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Q: CAML Query for Date Range - Not Working Hey guys I am trying to get a list of items with a "Created" date range.  The problem is that upon executing the query it seems to be completely ignoring the 5000 row limit.
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If I delete the tags inside the Query Tag it then limits the rows to 5000.  This is pretty strange and I don't understand why this is happening with my CAML query.

A: The dates look malformed, you need to use ISO format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ

A: Use the SPUtility.CreateISO8601DateTimeFromSystemDateTime() in all your date time value so that your CAML query would work. for usage instruction see this Link

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Swag is a staple at trade shows and events. Promotional items enable exhibitors to thank visitors for stopping in, and to extend the brand experience beyond the show floor. That's because visitors keep their premium giveaways for an average of six months. Since your giveaway is the ad that keeps on giving, you want to choose wisely.
Ideally you want a promotional product that will not only reflect positively on your company's brand, but that will also align with your marketing strategy and creative theme. Whatever you select, invest in a giveaway that is durable and, most importantly, useful. Usefulness is the key reason recipients keep their promotional items.
*Younger consumers are more likely to have a branded item on their desks.
*Consumers over the age of 35 own more drinkware.
*Men are twice as likely as women to own a branded cap.
*Women are twice as likely as men to own promotional bags.
*Latino consumers are the most likely to own a promotional t-shirt.
*Asians consumers are most likely to own branded USB drives.
Swag is available at a variety of price points, and ultimately your choices will need to fit your budget. So you may want to consider having different promotional products for different types of visitors at your trade show display. For example, have a lower priced giveaway for most visitors, such as a clever writing instrument or LED-lit tumbler, but reserve a more expensive item with a higher perceived value, such as outerwear, for your current clients or best prospects.
Remember that trade shows and events are about engagement, so while your giveaway should be practical, it can fun or humorous, too.
What was the best promotional product you ever got at a show and why?
As exhibitors, we're always looking for ways to provide our visitors with the best possible experience interacting with our brand. RFID technology may be able to help us create more engaging and individualized experiences.
Imagine issuing wristbands to guests at an event that allows them to have their photo taken and automatically uploaded to their Facebook page and your company fan page. Sunglass Hut did just that at the launch party for their retail store in South Africa. The viral aspect of reaching more people through social networks helped generate buzz about the event and new store.
Take a moment to consider the potential for using RFID at your trade shows and events to engage people and boost your marketing signal. Offer a wearable item to automatically check your visitor into Foursquare, which in turn prompts a tweet about the event or your trade show display. Distribute smart cards to visitors to link to their favorite social media site and scan touch points to "like" a product or program. RFID tags can be used to greet visitors by name, trigger videos, change lighting or start music. You can even set up cameras with sensors to note when a number of RFID tags are in the vicinity to take photos of groups. Think Disney park experience. All the attendee has to do is enjoy your content or the event, the RFID chips do the rest for them and for you.
Keep a close eye on what's happening with RFID. Some experts point out that, over the next couple of years, RFID will become cheaper and more efficient at holding information using less power. Researchers are working on ways to print RFID tags on less expensive materials like paper or plastic using inks embedded with an antenna and electrodes.
What experience have you had with RFID at events?
Even in this age of technology, trade shows are thriving because they offer in-person, face-to-face communication. You meet people, learn about their needs, and show them how you can help them. So why not leverage the power of internet communication and technology, before and after the show? You may have the most enticing and interesting trade show display at the show, but its incumbent on you to drive people to your booth.
Twitter really can't be underestimated as a tool for getting the word out about the show and your booth, but you have to be smart about how you promote, or your messages will simply get eaten up. Hashtagging your tweets helps a lot – using the agreed upon hashtag for the event will help people filter content, and will make sure that your tweets are getting to the people you want to reach – those who will be attending the event.
As for tweet content, make your booth sound worth visiting! Tell your audience about any special promotions you'll be running on the day of the event, especially things like prize giveaways that require them to visit your booth. You can also mention any special product launches or other information you'll be premiering at the show, to get people interested.
When you get to the venue on the day of the event, make sure you check in at the venue on Foursquare, and crosspost that check-in to both Twitter and Facebook. Get the ball rolling by adding tips on the venue page that are related to your booth and will encourage people to visit you. As attendees check in, they can read your tips and add your booth to their "must see" list. Make the effort to draw them in with exciting offers, or even games. You can use tips to provide clues for activities like scavenger hunts for prizes, which are always popular.
Facebook is a great tool before and after the show. You can use it for promotion beforehand much in the same way as Twitter, but you can also use it afterwards to post photos from the event and continue to speak with your audience in a more informal matter. Encourage your booth visitors to follow you on Facebook so they can keep up-to-date with the latest developments, or ask you any questions they may have down the line.
For more tips on using social media for trade shows, check out this post on social media platforms.
Yep, it's that time of year again, the calendar tells us that it's time to feed into the gift-giving frenzy; as exhibitors we're budgeting for next years cool "schwag" and as holiday shoppers we're hitting up all the local hot spots for the best deals. Experts have determined that giving gifts is a significant part of human interaction that enhances personal relationships and strengthen business ties. Psychologists say it is often the giver (you, the exhibitor), rather than the receiver (the attendee), who gets the biggest benefit from a gift because it drives brand memorability and has long lasting marketing benefits. The question is: as an exhibitor are you a giver or a grinch?
You're a giver if: You spend time deciding on the right gift for your attendees. You don't go with the typical: stressball, back scratcher, or breath mint. You conduct a survey to make sure that your attendees are getting the giveaways that are most useful to them and that they will cherish for years to come.
You're a grinch if: You don't question why you're giving the gift, but rather you do it because you feel you HAVE to. You select a giveaway that's cheap, most likely poorly made, with ZERO marketing benefits.
You're a giver if: You give a gift that is personalized (like a monogrammed planner) and is a token of your appreciation to show that you care about your booth visitors.
You're a grinch if: You adopt the "trick-or-treat" giveaway policy: you leave your swag lying out in bins, bowls or on your reception counter, so people can help themselves (with little or no interaction with your booth staff).
You're a giver if: You feel good about giving the gift. The act gives you enormous pleasure and satisfaction because you carefully selected the gift and it has your brand on it. You are happy to give qualified booth visitors a branded take home that will work hard to support your branding efforts.
You're a grinch if: You throw away the remainder of your giveaways so you don't have to ship it back to your office.
You're a giver if: You view your gift as a two way to process: your booth visitors must first express interest in your products, which will then allow you to establish a meaningful dialogue with them and give them a takeaway that will strengthen your bond with the recipient.
You're a grinch if: You really don't care about your "tchotchke", and don't realize that it can help promote your company and strengthen business relationships. Your giveaway is just another tick on your checklist.
You're a giver if: You give from the heart, with no feeling, or pressure of reciprocity.
You're a grinch if: You give with a sense of self-serving, to get something back from the receiver. You might have a cool giveaway, but in order for your booth visitor to claim it they must: divulge their contact information, participate in a 30 question survey, demo your product, and provide a testimonial to your liking.
And, for your next trade show, think about the giveaway you want others to receive. Make it useful, educational, or business related, and one that you're proud to give. In fact, use yourself as a litmus test. Ask yourself if this item is something you'd like to receive if someone were to give it to you.
According to recent studies, giveaways trigger what researchers call the reciprocity effect--the conditioned cultural response to return the kindness of a gift--which can manifest itself in better response rates, repeat business, and powerful referrals. So, you don't want any ordinary "trick or treat" freebie, you want a giveaway that is EXTRA ordinary. And PS, you don't have to break the bank when you're budgeting to come up with some cool swag for next year. But, how do you choose the right trade show giveaway? Follow the below show Smart Steps to giveaway success.
Whatever new giveaway you choose: a ceramic mug, flash drive, ipod, gourmet chocolates, your brand should be at the forefront – and immediately visible to your audience. Think of clever ways to incorporate your brand instead of plastering it everywhere (which can be an eyesore and look tacky). Better yet, make your giveaway wearable. According to 2010 PPAI research, 31% of promotional sales were of wearable items like shirts, jackets, and hats.
If you decided to pick something as common as a stress ball, couple it with another prize to make it a two part giveaway or even instill a little humor in it (think a thumbdrive that looks like an actual thumb).
Whatever you decide for your trade show giveaway, you want it to have LONG term marketing benefits. So, you'll want to invest in a giveaway that is durable and will last a while. Even better, if your giveaway can be used as a keepsake at work and at home (think: a portable bag or ceramic mug), so you benefit from DOUBLE the exposure. A 2009 survey conducted by PPAI Research found that a staggering 3 out of 4 consumers reported having at least one promotional product in their workspace.
PS: Aside from the seeds, what all of these have in common is that they are ultra portable and can be used over and over again.
Selecting the right giveaway is all about asking yourself "Would I use this item"? How long would I keep this? is it versatile? and what type of long term marketing benefits does it have?". Having the right giveaway, tied in with strategic promotions can help leverage your trade show performance and get your foot in the door to new business opportunities.
Lights, Camera, Action!!We talked before about how to use video on the show floor and the steps to take before launching your brand in the limelight. Once you get on the show floor, video gear in hand, below are show smart video production tips from experts. Remember, your video doesn't have to be perfectly polished to go viral.
Make sure before you interview prospects, to come up with questions that will prompt the answers that you are looking for and will have interviewees communicating your product in the most accurate light. If a customer makes a couple of blunders here and there, don't sweat it, you can always edit them out later.
In addition to capturing lively snap shots of prospects and customers engaging with your brand, after information packed product demos or booth seminars, make sure to set-up an interview with booth visitors on their experience with your products/brand/services in exchange for a product discount or a premium giveaway. Later you can repurpose the video and include it in your corporate website and social media channels.
A brief endorsement by satisfied customers that adds validity to your claim and casts your product/services as a "must have" for businesses. If you make video edits on a customer's testimonial make sure to run the final take by the interviewee one last time before implementing it in any of your online campaigns; the last thing you want to do is misconstrue their endorsement of your product/services.
As you interview booth visitors let them vent about their top challenges and pain points specifically addressing how your solution alleviates those challenges. You want your target audience to identify with them and their testimonial.
Any interview exceeding 4 minutes is simply too lengthy for viewers and will lead to a high abandon rate. A solution to this limitation is segmenting your footage into themed chapters so that it's easier for viewers to digest. According to Brightcove, the optimum length for videos is 4minutes and 50 seconds, anything over this is too long for the average viewer to stay focused.
Other ways to use video in your trade show marketing lineup is to interview your grand prize winner on how they plan on using your product/prize in their day to day business practices, their feelings about being selected as the Grand Prize winner and what value they have taken away from visiting your booth. You can recycle this footage as a promotional piece for your invite for the following year.
Post your video footage to your blog and social channels (FB, LI, TW,YT) in real time so your followers will FEEL like they were there. According to Brightcove, Facebook is the highest referrer of video meaning that video has the potential to go viral the fastest on FB over any other social media channel. But it's important to post first where you feel most of your audience is, whether it is LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.
Like any other online marketing initiative, you want to account for your successes and failures, providing upper management with essential analytics that support your video production efforts (especially if you're out sourcing video editing). There are basic metrics that you can easily use to measure video performance such as views on YouTube, and Impressions and Feedback on Facebook. But, if you want to dig deeper and have the budget, there are fee based services provided by Brightcove , Tubemogul and Adobe web analytics that can help you optimize your video footage for SEO and provide more in-depth back end analytics (such as abandon rates, click rates etc.).
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This set of Advanced Java Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on "Debugging in Eclipse". 1. Which mode allows us to run program interactively while watching source code and variables during execution?


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Because of its popularity, professors and educators are trying to utilize the game by incorporating it with their teaching processes. This may also be due to the brain benefits of the game like improvement in concentration, mental dexterity, and faster hand-eye coordination. The invasion of bingo in the academe is not a novel concept, because it has been used as an effective tool to teach mathematics through Math Bingo. Even lessons outside the four corners of the classroom have been associated with the game—for instance, online platform FoxyBingo previously organized a Foxy'll Fix It promo which offered free driving lessons. Currently, bingo is also the favorite activity for academic fundraisers.
Educational bingo is an effective way to teach students because it fosters interaction as well. Bingo cards can be used by educators to instruct students about various subject matters by simply replacing the numbers with either pictures or concepts. It will also help if a reward system is in place. Southern Cross University published a paper delving into the idea of bingo as a game strategy for facilitating action learning, and the study was conducted in a sociology class for the students to understand sociological concepts. It was discovered that the teaching method which incorporated the bingo game was found to be both meaningful and enjoyable.


Why would a congregation risk prosecution to provide sanctuary to an immigrant family?
This is exactly the question that Alexia Salvatierra, one of the leaders in the New Sanctuary Movement in a recent piece she wrote (posted below). Civil Disobedience has been a part of movements for decades if not centuries. It is the act of moving outside of (i.e. breaking) an unjust law. The very act of disobedience brings to light the injustice and inhumanity of that law.
Sit-ins and lunch counters, Rosa Parks moving to the front of the bus, and other such simple yet powerful acts have shown the indecency of unjust laws and have called our society to change.
The New Sanctuary Movement is again bringing forth the injustice of our immigrant rights laws that destroy families and run our communities asunder.
It is not simply time to break unjust laws, it is time to break unjust mind sets, hateful ways of treating others, and wrongful practices that hurt us all. What do you think of the new sanctuary movement?
Why would a congregation risk prosecution to provide sanctuary to an immigrant family? Why would a pastor decide that people who have broken laws deserve protection, support, and advocacy?
When I was doing missionary work in Southeast Asia, I attended a service in a language that I didn't speak. At a certain point, I discerned that they were saying the Lord's Prayer. It was an amazing moment; I felt the depth of our connection as brothers and sisters in Christ, beyond all of our differences. When we got to the line, "Forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors," I was struck by the insight that one of the deepest roots of our connection is the common experience of God's mercy. While we were yet sinners ... while we did not deserve forgiveness ... before we had any capacity to repent ... someone loved us enough to die for us. Someone had compassion on us—literally "com" (with) and "passion" (feeling)—someone felt with us, felt our pain as if it was his pain, our hopes and dreams as if they were his hopes and dreams.
Sanctuary is an act of compassion, an expression of mercy. It is, however, not mercy at the expense of justice. Participants in the New Sanctuary Movement believe that our current immigration system is profoundly unjust—so unjust that we believe that we are facing one of those unique moments throughout history when divine law and human law are in conflict, and God's justice demands that we stand with those who break unjust laws even at the risk of sharing their punishment. Sanctuary is not only about mercy; it is also about justice.
But for many of us, the decision to provide sanctuary is rooted in the impulse of the heart to love as we have been loved—to hear the cries of Liliana and Joe and Mae and Jose and Juan and Jean's children and respond with compassion.
Yet, the act of sanctuary is more than simple charity. What we do with someone who has broken into our house only to go on to clean it, take care of our garden, remodel the deck, watch over the children, and cook us dinner? We read in Hebrews that those of us who provide hospitality have entertained angels unaware. To offer sanctuary is to recognize that the strangers in our midst are blessing us, in clear and mysterious ways. May we respond with the hospitality that we have received.


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The Holy Apostles
April 24–26, 2015 | Byzantine Studies Symposium, Margaret Mullett and Robert Ousterhout, Symposiarchs
In the early years of Dumbarton Oaks, one of the research projects initiated by A. M. Friend was devoted to the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. This early humanities collaboration of a literary scholar (Glanville Downey), an architectural historian (Paul Underwood), and an art historian (Friend) represented an attempt to reconstruct a lost building. A three-volume publication on the subject was envisaged, and a symposium was held in 1948, in which major scholars were involved, with Sirarpie Der Nersessian as symposiarch. Friend gave two lectures on the reconstruction of the lost mosaic cycle and Underwood spoke about the architecture. Der Nersessian herself gave two lectures on mosaics, while Downey spoke about literary texts, Milton Anastos about imperial theology, and Francis Dvornik about the patriarch Photios. As Kurt Weitzmann summarized, "It was a very unified program, demonstrating how Friend had been able to get every scholar at Dumbarton Oaks involved in his project."
Unlike the Dumbarton Oaks projects on Norman Sicily or on Venice, the results of the Holy Apostles initiative were never published, nor was the 1948 symposium. Some materials survive in ICFA from the project, also unpublished. Nevertheless, the church of the Holy Apostles continues to attract scholarly attention from philologists, historians, and art historians. In the seventy-fifth year of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, a symposium devoted to the church of the Holy Apostles will complete the task of those early years by assessing the significance of the church, its milieu, and its legacy.
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UNITED NATIONS, February 21 -- In front of the UN Security Council Tuesday morning, the Permanent Representatives of the UK and Morocco were asked about Russia's public statements that it was asking for a UN envoy or representative to Syria, on humanitarian issues. Both said they hadn't heard of it, at least in the Council.
A Russian diplomat scoffed to Inner City Press that the statement had been put on the Internet and Twitter, and pushed out by ambassadors in Lebanon and elsewhere. We all read these things, he said. But anyway we will raise it tomorrow in consultations, after the piracy briefing.
A usually well informed diplomat, after attending Brazil's "Responsibility While Protecting" event at the UN Tuesday afternoon, told Inner City Press he at least wasn't aware of Russia's proposal. He added, perhaps joking, that "the Russian who works for OCHA in Geneva" was perhaps the envoy "they have in mind."
Inside the Responsibility while Protecting meeting, Inner City Press asked Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative, "any envoy?" We're working on it, he replied. But Ban Ki-moon was setting off, later that day, on yet another trip, this time for a week including to Zambia and Angola.
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Zelda: Breath Of The Wild E3 Demo Was Nearly Stolen By Hacker
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The massive E3 demo for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was certainly impressive. So impressive in fact, that it seems somebody tried to pinch it from the show floor.
This is, at this stage, nothing more than a rumour based on the words of a few hackers – but take a look at what we know, and decide for yourself.
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First, a relatively famous Nintendo hacker known as NWPlayer123 confirmed that the "heist" did indeed go down.
NWPlayer123's credentials are certainly solid – she leaked Splatoon DLC before Nintendo even announced it, and has data-mined a ton of big Nintendo games, including Super Smash Bros. Wii U.
She claimed that the hacker behind the (failed) E3 Zelda heist of 2016 was a 17-year-old previously known for hacking Mario Kart 8.
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This 17-year-old/would-be criminal mastermind has since been in touch with Kotaku to reveal the details behind the job.
It should also be pointed out that the hacker had been tweeting about E3 long before the event, asking if anyone was willing to help distract attendants.
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According to our hacker, all they needed to nab the game was access to a demo pod and a Wii U GamePad. From there, tools are available which allow hackers to "dump" the game data from any Wii U console.
Then, using another tool (called TCP Gecko), they can connect the system to a PC and start the transfer. This process can take a few hours, but the game will continue to run as normal, meaning nobody is likely to notice anything amiss.
The creator of TCP Gecko, A.W. Chadwick, verified the above:
The user would navigate to a special webpage which tricks the Wii U into running code not developed by Nintendo (we call this arbitrary code execution (ACE)). Once the user has achieved ACE, they can then cause the Wii U to do almost anything they would like it to.
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But unfortunately for the hacker, disaster struck. The Wii U units running Breath of the Wild were not retail ones, meaning a hasty bit of re-coding was required.
The hacker told Kotaku:
Having to code stuff last minute was a sort of stressing ideal. Mainly [because] you never know how long or how much testing one might need to do before it works, and [there being] a very strict timeframe made the situation worse.
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Returning on day two, the hacker learned that the units at E3 weren't connected to the internet – presenting an obvious problem for the intended hack.
The hacker apparently managed to find a secret button combination which allowed them to access to the menu on the development unit and turn on the internet connection, only for TCP Gecko to copy the wrong files.
At this point NWPlayer123 stepped in to help tweak the tool and fix this issue, meaning the hacker had only one day remaining to get what they needed.
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But as you've probably gathered from the headline, this story ends in defeat. Despite arriving early on Thursday, all the demo units were already booked for the day – The hacker never got a chance to get in and do what needed to be done as a result.
Once again, there's nothing concrete to say that this story is true, or what the hacker would have done with the files if they had been successful. For her part, NWPlayer123 claims that she was only interested in the music files.
I suppose we'll just have to wait till The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launches in 2017 before we can finally play it. At least then, it'll be legit.
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We left early in the morning for Lewa Safari Camp. The drive was about an hour and a half during which we gained approximately 5,000 ft in elevation, making it much cooler then Samburu.
This was our room at Lewa Safari Camp.
On our afternoon game drive, the action started almost immediately as we came across 3 lions walking toward us on the road. We followed them a little ways as they found a spot to sun themselves.
Lewa is definitely a spot to see rhino as well, and we did manage to see a crash of three at a distance and one up close. Unfortunately the photos did not come out well enough to publish. We also came across two male cheetahs just as the sun went down. Our guide said they looked distressed, and sure enough they were calling out for their brother. Luckily after a little while we heard him calling as well. Following a nice reunion they promptly vanished into the night.
We got to witness an interesting spectacle as we were leaving Lewa early in the morning. There had been a moderate rain the night before which triggered millions of termites to come out of their nests and attempt to fly off. Seeing as it was the morning when this happened and not at night, the termites were sitting ducks for a multitude of hungry birds. If any made it out alive, we didn't see them. The birds were amazingly efficient in snatching every last termite.
The drive to our next stop, Lake Nakuru, was quite long and at times very bumpy. The drive took us through the heart of the Rift Valley. I believe we crossed the equator at least nine times on a twisting road.
We stayed at Mbweya Lodge, which is actually a short distance outside of Nakuru National Park.
This was our room at Mbweya.
Nakuru is quite a large park and there's plenty of variety to spend at least a couple days in the area without being repetitive. Due to our time constraints we only had one drive through the park but it proved to be extremely productive. Of course we had to make a stop at Lake Nakuru to see the famous flamingos.
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Marzanna, Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter
People burn an effigy consisting of straw, wood and cloth and representing Mother Winter to mark the end of Maslenitsa or Shrovetide in the village of Leninskoe, some 20 km from Bishkek, on March 10, 2019. - Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday.
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The winter goddess Marzanna has several guises and multiple names in Slavic mythology, but all of them are evil. She represents the coming of winter and is one of three seasonal sisters representing the cycle of life and death; she is also a fate goddess, whose arrival signifies misfortune; and she is a kitchen goddess, who creates nightmares and mischievously fiddles with a woman's spinning.
Key Takeaways: Marzanna
Alternate Names: Marzena (Polish), Marena (Russian), Morana (Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, and Serbo-Croatian), Morena or Kyselica (Slovak), Morena (Macedonian), Mara (Belarusian and Ukrainian), but also variously known as Marui or Marukhi, Maržena, Moréna, Mora, Marmora, More, and Kikimora
Equivalents: Ceres (Roman); Hecate (Greek)
Culture/Country: Slavic mythology, central Europe
Realms and Powers: Goddess of winter and death
Family: Zhiva (summer goddess), Vesna or Lada (spring goddess); with dark Charnobog, she is the mother of Triglav, the god of war
Marzanna in Slavic Mythology
The goddess of Winter known as Marzanna is likely an ancient leftover, the Slavic version of the ancient goddess-as-crone figure found throughout Indo-European mythologies, and known as Marratu to the Chaldeans, Marah to the Jews, and Mariham to the Persians. As a Slavic goddess, she is primarily a fearsome figure, the bringer of death, and the symbol of winter.
There is a matching spring goddess (Vesna or Lada), who is said to seduce Perun, the lightning god, bringing the end to winter. A summer goddess is named Zhiva, who rules over crops. There is no autumn goddess; according to the myths she was the daughter of the moon Chors who was bewitched at birth and disappeared. Marzanna had one child, the god of war Triglav, by Chernobog.
Seasonal Tales and Rituals
As spring nears, the feast of Maslenitsa is held, in which people dress a straw maiden in rags, carry her through town into the fields, and burn her in effigy, or drown her in a river or pond. The effigy represents Marzanna, and the burning or destruction of the effigy represents the banishing of winter from the land. The drowning is her disappearance into the underworld.
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At the summer solstice, the Kupalo ceremony includes a mixture of nuptial and funereal ideas, a set of joyous and tragic rites celebrating both the Dionysian blend of fire and water and the downward course of the sun towards its wintry grave.
As winter approaches, Marzanna is associated with the "enchanted huntsman" myth. A tale told by the Roma is that a hunter (sometimes the god of the sun) falls in love with Marzanna and she traps his soul in a magic mirror where (rather like Persephone) he must spend the long winter.
Fate Goddess
In some tales, Marzanna appears as Mara or Mora, a destroying fate-goddess who rides the night winds and drinks the blood of men. She is the mare in the word nightmare, described as a "monstrous hag squatting upon the breast, mute, motionless, and malignant, an incarnation of the evil spirit whose intolerable weight crushes the breath out of the body" (Macnish 1831). She is similar in this respect to the Hindu goddess Kali the Destroyer, whose death aspect means "passive weight and darkness."
In this guise, Marzanna (or Mora) is a personal tormenter, who sometimes turns herself into a horse, or into a tuft of hair. One tale is of a man who was so tormented by her that he left his home, took his white horse and rode away on it. But wherever he roamed the Mora followed. At last, he passed the night at an inn, and the master of the house heard him groaning in a nightmare, and found him being suffocated by a long tuft of white hair. The host cut the hair in two pieces with a pair of scissors, and in the morning the white horse was found dead: the hair, the nightmare, and the white horse were all Marzanna.
Kitchen Demon
As the kitchen demon Marui or Marukhi, Marzanna hides behind the stove and spins at night, making strange thumping noises when danger is in store. She turns herself into a butterfly and hangs over the lips of sleepers bringing them bad dreams.
If a woman spins something without first saying a prayer, Mora will come at night and spoil all her work. In this aspect, Marzanna is sometimes named Kikimori, a shade of the souls of girls who have died unchristened or were cursed by their parents.
Sources and Further Reading
Leeming, David. "The Oxford Companion to World Mythology." Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. Print.
Macnish, Robert. "The Philosophy of Sleep." Glasgow: W. R. McPhun, 1830.
Monaghan, Patricia. "Encyclopedia of Goddesses & Heroines." Novato CA: New World Library, 2014. Print.
Ralston, W.R.S. "The Songs of the Russian People, as Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology and Russian Social Life." London: Ellis & Green, 1872. Print.
Walker, Barbara. "The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets." San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1983. Print.
Hirst, K. Kris. "Marzanna, Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/marzanna-4774267. Hirst, K. Kris. (2020, August 28). Marzanna, Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/marzanna-4774267 Hirst, K. Kris. "Marzanna, Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/marzanna-4774267 (accessed January 18, 2022).
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Big anniversaries usually beget a host of commemorative books. This year, June 2019 marks the centenary of the first nonstop transatlantic flight, by UK aviators Alcock and Brown—and no one seems to care! A hundred years in which we went from rickety biplanes and minimal navigational tools to routine supersonic air transport and satellite-based navigation with pinpoint accuracy.
Well, continent-hopping, in comfort and safety and not to forget relatively small cost is a big deal, and Hales-Dutton's new book is a perfectly good way of highlighting the key milestones. He has written about aviation for decades and, specifically, worked as a press officer in the UK government agency responsible for that country's aviation industry. And, as a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he would hardly get away with offering a weak book. (He has also written several motorsports titles.)
The rate of progress he charts here is most remarkable for the fact that it is so unevenly spaced: in the 19th century, 50 years lay between the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by air (balloon, 1859) and the second (dirigible, 1910)—both failed—but in the 20th we went in 50 years from first commercial Zeppelin crossing (1928) to fastest-ever jet airliner crossing (1979, Concorde, 2:59). Wondrous times.
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As of today (Wednesday) at 12:30 pm EST, the TF has broken through and is now trading below this year's strong uptrending channel, as shown on the 4-Hour chartgrid below of the YM, ES, NQ & TF.
We now see a series of lower lows and highs on the TF, but not yet on the others. Any retest of and failure at the bottom of the channel by the TF will likely produce a drag (and possible pullback/correction) on the other three.
UPDATE 2:00 pm EST -- The last swing low of 1552.50 (and uptrend) has now been broken on the ES 4 Hr. as it is approaching the bottom of its channel at 1546ish.


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From the dawn of history, to the powerful Maritime Republic and to this day, the Port of Genoa is one of the main ports of the Mediterranean. This mini boat cruise will allow you to grasp its complexity and importance, as well as offer an incomparable view of the city from the sea.
Afterwards, do a walking trail to discover the "carruggi", the grand palaces of the nobility and the places of worship that have damaged the reputation of Superba in Genoa since the Middle Ages.


Hard to believe, but it's the holiday season again and there are the familiar last-minute pressures to find thoughtful and reasonably priced gifts. And guess what? My recommendations for the third year in a row focus on an item that I've always loved to receive, namely a book.
Plucked from retirement two years ago, a 50-year veteran of the hotel industry has been tasked with fixing the Sands, which operates gigantic casino resorts in Las Vegas and Asia. Next up: a 2,600-room behemoth in Singapore, which opens later this month.
It's hard to remember how many times over the years I've extolled the virtues of a cruise vacation for exhausted road warriors, family holidays, business gatherings and everything in between. Now I bring news of the largest and most innovative cruise ship on the seven seas. It can carry 6,300 passengers and 2,300 crew. What's it like on what is, literally, a floating village?
While it might not be the perfect Valentine's Day gift, a good book is a business traveler's treasure any time of the year. And a book is a gift with shelf life that often extends over decades or even a lifetime. This week, recommendations for some titles you might have missed and are guaranteed to capture your interest.
Even during the last several years, Americans with the wherewithal were on the move, spending serious money, reaping what they considered great bargains and maintaining an American conviction that travel is as much a right as many of the other certainties cited in our Constitution.


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Telling it like it isn't
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Globalization/Empire
By Robert Fisk 12/27/05 "Los Angeles Times"
I FIRST REALIZED the enormous pressures on American journalists in the Middle East when I went some years ago to say goodbye to a colleague from the Boston Globe. I expressed my sorrow that he was leaving a region where he had obviously enjoyed reporting. I could save my sorrows for someone else, he said. One of the joys of leaving was that he would no longer have to alter the truth to suit his paper's more vociferous readers.
"I used to call the Israeli Likud Party 'right wing,' " he said. "But recently, my editors have been telling me not to use the phrase. A lot of our readers objected." And so now, I asked? "We just don't call it 'right wing' anymore."
Ouch. I knew at once that these "readers" were viewed at his newspaper as Israel's friends, but I also knew that the Likud under Benjamin Netanyahu was as right wing as it had ever been.
This is only the tip of the semantic iceberg that has crashed into American journalism in the Middle East. Illegal Jewish settlements for Jews and Jews only on Arab land are clearly "colonies," and we used to call them that. I cannot trace the moment when we started using the word "settlements." But I can remember the moment around two years ago when the word "settlements" was replaced by "Jewish neighborhoods" – or even, in some cases, "outposts."
Similarly, "occupied" Palestinian land was softened in many American media reports into "disputed" Palestinian land – just after then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, in 2001, instructed U.S. embassies in the Middle East to refer to the West Bank as "disputed" rather than "occupied" territory.
Then there is the "wall," the massive concrete obstruction whose purpose, according to the Israeli authorities, is to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from killing innocent Israelis. In this, it seems to have had some success. But it does not follow the line of Israel's 1967 border and cuts deeply into Arab land. And all too often these days, journalists call it a "fence" rather than a "wall." Or a "security barrier," which is what Israel prefers them to say. For some of its length, we are told, it is not a wall at all – so we cannot call it a "wall," even though the vast snake of concrete and steel that runs east of Jerusalem is higher than the old Berlin Wall.
The semantic effect of this journalistic obfuscation is clear. If Palestinian land is not occupied but merely part of a legal dispute that might be resolved in law courts or discussions over tea, then a Palestinian child who throws a stone at an Israeli soldier in this territory is clearly acting insanely.
If a Jewish colony built illegally on Arab land is simply a nice friendly "neighborhood," then any Palestinian who attacks it must be carrying out a mindless terrorist act….
Full article: Los Angeles Times
Seen on: Information Clearing House
Wednesday, Dec 28th, 2005 at 11:48 am
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We are the lady roughriders!
We are a fun loving, outgoing, DII women's rugby team. We are located in Bend, OR and are part of the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union. We play games across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. We were PNRFU Champions in 2016 and 2017/18 was our first undefeated season, until we lost to the Seattle Mudhens in the Championship game at playoffs.
The Bend Lady Roughriders took the title of champions at the PNRFU playoffs in Bend on August 24, 2016. Next up, they will travel to Seattle WA to compete in the ARC1 Championship against Lifewest for the regional title on May 7th.


"Cabin in the Woods" is a color photograph of an old wooden cabin, taken on location at Cade's Cove. The cabin is a beautiful old structure with a porch, and a pitched roof that once provided shade to its inhabitants. An old fence wraps around the property, with trees of various types growing between it and the house, blocking more of the suns rays to keep the house even cooler. Take care though, because a dense thicket of woods seem to be creeping forward, dark and deep. Sunlight still plays through some of the branches, but for how much longer? What will come out to play, in the dark, in the night, in its own little garden/playground that has long since been abandoned?


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Policaro Motorsport announced on Monday its plans for the 2019 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama season.
The championship-winning team will field two Porsche GT3 Cup cars, clad in a striking and wild livery for the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama series. The team has signed some familiar faces to take on the driving duties, including 2018 GT3 Cup Canada Rookie of the Year Jeff Kingsley and the 2018 Canadian Touring Car Champion in the GT class, Ethan Simioni.
"It's a thrill to have Jeff and Ethan with us again this year" said Policaro Group CEO Francesco Policaro. "We are committed to finding and developing top Canadian motorsport talent—both Jeff and Ethan have what it takes to be at the top".
Jeff Kingsley is no stranger to the Policaro Motorsport program, having driven with the team in 2017 in the Canadian Touring Car Championship, and in last year's Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama series.
"I'm stoked to be with the team again," said Kinglsey. "I had some success winning Rookie of the Year in 2018 and I'll be building on that experience this season."
Joining Kingsley will be Ethan Simioni. Simioni is no stranger to Policaro Motorsport having won the 2018 Canadian Touring Car Championship in the GT class in the Policaro BMW M235iR. This will be Simioni's first year behind the wheel of a Porsche.
To support the program, Policaro Motorsport will have a new team Manager, Dirk Dunschede. Dunschede brings decades of Porsche experience as a gold-certified Porsche technician and workshop foreman. His race experience includes Policaro/Alegra Porsche GT3 Cup Canada, Rolex and Grand-Am Cup series—including two championships—and two Rolex 24 At Daytona podium finishes, one of which was a class win in 2003.
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Russia's defense industry may celebrate another landmark achievement. Vladimir Putin is set to sign a $1billion deal with Indonesia to sell dozens of helicopters, tanks and submarines to the Asian nation. Russia and Indonesia strengthen their economic and defense ties to counterbalance USA's growing influence in the world, specialists say.
Russia will provide Indonesia with a billion-dollar loan, which will be repayable over the next 15 years. All necessary documents are to be signed today during Putin's one-day visit to the most populous Muslim nation on the globe. As a result, Indonesia will receive 15 helicopters, 20 tanks, and two submarines, said Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono.
"Part of this is to reduce our dependency on the United States," which was formerly the country's largest supplier of weaponry, he said.
Putin's visit is the first by a Russian or Soviet leader to Indonesia in nearly five decades. It comes amid chilling relations with the United States, which has criticized Russia's democracy record. Moscow, in turn, distrusts Washington's growing influence in global politics and has courted allies with similar deals.
It held joint military exercises with China - the first ever on Russian soil - several weeks ago and has negotiated agreements with Malaysia and other countries across the region to buy fighter jets. Putin said he was especially eager to strengthen ties with Indonesia, a sprawling nation with more than 200 million Muslims. A series of other energy deals worth billions of dollars also will be clinched on Thursday.
"We are ready to enhance cooperation with all interested parties to building an equitable world order, ensuring stability and security at both global and regional levels," the Russian leader wrote in an opinion piece that appeared Thursday in The Jakarta Post.
He stopped in Jakarta on his way to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Australia. Indonesia has been looking for other sources of arms since Washington cut military ties in 1999 over human rights concerns. The ban was lifted in 2005, but Jakarta continues to look elsewhere for affordable military hardware.
It has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Russian fighter jets. Russia also will sign agreements Thursday that will help Indonesia revamp its aging mining and oil facilities, said government spokesman Dino Pati Djalal.
Indonesian mining company Aneka Tambang will sign a US$3 billion deal with Russian aluminum giant United Company Rusal, while state-owned oil company Pertamina plans to sign a US$1 billion agreement with one of Russia's biggest oil companies, Lukoil, he said.
Several memorandums of understanding also will be signed, including on combatting terrorism and protecting the environment.


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4799 Hirasawa è un asteroide della fascia principale. Scoperto nel 1989, presenta un'orbita caratterizzata da un semiasse maggiore pari a 2,4697909 UA e da un'eccentricità di 0,1280581, inclinata di 0,61658° rispetto all'eclittica.

L'asteroide è dedicato all'astronomo giapponese Yasuo Hirasawa.

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Set a timer for windows shutdown and restart from command line without using any software.
If you are like me, who likes to listen to songs at night or when feeling sleepy, you probably get asleep without turning songs and computer off. To solve this 'problem', you have two options. One, stop listening to songs. Okay, sorry! I was joking. The other option is, tell your computer to turn itself … Read moreSet a timer for windows shutdown and restart from command line without using any software.


Use this link as a guide for second semester readings, essay's and book clubs.
For each novel, we will meet and have a seminar-style discussion around the book.
You can decide which order you would like to write these essays.
*****For each of these essays, I will give you a round of feedback via writing conference ONLY IF you make the arrangements a week before the final due date and submit your draft to me at least 3 days before the writing conference.
If this is you, then I want you in Honors Humanities 11! The Honors version will push you to think deeper, read further, and articulate clear and complex arguments in writing and speech, which will ultimately better prepare you for college-level Humanities coursework.
Students have the option of taking this course for Honors credit. Honors credit means that the class will show up as Honors on student transcripts, which is often a selling point for college admissions. To succeed in 11th grade Honors Humanities, students will be required to read more challenging texts, complete a higher volume of work, be able to work independently and manage their time effectively.
Semester 1 Honors students will engage in a historical inquiry independent study project focused around an event or time period in U.S. History. This project will entail intensive research additional work to strengthen your understanding of the issues and theme we will study this year. As an honors student, you will also be expected to take on additional leadership roles throughout the year including exhibition preparation and peer support. Lastly, you must be willing to attend announced lunch meetings.
Honors is a serious time commitment and a lofty endeavor, so please make the decision very intentionally and be prepared to follow through with the commitment. If you would like opt-in, please sign and return this form with your completed response paper by Friday, August 31st. If you have not signed up by this date, you will not be able to opt in later. If students decide not to opt-in for the first semester, they may still join the 2nd Semester Book club.


Taking a look back at the week's news across the Android world, this week's Android Circuit highlights a number of stories including Samsung's battery issues and the potential of wireless charging, the story J.K. Shin could tell the press at MWC, Sony abandons Android and its Xperia smartphones, Microsoft invests in Cyanogen, Xiaomi overtakes Samsung, designing for the South Korean company, Pebble picks up Android Wear support, and LoopPay's Galaxy potential for payments.
As the launch of the Galaxy S6 rushes ever closer, one of the key handsets in the Android story of 2015 is coming into focus. Much of the hardware appears to be slightly better than the iPhone, but Forbes' Gordon Kelly has picked up on one issue that is going to be of concern to many. The Galaxy S6 battery is smaller than the one in the already anaemic Galaxy S5.
Time and again battery life comes top or near the top of users' smartphone complaints and time and again smartphone makers ignore them or merely tread water in order to make ever thinner phones. Given the battery life progression seen in the Galaxy S5, it seems idiotic for Samsung to take a step back with the Galaxy S6. Especially since the S6 is expected to ditch the range's removable back and battery.
Yes critics of Samsung want to see more style from its smartphones, but Samsung fans love their practicality. So following disappointing Galaxy S5 sales the company needs to be careful a style over substance approach doesn't alienate its loyal fanbase at the expense of chasing new users.
All might not be lost, there are hints that Samsung may have traded some of the reduced internal capacity of the S6 chassis to fit a wireless charging circuit.
It makes perfect sense for Samsung to look at wireless charging on the S6. As long as it can convince consumers to buy a charging pad (or for carriers to offer it for free as part of the contract subsidy), then the use case of the Galaxy S5 for those who work at a desk and keep their phone within reach will find the handset far more enjoyable in use.
It might not mitigate the road warriors or those whose life takes them away from a working base, but it does create an answer to the battery issue as well as crafting a distinctive marketing point.
My thoughts on the charging situation can be found here.
Does Samsung Have Anything Left In The Tank?
Samsung could have something major for the S6 that has not leaked yet but given historical precedent, the world's geekerati will know everything about the South Korean's last roll of the dice in the Android market before JK Shin and his team takes to the stage.
If that's the case, don't expect much excitement or enthusiasm to be on show in the reporting. And if the tech press isn't excited, will that translate to a loss of appetite in the consumers ahead of the retail sales opening on March 22nd?
Sony had the potential, they had the hardware, so what went wrong? More on Sony's surrender here at Forbes.
While it is not fully in the game, Microsoft has made an interesting 'small bind' bid into a new smartphone space by taking part in an investment round of Cyanogen, the company behind the Google-free Android fork called CyanogenMod.
Microsoft is looking at opportunities beyond the mobile operating system as a platform. Instead it is looking to leveraging any operating system so that it talks to the Microsoft cloud... I'm sure Microsoft would be more than happy to load up CyanogenMod with Outlook, Office, and the rest of the app suite. I'm pretty sure it would help out with some engineering time as well if there was a need for such a thing.
So what was the old Google? In short: a trojan horse. It waltzed into any sector it liked proclaiming open standards and offering great services for free and these moves were subsidised by its earnings from ads.
Chrome, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Search formed a holy core which burrowed into Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Windows Mobile converting users to the Google ecosystem. Google then pulls or reduces support when they are no longer seen as a threat (BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone and even Chrome's battery killing and dismal scrolling performance on Windows).
Microsoft is a long way from being in a position to consider this ruthless second stage (or maybe not), but the first moves are well underway. The once ludicrous idea that Outlook and Windows Calendar could cause disruption on iOS or Android is now no laughing matter as Microsoft bought and effectively rebadged best-of-breed email and calendar apps Acompli and Sunrise.
There's one other takeaway from the numbers - it appears that Samsung especially (and more than likely Xiaomi to a certain extent) lost part of its market share to Apple and the Chinese push that has seen the iPhone share grow from 5% to 12.3% quarter on quarter.
Professor Imai [Ivey Business School professor Lynn Imai] has a more nuanced take. "In the U.S., there's an assumption that the client becomes educated from the person providing the consulting or service, there's a value added something the person is providing to the client, and the relationship is, 'I can teach you the best way to do something,'" she explains. "In Korea, if your client is a high-powered company or government, the relationship is totally switched. It's harder to get things done just because the person providing the service is sort of at the whim over what the client wants. It's as if the client has more power."
In this environment, the Valley's beloved design agency model—a model based very much upon the idea that a designer knows the best way to build something—is destined to fail.
Not everyone is sure that Wilson's read of the situation is the correct one (notably Daring Fireball's John Gruber) but it's a fascinating read and provides a lot of background for you to make your own decision.
We noted in last week's 'Android Circuit' that the shipping of 720,000 Android Wear devices meant that Palo Alto based upstart Pebble had trumped its Mountain View based colleagues with over a million Pebble smartwatches sold. Now, the competition heats up even more, as Pebble takes the open standards of Android Wear and applies them to Pebble (reports Harrison Weber).
The upshot is if an Android application has an Android Wear interface, that interface will also be available on the Pebble, as its Android Wear support leaves beta testing and arrives in the public build of the client application.
Mobile wallets allow people with certain smartphones such as the last two iPhone generations as well as Android phones to pay for items in retail stores with a wave of their phones instead of having to swipe credit or debit cards. LoopPay's offering, which includes magnetic induction devices such as a charging case for iPhones and a payment fob for Android phones, allows phones to use existing point-of-sale card readers that read magnetic stripe cards–by far the most common cards used in the U.S. LoopPay says its technology can work in up to 90% of retail stores.
While it's a good step in terms of headline, LoopPay currently requires extra hardware to work with mag-stripe based terminals, so Samsung will need to work on a stylish peripheral or specialist hardware in a handset to maximise the purchase of LoopPay. Neither does the public face of LoopPay have an answer to the question of what happens when chip and pin becomes prevalent in the US.


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Industry and Skills Minister David Pisoni has announced Professor Caroline McMillen will be South Australia's new Chief Scientist, starting her three-year tenure in October.
Professor McMillen, most recently Vice Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle, was instrumental in the economic transition of Newcastle through significant engagement with industry and the establishment of innovation hubs to drive collaboration between industry, researchers, start-ups and investors.
Minister Pisoni, who congratulated Professor McMillen on her appointment at last night's SA Science Excellence Awards, said he looks forward to seeing the impact of her experience in research and science in South Australia.
"I'm delighted to announce that Professor McMillen will be our next Chief Scientist, providing independent advice to the Premier, the Minister and Cabinet on matters of science and research, technology and innovation," said Minister Pisoni.
"Professor McMillen's insights and experience at the interface of research and industry will be invaluable as the South Australian economy continues to transition, and as Lot Fourteen is transformed into a world-class innovation hub.
"Following a distinguished career as a medical and health researcher, she has held national and international roles in research, industry engagement, innovation strategy and policy development."
Professor McMillen said it was an exciting time to become South Australia's Chief Scientist.
"It is great to be coming back to South Australia as Chief Scientist, especially at a time when science, technology, engineering and maths disciplines (STEM), innovation and creativity are delivering a healthier environment, economic sustainability and social cohesion," said Professor McMillen.
"Known as the 'science state', South Australia is home to some of the world's best scientists. It is their passion for discovery and commitment to innovation that are creating new futures for communities across the globe.
"South Australia understands that STEM education and research are at the heart of growth in new industries, new jobs and skills, and a stronger economy. As Chief Scientist, I look forward to playing a role in supporting this mission."
Minister Pisoni thanked outgoing Chief Scientist Dr Leanna Read for her dedication over the past four years.
"Dr Read has been a tireless leader, who has promoted the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education, research and innovation across all sectors of the community," said Minister Pisoni.
"She has been a sound advisor to government across a broad range of issues, including cyber security, energy, health and education sectors and involved in countless initiatives to encourage industry-research collaborations.
"She was instrumental in the establishment of the Research Consortia Program, which supports large-scale research collaborations between industry and academia that address significant challenges and opportunities."
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Maine-Lining Natural Gas
By Mark Gorman February 12, 2015 View Profile
Summit Boosts Pipeline Capacity to Reach Rural Residents
It costs less, burns cleaner and is readily produced in North America, but the infrastructure is simply not in place to bring natural gas heat to many rural residents of Maine.
Summit Natural Gas of Maine is out to change that. They have already installed more than 130 miles of pipeline in central Maine, but that's just the start. Over the next five years, the company plans to invest $460 million into the construction of transmission and distribution lines that will serve more than 52,000 customers in the Kennebec Valley and beyond.
Their most recent project is a 66-mile natural gas pipeline and compression station that will serve approximately 8,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the underserved towns of Cumberland, Falmouth and Yarmouth (CFY), along the Atlantic coast of Maine. These bedroom communities just north of Portland rely primarily on fuel oil or propane with some electric and wood-burning sources.
Jack and bore techniques and HDD were used to install pipe under the Royal River, railroad tracks, Interstate 295 and the scenic U.S. Route 1. In addition, pipe was fused and buried using open-trench techniques alongside narrow, two-lane roads that remained open to traffic throughout the project.
"Currently natural gas isn't available in the communities we are building out," says Mike Minkos, president of Summit Natural Gas of Maine. "We want to give consumers there an economic alternative."
Summit estimates that switching to natural gas from heating oil will save residents in heating costs. Experts predict higher heating oil prices in the next few years as many of the northeastern United States, including Maine, follow New York's lead in adopting specifications for ultra-low sulfur diesel, which is more expensive to produce.
While there are initial costs to residents associated with converting to natural gas, it offers lower prices over time. In addition, Summit is offering several rebate incentives to make conversions more feasible and affordable.
The CFY project started the second week of May 2014 and is 99 percent complete for the installation plan. So far more than 1,350 customers have signed contracts, and Summit said that number is growing every day. Over the next five years, Summit expects to have about 8,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers, and paired with the project in central Maine, Summit will have a total of more than 50,000 new customers.
Summit touts the convenience of having natural gas piped directly into the home versus an on-site tank that has to be serviced by fuel trucks. Material selection for the pipeline was one of the most important decisions that was made in order to support Mainers with natural gas for generations to come.
Minkos says that Summit selected high-density polyethylene (HDPE) for the pipeline — which is joined through heat fusion — over a steel distribution system because of its lower cost and maintenance. Pipe sizes in the application are 2, 4, 8 and 12 in., along with services lines of 1 and 0.5 in.
Construction crews on the CFY pipeline project used HDD to install HDPE pipe under private driveways to avoid having to cut then repair them.
On a Coastal Ledge
The CFY project is unique in that it is the closest pipeline project to the Maine shore. Laying pipeline in Maine's coastal communities comes with its own set of challenges — namely boring through an abundance of ledge and rock.
"This is Maine," says Michael Gagnon, CFY project manager. "If we run into ledge that we can't drill or bore, we'll have to use alternate methods and equipment like hydraulic hammers to break the rock and install our pipe."
Crews so far have used jack and bore techniques to install pipe under the Amtrak Downeaster railroad tracks and have used horizontal directional drilling (HDD) at various locations under the Royal River, railroad tracks, Interstate 295 and the scenic U.S. Route 1. Priority Utility Construction is conducting the HDD portion of the project which is ongoing.
"The majority of the work is being drilled with very little impact to the environment, minimizing restoration and damage to existing landscapes," Minkos says.
Pipe was fused and buried using open-trench techniques alongside narrow, two-lane roads that remained open to traffic throughout the project.
HDD was also in play under private driveways in an effort to avoid having to cut then repair them.
A Big Change Coming
Laying the groundwork for natural gas service in Maine brings a lifestyle to the area that simply wasn't possible before. Heavy reliance on heating oil is truly a New England experience with more than 70 percent of Maine households using fuel oil as their primary energy source for home heating. That's a higher share than any other state, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"Going after the gas business is a big change for the state of Maine, but it's definitely coming," says Gene Cote, director of sales at UPSCO. "The infrastructure has to be built out to handle the extra load."
UPSCO sold approximately 4,000 pre-fabricated gas meter sets along with two, McElroy Rolling 412 fusion machines and a TracStar 412 fusion machine to Cianbro, the general contractor, which also rented a TracStar 618.
UPSCO and certified trainers from McElroy University conducted pipe fusion training for Cianbro's employees who were new to the theory of butt fusion which creates a safe, leak-free joint that doesn't corrode over its 100-year lifespan.
Project Manager Rick Bartucca of Cianbro says his crews completed four or five fusions a day when they started, but their skills progressed to the point that they were doing up to 17 fusions a day of 12-in. DR11 polyethylene pipe.
"It's an emerging market we're getting into," he says. "Plastic, especially this size, is new to us, but it's easy to work with."
Bartucca says that the self-propelled TracStar moved easily on long sections of pipeline while the rolling machines were better for shorter, straight-forward sections of pipeline.
Summit had two of its own inspectors on site using McElroy's latest model DataLogger 5 which records the heating and cooling times and other parameters of the fusion process to ensure that the joints were properly fused before the pipe was buried.
Gagnon says that Summit had also hired a third-party engineering firm to inspect all aspects of jobsite.
Cianbro had three fusion teams on site working closely with Shaw Bros. which dug the trenches and buried the pipe at a rate of about 500 to 700 ft per day.
Bartucca says that the culverts were challenging because the pipe had to be bored 2 ft beneath them and they were already 12 ft deep in rock.
"The city wanted it deeper since they plan to replace the culverts,"
he says.
In Falmouth, authorities were in the process of their own project — burying utility lines. Gagnon says that they worked closely with contractors there when they started fusing and burying the pipeline so as not to interfere with the water and sewer mains, cable, electric and storm drains in close proximity.
"Utility locating is a huge part of this," Gagnon says.
The new pipeline will be supplied by the Maritimes & Northeast pipeline that stretches from Goldboro, Nova Scotia, through Maine and New Hampshire to the pipeline grid in Dracut, Massachusetts. The 684-mile transmission pipeline system was built to transport natural gas from developments offshore Nova Scotia to markets in Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States.
A compressor station was built near the Cumberland Fairgrounds to reduce the pressure from 1,440 to 90 psi for a safe transfer from the 30-in. steel line to the 12-in. HDPE line.
Gagnon says they were working on designs and regulatory approvals for the next phase of the CFY project beginning in the late spring of 2015 to further build out the area.
Residents can type in their address at summitnaturalgasmaine.com/
service-areas to identify service in their area.
Susan Hylton is a public relations specialist at McElroy.
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The water rising every day.
Trying to come to shore.
You just can't take it anymore.
Follow it as it flies to shore.
And pain is the ingredient for strife.
And all the grass went brown in the yard.
And my thoughts are all wind.
And it'll keep us close until forever.
It's what keeps us strong in this heartland.
Like water at a rift.
Like the wind and the tide.
It stings me like a bee.
And the heat won't let up – even if I beg.
And lots of tear and wear.
But only if they're not covered with water.