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Opening a free school is a political act
By Harry Phibbs
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One of the weaknesses of those seeking to found free schools is that they proudly regard themselves as "non political." Their opponents are ferociously political. The National Union of Teachers, (most of) the Labour Party, The Guardian and the BBC, assorted far Left groups. There will be the vested interests – most notably the existing schools who don't want competition. Of course there will the education establishment – a hundred Marxist academics very willing to offer their "expert" view as Professors of Education as to why allowing a free school to open would be a great mistake.
Against this, in the correlation of forces, is a sitting room full of plucky parents and an official from the Department of Education giving a lot of daunting warnings about how difficult it will be.
Often these parents expect the politics to take care of itself. They imagine that if they can manage – against the odds – to come up with a viable proposal then they will show that not only will their own children benefit, but the wider community as well. It misses the point that the more they succeed, the more antagonistic their opponents will be. If a new free school is popular and achieves good results – as a result of being different to other local schools – then it is far more of a problem to "The Blob."
That is why pacifism among free school founders is misguided. They can not afford to be disdainful of the political battle anymore than they can ignore finding a premises, or recruiting a fantastic head teacher, or deciding on a curriculum that meets the aspirations parents have for their children.
In some ways, to be viable at all, a free school already has potential political clout. That is because they must have demonstrated demand. Which means signing up hundreds of potential parents.
Toby Young, the founder of the West London Free School, is always up for a ruck. He is always happy to get stuck into a political argument through the media on any platform. At one stage he reflected if a less antagonistic approach would be better. He writes in How to Set Up a Free School:
"I began to doubt whether I'd made the right call myself and when I appeared on Any Questions? with Andrew Adonis I decided to seek his advice. This was just after the last general election. He kindly agreed to share a car with me back to London and I told him I was having second thoughts about dealing with my opponents so aggressively. A more helpful approach might be to invite them to meet with my group and see if we could find some common ground. Perhaps ask Fiona Millar what admissions policy she would regard as 'fair'. At bottom, we all wanted the same thing, which was good local schools for everyone, so it should be possible to engage in a constructive dialogue about how best to achieve that.
"He gave me a look of withering contempt, much like the look Prospero gives his naive daughter in The Tempest when she expresses admiration for the rogues that have washed up on his island.
'They're not interested in "constructive dialogue",' he said. 'Don't you get it? If you extend any sort of olive branch to them they'll see it as a sign of weakness and move in for the kill. I dealt with exactly the same people – the Socialist Workers' Party, the Anti-Academies Alliance, the NUT – for most of my ministerial career and, believe me, they would rather stick pins in their eyes than admit they have common ground with someone like you. Their attitude to free schools is the same as their attitude to academies: they won't rest until every last one has been razed to the ground.' "
I've just started a local blog and the biggest controversy in Hammersmith and Fulham at present concerns the Fulham Boys School – a new Church of England secondary free school that was due to open in September. It's opening has been pulled by the Department of Education as it now lacks a permanent site. This is because Labour took control of the council and cancelled plans to merge two primary schools, thus freeing a site. They have also effectively blocked an alternative by refusing to show support for the property developers, Capco, extending the lease for the temporary site, or offering a permanent site. Capco are willing to extend their lease. The problem comes with concerns about vexatious challenges from a hostile Labour council causing extra cost, delay and uncertainty. That threat needs to be lifted.
By the way, despite their sabotage, the Labour councillors claim to support the school opening. At least the Labour MP for Hammersmith, Andrew Slaughter, is straightforward in his hostility to "yet another free school."
This leaves the Fulham Boys School (and the Church of England) with a choice. They can either give up – quietly shaking their heads at how disappointing it is to have "squabbling politicians." Or they can campaign for the Council to lift its objections to Capco offering extended use of its site – with every councillor's email inbox making clear the strength of feeling.
There will be variations of this choice around the country. Local authorities do have a major impact – for good or ill – on free schools being able to find a site and get established on it.
Whether they like it or not, those starting a free school are engaging in a political act.
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Mobile Mounting: The UHV-6 was designed to be lip mounted using the CP-5M or HD-5M (coax included). If you already have a coax cable assembly, use the RS-730 or RS-840 lip mount brackets. Providing a good ground connection for the antenna is important for good SWR. The set screws that hold the lip mount to the door must penetrate the paint for grounding.
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At the top of the main mast there are six threaded sockets where the HF coils can be attached (5 on the side, one on top).
Due to the weight, the UHV-6 was originally designed to hold up to three HF coils at a time while mobile.
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Q: e mapache rewrite rule for subdirectory I'm running XAMPP on my local machine for my projects. I got a project and I place that project files under c:\xampp\htdocs\newproject. when I access this project in browser by localhost/newprojet it works fine. but all the images in source code are refrenced as src="/images/del.jpg" (starting with slash). As path starts with slash, so it looks for images folder under root directory which is c:\xampp\htdocs. if I place my images folder in this folder, all images load correctly. but if I put my images folder in c:\xampp\htdocs\newproject, the browser gives 404 for images. I know I've to use apache rewrite rule but I couldn't figure out some rule. I tried different rules in .htaccess file like:
DirectoryIndex default.php
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^images/(.*) images/$1 [NC,L]

and this one too:
DirectoryIndex default.php
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/images/(.*) images/$1 [NC,L]

but these are not working. can anyone help me regarding apache rewrite rules.
NOTE: I cannot change source of images from /images/someimage.png to images/someimage.png
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all other rules are working absolutely fine. I've not added rule for images folder here as it mentioned already above.

A: Try This :
RewriteRule    ^$ images/    [L]
RewriteRule    (.*) images/$1 [L]

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Composition Major
Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint Core
Conducting Core
Credit by Exam Signup & Guidelines
Click here to sign up to take the test-out exam for Tonal Harmony or Counterpoint courses.
Credit by Exam Sample Tests
PDF files describing the contents of the CBX test-out exams for Tonal Harmony Counterpoint. Exams are given on the Wednesday of each Check-In week, and during the 9th week of the fall and spring semesters.
Credit by Exam Conducting
Conducting 1 and 2 test-out information for credit by exam.
Composition Portfolio Requirements
External Opportunities
Summer Program in Greece
A summer program ...in Greece.
SEAMUS 2019
Julius Williams
jwilliams@berklee.edu
Julius Williams's website
Directed Study in Composition 1
Scoring for Full Orchestra
Conducting 1
Directed Study in Conducting
The Art of Counterpoint
Contemporary Orchestra
Music of the African Diaspora in the United States: Topics
Cover conductor, Boston Pops
Music director, Trilogy and Opera Company
Conducting appearances with the orchestras of Dallas, Hartford, Akron, New Haven, Vermont, Sacramento, Knoxville, Norwalk, Washington, Savannah, Paducah, Oklahoma, and Dubrovnik; the Brno State Philharmonic; the Bohulav Martinu Philharmonic; the Prague Radio Symphony; the Dvorak Symphony; Moscow Conservatory Orchestra; Principal Military Orchestra of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation; the Oberlin Conservatory Opera; and Cleveland Opera Theater
Assistant conductor, American and Brooklyn Philharmonic orchestras
President elect of the Conductors Guild
Former artistic director, NYSSSA Chorus and Orchestra Program, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, New York
Compositions published by Loren Kaiser, Augsburg Fortress, Carl Fischer, Warner Brothers, and Alfred
Compositions performed by New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, and many orchestras nationally and internationally
Recordings on Albany, Centaur, Koch, Roven, and Videmus records
Clinician adjudicator, Fulbright, National Endowment, and State Arts councils
Laureate music director, Washington Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C.
Aspen Professional Fellowship
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship
Recipient of Dupont Scholar Award
Annual American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards
Astral Foundation Award
New York State Education in the Arts Award
Recipient of the Distinguished Medal of Artistic Achievement from the Ecuador Youth Symphony Orchestra Foundation
D.A., Keene State College (honorary)
M.M.E., Hartt School of Music
B.S., Lehman College
"Here at Berklee, we have one of the strongest composition departments in the country. We've got over 37 composers on the faculty, and really 118 composers in the whole Writing Division. No other place has this many people who write music in one area. The attitude around here is laid-back, but serious at the same time, because most of the composers are very active, writing everything from performance works to film scores. And that's what makes Berklee different. It's a very exciting, creative atmosphere."
"What's great about our Writing Division is people can cross over; they can do projects in different departments. These composers are writing symphonies, string quartets, chamber works, orchestras, short works, piano pieces, choral pieces. It's very exciting. And we're conductors, so we get to see the pieces performed here."
"One of the people at the Boston Symphony told me that Berklee composition students are the most well-rounded, because they can write in all styles, from pop to symphonic works. People are beginning to realize what a jewel this is."
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"The Civil War in Culpeper Through the Eyes of Artists and Photographers"
The BSF offers a series of tours, each devoted to one of the four engagements that comprise the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863. The tours begin Saturday, April 4, 2009, and continue every other Saturday to September 5, 2009.
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KNIT WIT: With the men's market continuing to gain momentum, Christian Wijnants is the latest designer to expand into the segment, with a capsule of luxury sweaters set to launch in June.
The collection will be presented to press and buyers in Paris alongside the women's pre-collection at the Galerie d'Architecture on Jan. 19. Wijnants said the plan for now is to remain focused on the knitwear category.
Inspired by Uzbekistan, the Great Silk Road and its textile traders, the line includes a fine round-knit sweater and a turtleneck, both made from fine merino wool, and a round-neck style in baby alpaca. The color palette includes shades of orange as well as some inspired by American painter Alice Neel.
The Antwerp-based designer, who founded his label in 2003, said the success of a small men's wear capsule he designed a few years ago for a few fans and clients inspired him to launch the collection, which also includes jacquard sweaters, intarsia sweaters and 3-D knits.


New high res images of the Avengers have leaked – and it looks like there are some big changes in store for Bruce Banner's Hulk. In Avengers: Infinity War, Banner was unable to Hulk out (leading to one of the funniest scene's when Tony Stark was left embarrassed in front of Doctor Strange) but it seems something has changed after Thanos' success at wiping out half the population, as new images show Hulk back as his big green self, albeit with a brand new suit. Probably courtesy of Stark.
(Picture: Marvel) Other images show Captain Marvel in mid-air, Captain America back in his original and patriotic self, and Thor, Iron Man, and Rocket Raccoon in their usual garb. The standalone images were shared on the MCU Wiki fandom, and come after the group shot was leaked earlier in the year, and although at the time fans wondered if that image was a fake, it's now been proven otherwise.
'Untitled Avengers Movie', with many fans calling it A4. Marvel have yet to go on record with the Avengers: Infinity War spin-off's name however, in June this year it was rumoured that it will be called Avengers: End Game after the film's cinematograher Trent Opaloch appeared to let the cat out of the bag.
Theories around Avengers 4 and how they will actually reverse Thanos' devastating actions are rife but the most common theory seems to involve time travel. It's a theory that was given creedence earlier this month when a new set picture of Scarlett Johansson filming scenes for the upcoming movie showed her sporting red hair, a look which her character Black Widow had in the early Avengers movies.


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PRE-TECT: studying desert dust aerosols with airborne and ground-based measurements
By AMIRIDIS Vassilis, MARINOU Eleni, NICKOVIC Slobodan, SOLOMOS Stavros, TSEKERI Alexandra
PRE-TECT is an atmospheric experiment organized by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). The experiment took place from 1st to 30th of April 2017 at the Greek atmospheric observatory of Finokalia in Crete, aiming to advance desert dust microphysical characterization from advanced ground-based remote sensing, employing sophisticated inversion techniques capable of retrieving the aerosol absorption. This is the main objective of the ACTRIS JRA1 activity "Improving the accuracy of aerosol light absorption determinations". In order to validate the ground-based remote sensing retrievals, airborne in-situ measurements are of paramount importance. EUFAR has awarded two Transnational Access projects (DoGMA, ClIMA) that helped fulfilling the ACTRIS scientific objectives. This was a great example of collaboration between the two Research Infrastructures, aiming to advance our knowledge on aerosol microphysics and their impact on radiation and cloud formation. The flights were performed by the research aircraft FA20 of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in synergy with the A-LIFE ERC project (University of Vienna). The FA20 performed 8 EUFAR flights which were coordinated with the ground-based measurements in Finokalia. The research aircraft was equipped with an extended in-situ aerosol payload, a wind lidar and meteorological sensors.
PRE-TECT has been framed by a number of synergistic atmospheric experiments that were implemented during the same period in Eastern Mediterranean. Specifically, the following projects and initiatives contributed in PRE-TECT:
The D-TECT ERC project, aiming to assess the impact of particle electrification on desert dust dynamics and long-range transport. During PRE-TECT, new sensors for atmospheric electricity have been tested in order to combine these measurements with the advanced ACTRIS aerosol products.
The ECARS TWINNING EU project, aiming to boost INOE's research capacity in the domain of atmospheric remote sensing and create a pole of excellence in East Europe. The scientists of PRE-TECT organized a summer school for ECARS, aiming to introduce young researchers in a large-scale atmospheric cal/val exercise, focusing on the evaluation of aerosol and cloud satellite products employing ground-based and airborne sensors. During the summer school, the students were exposed on dedicated hands-on training activities.
The A-LIFE ERC project, aiming to provide fundamental new understanding on the properties of absorbing aerosols and its impact on dynamics (in particular mineral dust – black carbon mixtures).
The CyCARE campaign, a common initiative between the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol and TROPOS, aiming to fill the gap in the global understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions. These investigations will help answering the question how rain patterns will develop in future and what the effect of climate change on arid regions might be.
The GEO-CRADLE project, aiming to coordinate and integrate state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in the regions of North Africa, Middle East, and Balkans in order to develop links with GEO related initiatives towards GEOSS. Two thematic pilots of GEO-CRADLE and their services have been evaluated using the PRE-TECT dataset, the dust forecast service of the ACC pilot (Adaptation to Climate Change) and the SENSE energy system for the determination of solar energy field in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Originally published on Sept. 11, 2017
Last update on Sept. 12, 2017
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The PRE-TECT team
The remote sensing node operated in Finokalia station in Crete
A PollyXT lidar (NOA) along with a HATPRO MWR (INOE) and a METEK cloud radar (CNR/IMAA)
The airborne instrumentation for the A-LIFE ERC project
Group photo of the A-LIFE team in front of the DLR Falcon research aircraft
The RAYMETRICS scanning polarization lidar of INOE
Final presentations by the students of the ECARS summer school


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Home » Opinion » Qais Ali Mahafzah » How to make Aqaba a hub port!
How to make Aqaba a hub port!
Mar 01,2018 - Last updated at Mar 01,2018
Seaports are considered the main economic artery of any state, since more than 80 per cent of goods around the world are carried by sea.
Seaports around the world vary in size, capability, equipment and depth of wharfs. Traditional seaports were created to load and discharge goods, but they cannot keep up with the modern logistical developments for the process. However, standard seaports, such as Aqaba port, are keeping pace with some of the required logistical developments, but they do not reach the level of being considered as a hub port.
Only hub ports can accommodate giant vessels, which usually carry more than 12,000 containers, since they are equipped with advanced wharfs and can accommodate regular shipping lines. At the same time, seaports need logistical development for a rapid land carriage of goods at a low cost to become a major distributor of goods within a country and abroad.
Thus, hub ports or so-called smart ports not only depend on their size, capability, equipment and depth of their wharfs for the loading and discharge of large amount of goods, but also depend on the development of surrounding logistics for the purpose of reducing logistical costs on commodities, which ultimately reduces the prices of commodities borne by consumers.
Logistical costs on commodities are known as managing the flow of the goods from the production area to the market area by determining the cost of their transport, inventory, storage and packaging. In developed countries, logistical costs on commodities are approximately 8-11 per cent of the commodity's value, while in developing countries, such as Jordan, they approximately constitute 30-40 per cent of the commodity's value, which affects the economy and ultimately Jordanians.
At present, Aqaba port has been developed by establishing 32 terminals which are expected to increase to 40 terminals by the year 2022, the most important of which is the containers terminal, besides the establishment of the Aqaba logistics village.
Such a development is extremely outstanding but, unfortunately, does not transform Aqaba port to a hub port, since whatever the size would be to accommodate giant vessels and regular shipping lines, it is necessary to develop surrounding logistics to be able to distribute goods within the Kingdom and to neighboring countries, especially Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia.
The creation of a fast railway for the carriage of goods, and even passengers, from Aqaba to the Kingdom's northern border is the crucial challenge in shifting Aqaba port from a traditional port to a hub or a smart port.
Such a railway could link Jordan to Iraqi and Syrian borders, in addition to linking the main cities within the Kingdom. It is important to keep in mind that Jordan is planning to create a commercial-military airport in the northeastern Mafraq Governorate to serve as a logistics centre to handle the various goods and services of Iraq and Syria. Yet again, whatever the size of such an airport would be, it needs to develop the surrounding logistics, and consequently, needs a fast railway which reaches the Tureibil border crossing with Iraq as well as Ramtha and Jaber border crossings with Syria.
The creation of a fast railway in Jordan is a must if we are thinking of making Aqaba a hub or a smart port to salvage the national economy. The volume of Jordanian exports to Iraq and Syria has fallen by more than 35 per cent. Thus, it is necessary to focus on the creation of a fast railway as soon as possible to transform the Kingdom into a central hub for the carriage of goods to and from Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other countries.
The Singapore experience is the best model to follow. At present, Singapore port is the world's busiest hub port in terms of total shipping tonnage and transships and is connected to more than 600 ports in 120 countries.
The writer is professor of Maritime Commercial Law at the University of Jordan. He contributed the article to The Jordan Times
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Aqab seaport could be the main hub for different countries if we fixed roads to Aqaba, have a clear custom fees, railway for goods and good road services. We should leave the traditional mentality and move as a modern country


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Coronavirus: Guards are BACK on Irish border to monitor lockdowns
by NewsColony 23 October 2020
The Garda are back on the Irish border and carrying out checks on drivers after the highest-level lockdowns were imposed on both sides of the frontier.
Officers have not carried out such stringent checks on drivers from Ulster since the days of the Troubles when the IRA moved guns and Semtex into the war-torn province.
Now they are on the lookout for people making non-essential journeys, after the Republic this week imposed swingeing Level 5 restrictions which ban people from travelling more than three miles (5km) from their home.
Stormont has asked citizens not to make 'unnecessary travel,' but Dublin's measures are more aggressive.
On Wednesday night, when Ireland's new six-week national lockdown began, gardai were given new powers by Dublin to prosecute people making non-essential travel, with fines of up to €2,500 and jail for up to six months.
Cars at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as gardai conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey amid tightened coronavirus restrictions
A guard asks a British-registered driver where he's going after the Republic imposed a new national lockdown on Wednesday evening
Tailbacks form on the M1 motorway from Belfast to Dublin at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as gardai conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey
Cars at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as gardai conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey
Cars queue at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as gardai conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey
The Irish police have launched a colossal operation, with more than 130 static checkpoints and thousands of rolling checks set up across the country.
The Troubles and the hard border on the island of Ireland
The Troubles in Northern Ireland required that border checks were made from the early 1970s into the late 1990s to stop the flow of arms and terrorists.
Many smaller country roads were closed off and bridges blown up to force traffic through checkpoints and off the 'unapproved roads.'
The border area of County Armagh was packed with British Army outposts, while the city of Londonderry, close to the border with County Donegal, was under tight patrols.
However, the frontier was too long and full of too many small roads across it to completely prevent the IRA and other paramilitaries from getting across it.
Taxation and currency differences also promoted smuggling of cigarettes, fuel, livestock and various other commodities over the decades.
However, the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which forged peace in Northern Ireland, laid down statutory instruments to remove the checkpoint infrastructure from the border.
Britain and Ireland's integration with the European Union has further helped to reduce any 'hard border.'
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On Friday, a sizeable force was focused on the M1, which runs from Belfast to Dublin, causing heavy tailbacks.
A line of cones was laid out on the motorway, forcing traffic up an exit ramp where officers spoke to drivers to ask them details about their travel.
Checkpoints were dismantled as per the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, with the last of the security infrastructure removed by 2005.
They were necessary from the early 1970s to the late 1990s during the Troubles when arms were smuggled into Northern Ireland by the IRA who were murdering civilians, as well as fighting the British Army and loyalist terror groups.
Since the end of September border checks to limit travel during the pandemic have been carried out, ending the invisible border.
Northern Ireland has no specific travel advice for residents travelling to Republic and the North remains on Ireland's 'Green List,' which means a quarantine is not required on entry.
However, the imposition of a ban on 'unnecessary travel' in the North, and a draconian ban on all travel outside a three mile radius in the South means that checks are in place.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has expressed reservations about using prosecution and fines to enforce the Level 5 travel restrictions in the Republic, saying it will only be done as a 'last resort.'
Asked if he supported the measures, he replied: 'The good thing is the piece of legislation backs this up. I'm a public servant, a good and faithful servant at that, and I'll do as I'm told.
'We have fines, but they are set in an enforcement sphere. We have to discern then what our policy and practice is with respect of that enforcement.
'But we have already set that out. Enforcement is our last resort. So the use of the fixed charge penalty notice, or a report to the DPP, is a last resort for us in all cases.'
The Irish police say they will continue to use the '4Es approach of engage, explain and encourage, and only where provided for and as a last resort, enforcement.'
The Republic entered a second national lockdown on Wednesday for six weeks, while Northern Ireland imposed its four-week 'circuit breaker' from last Friday.
New figures released by the Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) show that more than 10 people have died from Covid-19 for each of the last six weeks.
The statistics, released on Friday, also show the number of weekly confirmed Covid-19 cases is more than 5,000 in each of the last two weeks up to and including October 16.
Hospital numbers are also growing, with more than 100 people hospitalised from the virus for each of the last three weeks.
Gardai at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as they conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey
The median age of new confirmed Covid-19 cases was 31, while women and those aged between 25 to 44 continue to account for the highest number of confirmed cases.
Since July, those aged over 80 account for 2% of cases compared to 20% in March.
Despite tighter restrictions implemented in Dublin since September 19, the capital made up 26% of all new cases, a total of 1,555 cases, and it is the fifth week in a row that Dublin had more than 1,000 weekly cases.
The research also shows that more than half of all confirmed cases are now linked to an outbreak.
The Republic of Ireland has imposed far stricter lockdown restrictions than those in Northern Ireland, including closing gyms, churches and non-essential shops
The prevalence of Covid-19 cases has been particularly high in some of the border counties
This graph shows how Covid-19 cases are rising in Northern Ireland (in blue) and closing in on the Ireland figure (in green), having been much lower until recent weeks [CLICK TO EXPAND]
A woman wears a face mask as she walks past a pub in Dublin in the rain on Monday
Outbreaks in private houses account for 54% of cases linked to an outbreak in the last four weeks, extended family accounts for 9% while childcare facilities and schools together account for 5% of cases.
Those living in disadvantaged areas have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, while health care workers now make up 3% of cases compared to a peak of 36% in April.
The average number of contacts per positive case per week was four in the week ending October 9.
Two-week half term holiday and gyms still open: Lockdown rules in Northern Ireland
Schools: Schools will have an extended half-term break from October 19 to 30. They will be shut to all pupils during these two weeks
Childcare: Can still be provided by a registered person or free of charge
Gyms, leisure centres and pools: Open for individual training only
Outdoor events: No organised events can take place with more than 15 people. Outdoor attractions, country parks and forest parks can remain open
Indoor events: Up to 15 people can meet indoors, except in someone's home. There are exemptions for: a gathering in a workplace; a gathering to provide emergency or medical assistance to any person; a gathering in a place of worship for a religious activity; and elite sports.
Travel restrictions: People should 'avoid all unnecessary travel' and are asked to walk walk, cycle or use private transport where travel is necessary for work or education.
Public transport: Still operating with mandatory face coverings rule
Religious services: Places of worship remain open, with a limit of 25 people for wedding and funerals
Nursing homes: Care home visits are 'recommended to be restricted'
Retail: All shops can remain open
Hotels: Accommodation can be provided for those already resident
Workplace: Individuals should work from home unless unable to do so
Sport: Indoor sport and outdoor organised contact sport involving household mixing is not permitted, other than at elite level. Outdoor non-contact sport is permitted for all, with a limit of 15 people
Pubs and restaurants: Can only be open for takeaway or food delivery
Construction: Builders can continue to go into people's houses
Personal services (hairdressers/beauticians): Closed
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Founded in 2003, the WWSL continues its expansion and is currently comprised of 9 outdoor Fall/Spring teams and 10 Winter Indoor teams. Participants enjoy playing competitive soccer in Westchester County, NY and occasionally in tournaments. Players range from age 18 to, twenty, thirty, forty, and even some fifty-somethings! Play is competitive and fun with an emphasis on camaraderie and sportsmanship.
The WWSL welcomes all friendly female soccer players age 18 and over. The WWSL invites all individual players, already formed teams, and newly formed teams to consider joining the league.
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Home » News » No plan B if court blocks rule — McCarthy
No plan B if court blocks rule — McCarthy
Source: Amanda Reilly, E&E reporter • Posted: Friday, January 8, 2016
U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said she has no "plan B" in case the courts block the agency's Clean Power Plan during litigation as challengers have requested.
Speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations event in Washington, McCarthy expressed faith in the legal underpinnings of the rule and said her focus was instead on working with states to craft compliance plans due in September.
"Plan A's a good one, and I don't want anything to think it isn't," McCarthy said when asked whether she had a backup plan for a stay. "I think we'll get through the stay soon."
McCarthy also called the Clean Power Plan "our shot" to use the Clean Air Act to address the power sector's carbon footprint.
EPA's Clean Power Plan, finalized in August, requires states to develop plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.
Almost 150 opponents, including 27 states, have challenged the rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. States and industries have asked the court to immediately halt the rule while the legal issues play out (Greenwire, Jan. 4).
Appeals court judges will likely hand down a ruling on the stay request within the next few weeks. If they do block the rule, it would likely slow state efforts to shape compliance plans.
"I think we all are confident that we'll meet the legal test there," McCarthy said.
She added, "There's no reason, no damage to warrant a stay that any of us can identify."
McCarthy said she was further confident that states would be able to meet the Clean Power Plan's September deadline.
That month, states have to either submit initial plans laying out how they will achieve emission reduction targets or demonstrate progress toward that goal.
"I've been to many meetings, and I'm seeing nothing but really actually positive energy around this," McCarthy said.


A bathroom remodel is one of the best improvements you can make to your home. Not only do you get a great new space, but you also typically recoup a large portion of your investment when you sell your home down the road if you are interested you could compare mortgages here to see how much your mortgage would change after remodeling. Here are a few of my tips for remodeling your bathroom on a budget.
While a new custom built vanity may not be in the cards, refacing your existing vanity might be a viable, less expensive option. Choose a remodeling company that overlay's your existing cabinetry with solid wood, not one that uses thin veneers or worse yet, contact paper. We always replace the cabinet doors and the drawer boxes, too. From the outside, nobody will ever know you didn't spring for expensive, custom built bathroom cabinetry.
A fresh coat of paint can do wonders for your bathroom. Painting a room is an inexpensive, easy DIY project that can be completed easily in a weekend.
Want the look of a furniture piece vanity, but can't swing the custom built price that comes along with it? Consider repurposing an old dresser or buffet cabinet. Not only will you be gaining a cool piece of cabinetry, you'll also be doing the "green" thing by giving that old dresser a new life and keeping it out of the landfill!
Another great item to remodel that won't break the bank are custom mirror frames. These can be as simple as framing a mirror with casing that matches the rest of your room. It's simple, fast and it adds a polished, refined look to your space.
With all the talk about quartz and granite, it's easy to overlook other viable options for countertops. Gone are the days when laminate countertops looked dull and boring. Both of the major laminate countertop manufacturers, Formica and Wilsonart, have incredibly realistic looking countertop materials available. For a dressed up appearance, consider adding solid wood edges and detailed moldings to the edge of your laminate countertop.
If you prefer solid stone, there are a few ways to save some cash there, too. First, check your countertop supplier for remnants. This is a trick new home builders use all the time and it can save you some serious cash. Second, consider using 2cm solid stone countertops instead of the 3cm standard. For a bathroom vanity, the thinner and less expensive 2cm stone might be adequate.
Replace that old linoleum floor with new linoleum, ceramic tile or for a greener, hip option, consider cork flooring. Cork is soft on the feet, resistant to moisture, easy to clean, and it's a sustainable resource.
New linens and decorator items are a great place to add some color and pizazz to your newly remodeled bathroom. Since they're not nailed down, they're easy to change out as colors and trends change, plus you can really make a statement with boldly colored accessories and linens.
A new shower surround is an easy place to spend a fortune. While beautiful tile and granite surrounds and multiple shower sprays are super cool and very popular, they can soak up your whole budget before you even get out of the shower. For a more economical choice, consider a one or two piece fiberglass surround and splurge on a nice massaging or rainfall shower head. Alternatively, you can keep the surround you currently have and get Frameless Shower Doors installed instead. Either way, you're saving money, and spritzing everything up.
A simple project like replacing a light fixture can totally change the mood and look of your bathroom. Add dimmers to your new light fixtures to vary the intensity of your lighting. Replace that out-of-date or dull, builder's grade light fixture and you won't believe the difference!


What is a Lorenz SZ42?
During World War II, the German High Command required a fast and secure way of transmitting messages between themselves and the army commanders out on the battle fronts. C. Lorenz AG in Berlin created a set of cipher attachment machines, the Lorenz SZ40, SZ42A and SZ42B, which could encode messages directly from a teleprinter and transmit them via radio to a duplcate machine at the receiving end where the original message would be decoded automatically.
This website has an online simulation of the Lorenz machines so you can actually encipher and decipher secret messages, exactly as they did during the war.
What do I need to know to run it!
A number of simulations are available of machines which ran at Bletchley Park and in Germany during WW2.
Also now including Virtual ERNIE, the Premium Bond random number generator, which was designed and build by some of the same engineers as Colossus.
A simulation of the first electronic computer which broke the German Lorenz cipher during WW2 at Bletchley Park.
The Lorenz SZ40/42 was a formidable cipher attachment used by the German High Command. Use the machine that Colossus was built to break.
The Dragon was built by the Signal Security Agency (SSA) at Arlington Hall, Virginia and was used at Bletchley Park to help break Lorenz codes. It was used to search for a crib (a guess at the text) within the cipher message.
E.R.N.I.E stands for the Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment and is a hardware random number generator built in 1956 to find winners each month for the National Savings Premium Bond prize draw.
Use your browser zoom to see the big picture or to look a little closer.
Try clicking the switches or keys.
If you have touch screen, try opening the cover of the Lorenz by pressing the lock image and swiping each wheel to set them.
Look for the helpful blue info boxes. These give extra information about panels you can interact with and some options and selections.
Check out the tutorials in the top menu on the Lorenz emulator page.
These will give you an idea on how the Lorenz SZ was used.
What was the Lorenz SZ and how did it work?
A quick overview of using the simulation.
www.TNMOC.org .. The National Museum of Computing where my obsession was sparked!
The Bill Tutte Memorial Fund .. "Bill Tutte achieved one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War Two by breaking the extremely complex Lorenz code without ever seeing the machine that generated it."
Captain Jerry Roberts and all the codebreakers in the Testery. Without these people's code breaking skills and their daily breaking of the Lorenz wheels, Colossus would have been unable to function.
Frode Weierud's cryptocellar.org .. for his assistance answering questions and especially his site's Lorenz operating manuals!
FuseMetrix Group .. My employers who put up with me nattering about Colossus and allow me space on their servers to run this website!


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Suspect in attack on girl, 15, walked away in 2 other cases
By Annie Sweeney and Carlos Sadovi and Tribune reporters
The backyard of a home in the 2400 block of Long Ave. in Chicago, where a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and beaten. Blood was still present on the window frame and on the snowy ground. (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune)
In the three years before he was accused of raping a high school honor student and leaving her for dead, Luis Pantoja was brought to Cook County court not once, but twice, on sex-related cases but escaped conviction, records show.
Last summer, Pantoja faced felony charges of raping a young woman on the street in August after she resisted his overtures. During a preliminary hearing, the woman, who speaks English as a second language, struggled to understand questions put to her by Pantoja's public defender and asked for an interpreter — but was not given one.
It was actually the public defender who raised the question of whether she needed an interpreter.
"I told my lawyer that sometimes I don't understand because I don't completely speak English," the 24-year-old testified. "I'm trying to explain as best I can."
But the judge would rule there was no probable cause for the case to go forward.
On Tuesday, Pantoja was ordered held in lieu of $2.5 million bail. He faces 60 years in prison if convicted for a Dec. 17 pre-dawn attack that shocked the city when it was reported that a 15-year-old girl on her way to school was discovered half-clothed and bleeding in a backyard.
Pantoja, 25, faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated battery in that case, in which he is accused of grabbing the girl as she walked to a bus stop, striking her on the head with an object and dragging her into a yard in the 2400 block of North Long Avenue, prosecutors said.
DNA from a condom wrapper recovered at the scene of the teen's attack linked him to the crime, authorities said. Additionally, officials said shoe prints found at the scene match the size, tread and design of boots that Pantoja was allegedly wearing at the time of his arrest Friday. Surveillance video also shows Pantoja walking in the area between 5:15 and 5:45 a.m., prosecutors said. The girl remains in critical condition.
"He doesn't deserve any bail," the alleged victim in the 2013 case told the Tribune in Spanish. "Imagine what he did to the girl. ... It's time for him to pay."
Two years earlier, Pantoja was accused of fondling a young relative, showing her pornographic images on his cellphone, laying on top of her in a van and refusing to let her leave, according to court documents.
In that case Chicago police asked for a felony review of charges from the Cook County state's attorney's office after Pantoja allegedly "touched the victim uninvitingly on various parts of her body," including her buttocks, and made contact with her breasts, the arrest report states.
That request was denied because of conflicting statements from the victim and because prosecutors were not certain they could meet the statutory requirement of proving Pantoja had experienced sexual gratification, said Dan Kirk, chief of staff for State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Chicago police then charged Pantoja with misdemeanor domestic battery. The state's attorney's office later dropped that charge in exchange for a two-year order of protection.
Pantoja was then sentenced to 10 months in prison for having violated his parole on previous charges, Kirk said.
"Even if he was tried and convicted on domestic battery … the most he would have gotten would have been six months, and it would have been concurrent," Kirk said.
"Nobody from the Cook County state's attorney's office is going to say any of the evidence suggested his behavior was appropriate," he said. "That doesn't make the quality of the evidence better."
In the 2013 case, it is not clear why Cook County Judge Laura Sullivan found no probable cause to sustain the allegations brought by the state.
Sullivan could not be reached for comment, and in court transcripts from the hearing, she did not explain her decision.
Pantoja, who is hearing-impaired, had a sign language interpreter during the hearing.
The alleged victim, who was treated at a hospital where a rape kit was taken, testified she had met Pantoja in her neighborhood and spoken to him a few times.
She testified that she understood him by reading his lips. He also used hand gestures and made sounds, she testified.
She went to his house, where he showed her his family pictures. When he became too physically aggressive, she became uncomfortable and wanted to leave, she testified. They left together, and as they were walking, he dragged her into a secluded area, removed her pants and raped her as she tried to fend him off, she said under oath.
But when questioned by a Cook County public defender, the alleged victim answered "yes" when asked if it was true that she "wanted to have sex with him and you wanted him to wear a condom."
That led to a series of questions that appeared to leave the alleged victim confused, resulting in her voluntarily saying that she wasn't sure she understood the questions.
At that point, the public defender asked the woman if she needed an interpreter. Sullivan asked the attorney if she had "a lot more" and then asked the attorney to rephrase her questions.
During her testimony and in an interview with the Tribune, the alleged victim denied ever consenting to sex.
Kirk, from the state's attorney's office, said prosecutors had not called for an interpreter because the woman seemed to have command of the English language in several interviews before the hearing.
At the hearing, it was the judge's decision whether to call the interpreter, he added.
Advocates who work on behalf of rape victims noted that there are key nuances of testimony in all rape cases, especially when the case involves an acquaintance. The issue still comes up even when everyone is speaking the same language, they said.
"Assuming full English fluency, there is still the need to parse words, and that is something survivors are faced with all the time — about being very careful about what they say," said Sharmili Majmudar, executive director of Rape Victim Advocates.
Kaethe Morris Hoffer, executive director of the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, agreed and said it was the judge's responsibility to make sure the witness was able to understand and adequately communicate on the stand.
Morris Hoffer credited the state's attorney's office for bringing the charges in the first place and wondered whether the judge, as often happens, simply didn't believe the woman.
"Victims are reluctant to report because they fear being disbelieved. Prosecutors are reluctant to charge because they fear being disbelieved. And our society frequently does disbelieve, until the third victim shows up, then everybody immediately goes, "Well, we should have done something about this from the beginning,'" she said. "Our entire culture is complicit in refusing to honor the first victim."
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Lehman L.I.F.E.
Community Service-Learning
Lehman L.I.F.E. supports service opportunities for students by creating awareness of need in communities around the world and fostering action through volunteer work. Our main goal is to increase awareness of issues affecting humanity from our campus to the global society. Students have traveled to Dominican Republic, New Orleans, Virginia Beach, Cincinnati, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Kenya to perform community service efforts and aid other communities in their own sustainability.
Students are required to fundraise or pay for 100% of their Lehman L.I.F.E. trip (scholarship opportunities are available).
Upcoming Trips:
Summer Break 2020
The Lehman L.I.F.E. Spring and Summer 2020 application is now closed.
Trip Requirements for All Students
Spring Break 2020: Puerto Rico - Humacao, Puerto Rico (Tied to LAC270) Global Citizenship and Service in Latin America and the Caribbean
In September of 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, having first made landfall in the community of Mariana, a one-hour drive South and East of the capital city of San Juan. Struck with winds up to 175 MPH, Mariana was the first community to lose power and because of its location in the mountains, one of the last communities where power was restored nine months later.
Lehman students will participate in LAC270 Global Citizenship and Service in Latin America and the Caribbean and during spring break, will volunteer with ARECMA (The Recreational, Educational and Communal Association of Mariana), which has supported thousands of community members after the storm. In Puerto Rico, our efforts will be focused on creating, and supporting elders in the community who are homebound and need repair work done on their homes. Students will also partner with their peers at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao in a social action research project. Recently over 300 schools have been closed, cutting teachers and other educational professionals, increasing class sizes as well as commuting distances for students and their families. If we assist in rebuilding the community, families may come back to the area, revitalizing schools and other community development initiatives.
Our trip fees are considered donations towards the educational programs Crossing Thresholds is financially supporting in the community. They also cover your expenses, while on the ground in Puerto Rico including; a Crossing Thresholds representative who will be with you on a 24/7 basis, your board and room, while staying in the community, all ground transportation to and from the airport to the community, as well as all local excursions. Our trips to Puerto Rico begin and end at the international airport in San Juan (SJU). The cost of your flight is not included in your donation. For those volunteers interested in extending their stay in Puerto Rico, alternate ground transportation can be arranged for you to travel to your next destination at your own expense. Volunteers should plan to arrive at the airport in San Juan between 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM on their first day. They should plan to depart no earlier than noon on the last day.
Summer Break 2020: Kenya - Crossing Thresholds (Tied to AAS # TBA) Global Citizenship and Service in Africa and the African Diaspora
Through this global service-learning course and/or service opportunity, participants will begin the course at Lehman and then travel to Kenya for the final two weeks of class to immerse themselves in the local culture, and customs of a Kenyan community, and engage in service by helping to construct a primary school, academic programs and local community projects. The impact is profound and sustainable for both the villagers and you as a student and person.
The opportunities for growth are enormous, as participants learn the value of service and education, while developing a deeper understanding of the world, and themselves as agents of change, and business and community leaders. This is NOT a vacation. Your team will be on the front lines of the fight to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations, serving in solidarity with local villagers as you build the foundation for a school that will benefit hundreds of children, parents and grandparents for generations to come.Your team will live with, and serve alongside, members of the community, engaging in dynamic cultural workshops, deep reflection activities, and thorough explorations of issues facing your host community.
Complete a program application and participate in a group interview
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This should open my game up directly in the Windows Store App if you are on Windows 8 (and while you're at it, please download it and throw it a good review – it's free and goes for a good cause :-).
You can also link directly to the review page by adding REVIEW to the prefix.
This would be a great experience if you offer both a website and a app version as well, allowing the user to quickly switch from one to the other. IE10 passes the url to your app so you can jump to a specific feature in your app, or you can add a third metatag with the arguments. You can read more about this feature here. Again you can try this experience at http://bao.win-rt.com (and this'll be your 3rd chance to download my app :-).
I recently got access to the Windows Store, and submitted my first app, "The game of Bao", a simple and fun board game I learned when we visited Malawi, Africa during our honeymoon (any money the game makes will be donated back to an organization working on improving the lives of the kids that taught us this game, so please be kind and play it a lot and give some great reviews :-).
I recorded the steps that I have had to go through so you can see what you need to have ready if you need to submit an app yourself.
*Note: Currently access to the Windows Store is limited to either companies and people who goes through an "App Excellence Lab". Once your app gets the "seal of approval" from a Microsoft Engineer, you'll get an invite code so you can create an account for the Windows Store.
When you sign into the windows store, the first thing you're greeted with is the dashboard, where you can submit an app.
First step is to give you application a name. This is a unique name, so if someone else already published an app with that name, you'll have to come up with a different name. Also note the mention that your app's manifest must have the exact same DisplayName set. You can also reserve your app name this way, and later finish the app submission process when your app is ready.
Either review your data, or hit "Submit for certification". All you can do now is sit back and wait for the app to go through. There's an estimate listed of how long each step usually takes.
Sometimes you have some code that needs to run after a storyboard has completed. In my case I'm working on a little board game, and after each move (which I animate using a Storyboard), I need to figure out the next move, and either start a new play-animation or pass the turn to the other player.
Note: This code is written for WinRT. If you want to use this for Silverlight or WPF, just change 'Eventhandler<object>' to 'EventHandler'.
Note that the ms-appx:/// is the standard prefix for a uri to files within the application folder. If you want to get access to a file in your app data folder, just leave this off.


Ok, so there is some Linux out there, but what SAP is on it?
So there is some Linux out there, but what software from SAP are you using on it?
Or is there some ERP, BW, Portal, CRM, IS-??
Also, what is the choice of database?
We are looking at Linux and are quite unshure about it's strengh and maturity. We have big instances with 6000+ users, 2000 Oracle processes and more than 10 apps servers.
Thanks for share your knowledge!
> So there is some Linux out there, but what software from SAP are you using on it?
Linux is development platform. As far as I know (I can be wrong) the software is developed on Linux and then ported to the other platforms (some time ago I was told that's the way).
> It is mainly NetWeaver?
> Or is there some ERP, BW, Portal, CRM, IS-??
> Also, what is the choice of database?
> We are looking at Linux and are quite unshure about it's strengh and maturity. We have big instances with 6000+ users, 2000 Oracle processes and more than 10 apps servers.
Linux is mature. Even SAP Hosting use by default it if the customers don't express explicit wishes. I wouldn't have a problem implementing it also for huge environments.
At the moment we are switching some smaller management systems from HP-UX to linux, like our central SLD and the solution manager system. Additionally it might be interesting which linux dist people use, we have Suse, we started SLES 9 SP3 and have now SLES 10 SP1.


> the docu also is telling, that port 9050 (or 9150) by using tor shall also work.
> forward-socks5t    /     127.0.0.1:9050 .
localhost:8118, change requests to SOCKS5, and forward them to Tor.
> use port http and ssl port 8118, but SOCKS port 9050.
> In my browser, I checked with both configurations and both are working = using tor.
> should I use, and why one is better/safer/whatever.
- then you need to use only Tor. Privoxy is redundant here.
filtering feature - you use Privoxy + Tor.
Both are. It depends on what you're trying to achieve.
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The Centre Board of the Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry has elected last Friday 20April the professor Antoni Merelles Tormo as a Dean with14 votes in favour and none against or blank vote. He replaces the previous dean Julio Fernández after two term of office.
The members of the new team are María Luisa Ballestar (Vice-Dean of Studies and Nursing Degree), Montserrat Alcahuz (Podiatry's Degree), Silvia Corchón (Research, Mobility and International relations), and Pablo Gracía (Secretary's office).
Antoni Merelles Tormo has graduated in Nursing in the Universitat de València in 1985. A grant from the Institution Alfons el Magnànim (1998) allowed him to be link with the Department of Nursing as a collaborator teacher. Until 1991, when he got a position as university college assistant in the Universitat de València and afterwards, in 1996, as adjunct. After obtained the Master of Public and Authority Health in the Valencian Institute of Studies in Public Health in 1997, he got the next year the principal university college position at the Universitat de València.
In 2004, he graduated in Anthropology Social and Cultural in the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia. In 2009, he obtained the diploma of Advanced Studies in the doctoral programme of Social Welfare and Cooperation of the Universitat de València. He got a PhD of Nursing in 2016 and he is now full professor.
During the years, he has lectured in the Nursing Degree and Social Work, as well as in the Master's Degree of Development Aid at the Universitat de València.
He has made training stays in the Public Healthy in Liverpool and short periods of professor exchange in Leeds (England) and in Gävle (Sweden).
He was secretary of the Department of Nursing (1999-2002) and director of the Department of Nursing (2002-2009) Afterwards, he was secretary of the University College of Nursing and Podiatry and when the transition into a Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry (2009-2012).
Vice-Dean in the period from 2012 to 2015 and again secretary of the Faculty from 2015 to 2018. Since 2009, he has been in charge of the CAT of Nursing. Also he takes part of The Committee for Academic Coordination of Master's degree of Development Aid, in which he coordinates the specialty of "Health in developing countries".
His publications are focused on the health public and occupational health fields. In 1993 and in 2003 he has taken part of the group of author and they coordinate the work of three volume "Public Health and Community Nursing".


Wrap your rope around a dolphin. A dolphin cleat, that is.
This is an idea that I can't believe had not been thought of already (maybe it has?) because it makes so much sense. Add form to the functionality of one of the most basic items on any boat or dock with cleats designed as dolphins or bass!
The geniuses behind these cleats are from a company called - of course - Creative Cleats based in Holland, New York. I only wish I thought of it first.
While it was nice to see a happy ending to this story in the Houston Chronicle, there didn't have to be a story at all... The incident could have been avoiced altogether and not be so close to tragic.
Boaters adrift all night long in rough seas and the only communication device onboard is a cell phone!? That's just crazy. I just did a quick search at FirstBoat's electronics store and found several VHF radios for under $100, and some as cheap as $50.
What about GPS? Those things are now a necessity with prices as low as $100 to $200 for a battery operated Garmin, or even less for the Lowrance iFinder.
The boaters in this article had use of their cell phones for some time... Imagine if they were able to give somebody their coordinates from a GPS device? They may not have had to spend all night on a drifting boat in rough seas. Luckily, it turned out alright for them, but isn't it worth a few hundred dollars - when you just spent thousands on a boat - to have some basic battery powered marine electronic equipment on board?
That's what it looks like to me, anyway.
Check out this new WiFi device being produced in the UK. It simply plugs into your USB port on your laptop, and lets you access Wi-Fi hotspots from nearby marinas or other businesses on-shore offering the service that your laptop's traditional wi-fi receiver wouldn't normally pick up.
Thanks to WiFiFreeNet for the tip, and to BYM for announcing the product.
For more on the subject of Wi-Fi at marinas, visit WiFiMarine.org.
Thought I'd share this video I just stumbled across taken by somebody sailing on the Pacific. The video was just uploaded to YouTube a few hours ago, so perhaps the footage is from as recently as this week!


In the 14-day trial period starting January 16, the day when nationwide e-way bill registrations for taxpayers began, 28.4 lakh e-way bills have been generated with 3.4 lakh happening only yesterday.
The government expects that the e-way bill would act as an anti-evasion tool and help bring more taxes to the exchequer.
NEW DELHI: A whopping 28.4 lakh e-way bills have been generated by transporters within a fortnight of the beginning of registration.
Under the Goods and Services Tax, inter-state transportation of goods beyond 10 km, with a value of Rs 50,000 and above, will mandatorily require e-way bill from February 1.
"We saw a phenomenal number of e-way bills being generated on January 30. We expect the momentum to continue in the days to come. Taxpayers are not only getting accustomed to e-way bill system but they are also able to avoid a lot of hassles that existed for them earlier," GST Network CEO Prakash Kumar said.
While Karnataka took the lead in e-way bill generation on January 30 with 1.4 lakh bills being generated, Rajasthan and Haryana too showed good response with 26,500 and 23,500 e-way bills, respectively.
As many as 11,581 transporters have registered themselves for e-way bill system and these are those transporters who are not registered under the GST.
Under the GST regime, businesses which have a turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh per annum need not register.
Transporters who want to generate e-way bill can visit the 'ewaybill.nic.in' portal and register themselves by giving the GSTIN. Transporters, who are not registered under GST, can enrol themselves under e-way bill system by providing their PAN or Aadhaar to generate the e-way bill.
The e-way bill can be generated through various modes like online, android app, SMS, excel based bulk tool etc. Also consolidated e-way bill can be generated for vehicle carrying multiple consignments.
There is a provision for cancellation of e-way bill within 24 hours by the person who have generated it. The recipient can also reject the e-way Bill within 72 hours of generation.
The validity of e-way bill is fixed as one day for every 100 kms or part there off.


MYKE is a growth supplement that provides the beneficial association of fungi and plant roots. It increases the plant's uptake of water and nutrients, and enhances it's resistance to stress and disease. Plants that have MYKE applied need less watering, show enhanced growth and flowering, establish and cover faster, resist disease better, and have a better chance of survival.
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MYKE can be applied to new plants, which is ideal, or to established plants as long as it is able to reach the root system. You can't harm a plant with too much MYKE. You only need to apply MYKE once, it will survive in the soil throughout the winter.


This modern 3-bedroom cabin in Ponderosa, CA epitomizes the best of mountain living. View details of this home here.
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The cover of Jami Goldman's book captures the determined runner rounding a track on her "cheetah legs," high-tech, carbon-fiber prostheses. (Photo by John Hall)
Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-IntelligencerJami Goldman, a double amputee who became a world-class competitive runner, has become an advocate for more research and better insurance coverage of cutting-edge prostheses, which can cost several thousand dollars a pair.
Paul Kitagaki Jr./Seattle Post-IntelligencerYasser Seirawan plays in the U.S. Chess Championships. In front is a screen that displays the progress of the game.
Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-IntelligencerRedmond fire investigator Stan Noble hits a hot spot yesterday at a suspected arson at three unfinished houses on Northeast 97th Street in Redmond. A second fire at a house under construction also was set about two blocks away, authorities said. Damages totaled about $500,000, authorities estimated.
Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-IntelligencerMembers of the Tsung Tsin Association play mah jongg on the second flood of the Hip Sing building, which was constructed in 1910, at 418 Eighth Ave. S.


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Q: Coordinate-free proof of determinant of transpose I'm interested in a coordinate-free proof of the statement $\mathrm{det}(A) = \mathrm{det}(A^T).$
Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional vector space over a field $K$, and let $f : V \rightarrow V$ be an endomorphism.
I define $\mathrm{det}(f)$ by $\mathrm{det}(f) \cdot \varphi = \varphi \circ f$, where $\varphi : V \times ... \times V \rightarrow K$ is any alternating function and $(\varphi \circ f)(v_1,...,v_n) := \varphi(f(v_1),...,f(v_n)).$
I define the transpose by $$f^* : V^* \rightarrow V^*, \; \psi \mapsto \psi \circ f.$$
I would like to prove that $\mathrm{det}(f) = \mathrm{det}(f^*)$ using these definitions but haven't been able to find a proof that doesn't involve choosing a basis. Thanks

A: For any simple $k$-vector $v_{(k)}$ and any simple $k$-form $\omega_{(k)}$, the linear operator $f$ and its adjoint $f^*$ should obey
$$\omega_{(k)}[f(v_{(k)})] = [f^*(\omega_{(k)})](v_{(k)})$$
where I have defined the action of a linear operator on $k$-vectors/$k$-forms as follows:  if $v_{(k)} = v_1 \wedge v_2 \wedge \ldots \wedge v_k$ for $k$ linearly independent vectors, then
$$f(v_{(k)}) = f(v_1) \wedge f(v_2) \wedge \ldots \wedge f(v_k)$$
and similarly for the adjoint acting on a $k$-form.
It's not obvious to me that the above statements are immediately clear from your definition of the adjoint.  It may be you have to prove it starting with the vector/1-form case:
$$\omega[f(v)] = [f^*(\omega)](v)$$
and go from there inductively. Once you have proved this notion, though, then the rest of the proof follows immediately, as $f(v_{(n)}) = (\det f) v_{(n)}$ and $f^*(\omega_{(n)}) = (\det f^*) \omega_{(n)}$.