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TRAIL VALLEY CREEK
Arctic Research Station
Understanding and predicting environmental changes across the Western Canadian Arctic
AHRG Research Team
Interested in working with us? Check out these great opportunities!
Integrating SWOT Altimetry and Physics Based Modelling to monitor and predict changes to Arctic-Boreal Lakes
Work with professors Philip Marsh and Roderick Melnik, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The Arctic-Boreal region has vast numbers of lakes that cover a large percentage of the total land surface. Although these lakes are ecologically important and very sensitive to a warming climate, our understanding of the current state of these lakes or how they may change in the future is poorly known. We have a recently funded, multiple year project, aimed at improving the monitoring and prediction of Arctic-Boreal lakes through the development of a novel program that integrates field observations, Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) remote sensing, and high-resolution lake hydrology modelling.
This project will focus on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Corridor (ITC) in the western Canadian Arctic but will have cross Arctic-Boreal applications. The ITC is the site of extensive hydrologic monitoring and research, including research at the Trail Valley Creek (TVC) Research Station (Trailvalleycreek.ca). The ITC was also the location of one of the NASA Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) study transects where AirSWOT was flown.
We invite applications to the following MSc and PhD positions:
1. PhD. Mathematical modelling of coupled climate and hydrologic processes for increased predictive capabilities,
2. MSc. Field studies of lake hydrological processes and variability across the ITC, and
3. PhD. Physics based hydrologic modelling of lake dominated watersheds along the ITC.
Position 1 will be in the Interdisciplinary Mathematical and Statistical Modelling PhD program at Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier). The program is unique in Canada. This PhD position will focus on integrating physics-based mathematical models into a unique hydrologic model platform as required to consider the impacts of climate change, thawing permafrost, and vegetation change on the hydrology of the Canadian Arctic. Prior experience with CFD and high-performance computing would be considered an advantage for this position. Positions 2 and 3 will be in the Geography and Environmental Studies Department at Laurier. This is a joint graduate program with the University of Waterloo and is the second largest Geography graduate program in Canada, and the sixth largest in North America. Through both the Modelling and Geography programs you will find a unique combination of students, research associates, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty exploring a wide range of research interests through a combination of field studies, modelling, and remote sensing. This combination will offer you a unique, challenging and stimulating research environment. Further information on both programs is available at:
https://www.wlu.ca/programs/science/graduate/mathematical-and-statistical-modelling-phd/index.html
https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-laurier-graduate-program-in-geography/
Ideal candidates should have previous degrees in relevant disciplines (e.g. numerical methods, hydrology, geography, environmental science, engineering, physics, and/or atmospheric science), and should possess aptitude and enthusiasm for understanding the integrated impacts of climate change on Arctic lakes. For the modelling positions, we especially encourage applicants with an interest in high-resolution hydrologic modelling, and proficiency in numerical methods, physics and with appropriate modelling tools. Experience in northern environments is an asset for all positions but is not required.
Graduate students at Laurier receive competitive funding packages that come from a combination of teaching assistantships, internal scholarships, and research assistantships. All students are strongly encouraged to apply for a variety of external scholarships. Students in Melnik's and Marsh's research teams have been very successful in receiving such external awards over the past years. Canadian applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. Funding for Arctic field research is provided by external research grants.
https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/graduate-and-postdoctoral-studies/funding-at-a-glance/index.html
For admission in September 2022, candidates are encouraged to contact both Drs. Marsh and Melnik. Please submit a cover letter highlighting relevant experience and your interest in joining our research team, a list of courses taken and marks, and a curriculum vitae to pmarsh at wlu.ca and rmelnik at wlu.ca with the subject line "Mathematical lake hydrology graduate students". Applicants will be reviewed in order they are received until successful candidates are found.
Dr. Philip Marsh, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science, Wilfrid Laurier University: Philipmarsh.ca and trailvalleycreek.ca
Dr. Roderick Melnik, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modelling, Wilfrid Laurier University: https://m3ai.wlu.ca/
Graduate Student Research Opportunities
Masters and Doctoral research opportunities in hydrological change in the Canadian Arctic,
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Professor Philip Marsh,
Climate warming affects the hydrology of the Arctic through complex interactions between the climate; snow; surface and groundwater runoff; lakes, ponds and wetlands; soil moisture; permafrost; evapotranspiration; beavers; and vegetation for example. Understanding the controlling processes, as well as understanding past changes in hydrology and the range of possible future scenarios of change requires the convergence and integration of field observations; process studies; hydrologic and climate data sets; remote sensing; and high-resolution hydrologic modelling. Professor Marsh has been building such a research program in the Inuvik, NWT region over the past decades. As a main component of this effort, research has been continuously carried out at the Trail Valley Creek (TVC) Research Station (Trailvalleycreek.ca) and the Havikpak Creek watershed for the last 30 years. This research has allowed the development of a unique, long term dataset, and the testing and development of hydrologic models.
Examples of past research in these watersheds are listed in Professor Marsh's Google Scholar profile.
We invite graduate student applications for MSc and PhD positions in understanding and predicting Arctic hydrologic change under a rapidly changing climate. Potential research could include:
Analysis of long-term climate and hydrologic data sets at TVC and nearby areas to understand past changes in hydrology,
Hydrologic process studies of snow accumulation and melt; hillslope hydrology; and development of taliks and effects on suprapermafrost groundwater flow,
Testing and improvement of high-resolution hydrologic models to consider past changes in hydrology, and/or
Applying these improved hydrologic models to understand the effects of climate change scenarios on future hydrology.
Ideal candidates should have previous degrees in relevant disciplines (e.g. geography, environmental science, engineering, physics, atmospheric science), and should possess aptitude and enthusiasm for understanding the impacts of climate change on Arctic hydrology. We especially encourage applicants with an interest in high-resolution hydrologic modelling. Proficiency with appropriate modelling tools is essential. Experience in northern environments is an asset, but not required.
Graduate students receive competitive funding packages that come from a combination of teaching assistantships, internal scholarships, and research assistantships for example. All students are strongly encouraged to apply for a variety of external scholarships. Dr. Marsh's students have been very successful in receiving such awards over the past years. International PhD applicants may apply for awards to offset the fee differential between Canadian and International student fees. Funding for Arctic field research is provided by external research grants.
Wilfrid Laurier University Geography and Environmental Studies Department has a joint graduate program with the University of Waterloo. This is the second largest Geography graduate program in Canada, and the sixth largest in North America. You will find a large number of students, research associates, post doctoral fellows, and faculty exploring a wide range of research interests and offering a challenging and stimulating research environment.
For admission in September 2021, candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Philip Marsh. Please submit a cover letter highlighting relevant experience and your interest in joining our research team, a list of courses taken and marks, and a curriculum vitae to Philip Marsh (pmarsh@wlu.ca) with the subject line "AHRG Graduate Student".
Dr. Philip Marsh, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Wilfrid Laurier University. Philipmarsh.ca
We are always interested in bringing on new members to the team! Please contact us for more information about ongoing or future research opportunities at the undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral level
Trail Valley Creek Research Station
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By Michael W. Chapman | December 18, 2019 Conservative talk-radio host and best selling author Mark Levin said that one of the reasons why the House Democrats are impeaching President Trump so quickly is because they want to cripple him from being able to select another justice for the Supreme Court, either in the last 12 months […]Read More
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Q: youtube API - playing videoSyndicated vs videoEmbeddable Not sure of the terminology here, so excuse me if the title is misleading. I'm new to the YouTube API and trying to understand it and how to use it to play videos in my app. I have some code that that uses iframe embeds to play videos. Of course content like music videos is being blocked by this.
So I tried this - I shared a music video directly from youtube.com to my Facebook feed. I opened the Facebook app and clicked on this post and it navigated to what looks like a standard UIWebView:

When I click the video it opens up into a full-screen media player (not sure what this class is called, I've never worked with it), and played fine.

So two questions:

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*How can I check if a video is playable embedded in an iFrame and how can I check if I need to actually bring up the youtube page like the Facebook app? Is the former videoSyndicated and the latter videoEmbeddable?

*And so is this Facebook method just a UIWebView loaded with youtube.com directed towards whatever particular video?

A: Syndication is effectively irrelevant here. (It controlled whether playback was allowed on certain TV devices and older mobile YouTube applications.)
Whether a video is embeddable is what you care about with regard to iframe embedded playback. (Ideally you'd be checking this with the video.status.embeddable property using the Data API v3.) There are some wrinkles to this rule outlined in this blog post.
Your second question is about displaying m.youtube.com in a UIWebView. While this is obviously possible (since m.youtube.com is just a web page), it's not something that we encourage developers to do when integrating YouTube playback into their iOS applications.

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Trump May Reduce Student Loan Debt And Taxes
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of ... [+] Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
How does America address an unprecedented economic crisis amid a presidential transition?
In 2008, the Obama administration prepared to inherit a country in the throes of economic catastrophe. President George W. Bush announced an $80 billion bailout and said that the "government has a responsibility to safeguard the broader health and stability of our economy."
Bush explained that not helping auto manufacturers would "lead the next president to confront the demise of a major American industry in his first days in office." The incoming Obama administration picked up where the Bush administration left off.
The United States now finds itself in yet another economic calamity, and student loans appear to be a viable target for economic recovery – one that targets millennials who are still recovering from the last recession.
This could be President Trump's capstone on injecting cash into a struggling economy.
The Trump administration has led the charge on student loan relief before Congress acted. On March 20, a week before the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act was passed, the administration took steps to suspend student loan payments and set interest rates to zero percent.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said, "I commend President Trump for his quick action on this issue, and I hope it provides meaningful help and peace of mind to those in need."
In anticipation of the September expiration of the CARES Act's student loan relief, on August 8 the Trump administration extended the relief through December 31.
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With no sign of additional relief from Congress, on December 4 the Trump administration extended student debt relief through the end of January 2021 — 11 days into the Biden-Harris administration — to prevent a gap between presidential terms that would leave students without relief.
The administration's unilateral actions to eliminate student loan obligations have been praised. If the Trump administration seeks to signal its continued support of the economy while the world waits for a vaccine, it may consider S. Res. 711, which "calls on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel up to $50,000 in Federal student loan debt."
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The authority for the Trump administration's student loan relief measures can be found in section 432(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. There, Congress granted authority to the executive branch to exercise its judgment on student loan relief.
Just as the administration provided student loan relief without Congressional approval on March 20, August 8, and December 4, it can do it again. And the relief can indeed be much broader.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been criticized for section 67(g), which eliminated some student loan deductions for working students through 2025.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., said in the concluding remarks in the House report underlying the TCJA, H.R. Rep. No. 115- 495: "As students of all ages struggle to compete in a 21st Century workforce and face increased burden of debt, the education tax provisions of this bill create an additional and perhaps insurmountable hurdle; it exacerbates an already dire situation. As graduate students in Metro Atlanta and across the country began to review H.R. 1, they learned the tax changes would only exacerbate their financial woes."
There is no doubt the TCJA has faced criticism for favoring investors over the working class. Canceling student loan debt could help achieve economic incentives Trump has been looking to provide.
In many ways the relief would have the effect of both economic stimulus checks as well as payroll tax relief, especially since he would be able to simultaneously free up funds for spending and ensure the relief wouldn't give rise to taxable income.
While this could assist Joe Biden's incoming administration's economic relief efforts, this certainly wouldn't be the first time a president endeavored to assist the efforts of an incoming president during a transition.
Biden, when he was vice president, helped broker the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). It was signed into law February 17, 2009, to help the country recover from the Great Recession and help the U.S. housing market. The ARRA made a tax credit of up to $8,000 available to first-time homebuyers purchasing a residence for up to $800,000. A taxpayer could have modified adjusted gross income up to $125,000, or $225,000 for joint filers, before a phaseout kicked in, allowing a partial credit up to $245,000, or close to $300,000 today, adjusting for inflation. The real estate markets rebounded, and much credit was given to the ARRA's economic incentive, even as it certainly helped wealthier individuals.
Educational institutions are now a major focus, with COVID-19 and distancing requirements increasing the costs of providing in-person instruction, which is reflected in increased tuition. If allowed to continue, student loan debt will continue to burden the economy at unprecedented levels.
Trump's decision to provide additional economic relief could aid the incoming administration with an unprecedented economic crisis and assist students and workers whose families couldn't afford postsecondary education. Such student loan relief would be consistent with his prior actions of stepping in when Congress hasn't.
The December 4 gesture of providing student loan relief into the Biden-Harris administration could be a sign of things to come. It certainly signals the potential for collaboration.


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Rugby World Cup: Australia on the mend ahead of historic final
Australia have been readying themselves for the historic World Cup final against New Zealand this week.
At their training base near Twickenham, the Wallabies' focus has been on recovery following a bruising semi-final clash with Argentina.
Several key players have been under medical surveillance, but according to coach Michael Cheika the prognosis is upbeat.
He said: ''Not too bad actually, just been down we had a recovery now and spoke to the doc and the physios and our players that went into the match with some injury are looking pretty good. The way they came out of it. Probably much better than we expected. So we'll probably see how that progresses.''
Australia and New Zealand will lock horns in the highly-anticipated final at Twickenham where the preparations for the teams and fans, in and around the stadium, continue.
It will be the fourth time in eight editions Australia are in the final.
They are hunting a first title since 1999 and a record third crown having also won in '91.
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5 Killed in shooting at US airport
Washington, Jan 7: At least five persons were killed after a gunman opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on Friday, officials said.
The gunman has been taken into custody. The motive for the attack is yet to be known, according to law enforcement officials, CNBC reported.
Meanwhile, soon after the attack, all flights were landed safely and additional areas of the airport were being evacuated.
The Broward County sheriff's office tweeted that there were unconfirmed reports of additional shots fired on airport property and it was conducting an active search.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence tweeted about the situation.
People stand on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a shooter opened fire inside the terminal, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Trump tweeted: "Monitoring the terrible situation in Florida. Just spoke to Governor Scott. Thoughts and prayers for all. Stay safe!"
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and our first responders in Fort Lauderdale, FL," Pence wrote on Twitter.
In a news conference, the law enforcement officials stated that the situation was "fluid and active". They confirmed the shooter was unharmed and in custody. Law enforcement did not fire any shots, officials said.
The Transportation Security Administration warned people at the Fort Lauderdale Airport to shelter in place and described it as an active shooter situation. The airport tweeted the shooting, in which five persons lost lives, took place at the Terminal 2 baggage claim area in the lower level. It said the airport would be closed for an extended period of time.
Hundreds of passengers and airport workers could be seen gathering and evacuating via the tarmac.
The airport has four terminals and serves more than 73,000 travellers every day. It ranks 21st in the US in total passenger traffic, with more than 650 commercial flights a day.
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MLK Day Rerun: Spot the Real Liberal
Over this long weekend, I've been reflecting on my first year of blogging. Readers of this blog know that I've droned on endlessly about the current state of liberalism. Saturday's rerun explained my current predicament: although I've always thought of myself as a pretty straight-laced liberal and don't think that my core political commitments have changed all that much over the years, I've been having my doubts about a lot of what passes for common sense in liberal circles. Sunday's rerun was an attempt to explain why those doubts are necessarily a species of self-doubt. Today I'm rerunning this post (slightly edited) from October 5 to complete the trilogy because it sharpens the question that's been driving my doubts about liberalism and myself:
Ideology has both a deliberative and an expressive aspect.
Its deliberative dimension is a matter of the degree to which it sustains a reasonably coherent and compelling set of ethical and political principles and a political agenda that answers rationally to them. If ideologues are occasionally annoyingly doctrinaire it's because they've taken the trouble to figure out what their political priorities are and how best to realize them. As I'm using the term, having an "ideology" is no guarantee of political rationality, but not having one betrays a lack of political seriousness.
At the same time, visibly adhering to an ideology is an ideologue's way of saying something important about himself. Our political commitments aren't branded on our foreheads for all to see. So ideologues need a protocol for spotting each other in a crowd as a prelude to deliberating together. Publicly taking a politically correct position is an expression of a political identity, a way of staking a claim to membership in an ideological community.
When an ideological community is firing on all cylinders as an engine of deliberation, intellectual seriousness and communal solidarity point in the same direction. Showing your comrades that you're deliberating seriously about how best to promote commonly held values draws you closer to them. You know that an ideological community needs a tune up, however, when displays of intellectual seriousness drive erstwhile comrades apart.
Here's an episode from a couple of years ago that I've pieced together from newspaper articles here, here and here. I make no claims about its typicality or that I've unearthed all the material facts pertaining too it. The incident interests me because it's a relatively clear example of liberalism's deliberative and expressive aspects pulling in opposite directions. As such, it challenges liberals to learn something about the current state of liberalism and themselves by asking who in the story are the real liberals.
The story begins in 2004 with UCLA law professor Richard Sander's publication of a provocative law review article arguing that, if the principal aim of affirmative action in law school admission is the integration of the legal profession, it's been a self-defeating policy (see "A Systematic Analysis of Affirmative Action at American Law Schools," 57 Stan. L. Rev. Vol. 57 367-482 (2004)). He hypothesized that affirmative action programs that introduce minority candidates into schools for which they are not, or only marginally, prepared so demoralize their intended beneficiaries as to make them less likely to enter the legal profession than they would have been had they attended less exclusive law schools. On the basis of fragmentary empirical evidence, Sander estimated that affirmative action in law school admissions and law firm recruitment may have decreased minority representation in the national legal community by roughly 8 percent.
From all appearances, Sander didn't undertake his research to serve some reactionary agenda. He's a longstanding member of the liberal community, a former Vista volunteer and a fair housing advocate. If he's a racist, he has an odd way of showing it, having an African-American son and having been an energetic political supporter of Harold Washington, Chicago's only African-American mayor. I've no reason to doubt him when he describes himself as having "been a civil rights activist most of [his] life" who "deeply believe[s] in the idea of fostering integration and greater equality of outcomes in our society . . . [but has] grave doubts that affirmative action in higher education is the way to do that."
Sander is the first to admit that, owing to the limited data at his disposal, his research to date is inconclusive. That's why he petitioned the California Bar Association to grant him access to the "perfect data base" to test his hypothesis, its voluminous bar exam records which include the race, gender, academic credentials and bar scores of candidates for the California Bar over a thirty-year period. The Bar Association's release of the data raised legitimate issues about confidentiality. It had been compiled from questionnaires that the respondents completed on the understanding that their answers would be held in confidence and used only to test the fairness of the California bar exam. Sander, however, was more than willing to work with the Bar Association to redact any information that would reveal the identity of the respondents. If scrubbing the records wasn't sufficient, he even offered to submit his research protocol to the Bar Association so that it could crunch the numbers itself without releasing the data to third parties. The Bar Association still turned him down anyway on the implausible ground that the confidentiality issues were intractable.
Five members of the formally nonpartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, at least some of them vocal conservatives, urged the Bar Association to comply with Sander's request. Even if you think their position served a reactionary agenda, it's hard to see that it gives liberals much to argue with. You might have thought that they, of all people, would want to know if one of their favorite techniques for promoting racial integration and rectifying a history of discrimination is not only ineffective, but counter-productive. Yet there was a considerable amount of liberal opposition to Sander's submission to the Bar Association from inside and outside the Civil Rights Commission that was intemperate in tone and conclusory in content.
One liberal Commission member spoke for many of his comrades when he dissented from the Commission's majority position in these inflammatory terms: "To follow the reasoning of the majority, we might as well hang a sign saying 'blacks and other minorities need not apply' on the doorways of Yale, Harvard and other elite schools."
Other liberals who joined in the debate made no effort to hide the fact that they opposed Sander's research principally because they feared it would reveal politically inconvenient facts. Society of American Law Teachers co-Presidents Eileen Kaufman and Tayyab Mahmud couldn't have been more forthright: "If it turns out that individual bar exam scores are used to indicate that minority applicants have not 'learned the law' as well as their white counterparts at similar schools," they cautioned, "then the California State Bar may unwittingly contribute to the misperceptions already confronting minority bar applicants and attorneys." The sources I've cited don't tell us why they thought that research conscientiously undertaken by a highly credentialed social scientist subject to peer review would feed rather than dispel "misconceptions."
Deborah Waire Post, a professor at New York's Touro Law Center did them one better. She argued that Sander's research is beneath consideration, apparently on the ground that anyone who even contemplates that affirmative action is ineffective must be an out-and-out racist. It must have come as a shock to Sander when she revealed to the world that he "is not studying affirmative action or diversity policies, he is marshaling evidence to show that blacks do not belong in elite schools or elite firms." If that wasn't enough, Post compared his work to pseudo-science from "the late 19th and early 20th century when this country was beset by 'scholars' and 'scientists' who constructed theories of racial inferiority to justify the subordination of African Americans." Sanders has to be stopped before he "constructs" again.
You can give yourself a quick ideological Rorschach test by asking yourself which characters in this story are the real liberals, Sander or the people anxious to excommunicate him from the liberal church.
When I pose that question to myself, Sander is the only genuine liberal left standing. I've always thought, and still hope, that being a liberal is essentially a matter of being genuinely committed to realization of egalitarian values in the real world. That entails caring about whether the public policies you employ to promote equality really work. So I can only regard Sander's critics as people who care more about looking like a liberal than actually being one.
Yet the fact that so few liberals rushed to Sander's defense doesn't inspire confidence that I'm right. Granted, most self-identified liberals probably wouldn't have been as hard on Sander as the people I've quoted above. But that doesn't change the fact that Sander's critics trashed him from secure institutional perches within the liberal community without inhibition. That suggests that, in liberal circles, it's not particularly bad form to impugn the ideological authenticity of someone like Sander. "Liberalism" is just what the people we call liberals actually think. So if enough members of the liberal community really think Sander's liberalism is inauthentic, it really is.
So, I ask again: who in this story is the real liberal? When I heard about this story I was shocked to discover that I am no longer altogether sure what the answer is.
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Labels: Affirmative Action, Deborah Waire Post, Eileen Kaufman, Harold Washington, Ideology, Richard Sander, Tayyab Mahmud, U.S. Civil Rights Commission


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St. Paul Church in Wellesley to bring back the ring of historic bell
July 10, 2022 by Deborah Brown 2 Comments
St. Paul Catholic Church in Wellesley is looking to bring back the joyful noise of its 96-year old historic church bell after many years of silence. It's not that there's anything seriously wrong with the gong itself—just a ringing mechanism that's no longer functional, but that's an easy fix. The larger reason the church chimes have been out of commission is because tests conducted by Salem-based engineering firm, Structures North, reflected that supports for the 3,000-lb. bronze instrument have weakened to the point where safety was compromised, making replacement of the old wooden beams essential.
St. Paul Catholic Church is covered in scaffolding during repair work. Photo by Duncan Brown.
Work to get the bell back into tolling shape is underway. Scaffolding has gone up around the St. Paul bell tower so that the team from Aniceto Historical Restorations out of Milford can replace badly deteriorated wood framing that supports the bell; repair crumbling sections of the bell tower's masonry; and repair the parapet. A crane will be brought in to lift the bell while new beams are put in place. The church may still be accessed through the main doors during construction.
St. Paul bell, Wellesley
"I am thrilled that St. Paul Parish is able to undertake this important project, which is being made possible by the generosity of our wonderful community. We look forward to the day when we can proudly ring the bell at St. Paul Church once again," said Rev. Jim Laughlin in an email. Laughlin is recovering from injuries sustained in the spring when, as a pedestrian, he was hit by a vehicle. Although it will be some time before he can return to ministry, the pastoral staff including Rev. Bryan Hehir have things bell in hand. (Sorry, not sorry for the pun.)
As you can see in the lower left corner, the wooden beams that support the bell are badly deteriorated from decades of absorbing the bell's reverberations.
An inscription on the bell notes that it was donated to the church in 1926 by Salvatore DeFazio and family. The DeFazio family is still a contributing force to be reckoned with around town. Salvatore's great-grandson and Wellesley resident Tory DeFazio in a phone interview said soon after the church opened in 1916, Salvatore promised the pastor that he would donate a bell. Pastor Edward Welch held him to it. "It took my great-grandfather about ten years to raise the money, but he did it," said DeFazio, owner of the Windsor Press in Wellesley Hills, a Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend committee member, and a past president of the Wellesley Historical Society
Crumbling sections of the parapet, covered with protective mesh so that bits don't break off and fall during construction, will be replaced as part of the project. The Celtic cross will be temporarily removed during work.
Total repair costs are expected to be over $485k. The parish has obtained a short-term loan from the Archdiocese of Boston for up to 75% of the budget. Income from St. Paul's leasing of the school building to Star Academy will be helpful to cover part of the project, however, the St. Paul community has been called on to help repay the loan. You don't have to be a church member to chip in, so if you enjoy hearing the peal of church bells, or just like the idea of preserving a part of Wellesley's history, don't be shy about contributing to the St. Paul Bell Tower Fund.
Yes, I scaled the ladder to heaven to stand atop the parapet of St. Paul Church. I don't make it a habit to climb around various structures in Wellesley. But I might once have taken a journey to the center of the earth inside the Babson Globe.
Once repairs are complete, those who have been sauntering to mass, unprompted by the bell to quicken their pace, will lose their excuse to slide into the pews after the first, "Lord, hear our prayer."
You know who you are.
St. Paul Church sanctuary.
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Odessa Sanchez says
So happy to see the restoration of the historic church bell commencing! In awe of it's beauty!
St. Jude says
What a great story! I had no idea. What a welcoming community and historic place. Bless the deFazio Family and the builders Lind.
A shout out to dear Fr. Laughlin, how he is missed. Get well soon!


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Why should children learn how to code?
Nowadays four- and five-year-olds can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can even write and spell words. Older children can learn how to code through classes, mentors and online tutorials
Do you think your children are too young to learn how to code? Think again.
Coding (also known as programming or developing) is telling a computer, app, telephone or website what you want it to do. Some educators and experts are calling it the "new literacy", a subject so vital that all kids should learn the basics in order to excel in our rapidly changing world.
Nowadays four- and five-year-olds can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can even write and spell words. Older children can learn how to code through classes, mentors and online tutorials (see below for learn-to-code resources for all ages).
Learning code prepares children for the world we live in today. There are plenty of jobs and occupations where coding is a central part, such as web designers, software developers and robotics engineers. Not to mention manufacturing, nanotechnology or information sciences, where knowing how to code is a huge advantage. However, for most kid-coding advocates, the reasons for coding run much deeper than career prep.
Understanding Code Helps Explain The World
Today, computing is involved in almost all aspects of our lives. From communication and education to social media, banking, information, security and shopping. Computer networks are even capable of controlling our thermostats and lights at home, our cars and our health records.
If grade-schoolers are taught biology and mathematics in order to understand the surrounding world, then knowing the basics of how computers communicate – and how to engage with them – should be a given.
Code Develops Problem Solving And Computational Thinking Skills
The skills that come with coding help children develop new ways of thinking as well as it fosters problem-solving techniques, which can have a huge influence on other areas in life.
Computational thinking allows preschoolers to grasp concepts such as algorithms, recursion and heuristics, although they don't understand the terms they'll learn the basic concept (and for parents who don't understand these concepts, here's an article that explains the basics of computational thinking by comparing it to following a recipe http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/06/computer-science-programming-code-diversity-sexism-education
Coding Is Fun!
Beyond the practical reasons for learning how to code, there's the fact that creating a game or animation can be a lot of fun for kids.
Andrew Stuff, a father of two from Toronto, introduced coding to his kids through "Hour of Code", a series of one-hour tutorials that teach the basics of coding and computer science. The concept was introduced in 2013, since then more than 119 million people have tested it.
"My wife and I wanted our kids to be introduced to computer coding, with the hope they'd develop their love of making thing, " he says. "They both love video games and making stuff with cardboard, paper and Lego. So when we heard about the free coding lessons, we thought it would be a great opportunity for the kids to see how games are made and possibly ignite a new kind of maker passion."
Their nine-year-old daughter Ava began her coding journey with a Frozen learn-to-code game from Hour of Code. Ava says that she liked that it wasn't too hard to do any of the coding, neither too easy, thus making it just the right challenge. She continues by saying "I'd like to learn how to make my own games, show people how to play my games and help teach other people how to make games too."
Her seven-year-old brother Jasper agrees. He too started with the Frozen-game, but then tried making his own Flappy Bird game. Jasper liked that he could make the Flappy Bird go up or down and that he was able to design it the way he wanted it to be.
How To Introduce Your Kids To Code
Interested in getting your kids involved with coding? If yes, try searching online for coding camps or courses in your community. You could also try one of the hundreds online tutorials, programs or apps designed as games with cool graphics and simple tutorials to help kids learn to code.
A few suggestions to get you started:
Robot Turtles A board game that teaches the basics of programming and computational skills. For kids in the ages three and up.
SCRATCH A free program from MIT that lets your kids program their own interactive stories, games and animations without learning programming text. It fosters youths to think creative, resonate systemically and cooperate, which all are important skills in life.
Raspberry Pi A credit-card sized computer that can be programmed just like a desktop PC for only about $50. Use it as a learning tool or as a full-service computer for both kids and adults.
Kodable An app designed for kids as young as five years old. This app makes it easy and fun for kids to code, no programming experience required. It uses games that subtly teach coding with few instructions.
Tynker This app helps teach programming logic with visual code blocks, works for Android and iOS. For kids that can already read.


The Wretched Cook – Page 3 – Recipes from one of the worst cooks you could ever imagine.
When I was a kid, my mother made her own version of what I considered hamburger helper. It was basically just ground beef, egg noodles and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Simple. Quick. Economical. Disgusting.
Now that I'm all low carby, I decided to come up with something similar. Instead of noodles, I use cabbage. The ground beef remains. And then I go all out with different versions of spices and flavorings to give myself some variety. You know … cuz it's the spice of life.
So I didn't put any measurements on the spices and flavorings. I'm really just not that kind of girl. Go with your instinct and taste on them. I like mine a bit spicy and very gingery, so I get heavy handed there.
Fry the cabbage in half of the butter until it just starts getting a little brown. Add the salt, onion powder, black pepper, and a splash of the vinegar. Stir and continue cooking just a few minutes more, then put the cabbage mixture in a bowl and set it aside.
Using the same pan, melt the rest of the butter. Add the garlic, red pepper and ginger. Stir and fry it a few moments. Add the ground beef. Cook and stir until the meat is browned and most of the liquid is gone.
Add the scallions and the cabbage. Stir until incorporated. Top with a little bit of sesame oil.
This recipe makes a LOT. I typically have it for dinner, then take one for lunch the next day, and freeze the rest in portions for future lunches.


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Today's weather is turning out to be moderate or heavy rain shower. The visibility is going to be around 13 km i.e. 8 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 989 mb . The daytime temperature is going to reach 12 °c and the temperature is going to dip to -1 °c at night. We expect around 12.1 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 92% of the sky, the humidity will be around 96%.
Tomorrow weather is forecasted to be light rain. The visibility is going to be around 15 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 990 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 9 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 1 °c at night. We expect around 5.0 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 87% of the sky, the humidity will be around 94%.
On Friday weather will be light drizzle with daytime temperature reaching 8 °c. Night time temperature are expected to be 5 °c.We expect around 6.9 mm of precipitation to fall. The visibility is going to be around 15 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1001 mb. We expect around 6.9 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 89% of the sky, the humidity will be around 88%.
Saturday seems to be patchy rain possible. Tinnahinch, Ireland visibility is going to be around 18 km i.e. 11 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1020 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 10 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 4 °c at night. It will be mostly dry with little or no precipitation and cloud covering 79% of the sky, the humidity will be around 79%.
Patchy rain possible will be the weather pattern for the Sunday. The visibility is going to be around 18 km i.e. 11 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1022 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 12 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 7 °c at night. We expect around 1.1 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 98% of the sky, the humidity will be around 93%.
Looking at the weather in Tinnahinch, Ireland over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 12℃ (or 54℉) on Wednesday 24th April at around 9 am. In the same week the minimum temperature will be -1℃ (or 30℉) on Wednesday 24th April at around 9 pm.
The national weather service for Tinnahinch, Ireland is reporting Wednesday 24th April to be the wettest day in the coming week with around 6.60mm (or 0.3 inches) of rainfall. Make sure to carry an umbrella if you are out and about in Tinnahinch, Ireland.
The windiest of all days will be Saturday 27th April as wind will reach 23mph (or 37kmph) at around 3 am.


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25.06.2015 Mother of inmate who died in jail faces obstacles in access to information
Zhanna Ptsichkina, the mother of Ihar Ptsichkin, who died in jail in 2013, has received another answer from the Prosecutor General's Office.
25.06.2015 Freelance journalists in Hlybokaje accused of violating mass media law
Police have opened a new case for the cooperation with foreign media without accreditation. On June 25, police in Hlybokaje summoned independent journalists Tatsiana Smotkina and Dzmitry Lupach to question them about publications on the websites of Euroradio Radio Racyja.
25.06.2015 Journalist in Mahilioŭ keeps fighting for right to attend sessions of Regional Council
Legal acts do not provide for special application forms for journalists to attend the sessions of the Mahilioŭ Regional Council, says a reply from its Chairman Anatol Isachenka to local journalist Uladzimir Laptsevich, a correspondent for the news agency BelaPAN. At the same time, the journalist's request was rejected.
24.06.2015 Prisoner's Godparenthood: Manuel Sarrazin adopts Mikalai Dziadok
Manuel Sarrazin, Member of the German Bundestag and European policy spokesman for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, has taken on a prisoner's godparenthood for Mikalai Dziadok.
24.06.2015 Lawtrend informs Special Rapporteurs on blocking KYKY.ORG
The Legal Transformation Center Lawtrend has sent a message to Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; Miklós Haraszti, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, to inform them about blocking access to a website KYKY.ORG and urged to take all possible measures within their mandates.
24.06.2015 Miklós Haraszti: "Human rights situation inside Belarus showed no signs of improvement" (video)
The Human Rights Council held yesterday an interactive dialogue with Miklós Haraszti, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus.
23.06.2015 Leanid Kulakou sentenced to 10 days in jail for solidarity with Yury Rubtsou
The administrative charges against Leanid Kulakou, an activist of the European Belarus opposition movement, were considered today in the Minsk District Court.
23.06.2015 Kuchura case: Mahilioŭ authorities go blind to complaints
In a continuous attempt to hide the fact of torture in the Mahilioŭ-based penal colony No. 15, reported by the wife of prisoner Piotr Kuchura, officials of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office brazenly distort the facts in their formal replies to her complaints, arguing that there was no criminal incident in the colony at all.
22.06.2015 Minsk court convicts activists over banner "Freedom for Yury Rubtsou!"
The Minsk District Court heard today the administrative charges brought against activists of the European Belarus opposition movement Maksim Viniarski, Leanid Kulakou and Siarhei Matskoits.
22.06.2015 FIDH: The Human Rights Council should continue to assume its responsibilities regarding the situation in Belarus
The human rights situation in Belarus continues to be characterized by serious, widespread and systematic violations.
22.06.2015 Mikalai Statkevich fears provocations in prison
Mikalai Statkevich, who is held in Mahilou prison No.4, fears possible provocations.
19.06.2015 Krishnaites detained in Viciebsk
Several followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ended up in the police department for spreading religious literature in Viciebsk. Siarhei Fadzeyenkau, chief specialist of the Department for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, was directly involved in the detention of believers.
19.06.2015 FC Dinamo fans detained by riot police after match of Belarusian Championship
Alim Selimov, the club's general director, sought the release of the detained fans, but his efforts were in vain.
19.06.2015 Pastor in Homieĺ fined 3.6 mln
The Court of Homieĺ's Centralny district heard today the charges brought against Siarhei Nikalayenka, pastor of a local Protestant Church "Transfiguration". As a result, he was fined 20 basic units for arranging a service of the registered religious organization beyond the place of its registration.
19.06.2015 Tajik opposition activist facing extradition from Belarus, torture and imprisonment at home
As reported in her blog by Nadejda Atayeva, president of the Association "Human Rights in Central Asia", activist of the Group 24 Tajik opposition movement Shabnam Hudoydodova is facing extradition from Belarus after Tajikistan put her on the Interpol wanted list.


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Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович Му́рський (Мульман; ; 1869—1943) — німецький актор і режисер.

Життєпис
Народився 1869 року в Санкт-Петербурзі.

З кінця XIX століття грав переважно в невеликих російських театрах.

1899—1900 — актор Російського театру в Литві.

1901—1903 — актор московського Малого театру.

Виступав в антрепризі Макса Максіна, згодом відомого німецького кінопродюсера., був актором трупи М. М. Синельникова.

Працював у Київській російській драмі, володів українською мовою, грав роль Хлестакова в «Ревізорі», поставленому Миколою Садовським українською мовою. Викладав репертуар в Одеському українському театральному інституті імені Марка Кропивницького, що діяв 1919—1924 років.

У лютому 1922 року гастролював з російською театральною трупою з «Чортом» Ференца Мольнара. Тоді ж вперше приїхав до Парижа.

Від 1924 року Мурський почав інтенсивно зніматися в Берліні, як правило у ролях поважних осіб (1924 — роль містера Аделскройда у фільмі «Міхаель», 1925 рік — роль судді у «Die Insel der Träume», 1926 — роль старшого прокурора, 1927 — роль прем'єр -міністра у «Die Geliebte des Gouverneur», 1929 — роль банкіра у фільмі «Втеча до іноземного легіону» і роль сера Чарльза Баскервіля у «Собаці Баскервілів»). Часто Мурського також використовували у ролях росіянина в літературному, драматичному та історичному матеріалі.

Будучи євреєм, 1939 року втік від переслідувань нацистського режиму Німеччини до Парижу. Там кілька разів грав у спектаклях російських театральних труп у вигнанні, а також поставив такі п'єси, як «Вовки та вівці» О. Островського.

До березня 1940 року мистецьку діяльність Мурського можна простежити по так званих творчих вечорах культурних заходів російської еміграції, що проводилися в Російській консерваторії в Парижі.

Там він був членом правління Харківського земляцтва (1939), брав участь у вечорах Одеського і Харківського земляцтв.

З приходом німецьких військ до Франції переїхав з Парижу до Тулузи, де й помер у квітні 1943 року.

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 Мурский Александр Александрович

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