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Star Wars: Episode VIII title revealed – The Last Jedi
Lucasfilm revealed the full title for Star Wars: Episode VIII on Monday, announcing that "the next chapter in the Skywalker saga" directed by Rian Johnson for a Dec. 15 release would be called The Last Jedi.
The wait for VIII begins… pic.twitter.com/2X6AXnz9yx
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 23, 2017
The verbiage of the title isn't entirely new in this trilogy: The opening crawl for Episode VII — The Force Awakens, begins with its use in reference to Luke Skywalker:
Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed.
This marks the first time an episodic "Saga" film (or, for that matter, an anthology Star Wars Story spinoff) has re-used a verb or proper noun from another film in one of the trilogies. (In other words, no longer will it be advisable to refer to Episode VI — Return of the Jedi as just "Jedi" in casual conversation….)
Mark Hamill will reprise his role as Luke in Episode VIII after a dialogue-free appearance at the very end of Episode VII. The new film is said to pick up right where The Force Awakens left off — and Hamill will speak this time around.
Carrie Fisher, who passed away late last year, completed work on the movie as General Leia Organa before her death. She was also set to appear in the untitled Episode IX, which has not begun production. Lucasfilm has said they will not use computer graphics to re-create her character the way they did briefly, in a younger form, in last year's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Lucasfilm's announcement for The Last Jedi:
We have the greatest fans in this or any other galaxy. In appreciation of the fans, we wanted them to be the first to know the title of the next chapter in the Skywalker saga: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI.
THE LAST JEDI is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is scheduled for release December 15, 2017.
Going back almost a year, here was our first glimpse at The Last Jedi production:
From today – Mark Hamill reacts to the Episode VIII title:
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Humanities 1001 - Humanities and the Contemporary World
Humanities and the Contemporary World is a study of contemporary ideas found in movies, popular music, television, comic books, graphic novels, and cultural phenomena such as
professional sporting events and fashion. The course will also focus on the mastery of composition skills.
Note: The course is a designated writing (W) course. The course has no prerequisites.
Humanities 1002 - Six Texts That Changed the World
Six Texts That Changed the World is a study of six texts which have helped shape the world we live in. Current texts were are reading are Aeschylus' Eumenides, Plato's Republic, Descartes' Meditations, Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality, and Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The course is designed to develop the skills of reading, writing, and interpreting.
Humanities 2000 - Texts that Changed the World II
Texts that Changed the World II is a continuation of Humanities 1002 (but Humanities 1002 is not a prerequisite). We focus on political thought from the renaissance through the modern era and examine how developments in the understanding of what it means to be human inform the social and political world.
Humanities 2001 - The Ancient World
The Ancient World is an exploration of the great ancient civilizations of the Near East, Greece, and Rome and their role in shaping Western culture and society.
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Thought and Society in the Medieval World examines thought, art, spirituality and politics through the writings of such figures as Dante, Chaucer, Hildegaard, and Catherine of Sienna. This was the time of the Crusades, the Black Death, and the rise of Islam. Historical-cultural watersheds such as these will be our focus.
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Humanities 3001 - The Early Modern Period
Revolutions in Self and Society. The period from 1450 to 1650 includes the European colonization of the Americas, the decline of feudalism, and the Golden Age of Piracy. We will explore the roots of our world through Decartes, Kant, and other "system-builders" as well as Calvin, Martin Luther and Isaac Newton.
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This course examines emerging conceptions of the modern self and its expression in philosophy, science, political revolution and constitution, visual art and literature during the period 1650-1850.
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The Nature of Interpretation introduces students to central concepts and debates concerning the nature of meaning and interpretation as they pertain to music, literature, the visual arts,
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We will do critical readings of modern-day Indigenous thinkers, such as Harold Cardinal (Cree), Linda Smith (Maori), Dian Million (Athabaskan) and Thomas King (Cherokee/Greek) on a range of topics and philosophical questions. Through this course you will become competent in identifying contemporary Indigenous thought, giving it critical readings, and understanding the context(s) in which contemporary Indigenous thought is created. We'll also use videos and music to explore the roots of Indigenous thought.
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Cette série est inédite dans tous les pays francophones.

Les critiques ont été majoritairement négatives et la série a été annulée au bout de 14 épisodes pour cause d'audiences décevantes.

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Winnie Goodwinn est une sorcière qui est engagée par Thomas J. Harper, un avocat récemment divorcé, pour qu'elle s'occupe de ses trois enfants : Robb, 16 ans, Jessie, 13 ans, et Gene, le plus jeune, qui est le responsable de l'invocation de Winnie. Seuls Gene et Jessie savent que Winnie est une sorcière. Ses pouvoirs, qu'elle cherche à cacher à Thomas, sont tour à tour aussi bien une bénédiction qu'une source d'ennui pour elle et les enfants Harper.

Distribution
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 Franc Luz : Thomas J. Harper
  : Robb Harper
 Alyson Hannigan : Jessie Harper
  : Gene Harper

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Most Recent Lecture
William H. Angoff,
The 17th William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture, "Test-based Accountability Systems: The Importance of Paying Attention to Consequences" was delivered on October 16, 2019 by Suzanne Lane, Ph.D., Professor in the Research Methodology Program in the Department of Psychology in Education at the University of Pittsburgh. The lecture addressed the intended and potentially unintended consequences of test-based accountability systems — an important issue for researchers and policymakers to examine so that educational opportunities for all students can be improved.
In this video interview, Professor Lane discusses the negative consequences of test-based accountability systems, addresses why it is important to pay attention to such consequences and offers possible solutions to minimizing the negative effects.
View the full-length video and transcript of the lecture.
Read Dr. Lane's paper, Test‐Based Accountability Systems: The Importance of Paying Attention to Consequences, based on the lecture.
About the Lecture Series
The Angoff Lecture Series was established in 1994 to honor the life and work of William H. Angoff, an ETS research scientist who distinguished himself as a prominent contributor in the field of educational measurement in more than 40 years at ETS. During that time, Angoff authored some of the classic publications on psychometrics, including the definitive text "Scales, Norms, and Equivalent Scores," which appeared in Robert L. Thorndike's Educational Measurement (2nd edition).
The lecture series honors Angoff's legacy by encouraging and supporting the relatively nontechnical discussion of public interest issues related to educational measurement.
A Tale of Two Models: Sources of Confusion In Achievement Testing
By Mark Reckase (2017)
Angoff Lecture No. 16
Contrasts two different theoretical underpinnings for the interpretation of educational assessment results as measurements.
View a short video interview (9 min., 12 sec.) and the accessible transcript.
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Evaluating the Quality of Accountability Systems: Beyond Reliability and Validity
By Dr. Brian Gong (2015)
Examines how the evaluation of accountability systems (including school accountability and educator evaluation) should be treated separately from the evaluation of achievement testing.
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Reliability And Validity Of Inferences About Teachers Based On Student Test Scores
By Edward H. Haertel (2013)
Explores the importance of teacher effectiveness and the suitability of value-added models (VAMS) for teacher evaluation.
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No Country Left Behind: Rhetoric and Reality of International Large-Scale Assessment
By Michael J. Feuer (2012)
Focuses on the nature and quality of data from international assessments and why they tend to provoke heated public debates.
Errors of Measurement, Theory, and Public Policy
By Michael T. Kane (2010)
Argues that it is important for policymakers to recognize the impact of errors of measurement on test scores and on average scores for groups.
Schooling, Statistics, and Poverty: Can We Measure School Improvement?
By Stephen W. Raudenbush (2004)
Angoff Lecture No. 9
Examines the limitations of test data to judge school effectiveness and improvement.
Standards, Assessments, and Educational Policy: In Pursuit of Genuine Accountability
By Linda Darling-Hammond (2006)
Discusses the circumstances in which standards and assessments in U.S. education undermine or enhance students' opportunities to learn and teachers' capabilities to teach.
The Second Century of Ability Testing: Some Predictions and Speculations
By Susan Embretson (2003)
Reviews the major developments in test theory, concepts, and methods that occurred during the 20th century and offers some predictions about future developments.
The Evolution of Educational Assessment: Considering the Past and Imagining the Future
By James W. Pellegrino (2004)
Reviews the issues of policy and practice that have had a significant impact on U.S. educational assessment in the 20th century.
Understanding Educational Quality: Where Validity Meets Technology
By Eva L. Baker (2000)
Suggests that technology provides a venue and some tools to attack persistent problems in educational assessment.
National Tests and Education Reform: Are They Compatible?
By Lyle V. Jones (1997)
Discusses the vigorously debated issue of developing a national test.
Measuring Achievement: What Does It Mean to Test for Robust Understanding?
By Lorrie A. Shepard (1997)
Argues for the importance of improving teaching and assessment to help students develop "robust understandings."
Setting Performance Standards: Content, Goals, and Individual Differences
By Bert F. Green (1996)
Suggests that standards are poorly understood and that the measurement community faces numerous challenges in identifying methods for standard setting.
Assessment-Based Reform: Challenges to Educational Measurement
By Robert L. Linn (1995)
Offers a reasoned review of the promise of well-designed performance assessments, as well as the technical challenges that must be overcome if they are to have a significant, positive impact on reform.
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University of Leeds, Centre for Applied Health Research (CAHR)
The development is a joint venture between the Universities of Leeds, Bradford and Institute for Health Research. The Centre is a new build development on the Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust site so-located / near the Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR). It will host a centre for child health, including the ground-breaking "Born in Bradford's Better Start" cohorts. It will also host the Centre for Ageing, one of the UK's most successful research groups in applied health research for older people, and the National Institute for Health Research's National Patient Safety Centre.
The centre is 900m2 spread over two floors comprising a timber-clad steel frame with traditional foundations on a tight site with drainage and stormwater attenuation being squeezed in around the perimeter. Design challenges include an accelerated programme, existing retaining walls and a constrained site the close proximity to other buildings on the Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust site.
The floorplate is to be created flexibly, making it adaptable for changing needs in the future. The landscaping design will be developed to maintain access routes around the perimeter of the building, as well as offering a simple courtyard.
The materials used externally have been chosen to work both within the existing context and in line
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I am on the latest Fedora distro, running Intellij Ultimate. I have also configured Maven Runnger VM Options as -Xmx4g -XX:MaxPermSize=4g
How could I debug why the VM Options are not getting applied to the test or why the tests even dont run with default options. Same project works perfectly fine on another machine running Ubuntu Trusty.

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How could I debug why the VM Options are not getting applied to the
  test or why the tests even dont run with default options. Same project
  works perfectly fine on another machine running Ubuntu Trusty.

You can apply a process of elimination to find out which argument is causing trouble.  I suspect in this case it's either the MaxPermSize flag being equal to Xmx, or the Xmx value being set to 4gb (if the system in question is a 32-bit architecture).
Try modifying the flags (of course make a backup!) to test those hypothesis and iterate from there.

A: Installing https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jschwart/openjdk-7/ fixed the issue. Binaries are here https://schwart6.home.xs4all.nl/fedora25/binaries/

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Systematics/Phytogeography / Taxonomie/ Section
Naczi, Robert F. C. [1], Knapp, Wesley M. [2].
Systematics of the Rhynchospora plumosa group (Cyperaceae).
Within Rhynchospora section Plumosae, a clade of 5�7 species endemic to warm-temperate and tropical areas in the Western Hemisphere, the R. plumosa group is the largest and most problematic. Circumscriptions of the taxa are controversial, with some authors recognizing as few as 2 and others as many as 5 species in the group. The group has never been revised, and its monophyly is uncertain. Morphologic features that characterize the group include spikelets numerous and sessile in fascicles, perianth bristles plumose, and achene bodies suborbicular in cross-section. Plants of the R. plumosa group grow in sandy, nutrient-poor soils in savannas, wet pinelands, and scrub. Members of the group occur in the southeastern U.S.A., Central America, and the Greater Antilles. Geographic distributions of the taxa exhibit both narrow endemism and wide disjunctions. Our goals are to determine if the group is monophyletic, determine the number of taxa within the group, determine the ranks of the taxa, identify diagnostic characters of the taxa, and reconstruct the phylogeny for the group (if monophyletic) or for the largest portion of the group that is monophyletic. Macromorphology, micromorphology, and anatomy are all yielding important data for this revision.
1 - Delaware State University, Claude E. Phillips Herbarium, Department Agriculture & Natural Resources, 1200 N Dupont Highway, Dover, Delaware, 19901-2277, USA
2 - Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service, P.O. Box 68, 909 Wye Mills Rd., Wye Mills, MD, 21679, U.S.A.
Rhynchospora
Rhynchospora section Plumosae.
Presentation Type: Oral Paper:Papers for Sections
Session: 36
Location: 157/Law
Date: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Number: 36009
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Pioneering federal judge Alfred Laureta continued public service after retiring
By Timothy Hurley thurley@staradvertiser.com
STAR-ADVERTISER / 1978
Alfred Laureta celebrated many firsts in his career, including being the first person of Filipino descent to be appointed a state court judge
Alfred Laureta was born to immigrant laborers at Banana Camp at Ewa Plantation and would rise to become the nation's first Filipino American federal judge.
Laureta, an active volunteer and public servant in his retirement on Kauai, died Nov. 16 at his Kapaa home with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren by his side. He was 96.
Laureta's long career in the law was marked by numerous other firsts. Among them: He was the first Filipino American to be appointed as a gubernatorial cabinet officer and the first person of Filipino descent to be appointed a state court judge.
When President Jimmy Carter appointed him in 1978 as the first Filipino American to serve as a federal judge, it was as the first district judge in the federal court for the Northern Mariana Islands, where he presided for a decade.
Laureta was born in Ewa in 1924, the only son of laborers who migrated to Hawaii two years earlier. After graduating from Lahainaluna High School on Maui, Laureta worked his way through the University of Hawaii at Manoa and then attended the Fordham University School of Law on a scholarship.
While in New York, Laureta met his wife, Evelyn, a nursing student, who died in 2012.
Back in Hawaii after college, Laureta helped form a new law firm with partners Bert Kobayashi, a future state Supreme Court associate justice; Russell Kono, who went on to become a state district court judge; and George Ariyoshi, who would serve three-plus terms as Hawaii governor.
After the Democrats took control of the Territorial Legislature in 1954, Laureta was appointed House attorney for the 1955 session, along with Patsy Mink, who would represent Hawaii in Congress, and Herman Lum, future chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
He later worked in Washington, D.C., as administrative assistant to newly elected U.S. Rep. Daniel Inouye.
In 1963 Laureta was appointed director of the Department of Labor by Gov. John A. Burns, a post he held until the governor appointed him to the bench.
He served as a judge of the 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu from 1967 to 1969 before transferring to Kauai's 5th District Court in 1969. The federal appointment came in 1978.
In retirement, Laureta continued to serve the community as a volunteer mediator for the Kauai Economic Opportunity, as the Kauai commissioner on the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and as an elected director on the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, among other things.
Former Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. remembered Laureta as well-connected yet humble, treating everyone he came into contact with the same way.
"He took his role as a judge seriously. At the same time, he was an uncle and friend who helped me with a lot of advice. He was always there for me as a mentor and an uncle," said Carvalho, who was recently elected to the Kauai County Council.
"His children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were at his bedside. He lived a very full and rewarding life," San Francisco attorney David Collins, a former law clerk for Laureta, said in an email.
Another former clerk, insurance executive Robin Campaniano, told the Honolulu Advertiser in 2002 that Laureta was an important mentor in his life.
"He taught me how to be a lawyer and how to be very judicial. He showed me judicial temperament and how that should permeate everybody's life: How to be honest, fair, to be a person with integrity and to be humble at the same time," he said.
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Pelesikoti's Keynote Address Statement on behalf of SPREP's DG - Sheppard to the Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting, Tonga
• Honorable Siaosi Sovaleni, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Tonga and Minister responsible for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications
• Directors, Heads and Seniors Officials from the National Meteorological Services as members of the Pacific Meteorology Council
• Ms. Elena Maneankova, Assistant Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization and your team from WMO
• Dr Matti Nummelin Senior Environment Adviser from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Mr Chairman of the PMC, Ravind Kumar Director of the Fiji Meteorological Services
• UNDP Pacific Centre, CROp Agencies, SPC and USP
• Members of the Media
• Development Partners,
• Reverend Kinitoni Mafi, Secretary General of the Constitution Church of Tonga
• Ladies and gentlemen,
On behalf of the Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), I would like to extend to you all a warm welcome to the Third Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC).
I regret the Director General is not here at the beginning of our Pacific Meteorological Council but he will be here on Wednesday.
Honorable Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni – I would like to thank the Government of Tonga for agreeing to host this important meeting and for availing yourself to join us this morning and to officiate the opening of the Third Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council.
SPREP would like to acknowledge the Government of Tonga's continued support to the development of meteorological services in the Pacific through the various contributions from the Tonga Meteorological Services. This is the second regional gathering of Directors, Heads and senior officials of National Meteorological Services from the Pacific region and our partners, hosted by Tonga. The last meeting was held in2003 under the auspices of the Regional Meteorological Services Directors(RMSD) meeting.
Specifically, I would like to acknowledge the leadership and support of the Tonga Meteorological Service, The CEO – Paula Ma'u, and Ofa Fa'anunu and his staff.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is closely supporting SPREP in organizing PMC and in that context Ms Elena Maneankova, Assistant Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization and senior staff from Geneva welcome to PMC. Your presence in this meeting signifies WMO's commitment to the Pacific and the SIDS. PMC and SPREP have benefited from having your office located at SPREP. Your staff Henry Taiki is part of the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership providing secretariat support to the PMC members. Rob Master and Mary Power, it is always a delight to have you back in this region.
It is 24 months since the Pacific Meteorological Council's second meeting in Nadi, Fiji Islands in July 2013. I would like to say that a lot of progress, achievements and contributions have been made collectively as a region and by each and everyone of your National Meteorological Services to safeguard the well being of your countries and contribute to your development progress.
I would like to particularly mention a few examples;
• we have seen the region make progress in the number of application tools developed to assist the NMHSs and communities to better access and translate weather and climate information for decision making. We have seen the Forest Fire Early Warning System developed for Samoa. The Malaria Climate Early Warning System developed for Solomon Islands. The Ocean Portal providing ocean data in a form that can be used for decision making. The installation of SmartMet for integrated forecasting system – to name just a few
• We have also forged new partnerships for the NMHSs some of which are attending this PMC for the very first time. I would like to acknowledge the presence of APEC, Climate Centre and the Korean Meteorological Agency and welcome their support to the region. I would also like to welcome the University of Hawai'i who are here with us this morning. The partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross is also a step in which NMHSs have taken to allow for efficient and effective dissemination of their products by community mobilisers.
• I would also like to welcome Nauru as I understand that this is their first attendance in PMC
• This PMC is also going to be well covered as we have a strong presence of more than 10 regional media and broadcasters to demonstrate their acquired skills in appropriately communicating climate science. PMC proceedings and outcomes will be communicated (almost real time) around the Pacific!
• There will also be press conferences throughout the week and I would urge you to take advantage of this rare opportunity. The FINPAC Project and PACMAS is PACMAS fully acknowledged.
While we celebrate our successes, there were also challenges that we faced as the Pacific Community. Over the past 24 months, we have had numerous weather related extreme events that affected our islands including 3 severe cyclones that tested your NMSs establishments and operations;
• We had cyclone Ian in January 2014 that devastated the Ha'apai group of Islands in Tonga
• Cyclone Pam in March 2015 that destroyed the Central and Southern Islands of Vanuatu and also affecting Kiribati and Tuvalu
• Super Typhoon Maysak in April 2015 affected the States of Yap and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia
Recently we just witnessed a rare formation of Cyclone Raquel just on the eve of the PMC-3 meeting over the Solomon Islands outside of the cyclone season. There are also a number of cyclones that are active in the north western Pacific. I am sure these events continue to stretch the operations of the NMSs and will continue to reshape the operations of your NMHSs to ensure they are effective, relevant and are resilient. Which leads us to the theme of this meeting - "Sustainable Weather and Climate Services for a Resilient Pacific."
Weather, climate information, warnings and projections are not one off services – they are 24/7, 365 days throughout the year – it calls for capacity for continuity. Being the mechanisms that provide the warnings doesn't mean that they are not vulnerable – we need to invest in our NMHSs to enable them to continue their services in the face of disasters. Their being able to do their functions at all times lead to our own resiliency – our being able to be prepared – and respond effectively, would enable us to bounce back.
Our objective over the 4 days of the PMC is to further facilitate coordination and networking among members of the Pacific Meteorological Council, development partners, and Regional and international Organisations, relating to strengthened meteorological services.
Timely and effective implementation of national development priorities strengthened with the application of the right scientific, economic and social and ecological information leads to resilient development. The Pacific Island Meteorological Strategy reflected those priorities.
This PMC meeting is special, not only because it is held in the Kingdom of Tonga but we will be joined by the Ministers for the First Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology to be held on Friday in this very room.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our development partners for their continued assistance to support the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership as the regional meteorological services coordination mechanism to deliver regionally coordinated efforts to service SPREP members' needs in the areas of meteorological services.
Convening this meeting was made possible with the following support:
• The Government of Tonga for their generous support in hosting and on logistics, staffing support particularly from the Tonga Met. Service,
• The Government of Finland through the FINPAC project for the significant financial support
• The World Meteorological Organisation for both the financial and advisory and technical support
• The government of Australia through the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the COSPPac Project
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and,
• The APEC Climate Center
I would also like to acknowledge the contribution and guidance of the following partners to develop the program for PMC-3; NOAA, WMO, NZ Met Services, NIWA, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Samoa Met Division, Tonga Met Service, Marshal Islands Met Service.
We have a full week ahead of us, to discuss very important, emerging and continuing issues and priorities relating to meteorological services in the Pacific region.
I wish you all a fruitful discussion during the next few days. Do take time out to enjoy the cool weather of Tonga and to spend your perdiem!


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Mission: The mission of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility at Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN is to setup one of the world's most advanced and respected genetic sequencing systems in South Africa in order to enable and support world-class genomics research in Africa.
History: The University of KwaZulu-Natal was formed on 1 January 2004 as a result of the merger between the University of Durban-Westville and the University of Natal. The new university brings together the rich histories of both the former Universities (which are over 100 years old). The University of Natal was also home of the first Medical School for African, Indian and Coloured students in South Africa. It was granted Nelson Mandela's name on its 50th anniversary in 2000 in order to remind its important contribution to South Africa.
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Genomics Laboratory Unit: The Genomics Unit is situated at the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute (DDMRI) of the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, in Durban. It is a research unit and is staffed with 1 Professor, 5 post-docs, 3 PhD students, 5 MSc, 1 scientific manager and lab manager. The laboratory consists of a fully equipped RNA/DNA extraction, PCR and sequencing facility that contains all of the equipment needed to support most genomics research requirements. Technologies available include quantitative real-time assays for DNA and RNA detection of HIV-1, HCV and HTLV-1 and a variety of other viruses. The laboratory has extensive experience with RNA/DNA molecular tests using a range of biological samples types such as breast milk, plasma and dried blood spots (DBS). These include considerable experience at conducting qPCR on both RNA and DNA and extraction of RNA/DNA for sequencing.
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The Communist Party of Australia reports on 'the Battle of Cable Street'
The importance of the 'Battle of Cable Street' for the Communist Party of Great Britain has been discussed elsewhere on this blog, but I thought readers might be interested in how it was reported on in the Workers' Weekly, the bi-weekly newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. On Friday October 9, 1936, the newspaper reported:
Of interest to the Communist Party of Australia, and to historians of Australian politics, was that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who refused to ban the march by Mosley's British Union of Fascists, had previously been the Governor of New South Wales. As Andrew Moore has written, Game gained similar notoriety in Australia for the dismissal of the Premier Jack Lang in 1932.
As the creation of the Public Order Act 1936 followed quickly in the wake of 'Cable Street', the Workers' Weekly printed a follow up article denouncing measures by the state to curb Mosley. .On 13 October, 1936, the newspaper published this report:
The article mentions that the CPGB could not rely on the state to deal decisively with the BUF, as the POA was more likely to be used against communists than fascists, as discussed by David Renton here.
The fascist threat in Australia, presented by Eric Campbell's New Guard, had resided largely by 1936 and there is little in the CPA's literature that discusses combating the New Guard in a similar fashion to the street fighting seen in Europe. By 1936, the fascist threat was largely external, with a number of Australian communists traveling to Spain the fight in the Civil War.
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Michael Salsbury 2:30 PM Character Interactions, Complexity, James Scott Bell, Michael A. Stackpole, Writer's Digest, Writing Tips
The July/August 2013 issue of Writer's Digest carries an article by author James Scott Bell entitled "Vitamin C For Your Thriller" (on page 24). Building on the "C" theme, the article talks about complex characterizations, confrontation (the main conflict in the story), careening (twists and shocks), coronary (heart-touching), and communication (what's the "real message" in your story that you want readers to take away from it?). Part of the complex characterizations section really resonated with me.
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Dave Fred considers Dave a good friend, but is tired of covering up for his mistakes at the office X Jane saw Dave drinking in the office, and watched Fred throw out the bottle when Dave wasn't looking.
Jane Fred thinks Jane is a bit nosy and kind of a gossip, which is something he hates Dave secretly thinks Jane is very attractive, but hasn't trusted her since he saw her take money from the petty cash box and slip it into her purse. X
Brainstorming all of these points of connection and conflict between the characters could improve the complexity and depth of the relationships depicted in the story. For example, if Dave tried to make Fred look bad so that management will demote him, Fred might admit that he's been covering up for Dave. Jane could back Fred's story up, since she's seen him throw out Dave's bottle.
Or, if we wanted to start an affair between Jane and Fred, the fact that Jane knows Fred's wife is fooling around is a secret she might slip to Dave. Dave could use that to get back at Fred in retaliation for the promotion he thinks he deserved. By concealing her knowledge of Fred's wife's affair, Jane could engineer situations to be with Fred and console him, improving her chances to catch him "on the rebound". Of course, if Fred finds out that Jane knew about the affair and didn't tell him, he might want nothing more to do with her.
Michael A. Stackpole describes something very similar in an article on characterization techniques that appears in his The Secrets writing newsletter (Volume 1, Issue 23). He calls this "Interaction Dynamics" and tells us:
Characters do not operate in a vacuum… once you begin to see how they will function, you have to then compare and contrast them to other folks in that world and other characters in your story. In essence this is a playtest of how the characters will function inside their world.
You are looking for affinities and oppositions. Who is this character's natural ally? Who is her enemy? Is she willing to compromise on some point of pride to make thins work with this person? What behavior by someone else would turn her against him, or endear her to him? How will she react if an enemy spares her life or saves it?
…None of us have a relationship with one person that is unaffected by our relationships with everyone else. We just don't operate in isolation like that – or if we do, there is some serious pathology that needs to be dealt with.
…Between and among the major characters… there should be a lot of energy and strength, whether they get along, as passionately in love, or hate each other's guts.
What all this boils down to is that our characters aren't robots, they're people. They don't necessarily like (let alone love) everyone else in the story. They may not trust some of the other characters. They may, even subconsciously, want another to fail. All of these "connections" can be used in your story where and when they make sense.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS — Tiger Woods has been entered into a DUI first-offender program, according to Mike Edmondson, executive assistant for the 15th Judicial Circuit.
Woods, was scheduled for arraignment in the Palm Beach Gardens Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was not required to be present at the court proceeding. Attorneys frequently represent their clients during an arraignment.
Woods' next court date is scheduled for Oct. 25.
Woods was asleep at the wheel of his car and when he had to be woken up before his Memorial Day arrest, according to his arrest report.
He was arrested early May 29 by Jupiter police on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to court documents.
In addition to being cited for DUI, according to court documents, Woods was cited for improper parking. His black four-door 2015 Mercedes had stopped on the roadway in the right-hand lane and right shoulder, according to the traffic citation.
Woods, 41, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at 7:18 a.m. May 29 after his arrest. He was released on his own recognizance about 3 1/2 hours later.
The arrest occurred about 3 a.m. during a traffic stop off Military Trail, just south of Indian Creek Parkway, according to Jupiter police spokesperson Kristin Rightler.


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17 Jun, 2022 14:49
Russia assesses results of recovery from sanctions
The collapse of the Russian economy, as predicted in the West, failed to materialize, Putin points out
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Western forecasts about the collapse of the Russian economy as a result of sanctions that were issued in early spring have not come to pass, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Speaking at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said predictions about the collapse of the ruble and the Russian economy were part of an information war against Moscow, aimed at "psychologically destabilizing Russian society and domestic business circles."
Putin praised the government for its work to stabilize the economy in a professional manner.
"First, we stabilized the financial markets, banking system and trade network, then we began to saturate the economy with liquidity and working capital to maintain the stability of enterprises and companies, employment and jobs," he said at a plenary session of the event in the country's second city.
READ MORE: Putin estimates EU losses from anti-Russia sanctions
The president admitted that the current level of inflation at 16.7% was high but noted that it's declining, and a target level has been set at 4%.
Going forward, the Russian economy will be developing in an open manner, based on small businesses that will see some government controls and checks lifted to enable them to function more freely, Putin added.
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Before I came to the Netherlands, many people said to me that Dutch is a very difficult language. When I heard this, I just said, "every language is unique and yet it can always be learned." No matter how long it takes. My reason was very simple; I knew that learning it is like learning to do any other thing. Of course, I have to admit that all possibilities are open, I mean, could turn out to be difficult or otherwise. Some people take more time and some people less. But I remain positive, that anyone has the capacity to learn a new and strange language.
Now, coming to my real experience of learning Dutch in the Netherlands. When I began the course, I found it honestly exciting and at the same time really challenging. I have never learned Dutch before, perhaps like most of the migrants who are new or just arrived in the Netherlands. And to make matters worst the system and method that I experienced in the first language school, felt like it wasn't really suitable for new learners like me. Of course I knew very well that these difficulties are but part of the entire learning process, and so I remained positive and simply shook all my worries off my shoulders.
Since in the beginning of the whole course and up until now, learning Dutch has turned out to be a really pleasurable experience for me. Even though the process sometimes causes a lot of pressure I always try to make it a point that the whole thing becomes a fun and enjobale experience. For this reason I have grown to enjoy learning this new language.
In the long run the mistakes an errors that I have made, have encouraged and motivated me to gain more impulse to learn Dutch. At the moment I can already speak it, although it still is a bit of a struggle. I consider it myself as a huge progress from the time that I started with the program. I found also helpful that I had two other confreres who were also learning the language together with me [Melvin and Eko]. I really found it helpful, we would always try to speak Dutch at home to get more attuned to it, regardless of the many personal mistakes we had. More often than not, I have learned to improve on it through the many mistakes I made.
We recently moved to a new language school and for the past five months or so, I have noticed the difference in their teaching method as in comparison to the previous school where we were. Every now and then, I would still ask myself whether I have done enough to improve and develop this very important tool for the mission. With these things in mind I remain thus consistently conscious of the fact that a deepening of what I have learned is really intertwined with how effective I will be as a missionary here in the Netherlands. So I'm positive that were moving through to the right direction.
However, it remains really tough. Like whenever I interact with people outside the comfort of the learning environment on the streets, the market, or the OV or public transport, I often still find it difficult to follow what's being said. I constantly go through that experience when you ask yourself why they pronounce things like this and that, and or, is that actually another word or not? Ja! It's tough yet it's also very enriching. It's a slow and painful process yet very rewarding.


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After closing a 20 year chapter of my nationwide clothing design and manufacturing business, I wanted to segue my experience to another level and introduce other clothing designer's fashions to the neighborhood.
My birthing process began with Monica Martin and her consignment store on Tennyson Street called Boomerang. She taught me the intricacies of retail and customer service (2 things of which I had no prior experience because I was always "behind the curtain" in the fashion industry). Soon, it was time to take that leap of faith and start my own retail store and I opened the doors to Kats-eye Boutique in 2014. In as much, as I live and worked in the neighborhood and had developed relationships for years, it was logical to remain on Tennyson Street for my store.
The fashion industry continually introduces me to new styles, textures, patterns and colors. How are those expressed and translated into this season, as well as, into the next season. How can you coordinate last season's goods with this season's purchases and still be fashion-forward? I am inspired to show a client what works for her shape, coloring, her personality and her closet AND HAVE FUN AT IT! Fashion should be fun not stressful.
Being a Berkeley resident with my husband since 1973, we have seen A LOT!!! From a rough area, to now, one of the most desired neighborhoods! We are thrilled to have witnessed the phoenix rise again!
The Royal Burger for the best hamburgers.
Parisi for a glass of wine after work.
The Pasty Republic for 2 scoops of ice cream.
On the hunt to find more fabulous, unique clothing, gifts and accessories.
Tennyson Street just acquired our fourth women's clothing boutique in just the last six months! This neighborhood is becoming a destination and it is happening quickly! How exciting!!!


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Business processes, business technology, online marketing. I am Phil Ayres, 20 years in enterprise software and business improvement. And blogging on and off since 2006.
Microsoft Open XML truly enables document intelligence
A little while back I discussed embedded attributes in documents that provide intelligence to support features like semantic search, security, rights and even management of workflow outside of the firewall. Aside from the gamesmanship of Microsoft pushing its new Office Open XML format onto the standards train to compete with the ODF format of Open Office, this new Microsoft format is playing catchup in its support for XML. The three key dimensions enabling document intelligence are covered: open access to content; XML document metadata storage; dynamic attribute storage for forms and process state.
The 15 year old PDF format has had the ability to embed attributes in files since the format was first created, partially based as I understand it on Adobe's work on Postscript and some over the shoulder looks at the Aldus Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) - Aldus eventually 'merged' with Adobe in 1994. TIFF originally contained metatags to enable device independent storage and display of scanned documents, and any raster images. Initially simple tags described physical attributes of the image like width, height, resolution, color depth, compression and so on.
The TIFF specification was designed to be extensible, enabling new tags to be added to meet the requirements of emerging capabilities or individual vendors. This is exactly what intelligent documents need - a mechanism for recording any type of attributes inside the file. In PDF 1.4, the format recognized the need for XML support for multiple dimensions, not just to describe the document's 'physical' properties, but also to enable it to be more easily edited outside of its primary Acrobat authoring application and to enable storage of dynamic attributes from forms. According to Classic Planet PDF:
XML support. Under pressure to extend PDF to include XML markup, Adobe has made changes in three areas. First, Acrobat forms can now be set up to capture data as tagged XML, as well as HTML and Adobe's FDF format. Second, Adobe is introducing a new metadata architecture to PDF, one based on an RDF-compliant DTD. Metadata can be attached both at the document and object level, and the DTD can be extended, opening up interesting possibilities for defining and embedding metadata other than the basic set supported in Acrobat 5. Third, Adobe has defined a way to embed structure into PDF. Called "Tagged PDF," it is a set of conventions for marking structural elements within the file.
This multi-dimensional support for XML inside the document is part of modern PDF's power and ability to support a range of security, rights and workflow capabilities offline. Microsoft on the other hand has not got to this level yet. Of course, the MS Office products have supported metadata attributes to describe the document for several versions (title, author, etc), extending this to enable custom attributes to be added more recently. The problem has been that non-Microsoft applications, including document repositories, have struggled to be able to reuse this information without accessing an application like MS Word through its OLE interface. In a Java world this requires some reading of the proprietary Office format, something error-prone and generally poorly supported. As for XML representation of the displayable content, this was still a sideline capability in the last version of Office.
In Office 2007 Microsoft will provide a common XML-based format that will be used by default for all of the Office products, Open XML. According to Microsoft:
By default, documents created in the next release of Microsoft Office products will be based on new, XML-based file formats. Distinct from the binary-based file format that has been a mainstay of past Microsoft Office releases, the new Office XML Formats are compact, robust file formats that enable better data integration between documents and back-end systems. An open, royalty-free file format specification maximizes interoperability in a heterogeneous environment, and enables any technology provider to integrate Microsoft Office documents into their solutions.
This will have the following advantages:
Compact file format. Documents are automatically compressed—up to 75 percent smaller in some cases.
Improved damaged file recovery. Modular data storage enables files to be opened even if a component within the file is damaged—a chart or table, for example.
Safer documents. Embedded code—for example, OLE objects or Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code—is stored in a separate section within the file, so it can be easily identified for special processing. IT Administrators can block the documents that contain unwanted macros or controls, making documents safer for users when they are opened.
Easier integration. Developers have direct access to specific contents within the file, like charts, comments, and document metadata.
Transparency and improved information security. Documents can be shared confidentially because personally identifiable information and business sensitive information—user names, comments, tracked changes, file paths—can be easily identified and removed.
Compatibility. By installing a simple update, users of Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, and Office 2003 Editions can open, edit, and save documents in one of the Office XML Formats.
In reality, the Open XML format is a bunch of XML files that represent each component of the Office document, alongside binary objects like images, all zipped into a single package. This has obvious advantages both from the simplicity for developers to get at the appropriate information for reading and editing outside of the core applications, as well as the compression that zip can offer. In addition, there are none of the hassles associated with embedding binary objects in XML - images and multimedia objects can remain in their standard formats, just packaged within the zip.
This covers two of the main facets required for intelligence: open, editable content and accessible document metadata. Now Office documents be edited and assembled outside of the MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc applications, enabling automation around the format, for example for document generation from backend business data. Also, repositories can read the document metadata by just examining an XML file.
The storage of document metadata in XML within the Open XML package will initally be leveraged when storing documents to Sharepoint. Users will be presented with a document information panel in Word, to enable easy capture of identifying or semantic information for the document. On storing the document to Sharepoint, these attributes entered into the form in Word are read by Sharepoint to update its structured 'index' metadata used for classifying and searching documents. This is a round-trip process - on removing a document from Sharepoint, the document attributes stored in Open XML will be set based on the current Sharepoint index metadata, ensuring that the document is up to date and can be identified offline. Due to the open format, other vendors' repositories can (and should) do the same.
Transfer of document to repository metadata is simple, powerful integration that could be useful to many organizations when tracking documents. At the same time, it presents issues when dealing with published, finalized documents - do you or don't you update the metadata in a document that should otherwise be locked down, when retrieving it from a records repository?
The final dimension of document intelligence, capture and storage of dynamic metadata, as Adobe uses in PDF for forms and worflow state, could be considered to be covered by extending this approach, coupled with Microsoft's InfoPath 2007:
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 is a Windows-based application for creating rich, dynamic forms that teams and organizations can use to gather, share, and reuse information—leading to improved collaboration and decision-making throughout your organization.
InfoPath is used to design the document information panel that will be presented to users in Word 2007, enabling complex forms to be used to capture document metadata. If the document is central to a workflow process, the process related attributes could also be captured here. These are transferred back to Sharepoint when submitted back to the system, enabling the Microsoft workflow to deliver the document to the next user appropriate to the information entered. This is much the same as Adobe does with Livecycle. To complete the picture, pure InfoPath forms can be delivered by workflow, email, web or Sharepoint Portal, enabling information collection outside of a document centric world. In Microsoft's world, forms and documents are separate packages that can be used independently or combined as required.
There has been much discussion over the relationship between Microsoft Open XML and ODF, and their interchange. I believe that although Microsoft sees the threat from Open Office, but as much emphasis is being placed on getting Office to a state where it can compete with higher end users and their preference for Adobe (the threat is evident to Adobe it seems). Microsoft is finally catching up with Adobe in its ability to provide document intelligence within its Office documents, enabling offline classification, document workflow management and forms data capture. Coupled with Microsoft's ECM strategy with Sharepoint and workflow, Office 2007 will be a good stepping stone to effective document and business process management in every organization over the next few years. All vendors in the space need to adapt fast to stay ahead of the game, while leveraging the power that both Microsoft and Adobe offer with their products.
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Posted by Phil Ayres at 11:56 AM
Good post. what do think of XPS? the XML Paper Specification?
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Darren, thanks for you comment. I really don't know a lot about XPS, but looking at your blog it looks like you may have a bit to offer.
I have written a follow up post that really shows my ignorance in this area. Maybe you would like to contribute some more knowledgeable thoughts than I could!?
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A Salesforce Bid Is Possible (but smart?)
One billion dollars. Buying Salesforce would take about 60 of these piles.
The latest Bloomberg reporting on the possible acquisition of Salesforce has more meat on the bones but still no evidence beyond reports of conversations. But it is completely within the realm of possibility that Salesforce could be bought. The meat on the bones comes from some anonymous sources with first hand knowledge of discussions that Salesforce might have had over the last month or two with a variety of mostly unnamed suitors.
Microsoft has emerged as the possible suitor and the story seems credible. But keep in mind there does not appear to be an offer on the table. Add to this the inevitable logic that markets consolidate and a mature market has room for two contenders. If Microsoft were to buy Salesforce it would set up the dichotomy or duopoly of Oracle vs. Microsoft/Salesforce in the CRM market.
It wouldn't happen immediately but other full suite CRM vendors like Sugar CRM and SAP could possibly wither on the vine. IBM might buy Sugar to make a go at competing with the duopoly and SAP would still be a formidable ERP player though it has been late to the cloud and one wonders if it could keep up.
At the same time, ancillary vendors like Marketo would either have to evaluate being acquired or being frozen out since both Oracle and Salesforce have their own marketing capabilities. That's just the beginning. In a two-brand market—think Coke and Pepsi, or think about DB2 and Oracle—the customer relationship becomes more retail oriented.
The danger I see, and I have written about this before, is that in a two horse race, innovation takes a back seat. Each vendor can figure out its unique differentiators and tend to its own flock, staying away from expensive competitive wars. This is the dangerous part of the scenario since Salesforce, far more than any other vendor in the market has been the innovative engine of the industry. In recent years, Salesforce has kept up a regular cadence of innovating a disruption and the market has taken the next two years playing catch up only to find that Salesforce's cadence has disrupted things again. There is no telling if this cadence could be kept up if Salesforce became part of Microsoft or any other vendor for that matter.
You can heap all the accolades you want on Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and he deserves some for his insistence on making Microsoft more relevant across a broad swath of his company's product lines. But making Salesforce a part of Microsoft—or any other large vendor—would insert Salesforce into a competitive landscape for resources already carved out by innovative projects inside Microsoft. Also, the Senior team at Salesforce including co-founders Marc Benioff (CEO) and Parker Harris (CTO) could not be expected to stay on for very long and it is their innovative genius that has produced today's Salesforce, a company full of Blue Ocean thinking and projects reminiscent of Microsoft in the 1990's.
For that reason, I think Salesforce, a roughly $5 billion company, barely able to register for the Fortune 500, is too big to be acquired. Taking Salesforce out would have a deleterious effect on innovation, and thus competition, in the industry. It risks creating a duopoly. Perhaps one of the reasons for the rumors of Salesforce retaining bankers for advice about its future is for the specialized legal expertise that might be needed if the Department of Justice or even the European Union decided to weigh in on anti-trust grounds.
There is a lot to consider in all this. It's not just about two companies considering a merger and trying to set a price or raise the cash. It's about the future of the whole industry.
After about 1930 the only cars imported to the U.S. were luxury models and sports cars, the country's manufacturing prowess along with the devastation of the Second World War provided a more or less protected market in North America. During that time automotive innovation barely budged. Many of the innovations we think of as commonplace today came from outside vendors trying to innovate around U.S. patents. Things like the dual overhead cam engine, disk brakes, and front wheel drive were forced on the Big Three automakers from Japanese manufacturers in the 1980's.
Consolidating the CRM market into a duopoly now would have a similar effect that could stifle innovation and launch a status quo era in software. But we're just getting started here and that's why a deal to acquire Salesforce doesn't make sense to me.


If you're a real, real serious rockhound you'll see practicality in this 10 lb. Sledge/Mattock. You're going way back to dig up finds and you can't take everything. This puppy will break up rock, drive a chisel, and, with the mattock end, break up and dig through a prospect pile. A 100% American Made tool of unmatched strength. Dropped forged tool steel head with striking faces, precision machined for proper radius and chamfer, then heat-treated for greater depth of hardness at Rockwell 45-55. This translates into more accurate performance, greater safety and maximum durability. Coated to deter rust. The sledge hammer end has a machined striking face to help avoid glancing blows. The mattock end is a 3'' x5-1/2'' cutting blade tapered for ease of use. The durable 36'' fiberglass-clad handle features a polypropylene cover injection-molded around a fiberglass pultrusion. The 10 lb. Sledge Mattock is balanced, making it easy to swing. It stands on its head when you're not using it getting it out of the way but easy to grab. And after a long day digging you'll be glad it doesn't require bending over to pick it up. Total head weight: 10 lbs.