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Los Alamos ScienceFest 2021: "Driven By Science"
Each year, thousands typically participate in Los Alamos ScienceFest week and Discovery Day. Under current restrictions due to COVID-19, however, the iconic event has been forced to adapt. Returning this July 6-11 for its 14th year, Los Alamos ScienceFest will feature a dynamic line-up of activities for all ages, celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) topics under the theme, "Driven By Science." Some of our events will be virtual, and some (hopefully) safely done in person. More details on specific topics will be announced soon, but please follow us on Facebook for the latest.
We also have an exciting adaptation for 2021 Discovery Day, which enables participants to discover hands-on science activities!
Los Alamos ScienceFest, now in its 14th year, celebrates the history and science of Los Alamos through fun and engaging activities and events for people of all ages. This signature event of Los Alamos is well attended and draws visitors from across the state of
New Mexico and beyond.
It is our mission to:
Celebrate the scientific heritage and excellence of our community by showcasing cultural activities for people of all ages
Connect with scientists and engineers and experience how science affects our everyday lives
Raise awareness of STEM education (and future science and technology)!
Enable enrichment through science and technology
LOS ALAMOS MAINSTREET DIRECTOR
Lauren McDaniel: Phone Email
Jeremy Smith: Phone Email
LOS ALAMOS CREATIVE DISTRICT CURATOR & EVENTS MANAGER
Are you interested in joining us as a sponsor? Interested in volunteering? Contact us below to learn more!
DISCOVER LOS ALAMOS
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© 2021 Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation


When the first image of Jason Momoa as Aquaman debuted, fans were shocked at how badass and Rob Zombie-fied he looked, sporting his tribal armor and tats, not to mention those knotty dreadlocks. He looked like someone you definitely would not want to mess with, but there was also the question of whether we would see him in his more traditional green and orange threads from the comic books, and now an interview with the actor for The Robot's Voice makes it sound like we may yet see the King of Atlantis unite the seven in style.
Momoa also confirmed that he has indeed already been scanned for toy-making purposes, so keep an eye out for those bathtub-friendly Aquaman action figures very soon, hopefully in time for Christmas.
While his debut appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is rumored to be brief, there's a rumor that Arthur Curry/Aquaman may drop by as a death row guest at Belle Reve Penitentiary in the next Warner Bros. and DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad before joining director Zack Snyder's The Justice League Part One in 2017 and then his own James Wan-helmed solo film titled simply Aquaman on July 27, 2018.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice stars Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from Man of Steel, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film. Jason Momoa will also be making an appearance as Aquaman. The film is set to open worldwide on March 25, 2016.


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Editorial and Reviewers
Editors and Reviewers
Faculty Editorial Board
Dr Mark Wuddivira (Dean and Chair)
Professor Duraisamy Saravanakumar
Dr Sharon Hutchinson
Dr Arlette Saint Ville
Ms Sarojini Ragbir (Managing Editor)
Dr Selby Nichols
Dr Wendy-Ann Isaac
Professor Neela Badrie
Professor Laura Roberts-Nkrumah
Professor Majeed Mohammed
Dr Winston Elibox
International Editorial Board
Professor Adelia C Bovell-Benjamin
Food and Nutritional Sciences
Professor James R Lindner
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Professor Chandra A Madramootoo
Faculty of Agricultural And Environmental Sciences
Dr James Wilson Smith
Professor Sinclair H Mantell
Senior Technical Advisor and Chief Consultant in Scientific Capacity Building International Development Advisors
Dr Harry Ozier-Lafontaine
Director of Research
INRAE Antilles-Guyane
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Dr Andrew MacMillan
Field Operations Division
FAO, Rome
Professor Edward A Evans
Center Director
Tropical Research and Education Center
University of Florida/IFAS
Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
Global Lead, Nutrition and Public Health, WorldFish, One CGIAR
Researchers, scientists, experts and advanced farmers are invited to assist us with reviewing and editing of manuscripts of research and review papers as well as reviews of published books in their area of expertise.
About the Editor-in-Chief
Mr Bruce Lauckner will serve as Editor-in- Chief of Tropical Agriculture for the year 2021.
Bruce Lauckner is a retired biometrician who worked at the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) from 1979 to 2015. CARDI has offices in 12 CARICOM countries, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. He has extensive work experience in all those countries. For the final 15 years of his career with CARDI he held several senior management positions including Active Executive Director (for a total of 2 years), Manager of Research and Development, Head Strategic Alliances and Chairman of the Publications and Seminars Committee.
Bruce Lauckner was born in the UK and is now a dual national of that country and of Trinidad and Tobago. He holds an honours degree in mathematics from Leeds University (1966) and was a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society; a status which required passing a four-part series of annual examinations completed in 1971. Before joining CARDI he had seven years working experience at Rothamsted Experimental Station which is claimed to be the world's oldest formal agricultural agricultural research station. He also worked with the British Ministry of Overseas Development with posts at UWI in both Trinidad and Barbados.
He has completed consultancies for as many as 22 different bodies in various Caribbean countries including private, government and academic. His publication list has over 100 entries as senior and junior author in reviewed and other publications. Besides countries listed above he has worked in or visited for professional activity Argentina, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay and Venezuela.
He has been or still is a member of many professional societies including International Biometric Society (several executive positions), Tropical Agriculture Association UK (Caribbean Representative), Caribbean Food Crops Society (Member of Advisory Board and several other positions), Caribbean Agricultural Economics Society (President and several other positions). He has served on a number of national and international committees in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and elsewhere. These committees have covered many different disciplines including data quality, censuses, information products, plant protection, water supply and sports.

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Drive is a racing game that is completely based on sound. Drive is one of the first racing games for the blind released for young visually impaired gamers.
In Drive, players test a new experimental vehicle named "Shuttle". This Shuttle is connected to a fixed track in the Cycom TestLab. In contrast to most racing games for the blind that aim at making racing accessible, the steering – which primarily is a visual activity – is excluded from gameplay. The developers of Drive have chosen to focus on the essence of racing games: the feeling of controlling a vehicle with tremendous velocity.
The challenge in Drive is based on audio-dictated gameplay; the player is required to listen carefully and react to boosters. These boosters help the player to accellerate. The extra velocity caused by boosters is only temporarily, so clever players combine boosters to reach the highest speed levels.
Various audio elements have been added to the game. During the ride co-pilot Bob will accompany the player. Various background sounds enhance the experience and the interactive music corresponds with the success of the player. Drive also was a very early example of a game utilising real-time sythesis: the engine sound was generated during gameplay.
Drive was seen on many (international) newssites, in several newspapers, featured at conferences and Dutch national television. It was even added to the Game On International game exhibition. Up to now, Drive has been played almost 150.000 times by blind and seeing players around the world.


We are thrilled to announce that Marvin Ammori will be delivering an address at this year's Open Video Conference. Marvin is a Legal Fellow at the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative and a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. He is an internationally recognized lawyer and expert in the areas of Internet law, media law, freedom of speech, and cybersecurity law.
Before joining the Open Technology Initiative, Marvin taught cyberlaw and international and domestic telecommunications at the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he helped found the space and telecommunications law program with the support of U.S. Strategic Command. He has also acted as counsel on some of the most important cases involving the future of the Internet. As Free Press's first lawyer in Washington, DC., he was the lead lawyer before the FCC on the Free Press-Comcast net neutrality case, which has been called a "model of the free-speech battles of the future" and which shaped several years of telecom lobbying in Washington, DC. Marvin is also a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Marvin's legal writings focus on freedom of speech, security, and new technologies. His work has appeared in places such as the New York Times, Boston Review, and the Huffington Post, and he is a contributor to Balkinization, one of the leading blogs for legal commentary.
Marvin will address the threats to our essential communications infrastructure—especially online video. Marvin will draw on his wealth of knowledge to help us examine the stakes involved in ensuring that video progresses as a democratic, participatory, and collaborative medium. He has been on the cutting edge of addressing legal issues in communication throughout his career and will be bringing his expertise to the questions that will shape the future of video on the Web.
Marvin will also be leading a session that will work towards developing a map that visualizes the many patterns, layers, processes, and structures of the open video ecosystem.
If you haven't already, make sure you register today!
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namespace app_list {

namespace {

// The margin from the edge to the speech UI.
const int kSpeechUIMargin = 12;

// The vertical position for the appearing animation of the speech UI.
const float kSpeechUIAppearingPosition = 12;

// The distance between the arrow tip and edge of the anchor view.
const int kArrowOffset = 10;

// Determines whether the current environment supports shadows bubble borders.
bool SupportsShadow() {
#if defined(OS_WIN)
  // Shadows are not supported on Windows without Aero Glass.
  if (!ui::win::IsAeroGlassEnabled() ||
      CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
          switches::kDisableDwmComposition)) {
    return false;
  }
#elif defined(OS_LINUX) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
  // Shadows are not supported on (non-ChromeOS) Linux.
  return false;
#endif
  return true;
}

}  // namespace

// An animation observer to hide the view at the end of the animation.
class HideViewAnimationObserver : public ui::ImplicitAnimationObserver {
 public:
  HideViewAnimationObserver()
      : frame_(NULL),
        target_(NULL) {
  }

  virtual ~HideViewAnimationObserver() {
    if (target_)
      StopObservingImplicitAnimations();
  }

  void SetTarget(views::View* target) {
    if (!target_)
      StopObservingImplicitAnimations();
    target_ = target;
  }

  void set_frame(views::BubbleFrameView* frame) { frame_ = frame; }

 private:
  // Overridden from ui::ImplicitAnimationObserver:
  virtual void OnImplicitAnimationsCompleted() OVERRIDE {
    if (target_) {
      target_->SetVisible(false);
      target_ = NULL;

      // Should update the background by invoking SchedulePaint().
      frame_->SchedulePaint();
    }
  }

  views::BubbleFrameView* frame_;
  views::View* target_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HideViewAnimationObserver);
};

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AppListView:

AppListView::AppListView(AppListViewDelegate* delegate)
    : delegate_(delegate),
      app_list_main_view_(NULL),
      speech_view_(NULL),
      animation_observer_(new HideViewAnimationObserver()) {
  CHECK(delegate);

  delegate_->AddObserver(this);
  delegate_->GetSpeechUI()->AddObserver(this);
}

AppListView::~AppListView() {
  delegate_->GetSpeechUI()->RemoveObserver(this);
  delegate_->RemoveObserver(this);
  animation_observer_.reset();
  // Remove child views first to ensure no remaining dependencies on delegate_.
  RemoveAllChildViews(true);
}

void AppListView::InitAsBubbleAttachedToAnchor(
    gfx::NativeView parent,
    int initial_apps_page,
    views::View* anchor,
    const gfx::Vector2d& anchor_offset,
    views::BubbleBorder::Arrow arrow,
    bool border_accepts_events) {
  SetAnchorView(anchor);
  InitAsBubbleInternal(
      parent, initial_apps_page, arrow, border_accepts_events, anchor_offset);
}

void AppListView::InitAsBubbleAtFixedLocation(
    gfx::NativeView parent,
    int initial_apps_page,
    const gfx::Point& anchor_point_in_screen,
    views::BubbleBorder::Arrow arrow,
    bool border_accepts_events) {
  SetAnchorView(NULL);
  SetAnchorRect(gfx::Rect(anchor_point_in_screen, gfx::Size()));
  InitAsBubbleInternal(
      parent, initial_apps_page, arrow, border_accepts_events, gfx::Vector2d());
}

void AppListView::SetBubbleArrow(views::BubbleBorder::Arrow arrow) {
  GetBubbleFrameView()->bubble_border()->set_arrow(arrow);
  SizeToContents();  // Recalcuates with new border.
  GetBubbleFrameView()->SchedulePaint();
}

void AppListView::SetAnchorPoint(const gfx::Point& anchor_point) {
  SetAnchorRect(gfx::Rect(anchor_point, gfx::Size()));
}

void AppListView::SetDragAndDropHostOfCurrentAppList(
    ApplicationDragAndDropHost* drag_and_drop_host) {
  app_list_main_view_->SetDragAndDropHostOfCurrentAppList(drag_and_drop_host);
}

void AppListView::ShowWhenReady() {
  app_list_main_view_->ShowAppListWhenReady();
}

void AppListView::Close() {
  app_list_main_view_->Close();
  delegate_->Dismiss();
}

void AppListView::UpdateBounds() {
  SizeToContents();
}

bool AppListView::ShouldCenterWindow() const {
  return delegate_->ShouldCenterWindow();
}

gfx::Size AppListView::GetPreferredSize() const {
  return app_list_main_view_->GetPreferredSize();
}

void AppListView::Paint(gfx::Canvas* canvas, const views::CullSet& cull_set) {
  views::BubbleDelegateView::Paint(canvas, cull_set);
  if (!next_paint_callback_.is_null()) {
    next_paint_callback_.Run();
    next_paint_callback_.Reset();
  }
}

void AppListView::OnThemeChanged() {
#if defined(OS_WIN)
  GetWidget()->Close();
#endif
}

bool AppListView::ShouldHandleSystemCommands() const {
  return true;
}

void AppListView::Prerender() {
  app_list_main_view_->Prerender();
}

void AppListView::OnProfilesChanged() {
  app_list_main_view_->search_box_view()->InvalidateMenu();
}

void AppListView::SetProfileByPath(const base::FilePath& profile_path) {
  delegate_->SetProfileByPath(profile_path);
  app_list_main_view_->ModelChanged();
}

void AppListView::AddObserver(AppListViewObserver* observer) {
  observers_.AddObserver(observer);
}

void AppListView::RemoveObserver(AppListViewObserver* observer) {
  observers_.RemoveObserver(observer);
}

// static
void AppListView::SetNextPaintCallback(const base::Closure& callback) {
  next_paint_callback_ = callback;
}

#if defined(OS_WIN)
HWND AppListView::GetHWND() const {
  gfx::NativeWindow window =
      GetWidget()->GetTopLevelWidget()->GetNativeWindow();
  return window->GetHost()->GetAcceleratedWidget();
}
#endif

PaginationModel* AppListView::GetAppsPaginationModel() {
  return app_list_main_view_->contents_view()
      ->apps_container_view()
      ->apps_grid_view()
      ->pagination_model();
}

void AppListView::InitAsBubbleInternal(gfx::NativeView parent,
                                       int initial_apps_page,
                                       views::BubbleBorder::Arrow arrow,
                                       bool border_accepts_events,
                                       const gfx::Vector2d& anchor_offset) {
  app_list_main_view_ =
      new AppListMainView(delegate_.get(), initial_apps_page, parent);
  AddChildView(app_list_main_view_);
  app_list_main_view_->SetPaintToLayer(true);
  app_list_main_view_->SetFillsBoundsOpaquely(false);
  app_list_main_view_->layer()->SetMasksToBounds(true);

  // Speech recognition is available only when the start page exists.
  if (delegate_ && delegate_->IsSpeechRecognitionEnabled()) {
    speech_view_ = new SpeechView(delegate_.get());
    speech_view_->SetVisible(false);
    speech_view_->SetPaintToLayer(true);
    speech_view_->SetFillsBoundsOpaquely(false);
    speech_view_->layer()->SetOpacity(0.0f);
    AddChildView(speech_view_);
  }

  OnProfilesChanged();
  set_color(kContentsBackgroundColor);
  set_margins(gfx::Insets());
  set_parent_window(parent);
  set_close_on_deactivate(false);
  set_close_on_esc(false);
  set_anchor_view_insets(gfx::Insets(kArrowOffset + anchor_offset.y(),
                                     kArrowOffset + anchor_offset.x(),
                                     kArrowOffset - anchor_offset.y(),
                                     kArrowOffset - anchor_offset.x()));
  set_border_accepts_events(border_accepts_events);
  set_shadow(SupportsShadow() ? views::BubbleBorder::BIG_SHADOW
                              : views::BubbleBorder::NO_SHADOW_OPAQUE_BORDER);
  views::BubbleDelegateView::CreateBubble(this);
  SetBubbleArrow(arrow);

#if defined(USE_AURA)
  aura::Window* window = GetWidget()->GetNativeWindow();
  window->layer()->SetMasksToBounds(true);
  GetBubbleFrameView()->set_background(new AppListBackground(
      GetBubbleFrameView()->bubble_border()->GetBorderCornerRadius(),
      app_list_main_view_));
  set_background(NULL);
  window->SetEventTargeter(scoped_ptr<ui::EventTargeter>(
      new views::BubbleWindowTargeter(this)));
#else
  set_background(new AppListBackground(
      GetBubbleFrameView()->bubble_border()->GetBorderCornerRadius(),
      app_list_main_view_));

  // On non-aura the bubble has two widgets, and it's possible for the border
  // to be shown independently in odd situations. Explicitly hide the bubble
  // widget to ensure that any WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED messages triggered by the
  // window manager do not have the SWP_SHOWWINDOW flag set which would cause
  // the border to be shown. See http://crbug.com/231687 .
  GetWidget()->Hide();
#endif

  if (delegate_)
    delegate_->ViewInitialized();
}

void AppListView::OnBeforeBubbleWidgetInit(
    views::Widget::InitParams* params,
    views::Widget* widget) const {
#if defined(USE_AURA) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
  if (delegate_ && delegate_->ForceNativeDesktop())
    params->native_widget = new views::DesktopNativeWidgetAura(widget);
#endif
#if defined(OS_WIN)
  // Windows 7 and higher offer pinning to the taskbar, but we need presence
  // on the taskbar for the user to be able to pin us. So, show the window on
  // the taskbar for these versions of Windows.
  if (base::win::GetVersion() >= base::win::VERSION_WIN7)
    params->force_show_in_taskbar = true;
#elif defined(OS_LINUX)
  // Set up a custom WM_CLASS for the app launcher window. This allows task
  // switchers in X11 environments to distinguish it from main browser windows.
  params->wm_class_name = kAppListWMClass;
  // Show the window in the taskbar, even though it is a bubble, which would not
  // normally be shown.
  params->force_show_in_taskbar = true;
#endif
}

views::View* AppListView::GetInitiallyFocusedView() {
  return app_list_main_view_->search_box_view()->search_box();
}

gfx::ImageSkia AppListView::GetWindowIcon() {
  if (delegate_)
    return delegate_->GetWindowIcon();

  return gfx::ImageSkia();
}

bool AppListView::WidgetHasHitTestMask() const {
  return true;
}

void AppListView::GetWidgetHitTestMask(gfx::Path* mask) const {
  DCHECK(mask);
  mask->addRect(gfx::RectToSkRect(
      GetBubbleFrameView()->GetContentsBounds()));
}

bool AppListView::AcceleratorPressed(const ui::Accelerator& accelerator) {
  // The accelerator is added by BubbleDelegateView.
  if (accelerator.key_code() == ui::VKEY_ESCAPE) {
    if (app_list_main_view_->search_box_view()->HasSearch()) {
      app_list_main_view_->search_box_view()->ClearSearch();
    } else if (app_list_main_view_->contents_view()
                   ->apps_container_view()
                   ->IsInFolderView()) {
      app_list_main_view_->contents_view()
          ->apps_container_view()
          ->app_list_folder_view()
          ->CloseFolderPage();
      return true;
    } else {
      GetWidget()->Deactivate();
      Close();
    }
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

void AppListView::Layout() {
  const gfx::Rect contents_bounds = GetContentsBounds();
  app_list_main_view_->SetBoundsRect(contents_bounds);

  if (speech_view_) {
    gfx::Rect speech_bounds = contents_bounds;
    int preferred_height = speech_view_->GetPreferredSize().height();
    speech_bounds.Inset(kSpeechUIMargin, kSpeechUIMargin);
    speech_bounds.set_height(std::min(speech_bounds.height(),
                                      preferred_height));
    speech_bounds.Inset(-speech_view_->GetInsets());
    speech_view_->SetBoundsRect(speech_bounds);
  }
}

void AppListView::SchedulePaintInRect(const gfx::Rect& rect) {
  BubbleDelegateView::SchedulePaintInRect(rect);
  if (GetBubbleFrameView())
    GetBubbleFrameView()->SchedulePaint();
}

void AppListView::OnWidgetDestroying(views::Widget* widget) {
  BubbleDelegateView::OnWidgetDestroying(widget);
  if (delegate_ && widget == GetWidget())
    delegate_->ViewClosing();
}

void AppListView::OnWidgetActivationChanged(views::Widget* widget,
                                            bool active) {
  // Do not called inherited function as the bubble delegate auto close
  // functionality is not used.
  if (widget == GetWidget())
    FOR_EACH_OBSERVER(AppListViewObserver, observers_,
                      OnActivationChanged(widget, active));
}

void AppListView::OnWidgetVisibilityChanged(views::Widget* widget,
                                            bool visible) {
  BubbleDelegateView::OnWidgetVisibilityChanged(widget, visible);

  if (widget != GetWidget())
    return;

  if (!visible)
    app_list_main_view_->ResetForShow();
}

void AppListView::OnSpeechRecognitionStateChanged(
    SpeechRecognitionState new_state) {
  if (!speech_view_)
    return;

  bool will_appear = (new_state == SPEECH_RECOGNITION_RECOGNIZING ||
                      new_state == SPEECH_RECOGNITION_IN_SPEECH ||
                      new_state == SPEECH_RECOGNITION_NETWORK_ERROR);
  // No change for this class.
  if (speech_view_->visible() == will_appear)
    return;

  if (will_appear)
    speech_view_->Reset();

  animation_observer_->set_frame(GetBubbleFrameView());
  gfx::Transform speech_transform;
  speech_transform.Translate(
      0, SkFloatToMScalar(kSpeechUIAppearingPosition));
  if (will_appear)
    speech_view_->layer()->SetTransform(speech_transform);

  {
    ui::ScopedLayerAnimationSettings main_settings(
        app_list_main_view_->layer()->GetAnimator());
    if (will_appear) {
      animation_observer_->SetTarget(app_list_main_view_);
      main_settings.AddObserver(animation_observer_.get());
    }
    app_list_main_view_->layer()->SetOpacity(will_appear ? 0.0f : 1.0f);
  }

  {
    ui::ScopedLayerAnimationSettings speech_settings(
        speech_view_->layer()->GetAnimator());
    if (!will_appear) {
      animation_observer_->SetTarget(speech_view_);
      speech_settings.AddObserver(animation_observer_.get());
    }

    speech_view_->layer()->SetOpacity(will_appear ? 1.0f : 0.0f);
    if (will_appear)
      speech_view_->layer()->SetTransform(gfx::Transform());
    else
      speech_view_->layer()->SetTransform(speech_transform);
  }

  if (will_appear)
    speech_view_->SetVisible(true);
  else
    app_list_main_view_->SetVisible(true);
}

}  // namespace app_list

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Three Ways to Promote Higher Order Thinking in the Primary Grades!
This post is also featured on the TpT blog.
When I am talking about my students and higher order thinking, I am talking about the ability to use critical thinking skills to transfer their knowledge in order to solve a problem.
Well that wasn't the most simple way to put it… but essentially I want my students to take all the tools I have taught them and be able to APPLY them in order to solve something!
Higher order thinking can seem like a big task when talking about teaching 5-7 year old students, but it is honestly one of my favorite ways to teach. I love to watch my students surprise themselves with what they can do! I can see it in their eyes when they are at first, taken aback by the problem, and then when they solve it, they are just so proud. It is a beautiful thing!
I believe the earlier students are exposed to higher order thinking type questions, the more they will feel prepared to solve these problems as they continue onto the higher grades and be put in more complex situations.
While these types of tasks are certainly difficult at first, they are great practice for your young learners to start thinking in different ways. The more practice and exposure they get to these types of problems, the better they become!
Once your students have learned a skill, I like to have them apply it to many different types of real world problems. By giving your students open ended tasks to solve, it gives them the freedom to solve the problem however best fits their needs. It also lets them recall their own past experiences to help them solve a problem and bring their learning outside the school walls!
When you sit back and watch how your students solve these types of problems, you learn a lot about the way each child thinks. You see strengths and weaknesses that may not be readily assessed through simple "recall" questions.
– You are having a big party and everyone in the class is invited! You want to bring in cupcakes but you need to know how many boxes to bring. There are 4 cupcakes in each box.
Students will first have to count up everyone in the class and brainstorm ways to figure out how many boxes of cupcakes they will need.
– You get to pick out some new furniture to go along the biggest wall in your room. The wall is 15 feet long and your mom/dad want you to get a chair, a dresser, and a new bed. How long should each piece of furniture be to make sure it all fits?
– Our principal said we can choose which kind of new recess equipment we can get for the playground! What should we get and how can we decide fairly?
Students will likely suggest taking a vote and will need to decide on which options to put up on the board and how to collect and analyze the data.
– Bring in a Hershey chocolate bar (or draw a rectangle on the board) and explain that you and 3 friends would like to share it equally. How can we go about doing this?
This is an easy visual and when i do this in small group I actually give my students the candy once they have divided it up equally – boy that makes them want to get it right! Students mention all the different ways to divide the rectangle shape into equal parts and we discuss whether there is a "best" way to do it or not.
– Your after-school piano lessons are an hour long and you must be home by 6pm for dinner. What time should your piano lessons start?
This type of problem has students thinking about all sorts of real-life situations. When I use a word like "should" it puts pressure on my students to think of the best time for the lessons to start. Students will start to discuss what time school gets out and how long it might take them to get to the lessons and then back home in enough time for dinner. Of course, there are a few different answers to this depending on what time you get of school.
Students look at the different clothing options to dress their teddy bear and figure out how many different outfits they can make.
This type of problem really shows the different ways my students think! Some students like to write down all their options, others draw pictures, others like to go through each clothing item 1-by-1 to make sure it's being used. All of these are just perfect!
I like to pose these types of questions in whole group or small group situations. My students tend to bounce ideas off one another as many of these tasks are multi-step and can take a long time to solve. Once one student gets started sharing their ideas or strategies, it starts to spark other students' ideas!
You can do this simply by purposely doing something WRONG! Now, of course, you only want to do this after you have taught something correctly and after your students have mastered the skill… and you may want to add a little theatrics to it while you are making a mistake to help your students catch the hint….
I love to do this in my classroom with "fix it" cards!
Identifying the problem and fixing it requires students to completely understand the skill at hand and then analyze the situation to determine what is incorrect. Then, students can go about solving these in more than one way! For example, in number 5 shown above, I have had students "fix" a problem like that by saying "they only get to open 3 more, not 4" and I have also had a few students say "They must have had 6 gifts." Both are correct and they both show that the student understands subtraction!
During my math warm up time, I love to pose simple guess & solve problems to get students thinking about how they would come up with a solution. I do this in two general ways: Estimation Station and More/Less.
This can be done by putting items into a clear container or bucket and asking students to estimate how many ______ they think are in the container. We write down our guesses and possible ways to figure out how many are inside.
After repeating this with your class a few times with the same container, it is fun to hear their reasoning for their estimates. They may notice that the items are much larger than ones used previously so there is likely less in the container. Once my students grasp that idea, I start putting items in different sized containers.
Depending on the type and amount of items, we also discuss should we group the items to count them? How can we make sure we don't count the same small item twice? Etc.
We don't just estimate items in containers either. We estimate how many markers we can lay across the board, how many one-foot hops we can do in 30 seconds, and how many steps it takes us to walk from one door to the other. There are many things to estimate!
This activity is a switch up from estimation station, where I will pose the following types of statements and my students will use their reasoning to decide if my statement is correct or incorrect.
– There are MORE than 30 counting bears in this container.
– It will take me LESS than 20 steps to walk from one end of the rug to the other.
– I can do MORE than 25 sit ups in one minute.
– There are LESS than 50 books on that shelf.
These types of statements have students thinking differently. I could easily ask my students to just count how many bears are in the container to see if they are able to count accurately, but this way my students must pick a side. Do they agree or disagree? They must provide reasoning for their choice and they then will figure out the best way to prove or disprove my statement!
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These are great ideas. Higher order thinking is so important it needs to start as early as possible. Great post.
I would love to receive emails on higher level questioning to incorporate into the classroom.


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White House: We feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani
By NICK GASS
Josh Earnest says he feels sorry for Rudy Giuliani.
On Friday, the White House press secretary said it was "sad" to see the former New York mayor damage his reputation by remarking this week that President Barack Obama "doesn't love America."
"I can tell you that it's sad to see when somebody who has attained a certain stature and even admiration tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly," he told reporters during the daily press briefing Friday. "There is no element of schadenfreude that people are feeling around here."
Giuliani floods the zone with Obama attacks
NICK GASS
A reporter asked Earnest if Obama also felt sorry for remarks he made about President George W. Bush's patriotism as a presidential candidate. In 2008, then-Sen. Obama told a crowd in North Dakota that Bush's adding $4 trillion to the national debt was "irresponsible" and "unpatriotic."
"I think that what the president was doing is he was questioning the specific wisdom of that decision," rather than the person, Earnest replied.
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Veterans' memories spark innovative virtual reality project
Poignant, humorous and harrowing experiences of UK veterans have been brought to life in an innovative new virtual reality project.
Poppyscotland has collaborated with Abertay University in Dundee to produce Their Memory, a prototype VR simulation that sees players explore the real-life memories of those who served their country across various major conflicts.
The project saw a total of seven veterans open up to the Abertay team, sharing their reasons for signing up, stories of battle and friendship, and describing what the poppy and remembrance mean to them.
"No country should forget it's past history and what people have had to do, both in previous and current generations, so it is important to carry on with remembrance" - Veteran Alf Gibbons
Their Memory has been led by Dr Iain Donald of Abertay's School of Design and Informatics and research assistant Emma Houghton.
Above: Isla Campbell Luton and Gordon Michie standing with Dr Iain Donald and Emma Houghton. Seated are veterans Alf Gibbons and John Sutherland.
The immersive experience allows the user to explore a virtual version of Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, with a series of artifacts laid out to be picked up.
All items are personal to the veterans involved and include a poppy, a poppybox, letters and pictures from children, a mortar shell, a model tank, a plane, a copy of an oath, a bullet, a coffee mug from Bosnia and a NATO flag, among several others.
"As one of the world's leading computer games universities we regularly collaborate on industry-led and charity projects, but Their Memory is something very special" - Dr Iain Donald, Abertay University
Once selected by the user, each item triggers an interview soundtrack of a veteran describing a related memory or a Poppyscotland video, as the user continues to explore the virtual area.
The Abertay University academics, along with support from Abertay graduate games studio Pocket Sized Hands and Dundee-based Ruffian Games, initially came together with Poppyscotland to examine how technology, and in particular virtual reality, could be harnessed to capture and share memories.
The project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Immersive Experiences scheme to deliver the current prototype, with the next stage to secure further funding to evidence the impact this innovative approach can have.
The current version is due to be released on the Oculus Go virtual reality platform.
Gordon Michie, Head of Fundraising at Poppyscotland said: "It is vital that we preserve and share the memories of veterans experiences so that they are understood and recognised for generations to come.
"Poppyscotland strives to be innovative in the way in which we do this and utilising the latest virtual reality technology allows us to both reach new audiences and provide them with a truly immersive, memorable experience."
Dr Donald said: "As one of the world's leading computer games universities we regularly collaborate on industry-led and charity projects, but Their Memory is something very special.
"We were delighted to be able to work with Poppyscotland and their brave veterans to produce this unique new way of remembering those who gave up their lives in conflict."
Veteran Alf Gibbons, 73, from Newport, a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, was involved in the project along with John Sutherland, 83, a Private in the Black Watch from Dundee (both above left to right).
Alf said: "We have been involved all the way along and now we've seen the finished project it has been great.
"No country should forget it's past history and what people have had to do, both in previous and current generations, so it is important to carry on with remembrance.
"There's no finer symbol than the poppy - I never have to rattle a can. From the children who come up and ask 'how much is a poppy mister' to the businessmen who come up and just stuff your can with notes."
John said: "It's 100 years on now, so I think it's very important to keep coming up with new ways of remembering those who gave up their lives.
"It was just a great thing to be involved in and I've really enjoyed working with the students."
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh employs disabled ex-servicemen and women to hand-assemble some five million poppies and 15,000 wreaths every year.
To make a donation to Poppyscotland visit poppyscotland.org.uk


Fifteen principals of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi held their first monthly meeting for the upcoming school year on Wednesday, July 27, at the Education Service Center. The principals, who represented 15 of the 18 schools in the diocese, discussed topics ranging from "new beginnings with new discoveries" to "each day a beginning for excellence."
The Texas Catholic Conference has named Michael Barba as its associate director of public policy. Barba will assist Executive Director Jennifer Carr Allmon in serving as a representative of the Roman Catholic bishops of Texas before lawmakers.
On July 8-9, the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity held their first ever conference, Love and Mercy, for the whole family. SOLT speakers from all over the country traveled to Our Lady of Corpus Christi Campus to share the good news about God's love and mercy for everyone.
As thousands of youth gather in Krakow this week for World Youth Day with Pope Francis, hundreds of undocumented immigrants in Texas who could not make it got a special message from the pontiff. "Dear youth of the diocese of Brownsville…I want to be close to you. I want to tell you to always look forward, always look to the horizon. Don't let life put walls in front of you, always look to the horizon," the Pope said in a July 26 video message to the Texan youth.
This liturgical year we are presented with Luke's gospel. He begins his "good news" with a short prologue addressing Theophilus whose name means "friend of God." This mystery man could have been Luke's patron or even the "man in the pew" of Luke's church audience. Whoever he was, he can help enrich a modern day person in the pew.
The Diocese of Corpus Christi took delivery of a 35-passenger bus on Wednesday, July 27. The bus will pick up students from Alice and Robstown attending St. John Paul II High School, beginning this school year, which starts on Aug. 8.
For the past year, Diocese of Corpus Christi seminarian James Hernandez has been working with Catholic Relief Service (CRS) while attending Assumption Seminary and Oblate School of Theology. CRS is the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Alice held a Vacation Bible School on July 18-22 with the theme "Cave Quest following Jesus, the light of the world." The school concluded with a Mass attended by all the participants and celebrated by Father Julian Cabrera and Father Joseph Varghese.
It is a major miracle about which you have probably never heard. On Sunday, Oct. 3, 1847, more than 2,000 people in Ocotlán, Mexico saw a perfect image of Jesus Christ crucified that appeared in the sky for more than 30 minutes.
Father Paul Hu, SOLT passed away on Saturday, July 16 of heart complications. He was a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.
When I was in elementary school my maternal grandmother died. We lived in a small town in North Texas and my family was one of the pillars of the community. I believe one image I somehow remember from the first Thanksgiving meal after her death has given me a slightly different approach to helping the poor during the Thanksgiving-Christmas season. The image is a plate of fried quail; a delicacy to be sure.
Durante la primera semana de junio se llevo a cabo en la parroquia de St. Thomas the Apostle en Robstown una reunión de trabajo y planeación del ministerio hispano, de la diócesis de Corpus Christi. El padre Julián Cabrera, director del mismo y párroco de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Alice, presidió sobre la junta.
Bishop Michael Mulvey and Duval County Judge Ricardo Carrillo met today, July 15, to discuss the county's proposal for a family detention center in San Diego. The bishop said the meeting was one of "mutual respect and understanding," but expressed his continued opposition to the center.
KIII TV news channel did a piece on the Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit or Perpetual Adoration on Thursday, July 14.


In 1745, Reverend Stephen Williams was asked by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley to join Colonel Joseph Dwight's regiment as its chaplain. From July to November, he served the regiment at Louisbourg, which was the British outpost on Cape Breton Isle. When winter came, he became very ill and in November, weak and pain-wracked, he was carried aboard an English frigate and returned to Boston to recuperate for 3 months from dysentery. In gratitude, the Province of Massachusetts House of Representatives in January awarded him £ 25 for his extraordinary services as chaplain. He returned to Longmeadow February 6, 1746.
Ten years later, he was again requested to join regiments under Ephraim Williams and Timothy Ruggles for an expedition to Crown Point. As an incentive, the Colony voted him £ 5 per month over and above the standard chaplain compensation. With his congregation's consent, he left on July 1, 1755 to join the regiments leaving for the shores of Lake Champlain and the fort at Crown Point. Two months later, he and the regiments were attacked by French and Indians under General de Diskeau. Rev. Williams returned to Longmeadow to resume his pastoral duties on October 28, 1755.
The next summer, his old commander (now Brigadier General) Joseph Dwight asked Rev. Williams to be chaplain for an expedition to Lake George. On June 2, 1756, Rev. Williams left to join his troops. Soon after the British victory at Lake George, he was taken ill again and was returned to Longmeadow. When the Revolutionary War came, he frequently noted in his diary his concern for the soldiers and civilians. Although he was disturbed by the "arbitrary and tyrannical measures" of the Crown, he was slow to welcome a total break with the British government. His congregation, which was much more supportive of the Patriot cause, disagreed with his conservative stance but they remained loyal to their beloved Rev. Williams. When Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, he rejoiced with his people at the end of the conflict.


Ruben Studdard, the American Idol season 2 champ who's been compared to Luther Vandross, comes full circle today with a new album, Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross While the album has been something that fans have wanted for a long time, Ruben says it's only now, later in life, that he feels he can do justice to Luther's classic tunes.
He explains, "I feel like I understand who I am musically and what I want to accomplish musically now more than I did when I was 25, or 24 when I was releasing my first three albums."
He adds, "I was kind of really trying to find myself, but every single time I would cover somebody's song, the excitement for that was really phenomenal."
That excitement started on American Idol, when he covered Leon Russell's "Superstar" to great acclaim. He included that song on his debut album, Soulful, and it earned him a Grammy nomination. Another cover on that album -- The Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" -- was also a fan favorite.
"Everybody was just like, 'Oh my God! These should be your biggest records,'" Ruben recalls of the reaction to those songs. "It took me awhile to grow to understand that the people I idolized the most were the ones that were the best song interpreters."
So, when it comes to Luther, Ruben says, "It was just the perfect time for me to pay homage to somebody that I feel like is one of the greatest song interpreters of all time."
Ruben will launch a tour in support of the album on April 8, and it'll be designed to replicate as closely as possible the experience of attending an actual Luther concert.
"Love Won't Let Me Wait"


Can you believe Imperial Textile recently celebrated 18 years in business? As per the tradition of every 4 years, it was time, once again, to usher-in the Imperiolympic Games. The torch was lit, and everyone came out for a rousing good time of competition, food and fun. We had an incredible turnout as a number of employees took place in our Imperiolympic triathlon, a pick-up volleyball game, and almost everyone brought some kind of food dish; it was quite a fun afternoon!
The company decided to have all the employees vote for this year's MVE (Most Valuable Employee), and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Irene for being our MVE! Her hard work and dedication to this company really earned her the title, and I don't think it comes as a surprise to anyone who knows her to award her this honor.
We witness the power and might of the great Olympians in action.
Sporting their black garbage bags, this is anybody's race!
Don't be fooled, those garbage bags were tricky to hold up, especially for the taller folks.
But one would proved to stand above the rest!
Some just got it, and others don't.
By the end of it all, our Champion stood victorious, bringing honor and glory to the department.
Everyone's a winner at the Imperiolympics!


TransUnion (NYSE: TRU), a leading global risk and information solutions provider to businesses and consumers, announced today the launch of its Government Information Solutions division. The new group provides fraud, benefit eligibility verification, identity authentication, data breach response, investigation services, and other key solutions to federal, state and local government agencies in the U.S. TransUnion's solutions help both private and government sector organizations manage risk and reduce costs.
One specific focus area for TransUnion's new vertical is uncovering tax fraud. According to the Internal Revenue Service, federal tax-refund fraud is expected to hit $21 billion by 2016, up from just $6.5 billion two years ago. TransUnion data and solutions help enable government agencies to better identify and differentiate between citizens and fraudsters.
Criminals may use cyber attacks or fraud schemes to assume an identity and pass basic knowledge-based authentication. By using a risk-based authentication approach, TransUnion's ID Manager solution combines identity verification, device verification and identity authentication into a comprehensive platform enabling a solution that can help reduce identity-theft tax fraud while streamlining the tax refund process for the average citizen.
Access to TransUnion solutions are simple for most government agencies through TransUnion's General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 520/FABS/Consolidated contract (GS-00F-226CA), NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract and other procurement vehicles. By accessing these platforms, government agencies can leverage financial management, risk assessment, investigative and mitigation services for fast, easy-to-use procurement.
Continuous evaluation and the ability to provide real-time monitoring of personnel with access to sensitive government assets in an effort to transform the security clearance reinvestigations from a deadline-driven process to a proactive, event-driven process.
Reduction of fraud and improper payments for entitlement agencies by using identity and income estimation authentication technology and analytics.
For more on this topic, read our blog posts Personnel Security, Insider Threats and Continuous Evaluation and Sorting out Continuous Evaluation, Insider Threats and Cybersecurity or visit the TU Government blog feed.
Additional information can also be found at https://www.transunion.com/government, or email us at government@transunion.com.


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BUSTED: Actors caught posing as cops in George Floyd rioting psy-op
An alleged "sheriff's deputy" who announced on Twitter the other day that he was throwing in the towel against law enforcement and joining the "protesters" has been outed as a fake.
@Navyvetbolt81, as this user calls himself or herself, tweeted a photo of what appears to be police gear complete with a gun, a walkie-talkie, and other apparel. In the caption, this user wrote:
"I came home, threw my riot gear off in the middle of my living aftet (sic) the last night id (sic) be ordered to kill democracy. I resigned this morning. Im (sic) too stunned and ashamed to touch it. I just witnessed another murder on tv. The murder of democracy."
The post garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets and even reached the front page of Reddit before the same user account suddenly went on an anti-Trump tirade complete with the usual left-wing talking points. This sparked controversy from many, including those in law enforcement themselves who called into question the legitimacy of the tweet.
Since everything pictured in the photo can be purchased from websites like eBay and Alibaba, there is no way to prove that any of it was department-issued. Further, the gun holster shown does not appear to be the type commonly used by law enforcement agencies, but rather a civilian holster available to anyone.
A firearms enthusiast who goes by the handle of @LouisvilleGun uploaded a detailed analysis of everything wrong with the photo in question. This user also made a rational case for why the whole thing appears to be a left-wing hoax to make it appear as though law enforcement officers are suddenly siding with Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
Listen below to The Health Ranger Report as Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, talks about the controversy over law enforcement and reveals why people should not rely solely on police to protect them during a crisis:
How are so many people unable to recognize these lies for what they are?
As of this writing, @Navyvetbolt81 has yet to provide any evidence to back the claim that he or she used to work in law enforcement. This user did, however, post an additional picture that even further points to the claims made being fraudulent.
In this more detailed photo, a sheriff's vest and various weapons are seen, including a supposed department-issued Smith and Wesson M&P15. This particular firearm is considered to be an "affordable" type that retails for around $600.
Along with this photo, @Navyvetbolt81 claimed that this rifle was converted into a fully automatic weapon, which is highly unlikely considering police officers can obtain fully automatic rifles that civilians cannot, and directly from military-grade manufacturers. They would never convert a civilian firearm into a law enforcement firearm themselves, in other words.
Combine this with the fact that a department-issued fully automatic weapon would surely have to be returned in the event that an officer quit and the whole story stinks to high heaven. If @Navyvetbolt81 was really a law enforcement official, he or she would have had to return this weapon, or otherwise be in violation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' (ATF) tax stamp rules for the transfer of fully automatic firearms.
This is "[a]lmost certainly a poorly disguised hoaxster, unwilling to provide any real evidence of his claims of affiliation with a law enforcement agency, using a sheriff's badge purchased on eBay or Alibaba in order to advance a left-wing political agenda," warns Richard Moorhead from Big League Politics.
To keep up with the latest news about the Marxist uprising against our constitutional republic, be sure to check out CivilWar.news.
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Quantity and quality of surface waters of Alaska, October 1950 to September 1953 / by J.V.B. Wells and S.K. Love.
Wells, J. V. B., (author.). Love, S. K. (Samuel Kenneth), 1903-1995 (author.). Geological Survey (U.S.), (issuing body.).
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Daimler tests e-semi-trailers and trucks in North America
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Daimler Trucks is launching another eight fully-electric Freightliner trucks for customer testing in North America. Over a period of 22 months, 14 different customers from a range of sectors will operate six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia and two medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106 within their daily transport business.
The Customer Experience (CX) fleet from Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) joins the innovation fleet of 30 Freightliner electric trucks that have been in operation since 2018 and absolved more than 160.000 cumulative kilometres.
The Freightliner fully electric eCascadia is based on the fossil-fuelled Cascadia that Daimler Trucks says is the most successful heavy-duty long-distance truck on the North American market. With the begin of series production, the eCascadia should have up to 730 peak horsepower and batteries with 550 Kwh usable capacity, a range of up to 250 miles and have the ability to charge up to 80 per cent (providing a range of 200 miles) in about 90 minutes.
The Freightliner eM2 has been made for local distribution logistics and last-mile delivery services. The eM2 truck should have up to 480 peak horsepower and batteries with 325 Kwh of usable capacity. The electric delivery truck promises a range of up to 230 miles and the ability to charge up to 80 per cent (providing a range of 184 miles) in about 60 minutes.
Last year in April, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced its plan to convert their Portland plant in Oregon for the production of electric trucks under Freightliner banner this year. At the time, DTNA said that serial production of the eM2 and eCascadia models is set to start in 2021. Daimler presented the eM2 and eCascadia for the first time in mid-2018.
The market launch for both the Freightliner eCascadia and the eM2 truck is scheduled for late 2021.
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Summit Midstream Partners has announced that it has executed a precedent agreement with XTO Energy Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the largest leaseholders in the Delaware Basin.
Ambyint, the emerging player in artificial intelligence-powered artificial lift and production optimization, and international energy major Equinor today announced that Equinor will deploy Amybint's AI-tech in Equinor's Bakken assets.
BP has acquired 83,000 acres in the Permian Basin, nearly 200,000 acres in the Eagle Ford and another 200,000 acres in the Haynesville, putting the oil major in the heart of three major U.S. onshore shale plays.
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NATO to endorse measures against Russia over missile treaty
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO defense ministers are set to endorse a list of measures that could be used against Russia should it refuse to comply with a major Cold War-era missile treaty, the military alliance's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Tuesday.
In February, the United States began the 6-month process of withdrawing from the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty agreed with the then Soviet Union, blaming Russia for refusing to comply with the pact. The INF treaty will end unless Russia changes its mind by August 2, and NATO ministers are weighing what steps to take in response.
"Tomorrow we will decide on the next steps in the case Russia does not comply," Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of the meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The treaty bans production, testing and deployment of land-based cruise and ballistic missiles with a range of 500-5,500 kilometers (310-3,400 miles).
The Pentagon has shared information with NATO allies asserting that Russia's 9M729 missile system contravenes the treaty. It believes the ground-fired cruise missile could give Moscow the ability to launch a nuclear strike in Europe with little or no notice.
Moscow insists the missile has a range of less than 500 kilometers and counters that the U.S., itself, has been breaching the INF treaty.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 25, 2019.NATO defense ministers begin a two-day meeting on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Stoltenberg declined to elaborate on what steps NATO might take, but he did say some can be implemented "quite quickly." Others, he said, "will take more time."
Whatever is decided, it's unlikely the measures will be made public before August 2.
NATO is trying to encourage Russia to take part in a meeting of ambassadors next week to discuss the issue, as time runs out to save the INF treaty - which is considered a cornerstone of European defense.
Stoltenberg said "there are just five weeks left for Russia to save the treaty."
He said NATO's response will be "defensive, measured and coordinated. We will not mirror what Russia does, we do not intend to deploy new land based nuclear missiles in Europe. We do not want a new arms race."
NATO to endorse measures against Russia over missile...


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In light of current events I shared some of the following thoughts on Facebook and Instagram. Many people have been sharing those posts, so I thought it might be helpful to share my thoughts here with some links you can click on that will lead you to some scriptures that some of my statements are related to.
It was the summer of 1982 when she was fifteen years old and he was seventeen. Thirty six years later, she's a highly educated, successful college professor, wife and mother. He's a highly educated, successful judge with an unblemished record of public service, a husband and a father. Last Thursday in a highly charged emotional Senate hearing we saw both of them give sworn testimony about an alleged assault in that summer of 1982. I cried as I watched. I prayed. I'm still praying.
Elizabeth, I so agree with you. This whole process has been most sad to me. May we be praying for our country and for God to be with us in the days and years ahead. Blessings!
I am praying in agreement with you!
I've been praying also about this matter and many others I see happening in this nation. I despise the enemy and what he is doing in this nation. If Christians don't take a stand by voting, praying then the enemy will win. I intend to do my part in voting, praying or doing whatever God tells me to do. I hate to see our country this way, but God is greater and we win!


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Michigan locals raise funds for 'hot dog guy' after union protesters destroy his supplies
Clinton Tarver has been serving hot dogs to hungry locals in downtown Lansing, Mich., for the last five years, but a brush this week with a pro-union protest literally upended his small business in a matter of minutes.
During a protest against right-to-work legislation in Michigan's capital, Tarver's catering supplies were destroyed when demonstrators tore down the tent where he was serving and trampled his gear.
The tent had been set up by the conservative Americans for Prosperity, which supports the legislation Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Tuesday that allows unionized workers to opt out of paying union dues.
Tarver, who has been a small business owner for the last 16 years, was there to give hot dogs to supporters in the tent on the Capitol lawn. He said he was just checking tickets, not sizing up customers.
"Everyone that had a ticket I had given a hot dog to," the 63-year-old owner of Clint's Hot Dog Cart and Casual Catering told FoxNews.com. "So when two guys, one with a mask, came to get their hot dogs, I didn't think anything of it because they had tickets and I was just there for a job."
He described the action that ensued as "violent." Only minutes after he'd handed the two men their hot dogs, the pair tore down the tent, turned over his serving tables, smashed his hot dogs, tossed a cooler filled with sodas and spilled his chili.
"I kept explaining that I was just here to do a job, that I wasn't on anybody's side, but when people started calling me racial slurs, my friend who works at the Capitol told me I had to get out of there, so I crawled out," said Tarver, who is black.
Until Tuesday, he thought he was relatively unknown. But word spread about the incident, and local residents on both sides of the issue began rallying to help Tarver out.
Lorilea Zabadal, a staff member for Republican state Rep. Al Pscholka, set up an online fundraiser at gofundme.com. The goal was to reach $5,000. As of Wednesday afternoon, over $14,000 in donations had been raised.
"I supported Clint. He's a great guy and a great small business,"Lt Governor Brian Calley. He also thanked citizens who had supported Tarver financially.
Tarver said that state Sen. Joe Humes and his wife reached out to Tarver on Tuesday night promising to reimburse him for his equipment.
And a spokesperson for Americans for Prosperity said they plan to reimburse Tarver as well.
Michigan State Police have contacted Tarver about the incident, but a request for comment by Lansing police was not immediately returned to FoxNews.com.
Tarver said he's overwhelmed by the support and that he didn't know he had touched so many people.
"I never knew people cared so much about the hot dog guy — I feel overwhelmed," Tarver said. "I'm just here to serve."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/12/lansing-locals-raise-funds-for-hot-dog-guy-after-protesters-destroy-his-supplies/?test=latestnews#ixzz2EuBE0lm8
Fox News contributor punched in face at pro-union protests in Michigan
A Fox News contributor was punched in the face during a pro-union protest Tuesday in Michigan, one of a series of confrontations between union demonstrators and opponents on the day the state Legislature approved so-called "right to work" legislation that unions oppose.
Steven Crowder, a conservative comedian and Fox News contributor, had spent the day questioning demonstrators, and video he posted on YouTube showed some of them becoming verbally aggressive, with one telling him, "get the f— out of my face!"
Another protester can be seen later in the video punching Crowder in the face before being restrained by another man.
Crowder later posted photos on his Twitter account showing a chipped tooth and "minor cut to the forehead." He told the website TheBlaze.com that the scuffle started when protesters tried to tear down a tent set up by conservative organization Americans for Prosperity.
"They were trying to tear down the tent and people were trying to pull them off. … And as they did that, a few people tripped," he told the website. "This guy tripped over a tent peg and then got up and hit me."
The Lansing Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesperson said police would have further information on the incident some time Tuesday night.
Gov. Rick Snyder signed the legislation Tuesday evening after the state House gave final approval of the bills, which bar unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers they represent under collective bargaining agreements.
Earlier Tuesday, two people were arrested after trying to get into a Michigan state building where Snyder has an office.
By evening,dozens of state troopers in riot gear swept protesters away from the building. State police accompanied by sheriff's deputies on horses moved shoulder-to-shoulder to clear the area across the street from the Capitol. Some people who refused to move were physically picked up.
The new laws deliver a blow to the labor movement in the heart of the U.S. auto industry. One bill dealt with public sector workers, the other with government employees. Both measures cleared the Senate last week.
"There will be blood, there will be repercussions," state Democratic Rep. Douglas Geiss, speaking on the House floor on Tuesday, warned ahead of the votes.
Earlier in the day, two state school districts closed after hundreds of teachers called out, presumably to join the protests.
FoxNews.com confirmed that the Warren school district had to close Tuesday after so many teachers called out absent; WDIV in Detroit reported that the Taylor school district had to do the same. A statement from the Warren system said that by 8 a.m. local time, 750 staff members had called out.
Fox News' Mike Tobin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/11/fox-news-contributor-punched-in-face-at-pro-union-protests-in-michigan/#ixzz2EoRsMFan
Twinkies bakers say they'd rather lose jobs than take pay cuts
http://news.yahoo.com/twinkies-bakers-theyd-rather-lose-jobs-pay-cuts-075558559–finance.html
By Carey Gillam and Martinne Geller | Reuters – 11 hrs ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Enough is enough, say bakery workers at Hostess Brands Inc.
After several years of costly concessions, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union (BCTGM) authorized a walk-out earlier this month after Hostess received bankruptcy court approval to implement a wage cut that was not included in its contract.
With operations stalled, the company that makes Twinkies and other famous U.S. brands said last week that liquidating its business was the best way to preserve its dwindling cash. It won court approval on Wednesday to start winding down in a process expected to claim 15,000 jobs immediately and over 3,000 more after about four months.
Interviews with more than a dozen workers showed there was little sign of regret from employees who voted for the strike. They said they would rather lose their jobs than put up with lower wages and poorer benefits.
"They're just taking from us," said Kenneth Johnson, 46, of Missouri. He said he earned roughly $35,000 with overtime last year, down from about $45,000 five years ago.
"I really can't afford to not be working, but this is not worth it. I'd rather go work somewhere else or draw unemployment," said Johnson, a worker at Hostess for 23 years.
With 18,500 workers, Hostess has 12 different unions including the BCTGM, which has about 5,600 members on the bread and snack item production lines, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 7,500 route sales representatives, drivers and other employees.
Unlike some non-unionized rivals, the maker of Wonder Bread and Drake's cakes had to navigate more than 300 labor contracts, with terms that often strained efficiency and competitiveness, Hostess officials have said. In some extreme cases, contract provisions required different products to be delivered on different trucks even when headed to the same place.
Aside from those so-called onerous labor contracts, Hostess has grappled for some time with rising ingredient costs and a growing health consciousness that has made its sugary cakes less popular. It filed for bankruptcy in January, only three years after emerging from a prior bankruptcy.
Lance Ignon, speaking on behalf of Hostess, said the company recognized how difficult the past few years had been for workers and wished it did not have to ask them for more givebacks.
"But the reality was that the company could not survive without those concessions," Ignon said.
FRUSTRATIONS, COMPLAINTS
Workers had a laundry list of frustrations, from rising healthcare costs to decreased wages and delayed pension benefits. They even cited a $10-per-week per worker charge they said Hostess claimed was needed to boost company capital.
"They have taken and taken and taken from us," said Debi White, who has worked at Hostess for 26 years, most recently as a bun handler at its bread and roll plant in Lenexa, Kansas.
"They have been walking around stomping their foot saying either you give in … or else we're going to close you now. Well, go ahead, we're tired of their threats," she said. "That's how we feel."
Hostess workers are now scrambling to figure out when their health insurance runs out — or if it already has — and where and how to apply for job retraining and unemployment benefits.
Following a summer and autumn spent in labor negotiations trying to find a common path to reorganization, Hostess' management gained concessions from some unions, including the Teamsters.
The fear of thousands of job losses, for its own members and other unions, led the Teamsters to plead with the BCTGM to hold a secret ballot to determine if bakery workers really wanted to continue with the strike, even with the threat of closure.
Teamsters officials complained that bakery union leaders did "not substantively look for a solution or engage in the process," and complained that the BCTGM called for its strike on November 9 without first notifying the Teamsters.
They said that, unlike the bakery union, the Teamsters voted to "protect all jobs at Hostess." Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall said Wednesday's court approval for liquidation marked "a sad day for thousands of families affected by the closing of this company."
Bakery union President Frank Hurt has said that any labor agreements would only be temporary as Hostess was doomed anyway. The union said new owners were needed to get Hostess back on track and the only way they would return to work was if Hostess rescinded its wage and benefit cuts.
"Our membership … just had no confidence in this management group being able to run a business," said Conrad Boos, a BCTGM local business representative in Missouri.
Hurt was not immediately available to comment on Wednesday but the union said in a court filing its sole objective was to leave Hostess with "a real, rather than an illusory or theoretical, likelihood of establishing a stable business with secure jobs."
On Wednesday, Hostess' lawyer Heather Lennox said the company had received a "flood of inquiries" from potential buyers for several brands that could be sold at auction, and expects initial bidders within a few weeks.
(Additional reporting by Peter Rudegeair in NEW YORK; Editing by Paul Tait)
Union protests at Los Angeles airport disrupt holiday travelers
Ok, this is silly. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are protesting because workers voted to leave the union. What does the SEIU hope to accomplish? Do they think the workers will rethink their departure?
LOS ANGELES – A labor dispute at America's third busiest airport turned what was already a bad travel day into a nightmare for some travelers.
One of the nation's biggest unions snarled traffic as it tried to block two entrances into the Los Angeles International airport Wednesday, in a protest police feared would turn the streets outside into a parking lot at a time when tens of thousands of cars are pouring into the airport.
The Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, claims a company that employs 450 sky caps, cabin cleaners and security workers at LAX illegally broke a contract and is in violation of the city's living wage ordinance.
That company, Aviation Safeguards, claims that's inaccurate, saying 52 percent of its workers voted to decertify the SEIU. It also says employee pay has increased by more than $2 million since workers kicked the union out to compensate for changes in their health care policies.
In protest, and with five additional LAX contracts expiring at the end of November, SEIU chose the busiest travel day of the year to bring attention to its cause. "We understand the inconvenience, but workers here are making the decisions of life," spokesman Ernesto Guerrero said.
"Airport workers, they serve the public," he told Fox News on Wednesday morning outside LAX Terminal 4. "They are very proud about their job. Unfortunately, they are being forced to do these extreme measures because otherwise no one is listening to them. The airport is not listening to them. The mayor of the city is not listening to them. We are being forced to take these extreme actions."
The protest began in the afternoon, and police arranged traffic diversions to keep travelers moving, even if roads were blocked. But some people ended up in backups and were delayed as they tried to make their flights, a police commander told the Associated Press.
Airlines reported no major issues with passengers missing flights because of the protest, a LAX spokeswoman said. Thirteen people were arrested in the protest, including a dozen who sat down in the street and disobeyed a dispersal order, the Associated Press reports.
The union planned to bus in roughly a 1,000 union members to march down Century Boulevard, the main entrance into LAX, and Sepulveda Boulevard, the entrance used by motorists coming north from the beach cities and Orange County. An estimated 1.7 million are expected to use LAX over the Thanksgiving holiday.
While the union's action did bring attention to its cause, as dozens of local radio and TV vans converged on the airport to cover the event, it also could backfire, according to the company the union accuses of breaking a contract.
"There is no dispute from our perspective. Our employees voted by a large majority to decertify from the SEIU," Aviation Safeguard Vice President Joe Conlon said. "It is voluntary process to join a union. And it is voluntary process to not be part of a union. Our employees in a majority voted they did not want to be part of the SEIU anymore. So we don't have a dispute. Our employees are happy with the wages and benefits they receive."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/21/union-protest-at-los-angeles-airport-threatening-to-disrupt-holiday-travel/?test=latestnews#ixzz2Cv7Kbbas