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Santiago Canyon College (SSC)
Santiago Canyon College (SSC) - Orange,California
About Santiago Canyon College (SSC)
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There is a public university in Orange, CA called Santiago Canyon College. Santiago Canyon College occupies a total area of about 82 acres. Santiago Canyon College was founded in the year 1985. Keeping the pursuit of research, innovation, and excellence at the center, Santiago Canyon College has been imparting quality education to its students. The motto of the varsity is What Happens Here Matters and its official colors are blue and gold. At Santiago Canyon College, the total enrolment stands at 11,911. To teach various courses to the students, the school has employed a total of 321 faculty. Around 65% of the students are 24 and under at Santiago Canyon College. Shedding some light on gender distribution at SCC, around 40% of the students are females and 60% are males. The college has produced several achievers in its 35 years of existence. For any university, alumni play a significant role. Similarly, several notable personalities owe their success to SCC. The school believes in the all-round growth of the students and, hence encourages students to take part in several sporting activities, conducted inside the campus. Students taking admission here will notice that the university boasts of a decent sports infrastructure. A total of 141 programs, including both residential and online, are currently offered by SCC. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by WASC (Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges).
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The ranking of a particular college helps a student decide where to apply, which is always a tough decision. Usually, the rankings of colleges/universities by Forbes and US News are considered trustworthy by applicants and experts. However, Santiago Canyon College doesn't feature in the list of top colleges, according to the latest rankings of these two publications. Generally, the ranking of a college is a great way to gauge its performance on several factors like research excellence, the performance of its students after graduation, student experience, and academic success.
The students can make the most out of the admission process as the admission at the university is fairly easy. The students are required to submit a fee along with the admission form, in order to be considered for admission at Santiago Canyon College. It is a non-refundable amount. To improve one's chances of securing admission, a person must score high on a standardised test like SAT or ACT. But, at Santiago Canyon College, the average SAT or ACT scores of students getting admission is not available. It can be inferred that this is not an important admission criterion. The application process can be completed online. However, if needed, one can also visit the office at 8045 E Chapman, Orange, California 92869-4512, or call (714) 628-4900.
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Tuition fees and the cost of living during the course tenure are the next two things that a student should keep in mind before applying to SCC. The annual full-time cost of attendance comes out to be approximately $27,054. For students seeking financial assistance, the college offers a number of options.
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The college believes in offering quality training to all the students and doesn't appreciate instructive disparities. Students originating from various ethnic foundations like Latin, Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and a lot more are invited to the school. The college has taken a lot of measures to ensure the safety and security of its students. Some of these measures include campus emergency phones and 24-hr escort safety rides. The college has enrolled around 60% male and 40% female students.
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As mentioned, if one finds the fees and cost of living at SCC to be on the higher side, the financial aid department of the varsity would be of huge assistance. They can assist students with scholarships, grants, and student loans as well. The average federal grant that comes from the college is around $4,704, whereas the financial aid is $1,250. The college provides financial assistance in the form of state-level aid worth $2,256 and institutional aid worth $1,250.
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Home News Costa del Sol easyJet Launches Five New Routes In Malaga This Summer
easyJet Launches Five New Routes In Malaga This Summer
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23 June 2021 @ 08:45
easyJet Launches Five New Routes In Malaga This Summer.
IN fantastic news for the summer, easyJet launches five new routes in Spain's Malaga.
The airline has consolidated its commitment to Malaga and extended its connections from the airport. They have included five new destinations for the summer season. This means that easyJet have now linked the Costa del Sol with Denmark's Copenhagen, Stockholm in Sweden, Italy's Bergamo, France's Lille-Lesquin and also Luxembourg.
easyJet have inaugurated their seasonal base at the airport in Malaga and announced these five routes will form part of 18 new routes for Spain.
easyJet are working hard to respond to changing travel expectations from the UK. They announced these new routes following the UK's announcement regarding travelling to Spain and the fact that Spain is currently still on the amber list.
Javier Gándara, the company's general manager for southern Europe has commented on the company's "flexibility" and how this has allowed them to respond to changing expectations regarding travel from the UK. They are able to increase the number of routes from their bases in Spain and have added new destinations which are an "undeniable attraction".
According to Malaga Hoy, the Copenhagen – Malaga route will start on July 19. This will be followed the next day by the Stockholm route. The Bergamo and Lille routes will be launched on July 21.
It is expected that easyJet will make these routes available until late October and that the Stockholm, Lille and Luxembourg routes will have two weekly flights while the Bergamo and Copenhagen routes will have three flights each week.
easyJet have highlighted that this announcement "consolidates" their commitment to Malaga which they consider to be a "strategic destination" for the company. They have the second highest number of passengers at the Malaga airport and only fall behind Ryanair.
Thank you for reading, and don't forget to check The Euro Weekly News for all your up-to-date local and international news stories.
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Alex Glenn is a reporter for Spain's largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News. Formerly she worked in the NHS for 15 years until relocating to Spain in 2018. She loves the Spanish lifestyle, language and culture and spent several years learning Spanish before moving to Spain for a better quality of life. She has made her home in the mountains in Almeria, where she loves being part of a rural community that has a mix of both expats and Spanish residents. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, reading and exploring the area where she lives.

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Pakistan and Britain to sign repatriation agreement on convicted criminals soon
Police: Chinese national killed by son of Pakistani business partner
Police: Chinese national killed by son of Pakistani business partner /node/1297591/pakistan
Policemen standing around the car used by Chen Zhu when an assailant opened fire, killing him and injuring his friend in Karachi on Feb. 5. (Photo by Dawn)
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KARACHI: The managing director of a Chinese shipping company was killed by a contract killer hired by the son of his Pakistani partner, a police officer told Arab News on Sunday.
Chen Zhu, 45, was murdered in Neelum Colony near the Zamzama area in the upscale Defense Housing Authority neighborhood on Feb. 5, the officer said.
Police identified the deceased as the managing director of Cosco Saeed Karachi Shipping Private Ltd.
Superintendent Tauqeer Naeem said Chen and his friend Ye Fan were shopping in Neelum Colony when an assailant opened fire on them, killing Chen and injuring Ye.
On Saturday, police produced two individuals, Saqib Ahmed and Rehan Hashim, before a local court, saying they had killed the Chinese national. Police demanded the physical remand of the accused for further interrogation.
Raja Umar Khattab, a counterterrorism officer in Karachi, said Ahmed and Hashim were interrogated along with several other employees.
"They were making contradictory statements. When we probed them further, they confessed that they'd killed Chen," Khattab told Arab News.
Ahmed, who was marketing director at the shipping company, is the son of Chen's Pakistani partner Shakeel Ahmed, Khattab said.
When Chen came from Jakarta to become managing director, he found financial irregularities, prompting him to investigate the matter, police interrogators were told by the accused and other staff members.
Chen pointed out that Saqib's job as marketing director violated the company rule forbidding the employment of two people from the same family.
Chen fired Saqib, which led the latter to hire a contract killer. Police identified the killer from CCTV footage, but he is yet to be arrested.
The police officer said the murder was not an attempt to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
On May 5, the Counterterrorism Department (CTD) said it had foiled an attempt to target CPEC-related projects by arresting two alleged terrorists associated with a separatist Sindhi nationalist outfit.
CTD official Chaudhry Arif told Arab News that they had carried out attacks against Chinese nationals associated with a CPEC project in December 2016.
Pakistan and Britain to sign repatriation agreement on convicted criminals soon /node/2007096/pakistan
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According to Radio Pakistan, the understanding was reached during a meeting between the Pakistani interior minister and British high commissioner
Pakistani authorities have frequently pledged to bring back the country's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from London
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have decided to finalize and sign an agreement for the repatriation of convicted citizens and criminals at the earliest, reported the state-owned Radio Pakistan on Tuesday.
The understanding was reached between the two sides during a meeting between Pakistan's interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and British high commissioner Christian Turner in Islamabad.
The two countries have been negotiating a criminal extradition treaty for the last several years.
The Pakistani authorities have frequently pledged to bring back the country's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from Britain who was found guilty in a corruption reference by an accountability court and sentenced to prison for 10 years in December 2018.
Sharif began his prison term in Pakistan but was temporarily released on medical bail and flew out to London in November 2019.
Since then, he has not returned to his country.
"It was realized that the agreement is in the interest of both the countries and there is a need to accelerate progress on it," the Radio Pakistan said. "The two sides were also of the view that bilateral agreements will further strengthen cooperation between the two countries."
The Pakistani interior minister said his country attributed immense importance to its ties with the UK.
The British high commissioner also acknowledged the "friendly and multi-faceted relationship" between the two countries while appreciating Pakistan's assistance with the evacuation of foreign nationals from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021.
Topics: repatriation agreement criminals Pakistan and UK ties
Pakistan imported over $2 billion of coronavirus vaccines – information minister /node/2007006/pakistan
Pakistan imported over $2 billion of coronavirus vaccines – information minister
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says unvaccinated people are suffering more due to the spread of the omicron variant
Pakistan reported over 5,000 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the ICU occupancy rate up by 30 percent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's information minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Tuesday the country had imported over $2 billion of coronavirus vaccines to protect people from the debilitating respiratory disease amid a rising current account deficit.
Addressing a news conference after the federal cabinet meeting, he said the government examined the COVID-19 situation caused by the spread of the omicron strain.
Pakistan's top pandemic response body announced earlier in the day the country had reported 5,034 new cases of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall positivity ratio to 9.45 percent. It also informed that 827 COVID-19 patients were in critical care across Pakistan.
Hussain told the media the federal cabinet evaluated the pandemic situation along with the official vaccination campaign.
"Pakistan has imported more than $2 billion of vaccines to immunize its people," he said. "The import of medicine had a major impact on our current account deficit as well."
Pakistan's information minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain addresses a press conference after the federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 18, 2022. (Photo courtesy: PID)
The minister emphasized it was important to get vaccinated amid rising number of new infections.
"Those who are fully vaccinated and have received booster shots are only negligibly affected by omicron," he continued. "However, those who are not inoculated are suffering from this strain a lot more."
According to a statement released by the Prime Minister Office after the meeting, the country's planning minister Asad Umar gave a detailed briefing to the federal cabinet on the spread of the omicron variant, saying the number of current cases had increased to 5,000 per day while the hospitalization rate had increased by 2.5 times.
He added that the number of patients had gone up by 30 percent in intensive care units in Pakistan.
The statement said the cabinet called for ensuring the implementation of health care guidelines in the country, including the use of face masks and vaccinations to prevent the spread of the omicron variant.
"However, the cabinet reiterated its commitment that the government would refrain from taking steps that would harm business and economic activity," it added.
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Government says central bank autonomy not without checks and balances /node/2006941/pakistan
Government says central bank autonomy not without checks and balances
The IMF wanted Pakistan to grant maximum independence to the central bank to end any possible political interference
A senior Pakistani minister says the oversight mechanism was built into the law after 'hard negotiations' with the lending agency
ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani minister on Tuesday criticized the opposition for making a legislation regarding the central bank's autonomy controversial, saying the new law was not without checks and balances which were incorporated after "hard negotiations" with the International Monetary Fund.
The law was approved by the country's national assembly last week and was enacted on the international financial institution's insistence which had been demanding it to protect the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) from any political interference.
The IMF executive board is scheduled to review Pakistan's progress in terms of the implementation of structural reforms under a $6 billion loan program and may release another tranche of $1 billion later this month.
Pakistan's energy minister Hammad Azhar told a news conference in Islamabad that central banks were always kept autonomous in the world since there was enough evidence that it allowed developed nations to bring down inflation and ensure economic growth.
"The federal government will appoint the central bank's board of directors whose members can even remove the state bank governor," he said, adding: "We managed to secure this concession of appointing the state bank board along with its governor and deputy governor from the IMF after hard negotiations."
Azhar maintained previous administrations tried to influence central bank officials while dictating them how to manage the county's monetary policy.
He added a similar bill was also suggested in 2015 by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party wherein it was willing to surrender all its powers to the central bank board.
The minister noted the government had brought about a comprehensive reform in the area which was also "demanded by serious Pakistani economists for a substantially long period."
Refuting the opposition's criticism over the law, he said it was only going to strengthen the country's economy and ensure sustained growth momentum.
Topics: bank autonomy Central Bank State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) hammad azhar
Oman's naval chief meets Pakistani general, discusses military cooperation /node/2006836/pakistan
Oman's naval chief meets Pakistani general, discusses military cooperation
General Nadeem Raza says defense cooperation between the two countries will have a positive impact on regional peace and security
Pakistan and Oman signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2020 to enhance military cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Commander Royal Navy of Oman Rear Admiral Saif bin Nasser bin Mohsen Al-Rahbi on Tuesday met with Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza in Rawalpindi and discussed ways of improving bilateral military cooperation, the military's media wing, ISPR, said in a statement.
A day earlier, the Omani official held a meeting with Pakistan's Naval Chief Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi in Islamabad to discuss bilateral defense ties.
Pakistan and Oman have always maintained a close relationship and the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase military cooperation in October 2020.
In his meeting with General Raza, Al-Rahbi discussed "security and regional issues and matters related to enhancing the level and scope of bilateral military engagements and cooperation in various fields between the two brotherly countries," the ISPR read.
The statement noted that General Raza "emphasized the need to further enhance the existing defense and security cooperation and said that Pakistan-Oman cooperation will have a positive impact on peace and security in the region."
"The visiting dignitary remained appreciative of the role of the Pakistan Armed Forces in building the capacity of Oman Armed Forces. He also acknowledged the sacrifices made by Pakistan in the war against terrorism," it added.
Last week, Pakistani naval ships Rah Naward and Madadgar visited Oman's Port Sultan Bin Qaboos along with Hamza submarine as part of overseas deployment.
"During the port stay, various bilateral activities including exchange visits onboard afloat units, orientation visits of military installations and coordination meetings were undertaken," the Pakistan Navy said.
Topics: Pakistan Oman Pakistan Army ISPR
Pakistani policeman, two suspects killed in Islamabad 'terrorism incident' /node/2006711/pakistan
Pakistani policeman, two suspects killed in Islamabad 'terrorism incident'
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Outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the 'attack' near the city's famous G-9 market
TTP is a separate group from the Afghan Taliban and has fought for years to overthrow the government in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A policeman and two suspects were killed in a shootout in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad late Monday, in what the country's interior minister described as a "terrorism incident."
Two assailants opened fire at police officers standing guard near a market in G-9 sector, the police said, which triggered a shootout that killed an officer and both gunmen. Two policemen were injured in the attack, who were shifted to hospital.
Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday said the deceased suspects were "terrorists" and the shootout was actually an attack.
"Munawwar Shaheed, head constable, was on duty and the terrorists opened a burst on him. This wasn't a burglary or robbery," Ahmed said.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed places a wrath on the coffin of a policeman who lost his life in a gun attack in Islamabad on January 18, 2022. (Islamabad Police)
"This is a kind of a signal we have got that terrorism incidents have begun in Islamabad. This is the first incident of this year and we need to be very alert."
He said the authorities had located the "terrorist sleeper cell" in Misrial, a Rawalpindi neighborhood some 20 kilometers from Islamabad.
"This is purely a terrorism issue," Ahmed added.
Policemen pay tribute beside the coffin of a police officer who was killed in an overnight gunmen attack during the funeral ceremony in Islamabad on January 18, 2022. (AFP)
Militants have often targeted security forces in Pakistan's southern Balochistan and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, but attacks like this have been a rarity in Islamabad.
The Pakistani Taliban, or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the "attack" in a statement.
The TTP is a separate movement from the Afghan Taliban and has fought for years to overthrow the government in Islamabad and rule with its own brand of Islamic Shariah law.
Last month, the group declared an end to a month-long cease-fire arranged with the aid of the Afghan Taliban, accusing the Pakistan government of breaching terms including a prisoner release agreement and the formation of negotiating committees.
Topics: Pakistan police Islamabad terrorism


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Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers
Judge raises concerns over HomeAway suit against San Francisco's Airbnb law
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge Friday raised concerns about vacation rental marketplace HomeAway's challenge to a San Francisco ordinance regulating short-term rentals in the city.
HomeAway sued the city in November over the so-called "Airbnb law," which legalizes and places restrictions on rentals in private homes.
HomeAway claimed that the law, crafted with the help of its competitor Airbnb, discriminates against nonresidents who want to rent homes they own.
The law requires hosts to be permanent San Francisco residents, but many of HomeAway's users list second homes and do not live in the city year-round. HomeAway's websites include VacationRentals.com and VRBO.com.
HomeAway claims the law will create a local monopoly for Airbnb, because the regulations are tailored to its competitor's business model.
In a dismissal hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Spero expressed doubts about whether the company has standing to sue.
HomeAway provides only "ancillary services" for people who want to rent out properties, the judge said.
"The ordinance itself doesn't restrict the delivery of those ancillary services, it rather regulates a transaction that is entered into by the customers of HomeAway with others, not with HomeAway itself," Spero said. Those people could file their own lawsuit, he said.
Spero also questioned HomeAway's argument on hotel taxes, known as transient occupancy taxes.
HomeAway said in its complaint that the ordinance imposes a new obligation for companies like it to collect taxes.
But attorneys for San Francisco argued in a dismissal motion that HomeAway "misread" the ordinance, and that the law does not create any new rules – it just requires companies to comply with what's already in the city tax code.
"It seems to me that one way or another the complaint would be dismissed as to the occupancy tax, as there's no injury as a result of the ordinance," Spero said. "The ordinance doesn't actually do anything … in terms of increasing or decreasing the obligation of the plaintiff to collect the occupancy tax."
HomeAway was represented by Rex Heinke of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
San Francisco may not be the last fighting ground for the vacation rental company. HomeAway co-founder Carl Shepherd recently threatened legal action against New York, if the city pursues a law similar to the San Francisco law.
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noun A member of a religious community of women living under a common rule and bound by vows of obedience, chastity, and in some cases poverty.
noun Eccles., a member of a community of women living under a rule, but not obliged to make any vows or to renounce the world.
noun A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
noun one bound by the vow of poverty, and observing a strict rule of life.
noun one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.
noun dated A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
canon + -ess. Compare Latin canonissa.
As a canoness, Hrotswitha didn't take a vow of poverty, and had freedom of movement not allowed to nuns.
Medieval Women I Adore - Installment 4: Hrotswitha von Gandersheim
"If I am ever dean," said Mr. Slope, "that is, were I ever to become so, I should glory in such a canoness."
Barchester Towers
Isabel was sure moreover that her mild forehead and silver cross referred to some weird Anglican mystery — some delightful reinstitution perhaps of the quaint office of the canoness.
The Portrait of a Lady
The former was called Madame, because she was canoness of a chapter at Lorraine.
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency
The former was called Madame, because she was canoness of a chapter at
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
At her side stood her younger sister, a canoness, who was paying her a few days 'visit -- an amiable lady with a very cheerful temperament.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876
Madame Hanska was not only willing that Balzac should write to her but sent him her address and they exchanged messages frequently about the canoness.
Women in the Life of Balzac
[Footnote 2: In his early days the President of the Royal Academy painted a very striking portrait of Jane Porter, as "Miranda," and Harlowe painted her in the canoness dress of the order of St. Joachim.]
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 7, August 12, 1850
One of their first victims was an aged nun of the Simiane family, canoness of the convent of Bollene, accused of being a counter-revolutionist; so lame and infirm, that her executioners were forced to carry her to the scaffold.
Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
One young and lovely canoness dared to maintain the rights of her freedom, even in the face of her most amiable enemy.


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Zion Park Lodge Honored for Eco-Friendly Innovations
The historic Zion Lodge, located inside Zion National Park, was named the Sustainable Hotel of the Year at the recent HotelWorld Global Hospitality and Design Award Ceremony and Expo in Las Vegas.
hotelinteractive.com has this new article describing the award. Here are excerpts:
"With its setting in one of the country's most breathtaking national parks and because of its remarkable history, it is especially critical to do everything we can to minimize the environmental impact of Zion Lodge," said Chris Lane, vice president of environmental affairs for Xanterra (the company operating the lodge). "We have been successful in implementing new technologies and products, and we are already applying those successes to programs at other Xanterra lodges and resorts throughout the country."
"Xanterra last year created six eco-friendly suites at Zion Lodge. The goals of the project were to incorporate as many environmentally sustainable features as possible and to ultimately reduce the consumption of natural resources and eliminate waste. The suites feature sustainable bamboo floor entryways, recycled content carpet, dual-flush toilets, filtered drinking water, organic cotton sheets and linens, all-natural biodegradable soaps and other amenities, shampoos and moisturizers in bulk dispensers, compact fluorescent lighting, automated heat and air-conditioning sensors, use of biodegradable and non-toxic cleaners, complimentary organic coffee and tea, key card lighting controls and LED nightlights."
Read the complete article.
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Fueling the Future: Saudi Arabia's Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance
By Adam Grimes on January 26, 2023
Will Buds from the Arab Spring Continue to Blossom?
By Roberto Toscano on July 7, 2011
Something began during the Arab Spring that is irreversible, contends Wilson Center Scholar Roberto Toscano. The Arab masses feel empowered and have set the stage for economic and social transformation.
Sometimes spring comes prematurely, and the tender buds that were promising to blossom can be frozen and destroyed by a resilient winter. Will this be the case for the Arab Spring?
Yes and no. In spite of the blowback in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain, there is something that is irreversible, not so much the political results in Tunisia and Egypt, but the feeling of empowerment of the Arab masses, and the revelation that the autocrats, once thought of as formidable, are substantially weakened. This knowledge will not be lost, and will produce results—some earlier, some later. "Yes we can" is something the Arab masses, especially the younger generations, will not forget and will not give up.
The basic issue, however, is power. How will that demand, that consciousness, be able to prevail against violent and merciless structures of power? There is no successful insurrection against determined and united armed forces. And if the armed forces split, then civil war erupts. The first case spells Iran, the second Libya.
The roots of the protest are similar throughout the region: indignation (for stolen votes, stolen lives, stolen rights); the demand for respect; the anger at corruption. Yet every country is different and will have different paths to change. But change will come.
The time has come for political elites to listen to the people instead of trying to impose ideological platforms—Islamism, Western-style liberalism, late Marxism. We should now think in terms of a space for different options within one single political-constitutional framework. But isn't that what democracy is all about?
The very concept of democracy should be examined more carefully. It should be made clear when we say democracy, we do not mean just majority rule. In that case, political Islam, even of the radical kind, could be defined as "democratic." Hezbollah and Hamas win elections and the Muslim Brotherhood will run in democratic elections, probably with significant results. It is doubtful whether radical political Islam is liberal, i.e. respectful of pluralism and of the rights of minorities.
The only hope for the Middle East is the "liberalization" of Muslim masses and the "democratization" of Western elites. This is a long and difficult process, but it will be made inevitable, and sustainable, by the social and economic transformations affecting the way people live throughout the region.
We should stop wondering (and worrying) about the influence of religion on society, and focus instead on the influence of a changing society on religion, in this case, Islam. After all, the history of Christianity shows us exactly that.
Roberto Toscano
Former Public Policy Scholar, Wilson Center; Senior Research Associate, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB); and former Ambassador to Iran (2003-2008) and India (2008-2010)
The Wilson Center's Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform U.S. foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
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Our podcast series continues this month with a brief report, designed to give you a quick summary of the major drivers global and Australian dairy prices and production, as well as where we see things headed over the next few months.
Global Dairy Trade auction results have seen some upside since December after a fairly weak run over much of 2018. The headline GDT price index was up 4.2% at the latest auction on 15 January. Prices have been pushed higher by slowing supply growth and a sharp rundown in the European Union's skim milk powder stockpile. Our indicator of Australian dairy export prices is up 10.2% m/m in AUD terms for January, the biggest monthly gain since 2016. Our forecasts do not point to major gains for global prices in USD terms over the coming months, although lower European Union stockpiles are certainly welcome.
Farmgate prices have risen somewhat, with the largest two processors – Saputo and Fonterra – both announcing step-ups last year. Saputo's southern region price rose in September to $5.95/kgms and Fonterra's rose in October to $5.98/kgms.
However, cost pressures have been intense, particularly for feed and water amid a very tough season across much of eastern Australia. Fuel and fertiliser have also been elevated, although fuel cost pressures have now eased substantially. It is likely that feed prices will remain high for a few months yet, with the grain shortage set to continue, unless there is a solid autumn break. Dairy Australia data shows season to date Australian milk production to October down 4.0% nationally. ABARES' latest forecasts point to Australian annual production being the lowest since 1995-96.
Our outlook for the dollar and interest rates is reasonably stable – we see the AUD in the 70-75c range (and possibly below) for the first half of the year, and official rates on hold until the second half of 2020.


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Alia Atkinson closes strong as London Roar finishes third in 2020 ISL
Alia Atkinson capped off her strong 2020 ISL campaign with two second-place and a third place finish during the weekend finals when last season's runners up, London Roar, finished third.
Alia Atkinson ready to 'battle and be better' for London Roar in this weekend's ISL finals
Build, battle and get better is the motto Alia Atkinson will be using to motivate herself and her teammates as the London Roar head into this weekend's final of the International Swimming League in Budapest.
London Roar's Alia Atkinson extends unbeaten streak to 12 with another win in Budapest
Team captain Alia Atkinson had another strong showing for the London Roar during the latest match today of the International Swimming League in Budapest. The Jamaican Olympian once again won the 50m breaststroke and was a member of the 4x100m medley relay that also finished first as the Roar produced another strong showing.
Atkinson extended her unbeaten streak in the 50m breast to 12 dating back four years when she delivered a strong performance to win in 29.66 and earn 10 valuable points for her team. It was the second time that she led the Roar to a 1-3 finish as team Annie Lazor came home in 30.20.
The Roar teammates were split by Lindsey Kozelsky of the DC Tridents who touched in 30.02.
Atkinson then swam the second leg of the 4x100m medley relay in what was another 1-3 finish for the Roar.
The team of Atkinson, Kira Toussaint, Marie Wattel and Freya Anderson won the event in 3:47.85 almost three seconds clear of Tokyo Frog Kings (3:50.41) and London Roar's second team, who finished in 3:51.72.
Alia Atkinson named co-captain for London Roar's second ISL clash
Alia Atkinson and Guilherme Guido have been named co-captains for London Roar's second round of competition set to begin on Friday.
Atkinson was impressive on debut for the International Swimming League franchise winning the 50m breaststroke on October 18. She was also a member of the Roar's winning 4x100m medley relay team.
The affable Jamaican swimming star was humbled by the appointment.
"Such a privilege! So excited for Match #2," she said on Instagram.
Atkinson is having her first season with the London Roar after competing for Team Iron last season. She was among 17 new additions to the London Roar roster prior to the start the current season.
Her co-captain is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in the sprint events and who has won gold medals at the World Short Course Championships and the Pan Am Games.
Carter closes in on national 100m backstroke record in latest ISL swim
Trinidad and Tobago's Dylan Carter of the LA Current edged closer to his national record in the 100-metre backstroke after finishing fourth in the event as action in the International Swimming League in Budapest resumed on Sunday.
Carter erased his season best of 51.28 from a just over a week ago when he stopped the clock in 50.85. His form has been improving as competition in the ISL intensifies. He has witnessed improvement in his opening speed as well as his ability to maintain speed in the latter stages of the race.
On Sunday, Carter was second at the half-way mark before finishing fourth.
Notwithstanding the fourth-place finish, Carter is putting the national record on notice that it is in jeopardy of being lowered before the end of the ISL season. Carter is now the only swimmer in the CARIFTA and CCCAN federations to have gone below 51 seconds and he has now done it twice.
The race was won by Ryosuke Irie of the Tokyo Frog Kings in a time of 49.91,threatening his Japanese national record of 49.65. Irie won the bronze at the World Championships in this event in 2014 in 50.12.
Second place went to Irishman Shane Ryan of the Toronto Titans in 50.22. The reigning World Championship silver medalist in the 50-metre backstroke lowered his national record from 50.41.
Third place went to Ryan Murphy, Carter's teammate and the current long-course World Champion in 50.42. The LA Current's Team Manager Lenny Krayzelburg swept the backstroke events for the US at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The LA Current took the win with 535.50 points. The Tokyo Frog Kings were next best with 506.5 points. Third place was occupied by the Toronto Titans with 401 points. The Aqua Centurions re fourth with 260 points.
Alia Atkinson chalks first wins for London Roar in International Swimming League
Alia Atkinson chalked up wins, her first for the London Roar, in Budapest on Sunday.
Alia Atkinson hopes to roar for new club in International Swimming League
Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson believes joining the London Roar for the 2020 season of the International Swimming League (ISL) will allow her to focus on her strengths.
The 31-year-old Atkinson was among 17 new additions to the 2019 finalists, who will be seeking to go one better this year.
Swimming for Team Iron that finished fifth in the team standings last season, the team called upon Atkinson to swim strokes, which did not allow her to be at her best for the club. However, she did perform well in her preferred breaststroke events winning the 50m breaststroke in Lewisville and the 50m and 100m breaststroke events in Budapest and London.
She is hopeful that this season London Roar will position her to compete in the discipline where she is strongest.
"I am excited to be a part of London Roar. I think this time will be a little different," she told Sportsmax.TV this week.
"There was a lot of demand on the last team in respect to me going outside the breaststroke events so I think this time I will be able to focus more on my specialities and hopefully we will be able to make it to the finals."
That said, she was quick to point out that there is no ill will towards Team Iron, for whom she debuted in the ISL.
"Last year was still a fantastic experience and I wish the best for all the teams, especially with the COVID situation going on, but this time I am staying closer to the green and gold," she said in reference to the London Roar's team colours.
The London Roar reached the Las Vegas final last season and finished second behind Energy Standard. It returns a lot of key players in season two, including team captain Adam Peaty and big point scorers Cate Campbell and Emma McKeon. The club is composed primarily of the best British and Australian swimmers, including some of the best swimmers based in the two countries, such as Andreas Vazaios and Anna Hopkin.
The Roar lost key pieces in Canadians Yuri Kisil and Finlay Knox to the Toronto Titans as well as Mireia Belmonte, who has jumped ship to Team Iron.
This year, the competition is expected to be even fiercer with the addition of two new teams - Toronto Titans and Tokyo Frog Kings. The organisers have also brought in new rules for the league that is set to get underway on October 16 in Bucharest, Hungary.
Alia Atkinson wins twice for Team Iron in London leg of ISL
Jamaica's Alia Atkinson won the short course 50m and 100m breaststroke events at the London leg of the International Swimming League on the weekend.
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Respiratory disease therapeutics
National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is seeking potential therapeutics (ideally sub-micromolar potent) to treat respiratory disease by targeting viral infection, replication and/or address associated co-morbidities.
Challenge sponsor:
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
August 29, 2022 14:00 Eastern Time
Prospective applicants should refer to the Innovative Solutions Canada Grant Instructions and Procedures document.
The COVID-19 pandemic response has led to the development of multiple vaccines and advancement of platforms for the future which will be important part of the medical counter-measure. The development of effective therapeutics to address severe cases of disease in the early stages of the pandemic were limited and took time to develop. The national response to future pandemics would be greatly aided by the development of a broad range of effective therapies that either directly address viral infection or address the severe complications of respiratory disease such as of inflammation, blood clots, edema or fibrosis.
NRC is seeking therapeutics that could be positioned to address respiratory disease either through preventing viral infection/replication or can treat the associated complications such as inflammation, edema, blood clots, pneumonia or fibrosis. Potential therapeutics could have utility in other disease indications which could be extended for use in respiratory disease
The proposed solution must:
Phase 1 essential outcomes:
Demonstrate that the therapeutic is orally bio-available;
Provide background on the disease/indication and mechanism of action of the innovation that it is intended to address. This would include:
Background information on the therapeutic and its potential range of utility in various indications;
Description of the disease pathophysiology that the therapeutic currently addresses how it would impact the respiratory disease or associated complications;
Description of the actionable results that would be possible to inform the next stage of preclinical development.
In vitro assays evaluation in appropriate surrogate screening assays to confirm:
Sub micromolar potency in cell-based assays against pathogen;
Activity in surrogate markers of efficacy in cell or tissue-based assays.
Preliminary evidence of efficacy in animal models of disease:
Demonstrate therapeutic efficacy in relevant model of disease either alone or in combination with standard of care agents.
At the end of Phase 2:
Establish broad safety and efficacy data package on the therapeutic:
Establish safety of the therapeutic through standard non-GLP safety studies;
Generate broad efficacy data in additional relevant disease models along with dose-response data.
Analytical method development for drug substance and drug product:
In support of IND (Investigational New Drug) enabling toxicology studies;
In support of IND enabling CMC (Chemistry Manufacturing Controls), demonstrate development of suitable, qualified analytical methods for drug assay and impurities for drug substance and drug product.
Suitable formulation developed for intended route of administration:
Based on pharmacokinetic data, develop prototype drug product formulation intended to be used in advance GLP toxicology studies and informing product development for clinical trials;
Demonstrate initial stability of drug substance and drug product (e.g.: 3 to 6 months under appropriate normal and accelerated storage conditions).
The proposed solution should:
Address wide range of potential respiratory pathogens and/or associated complications;
Demonstrate the ability, drug substance and product, to be manufactured on scale.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed gaps in Canadian bio-manufacturing capabilities. The development of domestic vaccines was limited prior to the pandemic. Thus, the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines has been driven largely by non-Canadian large pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies. Similarly, the development of therapeutics to address SARS-CoV-2 viral infections has been carried out by US firms that have the resources and expertise in infectious disease. Canada has responded to the emergency situation with a national COVID-19 pandemic response to drive vaccine and therapeutics development to address the current pandemic which has advanced a number of domestic vaccines and therapeutics down the clinical and regulatory development path. Despite this support and progress, domestic drug and vaccine development to address the current pandemic is still expected to take a significant period of time before these innovations reach commercial readiness.
The current pandemic has enabled the emergence of a number of novel technologies and allowed the rapid advanced and development of vaccines with unprecedented speed and reduced time to market. That being said, the speed of the global spread of the virus and the dire emergency medical situation where there has been a lack of effective treatments for infected patients showed that there is critical need to develop, advance and build an inventory of effective therapeutics to address these active infections to save lives while buying time until pathogen-specific vaccines and therapeutics can be developed and manufactured.
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that there is a lack of robust, effective therapies that can be rapidly deployed to treat infected, hospitalized patients. There is a need to build out the toolbox of available therapies to treat the complications associated from respiratory infections, such as cytokine-mediated inflammatory response, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, clotting, etc. for the current, as well as future pandemics. Non-pathogen specific therapeutic agents would have a broad utility in a pandemic emergency while having commercial potential beyond just the pandemic response. NRC is seeking proposals from innovative firms to develop and test new therapeutic agents. Development of these therapeutics with enable Canada to build out its arsenal of effective treatments to deal with future pandemics.
Maximum grant value and travel
Multiple grants could result from this challenge.
The maximum funding available for any Phase 1 Grant resulting from this challenge is : $150,000 CAD
The maximum duration for any Phase 1 project funded by a grant resulting from this challenge is up to 6 months
Estimated number of Phase 1 grants: 2
The maximum funding available for any Phase 2 Grant resulting from this challenge is : $1,000,000 CAD
The maximum duration for any Phase 2 project funded by a grant resulting from this challenge is up to 2 years
Note: Only eligible businesses that have completed Phase 1 could be considered for Phase 2.
Note: Selected companies are eligible to receive one grant per phase per challenge.
This disclosure is made in good faith and does not commit Canada to award any grant for the total approximate funding. Final decisions on the number of Phase 1 and Phase 2 awards will be made by Canada on the basis of factors such as evaluation results, departmental priorities and availability of funds. Canada reserves the right to make partial awards and to negotiate project scope changes.
No travel is anticipated. The kick-off meeting and final review meeting will have the flexibility of being a video or teleconference.
The applicant must complete the Challenge Stream Electronic Submission Form with a degree of information sufficient to enable Canada's assessment of the proposal against the criteria and the Evaluation Schema. The information must demonstrate how the proposal meets the criterion.
(Applicant's proposal must address)
Describe the proposed solution and demonstrate how it responds to the challenge. Include in your description the scientific and technological basis upon which the solution is proposed and clearly demonstrate how the solution meets all of the Essential (Mandatory) Outcomes (if identified) in the Desired Outcomes section in the Challenge Notice.
Evaluation Schema (Mandatory - Pass/Fail)
The Applicant's proposed solution is clearly articulated, within the scope for the challenge and addresses all Essential (Mandatory) Outcomes (if identified) in the Challenge Notice.
Pass: The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution is currently between TRLs 1 and 6 (inclusive), and provided justification by explaining the research and development (R&D) that has taken place to bring the solution to the stated TRL.
Fail: The Applicant has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the current TRL is between 1 to 6 (inclusive) including:
An inventionFootnote *, new technology or new process that is not currently available in the marketplace.
An "invention" is defined for the purposes of ISC as: "A manufacturing design or any other new and useful improvement that is new or novel, that is, not commonly known or not an obvious derivative of an existing way of doing things."
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution meets one or more of the ISC definitions of innovation.
Applicant has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the proposed solution meets any of the ISC definitions of innovation; OR
Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution is an incremental improvement, "good engineering", or a technology that would go ahead in the normal course of product development (i.e. the next version or release).
The Applicant has not demonstrated that the proposed solution advances the state-of-the-art over existing technologies, including available competing solutions; OR
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution offers one or two minor improvements to existing technologies, including available competing solutions, that have potential to create competitive advantages in existing market niches.
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution offers three or more minor improvements to existing technologies, including available competing solutions, that together are likely to create competitive advantages in existing market niches; OR
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution offers one significant improvement to existing technologies that is likely to create competitive advantages in existing market niches
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution offers two or more significant improvements to existing technologies, including available competing solutions that are likely to create competitive advantages in existing market niches and could define new market spaces; OR
The Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed solution can be considered a new benchmark of state of the art that is clearly ahead of competitors and that is likely to define new market spaces
(Applicant's proposal to address)
Demonstrate the scientific and technological basis of how the proposed solution addresses the Additional Outcomes (if identified) in the Desired Outcomes section in the Challenge Notice. If no Additional Outcomes are identified in the Challenge Notice, text entered in this section will not be considered.
If no Additional Outcomes are identified in the Challenge Notice, Applicants will receive 10 points.
Insufficient or no information provided to demonstrate that the Applicant has considered potential risks and mitigation strategies and/or information provided contains significant gaps. 0 points
Information provided demonstrates that the Applicant has considered some potential risks and associated mitigation strategies but there are minor gaps in risks and/or associated mitigation strategies. 5 points
Information provided clearly demonstrates that the Applicant has sufficiently considered the risks and defined associated mitigation strategies. 10 points
Applicants should address the following risks, as applicable:
Note to Applicants: S&T risks should not be included in this section. Question 4 addresses S&T risks.
If your business were to receive funding from Innovative Solutions Canada, describe what actions (e.g., recruitment strategy, internships, co-op placements, etc.) might be taken in Phase 1 to support the participation of under-represented groups (e.g., women, youth, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, visible minorities) in the research and development of the proposed solution. Each Applicant in their response to this question must focus only on describing relevant programs, policies, or initiatives that it currently has in place or would put in place to support the R&D effort in Phase 1.
A description and concrete examples of actions to encourage greater participation of under-represented groups provided.5 points
Describe the financial controls, tracking and oversight that will be used to manage the public funds throughout Phase 1. Applicants should indicate if an individual or firm will be managing the public funds and provide their credentials and/or relevant experience.
Insufficient or no information provided to demonstrate the Applicant's ability to manage public funds in Phase 1. 0 points
Information provided is vague and/or contains gaps. The Applicant has some controls, tracking and/or oversight in place to manage the public funds in Phase 1. 5 points
Information provided clearly demonstrates that the Applicant has strong financial controls, tracking and oversight to manage public funds in Phase 1. 10 points
Insufficient or no information provided to demonstrate that the Applicant has contemplated a realistic overview for the Phase 2 prototype development. 0 points
Information provided demonstrates that the Applicant has a clear and realistic overview. 12 points
Describe the benefits that could result from the commercialization of the proposed solution. Applicants should consider the potential benefits using the following three categories and provide justification for each claim:
Will ISC consider a physical platform for delivering medicine through the nasal cavity?
The focus of this ISC challenge is on orally delivered therapeutics. The development of a physical platform for intra-nasal delivery does not fit this challenge.
Would a novel bacteriophage-based prophylactic vaccine against COVID-19 disease fall under the scope of this challenge?
This ISC challenge is focused on therapeutic agents (ie. drug substances) to address medical conditions/complications stemming from the infection. Vaccines fall outside the scope of the challenge.
Are only ingestible solutions eligible?
If it is an oral liquid that is sprayed for gastro-intestinal delivery, it may still apply. However, it would not be applicable for inhaled lung delivery.
Are only solutions that are for ingestion will be considered?
Yes. This challenge is focused on orally delivered therapeutics to increase the range of therapeutic options that can be scaled and distributed rapidly as part of a future pandemic preparedness plan.
Will you consider inhaled drugs in this challenge?
The Challenge is focused on orally delivered therapeutics to increase the range of therapeutic options that can be scaled and distributed rapidly as part of a future pandemic preparedness plan.
Will nebulisation be acceptable?
Challenge is targeted to therapies that can be delivered by oral dosing, for ease of manufacturing and delivery, to address co-morbidities and disease complications related to respiratory infection that can be part of a future Pandemic preparedness plan. Potential therapeutics can be either repurposing of existing molecules or novel therapeutics.
All incoming questions regarding this specific challenge should be addressed to solutions@ised-isde.gc.ca.
All enquiries must be submitted in writing no later than ten calendar days before the Challenge Notice closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.


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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Catherine Ransom Karoly received a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Carol Wincenc. Karoly graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with Phi Beta Kappa honors and was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to England. Her other teachers include Trevor Wye, Mary Kay Fink, Robert Cole, and Susan Morris DeJong. She is married to LA Phil cellist Jonathan Karoly; together they have three children.
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Matthew Anderson wins 2021-22 Google-CMD-IT LEAP Fellowship Award
EECS Ph.D. student Matthew Anderson (advisors: Jan Rabaey and Ali Niknejad) has won the Google-CMD-IT LEAP Fellowship Award for 2021-22. The award recognizes computer science scholars from underrepresented groups who are "positively influencing the direction and perspective of technology." Anderson, who also won the 2021 Berkeley EECS Eugene L. Lawler Prize, has been a pioneer in the department's anti-racism efforts, including taking a leadership position in the EECS and Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) faculty/staff/student Anti-Racism Committee. His research interests include design of mixed-signal and wireless circuits for bio-sensing, brain machine interfaces, and accelerated neural networks. This award is part of a joint effort by Google Research, the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI), and the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology (CMD-IT) Diversifying LEAdership in the Professoriate (LEAP) Alliance to increase the diversity of doctoral graduates in computing. Anderson is one of three winners of this year's award. Last year's inaugural award was won by EECS grad student Gabriel Fierro.
Sagnik Bhattacharya and Jay Shenoy named 2022 Siebel Scholars
Graduate students Sagnik Bhattacharya (B.A. CS and Statistics '21) and Jay Shenoy (B.A. CS '21) are recipients of the 2022 Siebel Scholars award. The Siebel Scholars program annually recognizes "exceptional students from the world's leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering." Bhattacharya, a 5th Year Masters student and TA for CS 70 (Discrete Math and Probability), is interested in machine learning theory and its applications in data science. He is currently working with Prof. Jonathan Shewchuk on the theory behind deep linear neural networks. Shenoy is working on computational imaging with Prof. Ren Ng, as well as problems in autonomous vehicle simulation in the Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (iCyPhy) group. Siebel Scholars receive a $35,000 award for their final year of studies. "On average, Siebel Scholars rank in the top five percent of their class, many within the top one percent."
Businesswire: Siebel Scholars Foundation Announces Class of 2022
Sam Kumar wins OSDI Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award
CS graduate student Sam Kumar (advisors: David Culler and Raluca Ada Popa) has won the Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award at the 15th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI) for "MAGE: Nearly Zero-Cost Virtual Memory for Secure Computation." The OSDI, which brings together "professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software," selects three best papers each year after a double-blind review. Co-authored by Prof. David Culler and Associate Prof. Raluca Ada Popa, the paper introduces an execution engine for secure computation that efficiently runs computations that do not fit in memory. It demonstrates that in many cases, one can run secure computations that do not fit in memory at nearly the same speed as if the underlying machines had unbounded physical memory to fit the entire computation. Kumar works in the Buildings, Energy, and Transportation Systems (BETS) research group in the RISE Lab.
Deanna Gelosi wins Best Full Paper Award at ACM IDC 2021
"PlushPal: Storytelling with Interactive Plush Toys and Machine Learning," co-authored by CS Masters student Deanna Gelosi (advisor: Dan Garcia), has won the Best Full Paper Award at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Interaction Design for Children (IDC) conference 2021. IDC is "the premier international conference for researchers, educators and practitioners to share the latest research findings, innovative methodologies and new technologies in the areas of inclusive child-centered design, learning and interaction." The paper, which was presented in the "Physical Computing for Learning" conference session, describes PlushPal, "a web-based design tool for children to make plush toys interactive with machine learning (ML). With PlushPal, children attach micro:bit hardware to stuffed animals, design custom gestures for their toy, and build gesture-recognition ML models to trigger their own sounds." It creates "a novel design space for children to express their ideas using gesture, as well as a description of observed debugging practices, building on efforts to support children using ML to enhance creative play." Gelosi's degree will be in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and New Media, and her research interests include creativity support tools, traditional craft and computing technologies, digital fabrication, and equity in STEAM. She is a member of the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), the Berkeley Institute of Design (BID), and the Tinkering Studio--an R&D lab in the San Francisco Exploratorium.
ACG Digital Library: PlushPal: Storytelling with Interactive Plush Toys and Machine Learning
Deanna Gelosi's home page
New AI system allows legged robots to navigate unfamiliar terrain in real time
A new AI system, Rapid Motor Adaptation (RMA), enhances the ability of legged robots, without prior experience or calibration, to adapt to, and traverse, unfamiliar terrain in real time. A test robot figured out how to walk on sand, mud, and tall grass, as well as piles of dirt, pebbles, and cement, in fractions of a second. The project is part of an industry-academic collaboration with the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) group and the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) lab that includes CS Prof. Jitendra Malik as Principal Investigator, his grad student Ashish Kumar as lead author, and alumnus Deepak Pathak (Ph.D. 2019, advisors: Trevor Darrell and Alexei Efros), now an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon, among others. RMA combines a base policy algorithm that uses reinforcement learning to teach the robot how to control its body, with an adaptation module that teaches the robot how to react based on how its body moves when it interacts with a new environment. "Computer simulations are unlikely to capture everything," said Kumar. "Our RMA-enabled robot shows strong adaptation performance to previously unseen environments and learns this adaptation entirely by interacting with its surroundings and learning from experience. That is new." RMA's base policy and adaptation module run asynchronously and at different frequencies so that it can operate reliably on a small onboard computer.
Berkeley Engineering: New AI strategy enables robots to rapidly adapt to real world environments
Kevin Cheang and Federico Mora win 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
EECS Ph.D. students Kevin Cheang and Federico Mora (advisor: Sanjit A. Seshia) have been awarded a 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QiF) for their proposed project on "Practical Lifting for Verification of Trusted Platform Software." They are one of the sixteen winners of this year's QiF North America competition, which recognizes "innovative PhD students across a broad range of technical research areas, based on Qualcomm's core values of innovation, execution and teamwork. QIF enables graduate students to be mentored by our engineers and supports them in their quest towards achieving their research goals."
2021 QIF North America Program Details
NLP team helps a computer win the 2021 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
A team at the Berkeley Natural Language Processing Group (NLP) helped augment an AI system named "Dr. Fill" that has won the 2021 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). This is the first time in the contest's history that an AI has trumped its human competitors. The team, which included CS Prof. Dan Klein, graduate students Nicholas Tomlin, Eric Wallace, and Kevin Yang, and undergraduate students Albert Xu and Eshaan Pathak, approached Matthew Ginsberg, who created the Dr. Fill algorithm in 2012, and offered to join forces by contributing their machine learning system called the Berkeley Crossword Solver (BCS). BCS employs a neural network model to combine general language understanding with more "creative" crossword puzzle clues, then applies its knowledge to practice puzzles, improving as it learns. "We had a state-of-the-art natural language understanding and question-answering component but a pretty basic crossword handler, while Matt had the best crossword system around and a bunch of domain expertise, so it was natural to join forces," said Klein. "As we talked, we realized that our systems were designed in a way that made it very easy to interoperate because they both speak the language of probabilities." ACPT is the oldest and biggest tournament of its kind, consisting of seven qualifying puzzles and a final playoff puzzle; solvers are ranked using a formula that balances accuracy and speed. Although Dr. Fill made three errors, it completed most puzzles in well under a minute, and ultimately outscored its top human competitor, who made zero errors, by 15 points. The contest was held online this year and attracted more than 1,100 contestants vying for the $3K grand prize.
Berkeley Engineering: The language of probabilities
YouTube: 2021 Dr. Fill demo
Slate: An A.I. Finally Won an Elite Crossword Tournament
Wired: What a Crossword AI Reveals About Humans' Way With Words
EECS Faculty votes to drop GRE requirement indefinitely
After intensive debate spanning 2020 and 2021, and careful analysis of a trial cycle of GRE-free admissions for Fall 2021, the EECS Department has voted to drop the GRE requirement for graduate admissions indefinitely. Effective immediately, and beginning with the Fall 2022 cohort, whose application window opens in September 2021, the application requirements for all graduate research degree programs in EECS will neither require, nor accept, GRE scores.
In 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, the EECS faculty temporarily suspended the GRE requirement for graduate admissions for the 2020-21 cycle, i.e., for those admitted for Fall 2021, primarily due to the challenges posed by COVID. The department subsequently observed a 30% increase in applications from groups historically underrepresented in EECS, a 47% increase in admittance of those applicants, and a 150% increase in yield from those populations. Not only did we attract and admit more high-performing underrepresented students, but a higher percentage of those admitted decided to attend UC Berkeley to study EECS.
The graduate admissions process in EECS is a holistic review involving the following factors: transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statements, statements about intended research, publications (if any), and for applicants evaluated favorably on these factors, one or more phone conversations with EECS faculty. Since applicants come from a wide range of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, we also consider the applicant's demonstrated ability and motivation taken in the context of the opportunities they had available. Given this thorough, multifaceted review, the majority of EECS faculty concluded, after extensive discussion, that the GRE does not add much value, relative to the harm it does to diversity and equity.
Diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields is a longstanding challenge. For example, nationally, fewer than 22% of computer science PhD degrees are awarded to women students, and only 4% to Black students. GRE scores show significant gender and race-based differences, but these differences do not correlate with later success in graduate school, much less with undergraduate grade point average (GPA) in many cases. Therefore, using GRE scores as a "cutoff" disadvantages women and underrepresented minorities applying to graduate programs. The UC Regents recently voted to drop ACT/SAT scores from undergraduate admissions for the UC system for similar reasons.
For these reasons, along with the financial burden GRE testing fees place on economically disadvantaged applicants across the globe, the EECS Department has concluded that the GRE score has limited benefit in evaluating PhD and masters degree applicants, and that the exam itself, as well as the administration of it, harms diversity and equity.
For more information about Berkeley EECS graduate admissions, please visit our website:
https://eecs.berkeley.edu/academics/graduate/research-programs/admissions
Charles Dove named 2021 Hertz Fellow
EE graduate student Charles Dove (advisor: Laura Waller) has been named a 2021 Fellow by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing groundbreaking applied science with real-world benefits for all humanity. Dove utilizes principles from machine learning and differentiable programming to create new methods for the simulation and fully automatic design of light-based technology. This capability would enable significant growth in the scale, scope, and capabilities of nearly all light-based technology, including biomedical imaging, cellular manipulation and characterization, optical telecommunications, photonic quantum computing, and LIDAR. Hertz Foundation awards allow fellows "the freedom to pursue innovative research wherever it may lead."
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Announces 2021 Graduate Fellows.
2-D semiconductor contact resistances approach the quantum limit
A paper co-authored by Berkeley EECS Prof. Jeffrey Bokor, his postdoc Yuxuan Lin, Berkeley Physics Prof. Alex Zettl, his postdoc Cong Su, and researchers at MIT, among others, describes a more efficient method of connecting atomically thin 2-D materials to other chip elements, making them a more promising alternative to 3-D silicon-based transistors. The paper, which was published in Nature, is titled "Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors." It describes how using the element bismuth (in the place of ordinary metals) for connections in monolayer materials can create contact resistances that approach the quantum limit and make it possible to develop smaller devices. "We resolved one of the biggest problems in miniaturizing semiconductor devices, the contact resistance between a metal electrode and a monolayer semiconductor material," says Su. "Through this approach," the paper states, "we achieve zero Schottky barrier height, a contact resistance of 123 ohm micrometres and an on-state current density of 1,135 microamps per micrometre on monolayer MoS2; these two values are, to the best of our knowledge, the lowest and highest yet recorded, respectively."
Berkeley Engineering: 2D transistor technology overcomes barrier to ever-shrinking computer chips
MIT News: Advance may enable "2D" transistors for tinier microchip components
Nature: Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors


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SAP ABAP Function Module to extract Plant and Description for a given Material is given below.
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