Monday morning hits and you have made your promises. It's time to do yourself right this time.
Food prep. This doesn't always have to mean that you make all the meals for the day but simply planning out what you need to be eating throughout the week will make a huge difference. Make sure when you go grocery shopping that you make a list.
Schedule out your workouts; what classes you will be taking, what programs you will be using and mark them in a schedule. If you don't have a scheduler/journal, it's time to start using one.
Plan your social time. Too much work and not enough play is never good for anyone. Make sure you have plans to spend time with friends or family.
Make sure you have time for pure rest. You may need to plan it out or even say no to some extra things this week. Make sure that you aren't overloading yourself, stress can lead to overeating and weight gain.
You may have heard these things before, but we all need a reminder from time to time. Please comment below and tell us what you have planned out this week. How do you plan to reach your weekly goals?
Using the diet plan given to us, i amended to suit my requirements and calories. I planned out everything I am going to eat from Sunday to Wednesday. I have decided to give myself Saturday off to catch up with friends and have a meal I did not have to cook for myself.
I have saved money and cooked everything I have bought.
In regards to training I have arranged the days so it fits in to my schedule.


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The First Hyatt Centric branded hotel in Malaysia To Open in Kota Kinabalu
A Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad group ("Hap Seng") to develop a Hyatt Centric hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Expected to open in 2021, Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu will be the first Hyatt Centric hotel in Malaysia and will connect savvy, in-the-now guests with shareworthy experiences at and around the property.
Situated in the heart of the city, the hotel will offer convenient access to the commercial district, shopping malls, restaurants and other local attractions. The Jesselton Point pier is also within walking distance, allowing guests to easily visit nearby islands, while the airport is a little more than six miles (ten kilometers) away.
"We are grateful for the collaboration from Hap Seng, one of the most esteemed companies in Malaysia," said David Udell, group president, Asia-Pacific, Hyatt Hotels Corporation. "With its prime location in Malaysia's gateway city to Sabah and Borneo, Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu will cater to adventurous guests looking to discover the area's culture, cuisine and surrounding national parks."
With the Hyatt Centric brand's light-hearted spirit in mind, Kengo Kuma has been commissioned as the architect and interior designer for Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu. Taking inspiration from the lush green hills and blue ocean surrounding the hotel, the award-winning designer will incorporate local materials into the design. The hotel will also feature an all-day lounge and restaurant, more than 1900 square feet (600 square meters) of meeting space, a rooftop swimming pool and bar with views of the South China Sea, and a fitness center.
"We are thrilled to announce plans to introduce the Hyatt Centric brand to one of Malaysia's key destinations," said Patrick Finn, senior vice president – real estate & development, Asia-Pacific, Hyatt. "We are focused on strategically growing our brand presence in Malaysia and the introduction of our second Hyatt hotel in Sabah will enable us to provide more diverse experiences for guests."
Dato' Jorgen Bornhoft, chairman of Hap Seng said, "We're honoured to announce plans to fly the first Hyatt Centric flag in Malaysia, and more importantly, the very first hotel by the Hap Seng group. Leaving no stone unturned, we have decided to engage the world-renowned Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma to design the hotel. We hope this speaks to Hap Seng's commitment to bring a best-in-class experience to Sabah while creating job opportunities and driving tourism."

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This is the culture I know. And this, strangely, is the place I feel most comfortable. It is not that I am happy about our current circumstances but simply that I have not experienced anything else. When I introduce myself as a pastor at parties or neighborhood gatherings, I encounter little awe or respect. Instead, I am met with a ravenous curiosity, as if people did not even realize it was still possible to make that career choice.
Much of her focus is placed on the ethos of urban (shrinking, established) and suburban (growing, young) contexts. She describes Millennial culture as wanting "meaningful worship, an empowered lay leadership, and a spirituality that leads to action...the very things that many denominational churches have been cultivating for decades." As one who serves a church in the great in between - neither near the urban center or on the outskirts of town - I wonder what the future holds. We don't have the allure of a revitalized downtown that's close to businesses, concert halls, sports arenas, and funky loft apartments. On the other hand, our neighborhood is land-locked and removed from the shiny new schools, homes, and shopping campuses that still attract young families en masse.
If nothing else, Merritt's excellent article is a reminder that we are called to be better connected to the people around us and discern how God is calling us to act relationally with the people in our neighborhood.
What creative and redeeming work is God doing through your faith community?
Some people have been critical of the lack of youth and young adults on the ELCA's LIFT Task Force...a group that is studying the "eco-system" of the church and making recommendations for the future. Though it's frustrating being the youngest member of the task force, I'm grateful that, in many ways, the real work of the LIFT initiative doesn't take place in board rooms and conference calls. It occurs throughout the entire eco-system; in congregations, homes, synod groups, colleges, camps, etc. We all bear responsibility for discerning what God is calling us to be and do in the future.
I've enjoyed several opportunities in the last few months to be about this kind of conversations. The most recent of these conversations took place at the NE Iowa Synod Lutheran Youth Organization Assembly in Mason City, IA. This event is near and dear to my heart, as it was the site of the first assembly I attended as a member of the synod LYO board 16 years earlier.
For my part, the pieces I used to talk about the LIFT Task Force were similar to the ones incorporated at the Oregon LYO Assembly. One of my favorite exercises is, after an Acts 2 Bible study, to ask small groups of kids to make three lists.
Here are some of the themes that emerged from the "essential ~ helpful ~ neither" activity.
God's Word and faithful people are required to "be church"; but a church building isn't.
Leaders were considered essential; Pastors were considered helpful.
Sacraments are central to a faith community.
Money, music, food, and programs are helpful in proclaiming the gospel, but not essential.
Several groups lifted up the importance of acts of service and outreach.
Technology was considered helpful, but the overuse or idolization technology is not.
Robes, fancy clothes, and sermon notes were popular items on the neither list.
It was a joy to be with these young people and their adult leaders. They had lots of fun talking, learning, swimming, singing, dancing, and playing together. I remain pleased and grateful that so many young people have a deep and genuine care for the future of our church. I pray that we continue to make room for their voices to be heard in our congregations, synods, and throughout the whole church.
Below are my notes from a presentation made by LSTC professor Dr. Benjamin Stewart at the SE Iowa Synod event, Called Together in Mission.
Road to Emmaus -- the first post-crucifixion worship service.
How was Jesus' body honored and cared for after he died?
Worship isn't window-dressing, it's central, authentic expression of who we are as the local gathering.
God wants to flood the world with mercy as an extension of our worship.
We followed up with small-group study of Psalm 104. One cool thing that was mentioned during the discussion is a young man named Greg Pregracke who is doing amazing work on cleaning up the Mississippi River.


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PhD, Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University
Dr. Steven Parker is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. He has been involved with lasers in dentistry for over 30 years. He has received publication in over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the use of lasers in dentistry. He serves as associate-editor of Lasers in Medical Science. From 2010 – 2020 he worked as Contract Professor (Professore a Contratto), Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics at the University of Genoa and was International Coordinator and Lead Faculty of the Academic Master Degree (MSc) degree (Livello II) programme in laser dentistry at the University. He was the dental consultant to the UK MHRA 2015 publication "Guidance on the Safe Use of Lasers, Intense Light Source Systems and LEDs in Medical Surgical Dental and Aesthetic Practices".
He served as President of the Academy of Laser Dentistry in 2005-6. In 2017 he was co-Editor in Chief and co-author of the Springer textbook "Lasers in Dentistry – Current Concepts". Steven is currently studying for a PhD in PBM at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.


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Green light from FDA for CT lung-imaging software that got its start at U-M Medical School
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A technology that started in a University of Michigan Medical School lab may soon help lung disease patients around the world breathe a little easier, by helping their doctors make a clearer diagnosis and more individualized treatment plan.
Imbio, a startup launched from the University of Michigan in 2007, has just received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell its software platform based on U-M research. Called Lung Density Analysis or LDA, it analyzes images of patients' lungs with detailed precision.
The new FDA 510(K) clearance allows doctors to use Imbio's LDA system in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, which affects over 60 million people worldwide.
The software allows doctors to carefully analyze a patient's CT (computed tomography) lung scan and look at how their disease is affecting their ability to fill their lungs with air and to push it out when they exhale. The company is also developing techniques for analyzing other lung images, and images of cancerous tumors, to guide treatment using variations of the same technology.
Not only does the technology have its roots in the U-M Department of Radiology's Center for Molecular Imaging, it was also tested thoroughly by a separate team of U-M Health System lung-imaging experts.
Together, they published the results of their in-depth testing in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine in 2012. For more on that study, and the concept first created at U-M, visit http://umhealth.me/copdprm .
The technology grew out of basic laboratory research at U-M by the company's co-founders, Brian Ross, Ph.D., and Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Ph.D. Both now act as scientific advisors to Imbio.
"It's incredibly gratifying to see this concept grow from an idea in our lab, to a product ready for market," says Ross. "We look forward to seeing how clinicians worldwide can use the LDA approach to benefit patients, and we're grateful to all who have helped this concept reach this exciting point through many years of research and product development." He credited the university's research and technology transfer environment for helping the concept reach the marketable stage.
Ella Kazerooni, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic imaging at UMHS, led the clinical evaluation of the technology, using images from the COPDGene trial that involved thousands of COPD patients around the country.
"This groundbreaking technique reveals functional information about the lung's performance that is not available through other means and will allow us to tailor more individualized treatment for these patients," says Kazerooni. "We are very excited to see the technique launched as a commercial product, after years of development in our image processing lab and extensive clinical research in thousands of COPD patients."
The LDA approach uses powerful computer techniques to overlay the CT scan taken during a full inhalation with an image taken during a full exhalation. The overlaid, or registered, CT images share the same geometric space, so that the lung tissue in the inflated and deflated lungs aligns. The density of healthy lung tissue will change more between the two images than the density of diseased lung, allowing researchers to create a three-dimensional "map" of the patient's lung function
The software assigns colors to each small 3-D area, called a voxel, according to the difference in signal changes within each of the areas between the two scans. Green means healthy, yellow means a reduced ability to push air out of the lung's small air sacs, and red means severely reduced ability.
Ross is the Roger A. Berg Research Professor of radiology and professor of biological chemistry at the U-M Medical School, while Rehemtulla is the Ruth Tuttle Freeman Research Professor of Radiation Oncology. Kazerooni is a professor of radiology and member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
Ross and Rehemtulla have a financial interest in the company, but do not receive salary or consulting income. Kazerooni has no financial interest in the company or involvement in its operations. The University has a financial interest in the company via its licensing agreement.
The University of Michigan has a vibrant environment for innovation and commercialization activities. For more information about technology or startup opportunities from the University of Michigan, see http://www.techtransfer.umich.edu.
For more information about Imbio and the LDA software platform, see http://imbio.com.
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Promising therapeutic approach against COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common and deadliest diseases worldwide.
COPD underdiagnosed in older adults, but can be managed
''Recognizing and Treating COPD in Older Adults'' the latest issue of the What's Hot newsletter from The Gerontological Society of America, addresses what is known about the prevalence, incidence, and impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adults.
Undersized airways may explain why nonsmokers get COPD
A mismatch between airway and lung size may explain why some nonsmokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not, according to a new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Is pulmonary rehab after hospitalization for COPD associated with better survival?
Claims data for nearly 200,000 Medicare patients were used to examine the association between starting pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of being hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and survival after one year.
COPD and smoking associated with higher COVID-19 mortality
Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, according to a new study published May 11, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jaber Alqahtani of University College London, UK, and colleagues.
COPD as a lung stem cell disease
Two internationally renowned stem cell researchers at the University of Houston have found an abundance of abnormal stem cells in the lungs of patients who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a leading cause of death worldwide.
New hope for COPD patients possible with in-home device
In a new paper published Feb. 4 in JAMA, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the benefits of in-home noninvasive ventilation therapy, which includes a type referred to as bilevel positive airway pressure, or BiPAP -- for many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
COPD appears to cause more severe symptoms in women
Women who develop COPD report smoking fewer cigarettes than men; and yet, women experience greater breathing impairments, are subjected to more acute exacerbations of symptoms and report lower quality of life than men with the disease, according to research presented at ATS 2019.
African-Americans with COPD appear less likely to use pulmonary rehab
African-American patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are less likely to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation programs than white patients, even when there are programs nearby.
COPD and type 2 diabetes
COPD and type 2 diabetes are two highly prevalent global health conditions associated with high mortality and morbidity.
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Station Plaza is located at the corner of Lake Mead Blvd. & Carey Ave., N. Las Vegas. It is a Community Center which opened in 2006. It is an Open shopping mall. It covers an area of 400,000 sqft. and has about 21 stores.


Country superstars Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and more will take the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium on April 23, 2016, as part of the inaugural Music & Miracles Superfest, concert organizers announced today.
The Music & Miracles Superfest, which will benefit the Chicken Salad Chick Foundation, will serve as the first official date of Chesney's 2016 stadium tour. The festival will also include performances from six-time Female Vocalist and four-time Album of the Year winner Miranda Lambert, multi-Platinum, chart-topping artist Sam Hunt and breakout country band Old Dominion.
"There is something about college football that inspires me," Chesney said. "There is so much heart, so much dignity to playing for the honor of your school. There are, obviously, a lot of good times and great memories made at the games, and those guys on the teams play all out in ways most people don't realize. Every time I get to play somewhere with the kind of history Auburn has, it pushes me a little harder to really raise the bar. And the mission and heart behind Music & Miracles raises that bar higher still."
The Music & Miracles Superfest aims to bring entertainers to one of the most notable venues in the southeast and raise funds for two of the greatest needs of the Auburn community. Proceeds from the concert will be targeted to fighting cancer and feeding the hungry.
"We are excited that the Music & Miracles Superfest, organized and presented by the Chicken Salad Chick Foundation, will be the first concert ever in Jordan-Hare Stadium," adds Jay Jacobs, athletic director for Auburn University. "Kenny Chesney and a stellar lineup of other top artists will put on a great show for an even greater cause."
Tickets to the concert will go on sale to the general public on Oct. 2. Pricing and set times for each artist have not been announced. For more information, visit the Music and Miracles Superfest website.


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It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the research to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.
Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild scientific scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment.
Wow! Pretty strong stuff but I do think it highlights that despite the media's portrayal, there isn't really a consensus on how much man impacts the climate. You can read the rest of his comments here.
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Баскетболен клуб "Берое" е български отбор от град Стара Загора.

История
Основан през 1958 г., след обединение на дружествата "Ботев" и "Локомотив".

През 1987 г. клубът е прехвърлен към новоучреденото ДФС "Електрон", там обаче закриват мъжкия баскетболен отбор.

През 2001 г. след обединение на баскетболните клубове ДЗУ АД и секция баскетбол към Локомотив е възстановен Баскетболен Клуб Берое и мъжкия отбор на града. Берое има и женски отбор.

Успехи
 Мъже
 Купа на България (баскетбол) (1): 2017 г.
 Носител на Балканска лига (1): 2016 – 2017
 Супер купа на България: (1): 2017 г.
 Жени
 Национална баскетболна лига (жени) (2): 1990, 1992 г.
 Адриатическа лига (1): 2019 г.

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Берое
Спорт в Стара Загора

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Tailinh Agoyo
Tailinh Agoyo is the co-founder and director of We Are the Seeds of CultureTrust, a non-profit organization committed to amplifying Indigenous voices through the arts. Agoyo is also the host of 'Rise and Thrive', a radio show that honors the voices of Indigenous artists, performers, educators, and change-makers. She has worked in film and television for more than thirty years and helped produce the beautifully illustrated children's book I Will Carry You in 2019. Her own artwork is focused on capturing the vibrancy of Indigenous people today, including The Warrior Project, a collection of photos of Native youth and their continuing commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition to these many projects and roles, she is mom to four terrific children.
Now in its fifth year, We Are the Seeds of CultureTrust has produced over 140 public programs, increasing agency and direct engagement between Indigenous peoples and audiences. The organization was founded by a team of Indigenous women who are dedicated to honoring Native arts and cultures as a means to understanding Indigenous peoples, the history of what is now called the United States, and who we all are as American people today. We Are the Seeds produces cultural events that feature Indigenous fine art, music, dance, fashion, literary, and culinary arts. Additionally, Seeds hosts interactive art programs that focus on educating and empowering youth.


It's been more than a few years since I had susiewee.com in action, but I decided to bring it back to life. People have asked for my old blog posts, I'll work on getting those back online (they were attacked on my old site). I'll add some new thoughts and posts here as well.
A lot has happened in the last few years. I am now at Cisco Systems as the VP & CTO of DevNet, which is Cisco's developer program that I co-founded 3.5 years ago. I was very fortunate to have a child at 45, so I now also hold the position of "mommy" to my wonderful 2.5 year old, Mia Athena, who will proudly tell you she is "half Greek and half Korean." As you can see, she loves Snoopy. My sports were on hold for the last few years as we worked on Mia, so I'm terribly out of shape, but I just got back on the ice and I'm playing ice hockey in the local women's league with some great friends and teammates.
Let me know if you're still out there (I'm assuming a few people still read blogs) and what topics or areas you'd like me to write about. I'll see you in the blogosphere!
Susie, welcome back to the blogging world. Love reading about your accomplishments and, of course, little Mia steals the show every time!


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More info on University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Conner Hall Centennial Celebration
Undergraduate Majors Offered
Graduate Majors Offered
Undergraduate Minors Offered
Certificate Programs Offered
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Wikis
Categories: Colleges and schools of the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
J. Scott Angle
Athens, Georgia, USA
www.caes.uga.edu
Information current as of Fall Semester 2007[2]
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States.
1.1 Conner Hall Centennial Celebration
3 Departments
4 Programs of Study
4.1 Undergraduate Majors Offered
4.2 Graduate Majors Offered
4.3 Undergraduate Minors Offered
4.4 Certificate Programs Offered
5 Degrees offered
5.1 Undergraduate
5.2 Graduate
6 Interesting Facts
Originally the state agricultural college, CAES was founded in 1859 by the University Board of Trustees as part of a complete reorganization of the University.[1] It was the first college at the University of Georgia to accept women, beginning in 1918. There are three main campuses--Athens, Tifton, and Griffin. All three campuses are home to various research stations and extension programs. The main Athens campus buildings are Conner Hall, the Edgar Rhodes Center for Animal and Dairy Sciences, and the Four Towers Building. Off-campus sites include barns on South Milledge Avenue, the UGA Teaching Dairy, Double Bridges Farm, the UGA Livestock Teaching Arena, and the Wilkins Beef Unit. Additional research centers are located in Attapulgus, Eatonton, Camilla, Savannah, Blairsville, Calhoun, and Plains. Georgia's Agricultural Extension has programs in 157 of Georgia's 159 counties and five 4-H centers for youth that are located in Hampton, Jekyll Island, Eatonton, Tybee Island, and Dahlonega.
In 1906, Georgia Representative James T. Conner of Bartow County introduced a bill that led to the building's construction. Conner Hall was built in 1908 to house the Georgia State College of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts. It was first known to the University as Agriculture Hall. In 1923, Agriculture Hall was re-named for Rep. Conner. The building was rededicated in 1976 after a renovation that included features such as an elevator and heating systems. On April 11, 2008, students, faculty, and staff gathered on the lawn of Conner to celebrate the building's 100th year on campus. The celebration included limited edition giclee prints of a watercolor by Jill Leite and free Conner Crunch ice cream catered by Rock Eagle 4-H Center.
Dean, J. Scott Angle
Associate Dean for Academics, Joe Broder
Associate Dean for Research, Bob Shulstad
Associate Dean for Extension, Beverly Sparks
Assistant Dean Griffiin Campus, Gerald Arkin
Assistant Dean Tifton Campus, Joe West
The following departments are part of CAES:
Agricultural and Applied Economics (Department Head: Octavio Ramirez)
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication (Department Head: Ray Herren)
Animal and Dairy Science (Department Head: J. Keith Bertrand)
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (Department Head: Ernest Dale Threadgill)
Crop and Soil Sciences (Department Head: Donn Shilling)
Entomology (Department Head: Raymond Noblet)
Food Science and Technology (Department Head: Rakesh Singh)
Horticulture (Department Head: Douglas Bailey)
Plant Pathology (Department Head: John Sherwood)
Poultry Science (Department Head: Michael Lacy)
Agricultural and Applied Economics
Agricultural Communication
Agriscience and Environmental Systems
Applied Biotechnology
Avian Biology
Dairy Science
Environmental Resource Science
Food Industry Marketing and Administration
Honors Interdisciplinary Studies
Turfgrass Management
Water and Soil Resources
Agricultural Leadership
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Plant Protection and Pest Management
Agribusiness and Management
Environmental Soil Science
Food and Fiber Marketing
Resource Economics
Agrosecurity
Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
Computer Systems Engineering
Engineering Physics
Leadership and Service
The following undergraduate degrees are offered by CAES:[3]
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.S.A.)
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering (B.S.A.E.)
Bachelor of Science in Applied Biotechnology (B.S.A.B.)
Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering (B.S.B.E.)
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences (B.S.E.S.)
Master of Agricultural Economics (MAE)
Master of Agricultural Leadership (MAL)
Master of Animal and Dairy Science (MADS)
Master of Crop and Soil Science (MCSS)
Master of Food Technology (MFT)
Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management (MPPPM)
The Block and Bridle Club hosts the annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo every spring
Stegeman Coliseum was originally built for agricultural purposes
Two different ice-creams have been created for CAES--Centennial Cupcake (4-H) and Conner Crunch (Conner Hall Centennial)
There are several Greek organizations associated with the College: Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority, Alpha Gamma Rho Agricultural Fraternity, Pi Alpha Xi Horticulture Honor Society, and Alpha Zeta Agricultural Honor Fraternity
^ a b Thomas Walter, Reed (circa 1949). "History of the University of Georgia". Athens Banner-Herald. University of Georgia. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c05?seq=183. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "CAES Quick Facts". University of Georgia. Fall 2007. http://www.caes.uga.edu/about/quickfacts.html. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, UGA Bulletin". University of Georgia. http://bulletin.uga.edu/bulletin/ind/acadhonors.html. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
Thomas Walter, Reed (circa 1949). "History of the University of Georgia". Athens Banner-Herald. University of Georgia. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/reed/. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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Vit Angetter
Vít Angetter
..* 25 February 1921
† 24 October 2009
Vít Angetter, was a man who fought as a pilot not only in WWII
but also, as one of the very few, in the so called Third Resistance, i.e. in the Cold War. He was also the last living pilot from the
world-famous defection (or hijack) of three Czechoslovak State
Airline aircraft's to Bavarian Erding and one of a handful of
Czechs who had served as CIA pilots during the Cold War.
Angetter was born 25 February 1921 at Přáslavice in the Olomouc district of Czechoslovakia. He started his military career shortly after his nineteenth birthday in March 1940 when he joined the Czechoslovak
Air Force in Agde (France), having fled German occupied Czechoslovakia in
a single-handed and very adventurous escape via Austria, Yugoslavia,
Greece, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. Three months later he left defeated France aboard a ship to England.
He joined the
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and for the first two years of
his UK service – from July 1940 to May 1942 – he served as a aircraft
fitter in No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Fighter Squadron, which had shortly after its formation successfully participated in the Battle of Britain. Eventually, he managed to obtain a leave to participate in a fighter pilot training, which he underwent in Canada and Britain. From May 1944 to April 1945 he then
fought as a fighter pilot in No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Fighter
Squadron. In its ranks, he distinguished himself during the Allied invasion in Normandy, low-level ground attacks in Holland
as well as long-range escort duties over Germany.
After the end of War he returned to his country in August 1945
and until October 1947 he then served as a Czechoslovak Air Force
officer in the roles of fighter pilot and flying instructor. Subsequently
he got a pilot job at Československé Státní Aerolinie [ČSA the Czechoslovak State Airlines].
In contrast to the sweeping purges in the Czechoslovak Army,
the repercussions of the February 1948 impacted, at least initially,
only individual cases from the ranks of former RAF pilots in
service of ČSA.
In the following two years, until March 24, 1950,
the company dismissed "only" 26 of them. The problem was that those who remained continued to constitute the most numerous and, more importantly, the most experienced part of the ČSA's flying staff. The airlines management therefore at least
started shifting them from international to domestic flights,
while conducting intensive training of new pilots who were
deemed as politically more reliable.
In this situation it became clear that sooner or later even the remaining RAF pilots would
be forced to leave their beloved profession. One of the consequences
of this anticipated fate was a unique getaway over the
Iron Curtain, a coordinated multiple defection or hijack of three
ČSA airplanes flown by (former) RAF pilots now employed by ČSA. The event took place on March 24, 1950 when three Douglas
C-47 Skytrain (Dakota DC3) airliners took off from Brno, Ostrava
and Bratislava but instead of their Prague destination landed at Erding airport near Munich in West Germany.
The outcome of the brilliantly executed plan for the Communist
regime was rather pathetic. Although only a small part of the 85 persons on board of the three planes knew about the
plan, a total of 27 of them remained abroad and 58 returned to Czechoslovakia. Some of those who had for personal reasons returned to their country later again escaped behind the Iron Curtain. The event was met with huge response on both
sides of the Iron Curtain. Although the communist Czechoslovakia requested extradition of the hijackers "as common criminals,"
no one was extradited. Moreover, the entire operation had a positive impact on the upcoming US Senate discussion
of the reform of the legislature governing the settling of the
refugees from communist countries (Displaced Persons Act).
The Communist regime had to settle for dismissing the remaining
RAF pilots from ČSA even at a price of cuts in air traffic.
Nonetheless, it is indisputable that the multiple hijack did
not cause but merely hastened this process. The hijack ringleaders were sentenced in absentia to "the most severe penalties,"
while each of the passengers who had failed to return
received a 25 year prison sentence.
In contrast to the majority of other refugees who wished
to settle in Britain, Vít Angetter opted for the USA where he
wanted to actively fight against communism.
He signed a two year service contract with USAF. As an experienced pilot he initially wished to volunteer for service in Korea but the Americans offered him another position on the front against communism.
He stayed in West Germany and until 1952 he served at the bases in Mildenheim, Munich-Riem and Wiesbaden. Behind the controls of C-47 aircraft he took part in an extremely
demanding and risky CIA aerial operation Rollback – Sedsox.
During this operation he flew on secret missions above the USSR territory – specifically above Russia, Ukraine, Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania. He was delivering paratroopers charged
with conducting intelligence, sabotage and organisational
activities.
Angetter decided to sign up for the above described CIA
work primarily because of the promise that the Agency would help him land a civilian airline pilot job upon the expiration of
his contract. Nonetheless, in October 1952 when together with
his wife he arrived to the shores of the New World, he did not
get the promised airline pilot job because of a US citizenship requirement (he obtained his citizenship only in 1959).
Therefore he started working in a civilian sector as a turner, which was his original vocation. Between 1953 and 1962 he worked
for Mikromat company first in New York and later in New
Jersey. He started working as a turner and gradually worked
his way up to the position of production supervisor. After he
had saved some money, he went independent. During the next
24 years, i.e. from 1963 until 1987, owned a New Jersey firm
Matric Manufacturing Co. where he had twelve employees.
After
his wife fell ill in 1987, they sold the firm and retired to Prescott, Arizona.
After November 1989 he first received back his Lieutenant
rank, of which he had been stripped in September 1950 by the
decision of the Communist minister JUDr. Alexej Čepička and
subsequently, in September 1991, forty one years after his degradation,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (retired) as a part of the general rehabilitation of Western
airmen.
After short illness he died on 24 October 2009 at Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Mary F. Marshall says:
My father, Joseph Scott Peddie, USAF, operated a CIA operation out of Wiesbaden from 1951-1954. He recruited both pilots/crew and agents from Poles, Czechs, Albanians, etc. – anyone who hated the Russians. His low flying, unmarked planes dropped agents behind the Iron Curtain.
Intelligence work at that time was a small world and I wonder if Vit Angetter and my father ever crossed paths!
Franek Grabowski says:
I guess he knew Col. Rudkowski, who was personally responsible for recruiting Polish aircrew in London. Quite a bunch of interesting pilots went there. Do you have any details of your father service at Wiesbaden? I guess he used a covert name, when in touch with those airmen.
Natasha Angetter says:
He was my grandfather and I never had the chance to meet him. If anyone has any more information on his life it would be greatly appreciated.
His only son Vladimir, my father passed away also in 2003.
Lucie Barinkova says:
he is my granduncle. my father just send me this article today. I have been living in california since 2007. My family also escaped to western europe in May 1989. I am the only family member that made it to the USA.
I am researching the history of the exile airmen, who flew covert missions in 1950s. I have very limited information on your grandfather, mostly based on elimination of what missions he could not fly. I understand he flew six times, initially with a Czech crew, and then with mixed nationalities. I wonder, what happened to his documents. Some pilots kept their log books, and they are great source of information.
Not sure, how to contact off line, here.
Zdenek Neoral says:
Hi Natasha, please send me contact to you. I think that I have information about your grandfather. My grandmother was Marie Angetter and she was Vit sester. Zdenek
Vlastimil Janouš says:
Hi Natasha, I would like to contact you, because I met Vit Angetter in military service in Czechoslovakia during years 1946 and 1947. We also spoke together in 1964 in New York and until 80's we were in touch by letters.
Lenka says:
Hi Natasha,
He was the granduncle from my grandmother. She wrote letters with him in his last years. I believe she could provide you more information on his life. Please contact me private.
Thomas Skarvada says:
I spoke with "pan Vitek" several times, but it is only now that I learn more about his background. What a gentleman!


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A policy of extensive, affordable childcare would have far-reaching benefits for working mothers and the economy.
The debate over welfare reform in the last few years in Britain has primarily focused on the cost and fairness of unemployment benefits. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition Government have primarily focused on punitive policies, punishing those out of work who they believe to be 'scrounging' off the benefits system. Instead, what the Government should be focusing on is welfare policies which actively support people into work. One of these policies would be the provision of childcare for all children aged between 1 and 4 years old. This would enable mothers, who are otherwise be constrained by the cost of childcare, to find work or increase their hours.
A small provision for free childcare currently exists: the Government provides 15 hours of free childcare for all three and four year-olds, which has just been extended 20% of the most disadvantaged 2 year-olds. This is certainly a step in the right direction, but the provision of childcare needs to be far more extensive in order to make a real difference. 15 hours simply does not cut it for the average working mother. Considering that the average part-time job takes up 15.5 hours a week and the average journey time is 42 minutes there and back, you would need at least 18 hours to sustain a part-time working mother with one child. Not only is the current provision not extensive enough, but the childcare costs beyond the free provision is so expensive that it often prices women out of work. A recent study by AVIVA showed that a mother with two children under the age of 15, working part-time and earning the minimum wage, would be £98 worse off every month due to the high childcare costs.
British mothers are particularly impinged by the cost of childcare. It is higher than the OECD average and much higher than in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland), who are beacons of affordable, extensive childcare. Across the OECD a dual-earner family will spend 12 per cent of their family income on childcare, whilst in Britain the figure is 27 per cent, the second highest rate in the OECD. To add to that, childcare costs in Britain have risen by 6% in the last year whilst wages have stagnated, adding to the squeeze on working families.
The lack of affordable childcare is clearly an obstacle to a mother wishing to join the workforce or increase her hours. A recent report by the Women's Business Council estimated that 2.4 million more women want to work and 1.3 million want to boost their hours, for many this was due to lack of affordable childcare. Also, while the percentage of British women in the workforce is relatively high, it is much lower than the OECD average for mothers with children aged three to five – and far lower than the best countries like Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Estonia and Slovenia. It is clear that in Britain there is a pay penalty for women who have children, which would be to some extent be alleviated by a greater provision of childcare.
There is also a clear business case for a policy of extensive, affordable childcare. It will increase tax revenues by supporting mothers, who would otherwise be unable to, into work. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) have shown that the net return to the Treasury over four years would be £20,050 for a mother working full-time earning the average salary and £4,860 for a mother working part-time. Also, according to the House of Commons Library Research, it is estimated that tax revenues would increase by £1.7 billion if Britain enjoyed the average mothers' employment of the best five OECD nations – all of whom enjoy extensive childcare provision. Over time an extensive childcare policy would likely pay for itself, so we would be investing today to save tomorrow. It would also help drive GDP growth, as by enabling hundreds of thousands of women into work it will increase their disposable income and increase consumer demand. These are the kind of policies which the Government should prioritise in order to bring the budget deficit down in the long-term. It is much more efficient to support people into work, rather than punish them for being out of work
A realistic target for Britain is to provide 25 hours of free childcare for all children aged between 1 and 4. The IPPR have estimated that would cost an extra £3.735 billion. Clearly in an era of financial restraint some tough political decisions would have to be made to find the savings, such as cutting the winter fuel allowance and free T.V licences for wealthy pensioners. But for a policy like this, which would have far-reaching benefits for women and the economy in Britain, it would be worth it.
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By Nikhil Sharma
Universities are vulnerable to increasingly complex and dangerous cyberattacks. Ransomware, phishing emails and automated password-guessing are all ways in which hackers target Ryerson staff and students. The Eyeopener spoke with Brian Lesser, Ryerson's chief information officer, about the threats Ryerson is facing and what it's doing to protect your information.
According to the FBI, law enforcement saw an increase in ransomware attacks in 2015, specifically "against organizations because the payoffs are higher." The FBI also said more of ransomware incidents will continue to grow in 2016 "if individuals and organizations don't prepare for these attacks in advance."
Ransomware is a form of malware designed to disable a computer by encrypting a user's data, before demanding payment for the decryption key.
Financial, educational and law enforcement institutions can all fall victim to this if someone simply clicks a link. In some cases, that can lead them to open an attachment masquerading as a legitimate document such as an invoice or report that will immediately encrypt data on their system.
Lesser said attackers don't want victims to be able to break their encryption, so it is in their best interest to improve their ransomware.
Attackers used to operate out of one kind of business model where they would take over email accounts and send people spam. "But now you see they're diversifying," Lesser said. "Not only am I going to send out spam to make some money, but I'm going to check the email account for any information about credit cards."
Hackers are expanding their range on what can do with a compromised account, including accessing research data and committing identity theft, Lesser said.
According to a recent report released by US technology company Symantec, Canadians were impacted by more than 1,600 ransomware attacks per day in 2015, and ranked fourth among countries often hit by the ransomware and social media scam.
Another report by Symantec said Canada was in the top 10 with 16 per cent of ransomware infections logged globally between January 2015 and April 2016.
Ryerson staff hacked
Hackers targeted Ryerson's network with ransomware in two separate incidents in 2016. The university did not have to pay the ransom in either case, Lesser said.
The first attacker demanded a payment of 0.4 bitcoins—a digital currency—to release the encrypted files on the machine attacked. Lesser could not provide the exact ransom amount for the second attack, but he said it wasn't a large sum.
The first ransomware attack took place last year in July. A professor had been waiting for a shipment and received a fake FedEx email with an attachment. The email arrived as a zip file and when the professor opened the attachment, it appeared to be a javascript file that downloaded and ran ransomware.
Ryerson Computing and Communications Services (CCS) was able to decrypt all of the data.
The second case of ransomware involved a staff member in an administrative department. That staff member was hacked in November 2016. They had almost all of their files backed upon a shared drive system. CCS was also able to recover some files deleted by the ransomware.
That staff member had received an email, which was sent as a zip file containing the ransomware.
University of Calgary paid ransom for encrypted systems
Ryerson's CCS has "growing concerns" about ransomware following the recent string of cyberattacks on universities across the country—specifically the one that took place at the University of Calgary in July 2016.
The University of Calgary was forced to pay hackers $20,000 following a ransomware attack that targeted their computer systems. Hackers encrypted the university's staff and faculty email servers, which blocked any access to them. The hackers gave decryption keys to the university once they got the ransom.
Carleton University experienced a similar situation after being attacked by ransomware in November 2016. Students and staff were warned they may see ransomware messages appear on their devices demanding bitcoin payments.
Lesser said that before the University of Calgary attack, CCS wasn't "thinking hard" about a situation where an attack uses a vulnerability or works over a month to gain access to one's Windows infrastructure, then infects the entire system with ransomware and demands a huge ransom.
"That really ratcheted up our focus on this and we started accelerating things that we'd planned on doing, but weren't doing them, say, with the same level of passion," Lesser said.
After the ransomware attack at the University of Calgary, CCS sent out a number of warnings about ransomware and steps on how to reduce the likelihood of infection to students, faculty and staff at Ryerson.
The CCS recently blocked file type attachments that are of limited use. After the Calgary attack, the department reviewed their list of file types and added some that were commonly used to send ransomware or download it after Aug. 5. Javascript files are one of those often used to download ransomware.
"We all trying to figure out how do we maintain relative openness for researchers and students who want to surf the net, travel around the world and access everything, and at the same time improve our security posture," Lesser said.
He said the University of Calgary was attacked the night before the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences began at the university. Ryerson will be hosting Congress 2017 later this spring.
When asked if Ryerson would pay a large ransom like Calgary did, Lesser said Ryerson "would work really hard not to pay."
What Ryerson is doing to improve online security
The speed at which Ryerson's CCS can detect a cyberattack depends on the type and quality of the attack. About 46 per cent of account hijackings are detected by Google, which informs CCS. Most of Ryerson's email systems are hosted on Gmail.
"We are working at getting better at spotting these things ourselves. At the rate we are going, I'd guess it will be a year before we start detecting many more incidents before Google does," Lesser said.
The CCS is in the final stages of selecting a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system for Ryerson.
One of the things a SIEM does is act as a central database of logs, Lesser said.
"If the logs show someone logged in at 2 p.m. from Ryerson but also logged in at 2:30 p.m. from Alaska, we would suspect the account has been compromised. Until we can do that we won't even get close to detecting what Google can detect for us," he said.
After the number of detected hijacked Ryerson accounts dropped from 1,170 in 2014 to 249 in 2015, it increased to 345 in 2016.
In late 2014, CCS began disabling accounts that had not been used for more than two years and had been created when the CCS had weaker password complexity rules. Lesser said that made a big difference in reducing the number of account hijackings between 2014 and 2015.
The change meant it was much harder for automated scripts to guess passwords based on dictionaries of common passwords like "password123."
In the final six months of 2016, Ryerson's CCS set up six computers and put them on the Internet without announcing them or listing them in the university's Domain Name Service, just to see what would happen. Ryerson saw attacks from over 60,000 unique IP addresses around the world against a handful of test machines during that time. The attacks ranged from probing for vulnerabilities to password guessing.
If a widespread infection put a department at risk of losing a significant amount of data that it would really be damaging to staff or students' ability to continue their research or something really important, Lesser explained, when asked under what circumstances would Ryerson give into such a demand.
Although not formally announced, Ryerson implemented two-factor authentication for all my.ryerson accounts in October. Students and staff who enable it must enter a single-use code produced by an app. Two-factor authentication increases security by ensuring that even if one's password is guessed, a hacker is still missing information needed to access an account.
When logging in, a person can check that they trust a browser and my.ryerson won't ask for a code for 30 days.
Students are now also allowed to make longer passwords (more than 100 characters long) for their Ryerson accounts. Longer passwords are generally harder to guess.
Lesser said if 200 people use the two-factor authentication out of the university's population, that doesn't have a big impact.
At Ryerson between Sept. 19, 2016 and Jan. 16, 2017, the university has gone from 406 employees using two-factor authentication for all applications to 1,030.
Although two-factor authentication has not made mandatory for staff, the CCS has asked employees who handle sensitive data to use it.
Lesser says they're going to try to get above 90 per cent adoption, but don't have a specific timeline as to when they will reach that goal.
Phoney phishing
This coming fall, Lesser said Ryerson's CCS may start phishing (sending misleading emails that can trick people into sharing personal info) Ryerson students, a method that's already underway with some university email accounts.
While a lot of the solutions or testers are in its early stages of planning and are "tentative," students may start receiving phoney phishing emails as a test to see if they'll get caught clicking on something they shouldn't, which will then take them to a teaching page that will explain what phishing is and how to avoid being phished in the future.
"It is a much more effective learning experience than ignoring or skimming through warning emails from CCS," he said.
With tens of thousands of people on campus, it's hard to educate everyone about phishing in an effective way. Ryerson ran a pilot "test phishing" program on about 1,500 people, who received test phishing messages and if they were fooled into responding to the phish, were taken to a training page to learn more about phishing.
This approach may be expanded to students next year, Lesser said.
"It helps reduce successful phishing but doesn't eliminate it. People are vulnerable—not just the computers."
University system inherently vulnerable
He added that university networks are easier to attack because there are a lot more systems open to the Internet than a private business would ever allow.
"We have researchers sharing research information with the world on their own servers. But if one is compromised by a remote attacker, they will get a foothold on the campus network. So we put a lot of effort into network segmentation and early detection. With a large number of student accounts come opportunities to hijack some of them. Each hijacked account—depending on what it has access to—is worth something."
Vulnerability management means regularly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and either patching them or mitigating vulnerabilities in some way.
While the CCS is better than they were a few years ago, they still have a lot of work to do.
"Malware infections have always been a problem, but ransomware is more malicious and can be part of a more wide-reaching attack," Lesser said. "We are making slow progress on hardening our Windows systems, but it is challenging."
"Until we can test them out and see that they work and they're cost-effective. I think we're all lacking."
There will be a steady increase in employees over the next year put in place to defend the university's IT network, which has been planned for a few years.
Since 2009, the number of employees focusing on cyber security has grown slightly, but Lesser says they're currently short staffed because Ryerson's Information System Security Officer left for another job and needs to be replaced.
Lesser said that if workstations, accounts and passwords are compromised, it takes an enormous amount of time, effort and money to clean up systems, recover data and analyze an attack.
"We're all working trying to figure out how can we improve security and I think we're all struggling with that. Universities are difficult to defend. I wouldn't say Ryerson is better or worse than everybody else."
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