Bhubaneswar: SAI International School received the Skoch Order-of Merit Award 2018 and the Skoch Smart Education Bronze Award 2018 for its excellent system of Academic Monitoring.
The School bagged the prestigious Skoch Order-of Merit Award 2018 and the Skoch Smart Education Bronze Award 2018 for its excellent system of Academic Monitoring. The awards were received by Dr. Bijoy K.Sahoo, Chairman, SAI Educational Group, at the 51st Skoch Summit held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on March 10, 2018.
The Skoch Awards celebrate human excellence and agents of change in Indian society. These awards salute individuals, highlight projects and focus institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation. Among other Organizations Institutions who received the awards were AIIMS, Hindustan Copper Limited, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Life Insurance Corporation of India, National Health Mission, National Seeds Corporation Limited, Gujarat State Co-operative Bank, Yes Bank etc.
Congratulations to all the Teachers, Students and Staff of SAI International School for this achievement.


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Q: Runtime error with python I am new to python. I am working on min steps problem. I have alternate solution but want to understand where I am going wrong.

Problem: You are in an infinite 2D grid where you can move in any of
  the 8 directions:
(x,y) to  (x+1, y), (x - 1, y), (x, y+1), (x, y-1),  (x-1, y-1),
  (x+1,y+1), (x-1,y+1), (x+1,y-1).   You are given a sequence of points
  and the order in  which you need to cover the points. Give the minimum
  number  of steps in which you can achieve it. You start from the first
  point.
  Input : [(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2)]
   Output : 2

I tried the following approach where X represents x coordinates and Y represents Y coordinates. I am seeing it is failing for the following input. The expected output is 108 and I am getting 118. The difference of y coordinates is coming as 19,5,7,10,25,4,11,2

X : [ 4, 8, -7, -5, -13, 9, -7, 8 ] Y : [ 4, -15, -10, -3, -13, 12, 8,
  -8 ]

I observed it is failing in last two iterations. I tried printing y coordinates difference and found 11 and 2 are coming and not understanding why they are coming. Any help is greatly needed. Thanks in Advance.
 def coverPoints(self, X, Y):
        count=0
        if(len(X)<=1):
            return 0
        for (a,b) in zip(X,Y):
            ind = X.index(a)
            if(len(X)==ind+1):
                break
            m=X[ind+1]-a
            n=Y[ind+1]-b
            if(m<0):
                m=-m
            if(n<0):
                n=-n
            if(m<=n):
                print(n)
                count=count+n
            else:
                print(n)
                count=count+m

        return count

A: Rawing's answer helped. Here is the solution with modification.
def coverPoints(self, X, Y):
        count=0
        if(len(X)<=1):
            return 0
        for ind,(a,b) in enumerate(zip(X,Y)):
            if(len(X)==ind+1):
                break
            m=X[ind+1]-a
            n=Y[ind+1]-b
            if(m<0):
                m=-m
            if(n<0):
                n=-n
            if(m<=n):
                count=count+n
            else:
                count=count+m

        return count

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Quiet as It's Kept: Passing Subjects, Contested Identities
When: February 28 - April 7, 2019
The phrase "passing for white" first appears in advertisements for the return of runaway slaves. Abolitionist fiction later adopts the phenomenon of racial passing as a major literary theme. The term continued to enjoy currency in literature in the postbellum era and during the Harlem Renaissance. Today, "passing" has various manifestations and applications. Not limited to race, the term may indicate subversions of gender, sexuality, religion, ability and class, among other identity coordinates. At Vassar College, interest in this topic has reemerged since the publication of Karin Tanabe's novel The Gilded Years (2016), about Anita Hemmings' experience as the first black woman known to attend the College. Hemmings' story is currently being adapted into a film, A White Lie, starring Zendaya and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Zendaya.
Quiet as It's Kept presents works of film, photography, and paintings by seven contemporary artists alongside historical examples of art's engagement with this complex topic, providing an opportunity to rethink identity categories that have long been naturalized or taken for granted. Artists Adrian Piper, Howardena Pindell, Lorraine O'Grady, Nikki S. Lee, Genevieve Gaignard, and Aaron Turner address notions of ethnic and racial passing while other artists in the exhibition such as Lezley Saar and Martine Gutierrez explore the idea that gender fluidity can be seen as a form of gender passing. Photo-based works from the nineteenth century and the 1930s are included to show the history of interest in this issue.
The exhibition is organized in conjunction with a conference of the same name that will take place April 5–7 in various locations on campus. The conference is organized by Mia Mask, Professor of Film, and Hiram Perez, Associate Professor of English.
The exhibition, organized by Mary-Kay Lombino, takes place in the Focus Gallery on the first floor and in the Hoene Hoy Photography Gallery on the second floor.
Artists: Genevieve Gaignard, Martine Gutierrez, Nikki S. Lee, Lorraine O'Grady, Howardena Pindell, Adrian Piper, Lezley Saar, Aaron Turner, and Carl Van Vechten.
Clubbing (film still), 2012
Martine Gutierrez (American b. 1989)
Color video with sound; 3:06 minutes, edition of 5
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Purchase, Advisory Council for Photography 2016.21.2.1 ©Martine Gutierrez

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Chatterjee, A P and Mitra, P and Mukhopadhyay, Anoop Kumar (1999) Chemically deposited zinc oxide thin film gas sensor. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 34 (17). pp. 4225-4231. ISSN 0261-8028
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared by a low cost chemical deposition technique using sodium zincate bath. Structural characterizations by X-ray diffraction technique (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicate the formation of ZnO films, containing 0.05-0.50 mu m size crystallites, with preferred c-axis orientation. The electrical conductance of the ZnO films became stable and reproducible in the 300-450 K temperature range after repeated thermal cyclings in air. Palladium sensitised ZnO films were exposed to toxic and combustible gases e.g., hydrogen (H-2), liquid petroleum gas (LPG), methane (CH4) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S) at a minimum operating temperature of 150 degrees C; which was well below the normal operating temperature range of 200-400 degrees C, typically reported in literature for ceramic gas sensors. The response of the ZnO thin film sensors at 150 degrees C, was found to be significant, even for parts per million level concentrations of CH4 (50 ppm) and H2S (15 ppm). (C) 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Bidhan Chaudhuri


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Women's liberation and the arts / produced by Bonnie Bellow.
For the artists
A panel of women artists and critics discuss the topic "Women's liberation and the arts." The program was recorded at The Art Student's League of New York and is the first of two programs on women and art. Lucy Lippard, art critic, is the moderator, and panelists include Nancy Spero, painter; Faith Ringgold, painter; Grace Paley, writer; Kate Millett, sculptor and writer; Sylvia Stone, sculptor; Jennifer Licht, curator at the Museum of Modern Art; Louise Nevelson, sculptor; and Annette Michelson, writer on both art and film. Produced by Bonnie Bellow. Also broadcast on KPFA.
Likely same series as BC0290.
Original tape box image:
WBAI
16 Mar. 1971.
WBAI, 16 Mar. 1971.
1 reel (66 min.) : 7 1/2 ips,mono.
Women's movement
Women in art.
Lucy Lippard
Bonnie Bellow
American Women -- Art and artists
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View Folio here (at Archive.org):
WBAI Folio, May 1971, p. 3
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.


I don't know about you, but I had a great World Book Week. I ran a two-hour writing masterclass, went to an award ceremony, and visited two fantastic, friendly schools – Ashford School in Kent and Townley Grammar in Bexleyheath.
While I was in Townley Grammar's school library, I noticed some brightly coloured, hand-painted boxes up on the shelves.
Each box had the title of a real book, and at first glance their bright outsides look a bit like book covers. When you look at them more closely, though, they resemble cereal boxes, complete with ingredients lists! As you can see from this box, An Unfortunate Series of Events contains laughter, horror, adventure, excitement, cliff hangers, nutty bits, scary bits and funny bits!
Some of the boxes were cunningly 3D as well!
What "ingredients" do you like to find in a book?
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Topic Identity and access management
SubTopic Active Directory
SSO and federated identity
Web access control
Interview: Setting policy the IBM way
Last week IBM announced its new Data Governance Council, formalizing a group of enterprises and IT organizations that have been meeting quarterly for more than a year to discuss ways of better protecting data against online thieves. Council members include major financial institutions, like Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, American Express and Merrill Lynch & Co. It also includes numerous international banks, a Long Island, N.Y., city government, two universities, the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank. Stuart McIrvine, director of corporate client security strategy for Big Blue, talked to SearchSecurity.com about how everyone can benefit from what enterprises in this program are doing.
Anne Saita, TechTarget
What's the motive behind the new council and IBM's role in it?
Information today is so much a part of the lifeblood of some many types of businesses, and as we look at more regulation being imposed -- whether it's Sarbanes Oxley or some of the privacy issues being brought to a head with the wave of identity thefts -- better governance and management of information is becoming more and more critical for companies. The big motivator here is to try and get a much better understanding of different companies and different industries -- what their focus is from this data governance perspective, so that we can help better meet their needs and can better understand how they manage information and what problems they run into. Then we can customize our offerings much better. There are a lot of similar sounding organizations out there. What makes this one different?
The types of companies and seniority of people from each company makes it different, as well as the level of attention they're giving it. When we call these councils together quarterly, there is very high turnout. All the individuals are motivated to get these problems solved. Companies used to focus on financial risks, but risks go beyond that now. There are CEOs and CFOs that want to stay out of jail. It can come back down to how information is managed within a company, so these companies are more motivated to get more automated solutions to this problem, such as setting the right policy at the business level for how this information is managed. What's been done since the meetings began?
We've formulated a good understanding of the key problems that companies are focused on, mainly understanding policy and how to model policy. We've pulled together the key tools we have in the company and architected a blueprint on how these tools fit together and can help companies automate this. A couple of companies within the council are running pilots against this blueprint. What do you anticipate happening beyond this, not only for council members but other companies with a stake in data regulations?
In general, helping them find a way to much better govern their information and eliminating the manual processes that really are required for a checks and balances of what can be done to the information. The automation doesn't just eliminate manual work; it also becomes more accurate., therefore lowering the overall risks some of them deal with on a day-to-day basis. The timing for this is good, given the staggering number of companies whose lax security policies have been exposed through publicized data thefts in the last six months. Why hasn't something been done before now?
It's the simple case of businesses having way more priorities to deal with than the resources to handle them. Unfortunately, all these breaches and thefts have really manifested themselves as events driving attention to this space. It's not that it hasn't been important. It's just that other parts of the business have taken priority.
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Is it possible to stay ahead of the bad guys?
It really is possible to deal with this problem by companies serving much more of a focus on their information. Our whole information-on-demand strategy really pushes companies to focus on all aspects of information management: the acquisition of it; the management of it; the securing of it; and the analysis of it. One thing we tell companies is not to do these things in isolation. It needs to be done in a strategic perspective, a holistic perspective. When information is managed strategically, when security is part of those processes and not an afterthought -- it makes life extremely difficult for these hackers and thieves. The technology is there, they just need to be used in the right way. What do you mean by that?
For example, a company will design a business process and later find an application that needs access control so not everybody can access the application. The problem is then you are patching the security in later. The tools are there, but when you're designing a business process, security shouldn't be an afterthought but integrated into the overall strategy. Instead of managing individual applications, you manage identities overall from one centralized database or set of databases. I manage who these people access the processes and not the individual applications or data stores. Same tools -- it's just a different approach to how they are utilized and how the systems are designed to make them much more secure and much more manageable. If they're not much more manageable, then it becomes manual again and much more vulnerable. That seems to be the shift in industry mindset promoted by ID management vendors -- to make the networks more user-centric than application-centric?
It looks at who's involved in a process and what roles these people have. We have a lot of companies that say they're having difficulty rolling out the identity management capabilities and when we look, they understand the technology very well, they just haven't done the upfront work and defined the roles they want to exist in the company. And that is a very critical step prior to deploying an identity management solution. You bring in business consultants that help define what roles need to exist in that business and then the technology can enforce what these roles are assigned to do. Where do you expect the council to be a year from now?
We will have hopefully some pilots running in about half of the council members, then fine tuned before we deliver our formal offerings in this space. I'd also like to start to look beyond the basic blueprint at how we can organizationally create better infrastructures, particularly much better integration of the business and the IT communities, because that it critical.
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The financial services sector has always had a reputation for being a highly pressurised and stressful working environment.
Recently, the Bank Workers Charity found that 60% of bankers suffer from poor sleep quality and job-related stress. 50% of long-term absence in non-manual work is reportedly due to stress, and recently there have been some very public examples of extremely senior executives taking months off—or even quitting—due to exhaustion and stress, affecting multiple organisations in the banking and insurance world.
I'm a working mother and commuter, and there are definitely days when I recognise feeling a bit stressed; sometimes just from additional tasks like juggling child care arrangements for the long school holidays.
But just how stressed am I, and what—if anything—can I do about it?
60% of bankers suffer from poor sleep quality and job-related stress.
Willis recently ran a seminar with consultancy firm Fit for Leadership for women in the financial services sector. We wanted to see how science, technology and psychology could help us achieve resilience in the work of business. It was called 'Building Business Athletes', taking inspiration from the world of sport.
Amongst the speakers was former rower Dr. Cath Bishop, a double World Champion and Olympic Silver medallist, and now a diplomat specialising in conflict stabilisation. Her inspirational contribution drew parallels between the personal motivation required for sporting success, and the goals and motivation we need for business success. She focused on the importance of communication, feedback and persistence to develop mental fitness and resilience. A key observation she made was that during a sports career of 10 years, when she was competing she had numerous people to provide her with support—coaches, physiotherapists and nutritionists—to ensure she could perform at her peak for a race which lasted just a matter of minutes.
She contrasted this with business leaders who are expected to consistently deliver peak performance, for a minimum of 35 hours every week, over a 40-year career, with very little support and limited rest and recovery periods. Her experience as an Olympian had taught her to "train smarter" by developing collaborative and positive relationships with key stakeholders. She discussed the importance of developing emotional, mental and physical resilience, learning from set-backs, and turning mistakes into opportunities to perform better, whilst emphasising health as a key determinant of success.
As businesswomen, we initially considered the sporting world and the finance world to be vastly different, but Cath demonstrated many parallels which can support our personal success.
Another speaker, Simon Shepard of Optima Life, works with high-profile sports athletes who use technology, such as heart rate sensors, to help understand their reactions to different types of stress scenarios. He wanted to demonstrate how this technology could also be used to help business executives understand how we really cope with our day-to-day schedules. When he offered me the chance to get wired up to one of their monitors, I could hardly say no!
Data on my heart rate was recorded against all my daily activities through a detailed diary, then one of Optima's experts fed back a detailed report on my performance from the data they had collected. I was keen to get a different perspective of what I coped with well, and what really did create stress in my life.
Surprisingly, generally my stress reactions were slightly lower during the day than in the evening. Was it a coincidence that as I got tired in the evenings, my stress levels were higher? It's obvious that sleep is critical to enable us to cope with the stresses of our busy lives, however, it is not just the amount but the quality of "recovery" that is key.
Although I was going to bed roughly around the same time each night, the data showed that over the three nights, my percentage of recovery during sleep ranged from 73% down to only 35%. One night it took until nearly 3am to get into a sleep state where I was actually in 'recovery mode', even though I thought I was asleep.
The stress charts also showed a peak each night just before bedtime, when I rush around the house getting organised for the next day. So even on nights where I was not out late, this was clearly contributing to how long it took me to get into a deep recovery sleep.
Apparently there's evidence that an hour of relaxation before bed, including no screen stimulants (e.g. TV, iPad or Blackberry), exponentially speeds up reaching recovery mode when asleep. Charging around the kitchen making packed lunches and loading the dishwasher apparently doesn't count.
We all know that eating late or drinking heavily doesn't help either, but I was pleased to hear that lots of people find of a glass of red wine genuinely contributes positively to relaxing—in moderation of course.
However, on a more positive note, the data also showed that I was getting some short bouts of strong recovery during the day. For example, when I was feeling particularly confident and 'in the zone' with a task, or when I was taking a short break like a quick walk round the block at lunchtime. I was getting noticeable recovery even just for 10 minutes as a result of these walks, which helps counterbalance any lower recovery time overnight.
Post-exercise, my stress levels also dropped and recovery during sleep was also better—even though I don't do sufficient exercise to significantly improve my fitness levels.
There is a lot that we can't change in our daily lives, but the learning experience for me was really positive, and in the spirit of personal development I've committed to tweaking my daily schedule with a few easy wins.
Stress is not necessarily a bad thing, but it does necessitate us finding ways of ensuring sufficient recovery in order to achieve personal and business success. Maximising the "people resilience" of organisations, particularly in an industry such as the financial services, which is under the constant pressure of intense regulation, scrutiny and change, is critical to our collective success.


Tychus Findlay, the Notorious Outlaw, is a Ranged Assassin class hero in Heroes of the Storm.
Deal damage to the target and damage to nearby targets over 4 seconds. Reactivate to select a new target. Can move and use Abilities while channeling.
Lob a grenade that deals damage, knocking enemies away.
Call down a Laser Drill to attack nearby enemies, dealing damage every second. Reactivate to assign a new target. Lasts 22 seconds.
Fire the Odin's cannons in a straight line, dealing damage to everything in the path.
Launches a volley of missiles at target area, dealing damage and slowing enemy Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds.
Activate to have your Basic Attacks against Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 2.5% of their maximum Health. Lasts 3 seconds.
Run and Gun increases Tychus's Basic Attack range by 1.5 for 3 seconds.
Quest: Run and Gun increases your Movement Speed by 1% for each Regeneration Globe you gather, up to 25%. Lasts 2 seconds.
Reward: Once you have gathered 25 Regeneration Globes, also increase the range of Run and Gun by 50%.
Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Run and Gun by 0.8 seconds.
Quest: While Minigun is active, Basic Attacks against Heroes permanently increase future Minigun durations by 0.03 seconds.
Reduce Minigun's cooldown by 33%.
Increases Minigun damage bonus to 4% while enemy Heroes are above 35% Health, but Minigun no longer has any effect on targets below 35%.
Quest: Hero Takedowns increase your Attack Speed by 1%, up to 15%.
Reward: After getting 15 Takedowns, your Attack Speed is increased by an additional 10%.
Increases the range of Frag Grenade by 50%.
Increases Frag Grenade's radius by 25% and the knockback distance by 100%.
Call down a Laser Drill to attack nearby enemies, dealing 148 (+4% per level) damage every second. Reactivate to assign a new target. Lasts 22 seconds.
Activate to gain 75 Spell Armor for 3 seconds, reducing Ability Damage taken by 75%.
Increases Overkill's range by 25%.
Overkill also slows enemy movement speed by 20%.
Increases Overkill's damage to the primary target by 50%.
Odin lasts 50% longer and Ragnarok Missiles also launches a Nuclear Missile.
Increases the range of the Drakken Laser Drill by 50%. Deals increasing damage the longer it remains on a single target, up to 100% extra damage.
Your Basic Attacks deal bonus damage to Heroes equal to 1% of their maximum Health. Stacks with Minigun.
Run and Gun and Odin's Thrusters gain 2 additional charges and reduces Run and Gun's Mana cost from 50 to 25.
Former soldier. Erstwhile thief. Convicted felon. Tychus Findlay and Jim Raynor share what some might call a checkered past—the type filled with daring exploits and courageous fights doing not so courageous deeds. While no one can be sure where Tychus' loyalties lie, one thing is for certain: he's a fearsome combatant whose impact on the battlefield is anything but subtle. Tychus always goes big. Always.
Focused Attack - Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 75%.
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Loxobates est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Thomisidae.

Distribution
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Asie du Sud-Est, en Asie de l'Est et en Asie du Sud.

Liste des espèces
Selon  :
 Loxobates castetsi (Simon, 1906)
 Loxobates daitoensis Ono, 1988
 Loxobates ephippiatus Thorell, 1877
 Loxobates kapuri (Tikader, 1980)
 Loxobates kawilus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
 Loxobates masapangensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
 Loxobates minor Ono, 2001
 Loxobates ornatus Thorell, 1891
 Loxobates quinquenotatus Thorell, 1895

Publication originale
 Thorell, 1877 : « Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. » Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, ,   (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Thomisidae
Genre d'araignées (nom scientifique)

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While there has been much discussion about the use of software described as 'implants' or 'backdoors' to perform targeted surveillance, this report is about the less well understood method by which most targeted surveillance is delivered: network injection. Taking advantage of security flaws in major web presences (such as Google's 'YouTube' and Microsoft's 'Live')2, vendors have started selling turnkey solutions that enable easy installation of targeted surveillance software at scale.
While the technology required to perform such attacks has been understood for some time, there is limited documentation of the operation of these attacks by state actors.


What are your expectations of training with MovNat Group?
Do you love to explore movement and challenge your body?
We will perform basic MovNat skills outdoors. These natural movements will consists of locomotion (climbing, crawling, rolling, lunging, walking...) and manipulative skills (lifting, carrying, throwing and catching) skills. The MovNat approach relies on mindful movement as an individual but also as cooperative group movement. We will practice and play, building mobility, strength and balance all while exploring movement. The goal is to view exercise and fitness through a different lens, and not as a goal but rather an adventure. Movement can be done anywhere, anytime and through our meet ups we will learn I recognize all the opportunities to move in our world, whether it be in the forest, parking lot or gym.


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New Opportunities in a New Year!
Shodor is starting off the New Year and the new decade with many opportunities and challenges, and we're excited to be able to count on the active participation and support of so many individuals and organizations in North Carolina and around the world. Our students continue to demonstrate that young people really are excited about opportunities and careers in science, mathematics and technology as we continue to focus on 21st Century skills.
As with other non-profits, the rumblings in the economy affected our resource base, and we've addressed the downturn as an opportunity to change and improve, first and foremost, with innovative ways to do more for less, for instance, printing fewer hard copy editions of this newsletter but increasing its frequency on-line. We are using more technology than transportation to provide some of our training and mentoring, and we are exploring ways for interns to work at a distance. We've also made an effort to apply for more private support to supplement the funds we have received from the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education. New partnerships with other organizations such as Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, will also bear fruit, we hope, in the new year as we work to expand how others are using the curriculum we've built at Shodor.
On the national scale, our National Computational Science Institute will take the lead again in providing the best training to college faculty and pre-college teachers with support from various agencies and vendors. Our Interactivate resources and other on-line materials continue to generate record-setting usage, but it is the student experience of building and maintaining these materials that remains our best "product."
I would like to thank each and every one of you who has supported us with your time, encouragement, and even financial resources. We won't have final numbers for a while, but donations to Shodor in 2009 reached an all-time high, led by staff donations and gifts from current students, alumni, and their parents from the Research Triangle area, along with gifts from faculty who have attended workshops across the country, including a $10,000 challenge grant.
I hope you will enjoy hearing from us more often, and I hope you will help spread the word to students and teachers who can take advantage of the Shodor experience in their own learning environments.
With best wishes that this will be a great year for Shodor and all of you!
Beginning this January Shodor will be launching a new media plan for its newsletter. Every two months Shodor followers will receive an electronic newsletter update. These e-newsletters will contain updates on Shodor projects, news from Shodor staff, and various other Shodor news. Shodor will still produce a print newsletter that will be mailed in March and September, however, the print newsletters will be taking on more of an information role, advising Shodor friends, families, and supporters of up-and-coming events and projects.
We hope that through this new media plan Shodor's newsletter becomes a more interactive experience for readers, informing them of the daily goings on at Shodor while also connecting them to our online interactive resources. Since this is our first electronic newsletter any feedback would be much appreciated. Please send comments to Hillary Stoker at hstoker@shodor.org.
"I want to thank you for all you have done for me and my students over the years. Perhaps others feel the same way. To help demonstrate that your own staff and alumni value what you have done for them, I offer the following challenge to you: For all contributions from staff, students, and alumni of Shodor's programs, I will match dollar for dollar up to $150 per contribution, and up to a total of $10,000. I hope the money raised from individuals who have benefited from Shodor's fine programs will allow those programs to continue for others."
Shodor has received more than $5000 in donations since this call to donate was announced to the community. That money is to be matched by the challenge donor, resulting in a total of more than $10000. Shodor is extremely grateful to all who donated.
We are also interested in hearing your own stories, so even if you can't afford anything this year please take a moment and send us your own story of how Shodor has helped you or your students. Include pictures (telling us who is in the picture!) if you'd like. We'd like to collect and compile these stories as a thank-you gift for this person's generosity. Please send all info to hstoker@shodor.org.
2009 has been a big year for Shodor. the first apprentice class graduated, additional funding has been received for the Blue Waters project, strong emphasis has been placed on recruiting qualified and enthusiastic interns, participation in community outreach programs has reached an all time high, and new staff members have been brought on board to aid in the growing process.
Shodor's website receives over 100,000 page views a day. It is evident through the usage of online resources (such as Interactivate ) that Shodor's influence on education is growing. However, it is not just online usage that is growing, Shodor programs are emerging as valuable resources as well. This Fall Shodor has had an abundance of intern applications and consequently has hired 10 new interns. Along similar lines there are already a number of students signed up to participate in the spring Saturday Explorations Workshops. The hope is that the increasing participation in these programs also demonstrates the vast impact Shodor is having on the surrounding community. It seems that the needs of the communities surrounding Shodor are growing as well; students and educators alike are becoming more familiar with technology and various resources Shodor provides, which in turn creates a bigger need for Shodor to properly educate the community on how to effectively use these technologies. It is a circular cycle of supply and need from which Shodor can only benefit and grow.
This Spring Shodor will be partnering with North Carolina Central University to offer a workshop series called Saturday Explorations . From 9:00am-12:00pm for six Saturdays in February and March, students grades six to eight can satisfy their intellectual appetites for math, science, and computation. Saturday Explorations classes will cover a variety of subject matter including graphics, web design, modeling and an assortment of science topics that emphasize the use of computers and computation for problem solving. The classes will expose students to intriguing science problems and allow them to explore the use of math and computation in real life situations.
Former Saturday Explorations participant Avi Aggarwal said the classes were a great opportunity to learn more about science and math and develop computer skills. Another participant, William Cagle, also enjoyed the Saturday Exploration classes, naming the use of the application Google SketchUp as his favorite lesson of he series. The classes are taught by a variety of excellent teachers, who emphasize the importance of science as well as other social skills such as teamwork. Participant Angelina Wu said she enjoyed interacting with other students in groups and working together.
Classes will alternate between use of the NCCU and Shodor facilities. Registration for Saturday Explorations can be found on the Shodor website http://shodor.org/calendar.
This fall, with the support of Durham County, Shodor began its first quarter providing graphics, technology and math workshops to students in 3 rd through 5 th grade. These workshops are held Monday through Thursday at YE Smith Elementary School, WD Hill and various other community centers. Posters, brochures, maps, and power points are just some of the many projects that have been created so far and there are plans to expose the students to much more. Through the Durham County grant Shodor has been able to provide students of all age levels with opportunities to engage, explore, and become involved in a program that will be rewarding in the future.
As an example of the successfulness of the workshops, the fifth grade class at YE Smith has excelled tremendously working hands on with technology to explore the longitudes and latitudes of the earth. Using the Google Earth as a tool students have learned to generate maps and graphs with exact coordinates. WD Hill Community Center is another good example of this, where students from various schools ages 6-12 are exploring different Shodor tools such as Interactivate to learn math and science skills such as probability.
The support received from Durham County is also devoted to the training and mentoring of Shodor interns and staff to teach and improve the extended day and enrichment programs in Durham schools and community centers. In addition, teachers working in the after school program can see how effective computer explorations are as they get ideas for their own teaching.
Because of grants such as the one received from Durham County Shodor is able to show students that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics can be interesting and exciting pathways to learning and careers.
Shodor was one of the many organizations and corporations present at the November 5 th Durham Public Schools Middle School Career Fair held at Northgate Mall. The event was designed to give middle school students a chance to explore a multitude of different career options. More than 150 career professionals were on hand, representing careers of all types. To the Shodor staff however there seemed to be a specific interest from students on careers dealing with technology and the sciences.
Although the Shodor table was set apart from the rest of the fair, there were a steady stream of students stopping by asking questions and learning about the different Shodor programs and ways in which they could get involved. Shodor interns and staff handed out brochures and talked with students about the importance of math and science in everyday life, as well as the career possibilities that specifically deal with technology, math and science.
Paris Fears, a Shodor intern who attended the DPS Career Expo with Shodor staff said, "Working at the Career Expo was so much fun. I really feel as though both the parents and students were interested in what I had to say, and walked away wanted to be a part of Shodor. I think it is important to get younger students excited about learning math and science because those are the most promising career fields."
The National Science Foundation has awarded an additional $775,000 of funding to the Blue Waters Supercomputer project, a portion of which will enable Shodor to expand the Undergraduate Petascale Education Program (UPEP).
The project called Blue Waters, supported by the University of Illinois in partnership with IBM, is working to build the worlds largest and most powerful supercomputer by 2011, creating a unique scientific resource more than one million times faster than todays laptops or desktop computers!
Originally Shodor received $1.3 million (spread over the 3 year project) of funding from NSF to support Shodor's effort to ensure that undergraduate students across the nation, starting with Shodor's own interns, are able to take full advantage of the Blue Waters Project. In the original project design, Shodor had 2 college internships for students in the Triangle area, as well as 5 additional internships across the country. In addition, Shodor supports educators across the nation with technology and science based workshops in petascale computing while developing new curriculum modules.
The additional support from NSF will more than double the size of the undergraduate internship program. As part of this effort, interns will also participate in a three-week, introductory institute about petascale tools, methodologies, and applications for conducting science and engineering. Daily tasks for these students will include computer development, programming, and working with researchers to build dynamic educational tools that can be implemented in schools across the US.
In May 2009 Shodor was recognized as one of six greater Durham area employers who won the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. This is the third year Shodor has won the honor.
Winners of this prestigious national award were announced by Kathy Hoffmeier, of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of the Triangle Society for Human Resource Management at the Radisson Governors Inn in Research Triangle Park, NC.
This award recognizes employers that are successfully using workplace flexibility to meet both employer and employee goals. The scoring process is rigorous. Employer responses are measured against national data from Families and Work Institutes National Study of Employers. As a winner, Shodor ranks in the top 20% -- the 80th percentile -- of employers nationally in terms of flexible work programs, policies and culture.
Other Greater Durham area winners included: CrossComm, Durhams Partnership for Children, Expedite Group, US EPA and WorkSmart.
Dr. Robert M. Panoff, Shodor's founder and executive director, credits the mentoring atmosphere of Shodor for its success in its flexibility practices.
"Providing a nurturing environment where young apprentices, interns and more mature, experienced staff show one another respect - regardless of their age, amount of time or level of expertise they bring to the table, has been a foundation for our success in offering flexibility in a number of ways," he added.
Jenny Jones recently graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a bachelors degree in elementary education. As a student teacher, she frequently used Interactivate lesson plans in her third grade classroom and was excited by the prospect of helping to create similar lesson plans as a Shodor intern this past summer. Now, as a staff member, Jenny develops curriculum for Interactivate, teaches workshops through Shodor's outreach programs, and helps to provide professional development resources to teachers across the state. When shes not busy with work, Jenny enjoys cooking, blogging (about cooking), and sharing her food with friends over good conversation.
When asked what her favorite subject was, eight-year-old Jennifer responded with Math! Many years and two degrees later, Jennifer Houchins is still passionate about mathematics and loves being both a teacher and a student (sometimes simultaneously). The pursuit of her first degree, a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from East Tennessee State University, led Jennifer into the exciting world of computation. During that time, she had the opportunity to share her love of math through teaching. Always wanting to learn more, Jennifer decided to continue her education with a Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University. For a few years following graduation, Jennifer worked in the software development industry. She enjoyed the work but very soon realized that something was missing. She thought there must be a place where she could combine her love of mathematics and computation with teaching. She discovered that place at Shodor! Now, Jennifer will be working as technical lead for CSERD and playing an active role in the Blue Waters project. She is excited to be at Shodor and looks forward to working with other efforts such as Interactivate.
Hillary Stoker is a young professional coming to Shodor after pledging a year of service to AmeriCorps. Hillary spent her year with AmeriCorps at UNC Chapel Hill working in the APPLES Service Learning office, advising students and planning student volunteer opportunities. While at APPLES Hillary also managed their intern program. Those skills have come in handy here at Shodor, as she is the new intern and communications coordinator. Hillary is working to expand the intern program by bringing in dedicated and enthusiastic individuals, while simultaneously working to get the word out about Shodor to the local media. Hillary received her Bachelors of Arts in Journalism from Elon University and is pursuing a Masters of International Studies at North Carolina State University.


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Bye Bye Love es una película de 1995 que trata sobre el divorcio. Fue dirigida por Sam Weisman y escrita por Gary David Goldberg y Brad Hall. Es protagonizada por Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Brenneman, Eliza Dushku, Rob Reiner, Amber Benson, y Lindsay Crouse.

Reparto

Recepción
La película no tuvo mucho éxito, ganando sólo $13 millones en Estados Unidos. Tiene un 16% en Rotten Tomatoes.
Fue lanzada a DVD en febrero de 2005.

Banda sonora
La banda sonora incluye a Linda Ronstadt, The Proclaimers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ben Taylor, Everly Brothers y Jackson Browne.

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SkyTeam Airline Alliance | Official Website SkyTeam Alliance | About Us | SkyTeam SkyTeam - News and Press Information Press Releases 2010
Aerolíneas Argentinas Joins SkyTeam
Aerolíneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina, signed an agreement to join SkyTeam in 2012. Aerolíneas will be SkyTeam's first South American member, adding 38 new destinations to the SkyTeam network.
Buenos Aires, 30 November 2010
Garuda Indonesia Joins SkyTeam
Garuda Indonesia, the flag carrier of Indonesia, today signed an agreement to join the SkyTeam airline alliance in 2012. Garuda will expand SkyTeam's presence in Southeast Asia, adding 30 new destinations to the alliance network.
Jakarta, 23 November 2010
Round The World with SkyTeam in 60 hours
Leaving in the early evening from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on October 28th and arriving at the same place in the early dawn of October 31st, Dr. Kostas Iatrou - the co-founder and managing director of Air Transport News - had just completed the journey of a lifetime. Flying exclusively on SkyTeam carriers, Dr. Iatrou used a condensed version of the Round the World Pass offered by SkyTeam and its 13 member airlines.
Amsterdam, 15 November 2010
Shanghai Airlines To Become Part of SkyTeam
Shanghai Airlines today announced it will become part of SkyTeam under the wings of parent company China Eastern, which is already in the process of joining the alliance in 2011.
Amsterdam, Shanghai, 1 November 2010
SkyTeam To Welcome Aerolíneas Argentinas As Future Member
Aerolíneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina, will sign an agreement by the end of October to officially start the process of joining SkyTeam as the first South American member of the airline alliance. Customers will benefit from increased access to and from Latin America.
Amsterdam, 19 October 2010
China Airlines Joins SkyTeam
China Airlines, the flag carrier of Taiwan, today formally announced the start of its joining process leading to full entry into the SkyTeam Airline Alliance. The process is expected to be completed by mid-2011. The announcement comes just a few months after China Eastern signed an agreement to join SkyTeam. The addition of China Airlines to the alliance complements the well anchored position of China Southern, solidifying the unrivalled presence of SkyTeam in Greater China. With China Airlines as a partner, SkyTeam customers will benefit from further improved access to SkyTeam's extensive Asia Pacific network.
Taipei, 14 September 2010
SkyTeam Newsflash August 2010
SkyTeam is a global airline alliance providing customers of member airlines access to an extensive global network with more destinations, more frequencies and more connectivity. Passengers can earn and redeem Frequent Flyer Miles throughout the SkyTeam network. The members are Aeroflot, Aeroméxico, Air France, Air Europa, Alitalia, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Kenya Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air, TAROM Romanian Air Transport and Vietnam Airlines. Issued bi-monthly, the SkyTeam NewsFlash provides media with key updates and insights on alliance activities.
SkyTeam Offers Lower Fares with Round the World Promotion
To celebrate its 10 year anniversary in 2010, the SkyTeam airline alliance is currently offering customers a special promotion using the Round the World fare pass with reductions between 5% and 30%. Bookings can be made until 30 September 2010 and travel should be completed before 30 June 2011.
Amsterdam, 8 July 2010
TAROM Airlines Joins SkyTeam
TAROM Romanian Air Transport officially joined the SkyTeam global airline alliance at a ceremony held in Bucharest today. By welcoming TAROM into SkyTeam, the alliance further strengthens its network reach in Central and Eastern Europe. TAROM becomes the 13th carrier to join SkyTeam, which marked its 10th anniversary on 22 June.
Bucharest, 25 June 2010
SkyTeam Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
The CEOs and Chairmen of SkyTeam today gathered in New York to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the alliance. Since its founding in 2000, SkyTeam has more than tripled its membership, doubled flights and nearly doubled destinations to offer customers easier connections across all continents.
New York, 22 June 2010
Vietnam Airlines Joins SkyTeam
During a ceremony held in Hanoi today, Vietnam Airlines officially joined the SkyTeam global airline alliance. SkyTeam is increasing its focus on Asia as a whole, and by welcoming its first member in Southeast Asia, the alliance significantly strengthens its network reach in the region.
Hanoi, 10 June 2010
SkyTeam May NewsFlash
Several developments in 2010 show SkyTeam's ever-expanding network in China. If there is a city that clearly represents the explosive momentum that China is experiencing, it is Shanghai. The EXPO 2010 SHANGHAI, held between 01 May and 31 October, is the city's largest event of the year and reaffirms Shanghai's position as a key international gateway to Asia in the 21st century. SkyTeam contributes to this boom by bringing people from all continents to this vibrant metropolis. The city is also the home of intended future SkyTeam member China Eastern Airlines, the official carrier for the Expo.
China Eastern to join SkyTeam
China Eastern Airlines today announced its intention to join the SkyTeam Airline Alliance. During an official ceremony in Shanghai, China Eastern President and Chief Executive Officer Ma Xulun joined the CEOs of SkyTeam member airlines to sign a Memorandum of Understanding confirming China Eastern's plans to join the SkyTeam Alliance by mid-2011. With China Eastern as a partner, SkyTeam passengers will benefit from improved access to SkyTeam's extensive Chinese domestic network.
Shanghai, 16 April 2010
SkyTeam NewsFlash Special Edition - ITB Berlin March 2010
For the second year, SkyTeam will be prominently present at the ITB Berlin. The ITB is the largest travel trade show in the world and attracts exhibitors, professionals, visitors and media from all sectors of the international travel and tourism industry. SkyTeam's Managing Director, Marie-Joseph Malé, will be present at the SkyTeam stand at the ITB on Wednesday 10 March, where he will mark SkyTeam's 10-year anniversary and elaborate on the alliance's history and achievements of the past ten years as well as ambitions for the future.
China Southern Airlines to Join Skyteam Cargo in 2010
China Southern Airlines, (NYSE:ZNH) (HKSE: 1055) (SHA: 600029) - www.csair.com/global - the newest member of SkyTeam and the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, today announced its plan to join SkyTeam Cargo in 2010. The announcement was made by Mr. Luo Laijun, Senior Vice President Cargo, China Southern Airlines during the 4th IATA Cargo Symposium in Vancouver.
Vancouver, 9 March 2010
SkyTeam NewsFlash February 2010
For the second year, SkyTeam will be prominently present at the ITB Berlin. The ITB is the largest travel trade show in the world and attracts exhibitors, professionals, visitors and media from all sectors of the international travel and tourism industry. SkyTeam's Managing Director, Marie-Joseph Malé, will be present at the SkyTeam stand at the ITB on Wednesday 10 March, where he will mark SkyTeam's 10-year anniversary and elaborate on the alliance's history and achievements of the past ten years as well as ambitions for the future. Furthermore, SkyTeam is a premium sponsor of the ITB Aviation Day on 12 March, where executives will address key issues in the global aviation industry.
SkyTeam statement on JAL decision
The members of SkyTeam respect the decision made by Japan Airlines to remain in the oneworld alliance.
Delta and SkyTeam Issue Statement of Support for Japan Airlines
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and SkyTeam today issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Japan Airlines (JAL) has entered into court-led financial restructuring under the guidance of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC).
Tokyo, 19 January 2010
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Ivo Josipović (Zagreb, 28 d'agost de 1957) és un polític croat i President de Croàcia des del 2010 al 2015. Josipović es va iniciar en política amb la secció croata de la Lliga dels Comunistes de Iugoslàvia (SKH-SKJ). Va jugar un rol decisiu en la transformació democràtica d'aquest partit, com a autor dels estatuts del nou partit SDP, que va substituir el SKH-SKJ. Es va retirar de la política el 1994, però hi va tornar el 2003 com a diputat independent. El 2008 va tornar a l'SDP i el 2010 va guanyar les eleccions presidencials. El 2015, després de cinc anys de govern va perdre la reelecció per un petit marge davant de l'opositora Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. El maig d'aquell mateix any va fundar un nou partit polític.

A part de la política, Josipović també ha treballat de professor universitari, jurista, músic i compositor.

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2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom – Click above for high-res image gallery The Rolls-Royce Phantom is one of those things that breathes air so rarefied, one's imagination runs wild. It's not hard to envision a factory perched atop Mount Olympus that's staffed by gods turning solid blocks of unobtanium into these individualized rolling spectacles. Remarkably, the Phantom is actually the work of mere mortals. Some are in Germany, the rest in England at Rolls-Royce's Goodwood factory where these cars are hand-assembled with an incomprehensible attention to detail. Massive in form, decadently appointed, stratospherically priced and absolutely, positively unmistakable, each Rolls-Royce exiting this facility is an event in and of itself. The experience is reserved for the select few who can cover the significant cost of entry, but sometimes there are exceptions. Like me, for example. The Car Gods (and the good people at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America) saw fit to place a two-tone silver Phantom in my care for a weekend. When it pulled into my driveway, I couldn't help thinking my life had turned into a rap video. %Gallery-7794% All photos ©2007 Alex Núñez / Weblogs, Inc. Okay, maybe an otherwise very boring rap video. After all, I have no entourage of yes-men and bikini-clad dancers, no motorcade of Escalades and G-Wagens on standby, and no paparazzi giving chase. Nor are any of those things required. The Phantom transfers instant demi-celeb status to its driver and passengers. A car longer than a Chevy Suburban with a sticker price equal to a substantial mortgage tends to have that effect. Plus, the Phantom is awesome to behold, carrying with it a unique road presence, to say the least. If someone were to say that it had its own gravitational pull, we'd simply nod and avoid driving near shopping carts. Then, for kicks, we'd head to the seashore and investigate whether we could alter tidal patterns with a few drive-bys. As mentioned earlier, ours was decked out in a classy two-tone silver finish -- dark on the bottom, lighter on top, with subtle contrasting pinstripes running along the coachwork's upper swage line. The car's mammoth physical proportions are best appreciated in profile. Despite a hood that looks expansive enough to support naval flight operations, the car's front overhang itself is actually very short. A rakish windscreen climbs up to a roofline that's taller than the angled side glass would suggest, and it arcs back down into the Phantom's signature, ultra-thick C-pillar. A longer rear overhang accommodates a spacious trunk, which RR says will swallow four golf bags. There are no unsightly antennae marring the Roller's bodywork -- they're all hidden beneath the radio-transparent composite front wings (that's "fenders" to you, my fellow Americans). The chrome 21-inch wheels' always-upright "RR" center caps are spaced 140 inches apart. Let that sink in for a moment, and then realize that this is the "short" wheelbase Phantom. Moving forward, the car's expressive front end coolly sizes you up through its narrowed "eyes," which actually house the …
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Late March/early April this year was an intensive period for Rallytechnology. First five crews serviced by the team of Rybnik participated in Świdnicki-KRAUSE Rally (1st round of Polish Rally Championship) and two weeks later Łukasz Habaj and Daniel Dymurski competed in Rally Islas Canarias. Now is the time for another Polish classic: 52nd Dolnośląski Rally – Hotel Zieleniec.
Let's first get back to sunny Świdnica, where the base of the first round of Polish Rally Championship was located. Almost all Rallytechnology crews made it to the finish line, achieving good results and at the same time guaranteeing the team's triumph in the sponsor's classification. Gabryś and Natkaniec did best and came fourth in the general classification with their Ford Fiesta R5. Poloński and Sitek (also Fiesta R5) kept a high seventh position until the last stage, unfortunately they fell off the track on the Power Stage at the end of the rally. On the other hand, members of the newly created Rallytechnology Junior Talent Team - Wróblewski and Spentany – presented their best racing skills. The crew of Peugeot 208 R2 won the 2WD classification and class 4, as a result of a beautiful one-on-one fight with Jurecki and Trela (also 208 R2). Bonder and Gerber (208 R2) took the fourth place in that class, Uliarczyk and Cieślar (208 R2) were sixth.
Rally Islas Canarias was the 2nd round of Europe Rally championship. Duo Habaj and Dymurski (Ford Fiesta R5) finished on the 10th position in the FIA ERC general classification. Importantly, eSky crew was doing better and better with every stage on the asphalt trials. During the second stage they were second twice, losing only to Łukjaniuk and Arnautov, who won the race.
Ahead of the team there is another challenge. Coming up on 19-20 May is the second round of Polish Championship based in Duszniki-Zdrój. Gabryś and Natkaniec will start with number 3, Poloński and Sitek with "9", Wróblewski and Spentany with "16" and Bonder and Gerber – "20". Altogether there will be 41 crews in the competition.


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Universal Confirms 2024 Release Date of Upcoming M. Night Shyamalan Thriller
Universal Pictures continues to expand their partnership with famed director M. Night Shyamalan. The studio has now announced yet another new thriller coming from the director, set to release in 2024.
Currently, two-time nominated filmmaker Shyamalan is set to release another thriller with Universal titled Knock at the Cabin starring Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Jonathan Groff, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Ben Aldridge. The new 2024 release will be the sixth movie Shyamlan will release with the studio. So far, the Shyamalan and Universal partnership has landed four successful releases including, The Visit, Split, Glass and Old have grossed a combined $713 million USD globally. Old is slated to release on February 3, 2023, and follows a girl and her parents who are taken hostage by armed strangers while vacationing in the woods. The family has to make an unthinkable decision to avoid an apocalypse.
The 2024 thriller from Shyamalan and Universal is slated to arrive on April 5, 2024, however, no further details regarding the plot or a wider release schedule have been revealed. It appears that the studio is looking ahead to 2024 and banking big on Shyamalan. Look out for the imminent trailer likely to arrive next year.
In other entertainment news, Megan Thee Stallion teased Stranger Things appearance.
Lil Baby and Roddy Ricch Lead 2020's Most Streamed Albums and Songs
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Building on their successes in last year's November election, OneVirginia2021 will be out in force on Super Tuesday building its supporter base.
In polling places all around the state volunteers will spread the word about redistricting reform. Almost 100 volunteers will cover approximately 50 precincts, talking to thousands of voters and passing out over 13,000 pieces of literature on gerrymandering.
OneVirginia2021: Virginians for Fair Redistricting is a group of dedicated people from across the political spectrum who believe congressional and state legislative districts belong to the citizens of our Commonwealth, and not to any legislator, special interest, or political party. We advocate for a fair process, not a particular political outcome.


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2008, 2020 steel rallies seen very differently
Ferrous markets are volatile, and 2020 marked one of the most up-and-down years for steel pricing in recent memory, but perhaps no year was as unpredictable as 2008.
By Amy Bennett
That year, finished steel prices shot to their highest levels yet, while raw materials rose, and sank, at record pace. In the following review and outlook, Fastmarkets' steel reporters Thorsten Schier and Mark Shenk - along with principal steel consultant Amy Bennett - look at some of the factors that drove volatility then, what is driving it now, and what the market can expect for 2021 following the record highs of last year.
What most market participants we spoke to agree on is that the factors this time around differ significantly from when the commodity super-cycle was at its peak in 2008.
"Today is very different; there are US issues and world issues. So far in January, crude steel output is 10% below last year, but producers will not restart integrated capacity, even with current prices, because they lack confidence," John Tumazos, president and metals analyst with John Tumazos Very Independent Research, told Fastmarkets.
The same goes for other commodities, like wood, Tumazos said, where tight supply is driving prices higher despite returning demand and backlogs. And one factor that may be behind producers' lack of confidence is the changing US presidential administration, which means uncertainty around things like environmental regulations, taxes and the Section 232 duties on foreign steel.
Also, shortages of certain raw materials - due to absenteeism in the labor force and underproduction due to Covid-19 restrictions - could also be contributing factors, Tumazos said.
"This is really unique, because the companies have orders and they don't want to produce more," he said.
During 2008, there was a broad-based commodity rally that ended end in September when the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers helped spark the Great Recession, sending both steel and raw material prices tumbling. Last year, steel and raw material prices dropped after the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered much of the global economy during the second quarter. Steel rebounded during the second half of 2020, while raw materials lagged.
"In 2008, we were at the peak of the global commodity boom with oil prices at $100 [per barrel]," Philip Gibbs, equity research analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, said. "It was also the peak of the global demand cycle, so raw material input prices hit new highs."
Fastmarkets looked at two sets of interlinked finished steel products and their raw materials to be able to compare these two volatile years: the spreads between hot-rolled coil, busheling scrap and pig iron, and those between rebar, heavy melting scrap and shredded scrap.
HRC, busheling, pig iron
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US hit $56.25 per cwt ($1,125 per short ton) in May 2008. The consumer buying price for steel scrap No1 busheling, delivered mill Chicago and the assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US reached respective record highs of $890 per gross ton ($794.64 per short ton) and $930 per tonne ($843.68 per short ton) in July of that year.
HRC reached a new record as 2021 started, and a similar uptrend was seen in raw materials and other commodities.
Fastmarkets' index surged from a 2020 low at $21.89 per cwt on April 30 to end the year at $51.50 per cwt. Prices further advanced to an all-time high of $58 per cwt on January 14, up by 164.96% from the April low.
"I think the main difference between the two periods is that the price curve preceding 2008 had been driven up initially by raw materials," said James Moss, a partner at First River Consulting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "There was a lot of concern then about availability of all kinds of raw materials, including scrap. The current price curve has been driven by the curious dynamics of a pandemic market demand where things can suddenly get active after being largely shut and where inventories are lean."
US steel mills responded to the pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown by curbing capacity utilization, which tumbled to 51.1% in the week ended May 2, 2020, after fluctuating between 81% and 83% in January and February, according to American Iron and Steel Institute data. Restarts in the automobile industry helped bolster steel demand and led to a rebound in steel capacity utilization rates.
"When prices dropped, mills minimized their supplies of slab, scrap, coal and other raw materials," Gibbs said. "Until October, mills were running for cash, not profit. Liquidity was their aim, so they depleted their stocks of raw materials."
Integrated steel producers were responsible for the bulk of the drop in capacity utilization because they idled mills, while mini-mills curbed output without shuttering units, according to Tyler Kenyon, an analyst at Cowan & Co.
During the last five months of 2020 while HRC prices climbed steadily, pig iron rose at a slower rate, and scrap prices did not rally until December.
"Companies and consumers have lower levels of debt than they had in 2008, so they were able to quickly return this time around," Kenyon said. "In some end markets such as automobiles, you saw a V-shaped recovery."
Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US climbed to $575 per tonne ($521.63 per short ton) on January 15 from $560-575 per tonne ($508.02-521.63 per short ton) a week earlier and roughly double the 2020 low of $285-290 per tonne ($258.55-263.08 per short ton) reached in April. The consumer buying price for No1 busheling, delivered mill Chicago rose by $80 in December and $100 in January, reaching $480 per gross ton ($428.57 per short ton) on January 11; that price is up 84.62% from an August 2020 low of $260 per gross ton ($232.14 per short ton).
But still, "we don't have the same supply problems in raw materials that we do in finished products," John Foster, president of Kurt Orban Partners, said. This is the main difference between the rallies in 2008 and last year, he said.
Rebar, heavy melting scrap and shred
Strong but gradually waning demand and a significant raw material cost push sent Fastmarkets price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US to its highest ever in 2008. The price started the year at $29.75 per cwt ($595 per short ton) and reached $52.80 per cwt ($1,056 per short ton) in the late summer, only to fall back to $33.80 per cwt ($676 per short ton) in November and December as raw material prices nosedived.
The No1 heavy melt consumer buying price, delivered mill Chicago climbed as high as $515 per gross ton ($459.82 per short ton) in May and July 2008, before plummeting to $90 per gross ton ($80.36 per short ton) in November. The consumer buying price for shredded auto scrap, delivered mill Chicago climbed to $605 per gross ton ($540.18 per short ton) in July 2008, only to dip as low as $125 per gross ton ($111.61 per short ton) that November.
Overall, the rebar price rose by 13.61% during the year, while the No1 heavy melt and shredded prices fell by 34.17% and 26.34% respectively.
Fastmarkets described demand as "tepid" in mid-year 2008, but sources thought prices would be supported by the gains in raw materials. Those were not thought to waver much, but ended up falling off a cliff by year-end.
In the words of one scrap executive at the time: "I don't know of anyone that is experiencing what you experience before a big market crash, where you have a lot of scrap deliveries and people are getting flooded with scrap. That's not happening." He pointed to solid steel mill utilization rates as his reasoning.
In comparison, 2020 shows a steadier picture, at least for rebar. Prices did not rise as drastically as they did in 2008, with rebar reaching a year-to-date high of $37 per cwt ($740 per short ton) on December 30. Meanwhile, No1 HMS and shredded scrap rose modestly through the year, peaking at $335 per gross ton ($299.11 per short ton) and $370 per gross ton ($330.36 per short ton) respectively, also in December.
Rebar ended 2020 up by 23.33% from January levels, while No1 heavy melting scrap rose by 48.89% and shredded by 38.58%, according to Fastmarkets' calculations.
The steady gains meant margins for producers held fairly stable, Fastmarkets AMM data shows. US long products capacity, exclusively electric-arc furnace (EAF)-based, was not curtailed to the degree that flat-rolled was, leading to more stability even when demand rebounded.
And rebar's typical end market, construction, with its longer lead times, did not decline as much as automotive and other white goods that consume flat-rolled products.
"Construction wasn't hit as badly as in 2008," Kenyon said.
With flat product prices returning to 2008 highs in late 2020 and early 2021, there is understandably debate regarding a potential repeat of history - with 2008 heights followed by the 2009 crash - and if a similar scenario will emerge in 2021. While we concede that prices have again risen to unsustainable highs and that a downward correction at some point in 2021 is inevitable, we do not foresee a collapse in 2021 on a par with 2009.
A key difference between current market conditions and those witnessed in 2008-09 is that, in the 2008 period, record-high prices encouraged steel and other commodity and raw material producers to maximize production, with ample supply available during the peak pricing period and contributing to the price collapse. In mid-2008, when US hot band prices last exceeded $1,000 per ton, US average mill capacity utilization rates were around 89%.
Despite domestic HRC prices now exceeding $1,000 per ton once again, US steelmakers are operating at an average capacity utilization rate of just 75%, with numerous furnaces still idled from the early 2020 lockdown period. Soaring steel prices in 2020-21 reflect an actual steel supply shortage, not artificially inflated demand and speculation as in 2008. In fact, demand – as measured by US service center steel shipments – has continued to fall, slipping by 1.3% year on year as of November 2020; that marks the lowest rate of decline since February 2020, but supply – which includes total US steel shipments plus net imports – has fallen more acutely, dropping by more than 13% year over year in November, Fastmarkets data shows.
A shortage of key steelmaking raw materials - namely prime busheling scrap in the US and iron ore globally - also has been lending cost-push support to prices in the current cycle. Cost-push pricing support was absent in 2008-09, with ample supplies of competitively priced raw materials available once demand collapsed, amplifying the market downturn.
Rather than the downward pricing spiral that characterized steel prices in late 2008-09, we expect to see a more moderate downward correction in steel prices in mid-2021. The combination of increased domestic production, both from the restart of idled capacity and the ramp-up of new capacity, as well as increased scrap supplies will help to ease the sharp pricing pressure in evidence in late 2020 and early 2021.
Still, with limited import competition - due to elevated steel prices globally, various trade actions previously imposed, and the weak value of the US dollar relative to numerous other global currencies - we forecast prices to remain well above recent historical lows. Still-elevated scrap prices, by historical standards, and stronger end-use consumption in 2021 also are expected to buoy prices this year.


ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. – Six people are facing charges in connection to a deadly shooting in Rogers County earlier this year.
On Aug. 12, the body of 27-year-old Casey Adkins was found near 145th East Ave. and Apache by a passerby.
Investigators learned that Adkins was shot following a dispute about a stolen vehicle.
According to KJRH, Amy Worsham told police that Adkins was first shot through the seat in a car. After that, she claimed the group shot him multiple times and dropped him off in the intersection.
Authorities arrested Shawn Goddard, Tyeler Miller, Amy Worsham, Robert Kilgore and Cory Kuebler for the crime.
Officials are still looking for Rhema Cannon. If you have any information, call the Rogers County Tip Line at (918) 341-3620.


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Pokémon celebrates its 25th anniversary
David Matos, Staff Writer
Pokémon commemorates its 25th anniversary this year with an ongoing celebration for fans of all ages.
Pokémon is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a series of events and products. (Photo from Wikipedia)
Pokémon made its debut with "Pocket Monsters: Red" and "Pocket Monsters: Green" for the Game Boy in Japan in 1996. Players role-played as trainers whose goal was to collect all of the Pokémon and prepare them for battles. This basic game format is still used in Pokémon games today.
The games were massively successful and later re-released in 1998 as "Pocket Monsters: Red" and "Pocket Monsters: Blue" in North America. Its ongoing game series is the major reason why the franchise is the second best-selling video game franchise, only behind Nintendo's Mario. Pokémon went on to produce other successful forms of entertainment, such as an anime TV show, toys, a trading card game, music, a live-action film and a theme park. Pokémon still remains the highest-grossing media franchise of all time.
The creators of the franchise are holding virtual events, releasing merchandise and announcing new games to celebrate the past 25 years of Pokémon's legacy.
Pokémon announced three new games for the Nintendo Switch. "Pokémon Brilliant Diamond" and "Pokémon Shining Pearl" are set to release in late 2021 and "Pokémon Legends: Archeus" is planned for an early 2022 launch. The 2021 releases are remakes of the 2006 games, "Pokémon Diamond" and "Pokémon Pearl." All three games take place in the Sinnoh region, which was introduced and last seen in the 2006 games.
Pokémon is collaborating with Universal Music Group and musical artists such as Katy Perry to create Pokémon themed music. The franchise also partnered with Post Malone to produce a free virtual concert, which is available to watch on Pokémon's YouTube channel.
Merchandise Collaborations
The Pokémon Center teamed up with Bear Walker skateboards to release a limited-edition skateboard featuring the franchise's most iconic character, Pikachu. Though it is only available to be purchased second-hand, fans can expect more themed merchandise to be announced this year.
McDonalds also collaborated with the brand to produce exclusive Pokémon trading cards that can be purchased with a Happy Meal. In addition, the Pokémon Trading Card Game will be releasing exclusive anniversary cards later in the year. Since the franchise's 25-year impact is so massive, it requires a yearlong celebration. Fans, old and new, can stay up to date on current announcements on Pokémon's 25th Anniversary website. Anniversary events have already come and gone, but it's still not too late to join in on the celebration.
David Matos, Arts & Life Editor


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Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Pastor-Teacher
And so when He had washed their feet [He taught the disciples how to rebound with this is corresponding to His saving work on the cross], and taken His garments [coinciding with His resurrection], and reclined again [analogous to His session or being seated at the right hand of God the Father], He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
Trogon – the traitor is crunching his food, it means to crunch food, or to munch on food, to gnaw, or to bite and devour.
"has lifted up his heel against me" is an idiom meaning to try and over-throw or discredit one's authority, to seek one's destruction, or to reject their authority.
Judas has pretended to love the Lord but his desire for approbation and recognition is about to be brought to the surface.
Our Lord is telling them that there is a traitor in their midst and that he is about to betray Him.
First Principle: Judas became a traitor because the verb that is mentioned is known as the Aorist-middle-indicative of the Greek verb ginomai which means to become something that one was not before.
As LUK 6:16 Judas {the son} of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
When our Lord was around adult believers, or Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes, and all of them were astonished by His knowledge and spiritual strength; Luk 2:40-52.
This is not to say our Lord was not strong physically, because it took a lot of human strength to endure the beatings, the punches whip, the forced crown upon His head.
It doesn't really matter if you love our Lord, because if you love the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, there is divine blessing waiting just for you.
Perhaps Judas just wanted to shake things up a little and force our Lord to change His views by coming against Him with the vigilante mob.
Perhaps Judas thought that TLJC would just be stopped and jailed for a time, or publicly humiliated somehow – until He (Lord) could get His act together.
A lot of people never think of things through, until it's too late!
What we "DO" know is that something snapped inside of Judas.
"We don't care, that's your problem!" comes their reply to Judas, the Traitor.
In Act 1:15-20, The physical body of Judas would end up dangling from a hangman's noose off a tree and then it falls in a potter's field.
Acts 1, describes some of the details of the messy end to the tragic life of Judas Iscariot.
What went so wrong, Judas?
Why did it have to end like this, Judas?
Remember what TLJC had said months before Judas?
Judas, You were there when the Lord said in MAT 11:28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy‑laden, and I will give you rest."
Such as to the woman caught in adultery in JOH 8:11 "Neither do I condemn you; go your way.
Don't you remember, when TLJC said in MAR 2:5…"My son, your sins are forgiven."
"You can sit in Bible class for years and end up like a Judas, not necessarily an unbeliever in the eternal lake of fire, but a loser believer in time and in the eternal state; 1Co 3:11-15.
Instead of singing with songs of peace and joy. Judas experienced regret and sorrow.
Judas was wringing his; and tied a knot, when he hung himself in his suicide.
We read of drinking deeply from the well of living water.
During the next 24 hours in the passage we are noting, that there will be Two Trees outside of Jerusalem, a Tree of life and a Tree of death.
On the tree of life is the Lord Jesus Christ hanging on the wooden cross or the wooden beam as He hung upon to pay the price of eternal salvation for the sins of the world.
Punishment is passed off.
Forgiveness is found.
Real, new hope, is given.
On the other tree dangles the body of a man who carried his heavy load himself, and found no rest = Judas Iscariot.
He found himself in a spiritual desert or spiritual wilderness with no forgiveness. "We don't care. We don't want your money, it's filthy and that is your problem"…… and believed it.
Judas could see no way out of the swamp and pit he dug for himself created by his own shallow, foolish pride.
In his sin, he realized his wrong.
He also admitted it openly.
He tried to put it behind him.
He tried to sort it all out himself.
Judas accepted the condemnation which the religious leaders offered him and rejected the grace which the Lord offered him.
The chains of guilt dragged him to his grave.
That is a tragedy far worse than betraying your master.
For that betrayal was sin.
Did you ever hear someone say, "If I could just see a miracle I'd believe," or "I have to see it to believe it?"
If I can touch it, see it, taste it, smell it…then it's real.
That's what human logic tells us.
Think about some things we can learn from this betrayal – for example, Judas saw every miracle Jesus performed.
He saw Lazarus rise from the dead.
Judas saw Jesus heal lepers, blind men, and yet he still did not believe.
Judas wants to give the money to the poor.
We also saw Peter saying things that sounded really good like what Peter said in JOH 13:8 "Never shall You wash my feet!"
Be careful how you interpret what others are saying because they seem to be caring, loving, and humble.
Judas, like the rest of the Jewish population, thought that the Messiah would be a political hero and that maybe he could ride on the coat tails of Jesus all the way to the top. Here is a man who has been with TLJC nearly all of his ministry.
But his greed would not let him see the spiritual messages that our Lord desired for all of His disciples.
Human logic may tell us that seeing is believing…but it is in fact the other way around, once we begin to believe in God's power, surely we will see it.
1CO 10:11 These things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Rev 3:11 "hold fast what you have, in order that no one take your crown.
Rev 2:25 "Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come."
2Jo 1:8 Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
Again, and Again in the Bible we see those who are lucky enough to have seen miracles from God, fall into disbelief.
The Israelites, after seeing the Red Sea parted, escaping Pharaoh, end up falling into idolatry.
What do you worship?
Look at what Judas becomes…lifeless, dead…a death with no honor.
"Seeing is not believing, believing is seeing."
Judas Iscariot, meaning he was the sharpest of the twelve and that's why he held the purse or he was the treasurer.
What you want to pay attention to is character, attitude not intellectual ability only.
Our Lord does not grade according to SAT's, He looks at the heart.
As terrible as "traitor" is, that title fades into insignificance compared to what Judas was called in Joh 17:12, the son of perdition.
It's important because if Judas was a believer, and he perished than our Lord did not fulfill the Father's will."I lost only one, and I didn't really lose him, because he was of the devil from the beginning."
To be the "son of perdition" denotes that Judas is a man identified with eternal destruction and whose destiny is the Lake of Fire.
2Th 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for {it will not come} unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [perdition],
Rev 17:8 "The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction.
Rev 17:11 "And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is {one} of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
Act 1:25 says something very interesting about Judas which is that he went "to his own place" the place of his own choosing, Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
The verb translated "became troubled," is an aor-pass-ind, the verb is et-ar-ach-the which means to become disturbed, to become agitated, or deeply troubled.
The aorist tense speaks of the point of time of this event referring to the upper room discourse or the last supper.
The passive voice, our Lord received the action of becoming disturbed, agitated and deeply troubled because of the presence of a traitor in the room which was the ultimate in hypocrisy.
And the indicative mood is the reality of the fact.
Our Lord was "troubled in spirit" which simply means that you can become disturbed, agitated and deeply troubled at something and still be filled with the Spirit.
The fut-act-ind, para-do-sei means to hand over, to deliver up, to betray, to deceive and to forsake.
So that the head of the table always sat higher than the rest.


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Social justice is an ethical, social, and moral imperative, yet many approaches to social change focus on external conditions and neglect to develop the inner conditions that generate wise leadership. Unless humanity learns to operate at a new level of consciousness, with leaders cultivating their inner wisdom, we will not be able to achieve the sustainable development goals. This panel will explore the role of mindfulness in cultivating the inner conditions of the leader that are necessary if we are to effect social justice and nurture our relationship with mother earth and each other.
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler chairs the ILA 2020 conference and studies with masterful teachers of meditation including the Dalai Lama and Mingyur Rinpoche. Her research focuses on bringing moments of mindfulness and joy to work. In addition to her role as professor, she guides meditation sessions, teaches Awareness Through Movement, and is a PSA-certified ski instructor. Publications include three edited books on leadership and societal change and many articles on awareness-based systems change.
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Rich Fernandez, Ph.D., is CEO of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI), which was developed at Google as a mindfulness and emotional intelligence platform for leaders and later was spun off as an independent non-profit educational institute. Rich was formerly head of executive education at Google, and prior to that worked for many years at JP Morgan Chase and eBay. Currently SIYLI works with governments, businesses, universities and community organizations to offer practical and accessible mindfulness and emotional development learning solutions.
Matthew Lee, PhD, is Director of Empirical Research at the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. His Presidential Address for the North Central Sociological Association focused on the importance of mindfulness for leaders and society and he helps organizations measure and improve their compassion capability. He chaired the American Sociological Association's Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity.
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