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What to see in Milan in one day
Those who follow me on Facebook and Instagram will already know that a few weeks ago I took part at the BIT (International Tourism Exchange) in Milan. It was a nice experience, because I got to know other people who share the same passion as me, whom I knew only through their blogs. At the same time it was a great thrill, because it was the first time I presented this blog to a trade fair. I took part only at the first two days of the fair, while on the third day I decided to visit Milan. I had already been to Milan on two other occasions, but not as a tourist and only for a few hours, so I had never had the opportunity to visit it. For this reason, I decided to take advantage of the BIT fair to visit Milan. So here's what to see in Milan in one day.
Places to visit in Milan in one day: Piazza Gae Aulenti
As soon as I arrived at Milan Central Station, I took metro 2 towards Porta Garibaldi. At a stone's throw from the station you arrive at the Centro Direzionale di Milano, whose centre is Piazza Gae Aulenti. It is a square of 100 meters in diameter, designed by the architect Cesar Pelli, from which it is possible to observe the very modern skyline of Milan. Besides being surrounded by ultramodern skyscrapers, it presents itself as the ideal place to take refuge from the noises and frenetic pace of Milan. In fact, the square is raised above the street level, with a very long bench on which to relax listening to the rustling of the water of the trick fountain in the centre of the square. In Piazza Gae Aulenti you can also see the Unicredit Tower, which is the highest skyscraper in Italy.
Unicredit Tower
In close proximity of Piazza Gae Aulenti, you can admire two skyscrapers that form one of the most innovative and beautiful complexes in the world: the Vertical Forest. This is an example of metropolitan reforestation that brings so many benefits. In addition to having a beautiful visual effect, the plants housed in the two buildings create a microclimate that generates humidity, filters pollution and fine dust, absorbs carbon dioxide and returns oxygen, just to mention some of the benefits. Being February, I certainly didn't see it in the most beautiful period of the year, since most of the plants were not in their moment of maximum splendour.
Vertical Forest
What to see in Milan in one day: Castello Sforzesco
Starting from Porta Garibaldi, I moved by metro to the Castello Sforzesco (Cadorna metro station). I arrived in Piazza Castello, where you can admire the main facade of Castello Sforzesco, one of the undisputed symbols of Milan, and the Fountain of the Castle.
The oldest nucleus of Castello Sforzesco dates back to the mid-fourteenth century, although it is from the following century that it began its real development, with the Viscontis. It was Francesco Sforza, after becoming lord of Milan in 1450, who ordered the reconstruction of the castle. Today it houses various museums, including the Museum of Ancient Art, an art gallery, the Egyptian Museum, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the Historical Archive, etc. Once I entered from the main entrance, I just walked around the inner courtyard, looking at the various areas of the castle.
Inside Castello Sforzesco
Places to visit in Milan in one day: Parco Sempione and the Arco della Pace
Having left Castello Sforzesco on the opposite side of the main entrance, I found myself in Parco Sempione, where I enjoyed a pleasant walk to the Arco della Pace. In the midst of Parco Sempione there is also a small lake with turtles and various water birds. It was a pity to be there in winter, because this park must have been really beautiful to see in the summer months!
At the end of Parco Sempione you can admire the Arco della Pace, built after the Congress of Vienna to celebrate the peace achieved. It was inaugurated in 1838 by Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg and is one of the most important neoclassical monuments of the city. On the top, it has a sestige with the statue of Minerva of Peace and four figures of the Victory on horseback, while along the walls several bas-reliefs telling important facts of European history.
Arco della Pace
What to see in Milan in one day: Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
From Castello Sforzesco I moved to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. It is a fifteenth-century church declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980, for being one of the main examples of Renaissance architecture in Milan.
Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
The tribune was built between 1492 and 1493 by order of Ludovico Sforza as a mausoleum for his family. It is attributed to Bramante, although there is no certainty about it, except that he was the ducal engineer. The church inside has seven chapels on each side, which were decorated by various artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, commissioned by the most important families of Milan, who wanted to use the chapels as burials for family members.
Inside Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
Next to the church is the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses one of the most famous masterpieces in the world: the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Unfortunately I couldn't see it, because there was no more availability and you need to book your visit in advance. I therefore advise you to get tickets in advance!
The next stop on this one-day itinerary in Milan was to be the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, but unfortunately I arrived too late, because it had closed for the "lunch break".
Places to visit in Milan in one day: the Duomo di Milano
Immediately after lunch, I headed to Piazza del Duomo and after buying the entrance ticket to the Duomo, I lined up to enter. Fortunately I managed to get in after about 15 minutes, despite security checks. It was a long time since I wanted to visit the Milan Cathedral and I was finally doing it.
Inside the Milan Cathedral
I am a great admirer of the Gothic style and the Duomo di Milano could only leave me speechless. It is in fact the largest Gothic-style building in Italy. The measurements are impressive: it is about 157 metres long and its highest spire reaches 108 metres, for an area of almost 12 thousand square meters. And indeed when you are inside, you feel really small.
It took five centuries for the construction of the Milan Cathedral, in which artists from all over Europe took turns at the construction site. It is a unique architectural result of its kind, with a mixture of styles, from late Gothic (the predominant one) to a more classical one dating back to the Counter-Reformation period. Its decoration is majestic, with spires, pinnacles, countless statues, sculptures in cornices, colorful windows, etc. I was particularly struck by how the windows reflected their colors on the columns of the Duomo.
Walking in the apse area, I came across a copy of the statue of the Madonnina placed on the highest spire of the Duomo. Also worth seeing is the Crypt of San Carlo Borromeo, where the remains of the saint rest in a rock crystal urn.
Inside Milan Cathedral
On the terraces of the Duomo di Milano
After seeing the interiors of the Milan Cathedral, I lined up again to enter from a side entrance of the cathedral, which allows access to its terraces. You can climb the terraces using the stairs or the elevator, with a price difference of course. I chose to climb using stairs, but once I got up there, the view repaid the fatigue of the climb.
On the terraces
Places to visit in Milan in one day: Piazza del Duomo
After descending, I took a tour of Piazza del Duomo, admiring its elegance… and the many, many pigeons! 😀 It is the heart of the city, a meeting point for young and old, tourists and not. In the centre of the square, you can admire is the equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, placed in line with the central door of the Cathedral. This square must be included in your list of the things to see in Milan.
To frame this rectangular square, there are several monuments dating from different eras, including the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It is the elegant living room of Milan, a 146 metres long pedestrian walkway that connects Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Scala. Inside we find restaurants, bars, exclusive boutiques. The roof of the entire gallery consists of an iron and glass structure, which culminates with the dome at the meeting point of the two arms. In the vault, under the dome, the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe and America are depicted.
At the end of the Galleria, I arrived in Piazza della Scala, where La Scala theatre, one of the most famous of the world, is located.
What to see in Milan in one day: the Columns of San Lorenzo
Next stop of my one-day itinerary in Milan was the Basilica of San Lorenzo, famous above all for the colonnade in front of it, the so-called Columns of San Lorenzo. These columns are one of the few surviving examples of imperial Milan. Yes, because for a period Mediolanum (the Latin name of Milan) was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. The columns date back from the 5th century, although some parts of them belong to older buildings. The Basilica has maintained the early Christian structure over the years, although it has been modified over the centuries.
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Porta Ticinese
Columns of San Lorenzo
What to see in Milan in one day: the Navigli
As the last leg of my one-day itinerary in Milan I left an area of the city that deserves to be seen: the Navigli. Coming from San Lorenzo and Porta Ticinese, shortly after I met the Darsena, the ancient river port of the city. The Darsena is the meeting point between the Naviglio Grande and the Naviglio Pavese. If in the past it covered the function of a commercial port, today it is a meeting point and a place to relax, with benches where to sit and relax and clubs. Thanks to a redevelopment work for Expo, in 2015 the city of Milan has regained its port.
My one-day itinerary in Milan ended at the Naviglio Grande, where I felt to be in another city. The chaotic and always rushing Milan seemed to be a distant memory. The watchword was tranquility. At times it seemed to me to be among the canals of Venice or Amsterdam. This place fascinated me so much, that I almost consumed my camera… the houses reflecting themselves in the canal were a call to take many photos!
So, this is my one-day itinerary in Milan. In this itinerary, a tour of the Brera district was included, but unfortunately I didn't have enough time. Visiting Milan in just one day is not possible, because there are so many interesting museums to see, but a day is still enough to see the main attractions and the different souls of this metropolis.
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Q: Node's position in tree as a Feature Vector? Background
I have a tree of nodes and I'm trying to run some machine learning algorithms to classify them. One of the features I want to use is the position of the nodes in the tree, i.e. closer nodes are likely to be in the same class.
My Problem
I'm representing all the features as a vector of numbers. Any thoughts on how I can represent position in the tree as a vector? So that distance b/n two vectors corresponds to distance between nodes in the tree? (I have a small tree of depth around 5-7 and branching around 2-3)
What I tried
P.S. I read about algorithms to find shortest distance between 2 nodes (finding each one's distance to their closest common ancestor) One idea I found was to have a vector x where each index corresponds to possible ancestors in the tree. Then set x[i] = numbers of levels from that ancestor. The problem with that is- I don't know what to do with nodes that aren't ancestors.

A: just put the path of the tree as the vector. then simply calculate the length of the difference between the two paths. so for example.  2,3,1,5,3 is one path. and 2,3,3,5,9,5 is another path. so 2,3 they have in common. so the length of the difference is 1,5,3 and 3,5,9,5 which is 7. good luck

A: So there is actually a very nice way to derive the features that you want; you can do so with MDS.
What MDS does is that it takes a N by N matrix (here N is number of nodes) where entry a_{i,j} is the distance between item i and item j (node i and node j) and for each item i it will return a D (pre-specified) position vector, D_i, such that the distance between D_i and D_j is approximately a_{i,j}.
Thus, we can have your feature vector with a bit of pre-processing. First, find the shortest distance (in hops) for each pair of nodes (you could use Floyd-Warshall) then use the distance matrix as input for MDS and specify the number of dimensions for you're position vector, and MDS will output position vectors of said dimensions.
If you search the web I'm sure you can find open sourced implementations to both Floyd-Warshall and MDS.

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Watched the first four episodes of Rings of Power and really liking the show so far. Don't really care about lore consistency. However, I did think it odd not to put beards on the dwarf ladies or maybe it is just that some shave their beards or don't have them.
Liked the costume design all around. Set design was good also. Story is okay so far.
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I'm fine with that one. I think it would have just been distracting.
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We finished the first season of Rings of Power last night. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I'm also going in with a very clean slate (Never read the books, saw the original trilogy when it came out but didn't really pay attention or care for it, not someone who consumes fantasy material in general.)
I know some people complain that the show is slow, but that's what I liked about it. Instead of getting to incredibly high stakes right off the get go, you get to experience the planning and machinations behind the scenes before the threat has become real for most of the region. If anything, in my position of not knowing a thing about this universe, I'm still kind of confused about some things that happened and will probably have to watch the season again.
I would think the first rule of PR is to ignore forum people, because they vacillate between crazy and liar. - Elysium
Started The Outlaws on a whim over the weekend and burned through the two seasons in a couple of days.
It's a great ensemble comedy about seven wildly different people in Bristol who got in trouble with the law and were sentenced to a community payback program. I was initially intrigued because two of the actors were Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant. The entire cast, though, was outstanding.
Completed Rings of Power and liked it. I didn't think it was to slow or fast. Not sure if I buy the long game being played by one character or the confusion of the stranger. Didn't hate those things just think they could have been done better.
I do wonder where this show will end. Maybe after the last ring is created or given out. I did like the ring song at the end.
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Haven't seen this mentioned here, but the new western tv series, The English, is really good. Emily Blunt stars in it and has great chemistry with the other main character. Wonderful cinematography and tension building scenes. Starts a little slow, but stick with it.
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Finished The Peripheral, and they're going for 2nd season (there's mid credit scene btw)
Can someone explain the finale of the Peripheral? I'm assuming that…
Flynn doesn't just remotely control a peripheral, but completely transfers her consciousness to the future? Therefore, she can die in one stub while she's using her peripheral and then "download" herself back to the new stub via another headset in that new stub?
I'm still digging the show, but the bit with the stubs are a little tough to suspend my disbelief.
This is weird. It's an Amazon show but it's streaming on HBO Max not Prime Video around here.
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PaladinTom wrote:
My interpretation was:
She created the new stub in which she had the knowledge she'd gained, but let herself be killed in the original one so Zubov leaves her family alone.
Side note: I couldn't remember how the dates all connect—it's possible she started the new stub earlier, in which case I don't know what's going on either.
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No, there wasn't any transfer of consciousness thing. The Flynne in the original stub died in 2032, and wasn't using the peripheral at the time. Lowbeer (but not the RI) is now in contact with the new stub, and the operator of the peripheral in the scene just before the credits is the Flynne in the new stub.
BTW, in case you missed it, there's an important mid-credits scene.
"This is the craziest plan ever. If you had said to me, 'Come up with a plan so crazy no one would ever think of it,' this plan wouldn't even be on that list, it's so crazy." - SL Huang
Thanks, CaptainCrowbar, that's kind of what I thought was going on!
This allows them to show more stuff from the book that they left out this first season involving the Jackpot shenanigans.
CaptainCrowbar wrote:
Thanks for the explanation! But…
How will Flynn in the new stub know what's going on? Did she create it to be basically a copy of her stub? If so, I guess that would also mean everything and everyONE there is more or less identical?
Yes up to that point, and that's the important bit. Since in her original stub she will be dead, the information stolen from RI will become unrecoverable. She'll have it in the new copy and able to use it to her advantage in the new Stub.
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RE: End of Peripheral
My hypothesis is that Flynne created a new stub off of the existing one that RI can't access, but Lowbeer can. Presumably the new one started at or near the point of Flynne entering that guarded facility. Then Flynne gets herself killed in the OG stub, so RI and the Klept can't get to her. All the RI data exists in Flynne 2.0, and she has her consciousness and memories up to the branching of the stub.
Seems pretty inconceivable that, with their technology, the Klept wouldn't still be able to read the DNA data off her dead body in the first stub, it's not like it was burned. But ok.
Overall I really enjoyed this series, right in my wheelhouse.
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I am 3-4 episodes in to The Peripheral and I am enjoying it quite a bit.
It is a nice mix of Travelers and Altered Carbon.
I think you're all being very generous to The Peripheral It went downhill pretty fast after the first couple of episodes (Lowbeer excepted). I would never have figured out the ending without reading the book first!
When I was watching it by myself, I tired of some of the more upscale parts of The Peripheral. The condescending forced nonchalance of fancy TV villains really grates my nerves. However, I do like the run-down Tennessee small town with a 3D printing shop that's just a mom'n'pop. That's really interesting in its implications.
I'm on the end of the 5th episode and having a reasonable time with it. It's the kind of show that would have blown my socks off 15-25 years ago but, in this era of big budget TV, it doesn't really stand out. I do like the concept, time travel and variations of are my jam. There are some possibly interesting side characters but they haven't really been developed well so far and the main characters are a bit vanilla. I do like what we've learned about how stubs work and I'm interested to learn more about how "modern day" is being influenced.
Mr GT Chris wrote:
The press when talking about this got it wrong as well, but there's no time travel. Different time lines... there's a distinction made
It was kinda blowing my socks off in thinking it was one of those books written 15+ years ago and way ahead of its time. But then I saw that it was written in 2014 so cool stuff but not mind blowing.
It also exists in a universe when the Loki series has been released. So there is a bar for handling the multiverse that if Peripheral slips just a hair, it will be more glaring than in a non Loki series timeline.
I am enjoying the show for sure but again it exists in a time when Westworld, Altered Carbon, Travelers and Loki were popular enough to keep the show on its toes lest it fall flat.
The Peripheral: I enjoyed it overall. It's a very different beast to the book, which isn't about Big Ideas like the TV show is trying to be and not really succeeding. It's more character-driven and
about these different future factions treating the stub like a game of Civ and what that does to their lives
I think the cast is solid, but apart from the characters and the basic stub concept it's a completely different story.
That makes the book all the more attractive.
Gibson's style is about describing in detail the surroundings and tech involved in each scene, the backstory behind the characters is held close and only used if needed to push the plot forward.
The show is diving into new territory with backstory to try and explain the character motives... it's definitely the weakest part of the show, but if it wasn't there i suspect there would be a lot of arguments about not having it...

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After getting booted from our mooring in the center of Paris we hightailed it down the Seine with our tail between our legs. Just outside the city limits we managed to find another mooring. The good news was that it was just two blocks from a Metro station. We literally parked in front of a very fine restaurant Cap Seguin, and ended up having a delightful dinner with Lisa's brother and sister-in-law along with their friends. I always get a kick out of dining in a restaurant with a view of my boat.
Securely ensconced at our new mooring the center of Paris was just a twenty-minute subway ride. It was time to do some more exploring. Unfortunately Lisa had a small list of essentials that we couldn't survive without. There were only a couple of thousand items, so our day was dedicated to her favorite pastime retail therapy. I thought I would tell you that the department store was invented in Paris, and that Le Bon Marche designed by Gustav Eiffel was the first when it opened in 1852. Based on my research the honor of first department store actually goes to Bainbridges's in England. It opened in 1838.
We ended up shopping at the incredible Galeries Lafayette. Theophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a small clothing store in 1895. A few years later they purchased the property where the current store is located, and oh what a store it is. The magnificent 10-story structure with the Art Nouveau interior and stained glass dome was completed in 1912. Even if you don't need a semi-truck full of essentials I highly recommend a visit to this unique emporium.
The following morning we were flying to Spain to celebrate Lisa's big birthday, so we decided to go out for dinner. Our friends recommended a seafood restaurant in the heart of Paris that served fresh oysters and mussels. We didn't have any problem finding the place. There were at least a dozen large baskets filled with oysters just outside the front door. The place was packed with mostly Parisians so we figured we were in for a real treat. I ordered a nice white wine to go with our first order of oysters. A dozen of those little snots were brought out on ice and we dug in. They smelled incredibly fresh and were tasty and sweet the way they're supposed to be. Our next course was calamari. By the time we were half way through the second course I was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. By the time were almost done I was sick to my stomach, and announced that we had to leave. When I say we had to leave, I mean we really had to leave. What was I going to do? The following morning we were getting on a plane and heading to Spain.
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Found keys to a subaru today on trail over by the phone booth , also found a tire tool and a valve stem . It looked like it wasn't there for more then a day . Found today the 23rd . I drove around to all the lots to see i could find someone waiting by there car but no luck . I will hold for a day or so then will drop off at the park station .
Did you drop these off yet? I lost a key, valve stem and multi-tool back in April! What are the chances!?!?
Hmm... I called yesterday and no dice. They said that anything in the lost and found gets held for 90 days, then thrown out or mailed to the person that found them. It's only been 81 days since April 23. Why the hell would someone throw out an $80 chip key? Crazy.


WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW.. WHO SEES INTO THE NEXT MOMENT TO SAY IT WILL BE THE SAME AS THE LAST?
AS THIS OLD YEAR EVOLVES INTO THE NEW, WE WILL ALL HAVE CHALLENGES CONFRONT US IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME OF WHICH WILL TEST OUR FAITH IN WAYS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR ALIGNING YOU HEARTS, MINDS & SOULS TO THE UNFORESEEN FUTURE, I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A BIT OF GUIDANCE FOR US TO EMBRACE ALL THAT WILL COME FACE UP ONTO OUR PATH.
PLEASE READ IN FULL & SHARE WITH ALL.
BE SAFE & HAVE A HEALTHY, HOPEFUL & BLESSED 2014! David Anthony…..Peace!
TAKE NOT FOR GRANTED, ANYTHING THAT NOW ENGULFS YOUR WORLD, THAT CAN BLIND YOU FROM THE ABSOLUTE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT CAN BE, AND WHICH CAN BECOME YOUR REALITY.
NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO THE MISFORTUNES OF THIS LIFE….
SOMETIMES, OUR OWN SUCCESS CAN BECOME OUR BIGGEST BETRAYAL,TO OUR TRUE HAPPINESS.
LET NOT YOUR MIND BE REDIRECTED FROM YOUR TRUE DESTINATION & PURPOSE, OR THEN AT THE END, YOUR LIFE WOULD BE WORTHLESS.
LET NOT YOUR EYES MISGUIDE YOUR ACTIONS, DIVERTING YOU FROM THE HUMBLE GOODNESS THAT YOU KNOW, AND TOWARDS THE SELFISH GREED OF THE MATERIAL WORLD, WHICH CAN NEVER FULFILL THAT EMPTY SILENCE OF HAPPINESS, WHICH WE ALL CRAVE.
LET NOT YOUR SOUL BE OF STEEL, HINDERING THE KINDNESS WHICH IS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN ITS PURITY & GLORY.
TARNISH NOT THESE GIFTS THAT WERE IMPLANTED INTO YOU BY OUR CREATOR, AND USE THEM TO SHINE LIGHT UPON THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE DEPTHS OF REAL POVERTY, WHICH IS HIDDEN FROM THE EYES OF THE MAJORITY.
WITH THESE GIFTS OF HEALTH & STRENGTH, AND A SHORT TIME ON EARTH, IF WE DO NOT HELP THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NOTHING, THEN WE HAVE JUST WASTED LIVES & HAVE WASTED OUR LIVES AS WELL .
PLEASE , MAKE EQUAL YOUR LAST MOMENT TO YOUR NEXT, SO TO REMAIN AS GOD SENT YOU INTO THIS WORLD.
KIND, HUMBLE,HELPFUL,GIVING & BEAUTIFUL. ALL WHICH REFLECT HIS ACTIONS.
I AM NOT STRONG ALONE, BUT TOGETHER WE ARE A FORCE TO DO MANY GOOD THINGS.
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Donna Milgram, IWITTS's Executive Director, shares proven strategies STEM educators can use to recruit and retain more women and girls to their STEM courses in this 4-page interview published in the December 2013 issue of International Innovation. In the interview, Ms. Milgram points out some common misconceptions about the best way to recruit and retain more female students to STEM, so that educators can avoid these pitfalls. She then gives concrete examples of effective strategies for increasing the enrollment and completion rates of women and girls in STEM courses and programs.
Research Media. (2013). Analysis Exclusive: Forming the Complete Picture. International Innovation, 102-105. Note: International Innovation is the leading global dissemination resource for the wider scientific, technology and research communities, dedicated to disseminating the latest science, research and technological innovations on a global level. More information and a complimentary subscription offer to the publication can be found at: www.researchmedia.eu
A Four-Year Study of a Female Engineering Outreach Program: The Influence of Math Ability on Female Students' Career Decisions for Engineering
This study examined the efficacy of a female engineering outreach program called, Women Engineers at the Beach. After participating in the program, 61.5% of female high school students performing at grade level in math and 90.1% of female students performing above grade level in math said they were interested in choosing engineering as a career.
Gossage, L. (2009). A Four-Year Study of a Female Engineering Outreach Program: The Influence of Math Ability on Female Students' Career Decisions for Engineering. Conference Proceedings of WEPAN 2009 Center Stage: Effective Strategies for Recruitment and Talent Development (pp. 1-12). Austin, TX: Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Retrieved from http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&view=body&content-type=pdf_1&handle=psu.wepan/1301340773#
CalWomenTech Project: Increasing Recruitment & Retention of Female College Students in Technology Courses
This paper written in the third year of a five year project for presentation at the 2009 WEPAN Conference includes promising early CalWomenTech Project results, sample strategies, and project resources for educators. CalWomenTech Project community colleges that implemented project recruitment strategies within the recommended timeline had an increase in enrollment of women in their targeted technology programs of 10 to 15 percentage points in just over a year. Colleges that implemented the retention strategies saw increases in both female and male retention, and one college saw their retention of women go from 81% to 100% in a little over a year.
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CalWomenTech Project: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Technology Programs
This paper from the ASEE 2010 Conference shares CalWomenTech Project results, strategies, resources, and survey responses from female students in STEM programs where they are underrepresented. Two community college technology programs that implemented recruitment strategies within recommended timelines increased enrollment of female students from 18% to 30% and 35% to 50% respectively. Retention strategies implemented by CalWomenTech colleges also led to significant increases in completion rates of not only women, but also men, in several technology programs. One college that went from a female completion rate of 81% to 100% in 15 months also saw an increase of over 20% in male completion.
Copyright© American Society for Engineering Education. By viewing this paper, you agree to all the copyright laws protecting it. Milgram, D., & Severs, D. (2010). CalWomenTech Project: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Technology Programs. The U.S. Conference Proceedings of the 2010 Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition. Louisville, KY: American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
The CalWomenTech Project: Using Surveys to Inform Retention Strategies of Female Technology Students
What retention and support strategies do women students in STEM courses find most helpful? In the third year of the CalWomenTech Project, IWITTS collected 60 survey responses from female students in technology courses in which they were underrepresented at seven California community colleges to find out. This paper from the WEPAN 2010 Conference publishes results from that survey and discusses how the colleges used those results to choose which retention strategies to implement.
Milgram, D. (2010). The CalWomenTech Project: Using Surveys to Inform Retention Strategies of Female Technology Students. Conference Proceedings of 2010 NAMEPA/WEPAN 4th Joint Conference Setting Sail for the Future: Leveraging Diversity for a Stronger Crew. Austin, TX: Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Retrieved from http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&handle=psu.wepan/1302008445&view=body&content-type=pdf_1#
Change the Gender Composition of High School Computing Courses (Case Study 2)
High school teacher Seth Reichelson increased female enrollment in his Advanced Placement Computer Science courses from 12% to 33% female by actively recruiting girls. This case study from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) shares some key tips for targeted recruitment.
Read the full case study on the NCWIT website.
Barker, L. (2010). What are the Important Components of Targeted Recruiting? Change the Gender Composition of High School Computing Courses (Case Study 2). Retrieved from The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) website: www.ncwit.org/highschoolrecruit
Evaluation of the "Engineer Your Life" Initiative
87.9% of college-bound female students reported that The Engineer Your Life (EYL) website made them more interested in a career in engineering and 75.5% said the website inspired them to take an engineering class in college. The EYL website also helped 99% of counselors surveyed learn something about engineering and 96% learn what they can do to prepare female high school students to study engineering.
Download the article from the International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology.
Paulsen, C., Bransfield, C., & Sahr, T. (2010). Evaluation of the "Engineer Your Life" Initiative. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 2(2), 263-273. Retrieved from http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/35
Honoring Culture, Diversifying the Workforce, Strengthening Science
"Excite Camp" is an annual program designed to build self-efficacy and bolster an interest in STEM in middle school Hawaiian girls. In 2008, 100% of participants surveyed reported that the camp experience increased their confidence/interest in math and science.
Wilkins, L., Salvador, J., Sodersten, S., & Kuluhiwa, K. (2008). Honoring Culture, Diversifying the Workforce, Strengthening Science. Conference Proceedings of WEPAN 2008 Gateway to Diversity: Getting Results Through Strategic Communications. St. Louis, MO: Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Retrieved from http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&view=body&content-type=pdf_1&handle=psu.wepan/1213196253#
Increasing Opportunities for Low-Income Women and Student Parents in STEM at Community Colleges
This report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research includes profiles of seven projects that have successfully worked to recruit and/or retain female students in community college STEM programs, including IWITTS's CalWomenTech Project. The report highlights proven strategies from successful programs, reviews the current literature on recruiting/retaining female STEM students, and recommends institutional and broader policy changes for increasing the number of women completing community college STEM degrees. One of the key research-based recommendations of the report is to recruit women into STEM programs by emphasizing the economic value of careers in STEM fields.
Costello, C. B. (2012). Increasing Opportunities for Low-Income Women and Student Parents in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math at Community Colleges. Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research. Retrieved from http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/student-parent-success-initiative/increasing-opportunities-for-low-income-women-and-student-parents-in-science-technology-engineering-and-math-at-community-colleges-1/view
Prospecting for Gold: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students in Emerging Technologies
This SAME-TEC pre-conference workshop guide includes worksheets to help you create a blueprint for a recruitment program, design a learning community, design a mentoring program, and match mentors with participating students. The guide also includes descriptions and links to recruitment, retention, and mentoring program case studies, example websites, and resources.
Download the guide from the Gender Equity Collaborative website.
Semmer, M., & Anderson, A. (2008). Prospecting for Gold: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students in Emerging Technologies SAME-TEC Pre-Conference Workshop. Austin, TX: Gender Equity Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.genderequitycollaborative.org/SAME-TEC_Materials.pdf
Research and Evaluation Results for the Engineering is Elementary Project: An Executive Summary of the First Eight Years
When pre and post survey responses were compared, both girls and boys in grades 2-5 were significantly more likely to agree that they would enjoy being an engineer after completing an "Engineering is Elementary (EiE)" unit in their classroom. A significant number of 7,000 girls and boys also demonstrated a broadening of their understanding of technology after using EiE materials when compared to a control group.
Download the executive summary from the Boston Museum of Science website.
Cunningham, C. M., & Lachapelle, C. P. (2012). Research and Evaluation Results for the Engineering is Elementary Project: An Executive Summary of the First Eight Years. Boston, MA: Museum of Science. Retrieved from http://www.mos.org/eie/pdf/research/EiE_Executive_Summary_Jan2012.pdf
Strengthening The Engineering Pipeline One Field And One Woman At A Time: The Role Of Single Discipline, Single Sex Engineering Camps In The U.S.
CheME & YOU @ OSU is a six-day, residential camp for ninth-grade girls designed to introduce them to chemical engineering. In post-camp questionnaires 62% of participants said that they agreed with the statement, "I am more interested in chemical engineering as a result of participating in CheME & YOU." 75% of parents and guardians also reported that their daughters were more interested in engineering after having attended the camp.
Download the PDF from the American Society for Engineering Education.
Copyright© American Society for Engineering Education. By viewing this paper, you agree to all the copyright laws protecting it. Friedman, R., LaRue, G., & Artis, S. (2010). Strengthening The Engineering Pipeline One Field And One Woman At A Time: The Role Of Single Discipline, Single Sex Engineering Camps. The U.S. Conference Proceedings of 2010 Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering
This National Academy of Sciences book on better practices for the recruitment, retention and promotion of women scientists and engineers can be browsed online or downloaded as a PDF for free. It includes strategies actually implemented by universities to recruit more women to undergraduate and graduate science and engineering programs, to reduce attrition in the programs, and to improve retention at critical transition points."
Read To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering on the National Academies Press website.
Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council. (2006). To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11624&page=5
Turning Limited Resources into Increased Recruitment & Retention of Female Students in Technology Programs
Presented at the 2011 ASEE Conference, this paper shares the CalWomenTech Project model and strategies -- many requiring minimal costs and time commitments -- that resulted in increases of female students in technology programs and in improved completion rates for both female and male students. The CalWomenTech Project -- funded and highlighted by the National Science Foundation -- assisted technology programs at eight California two-year colleges in recruiting and retaining more women during an economic recession and state budget crisis that forced the California community college system to cut hundreds of millions of dollars.
Copyright© American Society for Engineering Education. By viewing this paper, you agree to all the copyright laws protecting it. Milgram, D. (2011). Turning Limited Resources into Increased Recruitment & Retention of Female Students in Technology Programs. The U.S. Conference Proceedings of the 2010 Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, BC: American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
What Predicts Middle School Girls' Interest in Computing?
Researchers analyzed data from 140 Latina and Caucasian girls in a California middle school during the first day of an IT-intensive after school program. They found that a young woman's interest in computer science could be predicted from her curiosity about technology and the support of her peers and teachers.
Denner, J. (2011). What Predicts Middle School Girls' Interest in Computing? International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 3(1), 53-69. Retrieved from http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/106
Women in CS @ HMC: Three Promising Practices
Five years after introducing three key recruitment and retention strategies, women now make up around 42% of Harvey Mudd College's computer science program. In this Google Tech Talk video, Christine Alvarado shares the three practices Harvey Mudd College implemented to increase the number of women in their CS program: 1) new curriculum for CS1, 2) scholarship trips for female freshman to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computer Science, and 3) hands-on research projects for female sophomore CS students.
Watch Christine Alvarado's Google Tech Talk video on YouTube.
Alvarado, C. (2011, March 8). Women in CS @ HMC: Three Promising Practices. Retrieved from Google TechTalk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF_Gkxqf158&lr=1&uid=t84aUC9OG6di8kSdKzEHTQ
High School Automotive Teacher Has Continued Success Recruiting and Retaining Girls
In 2007, 10 of Phillip Jelinek's 125 Automotive Technology students in Monrovia, CA were female. In his 21 years of teaching this class, he has always had between 3 and 13 girls in his classes. It's clear that he uses recruitment and retention strategies that work.
Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Project - Industry/Education Collaboration for Females and Minorities
In a survey of students at Maui High School, female students indicated that they would want to take science if it was made more relevant to their lives. Find out about an innovative program that provides a work-like environment to help keep them interested in technology.
Andrews, Christine L., and Leslie Wilkins. "Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Project - An Industry/Education Collaboration That Works for Females and Minorities," Proceedings of the NAMEPA/WEPAN 2001 Joint Conference (April 21, 2001), NAMEPA/WEPAN. The Women in Technology Project is administered by the Maui Economic Development Board and funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.
How to Develop and Market a Career Development Course to Recruit Women in Technology Related Classes
Geri Hertel, M. Ed., takes you through the step-by-step process of creating a Women in Technology class, including a sample curriculum.
Please click here to access the webinar.
Louisiana Truck Driving Program Actively Recruiting Women
Out of the 138 graduates of the two-year old Trucking program at Louisiana Technical College's Lafourche Campus, 26 are women (18% versus the national average of 7%). This is due to the college's specific efforts to recruit women to their program.
Pre-University Outreach: Encouraging Students to Consider Engineering Careers
Recruiting and Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing Majors
Recruiting and Retaining More Women to Technology
Recruiting Lower-Income Women Into Information Technology Careers: Building a Foundation for Action


Hey gang! Sorry for the no post last week, it was a crazy week and I just couldn't squeeze in the time to write anything. But this week the fantasy review is back with a special All Star Game edition!
Much has happened since I wrote last. Rays Those Cowbells won their 8th in a row, Allan continues to decimate the league, and Dave is square in the middle of an unprecedented FIVE game losing streak!
The last time I wrote a post making fun of Dave, he followed up with an impressive six game winning streak. Will I learn my lesson? I guess we'll find out. Let's do some rankings!
1) Believe The Hype– I feel like if you score 425 points in a week, there should be a totally different category for your ranking. This wasn't some cheap week either, Allan's opponent scored 337 points himself and Allan still won by nearly 100. With an offense that mashes the cover off the ball, a pitching staff that continues to outperform expectations, and guys like AJ Pollock returning from injury, This is going to be very tough team to take down. I just hope Allan doesn't do what he did a few years ago and make seven trades on deadline day and blow up an elite team.
2) Rays Those Cowbells– Eight is great! This team defied the odds, defeated it's bitter rival and arch enemy and secured the all-time winning streak record once held by fantasy baseball legend Dan Mckewen and his Rays Those Cowbells. It's an incredible honor to break the record and be mentioned in the same sentence with such a great player. I don't think I've ever been more proud of a team I've put together. This team could've folded after the best player in fantasy Mike Trout went down, but instead I went 6-0 without him. I pulled guys like Jeff Samardzjia off the scrap heap despite being ridiculed for doing so, and bought low on good pitchers like Aaron Nola. It feels good after a few down seasons to remind the people of this league exactly who I am. Having said all that, it's time to return to being humble and working hard at improving my team.
3) WillisBeTheYear– Man this team is scary when it gets it right. His Astros double duo of George Springer and Jose Altuve combined for nearly 100 points, and waiting on David Price has really paid off as he now as an ace for his staff. Rumors continue to swirl that negotiations with the Yankeehaters for Jose Altuve have been going on for weeks, and if he can get a guy like Corey Kluber for him, and still have Brian Dozier at 2nd base? This team may just vault to the top of the power rankings. This is a great team that just feels like one trade away from a guaranteed title contender.
4) Roger Dorn– That really sucked. Can you imagine putting up 337 points, and losing by 100? Aside from an absolutely brutally gut-wrenching loss, it was an active week for Dylan. He made a blockbuster deal with the Yankeehaters and traded Clayton Kershaw for three solid starters. Some holes were filled on this team with his deal, but it's hard to find a replacement for a guy like Kershaw. It's impossible to doubt Dylan at this point though, he's had a plan all year and continues to hang around near the top of the power rankings. If the season ended today, this team would be in the final four, and he's got a high enough point total to win some tiebreakers.
5) Love Boat Captains– Doesn't it just feel like no team in the league has taken closer losses than the LBC's this year? Another heart breaker goes against Ginger, and she's sitting at 7-7 with ten games remaining. This is a team you can never count out, but it's good week/bad week nature is starting to drop her in the standings. It just feels like Ginger is having a season where she's gonna hang around until the end, but ultimately just fall short of the final four.
6) sportsmanMike– This team is on life support. Two straight weeks of under 200 points has to be some kind of record doesn't it? This team is a full on mess right now. Offense can't get it going, and the pitching continues to get absolutely blasted (Jon Lester). Mike has had his fair share of ups and downs this season, and after being counted out multiple times, always went on win streaks to climb back into it. But I don't think that's gonna happen this time. I'm officially calling it, this team is on it's way out of contention and isn't going to recover.
7) RedRays– Sitting one game back of a playoff spot, and Madison Bumgarner and Dallas Keuchel returns are on the horizon. Things could be a lot worse for this team. I'm still not a fan of this roster, but the RedRays have hung around all season long and will probably continue to do so. Without a doubt this is the scrappiest owner in the league. He just refuses to allow this team to bottom out. Good for you, I envy that, a lot!
8) Yankeehaters– 6-3 feels like a long long time ago for this Yankeehating bunch. I know for a fact that Dave has to be pulling his hair out over this five game losing streak, and he promised me that a loss to Rays Those Cowbells would result in a "complete blowing up" of his team. So this week is going to be entertaining to say the least. But let's be real here, when Yu Darvish is your 4th best pitcher, you've got a good team. This team is going to be in the final four. Write that down.
9) Stogies– A two game winning streak following a nightmare nine game losing streak. Potential spoiler in the second half?
10) The October Boys– What else in there to say? The offense is probably the best in the league, the pitching is an abomination. I guess pitching and defense really do win championships.
Two 9-5 teams square off. Will nine be fine for Rays Those Cowbells?
I just wanna say that the fan voting was absolutely amazing this year. There's not a whole lot they got wrong, and almost everyone who deserved to start got the start. Well done everyone.
All the focus is on Stanton and Judge, but this is the guy who's going to win it. He's got crazy raw natural power, and he's perfectly build for this sort of event. This is going to be Sano's coming out party on the national stage.
Thanks for reading! Good luck in this short week!


Every Hogmanay it's the same thing – another set of resolutions – promises made, and promises broken. Lumison customers know we make a habit of keeping our promises, so we thought we'd offer our take on the usual resolutions and how you might be able to apply them to your IT services in 2011!
We asked a select number of IT managers and directors amongst Lumison's valued customer base at the end of 2010 what the coming year looked like in terms of priorities and have used their actual answers to create this list!
Yes, you're still lugging all that server tin around, and guzzling electricity (either in a datacentre, your comms room, or sitting under your desk!). It's time to consider removing your reliance on heavy metal, and move towards virtualisation. According to recent research, 30% of small businesses and 75% of medium sized businesses still prefer dedicated tin when it comes to their server infrastructure.
Old habits die hard, and in the case of running old software, things can die terribly if they are not managed properly. In some cases, we still see plenty of customers running Microsoft Exchange 2003 (which is not end of life, meaning Microsoft will no longer support security patches or fixes), and also installing and running routers or firewalls but not keeping the firmware up to date. It's time to clean up, and make sure you don't regret a situation where old software will result in either downtime, or worse a security breach for your business. Upgrade now to a managed service and let Lumison worry about your IT hygiene.
Whether in the datacentre or your own comms room, we still see plenty of servers running at low utilisation or old hardware which provides poor processing power per kW of electricity consumed. It's time to work harder at reducing your power and CO2 consumption, especially as the new UK government view is to produce a flat tax on CO2 – it all helps to reduce your costs. Whether through virtualisation or a technology refresh of your hardware platforms, thinking green is now firmly about your bottom line and not just altruism for the next generation.
You have network from one provider, hosting from another, VoIP supported by a traditional telephone supplier. The real costs are hidden – that is the operational and support overhead of managing different suppliers with different agendas. Is it time you considered working through your IT infrastructure and looking at consolidating your supply chain, providing simplicity of support and most importantly for you, one agenda. That being to provide you and your stakeholders the best possible service, whatever it takes, and joined up communication within a business to support your IT infrastructure.
It's all a bit of fun, but we hope also food for thought for the coming year for you.


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Арманду Эмилиу Гебуза (, род. 20 января 1943, Нампула, Португальская Восточная Африка (современный Мозамбик) — мозамбикский государственный деятель, президент Мозамбика со 2 февраля 2005 года по 15 января 2015 года.

Биография
Вступил во ФРЕЛИМО в 1963 году, уже в 1964 был арестован португальскими колониальными властями за политическую деятельность и был вынужден выехать в Танзанию. В 1966 году был образован Центральный комитет ФРЕЛИМО, и Гебуза был в него включён. Уже в правительстве переходного периода (1974—1975) он занял пост министра внутренних дел, и после провозглашения независимости продолжал его занимать. В качестве министра был непосредственным куратором ряда непопулярных мер правительства президента Машела: высылкой из страны португальцев, операцией «Производство».

В 1984 году попал в опалу и некоторое время провёл под домашним арестом, после прихода к власти Чиссано восстановил позиции.

После перехода страны к рыночной экономике стал крупным бизнесменом.

В 1991 году стал генеральным секретарем ФРЕЛИМО. После выборов 1994 года не получил никакого министерского поста; более того, в 1995 году Чиссано организовал его смещение с должности генерального секретаря партии. Гебуза, однако, остался одним из крупных партийных функционеров и в 1994 и 1999 годах избирался в парламент, возглавляя в нём фракцию правящей партии.

В июне 2002 года снова стал генеральным секретарем ФРЕЛИМО, был выдвинут от партии в качестве кандидата на выборах 2004 года, которые выиграл.

Активно сотрудничал с МВФ и Всемирным банком. Провозгласил «зелёную революцию», то есть, развитие агропромышленного сектора экономики (в частности, правительство активно занималось развитием производства биотоплива из сахарного тростника). Страна демонстрировала высокие темпы роста ВВП, на уровне 6-7 % в год.

В 2012—2013 годах, незадолго до окончания президентских полномочий, администрация Гебузы негласно предоставила нескольким компаниям государственные гарантии на огромную сумму 2 млрд долл., не согласованную с международными кредитными организациями. Компании, получившие преференции, были связаны с правящей элитой, кредиты возвращены не были. Ситуация стала известна после проведения аудиторской проверки, уже после окончания полномочий Гебузы, и привела к заморозке кредитной линии Всемирного Банка и обрушению роста ВВП Мозамбика с 6,6 % до 3,3 % (2016).

В августе 2021 года его сын Ндамби Гебуза предстал перед судом по обвинению в коррупции.

Награды
 Орден Амилкара Кабрала 1 класса (Кабо-Верде, 2010)
 Большая цепь ордена Инфанта дона Энрики (Португалия, 2014)

См. также
 Жасинту Велозу

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт президента Мозамбика

Президенты Мозамбика
Политики XXI века
Участники гражданской войны в Мозамбике
Участники войны за независимость Мозамбика

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LATE 2018: CRISPR – Utopian or Dystopian? Post-nature
Ngā Kākano: Decolonising and Indigenising Museums
LATE 2019: Taiātea - Gathering of Oceans
LATE 2018: An evening with Helen Clark
LATE 2018: #MeToo
LATE 2018: Explicit Inclusion Identity
LATE 2017: Sing it Sister- Sexism in the Music Industry
LATE 2017: Invisible Privilege - Confronting entitlement
LATE 2017: Allied Values - Time to de-friend our allies?
LATE 2017: Home Sweet Home? A Question of Immigration
LATE 2016: The Taste of Inequality
LATE 2016: From #Slacktivism to Activism
LATE 2016: He Mana, He Wahine
LATE 2016: The Music Machine
LATE 2015: City of Shadows
LATE 2015: Songs of the City
LATE 2015: Auckland as an Island
LATE 2015: Auckland Eats Itself
LATE 2014: The Cult of Food
LATE 2014: The New Explorers
LATE 2014: The Pacific Sound
LATE 2014: The Age of '#Slacktivism'
LATE 2013: Aphrodite - Beauty
LATE 2013: Athena and Ares - War and Violence
LATE 2013: Dionysus - Intoxication
LATE 2013: Tangaroa - Our Oceans
LATE 2013: Demeter - Regrowth and New Life
LATE 2013: Hermes - Communication
LATE 2013: Zeus and Hera - Family and Marriage
Evening events
He Taonga Māori Audio Guides
Remembrance and commemoration
LATE 2018 - CRISPR – Utopian or Dystopian? Post-Nature
WED 10 OCT 5.30PM - 9.30PM
ADVANCE TICKETS $25, INSTITUTE MEMBERS AND STUDENTS $20*, DOOR SALES $30**
Just because something is bad, doesn't mean it isn't good – would it be a 'tragedy' not to take advantage of CRISPR gene-editing? Or does the real tragedy lie in creating a genetic upper caste?
This LATE we explore the fast pace change of our ethical landscape when it comes to genetic science and how its developments influence our society.
Will the 'slippery slope' of technology seduce society into going places it shouldn't? Is there such a thing as a slippery slope and what are the checks and balances? Can CRISPR help all of us or just the most privileged? How do we decide where to stop and where to carry on the journey? Where do we draw a moral line, for how long and why? Have we truly arrived to a space where things are not black and white and are we questioning what it means to be human?
LATE is back for 2018 with historic and contemporary ideas, in dynamic interplay with our celebrated building, offering unexpected experiences and inspiring new perspectives.
LATE at the Museum is series of curated evenings that include panel discussions, live performances, and late-night exhibition openings. Food and bar available.
Our special exhibition Are We There Yet? Women and Equality in Aotearoa will be open late.
Moderator: Russell Brown
Russell Brown has made a career out of explaining complicated things – from information technology to drug policy – in simple terms. He is the owner of the Canon-award-winning Public Address website, the former host of Media7, Media3 and Media Take, a journalist, broadcaster, and commentator on a range of topics. When he's not working, he's usually cooking, listening to music and riding his e-bike.
Tim Dare
Tim Dare is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. He worked briefly as a lawyer before doing his PhD in the philosophy of law and starting his academic career in the early 1990s.
His publications include books and articles on the philosophy of law, legal ethics, immunisation programmes, the significance of judicial disagreement, parental rights and medical decisions, the proper allocation of the burden of proof, and the use of predictive analytics in child protection.
Employed by New Zealand's Ministry of Social Development his role is to provide data ethics advice and to develop privacy, human rights, and ethical review processes for proposed uses of client data. He has provided ethical reviews of a number of predictive risk modelling tools in New Zealand and the US.
Tim is principal investigator on a NZ Royal Society Marsden Grant (2018-2020) investigating the ethics of using predictive risk modelling tools in social policy contexts. He sits on a number of local and national research and clinical ethics committees.
Peter Fineran
Peter Fineran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago. Peter has established an international reputation for his research on the interactions between bacteriophages and other mobile elements and their bacterial hosts.
A major focus of his lab are the CRISPR-Cas adaptive prokaryotic immune systems. He is recognised as a world leader in the CRISPR-Cas field and was the keynote speaker at the CRISPR2017 conference in the USA. He completed his PhD and post-doctoral training at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has made critical contributions to understanding CRISPR-Cas systems, such as how these systems acquire new immune memories and uncovering the mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas regulation.
Peter has received many awards in recognition of his research contributions, such as a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society of NZ and the Ross Crozier Medal from the Genetics Society of AustralAsia.
Dr Heather Hendrickson
Dr Heather Hendrickson completed her PhD work studying bacterial evolution and horizontal gene transfer at the University of Pittsburgh. She was then awarded a prestigious Human Frontier of Science Program Long Term Fellowship to work in the Biochemistry Department at Oxford University.
Heather is currently a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Bioscience at Massey University in Auckland. Her research group works on how bacteria evolve with an eye towards understanding what innovations we can expect from them in the future. They are currently pursuing projects that involve the evolution of symbiosis and pathogenicity in bacteria.
Her research group and her undergraduate students at Massey University are also phage hunters. Phage hunting involves discovering and studying new bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria.
Maui Hudson
Maui Hudson is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. He co-authored the Te Ara Tika Guidelines on Maori Research Ethics, Te Mata Ira Guidelines on Genomic Research with Maori, and He Tangata Kei Tua Guidelines on Biobanking with Maori.
Maui is currently working on projects looking at Genomic Research on Taonga Species, and Maori views on Gene Editing. He has previously been a member of the Ethics Committee for Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and the Advisory Committee for Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
His interest is in the intersection of matauranga Maori and new technologies is around how they can be harnessed to reduce inequities.
Entertainment: Giggly Gerties
In the spirit of futurism and CRISPR, comedy duo Chris Parker and Thomas Sainsbury invite us to playfully imagine the world in the post-human context with Giggly Gerties, a comedy techno-thriller.
Giggly Gerties, the brain child of Chris and Tom, is where Black Mirror meets French and Saunders. Stephanie, an AI Robot, has been created by Kiwi Tech Genius, Devon, and is about the take the world by storm. He's going to launch his creation at a Tech Convention in Seoul, South Korea. But will Devon be able to give up his beautiful machine? And will free-thinking Stephanie just go along with someone else's plans for her?
Chris Parker is the 2018 winner of the Fred award at the New Zealand Comedy Festival. He is a regular contributor to Jono and Ben and Funny Girls and has traveled the country playing Kiwi Icon, David Hall, in the theatre show Hudson and Halls.
Thomas Sainsbury has acted in Shortland Street, Pork Pie, Hamish and Andy: True Story, Filthy Rich and Wellington Paranormal. He is also known for his snapchat channel satirising New Zealand politicians amongst other kiwi archetypes.
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Egypt's leadership has dashed expectations for a swift and complete shift from autocracy to democracy. The inherent conservatism of Egypt's military leadership, combined with the political ineffectiveness of many of the activists who were at the center of public protests a year ago, is widening the gap between public expectations of the post-Mubarak era and its reality. The rise of Islamist politics in Egypt raises more questions than it answers. "Islamist" is not a concept with a single meaning, and there are likely to be skirmishes within parties and between them to help give meaning to the notion as Islamist forces share power—and exercise it—for the first time.
The United States has some role to play in Egypt's transition, but it is a limited one. The Egyptian public links the United States closely to the ancien regime, despite President Obama's calls for Mubarak to leave office in February 2011. Approval ratings of the United States have emerged from the single-digit lows of the Bush administration, but they remain stubbornly below 20 percent. The most enduring U.S. ties are with the Egyptian military, but even there, everything is not rosy.
In order to analyze the U.S. role in post-Mubarak Egypt, CSIS brought together some 15 of the most senior Egypt experts in the United States for weekly discussions in the fall of 2011.The group agreed that, to be effective, U.S. strategy needs to be symbolic yet consequential, and targeted to catalyze further change. This report urges taking a long view of developments in Egypt and cautions against a rush toward conditionality to shape the Egyptian government's actions. It calls for investments in democratic processes, in the Egyptian military, in trade, and in training and education.
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Obama Moves to Bar Release of Detainee Abuse Photos: Saying the release of photos of soldiers abusing captives in Iraq and Afghanistan would endanger U.S. troops, the president reversed a decision made last month.
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Josef Hlaváček (3. dubna 1831 Královice – 22. ledna 1911 Slaný) byl slánský kupec. V letech 1866–1868 byl purkmistrem města Slaný a v letech 1869–1903 starostou slánského politického okresu.

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Usadil se jako kupec ve Slaném. V šedesátých letech 19. století se začal zapojovat i do veřejného života. V roce 1864 byl jedním ze zakládajících členů Občanské záložny ve Slaném. V roce 1865 se stal náměstkem prvního okresního starosty ve Slaném, hraběte Jindřicha Jaroslava Clam-Martinice. V roce 1866 se stal purkmistrem města Slaný. V tomto roce projevil své diplomatické schopnosti, když se mu podařilo po porážce rakouské armády v prusko-rakouské válce uchránit město před pruským drancováním. Pokladnu Občanské záložny přitom ukryl ve slánském františkánském klášteře.

V posledním roce jeho purkmistrování proběhla oprava Velvarské brány. Při této příležitosti byla do makovice věže vložena i listina s neveřejným protirakouským prohlášením městské rady. Sám purkmistr Hlaváček se ale choval vůči vídeňské vládě loajálně, protože byl po skončení svého purkmistrovského období jmenován v roce 1869 starostou slánského okresu. Tuto funkci vykonával až do roku 1903.

Stavby a instituce, na jejichž vzniku se podílel
 1882 – Okresní hospodářská záložna
 Okresní nemocnice
 Okresní chudobinec
 Okresní sirotčinec
 1902 – stavba Okresního domu

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 rakouský Zlatý záslužný kříž s korunou (Zivil-Verdienstkreuz) a rytířský řád Františka I.
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Camp in Makarska is integral part of town and Makarska Riviera tourist offer. Camp Jure has 2* and it is situated in pine forest on surface of 0,1 ha, and with 40 camp spots, it can accept 90 persons. Camp In Makarska is located near very town, coast and large pebbles beach. Town Makarska is large tourist town and top destination of Makarska rivera and Dalmatia. Town Makarska is situated on slopes of mountain Biokovo, near seaside and surrounded by large pine forest. Camp In Makarska provides guests: Accommodation in masonry cottages, tents, camp spots and pitches, exchange office, sports facilities, playground for children, showers, sanitary objects, telephone, fax, photocopier, laundry machines, ironing, electricity and water connestions. Town Makarska with its 680.000 nights a year is significant tourist centre of Dalmatia and Republic of Croatia, so it is no wonder that large number of tourists and guests are coming to this beautiful town.
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Lecture series to focus on economic issues in U.S.-China relationship
As part of Oakland University's Woodcock Legacy Seminar Series, a pair of renowned scholars from the China Foreign Affairs University will offer a worldly perspective on change in the United States and East Asia. The lecture will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, in the Elliot Hall Auditorium.
Dr. Qin Yaqing, executive vice president and professor of international studies, will present "China, the United States and the East Asian Regional Processes." The lecture will focus on current tensions in the region by examining China's deepening economic involvement with East Asia and the refocusing of U.S. security priorities in the Asia Pacific.
Dr. Wei Ling is professor of international studies and director of the East Asian Studies Center at the China Foreign Affairs University. Her talk, "China and East Asian Cooperation," will spotlight how the region has moved from persistent conflict to peaceful cooperation.
"This Woodcock Legacy Seminar event, featuring two distinguished scholars from the China Foreign Affairs University, provides opportunity to highlight and deepen Oakland's continuing partnership with the CFAU," said Dr. Alan Epstein, special instructor of political science.
"The subject matter of the talks is very timely given the rising tension between the United States and China in East Asia over the appropriate means to resolve maritime and territorial claims, and the deepening economic integration of the world's preeminent economic region."
The event is co-sponsored by the Ambassador Leonard Woodcock Institute and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Drawing on 30 years of student and faculty exchanges, the ALWI promotes bilateral trade, educational exchange and cultural understanding.
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Alan Epstein at (248) 370-2358 or epstein@oakland.edu.
Summary On Thursday, March 21, renowned scholars from the China Foreign Affairs University will offer a worldly perspective on change in the U.S. and East Asia.
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ScourgeBringer is a super fluid roguelite 2D action platformer that happens to be very polished at this time for what is available (Beta v1.04 as of writing, 3 fully developed zones out of 6 planned). More importantly, it is just a lot of fun to play. Despite that it's in Early Access, the combat mechanics feel so seasoned and well-done that you would be hard pressed to point out any problems with it.
My experience is limited to my short amount of time spent so far (2.5 hours) and I have not yet cleared the 3rd available area. I see someone wrote that they cleared the whole game after 5 tries. I guess my skills are just much lacking in comparison. I have played probably 20 times so far and only managed to get into the 3rd zone once.
ScourgeBringer has a story, though that's limited currently to a few well-drawn artwork pages when you start into your save. I enjoy games that have a nice story or rich lore, but this game really doesn't need it.
Without a doubt, the platforming will remind many players of Celeste with its fast-paced movement and tight jumping. Everything flows so well, both in and out of combat.
Aerial combat in 2D platforming is often neglected, and perhaps it becomes difficult to get the progressively unrealistic mechanics to feel natural and right in the hands of the player. This game has perhaps one of the best aerial combat mechanics I have seen in recent years. You can, at times, maim a whole roomful of enemies (usually 1-2 waves) without touching the ground. There is just something really satisfying and fun about it.
Another thing to note is that you always have a ranged/gun weapon equipped aside from your sword. And combat on ground or in air using melee with intermittent gun fire transition between themselves seamlessly. So not only is aerial combat done well and feels right in the melee aspect, you can spice up your attacks with some bullets too!
For many players, it's inevitable that you will compare Dead Cells to this game in terms of combat flow. This game may not have as much content and as much variety, but the combat does not feel inferior to Dead Cells in anyway. And its aerial combat mechanics is really nonpareil--to me anyway.
Relying on reflexes is important in this game, but so is an additional knowledge about the game through repetitive motions of playing and replaying. This gets down to the replay value of such a game, which seems to me to be pretty good. The rooms are pre-made although the way that the zones spawn their rooms are randomized, thus making it important for the player to explore each game. The other aspect of the game that increases the replay value is the skill/passive tree that you can unlock progressively by playing and beating mini and main bosses.
Sure, the game has its flaws, mostly in the variety category. You can expect 1 of each special room to show up in each zone, shop, altar/pillar for the Gift of Blood (choice of 3 upgrades for that run), mini boss, and main boss (room can only be opened after the mini boss is destroyed). The individual rooms are pre-made so you do start getting used to them over time. In addition, the shop items and Gift of Blood choices seem to repeat and cycle through a fairly small number of selections.
All in all, I am very much looking forward to seeing where this game will go from here. I think the developers really did a great job at hammering out undesirable details before releasing it into Early Access. I have, so far, found absolutely no problems or bugs so far.
Are you on the fence? Definitely check this one out!
Plays great with a gamepad, as I prefer to play almost all of my 2D platforming games. Kudos to the developers for giving the players functional movement with boy D-Pad and Joystick.
The 2D pixelated artwork is rather well done, the game is quite beautiful to behold. V-sync option available.
The soundtrack sounds awesome, with the right pacing to accompany the rapid movement and action.
For people who enjoy a good 2D action platformer, you will not be disappointed with ScourgeBringer.
$14.99 launching into Early Access is perhaps a bit high for some people. But I am telling you right here and now that these developers did their homework, and the game plays beautifully and is really fun. There will be more content to come, so expect the price to go up a little with additional updates. (Early Access page indicates plans to keep it below $20 overall.)
There is a launch week 10% discount and additional 10% for folks who own Dead Cells that is still going on. So I encourage anyone thinking about it to jump in on the action! Worth the price I say!
+A combat system that stands out as being very well polished and super tight
+Interesting platforming mechanics that feel right
+Progressive unlockable skill/passive tree to change the way you play as you get more or more used to the game
+Excellent music
+Fantastic 2D pixel art
+Nice in-game seamless feedback system
+Accessible to people who may not wish to play the game at the intended pace with speed-adjustment options
+Most importantly, this game is just so much fun
=Current content has 3 zones, which is enough for me, but can feel really short to some people. There are a few more planned, so this is just part of the growing pains of a game in Early Access.
-Variety of items found in shop is a little lacking (I saw the same items over and over again)
-Similar to above, Gift of Blood choices could use some more variety
-Very limited trap design and use in the individual rooms
ScourgeBringer brings quite another nice addition for people who enjoy action platformers. While it may be in Early Access, the game already has excellent movement and combat systems in place to make the action platforming feel oh-so-good. If you are on the fence, definitely take a look at this game, for you will not be disappointed.
With such a solid foundation, ScourgeBringer will surely realize a brighter future.
I received the product for free. I did not receive any compensation to write this review. The opinions represented here are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way.
[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: [b]IndieGems[/b] if you like and want to see more reviews like this one.[/url][/quote] [i]ScourgeBringer[/i] is a super fluid roguelite 2D action platformer that happens to be very polished at this time for what is available (Beta v1.04 as of writing, 3 fully developed zones out of 6 planned). More importantly, it is just a lot of fun to play. Despite that it's in Early Access, the combat mechanics feel so seasoned and well-done that you would be hard pressed to point out any problems with it. My experience is limited to my short amount of time spent so far (2.5 hours) and I have not yet cleared the 3rd available area. I see someone wrote that they cleared the whole game after 5 tries. I guess my skills are just much lacking in comparison. I have played probably 20 times so far and only managed to get into the 3rd zone once. [i]ScourgeBringer[/i] has a story, though that's limited currently to a few well-drawn artwork pages when you start into your save. I enjoy games that have a nice story or rich lore, but this game really doesn't need it. Without a doubt, the platforming will remind many players of [i]Celeste[/i] with its fast-paced movement and tight jumping. Everything flows so well, both in and out of combat. Aerial combat in 2D platforming is often neglected, and perhaps it becomes difficult to get the progressively unrealistic mechanics to feel natural and right in the hands of the player. This game has perhaps one of the best aerial combat mechanics I have seen in recent years. You can, at times, maim a whole roomful of enemies (usually 1-2 waves) without touching the ground. There is just something really satisfying and fun about it. Another thing to note is that you always have a ranged/gun weapon equipped aside from your sword. And combat on ground or in air using melee with intermittent gun fire transition between themselves seamlessly. So not only is aerial combat done well and feels right in the melee aspect, you can spice up your attacks with some bullets too! For many players, it's inevitable that you will compare [i]Dead Cells[/i] to this game in terms of combat flow. This game may not have as much content and as much variety, but the combat does not feel inferior to [i]Dead Cells[/i] in anyway. And its aerial combat mechanics is really nonpareil--to me anyway. Relying on reflexes is important in this game, but so is an additional knowledge about the game through repetitive motions of playing and replaying. This gets down to the replay value of such a game, which seems to me to be pretty good. The rooms are pre-made although the way that the zones spawn their rooms are randomized, thus making it important for the player to explore each game. The other aspect of the game that increases the replay value is the skill/passive tree that you can unlock progressively by playing and beating mini and main bosses. Sure, the game has its flaws, mostly in the variety category. You can expect 1 of each special room to show up in each zone, shop, altar/pillar for the Gift of Blood (choice of 3 upgrades for that run), mini boss, and main boss (room can only be opened after the mini boss is destroyed). The individual rooms are pre-made so you do start getting used to them over time. In addition, the shop items and Gift of Blood choices seem to repeat and cycle through a fairly small number of selections. All in all, I am very much looking forward to seeing where this game will go from here. I think the developers really did a great job at hammering out undesirable details before releasing it into Early Access. I have, so far, found absolutely no problems or bugs so far. [b]Are you on the fence? Definitely check this one out![/b] [h1]Controls[/h1] Plays great with a gamepad, as I prefer to play almost all of my 2D platforming games. Kudos to the developers for giving the players functional movement with boy D-Pad and Joystick. [h1]Graphics[/h1] The 2D pixelated artwork is rather well done, the game is quite beautiful to behold. V-sync option available. [h1]Music & Sounds[/h1] The soundtrack sounds awesome, with the right pacing to accompany the rapid movement and action. [h1]Audience[/h1] For people who enjoy a good 2D action platformer, you will not be disappointed with [i]ScourgeBringer.[/i] [h1]Pricing[/h1] $14.99 launching into Early Access is perhaps a bit high for some people. But I am telling you right here and now that these developers did their homework, and the game plays beautifully and is really fun. There will be more content to come, so expect the price to go up a little with additional updates. (Early Access page indicates plans to keep it below $20 overall.) There is a launch week 10% discount and additional 10% for folks who own [i]Dead Cells[/i] that is still going on. So I encourage anyone thinking about it to jump in on the action! Worth the price I say! [h1]Positives[/h1] +A combat system that stands out as being very well polished and super tight +Interesting platforming mechanics that feel right +Progressive unlockable skill/passive tree to change the way you play as you get more or more used to the game +Excellent music +Fantastic 2D pixel art +Nice in-game seamless feedback system +Accessible to people who may not wish to play the game at the intended pace with speed-adjustment options +Most importantly, this game is just so much fun [h1]Neutral[/h1] =Current content has 3 zones, which is enough for me, but can feel really short to some people. There are a few more planned, so this is just part of the growing pains of a game in Early Access. [h1]Negatives[/h1] -Variety of items found in shop is a little lacking (I saw the same items over and over again) -Similar to above, Gift of Blood choices could use some more variety -Very limited trap design and use in the individual rooms [h1]Conclusion[/h1] [i]ScourgeBringer[/i] brings quite another nice addition for people who enjoy action platformers. While it may be in Early Access, the game already has excellent movement and combat systems in place to make the action platforming feel oh-so-good. If you are on the fence, definitely take a look at this game, for you will not be disappointed. With such a solid foundation, [i]ScourgeBringer[/i] will surely realize a brighter future. [quote]I received the product for free. I did not receive any compensation to write this review. The opinions represented here are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way.[/quote]
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YQMaoski Feb 12, 2020 @ 9:52am
missiloon, thank you.
Kemo, thank you as well. I think with the quick runs and smooth action, more variety would turn it into a game for longer sessions, which hopefully will be a focus for future updates. I look forward to seeing where it will ultimately end up.
Kemo Feb 12, 2020 @ 8:45am
Nice write-up. I'm really hoping they'll address those negatives, those are pretty much the same issues I've found with it
missiloon Feb 12, 2020 @ 8:23am
thank you for a wonderful review :D


"The Pennsylvania Department of Corruption"
Recently the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in conjunction with P.H.S., Prison Health Services, the privatized statewide heath care provide for the PA DOC, based out of Brentwood, Tennessee made it much more difficult for prisoners to get medical treatment by increasing the co-payment for medical services to $5.00!
A fee of $5.00 will be assessed each time a medical service at sick call is provided to a prisoner by a person licensed to provide health care under the laws of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania!
Also an additional fee of $5.00 will be charged for each subscription that is ordered for the prisoner by an on-site health care professional.
NO complementary services will be given to prisoners with the exception of prisoners with well documental chronic care issues like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, hypertension and diabetes.
With the average wage paid for a prison work assignment here in Pennsylvania of 19¢ an hour and four hours max a day, many prisoners are letting their illnesses go untreated.
Prisoners are unable to pay for medical services and buy bare necessities like toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo form the commissary.
Frequently prisoners are deliberately given medication prescriptions that do not improve or fully restore them back to good health. Under DOC policy DC-820 there should be no additional fee when this takes place, however a prisoner still must sign out and sign a DC-138 cash slip for follow-up sick call visits. These signed cash slips are forwarded to the facility business office for fee deduction from the prisoners account. The prisoner can try to recoup these deductions by using the grievance system. The odds are very small that the fee will ever be credited back to the prisoners account.
This is just one of the many ways the Executive Administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections manipulate the prison population into handing back over the "slave wages" they worked all month for.


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NGC Named Official Grading Service of Sixbid
Apr 7, 2019 | News
NGC has been named the Official Grading Service of Sixbid, a popular online auction platform for coins and paper money. The move elevates the collaboration between the two companies; NGC had previously been selected as an Approved Grading Service of Sixbid.
On Sixbid.com, auction houses from all over the world present their numismatic auctions to a broad audience. The services of Sixbid.com include not only the on-site marketing tools for auction houses but also easier search options for collectors and others interested in numismatic items.
Particularly in Europe, Sixbid is popular for researching possible future acquisitions for a personal collection and for offering them directly on the site. Sixbid, which was founded in 2001, was able to present over 1,100 auctions in 2018 to its numismatically interested audience.
NGC is a leading third-party authentication, grading and encapsulation service for collectible coins. Coins certified by NGC are backed by its comprehensive guarantee and are trusted by collectors and dealers around the world. This trust results in higher prices realized and greater liquidity.
NGC has certified more than 42 million coins since it was founded in 1987. It now has offices in London, Munich, Shanghai and Hong Kong, in addition to its global headquarters in Sarasota, Florida, USA.


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Unification Church before the UN claiming persecution over Abe's killing
In the eye of the storm since the murder of the former prime minister, the Church founded by Rev Moon filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee, saying that a "national tragedy" has been turned "into a bizarre narrative that makes the alleged assassin into a victim". The Church also reported that its members have been the victims of attacks. Meanwhile, the affair remains a hot political topic in the country.
Geneva (AsiaNews) – The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification Church founded by South Korean Rev Sun Myung Moon, has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee claiming that it is the victim of "a campaign of intolerance, discrimination and persecution" in Japan.
The religious group has been in the eye of the storm since last July following the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot to death by a man harbouring resentment towards the Church over huge donations his mother made to it.
The complaint, filed by the Paris-based Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP-LC), calls for the UN Human Rights Committee to address "the ongoing suffering" of members of the Unification Church in Japan during its 136th session scheduled for 10 October-4 November 2022.
The 22-page complaint alleges that the rights of its members in Japan "were seriously, systematically and blatantly violated" after the 8 July murder by a man who hated the Unification Church.
The accusations also apply to some Japanese lawyers and media for "twist[ing] this national tragedy into a bizarre narrative that makes the alleged assassin into a victim of the Unification Church and blames the Church for the assassination."
As a result, "Church members have suffered hundreds of personal attacks, assaults, death threats, acts of vandalism, and other forms of public abuse."
The complaint slams public efforts to "name and shame" Japanese politicians who have participated in events linked to the Unification Church.
It appeals to Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – to which Japan is a signatory – to protect both the right of citizens to participate in the democratic process and the freedom of elected representatives to "consult and cooperate with leaders and members of the religions of their choice".
In Japan, the Unification Church remains a hot political issue. On Monday, speaking before the upper house of parliament, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he is ready to listen to the "harsh voices" of people who criticise the ties between many members of his party and the religious group.
Responding to calls for the Church's dissolution, he noted that the issue "needs to be decided carefully in terms of freedom of religion".
For his part, Hideyuki Teshigawara, one of the leaders of the Unification Church, held a press conference on 22 September at the Church's Tokyo headquarters to respond to criticism over what happened to the family of Abe's murderer.
On that occasion, he explained that the Church would "take into consideration the financial situation of followers and ensure that donations are not excessive" while respecting the "free will" of its members.
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I-10 reopens near Tonopah following deadly semi-truck crash
TONOPAH, Ariz. (KSAZ) - A three-vehicle pile-up turned fatal at around 5 a.m. this morning when a semi-truck accidentally rolled over on its side, taking up the right lane on eastbound Interstate 10.
Then, a second truck was at a complete stop when a third semi-truck slammed into the back of the second, pushing it into the first truck where the third drive was found dead at the scene.
After crews treated the first two drivers who had minor injuries, they called in the ADOT hazmat team to clean up the scene since the second truck spilled its cargo onto the highway.
"This is actually a hazardous waste, which is more of an environmentally hazardous substance and what the material is is a hydroxide type of clay material that's used in some other production, and after it's used, it has to go to a recycling plant," Travis Qualls said.
It wasn't until that hazardous material was completely removed from both lanes that DPS could reopen I-10 eastbound.
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Jail Diversion Shelter to Open in Ft. Pierce
In January 2019, Adam's Place, a jail diversion shelter that will house homeless men (including homeless veterans) will be dedicated in Fort Pierce, Florida, the culmination of more than three and half years of tireless effort by many dedicated staff and supporters.
The concept was first proposed by representatives of the three law enforcement agencies in Saint Lucie County (Fort Pierce and Port Saint Lucie Police Departments and the Saint Lucie Sheriff's Department) as a way of diverting homeless men arrested on misdemeanor charges away from jail and into a less costly placement where they could receive services and support to help break the cycle of chronic homelessness. The Salvation Army was asked to lead this effort based on a long history of success in providing effective shelter services.
Bill and Estelle Turney, Pennsylvania entrepreneurs, provided $250,000 in funding to kickstart the initiative in honor of the substance recovery of their son Adam. Additional funding has been provided by The Egan Foundation, the National Catholic Foundation, The Rockwell Foundation and T. L. Williams funds through The Salvation Army.
The Fort Pierce Housing Authority provided a 28-bed facility to house the program which has received pledges of support from New Horizons, the local community mental health and substance abuse recovery provider, the Fort Pierce City Council, and many other community partners.
Critical to the success of the project has been the current leadership of Lieutenants Jeff and Sheena Marquis, appointed to serve as Administrators for The Salvation Army's work in Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee Counties in June 2018. They immediately took leadership for getting the program, in its final stages at the time, off the ground. In addition, they have created relationships in the community to ensure the program's long-term success.
Equally important to the success of this initiative thus far has been the relentless dedication and fundraising efforts of The Salvation Army's staff, including Clyde Preston, Regional Resource Development Director, and Dr. Donald Dixon, Director of Social Services for The Salvation Army Florida Division. Together, they visited every member of three governmental agencies, countless community providers and stakeholders, local church leaders, and the leadership of the local Continuum of Care. They have also met with the local homeless coalition and CareerSource, and the success of this initiative is a testament to their dedication and passion for serving others.
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