The Prime Minister Tony Blair opened The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at the University of Durham today [Friday 18th October 2002]. The multi-million pound science complex will create a world-leading centre of excellence in fundamental physics, combining research into the building blocks of the universe and the large scale structure of the universe, coupled with a mission to inspire a new generation of young scientists.
The Prime Minister stated that scientific research was not only of vital importance to expanding our knowledge and driving the economy but also of equal importance in enthusing young people to follow a career in science and technology.
The Ogden Centre provides state-of-the-art accommodation for two scientific teams comprising The Institute for Computational Cosmology [ICC] and The Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology [IPPP], each working at the forefront of research at opposite ends of the known physical scale.
At one extreme, the Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) probes the past, present and possible future development of the universe using a huge combination of galaxy surveys and powerful supercomputer simulations. At the other extreme, the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) deals with the tantalisingly minuscule landscape of the sub-atomic world of electrons and quarks, providing a bridge between theory and experiment.
The new facility is also the base for a Public Understanding of Science and Technology project, funded by the UK's strategic science investment agency The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC). It draws on the research work of the Centre to develop new teaching materials for schools and stimulate young people to aspire to be the scientists of tomorrow.
Commenting on the new centre Prof. Ian Halliday, CEO of PPARC said," The centre provides a major opportunity to strengthen and expand UK research in fundamental physics. The large investment by the university, Dr. Peter Ogden and the government is to be applauded." Halliday added," The government's strategy to expand research funding and put it on the road to sustainability is clearly visible here today - keeping this generation of scientists at the forefront of their field and inspiring a new generation in our schools."
At the opening Tony Blair met Ogden Centre staff, research students, and pupils from Spennymoor Comprehensive school in his own constituency, who are helping to develop the pilot programme of the Understanding Science project. The Prime Minister also joined staff and guests in viewing a special 3D-video simulation of a developing universe.
The three functions of the Centre reflect the interests of the man after whom it is named. Dr Peter Ogden was inspired by his own physics teacher at school to read the subject at Durham University. He obtained his BSc and PhD degrees before co-founding a very successful business, Computacenter Ltd (where he was Chairman from 1981-1998). When he sold his business he established the Ogden Trust which now supports a wide range of educational projects.
Peter Ogden and the Trust are the principal private donors towards the cost of the Centre. Additional funding has been provided through JIF [Joint Infrastructure Fund sponsored by the DTI, The Wellcome Trust and HEFCE), The University of Durham, and JREI (the Joint Research Equipment Initiative). The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC] provide ongoing support. More than 1 million came from Sun Microsystems, providers of a new supercomputer that performs massive calculations at the rate of 456 billion arithmetic operations per second.
The Centre is housed in a dedicated building adjacent to the University of Durham Physics Department.
The ICC The research programme of the Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) encompasses all aspects of cosmology, from the birth of the first objects in the Universe, to the physics of galaxy formation. Its long-term goals are to understand the origin of structure in the Universe, to establish the identity and properties of the dark matter that dominates the mass density of the Universe, and to relate theoretical predictions to astronomical observations.
Director Professor Carlos Frenk explains: "The ICC's mission is to arrive at a physical understanding of how our universe works by using powerful supercomputer simulations to interpret astronomical data. The supercomputer is programmed with the basic laws of Physics (such as gravity) and fed the initial conditions that prevailed shortly after the Big Bang. The supercomputer then calculates a virtual universe, which can be compared with the real one on the basis of observations of galaxies, quasars and structures in the cosmic web. The comparison identifies the likely nature of fundamental cosmic properties including the identity of the dark matter and the long-term fate of our universe".
Researchers at the ICC engage both in collecting astronomical data and in developing the physical theory required to interpret the data. In particular, ICC members have played a leading role in the analysis of the groundbreaking `Anglo-Australian 2-degree field survey' of 250,000 galaxies. They have also pioneered the development of cosmological simulations to track the evolution of dark matter and gas in the universe and its eventual coagulation into galaxies and other cosmic structures. ICC researchers have extensively explored the current paradigm for the origin of cosmological structure, the cold dark matter theory.
The ICC is the UK base of the 'Virgo Consortium', an international collaboration involving around 25 researchers in Britain, Germany, Canada and the USA, which is responsible for many leading contributions to computational cosmology.
The ICC houses a multi-national research group of about 30 people. Its engine room is the 1.4 million 'Cosmology Machine', one of the most powerful supercomputers for academic research in Britain and one of the fastest in Europe. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt switched on the Cosmology Machine in July 2002. The Cosmology Machine takes data from billions of observations about the behaviour of stars, gases and the mysterious dark matter throughout the universe and then calculates, at ultra high speeds, how galaxies and solar systems evolved. By testing different theories of cosmic evolution it can simulate virtual universes to test which ideas come closest to explaining the real universe.
At its heart is an integrated cluster of 128 Ultra-Sparc111 processors and a 24-processor SunFire. It has a total of 112Gbytes of RAM and 7 Terabytes of data storage [a Terabyte is more than a million, million bytes]. This is equivalent of nearly 11,000 CD-ROMS. The Cosmology Machine can perform 10 billion arithmetic operations per second, equivalent to about a million years of continuous calculation by a numerate individual. Or, alternatively, if all the Earth's six billion inhabitants were proficient at arithmetic it would take them about two hours to carry out the same number of operations that the supercomputer can carry out in a single second.
The gigantic facility, manufactured by Sun Microsystems and supplied by Esteem Systems plc, was installed at Durham with the help of 652,000.00 from the Joint Research Equipment Initiative [JREI]. The JREI was set up by the DTI's Office of Science and Technology, The Higher Education Funding Council for England [HEFCE] and, in this particular instance, The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC].
The Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) fosters world-class research in particle physics phenomenology - the bridge between theory and experiment - in the study of the building blocks of matter in the Universe [the fundamental particles] and how they interact through the fundamental forces. Following a review of competitive bids from UK institutes by a panel of international experts the IPPP was established in June 2000 with funding of 7M by PPARC and 5M by the University of Durham.
Director Professor James Stirling explains: "Particle Physics Phenomenology is the bridge between theory and experiment in the study of the building blocks of matter in the Universe - the fundamental particles - and how they interact through the fundamental forces. Phenomenologists play the dual role of revealing aspects of theory that can be tested by experiment, while at the same time helping their experimental colleagues to see the implications of their measurements in the search for new fundamental laws. The formation of the Institute enables the UK to maximise the benefit from existing investment in major experimental laboratories around the world."
The IPPP currently has around fifty members, including postgraduate students and support staff. One of the main goals of the IPPP is to provide a forum for interaction between UK particle physics experimentalists and theorists, co-ordinating common interests and future research through discussion meetings, workshops and conferences. An extensive visitor programme brings international researchers to Durham all year round.
The research activity of the IPPP covers a wide range of topics in particle physics phenomenology, from precision calculations within the 'Standard Model' to more speculative work on possible `theories of everything', with the emphasis on the implications for current and future particle physics experiments. The research programme is closely aligned with that of the UK experimental community. Recent workshops have focused on physics topics relevant to HERA, the Tevatron, the LHC and a future Linear Collider. One of the key areas of study relates to the search for the Higgs boson. IPPP researchers are actively involved in ongoing national and international studies to assess and refine the discovery possibilities at the LHC and the Linear Collider.
Earlier this year, the IPPP sponsored and co-organised the first international conference on 'String Phenomenology', held in Oxford, at which the implications for experiment of the leading candidate for a theory of everything - string theory - were addressed. While much of the work of the IPPP focuses on physics relevant to present and future high-energy particle colliders, there is also a strong emphasis on non-accelerator and astroparticle physics. Neutrino physics has a high profile within the Institute, through ongoing work on developing theories that incorporate neutrino masses and mixing, and exploring their cosmological implications. Finally, studies of theories 'Beyond the Standard Model' reveal possible candidates for the dark matter in the universe, and form a natural bridge between the work of the IPPP and ICC.
The goal of this project is to develop a public outreach programme in astronomy and particle physics in the North of England. Its primary target is 11-16 year old school children and their teachers. The focus is on exploring the origin of the Universe, the properties of the fundamental particles and the nature of the dark matter. The project builds upon the work of the Ogden Centre and The UK Dark Matter Collaboration, which is based in the Boulby potash mine near Whitby.
1. The development of innovative teaching packs.
2. The delivery of Masterclasses in particle physics and astronomy.
3. Establishing the first regional Faulkes Telescope Centre in the UK.
PPARC is government funded and provides research grants and studentships to scientists in British universities, gives researchers access to world-class facilities and funds the UK membership of international bodies such as the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, the European Southern Observatory and the European Space Agency. It also contributes money for the UK telescopes overseas on La Palma, Hawaii, Australia and in Chile, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility.


Sunday was Valentine's Day, but the Tri-City Americans had no love to offer the Kamloops Blazers.
The Americans got 28 saves from Drew Owsley and Brooks Macek scored his first goal since Jan. 13 as Tri-City beat Kamloops 3-1 before a crowd of 4,503 at Toyota Center, ending their first three-game losing streak of the season.
"This effort started last night and carried over," said Tri-City coach Jim Hiller, whose team lost 3-2 in overtime Saturday in Spokane. "The third period -- our 15th period of the week -- was the best we played. We were determined tonight. Ows made important saves in the second, and we had a lot of chances that didn't go in, but we stuck with it."
The Americans (40-15-1-2, 83 points), who are 17-2 against the B.C. Division, trail Saskatoon and Brandon by one point in the race for the Scotty Munro trophy.
"Last few games we gave up a couple (goals) early and it's hard to come back from that," said Owsley, who picked up his league-leading 32nd win. "The last two games (he came on in relief in Spokane on Saturday) I just wanted to give us a chance to win."
Owsley stopped all 17 of the Blazers' shots in the second and third periods as the Americans held on to win their 40th game for just the sixth time in team history.
"Since he went in (against Spokane), he's made save after save when we needed him to," Hiller said.
Leading 2-1 heading into the third, Tri-City scored just 17 seconds into the period as Macek took a pass from behind the net from Jordan Messier for his 15th goal of the season.
"It's been awhile," said Macek, who leads the team with 47 assists. "It was a good forecheck by Jordan and he made a nice pass. I just finished it off."
The Americans looked to take a 4-1 lead with less than three minutes to play, but Neal Prokop's goal was disallowed after video replay showed the net came off its moorings before the puck crossed the goal line.
In a physical second period, Tri-City broke a 1-1 tie as Mason Wilgosh got behind Kamloops defenseman Brandon Underwood, took a pass up ice from Jarrett Toll and beat Groenheyde for his sixth goal of the season.
"We were in a rut and he was the spark that got us going against Spokane," Hiller said of Wilgosh. "He carried it over to tonight."
Tri-City opened the scoring at 11:33 of the first on the power play as Tyler Schmidt, streaming down the slot, took a pass from Adam Hughesman and put the puck past Groenheyde. The assist broke a six-game scoring drought for Hughesman.
The lead was short-lived, though. Kamloops' Linden Saip's blast from the right point ricocheted off Schmidt's stick and flew past Owsley at 16:43.
Groenheyde finished with 33 saves for the Blazers, who have just four wins against the U.S. Division this season.
Note: Toll played his 260th game, surpassing Taylor Procyshen for 11th on the team's all-time games played list.


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Whose Nominee Is It, Anyway?
Why Florida and Michigan don't mind being disenfranchised.
By Timothy Noah
Dec 11, 20076:59 PM
The big-picture political-science story of the 1972 presidential election was the enfranchisement of the primary voter. In 1968, the states had held 15 primaries in which 34 percent of all convention delegates were selected. In 1972, the states held 22 primaries in which 53 percent of all convention delegates were selected. That a majority of convention delegates was now controlled by the public rather than by cigar-chomping party bosses cutting deals in smoke-filled rooms was widely noted at the time as evidence that the presidential nominating process had been democratized. Looking back on this landmark, some political thinkers believe the change improved our politics and some believe that it worsened them, but everyone agrees that the change was important.
The big-picture political story of the 2008 presidential election is the disenfranchisement of the primary voter. The Democratic Party is penalizing Florida and Michigan for moving up the dates of their primaries (to Jan. 29 and Jan. 15, respectively) in violation of Democratic Party rules. The Democrats' penalty is to strip both states of their convention delegates. Meanwhile, the Republican Party, in a much-less-publicized move, is penalizing Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Wyoming for scheduling their primaries before Feb. 5, in violation of GOP rules. The Republicans' punishment is to strip these five states of half their convention delegates. To summarize: The Democrats have disenfranchised 366 delegates out of 4,362, or fully 8 percent of the total, while the Republicans have disenfranchised 137 delegates out of 2,516, or fully 5 percent of the total. And the remarkable thing is … nobody cares.
Why doesn't anybody care?
A glance at the 2004 primary calendar helps provide the answer. Florida doesn't care because four years ago it didn't hold its primary until March 9, which was after John Kerry had wrapped up the Democratic nomination. (The nomination of incumbent Republican George W. Bush was, of course, a foregone conclusion.) Similarly, Wyoming didn't hold its primary until March 20. By pushing to move their primaries to an earlier date, Florida and Michigan are essentially swapping de facto disenfranchisement for de jure disenfranchisement. Not a big deal.
Michigan, South Carolina, and especially New Hampshire enjoyed more privileged spots on the 2004 primary calendar—Feb. 7, Feb. 3, and Jan. 27, respectively—so at first glance these states' willingness to let the Democrats and Republicans block the seating of all or half their delegates seems insane. In fact, it isn't insane. What's insane is that it isn't insane.
Convention delegates don't matter anymore. It's hardly news that they haven't mattered at political conventions for about four decades, because at every convention since then the party nominee has been a foregone conclusion. But now convention delegates don't even matter during the primary season. My smart friend Ron Brownstein, political director of Atlantic Media and a former political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, explained it to me this way:
We don't nominate presidents anymore by getting to the point where somebody has a majority of the delegates. We nominate someone when we get to the point that there is a communal sense that one of the candidates has effectively won the nomination and the race is over.
Instead of achieving the necessary delegate count, a primary candidate wins by achieving the necessary momentum. If you build sufficient momentum, the necessary delegate count will come, Field of Dreams-style. But it will come not before but after the news media and the political establishment have already named the putative nominee. In 2004, for instance, the BBC News Web site carried the headline, "Kerry Wraps Up Democratic Contest"on March 3 even though an accompanying graph showed that Kerry was still nearly 1,000 delegates shy of the number needed to win the nomination. Kerry's chief remaining opponent, John Edwards, hadn't dropped out of the race yet, but President Bush had already phoned Kerry to congratulate him and to promise a "spirited race" in the general election. (I cite the BBC because the foreign press tends not to assume that its readers understand how America selects its president, and therefore spells everything out much more helpfully than the American press does.)
On its "Make It Count, Florida" Web site, the Florida Democratic Party acknowledges the irrelevance of actual convention delegates to the nominating process by stating,
Don't let anybody call this vote a "beauty contest" or a "straw poll." On January 29, 2008, there will be a fair and open election in Florida, which will provide for maximum voter participation. The nation will be paying attention, and Florida Democrats will have a major impact in determining who the next President of the United States of America will be.
In other words … they're all beauty contests now! They're all straw polls! And we'll be having ours while it still matters!
There remains one interesting variable. The top three Democratic candidates have pledged not to campaign in Florida or Michigan, and in Michigan Barack Obama and John Edwards have yanked their names off the ballot. (Hillary Clinton has not.) Consequently, political reporters will probably downplay the significance of these contests relative to the other primaries. Florida and Michigan are counting on this snub mattering less than the general impression these states' results create in reporters' minds when combined with the prevailing electoral trend. It's all about contributing to the gestalt! (On the Republican side, all the candidates will campaign in the semidisenfranchised states.)
It is widely assumed that whoever the putative Democratic and Republican nominees turn out to be, they will re-seat the prodigal delegates at the conventions after those delegates have already been neutered with respect to the main business at hand, i.e., choosing the nominee. Attending the conventions turns out to be the only thing delegates care about. They may not mind their disenfranchisement, but they would resent missing the excitement of the parties and the balloon drop and, most important of all, the sightings of the famous political reporters and TV talking heads who actually get to choose the party nominees based on their collective notion of political momentum. They are the momentucrats who preside over our momentucracy.

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Celebrating 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria
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24 May 2019 marks 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria and to celebrate this historic bicentenary, the BFI have announced a wide range of film events and materials that can help you bring the Victorian era to life in the classroom.
First off, their entire collection of archive British Victorian Film will be available for free on the BFI Player from 13 May onwards. This includes over 700 titles of early British cinema, made between 1895 and 1901.
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In addition, an innovative new three-week Victorian Film MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) launches for enrolment today (10 May), and is available to sign up for free on FutureLearn. The course starts on 2 September and will explore the infancy of cinema, providing a fresh perspective on these surviving first films and the period of rapid innovation they came out of.
Last but not least, a Victorian Film Weekender programme runs at BFI Southbank in London this weekend (9-12 May). Meanwhile, a special preview of the new Horrible Histories BFI Victorian Film special (CBBC) with the Horrible Histories cast and creative team will take place on 19 May.
You can also browse our film list focusing on The Victorians, with great titles available for both Primary and Secondary level film clubs to order. Stay tuned for more Victorian-themed announcements from us as we continue to celebrate this significant period in British history.
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March 31 - April 7 News and Notes
'Divine Mercy Sunday' this Sunday, April 3
On the first Sunday after Easter, the Church celebrates God's Divine Mercy. Join us for a special Divine Mercy Holy Hour Sunday from 4-5pm.
"God is truly 'rich in mercy' and extends it
abundantly upon those who appeal to Him
with a sincere heart." (Pope Francis)
'First Friday' Tomorrow, Friday, April 1
Rosary, 8:30am; Mass, 9:00am; Eucharistic Adoration, 9:45am
(Mass and Adoration in Spanish, 7:00pm)
Join us this weekend!
Coffee and Donuts - Stop by Creedon Hall Sunday morning for some sweet fellowship (thanks to our Youth Ministry volunteers who are hosting!)
Sharing Sunday - Thank you for helping neighbors in need by bringing donations of non-perishable groceries. This week's donations stock the pantry at United Community Ministries (UCM).
Help Those with Intellectual Disabilities - The second collection this weekend supports KOVAR, a Virginia Knights of Columbus Charity established in 1971 to provide financial assistance and training to those with intellectual disabilities. Thanks for your support and generosity!
Get Your Tickets for the WorkCamp Dinner - Help send 35 high school students to WorkCamp! The Dinner - with Silent Auction and Raffle - is Saturday, April 30 at 6pm. Tickets on sale after Masses this weekend ($5/person). The teens - and the people they help - say "thank you!"
Easter Retreat - Continue the Easter Joy
Wednesdays through May 18, 7pm
Join us for our Easter series "The Risen Lord: The Face of the Father's Mercy"
April 6: Father Ricardo Martín, "Unless I Have Seen ...."
April 13: Father Matthew Zuberbueler, "Mercy for Breakfast"
See full schedule HERE
The Spring Spaghetti Dinner Has Been Cancelled.
The dinner scheduled for April has been cancelled.We'll see you this Fall!
Take a Pilgrimage (No passport required!)
Saturday, April 9 - Join Father Tom and fellow parishioners for a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. Sign up now to help us plan and to reserve your spot. (Mass at 10am, select a tour at 9am or 11am.) CLICK HERE
Webinar from Catholic Climate Covenant
What Difference has Laudato Si' Made in the Faith Community? Thursday, April 7, 3:00 - 3:45pm REGISTER HERE
Work at Good Shepherd!
Good Shepherd has an immediate opening for a part-time Receptionist / Administrative Assistant, supporting parishioners, volunteers, and visitors. Hours are Mon.-Thurs. 5pm-8pmand Sunday 8am-4pm. Candidates should send a cover letter, detailed work and education resume, and three references to jobs@gs-cc.org. (See also our ONLINE AD)
Faith Direct - Never Hunt for Envelopes Again!
Thank you for signing up for online giving with Faith Direct. Your generosity supports the ministries of Good Shepherd parish, and using online giving helps us budget more efficiently, protect the environment ... and ends your weekly search for the checkbook and envelopes!
Triduum Begins Holy Thursday, March 24
Make this a special Holy Week -
You're invited for Holy Week and Easter!
Friday, March 25, 12:00pm
Friday, March 25, 6:00pm (Live Via Crucis, Spanish and English, meet in parking lot in front of the church)
Sacrament of Confession and Reconciliation
Wednesday, March 23, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Friday, March 25, 9:30 - 10:30am
Friday, March 25, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Saturday, March 26, 8:00 - 8:50am and 9:30 - 10:30am
Mass and Liturgies
Daily Mass: Wednesday, 6pm
Morning Prayer Service: Thursday, Friday,Saturday 9:00am
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper: 7:30pm(bilingual, 1+ hour) followed by all-night Eucharistic Adoration in Creedon Hall.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion: Friday, 3:00pm
Blessing of Easter Food: Bring baskets of Easter baked goods and other food to Morning Prayer Service 9am Holy Saturday.
Help Decorate Church for Easter: 9:30am - noon on Saturday. Many hands make light labor!
SCHEDULE NOTE:
The Parish Office will be CLOSED on Good Friday.
EASTER MASS SCHEDULE
Easter Vigil, 8:30pm (bilingual, 2+ hours long)
Includes the Service of Light; Liturgy of the Word; Liturgy of Baptism; and Liturgy of the Eucharist. Liturgy begins on the field in front of the church.
7:30am, 9:00am*, 10:30am*, 12:00 Noon
2:00pm* in Spanish
(Additional parking at Mount Vernon High School. Shuttle from the High School to GS parking lot, 8:30am - 3:30pm)
*Mass in the church and in Creedon Hall
Note changes to our regular schedule:
No 5pm or 6:30pm Vigil Mass Saturday, March 26.
No 4pm Confessions Saturday, March 26.
No 6:30pm Mass on Easter Sunday, March 27.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord during this
Jubilee Year of Mercy!
Holy Week Begins This Sunday, March 20 - Palm Sunday!
PALM SUNDAY - MARCH 20
Holy Week begins this Sunday, Palm Sunday.
Check our website for opportunities for prayer, Stations of the Cross, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and more as we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on EasterSunday. CLICK HERE.
THIS WEEKEND AT GOOD SHEPHERD
Parish Seder Saturday, March 19, 3-4:30pm with Rabbi Rain Zohav from the Interfaith Families Project. REGISTER HERE
Sharing Sunday every Weekend in Lent: Thank you for donations of non-perishable groceries to help neighbors in need.
Operation Rice Bowl: Drop off your Rice Bowl Donations this weekend after all Masses, or visit CRSRiceBowl.org to donate online.
Nail Sale after Masses: Support our HS teens as they raise money for WorkCamp. Thank you for your prayers and donations!
Happy Saint Patrick's Day today, March 17!
Happy Saint Joseph's Day on Saturday, March 19!
OPPORTUNITIES DURING LENT
Join us in Prayer, Fasting, and Giving in the final weeks of Lent.
Stations of the Cross, Fridays, 6:45pm (through Friday, March 18)
Lectio Divina, (Bible study / Prayer group) Fridays, 9:45am (through Friday, March 18)
Friday Fish Fry at the Knights of Columbus (8592 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22309) 5pm-6:30pm Flounder, cole slaw, potato salad and more for family-friendly prices! DETAILS HERE
Wednesday evening Mass, at 6pm
The Light is On for You, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:00pm
and much more! For information on our Lent opportunities: Read our Lent Brochure and visit our web site.
REQUEST FOR PRAYERS, AND A PETITION FROM THE USCCB
The USCCB is requesting prayers and urging Catholics to sign a petition in support of Christians and other religious minorities who are being persecuted in the Middle East. Please CLICK HERE for more information from the USCCB.
100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRISH EASTER RISING and ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY
Saturday, March 19 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 8592 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22309. Join the Knights for a celebration of Irish History and a Dinner. Includes a guest speaker, music, food, and dancing. CLICK HERE to buy tickets and for more details.
Saturday, March 26, Easter Vigil, 8:30pm(bilingual Mass, 2+ hours)
7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:00 Noon
2:00pm in Spanish
(Additional parking and shuttle to Mt. Vernon HS Sunday, 8:30am - 3:30pm)
BISHOP'S LENTEN APPEAL (BLA) - DONATE NOW!
Go Forth as Heralds of God's Mercy
Support the BLA and serve the needy, educate our youth, encourage vocations, promote a culture of life and assist the clergy, religious, and lay people who help build and strengthen our diocesan Church. Prayerfully consider making a pledge.
To learn more about the ministries, programs and charitable works of our diocese,CLICK HERE.
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THANK YOU FOR USING FAITH DIRECT! Information and sign up HERE.
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Turn Your Clocks Ahead this Weekend
THIS WEEKEND AT GOOD SHEPHERD
Journey to the Cross, Soup and Stations - Friday, March 11, 6-7:30pm Join the 5th graders as they present a live Stations of the Cross. Soup will be made and served by our 6th graders! RSVP HERE (to help us have enough food!)
Operation Rice Bowl: Pick up a Rice Bowl this weekend and participate in this Lenten activity of prayer, fasting and giving.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME begins this Sunday, March 13 at 2am
Don't forget to change your clocks!
Good Shepherd has an immediate opening for a part-time Receptionist / Administrative Assistant, supporting parishioners, volunteers, and visitors. Hours are Mon.-Thurs. 5pm-8pm and Sunday 8am-4pm. Candidates should send a cover letter, detailed work and education resume, and three references to jobs@gs-cc.org. (See also our ONLINE AD)
Join us in Prayer, Fasting, and Charity as we Journey to Easter in the Year of Mercy. Some activities for Lent include:
Stations of the Cross, Fridays, 6:45pm
Lectio Divina, (Bible study / Prayer group) Fridays, 9:45am
Lenten Evening of Reconciliation on Monday
Mom's Group Rummage Sale - Saturday, March 5, 9am - Noon. Bargains on kids clothing, toys, maternity clothes and more!
Journey to the Cross - Saturday, March 5 6-8pm Family-friendly event with dinner and activities. RSVP HERE (to help us have enough food!)
Coffee and Donuts - Join us in Creedon Hall after Sunday morning Mass for fellowship!
EVENING OF RECONCILIATION - Monday, March 7, 4:30 - 5:30pm and 6:30 - 8pm
Extended period when both Good Shepherd and visiting priests will be available to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation.
FEBRUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH - Discussion next Tuesday, March 8, 7:30pm
Join us in reading Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned and Keep Your Day Job, by Kerry Weber. Learn more about the book:WATCH VIDEO
"Mercy in the City is Kerry Weber's humorous and authentic story of exploring the
challenges and rewards that accompany a lay Catholic trying to practice
the Corporal Works of Mercy in New York City."
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Q: How to include a method in a Rails seed:db file? I have the following Rail5 seeds.rb file:
s1-s4 are created above.
job_titles = JobTitle.all
job_titles.each_with_index do |job_title, index|
  case job_title.title
  when "XXXX"
    self.create_job_title_skills([s1,s2,s3,s4])
  end
end

def create_job_title_skills(items)
  puts "create_job_title_skills"
  items.each do |skill|
    puts skill
  end
end

I'm getting the following error:
NoMethodError: undefined method `create_job_title_skills' for main:Object

I only need this method for the seed file, how can I get a method to work in a Rails 5 seeds.rb file only?

A: Define the method before you call it, like this:
def create_job_title_skills(items)
  puts "create_job_title_skills"
  items.each do |skill|
    puts skill
  end
end

job_titles = JobTitle.all
job_titles.each_with_index do |job_title, index|
  case job_title.title
  when "XXXX"
    self.create_job_title_skills([s1,s2,s3,s4])
  end
end

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Q: Problem in running r.sim.water I am trying to run the r.sim.water in GRASS. I have calculated the partial derivatives dx and dy rater map using r.slope.aspect. I am using this elevation map [1] to get the time-series depth map. But I got the output file is not being saved in the "outputDepth" rater map (says failed to open, on seeing the metadata).
r.sim.water -t elevin=testElevationLive@sampleMapSet dxin=dx@sampleMapSet dyin=dy@sampleMapSet rain_val=150 manin_val=0.015 depth=outputDepth nwalk=50000 outiter=20

STDOUT:
Min elevation   = 43.00 m
Max elevation   = 103.00 m
Mean Source Rate (rainf. excess or sediment)    = 0.000030 m/s or kg/m2s
Mean flow velocity  = 21.486384 m/s
Mean Mannings   = 0.015121
Number of iterations    = 647482826 cells
Time step   = 0.00 s

and on the cmd line:
Command 'd.rast map=outputDepth@sampleMapSet' failed
Details: Raster map <outputDepth@sampleMapSet> not found

Further I am not getting the time-series data output, by using the -t flag and setting the output_step to 20 as suggested here http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/r.sim.water.html.
[1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/ooxcj0y6v2kzeml/testElevationLive.tif?dl=0


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James Brown has had more honorifics attached to his name than any other performer in music history. He has variously been tagged "Soul Brother Number One," "the Godfather of Soul," "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business," "Mr. Dynamite" and even "the Original Disco Man." This much is certain: what became known as soul music in the Sixties, funk music in the Seventies and rap music in the Eighties is directly attributable to James Brown. His transformation of gospel fervor into the taut, explosive intensity of rhythm & blues, combined with precision choreography and dynamic showmanship, served to define the directions black music would take from the release of his first R&B hit ("Please Please Please") in 1956 to the present day.
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Lonzo Ball ranked No. 21 among rookie-scale prospects by The Athletic
The Athletic's Sam Vecenie created a unique list last week of players on rookie-scale contracts. Vecenie ranked every player still on their first contracts in the league.
Naturally, the New Orleans Pelicans saw many players featured on that list. Lonzo Ball, particularly, came in ranked No. 21. Ball was apart of Vecenie's Tier 5 "High-upside prospects, but there are flaws here." He admits to still being a fan of his but also notes that he projects long-term as a role player, even if an elite one at that.
"A reasonable outcome at this stage for Ball would be becoming the kind of guy that winning teams love to have as the third- or- fourth-best player on his team. Maybe he could be more than that for a bad team in his prime, but I don't think he's going to be on one of those teams anytime soon. For the Pelicans, he slots in nicely as the ideal elite-level role player to build around going forward with Williamson, Ingram, and Holiday. Everything he does works to make these guys better."
Ball's current role with the Pelicans alongside the likes of Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson is a perfect one. He is a low-usage, high-efficiency player that has turned around his three-point shooting this season to make him more effective. He's also similar to a player like Draymond Green that flourishes more next to talented players rather than one that can carry a bad team.
At No. 21, Ball is the top player in Tier 5. Other players in that tier include Collin Sexton at No. 22, Buddy Hield at No. 23, Marvin Bagley at No. 24 and Devonte Graham at No. 25, among others.


WTF is language-oriented programming ?
Racket's more than just a batteries-included Lisp. It's about solving problems by making languages. Language-oriented programming is the name of the game.
The idea has an immediate intuitive appeal. Perhaps it's what drove you to Racket in the first place. And if it wasn't, chances are good, if you stick around the community for a while, that you'll find yourself thinking about languages.
But what in the world are we really talking about when we talk about language-oriented programming ?
Looking around the Racket community & among its fellow travelers, one finds that "make your own language" has a variety of senses. Although some ideas are shared, they get expressed in different ways. At times, one wonders: Are we all talking about the same thing?
To help foster the growth of language-oriented programming in general—and Racket in particular as the best environment for solving problems in that way—it's important to understand the diversity of meanings of "language-oriented programming" and kindred expressions.
So who can say what it means?
A good place to help develop an understanding of language-oriented programming is the Racket community itself.
Language-oriented Programming with Racket: A Cultural Anthropology is an ebook that contains the result of a survey that I'm taking of core Racket developers about what make your own language means to them.
These are but a handful of the nuggets you'll encounter as you study language-oriented programming in the words of people who give this concept life in their day-to-day work. A sampler of all 30 Racketeers can be found here.
The foreword to the book is written by Martin Ward, who, in 1994, coined the term language-oriented programming .
Go here to get your copy of the ebook (PDF format only). It comes out to more than 300 pages; there's a ton of insight to be had here.


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Ultra-Rare 1955 Jaguar D-Type to Sell For Millions
by Jay Traugott Classic Cars / Comments
This could just be the most beautiful Jaguar ever built.
Many consider the Jaguar E-Type to be the UK automaker's signature classic model. They're probably right, but there was one model that came before it that's just as beautiful and even rarer. It's the D-Type, built from 1954 till 1957, and it was engineered specifically to win Le Mans, which one did in 1956. The styling was a dramatic departure for Jaguar at the time, and was a revolution for the industry at large. Its driver's tub has a monocoque construction made mainly of aluminum alloy. Instead of a conventional gas tank, the fuel was stored in the tail.
Styled by a guy named Malcolm Sayer whose previous work experience was designing airplanes, the aerodynamic influences are obvious throughout, allowing the car to reach a top speed of 172.8 mph. And now one of these ultra-rare beauties will hit the auction block next month at Pebble Beach. Powered by a 3.8-liter inline-six with three Weber carburetors, it also has a four-speed manual gearbox, an independent front suspension, live rear axle, and four wheel-disc brakes. It was fully restored in 2003. But here's that moment of lunacy: it's now estimated to sell for between $4 million to $5 million dollars.
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Beverly "Bev" Oda is a former Canadian MP and Cabinet Minister, having represented the Conservative party from 2004 – 2012. She was notable for being the first Japanese-Canadian to hold both of these positions but also for a number of scandals which dogged her career. These scandals generally concerned the misuse of taxpayer money to lead a lavish lifestyle.
Maybe she felt deserving of the finer things in life following a long and varied career. Retiring after nearly three decades in TV and broadcasting, Oda became involved with various causes concerning the environment and education. A natural and strict organizer as well as a powerful public speaker, she was convinced by friends to run for election to the House of Commons in 2004. Initially sceptical she stated "if it's meant to be it will happen" and happen it did.
In the backrooms of the Conservative Party she was considered a poor communicator and to be very tough on her staff and aides. She was also accused of being "too much of a micro-manager" with her work, resulting in recipients failing to receive aid. Her political ideology also interfered with her work as she preferred the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to give money to NGOs which espoused conservative values. Though this did not go far enough for some and she was castigated by many pro-life groups, for not refusing money for all NGOs which performed or gave information on abortions.
Despite the huge public fallout from events like the KAIROS and "$16 orange juice" incidents, Oda was lauded by then Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Conservative colleagues, for the great work she had done with the CIDA and the many international aid programs she had overseen.
The high-profile scandals never dissuaded her support base either, in fact she was always extremely popular, going from strength to strength during her tenure as an MP. In her home constituency of Durham, Ontario she was first elected with a 2.5% majority in 2004, which grew successively over the subsequent three elections to a stunning 24% victory in 2011.
Eventually however the uproar surrounding a trip to London in 2011 was to cause her political demise. The junket which saw her cancel a 5-star hotel (and pay a $367 cancellation fee) to stay at the $665/night Savoy hotel, where she ordered a $16 glass of orange juice as she "had been working hard… and working on a speech", though she later admitted it wasn't the best use of public funds. On top of this she had a $1,000-a-day limousine service chauffeur her to the conference she was attending… which was at the original hotel she had cancelled.
It proved one fancy juice straw too many for the Canadian taxpayers back and there was huge public outcry. She claimed everything had been done by the book but eventually refunded part of the expenses she had charged to the state, including the super-expensive OJ! She said she did not regret the juice and stated her resignation had nothing to do with the scandal, but she simply wished to get back to "real retirement" and spend time with her family, friends and pet dogs.


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Dutch Mountains, a planned high-tech hub near Eindhoven, the Netherlands, will be the largest wooden building on Earth when completed. In development by a team of architects, developers and service companies, it will be entirely self-sufficient and highly sustainable. But what makes this project possible now, and how might it become a future model for circular building design? Chris Lo investigates
In and around the Dutch city of Eindhoven, there's no shortage of big brains. Home to dozens of smart tech companies, the region has been branded as 'Brainport' for its extensive knowledge-based economy, which has also seen it referred to as 'the smartest region in the world'. Much like California's Silicon Valley, the growth of the local tech sector and the need to attract top talent has helped drive demand for cutting-edge sustainable building design.
One of the most ambitious plans currently on the drawing board is the Dutch Mountains project. Designed by Studio Marco Vermeulen and being developed by a large consortium of partners including creative development agency BLOC, zoning specialist Urban Xchange and regional development firm Brainport Development, Dutch Mountains is on the brink of a final investment decision.
If it gets the green light, the project will begin preliminary design and engineering work – Arup has joined the team to carry out the latter – before starting construction in late 2019 for a targeted completion by the end of 2020.
The Dutch Mountains concept
The 88,000ft² building, whose name is slightly tongue-in-cheek – mountains are in short supply in one of the flattest countries on Earth, so why not let sustainable architecture fill the void? – will house innovative Brainport companies as well as a hotel and short-term accommodation. The structure is being designed to be a paragon of sustainability and the circular economy.
" We knew there must be a development path in which you can pluck out the old façade and bring in a new one, with new technologies. "
Clad in a shell of cross-laminated timber (CLT), the gently sloped Dutch Mountains structure will become the largest wooden building in the world once complete. Other sustainable features include a large surrounding park and green roof to provide rainwater buffering, air purification and indoor temperature regulation. The building's façade, which is planned to be made out of local recycled aluminium, will be able to produce energy via power-generating glass panels. The Dutch Mountains' circular design intends to create closed cycles for energy, water, waste and materials, making the building self-sufficient and minimising waste.
Perhaps even more ambitious is the fact that the project is being designed as a 'total service system' in which both digital and physical components will be delivered by suppliers as a service, allowing for outdated systems and even structural components to be replaced individually over time.
"We knew there must be a development path in which you can pluck out the old façade and bring in a new one, with new technologies," says BLOC founding partner Lennart Graaff. "But for that, you have to think in terms of services, not real estate."
Moving mountains: Studio Marco Vermeulen's efforts to make the project a reality
The Dutch Mountains trace their origins back to 2011, when Studio Marco Vermeulen first attempted to get the project off the ground. The looming housing crash put paid to that plan. "For that reason it didn't work out," says the studio's founder and principal architect Marco Vermeulen. "Nothing really happened because of the crisis – there were developers, but it was impossible to realise it."
" I know Marco is a very systematic architect, so he's thinking about systems and not about buildings. "
It was in 2016 that BLOC re-energised the flagging Dutch Mountains project, combining Vermeulen's sustainable design with the developer's own circular ideas. What was it that drew BLOC to push the Dutch Mountains forward?
"For starters, a fantastic design and a fantastic architect that I've worked with a lot," Graaff says.
"I know Marco is a very systematic architect, so he's thinking about systems and not about buildings. I thought it was a great opportunity to start an experiment – what will happen if you bring tech companies and service providers together and create a sort of service-based environment, and design a building to embrace that environment?"
Is the Dutch Mountain concept viable?
Over the last 18 months, the project has built a large and varied team of partner manufacturers and service providers – from IT specialist Dell Technologies to systems integrator Beveco and French construction firm SPIE – to develop ideas and investigate the viability of the project. This process established its basic feasibility, and including suppliers at a much earlier stage gave the team a chance to get the partners on the same page from the start for what will be a complex undertaking.
"That was very important because then you start moving in the same direction," says Vermeulen. "For some partners it's second nature, they can easily fit their team in, and for others they really have to reinvent their own organisation."
" To make a building completely out of wood is of course fantastic, but it's not exactly clear what somebody who wants to rent space in the building is willing to pay for it. "
Financing has been a challenge, as it's difficult to put an exact value on the project's pioneering sustainability and circular features. "To make a building completely out of wood is of course fantastic, but it's not exactly clear what somebody who wants to rent space in the building is willing to pay for it," Vermeulen says. "That also makes it difficult to finance. It means that for future renters, you really have to select those that really relate to the ambition."
"I think the challenge is to think in a value case, not a business case," Graaff adds. "Financially you have to think further [ahead] than you normally would. A wooden structure is more expensive than bricks and mortar, but if you think in terms of value, it's also more valuable than bricks and mortar. But it's an unusual proposition.
"We were approached by the National Green Fund, an investor in forests and nature, and they were pretty excited about this concept, and they are willing to finance the wooden structure and the park. They normally don't invest in cities, so getting a new vision also invites new investors, and that's been a good insight for us."
A new scale of wooden construction
The Dutch Mountains would certainly be a step forward for large-scale timber construction in the 21st century. Innovations in cross-laminated timber have made wood increasingly compelling as a primary building material, but the Dutch Mountains project is aiming to prove that the concept works, and brings significant benefits, in large builds.
" The texture, the tactility of the material is very nice to work in. Even just looking at wood makes you feel more healthy. "
"With multiplex wood, you have different layers of wood glued together in different directions," Vermeulen says. "Normally you only have that on a small scale, but now in the last 10 years, there is a new technology that can also do that on a large scale, which means you can construct complete floors with low-quality wood, which means fast-growing wood. If you mount it together in different directions, then you have a perfect construction material with which you can make floors, beams – everything. You can also completely pre-fabricate the building."
Building with wood supports the project's sustainability goals, from a reduced carbon footprint in production to the material's ability to sequester and store CO2 – the latter of which could provide long-term value as European carbon pricing mechanisms develop in the future.
Vermeulen also favours the material for the aesthetics of the project, which aims to be an analogue house for digital innovation. "The texture, the tactility of the material is very nice to work in," he says. "Even just looking at wood makes you feel more healthy. I think it's a high-tech/low-tech combination. We'll have people working there on very innovative projects, fixated on their screens. With that, I think it's very nice to work in very tactile, natural-based environment."
The benefits of circular thinking
As well as providing a template for timber-based construction at a new scale, the Dutch Mountains team is hoping the project will serve as a white label of sorts for circular building design and the building-as-a-service model. As suppliers are being consulted at the earliest design stages, their products will be provided as a service, allowing for extensive upgrades to building components as more advanced alternatives become available.
"It should be easy to dismount parts of the building," Vermeulen says. "In the normal building process using concrete and steel, everything is linked together and it's very difficult to dismount it, so you have to demolish it. By demolishing, you just create waste. But by dismounting or disassembling, you actually get new building materials that you can relatively easily reuse.
" It should be easy to dismount parts of the building. "
"The easy example is the façade; it must be very easy, let's say in five to 10 years, to change the first generation of powerglass into a new generation of powerglass, because this is a clear example of technology that is very rapidly evolving at the moment."
With CLT a potential sustainable source of supply to meet sky-high housing demand in many countries and circular innovations becoming increasingly prevalent in cutting-edge building design, the type of structure exemplified by the Dutch Mountains is likely to move into the mainstream, and the project partners are hoping to be at the forefront of the transition.
"We've done this not only for the Eindhoven region, we've done this to provide a new vision on construction and eco-construction," says Graaff. "And that's our vision for buildings and for eco-systems worldwide, not only in Eindhoven. So I hope this will be the first of many."
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Zeliang expresses concern over poor state of NH-29
DIMAPUR, July 16 - Opposition leader and former Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Monday sought clarification from National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) to clarify whether the two firms � ECI Engineering & Construction Co Ltd and Gayatri Projects Ltd � engaged in construction of four-lane Dimapur-Kohima road (NH-29) and maintenance of the existing road were complying with the provisions of the contract agreement.
He pointed out that journey from Dimapur to Kohima took around two hours normally. But now due to the prevailing condition, it takes anywhere between three to five hours, causing immense hardship and problems to commuters, he said.


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Ramón Vilalta Pujol (Vic, Província de Barcelona, ) é um arquiteto espanhol, sócio do escritório de arquitetura RCR Arquitectes, com Rafael Aranda e Carme Pigem.

Biografia
De 1973 a 1976 cursou a Escuela de Bellas Artes de Olot, obtendo em 1987 ograu de arquiteto na Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallés (ETSA Vallés). Em 1987 fundou o escritório RCR Arquitectes em sociedade com Rafael Aranda e Carme Pigem. Entre 1987 e 1989 obteve um mestrado em arquitetura paisagística na Escola Técnica Superior de Arquitetura de Barcelona (ETSAB). Trabalhou de 1989 a 2001 como professor de urbanismo e Arquitetura da paisagem na ETSA Vallés.

Em junho de 2020, com outros arquitetos, chefs, prémios Nobel da economia, dirigentes de organizações internacionais, tornou-se signatário do apelo a favor da economia púrpura («Por um renascimento cultural da economia») publicado no Corriere della Sera, El País e Le Monde.

Ligações externas
Web oficial de su estudio, RCR Arquitectes
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Stary Olsa – Medieval Belarusian Music
Wednesday, August 14 from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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The Museum of Russian Art is pleased to present
Stary Olsa
High energy Early Music on real medieval instruments!
If rock-n-roll had been invented 500 years ago, Stary Olsa is what it would sound like.
Join us in the main gallery of The Museum of Russian Art for the return of this renowned group of musicians.
Doors at 6:30pm | Performance at 7:30pm
TICKETS: General Admission $18 | TMORA Member $15 | Student (with ID) $10
In 1999, Zmicier Sasnouski of Minsk, Belarus, brought together a diverse group of musicians, some classically trained and some self-taught, who shared a common love of history. They set out to revive some traditional instruments of their homeland, which had faded from the public eye during World War II and the Soviet era. Soon, historians all over Europe were sending them historic songs from archives, so these ancient favorites could be heard again just as they were 500 years ago.
Like many bands, Stary Olsa's roster shifted until it settled on the current line-up, which includes bagpipes, flutes, shaums, lute, rebec, tromba marina, and percussion (including wooden shoes), with front man Aleys Chumakov belting out vocals in Belarusian. Stary Olsa has recorded thirteen albums of popular European dances, rowdy Slavic drinking songs, epic tales of knights and victory, and tender ballads from knights to their ladies-in-waiting. They've also produced a fan-demand album of Classic Rock cover songs, after their medieval version of Metallica's "One" went viral. Until you've heard "Iron Man" performed on the hurdy-gurdy, your life is just not complete.
Today's hits are but "a small stop on a long musical continuum." Stary Olsa shows just how much our current music owes to its medieval roots. Come listen to living history and party like it's 1199!
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This work on parameter redundancy started as part of a National Centre for Statistical Ecology research associate project entitled Parameter redundancy and state-space modelling using the Kalman Filters, supervised by Byron Morgan and we have continued this research since then.
A parameter redundant model is a model for which it is not possible to estimate all the parameters in the model. The resulting model is not identifiable. A model that is not parameter redundant is termed full rank. Catchpole and Morgan (1997) and Catchpole et al (1998) developed a symbolic method detecting parameter redundancy within exponential family models. This method involves calculating the derivative matrix, D, which has elements that are the partial derivative of the elements of the mean vector with respect to the derivatives of the parameters. If the rank of D is equal to the number of parameters, p, then the model is full rank. If the rank of D is less than p the model is parameter redundant.
Finding the rank of D can be executed using a symbolic computer package, such as Maple. Catchpole et al (2002) explain how Maple can be used to find the rank of D. Maple code for more recent versions of Maple is avaliable at Maple Code.
The rank of D is equal to how many parameters are estimable. It is possible to tell which of the original parameters are estimable by solving αT D = 0. The zero enteries in α correspond to a parameter which is estimable and α can used to for a set system of linear first-order particle differential equations, which can be solved to find which parameters can be estimated (see Catchpole et al, 1998 for more details).
A limitation of Maple is that matrix dimensions cannot be given symbolically: it is only possible to calculate the rank of a matrix of a given size, and eventually for very large derivative matrices the computer will not have enough memory to be able to calculate the rank. This problem is solved for product-multinomial models using the extension theorem (Catchpole and Morgan, 1997 and Catchpole and Morgan, 2001).
The parameter redundancy status of a model with covariates can be determined from the same model without covariates. The number of estimable parameters in the model with covariates is equal to min(pc,q), where pc is the numbr of parameters in the covariate model and q is the number of estimable parameters in the model without covariates (Cole and Morgan, 2010a). As adding covariates to a model can make derivative matrix calculations much more complex, this method simplifies the calculation considerably (Further details, examples and Maple code).
However models are getting more complex. These more complex models model can result in derivative matrices that are structurally too complex; Maple is unable to calculate the rank of a derivative matrix that is structurally too complex. Instead of having to resort to numerical methods we have developed methods to give structrally simpler derivative matrices using an exhaustive summary framework (Cole et al, 2010).
Exhaustive summaries are vectors that uniquely define a model. Any exhaustive summary can be differtiated with respect to parameters to form a derivative matrix. The rank of the derivative matrix is still equal to the number of estimable parameters, and similar results to those above still hold, regardless of the exhaustive summary (Cole et al, 2010). The key to being able to evaluate the symbolic rank is to choose an exhaustive summary that results in a structurally simple derivative matrix. Structrally simpler exhaustive summaries can be found by any one-to-one transformation, such as removing terms or taking logs. If this is not sufficent reparameterisation can be used to find a simpler exhaustive summary (Cole et al, 2010). Several examples are given in Cole et al (2010), a further more complex example can be found in (Cole and Morgan, 2010b).
Finding general exhaustive summaries for families of ecological models. Cole (2012) provides such an exhaustive summary for multistate mark-recapture models , which includes the more complicate problem of parameter redundancy when there are hidden states. Cole et al (2014) provides simpler exhaustive summaries for multi-site capture-recapture models, and memory models.
Creating taxonomy of parameter redundancy results. Ring recovery models are examined in Cole et al (2012). Parameter redundancy results for age-dependent models for ring-recovery data on animals marked at unknown age are given in McCrea et al (2013). Capture-recapture and capture-recapture-recovery models are examined Hubbard et al (2014) and Hubbard (2014).
Parameter redundancy in occupancy models, is considered in Hubbard (2014). In particular examining the effect the data has on parameter redundancy.
Chen Yu, a PhD student at Kent supervised by Byron Morgan and Diana Cole, has been examining parameter redundancy in capture-recapture, capture-recovery and capture-recapture-recovery mixture models.
Methods for detecting parameter redundancy in discrete state-space models are explored in Cole and McCrea (2012) and Newman et al (2014). Cole and McCrea (2012) also examined parameter reduancy in integrated population models.
The Hybrid Symbolic-Numerical combines the symbolic and numeric methods for detecting parameter redundancy. The symbolic method is used to calculate the derivative matrix and the rank is evaluated at about 5 random points. This work is described in Choquet and Cole (2012).
Catchpole, E. A. and Morgan, B. J. T (1997) Detecting parameter redundancy. Biometrika, 84, 187-196.
Catchpole, E. A., Morgan, B. J. T and Freeman, S. N. (1998) Estimation in parameter redundant models Biometrika, 85, 462-468.
Catchpole, E. A. and Morgan, B. J. T (2001) Deficiency of parameter redundant models. Biometrika, 88, 593-598.
Catchpole, E. A., Morgan, B. J. T and Viallefont, A. (2002) Solving problems in parameter redundancy using computer algebra. Journal of Applied Statistics, 29, 625-636.
Cole, D. J., Morgan, B.J.T., McCrea, R.S, Pradel, R., Gimenez, O. and Choquet, R. (2014) Does your species have memory? Capture-Recapture Data with Memory Models. Ecology and Evolution, 4, 2124-2133, Open access pdf version of paper.


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The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) provides a broad array of transit services for residents, workers and visitors to efficiently and affordably move about the District. DC Circulator buses criss-cross the city today, and DC Streetcars are running once more in the District. DDOT also helps District students get to school through the Transit Subsidy Program, and DDOT funds Metrorail and Metrobus service in the District and works closely with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to make service improvements for riders.
DDOT is currently replacing all of the bus shelters in the District with new, modern shelters, under a 20-year agreement with Clear Channel.
The Circulator's distinct red buses are unlike any other public transit around town—with low floors, big windows, and multiple doors for easy on-and-off service.
DDOT has started construction of two streetcar lines and has an ambitious plan to reestablish streetcar service across the District.
The K Street Reconstruction and Revitalization is an exciting project that would reconfigure one of the District's major east-west corridors, K Street, NW, with vast improvements to benefit mass transit passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and tourists.
The Metro Express was developed by DDOT and WMATA to provide faster, limited-stop bus service for District residents in heavily traveled corridors.
The DCAA is a comprehensive evaluation of surface transportation alternatives to meet the intra-city access and mobility needs of DC residents, employees and visitors.
The School Transit Subsidy Program provides reduced fares for District students who use Metrobus, Metrorail, or the DC Circulator to travel to and from school.
A federally funded program to assist organizations that provide transportation for the elderly and persons with disabilities.
the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) Feasibility Study was designed to investigate the development, design, and construction of a new transportation hub at Union Station.
The District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland responsibility for mass transit services operated by the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA).


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Q: Why do inverse square forces not rise asymptotically for $r\to 0$? An example of an inverse square force is the gravitational force:
$$ F = \dfrac{G m_1 m_2}{r^2}$$
For large bodies I can understand why the force does not rise asymptotically as you get closer. For example if I drill into a planet of uniform density, the gravitational force will actually decrease according to a linear relationship (as shown by application of Newton's Shell Theorem). But at the subatomic level, will the gravity due to a single elementary particle (an electron perhaps)rise asymptotically as you approach it? I have read that subatomic particles are in fact not spheres as we generally perceive them in diagrams, but if they do not have definite shape, (i.e. if they are points) then the field must increase asymptotically as you approach? So does this actually happen, or is there something wrong?
-the same logic can be applied to other forces, such as the electrostatic force, which also follows an inverse square law.

A: This logic when applied to the electrostatic force of 1/r^2 led to the discovery of quantum mechanics. When nuclei and electrons around them were visualized, because that is what the data said, the big question was "why the electrons do not drop on the nucleus and the whole thing becomes neutral"?
An electron dropping into the nucleus would classically emit continuous radiation, but the radiation spectra observed from atoms were quantized. Thus the Bohr atom was proposed , where the electrons had only stable orbits . Further observations and studies led to the development of Quantum Mechanics.
In the hierarchy of fundamental forces the gravitational force is very much weaker than the electromagnetic one , about 10^-37 or so. Thus the gravitational field an electron sees  in the lowest orbit around hydrogen is very very weak, and it can never reach the proton to test gravity because it is constrained in its stable orbit quantum mechanically.
In scattering experiments, e- on proton when a lot of  energy is supplied and the quantization of the atom is orders of magnitude away from the energy supplied, the electron gets close enough but still strong and electromagnetic interactions dominate by orders of magnitude and the gravitational effect is not measurable. Instead lots of new particles will be produced by the excess energies provided in the experiment.
Neutrinos are chargeless and have a small mass. Could two neutrinos approach each other at distances that will allow the gravitational interaction to dominate with its 1/r?
This is a moot question explored here .
In conclusion quantum mechanics saves atoms from gravitational collapse too. It is also quite probable that once a unified theory with quantized gravity is established the gravitational singularity at r=0 will also theoretically be defused.


Researchers from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Dentistry collaborated with the Connecticut Employees Union Independent, the Service Employees International Union, the Connecticut Council for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut to improve the acceptance of green cleaning programs among custodians working at state institutions in Connecticut.
The federal government has defined "green" products, more accurately called "environmentally preferable" products (EPPs), as products and methods that "have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose."
Traditional cleaning products are associated with both acute and chronic health problems including dermatitis, asthma, and hormonal system (endocrine) disruption. As they work to clean and care for buildings such as schools and offices, custodial workers are exposed to a variety of these chemicals. The formulation of cleaning products is transforming rapidly as new, environmentally preferable chemical ingredients are taking the place of traditional chemicals.
The State of Connecticut mandated the use of EPPs in state facilities, presenting an opportunity for researchers to assess actual exposures, body burdens, and incentives and barriers to wider adoption of safer alternatives.
Identified barriers and incentives for implementing green cleaning programs and eliminated language and cultural barriers for janitors that may inhibit implementation or use of green cleaning products.
Conducted a study of associations of traditional and EPP cleaning product exposure with dermal, respiratory, and musculoskeletal symptoms in 329 custodians. It showed fewer negative health symptoms were associated with EPP use.
Studied how much influence custodians have on the use and effectiveness of chemicals as well as incentives and obstacles for green cleaning programs. This analysis showed that improved communication and feedback among custodians and all stakeholders is needed to make the transition to green cleaning more effective.
The partnership ensured the proper use of green cleaners and disinfectants and helped standardize the adoption of green cleaning products among custodians working at various state institutions. This project culminated in an evaluation of how well this project achieved its aims.
This project was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.


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Burr Uses Nominee Hearing To Repeat Phony Stock Trading Charge
At this morning's confirmation hearing for Biden nominee James Kvaal to be Under Secretary of Education, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), the ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, renewed false, thoroughly debunked charges that Obama administration officials engaged in improper collusion with Wall Street short sellers who were betting against companies in the for-profit college industry.
This was pretty rich, especially given the recent probe of Senator Burr for possibly trading his own stocks early last year with inside knowledge of the growing COVID pandemic.
In his opening remarks, Senator Burr piously spoke at Kvaal, "I want to carefully point out your close proximity to potentially unethical conduct at the Department under the Obama administration." Burr stressed he was only discussing such "proximity… not central involvement" or else, he implied, he would be taking a much tougher stance.
Then Burr regurgitated a stale, messy word salad of ominous-sounding charges: "Official emails being sent to and from, private emails, close collaboration with short sellers on market moving information, and an administration official using his old advocacy organizations and their emails to try to hide the public scrutiny in furtherance of a partisan objective."
Hmm. Burr continued, "Noting that no charges were ultimately made, I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, uh, given your background in higher education. But …I know that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be screaming from the rooftops about a nomination of someone who'd been involved even remotely with providing deliberative and confidential regulatory information to short sellers on Wall Street."
What are these charges? The same old claims that Burr and other allies and paid shills of the for-profit college industry have been spouting since 2010: that the fact that some Obama Department of Education officials agreed once to listen to a short-seller's presentation about troubles at for-profit colleges — just as they regularly met with representatives of colleges and other advocates — somehow constituted collusion or stock manipulation.
The Department of Education's inspector general office investigated these very charges and issued a report in 2012. It concluded, "the Department appropriately handled sensitive information." No improper disclosures. No collusion.
Yet Burr continues to repeat the phony claims, in the tradition of Donald Trump and other demagogues who believe that repeating a lie can make it come true.
Disclosure: For-profit college shills have leveled such baseless lies about ties to short sellers not only against Department officials but also against me. They have done so as recently as this month, repeating numerous long-debunked falsehoods against, among others, me and former deputy under secretary of education Robert Shireman. Financial support for my higher education work has always come entirely from charitable foundations and groups concerned with the quality and integrity of higher education, not from anyone with a financial stake in these issues. (One of those groups has been the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), a higher education research and advocacy organization founded by Shireman and subsequently run by Kvaal.)
There is nothing to these lies but an ugly effort by for-profit college owners and shills desperate to hang on to the flow of taxpayer dollars to their scam schools.
Burr's mini-attack on James Kvaal was particularly obscene because Burr himself was recently probed by the Justice Department as to whether he traded stocks based on information from closed-door Senate briefings on the coronavirus, held in early 2020 as the virus spread intensified. The DoJ probe included grand jury subpoenas and the FBI seizure of Burr's cellphone. Justice closed the investigation in January without charges.
If Burr did trade stocks improperly, he's an absolute hypocrite for falsely accusing others of the same conduct. If Burr was innocent, he apparently learned nothing from the episode about fairness and decency.
It is undisputed that Richard Burr has repeatedly accepted campaign contributions from the for-profit college industry, an industry with some good programs but dominated by predatory companies offering a toxic mix of deceptive recruiting, high prices, and poor quality instruction that leave many former students — veterans, single moms, and others — buried in overwhelming debt.
At today's hearing, Burr also attacked the gainful employment rule — a measure adopted by the Obama administration to end federal aid to worst-of-the-worst career training programs that consistently leave graduates with debts they cannot afford to repay — as "inherently politically motivated to hurt for-profit institutions." The charge that efforts to hold predatory colleges accountable, thereby assisting students, taxpayers, and better quality schools, are "political" makes no sense, yet it is endlessly repeated by executives from for-profit colleges and the lobbyists, lawyers, PR shills, and politicians compensated to do the industry's bidding.
Near the end of today's hearing, Richard Burr told Kvaal, "I think you will be confirmed, and I will probably be supportive of that." That's only right because Kvaal, a brilliant policy expert, is eminently qualified for the job. So why did Burr have to renew his baseless short seller line?
Burr, who is retiring at the end of this Congress, demonstrated integrity earlier this year in voting to convict Donald Trump on the overwhelming evidence that Trump incited the murderous, traitorous attack on the U.S. Capitol. It's a shame, and it's shameful, that Burr has not extended that integrity to ending his phony attacks — echoing the charges of a corrupt predatory industry– on dedicated public servants who did nothing wrong.


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Glossary of professional wrestling terms
Work (physics)
Work (electrical)
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable nomenclature through its long existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk." In the past, wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business. In recent years, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of pro wrestling in addition to performance-related terms.
Beekman, Scott. Ringside: A history of professional wrestling in America (Greenwood, 2006)
Foley, Mick (2000). Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-103101-1.
Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Les Thatcher (2005). The Professional Wrestlers' Workout & Instructional Guide. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-947-6.
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In physics, a force is said to do work if, when acting on a body, there is a displacement of the point of application in the direction of the force. For example, when a ball is held above the ground and then dropped, the work done on the ball as it falls is equal to the weight of the ball (a force) multiplied by the distance to the ground (a displacement).
The term work was introduced in 1826 by the French mathematician Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis as "weight lifted through a height", which is based on the use of early steam engines to lift buckets of water out of flooded ore mines. The SI unit of work is the newton-metre or joule (J).
The SI unit of work is the joule (J), which is defined as the work expended by a force of one newton through a distance of one metre.
The dimensionally equivalent newton-metre (N⋅m) is sometimes used as the measuring unit for work, but this can be confused with the unit newton-metre, which is the measurement unit of torque. Usage of N⋅m is discouraged by the SI authority, since it can lead to confusion as to whether the quantity expressed in newton metres is a torque measurement, or a measurement of energy.
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Electrical work is the work done on a charged particle by an electric field. The equation for 'electrical' work is equivalent to that of 'mechanical' work:
The electrical work per unit of charge, when moving a negligible test charge between two points, is defined as the voltage between those points.
Qualitative overview
Particles that are free to move, if positively charged, normally tend towards regions of lower voltage (net negative charge), while if negatively charged they tend to shift towards regions of higher voltage (net positive charge).
However, any movement of a positive charge into a region of higher voltage requires external work to be done against the field of the electric force, work equal to that electric field would do in moving that positive charge the same distance in the opposite direction. Similarly, it requires positive external work to transfer a negatively charged particle from a region of higher voltage to a region of lower voltage.
The electric force is a conservative force: work done by a static electric field is independent of the path taken by the charge. There is no change in the voltage (electric potential) around any closed path; when returning to the starting point in a closed path, the net of the external work done is zero. The same holds for electric fields.
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