In junior high, finding myself wasn't easy. In ninth grade, I started taking multiple math classes because I told my parents that I was bored in school. That didn't have any of that. So, taking senior high classes took me out of lunch with my "friends" and into a senior high schedule. I felt like Super Nerd couldn't find her place. My "best friends" weren't my friends for a year or so and I went back and forth between friend groups.
In tenth grade, I found myself when I realized that every group of friends is diverse and its members each hold a unique role such as the funny one, the helpful one, the party animal, the mom, the glue of the group and the list goes on and on.
Perhaps the most underrated (but what I believe to be the best) role you can have in a group, or in life, is the low-key nerd.
Low-key nerds aren't geeks. These people may be "cool" but know deep down that the loser is within them… and they're perfectly fine with that. Usually, they genuinely have their "you know what" together, and are kind of "cool," but they probably have the highest IQ's amongst their friends.
Your friends are always wondering where half of what you say comes from. Your brain is like a sponge and you somehow remember random things that you learned throughout school. I mean who doesn't know the first piano was the harpsichord?
While everyone else is talking about how Jake didn't answer a text or how Sam is being a "you know what" this week, you can just sit there, pretend to listen, and think about the new integration technique you just learned.
You look like a good time, and you probably are, but for the most part, deep down you're on a different level. You could be the girl that's drunk, out at 3 am, dancing down Gardner Street carrying her heels, but still probably hold a conversation with someone sober about something normal.
Whenever you walk in front of adults, you are always the first one to talk. Because you have effective communication skills and they all look up to you and trust you, you always speak for the group or explain for everyone.
Since you are smart, odds are you probably played a musical instrument at some point in your life. Because you are constantly seeking new things to excite your brain, you probably have a wide array of music you're into. You appreciate all types of music: Classical, Jazz, Rap… just maybe not Country.
This is one main differences between high-key and low-key nerds. Despite wanting that person to like them, a really nerdy nerd will demean someone by correcting them.
You usually know what you're talking about and you don't have to fake it.
This is the best low-key nerd trait! Real nerds will make it known that they are intelligent, and wannabe scholars will try to make themselves look smart even though they just embarrass themselves.
You on the other hand, can quietly relish in your intelligence without throwing it in everyone's face.
All in all, I believe that being a low-key nerd is awesome.
I truly enjoyed our experience with the presentation of TED Talks in the One Button Studio of the Pattee Library. It was exciting to actually do what I have watched in so many other TED talks.
Personally, I believe that my TED Talk went quite well. It was definitely a smooth performance. I established the shift in STEM in the American education system and went on to support my claim with evidence in a relaxed way. I feel as though I improved upon my minor errors from the practice session. Those previous errors included going over time and having too much information for a TED talk style presentation. I connected with the audience well, as it was appealing and they stayed focused on my presentation. They probably also stayed focused since they had a personal connection to STEM as that is the area in which their majors lie. Besides the connection, I think I had a nice and smooth flow to my overall presentation. I was happy and energetic about the topic area and that showed through the video. Additionally, my shift was clear, evident and in chronological order through my presentation.
2) What areas could be improved?
I feel that I could have used a few less words on some of my slides. Also, on my chart about the PISA student performance, I could have made the middle line for the average score thicker. If that were thicker, it would have been easier on the eye for those people watching the presentation. In addition, another aesthetic area that could be improved were my color choices for my actual slides which accompanied my presentation. A better choice could have been white writing on a darker color slide such as black, navy blue or grey.
Prompt: After reading chapter seven of the Rhetoric and Civic Life text, discuss how stasis theory might work to discover or to deepen the "framing questions" for your chosen controversy.
My group includes Maddie, Matt and myself. Our topic area is the legacy of the late Joe Paterno. We plan to use stasis theory to deepen our framing questions in the investigation of our topic. By using the stases, one can find help in determining the argument at hand and its foundation. This can refer to the stance that someone agrees with. Also, it seems to be the point at which two individuals or parties agree to disagree.
The stasis seems to be relatively easy to identify in our case. Side A would be that displaying Joe Paterno's contributions to Penn State football and the University as a whole would be offensive. Side B would be the opinion that displaying his contributions would not be offensive.
Would displaying his contributions effect or offend anyone?
What is valued most, tradition and culture or the decisions made by the Penn State Board of Directors?
Jurisdiction of Board vs. NCAA over Penn State?
Is the line of separation the relation to football or is it just random decision making? Some examples of the line of separation include football related and non-football related pieces of his legacy that have come and gone.
It is interesting that both sides of the argument continue the discussion about the current state of Joe Paterno's legacy in Happy Valley. The point of stasis can clearly be identified.
Americans have crafted a love-hate relationship with the public education system in which the majority of our future leaders learn, grow, and develop necessary skills. This relationship results from the faults that the system as a whole, continues to embody because of its original design. Indeed, the United States education system has only done what it was designed to do, over one hundred years ago when our country had different needs, in a different world economy. The American plan was to have well-rounded students to enter industry. Unfortunately, our students reached the potential of that system decades ago, and the bar for the traditional primary and secondary education was never raised.
The start of the twenty first century brought a sea of concerns as televisions flashed images of Asian international students tremendously outperforming American students. President George W. Bush responded to the concerned call from numerous national education organizations in his 2006 State of the Union Address with a plan to refocus. Following the implementation of these initiatives, the United States watched a shift occur in the American education system toward a focus on STEM, which is short for science, technology, engineering and math, in order to increase competitiveness with the world at large. This speedy implementation can be attributed to the fear and worries of leaders in the U.S. government that believe the education system has been let go for too long.
To some, the letters S T E & M are insignificant, but to many, their meaning is known and appreciated. STEM encompasses science, technology, energy and math. The acronym arose in common use shortly after a science education interagency meeting held at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and chaired by Rita Colwell, the previous NSF director. Scientists suggested a change from the older and uncommon acronym SMET to STEM. Dr. Colwell advocated for the NSF to institute the acronym change and it clearly stuck, as the development of STEM in education was speedy.
In the early twentieth century, the American education system was driven by business leaders, such as Henry Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, who watched the United States in its transformation from an agricultural economy to an industrial one. There was a tremendous need for children to learn to read, write, and complete basic arithmetic in order to proficiently operate the country's newest factories when they became adults. The industrial revolution created millions of jobs, while altering the American way of life and allowing the country to lead the global economy. The businessmen of the late 1800's knew that a workforce with appropriate training and education was essential for success in business. They used America's education system to satisfy the needs of the country. The education system evolved into its own small educating factory, as students moved from one class to another, each and every day. The system was dedicated to producing well-rounded students without any specific focuses. It was based solely on the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic which failed to adequately prepare citizens to compete and be successful in the technological world of today. Unfortunately, not much about the factory-like educational structure has changed since the time of those business giants.
STEM, as an acronym, was born out of worry about American competitiveness and maintaining a position of global leadership. In 2006, the United States National Academies expressed their concern about the declining state of STEM education in the United States. The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy developed a list of suggested actions. Its top three recommendations were to increase America's talent pool by improving K–12 science and mathematics education, strengthen the skills of teachers through additional training in science, mathematics and technology, and enlarge the pipeline of students prepared to enter college and graduate with STEM degrees. President George W. Bush quickly got word of this national concern. In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush addressed his concern for and fear of an inability to compete against the international community. President Bush encouraged "innovation throughout our economy and to give our nation's children a firm grounding in math and science." He proposed that "if we ensure that America's children succeed in life, they will ensure that America succeeds in the world" (McDermott). President Bush worried that there was a lack of high quality STEM research and education initiatives. Following his expression of concern, the President introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative to assist the advancement of our education system.
STEM became a household name, in part, because of the efforts of President Bush and lawmakers to change the face of education. The American Competitiveness Initiative was driven by the belief that a student's education is the gateway to opportunity and the foundation of a knowledge-based and innovation-driven economy. The goal of this $136 billion initiative was to increase investments in research and development, strengthen education, and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation. President Bush focused on tax credit for research and development. To prepare our citizens to compete more effectively in the global marketplace, the American Competitiveness Initiative proposed $380 million in new Federal support to improve the quality of math, science, and technological education in our K-12 schools and engage every child in rigorous courses that teach important analytical, technical, and problem solving skills. This initiative also expanded the Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Program. The AP/IB portion expanded access for low-income students to AP/IB coursework by training 70,000 additional teachers over five years to lead AP/IB math and science courses.
While the country understood the importance of its new STEM focus, it quickly became a national priority because so many STEM related jobs were going unfilled across the country. As United States unemployment statistics hovered around eight percent in 2012, a close look reveals a clear contradiction. Those historically high levels never showed the types of jobs that went unfilled. Many of those unfilled jobs needed an education background in STEM (Engler). This suggests an apparent skills shortage of STEM professionals with advanced degrees. According to the Council on Foreign Relations in September 2014, "sixty (60) percent of United States employers are having difficulties finding qualified workers to fill vacancies at their companies." The Department of Commerce estimated that "by 2018, the United States will have more than 1.2 million unfilled STEM jobs" (Bennett). In addition, "STEM occupations will grow 1.7 times faster than non-STEM occupations from 2008 – 2018" (Good Jobs and American Competitiveness). Last year, the Department of Commerce estimated that "the number of STEM jobs will grow 17 percent by 2018 versus 9.8 percent [growth] for all other fields" (Bennett). These statistics clearly show the obvious and desperate call for employees in 2012, further solidifying the concrete need for STEM to be a national priority.
Today, the United State has lofty goals to pursue and accomplish. It seems as though the evolution of STEM is necessary to achieve at least one economic goal. America is crying for a shifted direction toward a "creativity economy," in which people are a part of "imaginative processes with outcomes that are original and have value"(Pell). In order to achieve this creativity within the technological world, the conditions for creative thought must begin in the classroom. Michael Petrilli, vice president of the Fordham Foundation, a school-reform think tank, agreed with Thomas Friedman's bestselling book in 2006, that "the economy is fundamentally different today. If our kids are going to have an opportunity to have good-paying jobs and enjoy the lifestyle they're used to, they're going to have to be able to use their brains. By any measure, our students are falling behind the rest of the world, especially in math and science" (Feldman). Because of these economic goals, STEM has shifted into the largest part of the basic education for students.
STEM continues to act as a priority in the American education system due to the problems that persist, as well. Unfortunately, we continue to test below some international averages in mathematics. Fifteen year olds in the United States continue to turn in "flat results" in internationally standardized tests. We have barely been able to crack the global top twenty in reading, science and mathematics among students from other developed nations. In the latest Program for International Student Assessment math exam, American students missed the mark for the international average. At the same time, they scored above average on the PISA reading and science proficiency exams. According to the same article from NPR, "the math scores of students in Shanghai showed that they are "the equivalent of over two years of formal schooling ahead of those observed in Massachusetts, itself a strong-performing U.S. state" (Chappell). But, we must take this information with a grain of salt, considering the fact that "twelve provinces in China took the 2012 PISA test, the OECD confirmed, but only the results from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Macao were publicly released. OECD "cut a special deal" with the Chinese government, allowing for "cherry-picked" results. In 2011, a Chinese website leaked the average PISA scores from 2009 for all 12 participating provinces. According to those results, China scored measurably above the United States in math and science, but significantly below the U.S. average in reading" (Heiten). Beyond this partial Chinese bias, Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education, commented on the report and addressed the "educational stagnation" that it portrays. This stagnation shows how American STEM education has a long road ahead to set out country back on track.
The shift toward STEM in the American education system has been speedy and efficient, for the most part, and this becomes evident when analyzing the large amount of success and progress, as a result of the American Competitiveness Initiative. This distinct focus on increasing students' exposure to advanced STEM courses allowed exponential progress for the College Board and students, in general. Of the thirty-four 34 Advanced Placement courses made available to students in the United States, ten (10) of them are defined by the College Board as STEM tests. The involvement of American students in AP classes has increased from 380,000 students to 1.5 million students in just six (6) short years.
The American Competitiveness Initiative also funded numerous programs for research and development. At the same time, organizations were hopping on board with STEM as companies and organizations contributed to the start of STEM programs for students, both young and old. In addition, the students in my English class are candidates for third cohort of the Pennsylvania State University Millennium Scholars Program. This program was founded to increase the diversity of researchers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This highly selective program is open to academically strong high school seniors whose future plans include a commitment to pursuing a doctoral degree in science or engineering. The collective goal of contributing to society through diverse, world-class research is achieved through academic excellence, sharing the knowledge amongst scholars, and using the available program resources including mentoring, tutoring and advising. The Millennium Scholars Program is directed by Starlette M. Sharp who was hired by the University to begin this program in order to change the face of scientists and engineers leaving Penn State.
It becomes more evident that STEM has taken over our educational world once you take a moment to walk around a school or listen to the news. Science, technology, engineering and math are the way of our future economy, culture and world. The United States began to fall behind in STEM at the turn of the twenty first century and we should be incredibly grateful that people caught on to our shortfall sooner than later.
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Chappell, Bill. "U.S. Students Slide In Global Ranking On Math, Reading, Science." NPR. NPR, 3 Dec. 2013. Web. 10 July 2015.
Engler, John. "STEM Education Is the Key to the U.S.'s Economic Future." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 15 June 2012. Web. 13 July 2015.
Heiten, Liana. "U.S. Achievement Stalls as Other Nations Make Gains." Edweek.org. Education Week, 3 Dec. 2013. Web. 17 July 2015.
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This morning, our class visited the One Button Studio to present our TED Talks. It was a fantastic experience!
Two of my favorite presentations that were exciting and refreshing included Oluwasanmi Victor Ariyo and David Lee. Victor had an excellent presentation on the paradigm shift of the Internet. He confidently began his TED talk and was extremely knowledgeable about his topic. Victor went in depth with his accurate sources and showed passion. He displayed interesting differences in the generations in American history between the millennials and baby boomers. David presented us with a new idea about the shift of shoes from function to fashion. It was interesting to see the actual development of companies that are household names such as Adidas and Nike. The influence of hip hop, music and celebrities on the evolution of shoes was fun. I was interested in his friend's company of Heat Check 412 in the way that they are sharing their passion for shoes with others around Pittsburgh.
There were five great moments during the experience as well. Sarea Recalde-Phillips had a very soft start to her presentation. It made the audience feel welcomed and very comfortable. It was nice to learn something new about the complexion of the tan in the United States. Victor's pun on his last slide in his presentation about Childish Bambino was funny with the link to his music and its link to the internet. Ishan Phadke shared statistics with us that over forty percent of our nation's first and second graders between the ages of 6 and 8 wish they were skinnier. That survey was startling to me, yet educational. Amanda Craine's point of showing how evolution was put into action was interesting, especially in the case of Darwin's Finches. Andrea Gade connected the selfie conversation to us and the millennial generation. I liked the way that she advocated for and encouraged us to take natural selfies without loading on the makeup and flexing our muscles.
Many in America have grown to have a love-hate relationship with the lovely public education system in which the majority of our future leaders learn and grow. This relationship is the result of the faults that the system as a whole, continues to show. Our United States education system has only done what it was designed to do, over one hundred years ago when our country had different needs, in a different world economy, to satisfy a different life style using the then available technology. The American plan was to have well-rounded students to enter industry. Our students reached the potential of that system decades ago, yet the tradition style of primary and secondary education continued. The early 2000s brought a sea of concerns as televisions flashed images of Asian and Indian students, outperforming American students tremendously. President George W. Bush responded to the concerned call from numerous national education organizations in his 2006 State of the Union Address with a plan. Following the implementation of his initiatives, the United States saw a shift in education towards a focus on STEM, which can be attributed to the fear and worry of leaders, in order to be competitive with the world at large.
Where are we, the United States, heading? Do we have a goal in mind?
Why is STEM a national priority?
Michael Petrilli, vice president of the Fordham Foundation, a school-reform think tank.
American Competitiveness Initiative- What did it fund?
Our culture has evolved tremendously over the past few decades and the world has changed, as we know it. Today, our World War II-era grandparents are learning to use iPads and surf the internet to connect with family and friends in our interconnected world. Today, our children are learning to read and write, months before those grandparents mastered the skill of keeping their balance. Education has also seen drastic change in the ever-changing in which we live.
For my paradigm shift paper, I am interested in analyzing the development and infiltration of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) into education and how this is changing the focus of the American public education system. While I love mathematics and hope to pursue a degree in this field at Penn State, I don't understand why this acronym of STEM was born out of worry, just a decade ago and how it became incredibly powerful throughout that short period of time.
This TED Talk was definitely both memorable and successful. It is memorable since Goffman was able to leave a lasting impact on the listener and make her point effectively. She successfully established the significance of the issue in a fast manner, with relation to the members of the audience in regards to college and coming of age. The statistics of 8% of our population being in prison as the highest in the world was alarming. Also, she makes the TED talk memorable with the personal experience that she shared from her time at the University of Pennsylvania. For African Americans and Latino…prison stands between young people trying to make it and fulfulling the American Dream. That became visible to Goffman in her experiences with Chuck and Tim. Alice Goffman manages to put the entire audience in the shoes of these young boys and their unfair, unjust system that they couldn't break free from. Goffman leaves the audience tells the audience that while crime is down, suffering continues. Young people in both prison and college can be leaders in the work of reforming our criminal justice system.
She concisely addresses every important topic that she wanted to address and didn't over complicate anything. All of the language that she used was understandable and precise. Her rhetoric was powerful.
Documenting the violations of human rights is something that should always happen. We can fight injustice with raw video. His organization, Videre, uncovers, verifies and publicizes human-rights abuses that the world needs to witness. Oren Yakobovich makes this TED talk both memorable and successful by pulling the audience in, to these awful situations and human rights violations that people live through, every single day. The videos from the tiny hidden cameras that his organization gives to people, who are daring enough to video, are incredibly powerful. The contrast of what we hear on media and what he experienced in the Israeli military were quite interesting.
Companies across the globe have offered to give to the international community with cause-marketing efforts. Oftentimes, companies encourage consumers to bring in a gently used item, such as clothing or shoes, and they in turn would donate it to a cause. But, few companies have gone as far as TOMS Shoes. While traveling in Argentina in 2006, TOMS Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie witnessed the horrifying hardships faced by millions children growing up in poverty. He quickly realized that most of them struggled to go about their daily lives without shoes. With a desire to help the children, he created his own company to make a difference in the world. He decided that TOMS Shoes would match every pair of shoes purchased with a new pair of shoes for a child in need, somewhere in the world. He began this campaign with the name of One for One. This simple idea of a way to make a difference in the world has evolved into a powerful business foundation that addresses global concerns and advances the health, education and economic opportunity across the international community.
It seems as though the TOMS shoes company wants the world to incorporate the One for One campaign as something that is a part of everyday life, while manufacturing a new area where people can act as "good citizens." People who buy products from TOMS are effectively acting as good citizens since shoes, sight, water, safe birth and bullying prevention services are provided to people in need upon every purchase.
More specifically, TOMS Shoes are always given to children through humanitarian organizations who incorporate shoes into their community development programs. The company success has been unbelievable since it has given over 45 million pairs of new shoes since 2007. TOMS Eyewear launched in 2011, and has helped restore sight to over 275,000 people in need. In 13 countries, sight has been given by providing prescription glasses, medical treatment and/or sight-saving surgery with each purchase of eyewear. To incorporate cleaner water resources, the TOMS Roasting Co. launched in 2014, and has helped provide over 67,000 weeks of safe water in 6 countries. With each purchase of TOMS Roasting Co. Coffee, they work with their own Giving Partners to provide a one week supply to a person in need. Since they continually support the creation of sustainable water systems, they have managed to provide entire communities with access to safe water, which has led to improved health, increased economic productivity, job creation and access to education. In 2015, TOMS Bag Collection launched in 4 countries. With every bag purchased, TOMS helps to provide a safe birth for a mother and baby in need.
Pertaining primarily to the works of Schudson, Crowley, and Hawee, the Toms advertisement calls on their audience's civic learning, addresses a prevalent issue, and effectively uses intrinsic proofs and modes of persuasion. As we look to the text and examples presented while examining this advertisement, it becomes obvious that Toms calls upon the civic duties of its audience and addresses a prevalent issue that they need help to solve. Schudson advocated for the referencing of the audience's learned civic duty. This Toms advertisement puts that practice into action by referencing the practices of voting and donating blood. These practices are already a part of the American way of life and many take "giving" quite seriously, as a civic engagement opportunity.
There is a clear relationship between ancient and modern rhetoric that is even visible in advertisements that appear on billboards, in cities and in publications. TOMS Shoes manages to appeal to the logos, pathos and ethos of society as a whole, in a variety of ways. These methods have always been standard and effective modes of persuasion.
The appeal to the pathos of everyday Americans is evident in its typeface and color. As explained in Chapter 6 of our text about the visual modes of communication, "the qualities of polished and professional are valued in our day and place," especially when consumers are making purchases. An important visual mode is the appearance of clean cut text, which is a quality that this advertisement bestows with its rigid and clean text in a blank, black background. The creator petitions the audience's emotions and evokes their feelings by emphasizing the phrase of "to a child in need" with the ability to reach sympathetic members of its audience, using bold print. That phrase, on the advertisement, is larger in size that anything else at the bottom. It increases the feeling of need to help protect the well-being of innocent children. Citizens feel the emotion of how it feels to help others in that every TOMS purchase supports improved health, access to education and confidence building around the world. Vision is one of the most important parts of learning and education. A large problem in our country was pointed out on the TOMS website, "Each year in the United States, two million children suffer from uncorrected refractive errors. Eighty percent of what a child learns in his or her first 12 years of life is through vision. For many students, the gift of sight means improved access to education or the ability to perform better in school." When citizens hear about this along with the company name of TOMS, they article continue to have that appeal because of the way that the company is making such a difference even at home in the United States. Also, in Chapter 6 of our text, the relationship between pathos and color was analyzed to come to the assumption that how people respond to colors depends on the contexts in which they see the colors. The black background and white text can be seen as hard and loud to the audience.
In this advertisement, there is an appeal to the audience's logos as well. This is suggested that one can cause a large amount of good in communities, on the local and national level. At lot of this goes along with the context. For some without much knowledge about TOMS Shoes, including what was previously mentioned, there wouldn't be as much of an appeal with logos. Also, our text analyzes the logos of arranging visual elements in the way that the author of the poster, TOMS Shoes, shaped someone else's attention by using an actual TOMS shoe as the center of the advertisement to stress its important and what it can do for the world, persuading them to take the action. This visual composition has a limited number of elements so that the audience isn't overwhelmed by detail and can see the point of the advertisement. The visual hierarchy is obvious with the last, valuable piece of information about making a difference at the bottom as it all makes one argument.
Aristotle often wrote that ethos consists of three sub-parts that include good moral character, good sense and good will. Usually, ethos is associated with character of the speaker or writer, which in this case is TOMS Shoes. Today, Americans are persuaded by people they trust, even if the argument is not terribly strong. In this ad, the argument is strong using both the trust and commonplace aspects of the ethos of average citizens. American citizens tend to have strong ethos and Toms manages to address that well by pointing out other forms of civic duty and good citizenship. This behavior is assumed and considered to be commonplace in this great nation. By comparing the purchase of a pair of Toms to voting and giving blood in this advertisement, they have even more appeal to the American people because those acts have been and always will be important parts of our American identity and ideology.


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South Placer Jail Commander Dave Powers
Captain Dave Powers started his law enforcement career with the Placer County Sheriff's Office in 1994. He started in the Corrections Division before transferring to Patrol. During his time on patrol, Dave was part of the Special Enforcement Team (SET) from 1999 until 2006. He was selected as a School Resource Officer and served the students at Chana High School. In 2005, Dave promoted to sergeant and served in both the Corrections and Patrol Divisions as a first line supervisor. As a patrol sergeant, he was selected as the K9 Unit supervisor and worked his K9 partner Nash for six years.
Dave promoted to lieutenant in 2010 and served a variety of assignments; at the Placer County Superior Courts; South Placer Adult Correctional Facility; Support Services; and served as the South Placer Substation Commander in Loomis. During his time as a lieutenant, Dave returned to the Special Enforcement Team as the team commander from 2014 until 2017.
In July 2017, Dave was promoted to captain and is currently assigned as the commander for the South Placer Jail.
Captain Powers grew up in San Diego and graduated from Mater Dei High School. He has a B.S. in Criminal Justice. He is married and a father of two.
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Springtime Surf Fishing Tips from St. Croix Pros
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Shore-based anglers targeting saltwater species from beaches, jetties and piers recognize the months or April and May as an exciting transition time. Warming temperatures promote increased activity among various resident fish, while also triggering epic migrations of striped bass, tarpon and other species that bring the largest individuals close to shore and within casting range. It's a busy time for the serious surf anglers who plan ahead, traveling up and down the coasts to chase down the best bites. But it's also a great time for beginning or more casual anglers who are aware of, geared up, and prepared for springtime's rewarding surf-fishing opportunities.
Florida-based "Crazy" Alberto Knie is one of the most passionate and well-known anglers to ever stalk the beach. "Crazy" is the word most often used – almost universally – by those who fish with Knie to describe the uncontestably effective but extreme angling methodologies he employs.
"Spring is a very exciting season because it's a transitional stage where winter fish are still in the mix along with the early migrating species," says Knie, who forgoes many of life's comforts to hunt the largest examples of his target species, often during what he describes as "inhuman" hours. "When others are asleep and dreaming of catching fish, that's when I'm out there actually doing it," he says. "I will mainly target snook, redfish, speckled trout and tarpon here in Florida over the next two months, but I'll also travel to chase the early striper migration from New Jersey into New York waters, where I'll target big weakfish and yellow-eyed monsters (bluefish), too. Springtime brings great freshwater bites, too," the versatile angler relates, "so there's a lot of tough decisions to be made in the coming weeks."
Knie says he employs the same basic approach to fishing in the springtime as he does at other times of the year. "There are always tweaks to be made, but successful surf fishing always comes down to being in the right place at the right time," he says. "To increase your catch rate and also to intercept larger fish, you simply need to be in a location where the fish are and then target them in the specific spots they are using at the right tide phase with the right baits." To this end, Knie spends just as much time researching, observing and traveling as he does actually fishing. "You obviously need to know about patterns, the impacts of weather systems, and how to identify and find specific holding and ambush spots, but you ultimately need to know when to fish," he says. "In my experience – more than any other variable – big fish are caught during slack tides."
Knie primarily uses artificial lures like bucktails, swimmers, rubber shads and various topwater poppers during ebb- and flood-tide periods, altering size based on the species and conditions. He says these techniques extend the windows of opportunity to connect with fish outside of what he calls the four magic windows, which are the four slack tides that happen every day in every fishery. "I use 5000-to-7000-size spinning reels for the bigger fish with artificials during the nonhuman hours," he says. "Daytime rigs consist of 40-pound braid with 40 inches of 50-pound fluorocarbon leader. Around the slack tides, I use conventional reels for live bait and chunk fishing." Knie says these rigs most often consist of 8/0 hooks with 30-inch 80-pound fluorocarbon shock leaders connected to 80-pound braided mainline during daylight hours, but as he does with his lure fishing, Knie upsizes at night. "For nighttime chunking for monsters – or anytime I'm targeting tarpon, I'll step up to a 100- or 150-pound shock leader."
Knie's specific choice of rods is varied, but one thing remains consistent. "Anyone who knows me or who has fished with me knows that I'm an extremely finicky and hard-to-please tackle freak," he says. "There is a compelling reason why St. Croix rods are referred to as Best Rods On Earth®. I've personally tried and tested hundreds of different surf rods and St. Croix's Avid Surf and Legend Surf Series consistently outshine everything else in terms of casting performance, sensitivity, action, lightness, and overall 'feel'. They are my personal favorites, but I need to add and recognize what St. Croix accomplished this year with the launch of the SEAGE Series. These rods are extremely light and strong with exceptional ergonomics and are a great value. In my opinion, there's nothing that compares to their performance in their price range, so this is a series that it going to be of extreme interest to a really large cross section of surf anglers."
Knie prefers 10-12-foot rods for most of his surf fishing. "They allow me to cover the beaches, back bays and inlets, excelling in the presentations I need to make and possessing the power I require when targeting 40+ pound fish," says Knie, who encourages anyone new to surf fishing or visiting a new fishery for the first time to visit a well-respected local tackle shop. "These are the people you need to talk to about the specific areas, types of structure, and species you can expect to encounter. The local shop experts will fine tune equipment recommendations based on those needs and your experience level. I highly recommend SEAGE and Avid rods for newcomers to the sport. They are the perfect combination of performance and price with a 15-year warranty and unlike entry-level rods, you won't have to worry about outgrowing their performance. The same goes for more experienced surfcasters – Avid and SEAGE are great choices – but those looking to add new rods with the absolute best performance, combination of technologies and elite-level components to their arsenals should definitely look at St. Croix's Legend Surf Series.
Long Island-based surf rat and fishing editor, Matthew Broderick, routinely fishes four or five days or nights per week. He agrees with Knie that April is a transition month. "April typically starts out with schoolie bass in the bays and creeks. We're fishing smaller ½-ounce-to 1-1/2-ounce jig and plastic combos and plugs on 8-9-foot medium and medium-light power spinning rods with 15-20-pound braid," he says. "Blues start showing up on the beaches later in the month, which a lot of surfcasters target with topwater plugs and smaller tins." Broderick says a 9' medium power rod with a moderate-fast action is an ideal tool for casting these larger, one-to-four–ounce surface plugs with ample power to handle the bigger blues which can run up to 15 pounds or so.
"Then we start seeing the bigger bass coming from the Chesapeake Bay, Hudson River and New Jersey start migrating past Long Island in May," Broderick reports. "This includes a lot of 30-40-pound fish that surf anglers can target around the jetties and bays with two-to-six-ounce darters and swim shads."
Broderick agrees with Knie that having the right equipment – specifically, the Best Rods on Earth– helps surf anglers experience more success during the spring runs. "Not only does St. Croix give surf anglers the specific combinations of length, power and action they demand to support their diverse presentations, St. Croix is handcrafting those lengths, powers and actions in packages that are light, strong and durable with exceptional ergonomics that make fishing hard easier than ever," Broderick says, pointing to the new SEAGE Series of surf rods as an ideal example.
"One thing that differentiates the new SEAGE Series – and St. Croix as a company – is angler input. They are constantly engaging with our passionate surf-casting community and delivering new rods designed for specific regions and applications. SEAGE is a great example of this, with 12 models ranging from a 7' medium-light rod to a 12' heavy-power rod. The blanks run a little thinner, which I like, and the guides are updated for a more modern feel while handling line well. The grips are also thin and comfortable. I love the way the Winn foregrip feels on my hand, and the thinner X-Flock handle terminates with a nice butt cap that reminds your lower hand where it's at on the handle when casting. Most importantly, however, these rods feature a brand new material and two exclusive St. Croix technologies that combine to make SEAGE one of the strongest and most durable surf rods available on the market."
Broderick says would-be surfcasters shopping for their first rod should consider a medium power, moderate-fast action SEAGE spinning rod in the eight-to-ten-foot range (SES80MMF, SES90MMF2, or SES100MMF2). "These rods have a versatile, moderate-fast action that will cast and work a wide variety of baits between ¾ and 4 ounces on 15-to-40-pound braid," he says. They're certainly good choices for stripers and bluefish here on Long Island, but also really versatile rods for other common surf-fishing applications. At $230 to $300, they're a really good value, too, especially when you consider their performance and warranty. If anglers are looking for St. Croix performance that's even more affordable, they should check out the Triumph Surfand Triumph Surf Travel lines."
For more experienced anglers looking to add a rod to their arsenal, Broderick is bullish on the SEAGE SES110MHMF. "This is a long, powerful rod rated for 3 to 8 ounces that anglers can use to deliver a half-pound chunking rig well beyond the bar or employ while working big, heavy plugs in heavy current," he says.
The months of April and May give surfcasters everywhere good reason for excitement and anticipation. "Soon we'll be able to target those numbers of really big fish again," says Knie. "And St. Croix provides all of us the necessary tools that allow us to win the battles."
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It's Wrong To Want Police To Hurt People
3 Jun 2020 • 2 min read
And it's wrong to want people to hurt police – even if they're instigating a riot.
Look, this is a strange, challenging time. And I'm not in any position to tell anyone what's right and wrong – but I do think it's worth reminding people sometimes, of the basics that can get lost in the crazy situation. Let's not lose track of ourselves. And when something is wrong, we should say so, and not let our voices be crowded out by the bad in the world.
It's bad to want people to be hurt. Don't get me wrong, violence is sometimes necessary, but it stinks. It's bad to want it.
It's also bad to, say, call up someone and say, I will bring the violence and take control if you have difficulty meeting my standard for how much violence there ought to be.
....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!
It's impossible to have this discussion without looking directly at the text.
I think the Posse Comitatus Act will prevent some of the worst injustices promised here. The military should not engage in crowd control – but at least they wouldn't be instigating the riots, shooting peaceful protestors, or anything like that. The military is trained about the use of force.
But advocating injustice and martial law are bad. I used to live in Taiwan, and was always deeply skeptical of the modern political party there that ruled during The White Terror. Why would you ever trust them again? Martial law, like wanting people hurt, is bad.
And if you threaten someone, to try to get them to use violence, it might not work (still bad). They might, for instance, be aware of the Posse Comitatus Act. But making the threat public escalates the threat – perhaps only by a small amount, but it does. The private comment can be ignored. When it's made public, it can't be.
When we think about Twitter and Facebook's content moderation policies, it might be worth asking, do we want this stuff?
Will this message do any harm? Probably not much – now we have to go through the motions to stop American federalism from collapsing, where before the comments would just be ignored.
I guess the thing that sucks most is the President threatening a Governor to get him to use more violence. The message describing it doesn't suck that much and Zuckerberg wanted people to have a warning of what was to come. That's the standard Facebook has chosen to use in their moderation efforts.
But they spend a lot on moderation.
Everyone should make their own choices. But let's not pretend this is anything it isn't – however you moderate, what's happening is wrong. Even Twitter let the original message remain, with a label that says, essentially, this sucks.
Because when someone is wrong, we should say so, and not have our voice be crowded out by the bad in the world.
"Pepper Spray Is Not A Chemical Irritant"
That quote is from Attorney General William Barr. If you are confused (is it a physical irritant? it seems chemical, it's not sandpaper), then I can confirm, yes, it is a chemical irritant. It's a lie. But it's weird – even for a government lie.
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Then We're In Real Trouble
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), listens attentively to a point being made by President and Chief Executive Officer, Toon Boom Animation, Joan Vogelesang (right), following the opening ceremony of the 'I Believe' National Youth Consultative Conference on October 24, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Also listening are: National Coordinator, Governor-General's Youth Achievement Awards, Hugh Morris (2nd left); and General Manager, Jamaica National Building Society, Earl Jarrett.
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Jamaican youths urged to think seriously about starting their own local animation businesses.
Toon Boom Animation President and CEO, Joan Vogelesang, said entrepreneurship is the way to go.
Ms. Vogelesang said the US$222.8 billion animation industry continues to evolve.
A key player in the international animation industry is encouraging Jamaican youths to think seriously about starting their own local animation businesses.
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian-based, Toon Boom Animation, Joan Vogelesang, said entrepreneurship is the way to go. "Think in terms of being entrepreneurs and try to find a way to hook into that international network that is out there. It doesn't have to be a big company, it can just be two or three of you coming together," she advised.
Ms. Vogelesang was speaking on October 24 at the inaugural staging of the 'I Believe' National Youth Consultative Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
The event, held under the patronage of Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, was geared at engaging young people on a number of issues, including employment, training, entrepreneurship and education.
Ms. Vogelesang, who attended high school in Jamaica, said her dream is to see a vibrant and active animation industry established in the country, and has vowed to work with the Government and other stakeholders to make this dream a reality.
Her company, Toon Boom Animation, is a digital content and animation creation software company, present in over 122 countries across the globe and has helped to develop major animation sectors in countries such as India.
Ms. Vogelesang said the US$222.8 billion animation industry continues to evolve and there are endless opportunities for Jamaica to tap into the sector.
She cited GSW Animation Limited as a clear example of the possibilities available, pointing out that the local company recently landed its second major international contract.
She is therefore encouraging young persons with an interest in the industry to get educated and trained in the field of animation, so that they can take advantage of the many opportunities when they arise.
"We need to make sure that we can adapt to the quality and the timing of the industry. We need to develop qualified manpower based on the principles of animation, because when the productions come in…we are going to need hundreds, if not thousands of people ultimately, to fill the jobs that are going to be required in this sector," she informed.
She noted that technology has allowed animators to do business all around the world without having to leave their home country. "So we can build a great and vibrant industry here with studios resident here, providing good jobs for young people right here at home," she noted.
The Governor-General, in bringing greetings, said the National Youth Conference is geared at engaging young people and increasing dialogue on issues affecting their wellbeing.
He said the hope is that the seminar will open several doors of opportunity for the participants and challenge them to be more alert in seizing those opportunities.
Scores of young people from all 14 parishes, hungry for information on training and employment opportunities, turned out for the event, which forms a major part of the I Believe Initiative (IBI).
Other presenters included Motivational speaker and author, Alvin Day and Businessman, Levi Roots.
The IBI is a values-based programme developed on the concept that "there is nothing wrong with Jamaica that cannot be fixed with what is right with Jamaica."
The initiative was born out of the inaugural speech given by the Governor-General at the swearing-in ceremony on February 26, 2009.
Following two years of broad-based consultations, the IBI was developed and was officially launched in May 2011 at King's House.


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What is the square root of root under 16?
The square root OF 16? It's 4.
Q: What is the square root of root under 16?
Square root of -16?
The square root of -16 is: 4 i
What is the square root of 16 added by the square root of 25?
What is the square root of 256?
16 or -16The square root of 256 is 16. 16
What is the square root of 16 in simplifying radicals?
The square root of 16 is 4.
How do you recognize the square root?
4x4=16 the square root of 16 is 4
What is the square root of16?
What is the square root of 16
Is 16 a perfect square root?
16 is a perfect square (of 4) and the square root of 256.
Is the square root of 16 is 8?
No. The square root of 16 is.... 4 (4x4=16) and (-4x-4=16)
Is square root 16 an integer?
Yes because the square root of 16 is 4
How to find a square root?
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Sweet 16 Betting Preview – UCLA vs Kentucky March 24th, 2017
Sweet 16 Betting Preview – The UCLA Bruins and Kentucky Wildcats met up earlier in the season, in what was certainly a fast-paced marquee game. Now they will play again with the stakes quite a bit higher. The winner of this Sweet 16 matchup will move on to the Elite 8, as they square off on Friday night at 9:39 PM ET at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. This game will be televised by CBS, and VietBet customers will have the opportunity to place wagers while it is in progress, utilizing the state-of-the-art software available from Live Betting Ultra.
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UCLA is the definition of a high-octane unit, averaging 90.3 points per game, with the top Effective Field Goal Percentage in the country, according to the analytics site KenPom.com. They lost out in the semi-finals of the Pac 12 tournament to Arizona, but they have moved through the first two rounds of their NCAA Tournament experience with double-digit victories. First, it was a 97-80 triumph over Kent State, and then a 79-67 victory over Cincinnati. This was impressive, in the respect that the Bearcats are one of the better defensive teams in the country, holding UCLA to just 30 points in the first half, but the Bruins came back with 49 points in the second half, shooting 50% overall.
Kentucky won the SEC tournament championship, and they have had a harder time than a lot of people expected in the first two rounds of the Big Dance, beating Northern Kentucky by a 79-70 score and then defeating Wichita State 75-72. As usual, John Calipari relies mostly on freshmen, and they comprise one of the better backcourts in the country.
UCLA is 31-4 straight-up and 17-18 against the basketball point spread. They also came into the tournament ranked #6 in the country in the Coaches' poll and eighth with the Associated Press. Kentucky is 31-5 straight-up and 16-18-1 ATS. Entering the tournament, they were fifth in both major polls.
It might be instructive to look at the previous meeting between these teams, which took place on December 3 at Rupp Arena. UCLA was very hard for Kentucky to stop in that one, nailing 58% of their two-point shots and also making 10 triples. The Bruins had six players scoring in double figures in the 97-92 victory. However, Kentucky did pull down 19 offensive rebounds, and Bam Adebayo, who was being integrated more and more into the offensive attack, had 18 points for the Wildcats. Kentucky did not have a great day from the three-point line, going just 8-24 from downtown, and they were just 41.2% overall. And even though UCLA is not necessarily the strongest rebounding team, they had a 41-38 edge over the Cats.
VietBet patrons who have followed the situation with Kentucky know that they like to play a fast-paced game, but UCLA, which is sixth in the nation in offensive tempo, will gladly accommodate them. And while Kentucky is a rather mediocre 35% three-point range, UCLA is third-best in the nation shooting both threes and two-pointers. And they have perhaps the best player on the floor in freshman Lonzo Ball, who might be the #1 pick in the NBA draft when all is said and done. Meanwhile, Kentucky freshman Malik Monk, who was a prolific scorer, has been kind of cold in the first two games of this tournament, making just six of 21 shots and going only 2-11 from three-point territory. Considering he is Kentucky's biggest threat from the outside (39.3% triples), that is a concern. But let's also keep in mind that Kentucky has the eighth-highest efficiency ranking on defense, while UCLA is just 77th.
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Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pengiran Hasrul Ariffin bin Pengiran Haji Rosley is the Chief of Staff of Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) and has held this post since 22 November 2019 after his appointment as Commanding Officer of No. 5 Wing at the RBAirF. He started off from humble beginnings, enlisting into the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) on 20th August 1995, who then later became an Officer Cadet on 1st March 1996.
Ever since his enlistment into the military, he has been on track to become highly involved in the engineering field and has travelled far and wide to become properly qualified and well versed for the posts he would fill throughout his tour within the RBAirF. He attended his cadet course whilst pursuing his degree and in 2001, he graduated with an Aeronautical Engineering degree from Akademi Tentera Malaysia or later known as Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia. He later continued his learning phase by attending a 3 month On the Job Training (OJT) at the Canadian Force Base in Edmonton, Canada with the 408 Squadron followed by an 8-month Aerospace Engineering Officer Basic Course at the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering in Borden, Canada.
Upon his return from Canada, he began his engineering tour to various squadrons within RBAirF, starting with No. 5 Squadron and a year later added with second posts as Engineering Officer for No. 4 Squadron. In 2004, he was the Deployment Engineering Officer that led the engineering team to Acheh for the Tsunami Operasi Badai Berlalu and was appointed as Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the Deputy Minister of Defence (DMOD) in 2006 for a total of 2 years. He later returned to his parent unit as the Officer Commanding of Engineering Support Flight (OC ESF).
Throughout his years of service, Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pengiran Hasrul Ariffin has been involved in various efforts to improve the engineering department and the organisation as a whole namely, upgrading the avionics system for RBAirF's fleet, accomplishing an in-house C-Check for CN235, one of the major inspections for CN235, and some other modernization and upgrade of aircrew's safety equipment. He attended his Junior Staff College and his Command Staff College in 2007 and 2013 respectively, at the RBAF Defence Academy Staff College and obtained a postgrad diploma in International Security from Massey University, New Zealand in the same year (2013).
Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pengiran Hasrul Ariffin is happily married to Hajjah Hadijah binti Awg Md Nor and they are blessed with 4 sons: Ak Mohammad Haziq Amsyar, Ak Muhammad Asyraf Hannan, Ak Muhammad Afeef Hamizan, and Ak Muhammad Haikal Aqmar. In the midst of all the responsibilities, he is also quite active outside of the office as he enjoys playing football and mountain biking.


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My first job out of college was in Ishinomaki, Japan as an English teacher. I lived there for three amazing years.
Being able to understand and communicate in a different language connecting me to more people and experiences.
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*making a selection

*setting the selection property "Fixed" to value "Aspect ratio"
(that is: proportions of selection should be fixed)

The following line does the selection part:
gimp.pdb.gimp_rect_select(img,20,20,80,80,2,0,0)

But I couldn't find the way to set the selection properties and so it just keep the properties of the last selection done.
Is there a way to accomplish this?

A: No you can't, because by design the scripts cannot interfere with the UI (and the "Fixed" setting is just a help for us humans, a script can compute this).
But, if what you want to do it have a quick way to make a specific selection, then use the diskette icon at the bottom to save the Tool settings with a name (and, later, the folder icon, to restore it).


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myEleusis will be a flagship project with an essential role in the promotion of Eleusis as the European Capital of Culture in 2023. It will revolve around the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, which will be a main attraction for the anticipated visitors.
In this context, the project aims to initiate visitors into ancient Eleusis and the Mysteries before, during, and after their visit. It will offer a comprehensive experience through a versatile set of state-of-the-art digital systems that will engage visitors on-site and beyond. myEleusis will employ modern interactive methods to enrich the visitors' experience at the sanctuary of Demeter and the archaeological museum of Eleusis, both of which are numbered among the most prominent and world-renowned classical sites in Greece (Mylonas 1961, Papangeli 2002).
The sanctuary of Demeter and Kore was established in the Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean Greece) and remained in use throughout antiquity as the place where the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated. The incorporation of the Mysteries in the Athenian religious calendar and the erection of new buildings, after the destruction wrought by the Persians in 480 BCE, breathed new life into the festival. The sanctuary reached its heyday during the Roman period when several emperors adorned it with magnificent buildings. In the late 4th century CE Eleusis fell into obscurity. A long period of continuous use, combined with the effects of many decades of archaeological research (which began in 1812) resulted in the visible presence of architectural remains from all periods within the narrow confines of the archaeological site.
The technologies we propose to employ will contribute to the generation of personalized experiences. They will provide a strong element of interactivity with the cultural reserve and the accompanying digital content without undermining the actual monuments. On the contrary, they are designed to encourage users to visit them. They will introduce the uninitiated guests to the cultural product of the archaeological site and the museum of Eleusis and offer a wealth of pertinent information before, during, and after their visit.
myEleusis will contribute to:
1) the meaningful upgrade of current (exclusively traditional) dissemination methods
2) the installation of novel and attractive tools, and
3) indirectly, myEleusis will assist in the region's sustainable long-term economic development.
The combination of 3D digitization technologies, virtual and augmented reality, digital storytelling, and serious games will produce a series of modern interactive applications that will enhance the site's appeal. The applications include the establishment of a digital assets repository that will draw on the archaeological site and the exhibits at the museum in Eleusis. The repository will serve as the main source of scientifically sound and valid data that will support subsequent steps and the development of applications that will:
a) enhance real-world navigation with additional, on-demand, and personalized historical-cum-archaeological-cum-architectural information through smart portable devices and virtual reality technologies, and
b) facilitate (simultaneously) the readability of these sites with novel and more attractive methods.
At the same time, the digital assets will provide:
a) a source of information for the creation of educational activities (serious games), and
b) a source for the enrichment of the virtual museum accessible by visitors at various areas designated by the Ephorate.
A web-based interactive map will provide an overview of the cultural reserve of Eleusis and will connect the monuments that are scattered throughout the city. The cultural reserve will enable us to produce original audiovisual material that will introduce the site to people with mobility limitations or those who live far away. The aforementioned set of tools will transform the archaeological site into the most important comparative advantage of Eleusis 2023.
Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica, "Athena" R.C., MENTOR, CITE - 2020 - All rights reserved


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Q: Let N be the number of ordered pairs $(a,b)$ of natural numbers such that $a Let N be the number of ordered pairs $(a,b)$ of natural numbers such that $a <b$ and the H.M (Harmonic Mean ) of $a$ and $b$ is $2010$. Then last digit of N is
We have  $$\frac{2ab}{a+b}=2010$$
which imply $$ b=\frac{1005 \ a}{a-1005}$$
where $ 1005 < a <2010$. Given relation have solution  corresponding to $a= 1006,1008,1010,1014$ and may be more such values of $a$
But How to find how many such solutions are there . Any Hint....

A: My hint in comments:

Let $c=a−1005$ so $b=\frac{1005^2}c+1005$

Your response:

I think $N$ is $13$. $c$ is a factor of $1005^2$ and less than $1005$. So there will be $13$ such choices for $c$

Indeed $13$ is correct.
$1005=3\times5\times 67$ so $1005^2$ has $3^{2+1}=27$ factors of which $13$ are less than $1005$, $1$ is $1005$, and $13$ are greater than $1005$.
The $13$ possibilities are in fact
    c   a       b
    1 1006 1011030
    3 1008  337680
    5 1010  203010
    9 1014  113230
   15 1020   68340
   25 1030   41406
   45 1050   23450
   67 1072   16080
   75 1080   14472
  201 1206    6030
  225 1230    5494
  335 1340    4020
  603 1608    2680


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Brevicella is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae), uit de onderfamilie van de Acentropinae. De wetenschappelijke naam en de beschrijving van dit geslacht werden voor het eerst in 1912 gepubliceerd door George Hamilton Kenrick.

Dit geslacht is monotypisch, dat wil zeggen dat het maar één soort heeft namelijk Brevicella emarginata Kenrick, 1912 uit Nieuw-Guinea.

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Jibola April 30, 2015
A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed in a home-spun suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard.
"We want to see the President" the man said softly.
"He'll be busy all day", the secretary snapped.
"We'll wait" the lady replied.
For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president…
"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him. The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted towards the couple.
The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't touched… He was shocked. "Madam", he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?"
Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name: Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
Most of the time we judge people by their outer appearance, which can be misleading. And in this impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend to lose our potential good friends, employees or customers.
Remember, In our Life, we seldom get people with whom we want to share & grow our thought process. But because of our inner SELF we miss them forever. What a great lesson!


Welcome to my new blog! While it may look pretty well the same as it has for the past 11 months, everything else has changed.
The first iteration of this blog was powered by Wagtail and the Puput blog app with a PostgreSQL database, a Redis store for caching, and Nginx to serve it. That's a hefty stack for such a simple website.
This version is a static site generated with Pelican and served by Nginx. No Postgres or Redis required.
The short answer: I wanted to write articles in Markdown and Pelican (along with its plugins) provides every feature I need.
The previous iteration of this blog used Wagtail's rich text editor, Draftail. Draftail is a full-featured editor, and while it does support code blocks, code blocks aren't included in Wagtail's version of Draftail.
That block did the trick. As I published a few articles, I found that writing in rich text slowed me down. I missed using Vim commands, and I missed being able to see my changes in real time like I can with Visual Studio Code's Markdown preview.
I also knew from using MkDocs that Python-Markdown's CodeHilite extension uses Pygments for its syntax highlighting. When I saw that Pelican uses Python-Markdown, too, I was sold.
I'm always chasing faster page load times. While building my Django-backed blog, I made sure to use template fragment caching, queryset caching, and custom CSS (instead of a heavy framework) to keep page loads zippy.
The Wagtail/Django version's page load time was respectable enough to earn a 99 PageSpeed score.
These page load speeds are throttled to emulate a spotty 3G/4G mobile connection. For more information on how Google PageSpeed Insights calculates mobile page speed scores, see the lighthouse throttling docs.
After all, how credible would my thoughts on web development be if I couldn't build a performant blog?
The overall PageSpeed load is 35% faster, and it's lightning fast in the browser. Serving Pelican-generated HTML shaved around 100ms off page loads, and I'll write another article about how else I sped up this version of the blog.
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US Draft Resolution Seeks To Restore Humanitarian Aid To West Bank, Gaza – Democrats
Umer Jamshaid
[This is a sign f the times. No commentary needed- David Bedein}
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 17th April, 2019) A newly introduced draft resolution seeks to restore US humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, a group of Democratic senators announced in a press release on Tuesday.
"The resolution would direct the executive branch to resume providing humanitarian aid that is distributed through non-governmental organizations, which Congress has appropriated but the Trump administration has refused to obligate," the senators said in the release. "It also highlights the importance of providing critical bilateral aid that supports essential health services and provides food that benefits Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza."
The resolution urges the Trump administration to authorize all bilateral assistance to the West Bank and Gaza that Congress appropriated in fiscal year 2018, including $196.5 million for the economic support fund; $60 million for international narcotics control and law enforcement; and $1 million for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, de-mining and related programs.
Last August, President Donald Trump's administration announced that it had cut around $200 million in aid to the Palestinians.
In September, Washington halted another $300 million in funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides assistance to Palestinian refugees.
On February 1, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it had ceased all assistance Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
USAID took the step after the Palestinian Authority rejected all forms of US assistance over potential legal issues that could result from the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA). The ATCA, which went into effect on January 1, empowers Americans to sue foreign aid recipients over their alleged complicity in "acts of war."
The resolution introduced to Congress on Tuesday calls for alleviating those concerns by enacting legislation to ensure that the ATCA may not be used as a basis to assert jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority.
The Senators backing the resolution include Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Merkely, Chris Coons, Patrick Leahy, Chris Van Hollen and Catherine Cortez Masto.
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The reason why payments to the P.A. were stopped by Trump was because the P.A. was using a large part to pay terrorists (whether in jail or not) and their family a stipend for killing Israelis. This was more important to the P.A. than providing humanitarian aid to their people. Giving them more money would mean having more to encourage their SLAY FOR PAY program. Shame on these demo sentors, especially van Hollen who has falsely billed himself as pro-Israel.