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Outline of the state of New Mexico
New Mexico Statutes 22-32-6. Community school framework; community school coordinator.
A. The community school framework shall ensure the use of research- and evidence-based strategies and best practices that support students, families and communities in ensuring student success and shall include:
(1) integrated student supports that address non-academic and out-of-school barriers to learning through partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers that may include school-based or school-linked health care, case management services and family stability supports coordinated by a community school coordinator and that are culturally and linguistically responsive to the needs of students and their families;
(2) expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, including before-school, after-school, weekend, summer and year-round programs, that provide additional academic support, enrichment activities and other programs that may be offered in partnership with community-based organizations to enhance academic learning, social skills, emotional skills and life skills and are aligned with the school's curriculum;
(3) active family and community engagement that:
(a) values the experiences of people from diverse backgrounds as empowered partners in decision making and encourages partnerships with parents or caregivers to develop and promote a vision for student success;
(b) offers courses, activities and services for parents or caregivers and community members; and
(c) creates structures and opportunities for shared leadership; and
(4) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning, collective trust and shared responsibility using strategies that at a minimum include a site-based leadership team and a community school coordinator.
B. The community school framework may include:
(1) broader use of public school facilities in which school buildings become hubs for neighborhood events, activities, advocacy and civic life;
(2) community-based curriculum in which the content of instruction is centered on local knowledge, service learning and problem-solving around community issues; and
(3) public pre-kindergarten and other state and federally funded early childhood services that:
(a) support working families and help ensure that children come to kindergarten ready to learn;
(b) provide students and working parents or caregivers with full-day and after-school child care;
(c) provide high-quality pre-kindergarten programs that are aligned to early childhood professional and curricular early learning Standard;
(d) provide health, vision, dental and other supports and services to children before school age; and
(e) include strong partnerships and alignment with early learning centers and child care providers that may include transportation or coordination to meet the broader early childhood community needs.
C. The lead partner agency shall employ a community school coordinator to:
(1) implement the community school framework;
(2) lead the needs and assets assessment;
(3) facilitate communication between partners as a stakeholder- and community-driven approach to problem-solving;
(4) guide data-informed continuous improvement;
(5) manage data collection; and
(6) align, leverage and coordinate resources for student and family success.
New Mexico Statutes
New Mexico Statutes 5-4-16. School districts; community recreational facilities.
A. A school district may construct, own or operate community recreational facilities within the school district. A school district may operate the community recreational facilities on land owned by the school district or on land acquired by the school district for the community recreational facilities.
B. A local school board of a school district may enter into agreements with any state or federal agency or department to obtain assistance in acquiring, constructing or operating community recreational facilities.
C. Local operational funds may not be expended to purchase land or construct buildings pursuant to this section except as provided in Section 22-8-41 NMSA 1978.
School District Wellness Policy Guidance Document
Manual addresses the community use of indoor and outdoor physical activity facilities.
Other Community Involvement Policies for New Mexico


Mohammad Amir may have taken time to put plans into action, but South Africa found themselves in a straitjacket once he began to execute them. Having gone wicketless despite being the tightest of the Pakistan bowlers in a pair of sessions where South Africa scored close to four runs per over, the left-arm fast bowler found his rewards after tea.
For his part, Amir said the riches he and his fellow bowlers found after tea had to do with sticking to the plans more effectively than they had done on a surface that offers more to the batsmen than the previous two did.
"When the batsman is settled in, he can get the runs. It's very difficult to control the run rate but as I said, if you stick with the plans, you can get rewards," he said. "You have to bowl as a combination. It's a bowling unit so we have to back each other up. I think (Mohammad) Abbas and I were doing that because that was the plan to control the run rate. That's why we were successful."
Numbers show Amir was most effective just short of a good length. Of the 27 balls, he conceded nine runs; it was also the length that brought him both wickets. In addition, the South African batsmen were in control for just 70.3% of the deliveries Amir bowled at that length, the least comfortable they were at any length for any bowler all innings.
Amir said there wasn't a special plan for any batsmen, but added that Aiden Markram had played exceptionally well and required the greatest effort to bring back under control.
"I was bowling with the same plan. He was a good batsman playing very good shots. We were bowling with the plan, we had to bowl on middle and off. We don't want to give him runs and we did it."
Pakistan's bowling fightback aside, the mood after the high of the final session would be slightly sullied by losing two early wickets in an awkward seven overs before stumps. Most worryingly, it was the man in form, Shan Masood, and the man supposed to be the leader of the batting attack, Azhar Ali, who succumbed before play, leading Amir to believe the game was very much in the balance.
"It's a 50/50 call [on who won the day]," he said. "It's Test cricket and you can't predict anything before the match ends. We have to bat well and if we don't lose a wicket in the first session (on Saturday) we have a good chance. We are teammates and we have to back up each other. It's cricket and anything can happen. Sometimes I didn't bowl well and sometimes you struggle with the batting. It's all about momentum."


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The Lost Brothers – UK dates with Stornoway
The Lost Brothers are returning from triumphant US tour with Glen Hansard and SXSW shows to immediately head back out on the road with a string of dates supporting Stornoway in the UK & Ireland. Prefaced with Liverpool Acoustic Festival and Shepherd's Bush Empire with St. Paul and The Broken Bones, the band continue to support their new album New Songs Of Dawn And Dust.
21 March Liverpool, Unity Theatre (Liverpool Acoustic Festival)
28 March London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (w/St. Paul and The Broken Bones)
10 April Dublin, Pavilion Theatre (w/Stornoway)
21 April Southampton, Engine Rooms (w/Stornoway)
22 April Reading, Sub 89 (w/Stornoway)
23 April London, Islington Assembly Hall (w/Stornoway)
25 April Bexhill on Sea, De La Warr Pavilion (w/Stornoway)
28 April Cambridge, Junction (w/Stornoway)
29 April Norwich, The Waterfront (w/Stornoway)
30 April Glasgow, The Art School (w/Stornoway)
01 May Newcastle upon Tyne, Riverside (w/Stornoway)
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To support a growing population, St. John Medical Center needed to modernize and expand their services to accommodate growth and remain the healthcare provider of choice on the west side of Cleveland.
As part of a campus-wide facility assessment and master planning process, we identified deficiencies in operating suite quantity and configuration as well as prep and recovery accommodations leading to expansion recommendations. Additional master plan suggestions included zoning the facility to support increased outpatient visits and phasing strategies to enable incremental expansion of the diagnostic and treatment platform. Array also suggested that a new "front door" be created to improve wayfinding and enhance the hospital's image.
After thorough analysis and assessment of cost to address site, facility and infrastructure requirements, a phasing schedule was developed to implement the highest yield spaces first. The operating suite complement was expanded from seven operating suites to nine with the possibility of adding a 10th room in the future. All suggestions are being implemented and the project is tracking on-time and on-budget.


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International Paper is helping Seagle Music Colony
by Lohr McKinstry
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SCHROON LAKE | Seagle Music Colony has received a grant from the International Paper Foundation to help fund its in-school opera program in the fall.
Each summer more than 500 singers apply and audition for 32 positions at Seagle Music Colony. The singers come to Schroon Lake for nine weeks each summer to perform in operas and musical theater and to receive extensive training in singing, auditioning and career planning.
Seagle General Director Tony Kostecki said the program started the in-school program in 2012 and it has blossomed into a program where students perform in 20 schools all over the North Country.
"It is important to have the support of the corporate community in recognizing the need for the arts in schools," Kostecki said. "The Seagle Music Colony in-school opera program takes one-act versions of classic children's stories complete with sets, costumes and professional singer directly into elementary schools."
Artistic Director Darren K. Woods said that when he and Kostecki first came to Seagle Music Colony 23 years ago, there was no children's opera program, so the second season they were there they began a summer children's opera program at the Boathouse Theater in Schroon Lake.
"That summer program has now grown to include performances in Bolton Landing, Chestertown, Blue Mountain Lake, Ticonderoga, Glens Falls and Lake Placid, to name a few," Woods said. "The fall program directly in schools was a natural outgrowth of the summer program."
The grant from International Paper will go toward the construction of the costumes for the opera this year, which will be "Billy Goats Gruff." The opera reimagines the fairy tale to teach children about bullying. Each program is followed by a question-and-answer session with students and artists.
This summer's repertoire includes "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein, July 5-7; "Julius Caesar" by G. F. Handel, July 18-21; "The Great Gatsby" by John Harbison, Aug. 1-4; and "Mame" by Jerry Herman, Aug. 15-18.
The fall continues with a North Country tour of "The Falling and the Rising" by Zach Redler and Jerre Dye, a brand new one-act opera about wounded U.S. war veterans and their recovery.
"Our growth in the past decade has been amazing and we could not accomplish any of it without the help of all of our donors," Kostecki said. "It is really gratifying to have our excellent programming be recognized by a corporation like International Paper."
More information on all of the colony's offerings can be found at seaglecolony.org or by calling 518-532-7875.
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Performance Conditioning: Cycling (www.PerformanceCondition.com/cycling), the official USA Cycling coaches' newsletter, recently enlisted Coach Newton to write a series of articles dealing with off-bike power development via plyometric training. The second of these articles is now available on Newton Sports. Click here to download second article PDF (152KB). Successive articles will be featured as they become available. If you have not yet done so, be sure to also read the first installment, especially if you are new to plyometric training. Click here to download first article PDF (128KB).
Strength Training for Cyclists Combo Pack a Big Hit!
For more details on Coach Newton's extensive background in helping cyclists effectively train with weights, click here.
Newton Sports plans additional Performance Keys programs in 2011. Check this web site for updates.
On November 19, Coach Newton conducts a USA Weightlifting Level I Sports Performance Coach course at Life Chiropractic University in Atlanta. "This is part of Maximized Living's sponsorship with USA Weightlifting. Seventy-eight (the largest Level I course to date) participants are taking part, which will make this a unique educational opportunity," Harvey Newton mentioned.
And, Coach Newton is scheduled to lead another Level I course in Wilmington, NC, February 12-13, 2011. Check USA Weightlifting's website for complete details.
This program was coordinated by Lift Florida, a not-for-profit venture dedicated to helping the youth of Florida receive support for their weightlifting and strength training goals. For more information, contact Doug Lane.
New USA Weightlifting Level 1 coaches gathered for the camera during one of their practical sessions.
North American cyclists and triathletes turn to resistance training in their off-season, mostly to build strength and power for the next racing season. For more than 30 years Harvey Newton has been the "go-to guy" for endurance athletes seeking effective resistance training information. He created Strength Training for Cyclists in 1990 and continues to provide periodic updates on training through clinics and articles.
Performance Conditioning: Cycling (www.PerformanceCondition.com/cycling), the official USA Cycling coaches' newsletter, recently enlisted Coach Newton to write a series of articles dealing with off-bike power development via plyometric training. The first of these articles appeared recently and is now available on Newton Sports. Click here to download article PDF (128KB). Successive articles will be featured as they become available.
Newton Sports is offering for a limited time a specially priced combination pack consisting of the Strength Training for Cyclists DVD and Quick Series guide. Click here for details.
Last year Robert Brown (www.RBrownSports.com), Ken Kontor (www.PerformanceCondition.com), and Harvey Newton participated in a podcast dealing with the use of Olympic-style lifts for improved volleyball performance. Whether your primary strength training emphasis is volleyball or some other sport, the key points offered in this interview apply to everyone.
Robert Brown runs a highly successful volleyball conditioning program in Dallas, TX. He invited Coach Newton to present to volleyball coaches in 2009. They have partnered for a number of unique volleyball conditioning programs that are scheduled for 2011. Coaches Brown and Newton are both USA Volleyball VMI (Volleyball Master Instructors). Ken Kontor, former executive director of the NSCA, publishes Performance Conditioning Volleyball, the official USAV coaches' newsletter.
Check out this interview by clicking here.


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Lincoln MKC – samochód osobowy typu SUV klasy średniej produkowany pod amerykańską marką Lincoln w latach 2014 – 2019.

Historia i opis modelu

W styczniu 2013 roku Lincoln przedstawił zapowiedź nowego, najmniejszego w ofercie SUV-a o nazwie MKC Concept. Seryjna wersja modelu została przedstawiona 10 miesięcy później, w listopadzie 2013 roku, swoją światową premierę mając na salonie samochodowym w Nowym Jorku.

Lincoln MKC z przodu wyróżniał się masywnym zderzakiem z dużą atrapą chłodnicy, podwójną atrapą chłodnicy i wąskimi reflektorami. Z tyłu natomiast pojawiły dwie końcówki wydechu, a także pojedynczy pas lamp wykonanych w technologii LED światła, które otwierały się razem z klapą bagażnika.

Lifting
W listopadzie 2017 roku samochód przeszedł gruntowną modernizację, w ramach samochód otrzymał zupełnie nowy wygląd pasa przedniego. Zmieniono wygląd atrapy chłodnicy, a także kształt reflektorów i zderzaka nawiązując do takich modeli, jak Navigator czy MKZ. Już rok później produkcja MKC zakończyła się na rzecz następcy - zupełnie nowego modelu Corsair.

Wyposażenie
Wyposażenie standardowe pojazdu obejmuje m.in. napęd przedni, 18-calowe alufelgi, zawieszenie z aktywną kontrolą tłumienia, system audio z 14 głośnikami, układy aktywnego bezpieczeństwa monitorujące pas ruchu i martwe pole oraz system podświetlenia aktywowany, gdy właściciel samochodu zbliży się do niego z kluczykiem w kieszeni. Opcjonalnie auto wyposażyć można było w skórzaną tapicerkę.

Silniki
 R4 2.0l EcoBoost 240 KM
 R4 2.3l EcoBoost 275 KM

Przypisy

MKC
Samochody przednionapędowe
Samochody z napędem AWD
SUV-y
Samochody z lat 2010–2019

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Le Granada est un système de fissures volcaniques du Nicaragua.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Liste des volcans du Nicaragua

Liens externes
  Granada (Global Volcanism Program)

Volcan au Nicaragua
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Maximilian Simonischek (* 19. Oktober 1982 in West-Berlin) ist ein Schweizer Schauspieler.

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Max Simonischek wurde 1982 als Sohn der Schauspieler Peter Simonischek und Charlotte Schwab in West-Berlin geboren. Er absolvierte seine Ausbildung von 2003 bis 2007 am Mozarteum in Salzburg. Sein erstes Engagement hatte er am Theater in der Josefstadt in Wien unter der Regie von Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger. 2007 wechselte er als festes Ensemblemitglied an das Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. Dort spielte er zahlreiche Hauptrollen unter der Regie von Armin Petras und Tilmann Köhler – etwa als Hamlet und als Mephisto. 2009 gab er sein Engagement zugunsten einer freischaffenden Tätigkeit auf, die er von 2012 bis September 2014 für eine feste Ensemblemitgliedschaft an den Münchner Kammerspielen unterbrach.

Simonischek gastierte 2014/2015 in Stuttgart und Salzburg, wo er beispielsweise die Hauptrolle in Don Juan kommt aus dem Krieg von Ödön von Horváth bei den Salzburger Festspielen spielte. Im September 2015 hatte das Einmann-Stück Der Bau nach der Erzählung von Franz Kafka Premiere im Theater am Neumarkt Zürich, in dem Simonischek sowohl Hauptdarsteller als auch Co-Regisseur war; es wurde von der Kritik begeistert aufgenommen und wird seither in verschiedenen europäischen Theatern gezeigt, unter anderem am Burgtheater. 2017 war Simonischek erneut bei den Salzburger Festspielen zu sehen. Er spielte den Stanley in Die Geburtstagsfeier von Harold Pinter, inszeniert von Andrea Breth. 2019 übernahm er in Mozarts Zauberflöte die Rolle des Papageno in der Oper im Steinbruch in St. Margarethen im Burgenland, obwohl er kein ausgebildeter Sänger ist.

Max Simonischek hat sich im deutschsprachigen Theater als Darsteller anspruchsvoller Charaktere etabliert und spielte in mehreren deutschen und schweizerischen Kino- und Fernsehfilmen als Hauptdarsteller mit. Unter anderem war er in den Kinofilmen Akte Grüninger (an der Seite von Stefan Kurt, Regie: Alain Gsponer) und Am Hang (als Liebhaber von Martina Gedeck und Nebenbuhler von Henry Hübchen) zu sehen, bei letzterem unter der Regie von Markus Imboden, mit dem er bereits Der Verdingbub gedreht hatte.

Im Zweiteiler Hindenburg spielte er eine Hauptrolle, in Gotthard eine wichtige Nebenrolle, und auch im preisgekrönten Schweizer Spielfilm Die göttliche Ordnung um die Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts wurde er für die männliche Hauptrolle besetzt. Weiter wurden zwei Folgen des Fernsehkrimis um Kommissar Lukas Laim ausgestrahlt: Nach Die Tote ohne Alibi folgte Laim und die Zeichen des Todes, und im Sommer 2018 wurde die dritte Folge Laim und der letzte Schuldige gedreht. Weitere Rollen spielte er in Wir machen durch bis morgen früh von Lars Becker (für ZDF, unter anderem mit Heike Makatsch) und in Desaster von Justus von Dohnányi (mit Stefan Kurt und Angela Winkler). Im Januar 2019 erreichte Max Simonischek landesweit grosse Beachtung und Anerkennung, als der biografische Spielfilm Zwingli lanciert wurde, in dem er die Hauptrolle als Reformator Ulrich Zwingli spielt und erstmals zusammen mit seiner Mutter Charlotte Schwab auftrat, die im Film seine Schwiegermutter darstellt. Der Film wurde zum Publikumserfolg; innert knapp acht Wochen strömten über 200'000 Zuschauer in die Kinos, um den Film zur 500-Jahr-Feier der Reformation anzuschauen.

Simonischek lebt in Berlin, ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder.

Filmografie (Auswahl)

 2004: Jedermann (TV) – Regie: Christian Stückl
 2006: Matthäuspassion (TV) – Regie: Richard Blank
 2006: Schlaflos (Kurzfilm) – Regie: Christian Genzel
 2006: Fremder Bruder – Regie: Robert Steudtner
 2007: Ohne einander (TV) – Regie: Diethard Klante
 2008: Tutmosis (Kurzfilm) – Regie: Christian Genzel
 2008: Tausend Ozeane – Regie: Luki Frieden
 2010: Kommissar Stolberg – Der Freund von früher
 2011: Hindenburg (TV) – Regie: Philipp Kadelbach
 2011: Der Verdingbub – Regie: Markus Imboden
 Seit 2012: München Laim (TV) – Krimis mit Kommissar Lukas Laim
 2012: Die Tote ohne Alibi – Regie: Michael Schneider
 2017: Laim und die Zeichen des Todes – Regie: Michael Schneider
 2020: Laim und der letzte Schuldige – Regie: Michael Schneider
 2021: Laim und die Tote im Teppich – Regie: Michael Schneider
 2022: Laim und das Hasenherz – Regie: Michael Schneider
 2012: Der Teufel von Mailand (TV) – Regie: Markus Welter
 2012: Die Schöne und das Biest (TV) – Regie: Marc-Andreas Bochert
 2013: Am Hang – Regie: Markus Imboden
 2014: Akte Grüninger – Regie: Alain Gsponer
 2014: Wir machen durch bis morgen früh – Regie: Lars Becker
 2015: Desaster – Regie: Justus von Dohnányi
 2016: Gotthard (TV-Zweiteiler) – Regie: Urs Egger
 2017: Die göttliche Ordnung – Regie: Petra Volpe
 2019: Zwingli – Regie: Stefan Haupt
 2019: Tatort: Kaputt – Regie: Christine Hartmann
 2019: Ein starkes Team: Tödliche Seilschaften – Regie: Johannes Grieser
 2020: Die Chefin (Fernsehserie, Folge 65 Portofino)
 2021: Sarah Kohr – Schutzbefohlen (Fernsehreihe)
 2022: Trügerische Sicherheit (Fernsehfilm) – Regie: Thomas Kronthaler
 2023: Die Nachbarn von oben – Regie: Sabine Boss

Auszeichnungen
 2007: Friedrich-Luft-Preis für Heaven
 2011: Deutscher Fernsehpreis in der Kategorie Bester Mehrteiler für Hindenburg (stellvertretend für das Schauspielensemble)
 2012: Schweizer Fernsehpreis in der Kategorie "Bester Film" für Der Verdingbub
 2013: Robert-Geisendörfer-Preis für Die Schöne und das Biest
 2017: Nomination Schweizer Filmpreis, Bester Hauptdarsteller für Die göttliche Ordnung
 2017: Nestroy-Theaterpreis – Publikumspreis
 2019: Nomination Schweizer Filmpreis, Bester Hauptdarsteller für Zwingli

Weblinks

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Nickelodeon Debuts New Comedy with Lil P-nut
Posted by Laura Dobbins at 10:09 am on June 28, 2013
Nickelodeon is readying for launch new live-action comedy "The Haunted Hathaways" — featuring kid viral hip-hop star Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Jr. — with a premiere date of July 13.
"Hathaways," created by Robert Peacock ("Reba") and exec produced by Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin ("Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures") will tell the stories of a mother (Ginifer King) and two daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde) who relocate to New Orleans and find themselves living with a ghost family trio (Chico Benymon, Curtis Harris and Lil P-Nut).
" 'The Haunted Hathaways' is a high-concept show that combines the ultimate blended family with a new dimension of fun to bring fresh and relatable storytelling for our audience," said Nick content development and production president Russell Hicks. "Fans will be excited to see the silly hijinks and supernatural comedy that ensue as our talented creative team and ensemble cast bring these two families, literally from different worlds, to life."
After airing in its 8:30 p.m. Saturday timeslot, episodes will be made available digitally the following day through such sources as iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video and Vudu.


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The Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI Germany e.V. is a private, independent, not-for-profit research centre founded in 2005. Since more than 10 years we are dedicated to sustainable development research that is comprehensive, transdisciplinary and practically relevant, covering environmental, social, institutional and economic sustainability. SERI Germany explores sustainable development options for Europe, and analyses the impact of European policies on other parts of the world.
To be comprehensive, we work in interdisciplinary teams with expertise across natural sciences, economics, social sciences and humanities. To practice transdisciplinarity, we emphasise stakeholder participation from the onset of each project, and have been active in conceptual and methodological work on how to involve them throughout a project. Practical relevance implies not relying on a world view which narrows down the richness of available concepts and methods to a selected few but endorsing conceptual pluralism.
SERI Germany is dedicated to high standards of research quality, including participation in international research consortia and publications in internationally recognised journals, but also emphasises the necessity of knowledge transfer, science-policy-society interfaces, and results having to stand the test of real world applicability. Diversity of concepts and methods is a matter of democracy in science; however, diversity must not impinge on the coherence of the work done.
To facilitate such outreach, SERI Germany offers free access to studies, publications and educational material we produce as far as publishers' restrictions permit doing so; we strongly support open access for all publications of research results. Our staff members are active in civil society organisations, from environmental and environmental justice organisations via trade unions to religious institutions, and they are available for presentations, discussions, as mediators and meeting moderators.
Our areas of activity:
Biodiversity loss, the most significant transgression of the planetary boundaries so far, is going on almost unabated. At a time of rapid global change humankind is destroying its most important means of biological adaptation, and the fundamental...
Where can households make a difference to reduce the environmental aspect of their every day life? How can the external factors shaping consumption decisions set supportive incentives? To which extend does consumption contribute to our happiness and...
The access to a healthy environment and to natural resouces is rather unevenly distributes between countries and among the inhabitans of countries. Therefore, envorinmental conflicts rise over resource extraction, the locations of procuction sites or...
The reduction of natural resource use – in terms of materials, energy and land area – for production and consumption activities is a central prerequisite for achieving environmentally sustainable development in Europe.SERI develops new approaches of...
Work and ecology are policy issues highly relevant on the agenda for both the EU as a whole and all Member States. The European Treaties require an integration of environmental, economic and social policies in order to allow for a Sustainable...
Ecosystem services ESS are providing the benefits humans derive from nature. Many services are at risk today, from natural and – more so – from human-made impacts. How to best analyse the process is disputed; some scholars use the conventional...
Vox populi, or: democracy requires listening. Conceptually, stakeholder participation in sustainability research and governance is necessary for several reasons, including higher legitimacy and easier implementation of plans and...
"Truth speaks to power, and power implements" is still how many scientists understand their role (if they talk to decision makers at all). However, we are aware that in a knowledge society, expertise is dispersed and knowledge no academic privilege...


Catherine Koenig-Pralong will be moving from Fribourg (Switzerland) to Freiburg (Germany) this fall, to take the place of Maarten Hoenen for the next four years.
Hoenen, as announced in an earlier post, is moving to Basel.
You cannot directly post to the blog — you have to send me an email <pasnau@colorado.edu>. An advantage of this procedure is that I will post only queries that strike me as worthy, meaning that no one should worry about posting a stupid question. And don't worry about sending me a stupid question — I'm used to it.
Queries in other major languages are welcomed.


Relays data exchange between a maximum of 16 controllers and the PLC!
IFC-100 relays data exchange between up to 16 controllers and PLC.
After power-on, the IFC-100 reads set values and the connected controller's information, and saves them in the CPT-20A.
With data communication within the IFC-100, CLT-200 (master), which is connected to the CPT-20A via internal bus (both are also connected to the CBT-201), sends commands, and communication ends with the response of the CPT-20A.
IFC-100 reads the controller data, returns it to the PLC (host), and receives data from the PLC, then it sets the data on the controllers.
IFC-100 does not check the set value range, so PLC (host) should check the range.


Meet on Peel Beach by the Kiosk opposite the Marine Hotel at 20:00 on Sunday 16th June 2013 for a BBQ (bring your own food), followed by a vigil from 22-24:00.
We will be remembering the G8 who will be meeting in Northern Ireland on Monday and Tuesday, 17th and 18th June. One of the items on their agenda is World Hunger. We want them to take action to make sure that the 1 in 8 of the world's population that go to bed hungry every day have enough food.
Please bring containers for tea lights (we have 800 to light up a large IF), and any readings, thoughts, dance or music to share.


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Ms. Obikoya is a design engineer whose specialty for the past 16 years has been sustainability in the built environment and urban design. She is a homeschooling mother whose passion and dedication lie in her culture, art, and learning African history. She teaches from an African-centered perspective and brings her analytical thinking skills developed from her engineering and urban design experience into the classroom.
She understands the importance African history plays in shaping the current landscape and cultivating empowerment for Africans dispersed all over the world and on the continent. KOKÚMỌ was created to highlight historical figures and events, and to incorporate problem solving and practical application techniques in science, technology, engineering, art, and math designed to help successfully overcome challenges in the world today.
Ms. Phillips has over 15 years experience as a educator/administrator for the largest school system in the state of Alabama. She was also a National Board Certified teacher. She advised a multitude of career and technical education (CTE) teachers regarding CTE policies, innovative programs, and other strategies. She also planned college preparation courses with administrators, curriculum specialists, and other community members. In addition to her educational duties, she worked as a registered nurse for many years.
KOKÚMỌ, which literally translates into "the child will not die" in the Yoruban language, resonates with the founder. It is history that is a living and breathing entity, which instructs a culture and its people how to live. It's a guidebook for the future. African history, whether on the continent, in the Americas or wherever an African has dispersed, is an instructional tool by which we and our descendants can live and thrive. Not knowing our history and how it must serve us today and in the future is cultural genocide.
KOKÚMỌ, LLC teaches African history through biographical sketches and other major events. It highlights the lessons learned utilizing problem solving and practical application techniques, designed to help us face and overcome the challenges we confront in the world today through science, technology, engineering, art, and/or math (STEAM). Also, by learning African history and the lessons therefrom, youth and families will have tools at their disposal that will serve as instruments for their intellectual development and total empowerment.


Seth Resler – Jacobs Media's Digital Dot Connector – is an avid podcast listener. And while there's no shortage of true crime and comedy podcasts out there, many of Seth's podcast choices are political in nature.
These days, as we know, the confluence of politics and social media, has defined the times in which we live. President Trump – known as the Tweeter-In-Chief – has taken Twitter to entirely new levels. While his tweets provide a window into his world – and his soul – the rest of us have different responsibilities to ourselves, our families, and those who employ us.
While Frum doesn't shy away from disagreeing with people on Twitter, he's careful to stay on topic. He warns against getting drawn into side arguments: "You'll say something and somebody will say, 'Well, you didn't say a different thing about a different topic.'" Discussions can easily spiral our of control if you allow the conversation to chase tangents. Be conscious of this and stay focused.
Frum doesn't let friends drink and tweet. Also, he says, "Never do it in when you're in a situation of emotional distress of any kind." If you find yourself playing on tilt, it's best to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
There's an ancient Silicon Valley proverb: "Garbage in, garbage out." If you are following people on Twitter who routinely post uninformed or misinformed tweets, you are likely to do the same. Don't confuse fame with expertise. Make sure that the people you are following are knowledgeable. Also, recognize that nobody is knowledgeable about every single topic, so pay attention to which topics the people you are following are knowledgeable about.
When television first emerged, audiences didn't yet understand how it could be manipulated. Video footage influences how people interpret an event. A classic example is the televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in 1960. While the consensus of those who watched the debate on television was that Kennedy won, most people who listened to it on the radio thought that it was a draw or that Nixon came out on top. We understand today that there's much more to television than just the finished product we see on the screen. For example, we know that reality TV shows are often scripted and heavily edited to manipulate the emotions of viewers.
While we are often on guard against this type of manipulation on television because we grew up with the medium, we may be more vulnerable to it on social media because we haven't been using it as long. "We're victims of made-for-social-media moments that are very manipulative," says Frum.
He points to the recent example of a confrontation between a high school student and a Native American protester at a march in Washington, D.C. In the days following the incident, more and more information emerged that the initial video didn't capture, adding additional context. In recent years, we've seen more and more examples of this. What social media posts can capture is, at best, incomplete, fragmentary, and at worst, intentionally manipulated.
Hopefully, Frum's rules can help you use Twitter wisely.
My parents totally got that TV's not real – they constantly reminded us kids, especially during the scary flying monkeys scene in the Wizard of Oz. Every year!
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I'm sitting here writing this at work on the day before our last day of school. My classroom is packed up and (inshallah) I'll be moving to a new classroom and my stuff hasn't been taken off the walls and packed away for funsies. I'm perusing the fast-break India trips for our Eid Al Adha break in September, my coffee cup is hidden away behind my bottle of hand sanitizer and post-it notes since Ramadan is now in full swing and I can't help but to be nostalgic. I feel like when something is coming to a close is when we finally have time to be mindful of our experiences.
We leave for America in 3 days and while I'm quite excited, I'm also sad to be leaving. Insane, I know. While Doha is a place that can bring out the distress in everyone, it is also a place that toughens you up in a good way. You learn how to stand up for yourself because no one else will. You learn some quick Arabic phrases to make your buddies laugh. You learn how to handle yourself in a foreign country and how to make yourself be understood. You know how to bargain a taxi ride. You are thrown into a situation where you are starting from zero and you have to make your way, pay your bills, feed yourself, go to work and somehow act and look like a confident/capable adult whilst doing it. It makes you feel empowered because you soon come to realize that you can do it. You are able and you are strong.
When we first stepped into the airport in Atlanta 10 months ago to leave, I was nervous beyond measure. I feel like saying I was nervous is a massive understatement. I was terrified. It didn't feel real. It wasn't until I was crying in the airport while saying goodbye to my mom that it really felt like it was happening. However there was never a part of me that wanted to turn around and go back. I knew I had to keep going forward. I knew I wanted to.
I feel like it's a massive undertaking to try to encapsulate the last academic year in one blog post so I'll break it down into another list. We all love a good list.
I'm calling this the Things Learnt While Living Abroad List:
I learned loads about the Islamic religion from my Muslim buddies and I've also first hand experienced a lot of the holidays and even got to visit inside a mosque. It was a beautiful experience and something that I would have never been able to do in America. I feel like if more Americans would take the time to understand Muslims more, they would understand how close the religion is to Christianity and how they're essentially cousins in religious terms and I feel like that would open the door to understanding this religion and it's people better. Also, they would understand that the religion is largely based on respect, peace and giving of yourself to people who are less fortunate.
2. I've learned what it's like to work very closely with people and have them become your friends and then subsequently become like family. When you work abroad, a strange thing happens. You need people to help you....a lot. Where can I get this brand of mac and cheese because I'm going to cry if I don't have it? Where do I get internet? How do I make my phone work? I miss my family! This horrible thing happened, can you hear me out? How does this shirt make me look? And more and more and more. You come to rely on them and they come to rely on your and realize there is this beautiful expat symbiotic relationship.
3. I've learned loads about the Arabic culture and now understand that there is a difference between Gulf culture, Syrian culture, Egyptian culture, Tunisian culture, Lebanese culture, etc. Of course there would be a difference! Why didn't I ever think of that? But now I know, at least a small part, what those differences are. I also feel honored that I was let in on some of those experiences. Though they may have been a simple day at the beach, it meant a lot to me because I was let in on that part of life.
4. Living abroad can make anyone accidentally patriotic. I've never before been someone who was excessively proud of my country. I suppose mostly it was because I had visited many other countries who seemed to have it together more than the US but living somewhere else that isn't your home country can really make you yearn for the basic rights and freedoms that an American is granted. I think that this thought pattern also comes from the fact that I know many people who can't even return to their own home country because of wars and violence and it makes me thankful that I can freely return to my country. I'm also extremely thankful for freedom of speech which isn't something you necessarily have everywhere. I hope you can catch what I'm throwing at you right now...
5. Teaching in an international school has definitely been an experience. There have been times where I found it extremely rewarding and other times where I found it to be extremely stressful. However, because of that I feel like I've grown leaps and bounds as an art teacher. I've learned how to handle a class where half of the students don't speak English, a class where you have another new student every week, a class where you don't necessarily have the supplies you're used to. I've learned how to be extremely resourceful and creative when it comes to my kid's art projects and I've also learned the joys of teaching in a primary classroom. While there are times I miss my high school class, I've come to find joys in both primary and secondary. Also I now know how to create weaving looms out of ikea boxes and cooking twine.
6. Living in the Middle East can afford you some traveling opportunities that you wouldn't have gotten living in America. It's easier to get to Sri Lanka and a skip and jump to other portions of the Middle East. So far I've had the great fortune of traveling to:
Kandy, Sri Lanka
and hopefully we'll be making our way to Turkey, Oman and India this upcoming year. Traveling is something that will always be important to me and, I feel, is important for any young person to do. It changes you forever and makes you look at your life with a different filter. You'll understand things better. Your priorities will shift and most importantly you'll come to know yourself. Once Jude gets older we hope to be able to expose him to this part of our life and will encourage him to go off and make his own path when he's old enough. A Gap Year is something that's not really a part of American culture but I've seen this work it's magic on many young people. You go into university with a greater understanding of yourself and you know what you want to do. You've lived for a year without school coloring your thoughts. Now you hopefully won't change your major every semester.
7. On the topic of travel, while living here I got to experience my first solo travel and all of it's positive effects. A strongly believe every woman should try a solo travel trip and let the experience soak down into your bones. You'll come out the other side knowing for a fact that you can do anything.
8. Understanding and embracing change has become a large, and welcomed, portion of my life. Change used to be something that I would fight, ignore, challenge and basically try to avoid at all costs. I think it has something to do with how many times I've moved as a child. I rarely had a school that I was enrolled in for more than 2 years and I was always packing up and changing locations as soon as I had made friends (which was difficult for this person who was shy as a child). Now, however, I feel like it's something that I welcome. Changing classrooms after I've completely outfitted this one to my liking? Let's do it. Not having anything remotely related to American food in almost a year? Totally. Moving to the other side of the world? Cool! There are so many things that are always changing here that it forces you to come to terms with the positive experiences that change can bring to your life. I regret no part of the difficult two years leading up to this move and do not bemoan the changes that occurred. Selling my house, quitting my job, selling all of my furniture, moving on. It all needed to happen. It all made a brighter, lighter, happier version of myself. That is not to say that it wasn't all incredibly painful because the decisions leading up to my present life were very difficult and emotional decisions. It was very painful but it was also very necessary.
9. Next on the list is my marriage. My marriage to Justin has been the best journey I could ever hope to be part of. He has changed me in so many fantastic ways. I feel like we both bring out the best parts of one another. The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. We are one another's best friend, advocate and partner in everything. There is a synergy. We are mid-way into our second year of marriage and I couldn't be happier with our life. Because of my husband, I feel braver. I feel like I can take on anything because I have him beside me saying, "I know this is something you can do. Now go do it". I have a husband who knows that my personal time is important. I have come to know myself because of my investment in me. I have my husband saying, "go have your alone time. Go read. Go be with your sister and your mom. Go do things with your girlfriends. I'll always be here waiting for you when you get back". I feel so lucky to have a husband who says, "I love how my wife is comfortable in her skin." I love how I have a partner who accepts me for me.
I love how we have a partnership. How we put one another first and we live in our marriage with the knowledge that we'll never grow apart because we're always growing together. I love the fact that Justin is the last person I see before I go to sleep and the first person that shakes me awake in the morning. Living here during our first year of marriage has been the best thing we could have ever done. The distance has allowed us to band together, work through things, talk it out and live as a team. When you're angry you can't get in your car and drive to your mom's house to moan about something. You have to talk it out right then and there and thus we've learned a lot about ourselves and our relationship.
10. On a lighter note I've, for the most part, learned the 24 hour clock. Or as we say in America, military time. There exists several worlds when you live abroad and those worlds are Celsius, Fahrenheit, 24 hour clock, 12 hour clock, English and whatever other language you're currently surrounded by.
11. Speaking of Celsius, I've learned that too! I know that we keep our apartment on 18 degrees when we're really hot, that 40 degrees means don't bother going outside and that 50 degrees means you'll likely die if you go outside.
12. Here in the Gulf we all speak the same language and that language is karak.
And now because it's taken me so long to write this post off and on for the past 2 days, we leave tomorrow night. Today is my last day at work and I'm definitely dealing with those mixed emotions. I hate the idea of locking up our apartment tomorrow and not seeing it for two months. It's our first home together and, technically, our only home. I hate to say "see you later" to our buddies and especially hate to say "goodbye :{" to others. But this is the life of an expat. This transitory place will do this to you.
I embrace all of these emotions and I am mindful during this process to stay present and take this all in.
Our next adventure is coming up: re-entry into the life of an American on Summer break! I hope our family is ready because we miss them so much. :}
-Tiff
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Q: Google Maps: Save markers in an array and then list them After the user creates markers on his map, how do I save them + all their properties (lat, long, title, snippet etc) in a structure/array, and then list them all in a separate activity? Should I create an object that associates each marker?
Here is the code for the MapsActivity:
package com.geekybrackets.virtualtourguide;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;

public class MapsActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    public GoogleMap mMap;
    double lat = 0;
    double lon = 0;
    static final int GET_DETAILS = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps);
        // Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
        SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
        mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        mMap = googleMap;

        mMap.setOnMapClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener() {

            public void onMapClick(LatLng latLng) {
                lat = latLng.latitude;
                lon = latLng.longitude;

                startActivityForResult(new Intent(MapsActivity.this,newMarker.class), GET_DETAILS);

            }
        });

    }
    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
                                    Intent data) {
        if (requestCode == GET_DETAILS) {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                String marker_title=data.getStringExtra("title");
                Marker m = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                        .position(new LatLng(lat, lon))
                        .title(marker_title));
                mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(new LatLng(lat, lon)));

            }
        }
    }

}

A: To work with the created markers you can create a List<Marker>:
private List<Marker> markers = new ArrayList<Marker>();

And then add the created markers to it:
Marker m = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
   .position(new LatLng(lat, lon))
   .title(marker_title));
markers.add(m);

If you need to pass the markers' values to another Activity, as a marker is part of the UI, it's not thought to be persisted, but MarkerOptions implements Parcelable and you can send it to another activities using intents:
List<MarkerOptions> markers = new ArrayList<MarkerOptions>();

MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions()
    .position(new LatLng(lat, lon))
    .title(marker_title);
Marker m = mMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
markers.add(markerOptions);

And then, you can send the list using intents:
MarkerOptions[] markersArray = markers.toArray(new MarkerOptions[markers.size()]);
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra("markers", markersArray);

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Kelly taunts Scotty with the help of a tiny Mexican boy who shines shoes to make money. Bob was the response to my dreams. It has Julie London, acquiring a superb time playing romance dallying scenes with lots of fluff and conventional movie by-play.
Just like the very first season, the show was filmed in a wide variety of international locations. It was the very first integrated television show with a black actor among the leads. The episodes weren't presented in any specific order. This series needs to be remembered and cherished. Due to this, espionage series have to be classified. If you didn't know it turned out to be a weekly TV series, you'd never be in a position to tell that if viewing it.
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Theodoret of Cyrrhus
Further Writings
Theodoret was born in Antioch in 393 CE (Thdt. Ep. 13; SC 40) to well-to-do Christian parents in close contact with the local hermits. In the 440s CE he wrote a history of Syrian monasticism, including a detailed account portraying him as an ideal child predestined for clerical office. The claim that his mother miraculously gave birth to this longed-for child thanks to the prayers of the hermit Macedonius (Thdt. Hist. rel. 13.16; SC 234) has to be understood as an attempt to legitimize Theodoret's posi…
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Will Self Driving Cars Kill The Classic Car Industry?
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The introduction of self driving cars is one of the biggest innovations in driving history. Added to that are increasing concerns about the impact of petrol and diesel cars on the environment. The general consensus is that we should move toward electric and reduce the number of cars on the road. This will reduce pollution in the air which is good for our health and the environment. But what does this mean for petrol and diesel cars and more importantly, what does it mean for classic car enthusiasts? It is a concern as the future looks set to be dominated by electric cars and also self driving automated cars.
The Google Self Driving Car is a taste of the future – Image Source smoothgroover22 Flickr
Right now you don't need to worry too much as driverless car technology is still in its early stages of development and adoption. While their introduction has been welcomed by some in the industry, there have been a few fatal accidents caused by self driving cars. This has led to concerns about them being made available for use on public roads. So the thought that self driving cars are going to arrive overnight isn't going to happen just yet.
Of course nobody knows for sure exactly what all this will mean for the world of classic cars, but here are a few ideas about how autonomous cars will change the face of driving.
Will You Own A Car?
Car ownership is likely to be one of the biggest changes that comes with self driving cars. At the minute, you probably drive your own car to work and it sits there all day long until you leave and drive it home. But if that car can drive itself, it's a bit of a waste to have it sitting there all day long doing nothing when somebody else could be using it.
That's why car ownership is likely to go out of the window and be replaced by a taxi service instead. Rather than buying your own personal car, you'll just book one to come and pick you up when you need it. Once it's dropped you off, it'll drive off and pick somebody else up.
What this does suggest though it that the number of cars on the road is likely to drop drastically because, rather than having one car per person, you'll have one car that services quite a large group of people. Does this fit the typical classic car user? Not really.
What About Customization?
When you buy a new car, you pick a make and model that you like the look of and enjoy driving. You'll pick the colour and maybe even do some work on it to customize and personalize it. But if you don't own your own car, will that all go out of the window?
Customising your own car can be a lot of fun which is what makes certain classics so appealing
Probably, yes. In that scenario all of the cars will be owned by somebody else, not you so why would they bother choosing them based on style. They're more likely to go for a standardized look because it'll be cheaper to produce. But that takes away the personal touch that we all love when it comes to cars. And there is nothing more personal than a cool old classic car.
Will Driving Be Cheaper?
This new self driving system is all theoretical, of course, so there is no way of knowing for sure whether it's going to be cheaper or not. However, if people are going to make the move to autonomous cars and start using a driving service rather than buying their own cars, they'll need a good reason to do so.
Running a classic car or any car costs money in fuel and general maintenance
That means the financial savings would have to be high if it's ever going to take off. Fuel costs will be very low and you won't have to cover any repairs so it'll be cheaper in that sense. So when it comes to paying for the journeys themselves, there will likely be a monthly subscription payment or pay as you use, just like you would a taxi or a hire car.
Will You Need A Driving License?
At the minute, you can't drive a self driving car without a license. The majority of the cars on the road are still normal cars with only basic levels of autonomous technology like lane assist and adaptive cruise control. And you need to know how to drive a car properly so you can take over if anything goes wrong. The reason for that is because other drivers could still cause an accident in their "normal" cars. Which means the autonomous car might not be able to react quickly enough so you need to take over.
If all of the cars on the road were autonomous and they had computer systems that interacted with one another, the likelihood of an accident would be massively reduced.
Would you trust your big old classic on a road full of automated cars?
However, one of the worries that experts have about autonomous cars is that they can't make decisions. For example, if there is a blockage on the road and going straight would mean a fatal crash for the driver but turning away from the blockage would take you onto the pavement where you would crash into a group of pedestrians, how does a computer decide what to do? There are so many scenarios that the technology has to cover and adapt to. That means that drivers will still have to have a driving lesson, even if they're planning on using an autonomous car. The test probably won't be as extensive but you'll still have to do one.
Does This Mean Classic Cars Are Dead?
This really is the big question on everybody's mind. Will autonomous cars kill the classic car industry? Especially when we have a future where the majority of the cars on the road are autonomous? Absolutely not! In fact it could actually do the classic car industry a world of good! And that's because buying and owning a classic car isn't just about getting from A to B. The reason that people love classic cars is that they appreciate the workmanship and the history behind the cars. They are fun to drive and have heaps of nostalgia and character. Plus restoring and upgrading them is all about the journey, taking an old car and returning it to it's former glory. There is a lot more emotion attached to classics, something that will likely never happen with autonomous cars. It is the passion for classics that will always win over.
The sun might setting on fossil fuel based cars but the future for classics is still bright
There could still be some bad news on the horizon however. The rise of autonomous cars will make classic cars more rare. Which will drive prices up, making it harder to buy your very first classic. The other main concern is fuel which really is the elephant in the room; as people start moving away from petrol and diesel in favour of electric cars, the time will come when petrol won't be around any more. Or it might just become very expensive to get hold of. That said, this isn't likely to happen for a long time yet and it'll be a slow transition that probably won't take effect in our lifetimes. So, you can rest easy and still enjoy your classic cars for now and watch while the automotive industry goes through it's biggest change since the dawn of the motor car.
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The embattled former deputy minister of Land Reform Bernadus Swartbooi is inviting more trouble should he address a land meeting in Maltahohe next month, a senior Swapo insider said this week.
The former deputy land reform minister is a serving Swapo Party backbencher, but for now it remains a mystery regarding the capacity in which he will address the "landless masses" in the southern regions next weekend.
"It remains to be seen what his address will entail during the gathering, but it is a risky task to undertake because this might give the party ammunition to get rid of him and recall him from parliament.
His stance on the land issue is totally understandable but there is a feeling in the party that he addressed the matter in the wrong manner," said the source who opted to remain anonymous.
The Patriot has learnt that Swartbooi will be the keynote speaker of different mass meetings organised by a group calling themselves "Progressive Landless in the southern regions of Namibia".
Swartbooi is revered in the south and is often labelled as "the son of the soil" due to his unrelenting stance on the land issue which eventually cost him his seat in Government.
The first meeting is slated for 4 February 2017 in the //Karas regional capital, Keetmanshoop, at the J. Stephanus Stadium while a second will be held in Maltahohe, in the Hardap region the following day.
According to reports circulating in the media, Swarbooi who is also a former governor of the //Karas region, will address a string of mass meetings under theme "Landless People's Mass Meeting".
However, it remains unknown whether the former deputy land reform minister's keynote addresses in the south were sanctioned by the ruling Swapo Party or he will be speaking in his private capacity as an ordinary Namibian citizen.
The Swapo quartet of Nangolo Mbumba (secretary general), Laura Mcleod-Katjirua [deputy SG] and Helmuth Angula (Swapo spokesperson) could not be contacted for comment this week.
When The Patriot contacted Swarbooi for comment to establish whether he had been sanctioned to speak to the masses on behalf of the ruling party or in his individual capacity, he responded by saying: "Just come to the meeting…that's all" .
Swartbooi's address comes a few weeks after a group of about 500 residents of the two southern town held a peaceful demonstration petitioning the re-tabling of the second Land Bill before the second land conference since 1991 is held.
According to the group, the re-tabling of the Land Bill is premature and is of no purpose when considering that President Hage Geingob announced in December that a land conference was due in September.
It remains to be seen whether Swapo will take action against Swartbooi in an event that he contravenes the party's land policies seeing that the party has been brutal towards Young Turks who are seen to be going against the party's standpoints on policy matters.
The question of land distribution and redistributing has been one of the major plights in Namibia since the country got its independence from the South African apartheid regime 26 years ago.
Late last year Swartbooi came under fire for referring to the conduct of his the superior and Land Reform Minister Utoni Nujoma with the land resettlement s "unacceptable".
Swartbooi allegedly said Nujoma "must" be called to order and indicated that he (Swartbooi) does not work for Nujoma but for Geingob.
Land has been a contentious issue in Namibia for the greater part of the past decade and Swartbooi is one of the few high-ranking officials within the ruling party to have come out publicly to criticise the country's snail-paced land reform policies.
Eventually, Swartbooi got the boot from Geingob after he refused to render a public apology to his senior, the land reform minister Utoni Nujoma.
Swartbooi publicly critised Nujoma for the way he was handling the resettlement programme during a cultural event at Hoachanas.


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A spatial multiple treatment/multiple outcome difference-in-differences model with an application to urban rail infrastructure and gentrification
Eleni Bardaka, Michael S. Delgado, Raymond J.G.M. Florax
We develop a class of difference-in-differences regression models for the case of multiple transportation interventions that may occur sequentially over time and may generate causal spillover effects within a spatial system. We show how these models can be estimated using tools from spatial econometrics, and further extend the models to a system of seemingly unrelated outcomes such that there may be spatial correlation in the error terms. These models facilitate estimation of direct, indirect, and total average causal effects, as well as individual and cumulative effects of transportation interventions that partially overlap in space. Such estimates can assist policymakers in assessing potentially reinforcing effects originating from multiple transportation interventions located in close proximity. We develop an empirical example of our models to evaluate spatiotemporal socioeconomic impacts of the original and expanded light rail system in Denver, CO.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.01.028
Published - Mar 2019
Difference-in-differences
Quasi-experiment
Seemingly unrelated regressions
Sequential treatments
Spatial difference-in-differences
Spatial spillover effects
Urban rail
Bardaka, E., Delgado, M. S., & Florax, R. J. G. M. (2019). A spatial multiple treatment/multiple outcome difference-in-differences model with an application to urban rail infrastructure and gentrification. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 121, 325-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.01.028
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Overland Park, Kan. (February 4, 2016) – QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), an international provider of data center, managed hosting and cloud services, today announced it will preview an expanding selection of Federal IT solutions at a reception on Thursday, February 11. The networking event for QTS customers, solution providers and channel partners will showcase QTS' growing portfolio of highly compliant hybrid technology solutions engineered to address the complex challenges facing public sector IT professional.
QTS' customizable and FedRAMP-compliant federal IT solutions range from infrastructure design and build, custom data centers and cloud migration to managed hosting, and are supported with the security, compliance and scalability for which QTS is known. QTS customers gain access to a trusted and experienced Federal IT partner operating with more than 50 active ATOs across civilian, defense and intelligence agencies.
QTS' Chief Product Officer, Peter Weber, will illustrate how QTS federal solutions integrate with agency requirements and federal compliance mandates and have evolved with each iteration of NIST standards, to deliver compliance across FedRAMP, FISMA, DoD RMF/DIACAP, HIPAA/HI-TECH, and PCI, among others. Other participants include QTS' Stu Fleagle, Vice President of Government Solutions and John Lind, Vice President of Federal Sales. QTS partners Vormetric, Carahsoft and VMware are sponsors of the event.
"As a technology services company focused on security and compliance, we take a high-touch, collaborative approach to working with our Federal partners, customers and solution providers to understand their challenges in a way that enables us to deliver flexible, scalable and compliant solutions that meet their needs today and in the future," Weber said.
The event will be take place on Thursday, February 11, from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Tower Club in Vienna, Va. Attendees must register in advance for the event - QTS Federal Reception.
QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading international provider of secure, compliant IT infrastructure and technology solutions including data center, managed hosting and cloud services. QTS owns, operates or manages 24 data centers in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia Pacific, offering people-powered data solutions to government agencies and enterprises in the healthcare, technology and financial services industries. For more information, visit www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow us on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.


Catalina is an island with white sandy beaches, near the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic, it is a protected Natural Park, where there are no buildings of any kind. This island is a real Caribbean paradise, it has one of the best dive spots in the Dominican Republic, from the beach, a soft slope leads to an impressive wall that drops to more than 100 meters, the whole slope from the beach to the wall is and authentic garden of corals and fauna, a platform of thousands of square metres at less than an average depth of 3 meters, ideal for snorkelling. Catalina has exceptionally beautiful beaches and unlimited views into the blue horizon. Catalina Island consists of three overlapping plateaus, its highest elevation being only 20 metres above sea level; it has a very little vegetation and is entirely "built" out of coral stone. A massive line of sand dunes and mangrove swamps serve as a natural protection line to 'intruders'.


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Георги Стефанов Добринов е български офицер, полковник от пехотата, командир на 1-ва дружина от 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк през Втората световна война (1941 – 1945) и командир на 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк (1946 – 1947).

Биография
Георги Добринов е роден на 9 април 1899 г. в Дере кьой, Караагачко. През 1918 г. постъпва във Военното на Негово Величество училище, завършва през 1924 г. и на 6 септември е произведен в чин подпоручик. На 3 октомври 1927 г. е произведен в чин поручик, а през 1928 г. е назначен на служба в 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк. През 1935 г. е произведен в чин капитан и същата година е назначен на служба в 15-и пограничен участък. От следващата година е домакин на Дома за инвалиди, през 1937 г. е назначен на служба в 2-ра интендантска дружина, а през следващата в 3-ти пехотен бдински полк.

През 1939 г. капитан Добринов е назначен за ръководител по ПВЖЗ към 24-то полково военно окръжие, а през 1940 г. е назначен на служба в 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк. На 6 май 1942 г. е произведен в чин майор, а през 1945 г. в чин подполковник. Подполковник Георги Добринов взема участие във втората фаза от войната срещу Третия Райх. С поверената му 1-ва дружина от 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк воюва в Дравската отбранителна операция (6 март – 21 март 1945). На 9 март 1945 г. при атаката на чифлика Дажон командва сборна дружина. По-късно, на 16 април при атаката на с. Вилево подполковник Добринов бива ранен. През юни 1945 г. с полка си се завръща в България. През 1946 г. e произведен в чин полковник и назначен за командир на 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк, на която служба е до 1947 г., когато са кратко служи в 39-и пехотен солунски полк и по-късно същата година е уволнен от служба.

Умира през 1994 г. на 95-годишна възраст. През 2010 г. на фасадата на родния му дом в Бургас на ул. Цар Асен № 37 е открита възпоменателна плоча. Спомените на полковник Добринов за участието на 1-ва дружина от 24-ти пехотен черноморски полк във Втората световна война (1941 – 1945) се съхраняват във фонда на Регионалния исторически музей – Бургас.

Семейство
Полковник Георги Добринов е женен и има 2 деца.

Военни звания
 Подпоручик (6 септември 1924)
 Поручик (3 октомври 1927)
 Капитан (1935)
 Майор (6 май 1942)
 Подполковник (1945)
 Полковник (1946)

Бележки

Източници

Български полковници
Четиридесет и трети випуск на Националния военен университет "Васил Левски"
Български военни дейци от Втората световна война
Хора от област Ямбол


On a journey to find the right software, Endo Enterprises came across Act. Following successful implementation and training, the company has been able to create a winning collaborative workplace to manage the day to day running of the business.
Endo Enterprises provide environmentally friendly solutions for water treatment, infection control and energy efficiency. Right from the start, the company showed a real determination to improve the livelihood and health of their customers through their water based treatments, however with a tight budget they struggled to find the right software to support their objectives.
Endo Enterprises have used Sage 50 to manage their accounts. With Act came an opportunity to integrate the two for a comprehensive view of client's financial status and accounting history, without having to log in to Sage.
Speaking of remote access, Aaron described how important it was for them to provide their field based and remote staff a secure access to Act data.
Act has proved particularly effective for Endo Enterprises in its ability to improve collaboration between the staff as well as enhance their sales effectiveness.
"The biggest benefit for us is collaboration and the ability to work together as a team. There's been situations when someone's not in, and you need the answer to a question for a customer. Then you find yourself walking around the office and trying to find someone who knows something. Well, now with Act we can quickly find out everything about a customer at the touch of a button, without having to disturb someone on a day off by ringing them or while they're travelling - so relationships flow much more smoothly."
For Endo Enterprises, Act was the obvious solution when it came to setting up a robust information system that everyone could work from and rely on. Aaron commented, "To go from a system that we weren't properly using to a simple and straightforward solution that is well adopted and allows us to maintain accurate and detailed records has been a major benefit.
A privately owned company, Endo Enterprises' head office and distribution centre is based in a dual purpose facility in the Gemini Business Park, Warrington. From there they undertake their core mission statement to improve the livelihood and health of customers through their water based treatments.


Before visiting Honolulu, this travel guide will make you know much better about this city's best restaurants, attractions, shopping districts and more.
Welcome to the "Peace of Shelter", or Honolulu, if to call it by its widely known name. Your business trip to Honolulu guarantees to be one of the most exotic journeys you'll ever experience. The warmth of the city is going to infuse your soul and you will look for ways not to go back home. It is a great destination to turn your business trip into a bizcation and enjoy this one of a kind culture that becomes even more charming with the city's warm blooded people.
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii is the most populous city in the state. The estimated population of the city is around 380.000 people, living in 5 different districts of Honolulu. These 5 districts are Downtown, Waikiki, Manoa-Makiki, Eastern Honolulu and Western Honolulu. The different features and characteristics of these five create the unique Honolulu atmosphere when blended into each other.
Honolulu is going to welcome you with its embracing weather no matter which time of the year you visit the city. The weather in the city shows the typical characteristics of the tropical climate; the temperature is between 27-32 the highest and 19-24 degrees the lowest. While the upper parts of the city may face unexpected showers, it is usually sunny in the city center and the beach areas.
Get ready for one of the most distinguished travel experiences you will ever have in Honolulu. Indulge yourself with the most exquisite dishes from the Hawaiian cuisine and let the attractions in the city feed your hunger for cultural and historical intellectuality. Make sure to have some extra space in your luggage for the authentic shopping experience in Honolulu. This city will leave the marks of sunshine both on your face and your heart so that you can always remember it with a warm smile.
How to get to Honolulu?
Honolulu International Airport is located 5km from the city's business district and it is the main hub of transportation since it serves a large number of airlines both for flights between Hawaiian cities and United States' mainland.
If you don't want to rent a car for yourself or pre-arrange a car to pick you up from the airport, you can use Airport Waikiki Express that will take you to downtown Honolulu. Of course, it is always possible to rent a car or hire a cab once you are outside of the airport.
In Honolulu, local transportation is based on buses. There is neither a subway nor a tram, so if you would like to explore the city by using public transportation, you can make use of the official website of TheBus that gives detailed information about the routes and schedules. Taxis are the other means of transportation in the city. If you want to rent a car while you are there, it may be wise to consider the rush hours; 8AM to 9:30 and 5PM to 6:30.
You can explore Honolulu after your meetings or even between them however you may not take enough of it. There a bunch of places to visit, a large number of local dishes to taste, fancy night clubs to enjoy, authentic shopping to make a exciting excursions to choose from in Honolulu.
Don't forget your swimsuit when you are going to Honolulu because no matter how busy your schedule will be, you are going to enjoy a swim in Honolulu's white sandy beaches at least once. Waikiki Beach is of course the most well-known of the many beaches in the city and this is the reason why it is also the most crowded one. If you want to visit a calmer place, then you can try Ala Moana Park, a nice beach that walks hand in hand with the most beautiful shades of green.
If you want to know more of the Hawaiian history, then you should pay a visit to Bishop Museum that is home to a large number of Hawaiian artifacts. Iolani Palace, Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu Academy of Arts and Contemporary Museum are the other places that you may want to check out to dig the cultural heritage of the city.
Pearl Harbor is located in the western part of city and still functions as a navy base and it is home to memorials. Right next to it, there is the USS Bowfin.
Honolulu is one of those cities that provide every sort of shopping experience to its visitors. Do you want to shop some traditional items? You have market places to do that. Do you want to keep on the regular shopping? You can head to shopping malls that are filled with worldwide famous brands' stores.
International Market Place in Waikiki is a popular destination among the visitors since the majority enjoy spending time among the stalls that have traditional and authentic Hawaiian items. Aloha Tower Marketplace is one another place to buy souvenirs for your beloved ones. If you are in eastern part of Honolulu, then you can visit Kahala Mall and Koko Marina Center.
You are going to come across a large number of restaurants and cafes serving the most exquisite dishes from the Hawaiian cuisine in Honolulu. No matter which part of the city you are in, it will not be hard for you to find a good quality restaurant. That is why that'd be better to know a bit about the Hawaiian dishes you'd like to try when you are in Honolulu.
Honolulu is also famous for its splurge nightlife scene. There are clubs located alongside Waikiki Beach and most of them are open until 2 A.M in the morning. Kuhio Avenue is another district of the city that is filled with night clubs and bars. Even if you'd like to try some of the most exotic cokctails when in Honolulu, don't forget to taste some of the local beers since they are worth a try. Liz's Pub, Mehana, Honu and Sam Choy's are among the pubs that brew their on beer in Honolulu or have it brewed on the mainland and shipped it to the city.
You will not be bored in Honolulu, this is for sure. However, if you want to do something outside of the city or something completely new for you, then you have got a large number of excursions to choose from.
If you are a runner or enjoy running, don't forget to bring your shoes with you because you are about to visit one of the most charming places that has the best weather for running. Especially Kapiolani Park and Ala Moana Beach Park great areas for your morning or afternoon run.
Diamond Head is one of the most iconic landmarks in the city. This volcanic tuff cone makes the visitors see one of the most picturesque scenes ever. It is also a great place to exercise or for your daily workout.
Honolulu is an ideal place to surf or try surfing for the first time. You are going to come across young Hawaiian people that are willing to teach you surfing.
If you feel like you want something that doesn't require so much energy, then see a show of "The Broadway of the Pacific" Diamond Head Theatre and Hawaii Theatre are the show venues you can check for a special artsy performance.
Honolulu is one of the cities in the world that becomes the home of a large number of national and international events throughout the year. Academic congresses, conferences, symposiums as well with trade shows and fairs are held in the city. There are a large number of event venues to hold these sort of large scale events in Honolulu and all these are equipped with high technology in order to meet the attendees' needs. When the exotic beauty of Honolulu is also taken into consideration, the city becomes even more suitable for world's event tourism.


We're back with another open mic, hosted by The Unspoken Word. This month, we're meeting at Footlight Players on Queen Street.
Bring a poem. A song. A monologue. An interpretive dance. Just keep it around five minutes. Sign up starts at 6:50pm & the show kicks off at 7:02pm.
Our feature this month is the illustrious Joy Priest!
JOY PRIEST grew up across the street from the world's most famous horse-racing track. She is the recipient of the 2018 Gregory Pardlo Fellowship at The Frost Place, the 2016 Hurston/Wright Foundation's College Writers' Award, and support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown.
She is formerly an associate poetry editor for Narrative Magazine, and senior editor emerita at Yemassee Journal. Her poems have appeared or are upcoming in Blackbird, Callaloo, Four Way Review, The Rumpus, Best New Poets 2014, Best New Poets 2016, and The Breakbeat Poets.
See you there? Bring your friends! Bring your grandma! Bring your Blue Apron delivery person! Bring your lifeguard! Bring that one guy from Chipotle you see but don't actually talk to although you're kinda friends from middle school but you've had a kind of awkward falling out because neither of you kept in touch but you're sure you could reconnect if you just spent time reacquainting with one another.
The theatre is located at 20 Queen St, Charleston, SC 29401.
Get there early because the list will fill up.
Be respectful: no sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assholery.
Opening the evening is Annex Dance Company, a Charleston-based modern dance company directed by Kristin Alexander. The company will share two works, W-I-L-D (2009) from their evening length work Out of the Roseinspired by WB Yeats andBernice (2017). The recent work Bernicewas created from the poetry of Stephen Myers with an original score by Laura Ball and is a glimpse into the life of a 1920s woman with a simple, yet complicated world. Following, Moving Body Dance Company (Columbia, SC) directed by Erin Bailey, an internationally presented dance artist, will present a work stepping into the lines of Ani Difranco's poem Self Evident. The dance explores physical conversations in order to investigate and reveal reoccurring truths about the word that the dancers inhabit.
The second half of the evening will highlight collaborations with the words of our very own Charleston poet, Marcus Amaker. Dance Matters (Charleston, SC) directed by Erin Leigh, will presentan excerpt from Coming to Monuments.The workexplores the history behind the display of Confederate memorials and the conflicted legacy their presence bestows. Within the theme of activism, the night will close with the Charleston premiere of contemporary dance collective Yuhas & Dancers (Columbia, SC), directed by Meredith Yuhas. Yuhas & Dancers absorbed Marcus Amaker's words quickly found in poems Daygloand The Last Word to create a dance work of discourse, challenge, and kinesthetic empathy. Set to Amaker's funky and spontaneous rhythms, the movement narrative speaks to our position of response in the face of adversity.
Do not miss the exciting physical display of rich SC talent coming together for one night only. For more information on the 2018 Free Verse Poetry Festival go to www.freeversefestival.com.
That's right, folks. We're BACK!
We're hosting another open mic, so break out the champagne, the villanelles, & the interpretive dance.
Invite your friends, your mailman, your weird neighbor with that fake cactus, your grandma, and the one dude at the bus stop with the weird eye patch who claims he's a pirate, like, a real pirate.
Please bring one poem, song, or monologue. 5 mins. List is available at 6:51pm. Come early, we fill up quick. Open mic begins promptly at 7:01pm or 7:02pm or even 7:04pm. Probably 7:04pm.
Our feature this month is Augusta-based literary sensation Vanessa Harris aka The Most Elevated Deepness.
Vanessa Harris, poetically known as Most Elevated Deepness, is a Singer/ Songwriter/Spoken Word poet from Augusta, Ga. She is known throughout Augusta and surrounding areas for her poetry and song infused style of Spoken Word. She is also one third of the poetry group "The Forces" and Volunteers with "Poetry Matters Project" a non profit organization out of Augusta. Through Poetry Matters she is able to aid the organization in their endeavor to encourage young people to fall in love with words! On top of all of that she manages time to Co-host a monthly open Mic in in the city of Augusta. Most Elevated Deepness's poetry can be described as soulful and spiritual, and is sure to take the listener on a journey.
See y'all soon for the sestina shindig.
The free verse fever dream!