore School undergraduate students are beginning the Academic Excellence Initiative. The school has raised performance standards while moving from a two-year curriculum, where students completed business courses in their junior and senior years, to a four-year curriculum, where business courses start in the freshman year. Here, Brews talks about the initiative, as well as the broader landscape of higher education. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
South Carolina CEO: When you arrived here in 2013, you inherited a top business school with a brand-new building. Did you ever get a sense that some people's expectations were, "just don't screw it up?"
Peter Brews: No, I didn't get that expectation. The expectation I encountered was that we had a new building and that we must make sure that everything we do is in line with this incredible new facility. In general, I think that was the case, even in the old building. Do remember, it's not only the hardware that's important. It's also the software and the human ware. The new building has been an incredible benefit, because it has changed the way people see the school, both physically and psychologically. It's also changed the way people inside see the school.
SCCEO: You've said that preparing your students for careers in business is a "sacred task." How so?
Brews: Anyone in education, anybody who prepares human beings for the lives that they face, is entering into a very, very sacred, and a very important, task. I don't think it matters whether you're K1-12, or a community college, or a university. You're equipping human beings with skills and capabilities to lead a productive and fulfilling life. I don't think there are many tasks that are more sacred from a human perspective than that.
SCCEO: How is post-secondary education as a whole dealing with the huge shift going on in skill requirements for jobs?
Brews: I'm not that close to the community colleges, so I'm careful not to speak authoritatively about community colleges, though I do know one of the reasons we've been so successful in recruiting and bringing businesses into this state is because there's a fairly close relationship between the community colleges and the businesses they serve. I think we at the Moore School are preparing students for the jobs that are coming but we've all got to be on our toes and be very sharp, because the rate of change is incredibly fast.
SCCEO: To that end, you've said you weren't sure the Moore School was pushing students hard enough.
Brews: I'm not sure we're held them to the level of accountability that is required in general. Now, you've got to be careful with generalizations. But my sense when I arrived here was our top students were getting a world-class education because they applied themselves and really focused and did good work. But some of our students could come here and slide by and graduate after four years and not be that challenged.
SCCEO: How could you tell?
Brews: I had a number of students who came to me when I arrived and, regretfully, some of them said to me, "I worked harder in high school." I also have students that say to me they're not being as challenged as they thought they would be. I don't think this is a problem only for the Moore School of Business. It may be a problem on campuses across this country.
If you go into the graduate programs at many universities, you will discover that more than half of the students are international students. They typically arrive with better quantitative and other skills to do the graduate work. I think this speaks to that fact that we probably haven't paid the attention to education that we should have.
SCCEO: I imagine some students would have also pushed back against increasing the rigor.
Brews: There are two issues that we're talking about. One is aptitude and the other is attitude. And if you were to ask me what I think is the greatest inhibitor of good educational outcomes at our college, I think it's more about attitude and the attention students need to pay to their education in the face of other choices. I've said to our students, "If you don't have the aptitude, it's our job to help you build it. It may be a bit harder for you, you may have to put in more work, you may have to look for more outside help, but fundamentally, if you come here with the right attitude, over time we will build that aptitude."
There are, however, some students who haven't arrived with the depth of preparation that others have, that struggle more, and this is daunting. But in the rollout this year of our undergraduate, four-year program, we've spent an enormous amount of time making sure that students who are struggling understand they must ask questions and seek help as soon as they are in that position. The university's Student Success Center has been far more used than in previous years because of the fact we got their attention early. What I did say to the students was, "don't slide by for six weeks and all of a sudden put your head up before midterms and say, 'I don't understand.' " By that time, it will be too late.
SCCEO: How has the rollout gone so far?
Brews: It is proceeding as we had expected. This is a process that will take us a number of years to implement. We just have to make sure that we communicate continuously. I sent letters to our parents, telling them about what we're doing. The undergraduate freshmen are working harder than their counterparts did before them. They're in accounting, in statistics, in economics, and yes, it's challenging. But they seem to be coping as far as we can tell.
SCCEO: Margaret Spellings, who heads the University of North Carolina system, says students are taking too long to get through college. What do you think?
Brews: I agree with that. I think there's a corollary to that. Our student debt levels are also worrisome. To me, the optimum level of debt would be zero. Unfortunately, given the way higher ed has been funded and given the way things are working, a number of our students are borrowing. Ultimately, if you're out of the workplace for six years as opposed to four years, you've got a much higher carrying cost.
I think where we are fortunate is that by speaking to these students earlier, you should get more engaged students who come out better prepared, which means they also should graduate quicker. If there are any difficulties where they think they're not up to it, or it doesn't suit them, or it doesn't fall into line with their life goals, they don't find it out in their junior year. They find it out pretty early.
But this is quite surprising to me. We have many students who come to our school with many AP (credits). They could graduate in three years. To me, that's what I would try and do. Yet the majority of our students don't seem to really want to do that.
SCCEO: They'd rather spread it out and carry a lighter course load each semester.
Brews: So you've also got to balance it with that. When you're an 18-year-old, you're also finding yourself. Who am I in the world? What am I doing socially? It's a bigger picture than just the educational aspects of it. And it's a maturation time, too. Maybe it's a little too much of an expectation that we could get everyone out in three. But we should make it as short as possible.
SCCEO: Within that context, and within the context of trying to prepare students for jobs, how do you balance that vocational aspect with what some people consider the traditional duty of broadening minds and learning how to think?
Brews: The general education requirement has not changed. What has changed is the timing of the business courses and the fact that you start your business courses earlier and you sprinkle out the gen ed courses more widely. There's a whole lot of advantages to that. The one disadvantage is that you have to start selecting your major pretty early in your sophomore year.
SCCEO: I'd like to conclude with a little bit lighter question. Having been someone who worked at both Chapel Hill and Duke, what's your perspective on the rivalry between USC and Clemson, both academically and athletically?
Brews: It's not that different viewing the University of North Carolina versus N.C. State. You've got a flagship, comprehensive, liberal arts – for lack of a better phrase – university in UNC Chapel Hill, similar to what we have here. And you've got N.C. State as the engineering school. I think the competition here is a little more focused, a little more "in your face." But that's not a bad thing. I think that's because South Carolina is smaller and I think it tends to be a little closer as a consequence of that.
N.C. State and North Carolina do not compete as much on the football field as Clemson and USC. But at the same time, in North Carolina, basketball is the more prominent game. It's a wonderful part of our educational infrastructure, but I do always remind our students, the important reason they're here isn't because of sports rivalry. It's to get a world-class education and be able to do something with it when they leave.
Richard Breen is a senior editor at SouthCarolinaCEO.com. Got an idea? Contact him at richardbreen@southcarolinaceo.com.
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Beijing Fengtai: Asia's largest train station reopens following huge makeover
(CNN) — Beijing's oldest train station has gotten a 21st-century makeover.
Fengtai Railway Station, which was built in 1895, has completed a multiyear renovation process and reopened on June 20, 2022.
The reimagined station — billed as the largest in Asia — has 32 train platforms, plus departure lounges, restaurants and other amenities spread across 400,000 square meters. At its peak, the station will be able to host 14,000 passengers per hour on a mix of bullet and regular trains as well as subway lines.
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"The design of the double-layer yards-with bullet trains running atop and regular-speed trains running on the ground-saves a lot of space," Ma Hui, chief engineer of the construction project, told state-run newspaper China Daily.
"The unique design has changed the layout of the traditional railway station. It is an innovative way to arrange the functions of a railway station," he added.
One of those unique features is a photovoltaic power station on the roof, which generates power for the building.
The original Fengtai Station closed in 2010.
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Though China remains closed to most international tourists, Fengtai is already serving train routes from the capital to Shanghai, Guangzhou and other hubs. A link from Fengtai to Hong Kong's Kowloon station is on deck for when the city reopens its border with the mainland.
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As of 2020, 75{3b930a6ca12a59604e1bbadfc55b7d1b7a0aa8613f1ab9377cace0d5afcb5fb9} of Chinese cities with a population of 500,000 or more had a high-speed rail ink. The goal is to have 70,000 kilometers (44,000 miles) of high speed rail covering the country by the year 2035.
And it's not just about connecting China's regions.
As a core element of the country's Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative, rail is a way for China to establish closer relationships with other nearby nations.
A 620-mile rail link connecting Laos with China's southern Yunnan province opened in October 2021.
China is also keen to set records with its infrastructure projects. The world's deepest rail station, Badaling Great Wall Station on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, debuted ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ben Jones contributed reporting.
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of the "Golden Age" such as Judah Halevi, Abraham ibn Ezra,
David ibn Pakudah, Solomon Gerondi and Judah ben David
Yahya. Bernstein in his introduction reveals an interesting his-
torical detail, namely, that changes were made in the Spanish
place names of the printed Venice edition of the collection. He
suggests that this was deliberately done to prevent any reprisals
on the part of the Inquisition authorities against Spanish and
Portuguese exiles or Marranos in Italy. The edition is divided
into three sections: (1) 45 poems by anonymous authors under
the general title "The Conflagration in the Temple"; (2) 22
poems composed by well-known poets under the heading "The
Divine Presence Cries Out"; and (3) 20 poems of lamentation
over the persecutions in the years 1391-1421. This edition is
furnished with illuminating notes appended to the text.
Religious Poetry of Moses ibn Ezra
Bernstein's most recent major contribution has been a de luxe
edition of the religious poetry of Moses ibn Ezra, published in
Tel Aviv in 1956-1957. This handsome volume is supplied with
an interesting Hebrew biographical and literary introduction
to the works of Moses ibn Ezra, and contains a clearly vocalized
text of 237 poems arranged under eleven headings: (1) Poems of
redemption, (2) In the night watches, containing poems of con-
fession and penitence, (3) New Year supplications and Hoshan-
nah poems for Sukkot, (4) Ma'amad for Day of Atonement,
(5) Kerobah 1 for Day of Atonement according to the Algerian
rite, (6) Kerobah 2 for Day of Atonement according to the
Avignon rite, (7) Kerobah 3 for Day of Atonement according
to the rites of Barcelona, Algiers, Tunis and Avignon, (8) Order
of Abodah for Day of Atonement, (9) Kerobot for Minhah of
Day of Atonment, (10) Kerobah for Ne'ilah of Day of Atone-
ment, (11) Additions and new liturgical poems hitherto unpub-
lished. All the poems are edited with explanatory notes at the
end of the volume. For this edition, Bernstein made use of Mss.
in the Jewish Theological Seminary and in the Bodleian at
Oxford and also compared a number of printed Mahzorim.
In conclusion we may mention that in addition to the fore-
going major publications, Bernstein has published numerous
articles in different periodicals on a number of minor poets and
their works, too numerous to analyze in this brief essay. Suffice
it to say that in our judgment, on the basis of Bernstein's rich
productivity and the quality of his scholarship, he has earned
a prominent niche in the hall of fame of medieval Hebrew
scholarship along with such illustrious predecessors as Zunz,
Dukes, S. D. Luzzatto, H. Brody, A. Harkavy, and I. Davidson.


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Sundar Pichai, who takes the I/O stage for the first time since becoming CEO in October, says he's on a "journey" from mobile to AI. Good thing he has an assistant.
From the windows lining the wall of Sundar Pichai's light-filled office in the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, you can see the twin spires of Shoreline Amphitheatre, just a short walk away.
The outdoor arena is where Pichai is hosting, for his first time as Google's CEO, over 2,000 Googlers and 7,000 developers at the company's I/O conference. After holding the confab inside a San Francisco convention center for the past seven years, Pichai wanted to bring the gathering back to Google's backyard on I/O's 10th anniversary. He's keen to celebrate the community around the company's Android software, Chrome browser and search engine, and introduce the next chapter of Google's vision for artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
CNET News' Connie Guglielmo and Richard Nieva discuss AI, VR and other important acronyms with CEO Sundar Pichai, at his office in Mountain View, California.
After a week of getting a first look at the products being unveiled at I/O, which starts Wednesday, we couldn't help but notice a lot of new takes on existing products. There's a messaging app (which suggests comparisons to Facebook Messenger), a voice-activated speaker and smart home control hub (sort of like Amazon's Echo), a video chat app (think Apple's Facetime) and a new hardware and software system for VR built around a smartphone (shades of Samsung Gear VR).
To be sure, Google's executives described interesting new ideas and technologies behind each product. But there's no entirely new product that someone else hasn't done already.
The famously mild-mannered Pichai -- his Businessweek cover in 2014 was captioned "Google's Soft Power" -- bristles at the idea Google is somehow "following" its tech brethren. He takes a few minutes to tamp down his annoyance, and then calmly explains the "journey" he started taking Google on since becoming CEO of the most important division of parent company Alphabet.
"It's important to understand we weren't the first company in search," says Pichai, 43, tall and wiry, whose salt-and-pepper beard adds a touch of gravitas to his boyish smile. "Larry and Sergey did search because they saw a chance to do something different."
It was the same for email, online maps and Web browsers. The different take worked, with Gmail, Google Maps and Chrome each boasting a billion users. "There are areas where we will be ahead, and there will be areas where someone points a way and we do it," Pichai says, crediting the Amazon Echo for generating interest in smart home hubs. "That's how it works."
But Google isn't just creating a slew of new products. It's how they'll riff off each other that gets Pichai animated during our hour-long conversation. Each new thing -- from the Allo chat app to a smart home speaker code-named Chirp -- boasts artificial intelligence and machine learning that allows it to serve as a playground for Pichai's new "Google assistant."
Think of it this way: For pretty much the entire time people have been online, the Internet has been a tool, like a hammer or a library card. You use them when you need them. But a hammer will never automatically build you a house -- let alone one with a Craftsman exterior because you've been reading up on early 20th century architecture. Google wants to be that overachieving hammer.
"It's Google asking users, 'Hi. How can I help?'" Pichai says. "Think of it as building your own individual Google."
The idea of a digital assistant isn't new. Apple teased the world with an online concierge named "Phil" almost three decades ago as part of its vision for a "Knowledge Navigator. " Today, Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana and Amazon has Alexa. And in the movies, Tony Stark has Jarvis.
Google Now pops things up on your phone when the service thinks they're relevant, thanks in part to Google's Knowledge Graph, which understands a billion entities -- people, places and things -- and the relationships among them. Pichai now wants that know-how in even more places. He also thinks Google has the competition beat because of its heritage as a search company that's been "organizing the world's information."
"There is no better engine of answering any question that you have," says Rishi Chandra, vice president of product management for Google's line of devices for the living room, including the Chromecast audio and video streaming stick. "We fundamentally believe that."
So does the rest of the world, which queries Google more than a trillion times a year. That's about 3 billion searches a day. A decade ago, Google translated two languages. Today, it's talking to folks in over 100 languages and translating more than 140 billion words every day.
While Pichai has been talking up AI and machine learning for a while, I/O 2016 is Google's first showcase for products with the assistant baked into their DNA.
Chirp, the smart home speaker now officially called Google Home, will likely get outsized attention. Unlike Amazon's Echo, Google Home's physical design can be customized so it blends in with your furniture. Its interchangeable parts means you can pick, say, different colored fabrics if you want it in your bedroom or metallic finishes if it's going to live in your kitchen.
Google Home lets you request anything you'd type into the search box. It will also tell you if your flight's delayed, your package has arrived and what's next on your calendar. It can dim your lights, put on a movie, and work with other gadgets, like Google's $35 Chromecast. That means you can sync up music to speakers in different rooms or queue up "Broad City" on your TV.
It will also understand different accents as well as commands from kids, whose precocious questions aren't so easy to follow. "I can't train my kid to talk to a device," says Chandra, laughing. "My kids are going to say what they want to say. It really has to feel like a natural, two-way conversation."
And Google Home will offer the same privacy preferences people already have with old-fashioned Google Web search. "It's all the same rules, privacy and control," says Scott Huffman, Google's vice president of engineering for search. So you can do things like clear your search history.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, has another unit that's building smart home products. Nest, which was acquired in 2014 for $3 billion, makes Web-connected thermostats, smoke detectors and security cameras under the guidance of former Apple iPod chief, Tony Fadell. So it begs the question why Google Home, which is compatible with Nest's products, isn't made by Nest.
The reason, Pichai says, is because Google is interested in bringing computing to several distinct contexts. "Your phone, your wearables, your car, and your home," he says. Google Home is more about that than anything else.
Google's big challenge with Home isn't the tech, says Gartner analyst Brian Blau. It's getting the device on customers' radars. One reason for the Amazon Echo's success is the fact that Amazon can prominently promote the $179 smart speaker on its site. And when people visit Amazon's homepage, they're already jonesing to spend.
"You have your pocketbook out when you go there," Blau says. Google just doesn't have that captive audience when it comes to selling devices.
The messaging app, Allo, also features AI smarts. It joins the next-gen chat service scrum that's already being fought by Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Kik.
When you're chatting with a friend on Allo -- it culls your phone's contacts list so you have people to talk to -- the software automatically recommends "Smart Replies." If a friend asks you to dinner, one of Allo's suggested responses is "What time?" The more you use Allo, the more Smart Replies will start to sound like you. So if you have a favorite emoji, you can bet it will start to show up for you.
Like Facebook, which has a chatbot assistant it's been testing called M, Google's virtual helper will be front and center in Allo. There are a few key differences. Facebook's M, which is being tested with "a few thousand" people in California right now, is overseen by a team of human workers who step in if a task is too complicated for the bot, like ordering food from a restaurant without an online ordering system. The assistant in Allo is entirely machine operated and is open to everyone.
Google is showing more future vision at this year's I/O than it has before because it wants developers and users to understand what it aims to deliver -- and to get them to buy into its ecosystem.
"Just like we've built search for a while, this is something we're looking at building for many years," Pichai says. "It's a broad journey."
Alphabet's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin continue to show confidence in Pichai's leadership. Last month, the duo let him write the company's annual founders' letter, marking the first time in Google's 17-year history that someone other than Brin or Page, who was CEO before Pichai, has penned it.
Right outside of Pichai's fishbowl office, a T-shirt hangs on the back of a chair that conjures up Apple's visionary co-founder Steve Jobs. The shirt has a drawing of Pichai soulfully looking off in the distance, shielding his eyes, presumably, from the sun's rays. It says "WWSD?" for "What would Sundar do?"
While he's been considered Page's heir apparent for years, Pichai doesn't remember the exact moment when he knew he'd take over. There wasn't a conversation where Page handed him the proverbial keys to the kingdom, he jokes. "It only happens like that in movies."
Instead, his rise has been gradual. Born in Chennai, India, Pichai attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur before earning master's degrees from Stanford and Wharton. He first interviewed for Google on April 1, 2004 -- the same day it launched Gmail, which Pichai thought was an April Fools' joke.
The view outside Sundar Pichai's office shows the twin spires of Shoreline Amphitheatre, where Google I/O returns for its 10th anniversary.
He served as a product manager in charge of the browser search bar before initiating development of Chrome. His successes started to stack up and, in 2013, he took over Android from its dynamic but polarizing founder, Andy Rubin. He got oversight of the rest of Google's Web products two years later, and was tapped as CEO last year.
His team credits his intimate knowledge of Google's products as a key reason he's been able to make formerly siloed projects work together. "He deeply understands platforms," says Hiroshi Lockheimer, who took over as Android chief. "He's always been the leader that I've looked to get guidance from."
Outside of Pichai's office, a complex art installation features twinkling lights overhead, like an artist's interpretation of neurons speeding around the brain. It kind of looks like a starfield. We ask Pichai to pose for a portrait beneath it. The setting seems fitting because, with Page and Brin off contemplating the future of Alphabet, Pichai is now Google's north star.
Pichai now faces attacks on multiple fronts. Regulators in the European Union allege that Google abuses its dominance to keep competitors down. When asked about it, Google points to a blog post from its general counsel, Kent Walker, who wrote that Google "takes these concerns seriously," but also believes its model helps phone makers keep costs low.
And Google's rivals are circling. Regina Dugan, the former DARPA chief who led Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP), left the company in April to lead a similar effort building experimental hardware for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Pichai insists ATAP is alive and thriving. All the group's projects continue, including Ara, a fan favorite that lets people build smartphones from components that snap together like Legos. ATAP is hosting a session at I/O this week to share other news.
As he deals with those external forces, Pichai is also focused on shifting Google's journey from "mobile-first to AI-first." That will mean changing the very soul of the operation: Google.com.
Google's homepage, the cash cow that accounts for the majority of Alphabet's $74 billion in sales, isn't going anywhere, at least anytime soon. But expect Google.com to get more personalized. One early sign of change: After Amit Singh, Google's longtime search chief, retired in February, John Giannandrea, the company's AI boss, took over.
And consider this: When you Google "Sundar Pichai," the results show his Wikipedia entry, his Twitter feed (@sundarpichai) and then recent news about him. We ask him stuff you wouldn't get at first glance in a standard Google search.
He's Team Hard 'G' in the great GIF pronunciation debate.
He no longer memorizes phone numbers, as he did when he was a kid, because they're stored in the many (he doesn't know the exact number) phones he uses at any given time.
If the journey goes as planned and the assistant is really as "assistive" (Pichai's word) as Google wants it to be, you could find answers like that in the not-too-distant future. What would a "Sundar Pichai" Google search look like in his AI-first world?
Pichai flashes his boyish grin. "It would depend on who's searching."
CNET's Sean Hollister also contributed to this story.