This new framework aims to be less data-driven and more light-touch. It states that it will focus Inspectors and, correspondingly, schools on outcomes and the quality of education. So far there has been a cautiously positive response to the proposed framework from the sector. Concerns seem to be centred on the implications for teacher workload and the subjectivity that is necessarily involved in making value judgements.
We've seen evidence of colleagues in schools immediately adopting the new questions around the intent, implementation and impact of the curriculum, and we believe there is a lot of potential for arts and cultural colleagues to work to support schools in incorporating creative cultural learning into each of these categories.
The CLA has put together the following set of draft notes representing our initial thinking around the consultation framework. We'd be extremely grateful if partners could feed back on whether they think we're on the right track and sent through any thoughts on what we may have missed or misunderstood. We're particularly interested in any evidence you may have on the value and impact of arts and cultural learning in school at Key Stage 1.
It's extremely important for everyone concerned with this agenda to respond to the consultation and make your views known. The questions themselves are quite technical, but there are several places where it's possible to make the case. As always, we're very happy for anyone to use these notes as a jumping-off point for their own submission – though do remember that you will have a greater impact if you redraft your document using your own words.
You can respond online here, and read the consultation and the draft handbooks here. The consultation closes on the 5thof April.
We are strongly in support of the introduction of a 'quality of education' judgement.
We agree with Ofsted that a curriculum cannot be considered broad and rich if it is designed solely for achievement of qualifications, and we believe that the new Intent/Implementation/Impact framework articulated in this draft will help to ensure that education providers develop a more holistic and rounded approach to curriculum.
A quality education should enable each and every pupil to create and express their understanding of the world. It should introduce them to a range of extraordinary and excellent tools, techniques, concepts, frameworks, works and resources, helping them to comprehend and challenge existing ideas, and to generate their own.
However, there are a number of elements within this judgement which will need to be carefully considered in order for it to be effective.
We are very pleased that this framework acknowledges that cultural capital is central to young people's success and life chances, and we welcome the inclusion of this language into the framework.
We are also surprised that there is no mention of cultural capital in the draft Further Education and Skills inspection handbook, as it features in the other three (Early Years, Schools and Non-association Independent Schools). Whilst we understand that the curricula in FE institutions is likely to be different to that in schools, we believe that students in FE settings need access to cultural capital alongside other skills and knowledge in order to fully address social disadvantage. We would recommend that a section on cultural capital is developed for FE settings to bring them into line with the over-arching Ofsted framework and the other providers.
We agree with Ofsted that it is extremely important for providers to plan a curriculum towards future learning and employment.
In the Schools handbook we are very pleased to note the focus on the power of curriculum in addressing social disadvantage.
We are pleased to see that the proposed School handbook strongly cautions against curriculum narrowing and highlights that this disproportionately affects the most disadvantaged pupils.
'From key stage 2 onwards and in secondary education, however, inspectors will expect to see a broad, rich curriculum. That includes languages and the humanities, along with the arts and other creative subjects. Inspectors will be particularly alert to signs of narrowing in key stages 2 and 3 curriculums'.
We believe that this emphasis is in direct contradiction to Ofsted's stated intention - of ensuring schools offer a broad and rich curriculum for as long as possible. We also feel that this directive is redundant; schools are already judged on their EBacc data through a range of national accountability measures. Although we are glad to see that no particular numerical targets have been set for Ofsted, we recommend that this EBacc section is removed from the handbook altogether.
We recommend that this statement is reworded. It is essential that children in the early years are given access to a broad, rich and balanced curriculum, and one which helps develop their cultural capital and creativity at the earliest stage. This will help to ensure that Ofsted's ambitions for a 'planned and sequenced' curriculum will be achieved.
We believe that this statement could potentially encourage schools to prioritise the recruitment and retention of arts subject specialists, reversing the significant decline in recent years.
the fact that LEO data provides incomplete and potentially inaccurate data on earnings from self-employment. The most recent industry data from the Creative Industries Federation shows 47% of workers in the creative industries are freelance.
Whilst we understand that Inspectors will make a graded judgement on the quality of education across all areas of Intent, Implementation and Impact, we believe that no school should be judged outstanding without having excellent, quality, creative, arts and cultural learning in place. We would welcome language strengthening this within the framework.
use of imagination and creativity in learning.
We suggest that 'quality and range of partnerships' is added to the sources of evidence used to make these judgements.
We welcome the statements in the framework and in the January 2019 School Inspection Update that indicate that it will be Ofsted's role to complement, rather than intensify, the focus on performance data and measures. However, the Department of Education has not indicated that it will similarly change its focus. Schools are currently judged on and required to publish data in more than 100 different categories, and we strongly believe that this requirement will shape and influence their decisions in designing and delivering their curricula, and will prevent them from being broad and rich.
We are pleased to see the continuing reliance on data provided by parents in Parent View, and would like to recommend that the questions asked in this survey reflect this new framework and that they specifically ask parents for their view of the arts and cultural provision in the school.
In order for the proposed approach to be effective it is essential that Inspectors are trained to recognise and effectively assess the quality of the arts provision within the intent/implementation/impact framework. Inspectors will need to be able to understand the different categories of curriculum design that are most appropriate for the arts and creative subjects, and the skills, knowledge and experiences associated with them.
The CLA would want to see specialist HMIs in post for all arts subjects, with these individuals then responsible for training cohorts of other inspectors until all are appropriately skilled. We welcome the plans for a subject curriculum group for Art & Design to support the training of inspectors in making judgements about delivery of arts subjects. We would like to see subject curriculum groups for all arts subjects.
We would also want to ensure that Inspectors are effectively trained to assess the effectiveness of careers advice, experience and contact with employers in the arts and creative industries. We believe that there is currently very little understanding of this aspect of our sector in the school or inspection system.
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US: The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new publication that explores the growing popularity of public-private partnerships. The policy paper, Public-Private Partnerships: Stimulating Innovation in the Space Sector, outlines a phased approach for strategizing, planning, and implementing such collaborative arrangements for space-based services and how to optimize the best outcome for all.
"Governments seeking to provide satellite communications, navigation, Earth monitoring, space exploration, and other space applications recognize the significant role that the private sector can play in delivering these capabilities at reduced cost and risk," said author Karen Jones, senior project leader with CSPS. "By leveraging commercial efficiencies and innovation these public-private partnerships can provide significant advantages to government agencies while sharing risk in exchange for profits linked to performance."
The paper provides numerous case studies and delineates lessons learned from different public-private partnerships in the U.S. and abroad —some successful, and others less so. These lessons include reviewing the business model, creating a shared vision, dealing with changing needs, fostering competition, motivating profit-based organizations, building long-term alliances, establishing payment schedules, and sharing data.
Dr. Jamie Morin, executive director for CSPS, said, "There is no single recipe for success, and these partnerships are not appropriate for all programs and objectives in the space domain. Still, for those projects that can apply them, public-private partnerships offer potential advantages in terms of delivery schedules, quality of service, and innovation."
Jones suggests that an ideal partnership involves a delicate balance, where the government does not give up too much control and the private sector does not assume too much risk. Moreover, any such arrangement must abide by the guiding principles of neutrality, transparency, accountability, and governance.
About the Center for Space Policy and Strategy
The Center for Space Policy and Strategy is dedicated to shaping the future by providing nonpartisan research and strategic analysis to decisionmakers. The Center is part of The Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit that provides objective advice to the government on complex space enterprise and systems engineering problems.
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After more than 16 years in the fashion business, Nicole Miller has become an overnight success.
It's hard to say exactly why. Maybe it was the formal fashion show she finally found the courage to hold two years ago -- after more than a decade of quiet sales in her showroom.
The response to the show was overwhelming, with worldwide publicity and an immediate leap in sales.
And maybe some of the credit goes to our slower-than-molasses economy, which has even women of some means now in a desperate search for dresses with high style and low price tags -- exactly what Nicole Miller has always specialized in.
No matter how you look at it, the time is right for this 40-year-old, Texas-born, Massachusetts-reared designer. In an industry where designers seem to specialize in copying one another, Ms. Miller's clothes are different. They have style, they have a sense of humor and most importantly, they are relatively inexpensive.
"I don't think that women have to be priced out of fashion," says Ms. Miller, who offers dresses for less than $200. Although her very special evening outfits can cost more than $1,000, her best sellers ring in at about $500. In Baltimore her clothes can be found at area department stores as well as specialty stores such as Femme and Panache.
"Price can be controlled. And style -- that's something that you should get automatically, no matter what the cost," she says.
Ms. Miller's method of keeping costs to a minimum blends good old-fashioned restraint with a healthy dose of common sense. And with annual sales climbing to the $40 million mark, this designer is riding her conservative conscience all the way to the bank.
"All of our goods are manufactured in the United States -- that way we can keep a close eye on quality control, and we don't have to spend an outrageous amount of money on imported fabrics and duties," she says. "I don't see where the European fabrics or manufacturing is so superior to what we can get right here. It may mean that we spend more time developing our American resources, but we more than make up for it in savings. Besides the customer doesn't have to pay for all of our trips to Europe."
Ms. Miller also operates with a very small margin of error when placing her orders with manufacturers. "What many designers do is overcut to allow for extra orders. What's left over they assume will be marked down, and of course the consumer pays for those markdowns. I try very hard not to overproject, and if I fall short I can always reorder since the factories are so close. A customer ** shouldn't have to pay for my mistake."
Although the price tag will likely play an important role in whether a garment ever makes it to the cash register, Ms. Miller insists that women buy clothes strictly on emotion. "If a woman is absolutely crazy about something, she will feel like she can't live without it. If a dress is that exciting to her, she will do almost anything to get it. On the other hand, if something is sort of run-of-the mill, she will hesitate, thinking that she can maybe get something better someplace else. My job is to make clothes that she will fall in love with and buy immediately."
This philosophy has gained Nicole Miller a reputation for having some of the most unique prints in the industry. One of her patterns consisted of junk you'd find at the bottom of your purse. Another showed a jumble of theater tickets. Still others featured such unusual motifs as fortune cookies complete with printed predictions and matchbooks from trendy New York nightclubs.
Originally, those prints were made up in skinny slip dresses and full-skirted dance numbers. However, when Ms. Miller stitched one up as a tie for partner Bud Konheim, she hit on an idea that would bring in close to $8 million annually. Her crazy-print ties, originally sold only through dress shops, have earned her a very profitable spot in the men's market. Locally, they can be found in men's specialty stores such as A. J. Borenstein's Eclectic and J. S. Edwards.
It seems that men, too, are willing to part with a buck when they think they are buying something unique, exciting and expressive.
"One thing I try very hard to do is to have fun -- all the time," says this vibrant redhead who hits New York's party scene almost every night. She was even photographed for People magazine while rolling on in-line skates through her TriBeCa loft. "I think that's the best way to bring fun and excitement to my designs."
"On the other hand, one thing I never do is listen to my customers. So many designers go out on these personal appearances and they hear women asking for this and that. I find that just distracts me. I can't design for any woman but myself. I make the kinds of things that I want to wear . . . crazy things and sometimes more serious things that show different sides of my personality. People keep asking me to bring back some of the baggy old things I did years ago when I used to think I was fat. But I say no way to that because I feel like I have to go forward and do new things all the time. To go backward is to get stuck."
Not surprisingly, all this emphasis on fun means that some of Ms. Miller's clothes don't work for more serious pursuits -- such as work. Many of her micro hemlines and shapely waists are a bit too provocative for the conservative Baltimore/Washington area.
She also gets some complaints on the fit of her garments, which often excludes all but the tall, thin woman with no hips but plenty of nerve.
Says one shop owner, "Tell her that I could sell a lot more of her merchandise if it would cover my customers' fannies."
But Ms. Miller says her clothes are for those who are hip. Anyone with a little extra around the hips might want to look elsewhere.
Ask Ms. Miller who her clients are and she'll tell you they range in age from 18 to 80.
But for the most part her fun-and-funky looks appeal to those on the kinder side of 35.
"I want the people who wear my clothes to look and feel hip. I don't like stuffy clothes, and I think my customer prefers clothes that will make them feel fun rather than proper," she explains. "I don't care how old the customers are, just as long as they want to look young."
For a woman whose focus is firmly turned toward the here and now, Ms. Miller gets a great deal of inspiration from the '60s.
Many of her color-blocked chemises, cutout midriffs and op-art graphics are pure pop, and many of her acid-tinged colors hearken back to the days of vinyl go-go boots and frosted lipstick.
Right now her favorite piece is a baseball dress, featuring curved seams meant to mimic those on a baseball. "That seaming does a lot for the figure," she says. "Believe me, I know, because I wear that dress all the time."
Like most designers of her age, Ms. Miller spent her first years out of design school (she trained in Paris and New York) working her way up and down Seventh Avenue. She developed a talent for creating amusing raincoats, and in 1982 she formed a partnership with Bud Konheim, a third-generation fashion-industry man. Together the two invested $200,000 and began translating Ms. Miller's quirky sense of humor into something more than raincoats.
As Nicole Miller Inc. approaches $40 million in annual sales, the designer is taking on a number of licenses, including handbags, scarves, shoes and swimsuits.
She also has plans in the works to open eight boutiques, from Madison Avenue to Mexico City to Barcelona, all by the end of 1992.


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This month's session on Sustainability and the Economy began with a warm and heartfelt greeting from our host, Downer NZ. I always find opening every Leadership NZ session with a mihi whakatau and waiata a solid reminder of my responsibility to help build a future for New Zealand that is respectful of our past.
One of the challenges we always recognise is the need to first check in; switch off your mind to those distractions and be present. Those burning issues, deadlines and decisions can wait; this is our time, our investment in ourselves to become more than we can achieve as individuals without guidance. The tools and activities we have been shown to help us prepare at the beginning of each session, seem strange at first and a little unsettling but are now the accepted and valued norm.
Day one continued with a panel discussion titled Sustainability and the Economy: the changing face of primary industry. Our panellists comprised of Danny Donaghy, Professor of Dairy Production Systems, Massey University; Farmer Richard Morrison, Director, President Manawatu-Rangitikei Federated Farmers and Lisa Chase, Senior Advisor – Regional Economic Development for Te Tai Hauauru for Te Puni Kokiri.
The panellists highlighted New Zealand's primary sector strengths built upon the foundation of science and global reputation for product quality. The recent announcement that Air New Zealand was serving the plant-based "impossible burger", caused little concern from the panel which shows great confidence in the New Zealand brand. There was mention of value-added products that are or could be produced for export as an opportunity as opposed to developing products for emerging new markets. We learnt New Zealand exports "waste meat by-products" to other countries so they may mix with homegrown raw material to enhance their own meat products. The panel focused on the here and now which, as it turned out, prepared us to discuss the future on day two.
After the panel session, we dispersed into smaller groups so we could engage the speakers in a more direct discussion. As you would expect each panellist demonstrated their passion for the rural community whether it be from a science, environment or farming lifestyle perspective. The conversation zigged and zagged as we each had different viewpoints some of which either reinforced or challenged my own views.
Unfortunately, I could not make the afternoon's outdoor activity. As I drove off to my accommodation, passing the Leadership NZ group heading to the bus, it was clear to see this cohort of diverse people had a camaraderie and were fully engaged. What a privilege, to be a part of this group.
Arriving first on the second day I was able to welcome the first few to arrive. Quickly everyone shared the previous afternoon's activity. It sounded strange at first but when I heard the learnings from the activity, it all made sense. My take away from conversations were that you need to know when to push, when to lead and understand that in spite of the outcome you want, external forces may have other ideas.
In preparation for group discussion, we were to complete a listening exercise. After finding someone who we had not yet worked with, we settled into the task. The one on one sessions and connecting with someone new I find most enjoyable. It's a simple task, four questions which you just listen to your partner answer. I always find it hard during these face to face activities not to reaffirm statements and provide my point of view.
All warmed up and ready to go we moved into a group discussion. The discussion landed on how we performed as a group during the previous day's panel session, what we did well and areas where we could improve. As future leaders, we shared some passionate views, frustrations and examples of leaders who got results using questionable methods to achieve outputs. The fact that we are looking at ourselves critically, open to sharing in a safe environment, gives much kudos to the NZ Leadership Programme and shows how far we have come on our journey.
To end the session at Caccia Birch House we are set our final task. We quickly formed self-selected teams, began a discussion to prepare for a ten-minute presentation under the theme "Our Vision". Sounded straightforward but with seven contributors in our team, with different viewpoints and priorities, I can see much debate ahead. Like many of the 2018 cohort, I have children and I worry about their future. It's great to work with like-minded people who want to participate in shaping New Zealand's future and not spectate.


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Ronan O'Gara has responded to reports linking him with a move to Super Rugby champions the Crusaders, stating talks have taken place between the two, but a deal is far from done.
The former Munster and Ireland playmaker is believed to be in talks about an assistant head coach role alongside Scott Roberston, with the New Zealand franchise.
Speaking to RTE while on punditry for the Ireland vs Springboks game, O'Gara says yes there's been contact, but for he remains committed to Racing 92.
"The horse has bolted big time with this story. Communication has started between the two clubs. There's a lot of fences to jump.
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In Arctic Village, Gwich'in leaders say the fight to stop drilling in the Arctic Refuge isn't over
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk - Anchorage
Arctic Village residents and visitors gather for a caribou leg skinning contest during the community's annual spring carnival in April. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)
One thing lies at the heart of Gwich'in tribes' opposition to oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: caribou.
At Arctic Village's annual spring carnival in April, men gathered around a plastic folding table for a contest to see who could skin a caribou leg the fastest. Their knives worked swiftly from knee to cloven hoof, hands tugging meat, tendon and hide from bone.
Second place went to David Smith Jr., 22. Smith is a leader — the second chief — in Arctic Village. And like most everyone here, Smith believes oil development in the refuge that borders their tribal lands will endanger the caribou his people hunt.
"And that's going to change our very lifestyle," Smith said. "The reason we're here is for the caribou."
Until recently, the residents of 15 Gwich'in villages scattered across northeast Alaska and northwest Canada were on the winning side of the drawn-out political battle in Washington, D.C. over over oil development in the refuge. They helped fight repeated attempts in Congress to legalize drilling in the refuge's 1.6 million-acre coastal plain.
Then, in late 2017, Congress opened the coastal plain to oil development. So Gwich'in tribes are now taking unprecedented steps to try to protect a resource they call vital to their culture and survival.
Caribou are a primary source of subsistence food in Arctic Village — more than that, they're part of the tribes' cultural identity. And today, some 200,000 caribou in the Porcupine herd travel past Arctic Village and other Gwich'in communities every year.
Smith said the caribou they harvest allow Arctic Village residents to continue their traditional way of life, on their traditional land.
"I would say this is like no other place on earth, so we shouldn't be treated like any other place on earth," Smith said. "I can drive in any direction and hunt freely. I can drive in any direction and go trapping."
David Smith Jr. is the second tribal chief of Arctic Village. Smith, who opposes drilling in the refuge, doesn't think the fight is over: "I believe everything is going to come out on top for us," he said. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)
Smith, like many other Gwich'in leaders, hasn't given up on the idea of blocking drilling in the refuge. He recalled a story he heard at a recent meeting, about a prediction made by an elder in years past:
"They said, 'Later on in the future, there's going to be a war between the south and the north — the south being the U.S. government, and us being the north. It's going to be a war of paper, not of weapons.' And they said, 'As long as we stick through, the north will always win.'"
Pro-drilling Alaskans often point out that Arctic Village and the area set aside for oil exploration are separated by about 100 miles, and a mountain range. The Gwich'in say their link to the place is the caribou, because the Porcupine herd gives birth in same part of the refuge where drilling is now legal.
Scientists say predicting exactly how oil development will affect the caribou herd's population or migration patterns is tricky. It's not yet known what future oil development in the refuge may look like, in terms of size, location or design. And in other parts of Alaska's Arctic, calving caribou were able to shift their movements away from oil infrastructure and still access similar habitats.
But the calving area in the refuge is narrower, hemmed in by a mountain range and the Arctic Ocean, so some biologists worry the impacts will be greater.
In Arctic Village, those fears are more acute. As she bounced a relative's baby on her lap, village council member Faith Gemmill said when Congress legalized drilling in the refuge in 2017, it shifted the ground beneath the Gwich'in — and galvanized them, too.
"It's put our tribe in the position of defense. And we have to work hard – harder than we've worked before to try to defeat that," Gemmill said.
This led to an historic shift. For decades, engagement on the issue of oil development in the refuge was led by the Gwich'in Steering Committee, a nonprofit with members from each of the Gwich'in villages in Alaska and Canada.
Faith Gemmill, a member of the Arctic Village council, looks after a relative's baby during the community's annual spring carnival. Gemmill says Congress' vote to legalize drilling in the Arctic Refuge in 2017 "put our tribe in the position of defense." (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk) (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)
But now that the federal government is advancing the formal process to open the refuge to oil leasing, the Gwich'in people's tribal governments have asserted their legal right to be directly involved in that process. Those are separate entities from the steering committee — Arctic Village has its own tribal government, for example, as does the village of Venetie.
Each of those tribal governments are now having regular meetings about the oil leasing plans with the Bureau of Land Management and top Trump administration officials.
But Matt Newman, an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund who represents the tribes, said there are limits to their ability to influence Trump administration policy.
"No one has any blinders on, or any illusions," Newman said. "There's no secret that they wish to see oil drilling and this environmental review process completed. On the flip side, the tribes are equally open about the fact that they oppose it."
Additionally, while some Alaska Native corporations stand to benefit financially from drilling in the refuge, the way the Gwich'in see it, they have nothing to gain, and everything to lose. Gwich'in tribes in Alaska refused to participate in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, in favor of maintaining ownership of 1.8 million acres of their traditional land. It's a choice they're still proud of.
Newman put it this way:
"Even if the state or the federal government somehow said, 'one percent of oil royalties from the refuge will go to an account for Venetie and Arctic Village,' that money is going to sit untouched until kingdom come," Newman said. "Because for the people in these villages, this isn't about money."
In addition to the government-to-government process, the Gwich'in continue pushing back every other way they can. Gwich'in activists maintain strong alliances with environmental groups, they give interviews to reporters from all over the world and they regularly make their case before Congress in Washington, D.C., as Arctic Village's first chief, Galen Gilbert, did in March:
"Development in the coastal plain is a direct attack on our Gwich'in culture. Just the idea of development is causing stress and fear in my village," Gilbert told a House committee.
This stance has drawn ire from many in Alaska.
"I'll tell you Mr. Chairman, I want to believe the people. Not the Gwich'in, because they're not the people. They're 400 miles away," Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young said at the same hearing.
Young repeated things often said about the Gwich'in. He accused them of protesting against oil development as a way to make a living, and of stealing the national narrative from other Alaska Native people. Young blasted the introduction of a bill to restore protections to the coastal plain, which made no mention of the Inupiat people who live in the Refuge — many of whom do support drilling.
Such arguments have been going back and forth for decades. But as drilling moves closer to reality, the edges have gotten sharper.
"Think about that when you say, 'We want to save the culture,'" Young said, addressing the other members of the committee. "Save the culture of the people! Not those that are foreigners or living away from the area. These are not the Natives directly affected."
This year's spring carnival in Arctic Village could be the last before oil companies bid on leases in the Refuge. Still, there were many moments of joy. One evening, families gathered at the community hall for a dance.
Gilbert, the first chief, was there with his family, wearing a baseball cap and occasionally making his way to the dance floor — a very different scene than the month before, when he testified before members of congress. In an interview later that night, Gilbert said being part of the Arctic Refuge controversy is part of being a Gwich'in leader.
Galen Gilbert, first chief of the Arctic Village Council, said even if he wasn't a leader, he would work to fight oil development in the Arctic Refuge. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)
But Gilbert added, "Even if I wasn't chief, if I had the opportunity to fight against it I would do it — totally."
Gilbert said while he was in Washington, D.C. to testify, it was hard for him to listen to arguments from oil development supporters.
"I hate it when people say, 'The caribou will be all right, even if they did open it.' I heard that multiple times," Gilbert said. "You know, 'they'll be ok.' No!"
Gilbert has three young daughters. He said they're growing up the way he did, witnessing caribou wandering near their home.
"I wouldn't want to lose that," he said. "Never."
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Elizabeth Harball is a reporter with Alaska's Energy Desk, covering Alaska's oil and gas industry and environmental policy. She is a contributor to the Energy Desk's Midnight Oil podcast series. Before moving to Alaska in 2016, Harball worked at E&E News in Washington, D.C., where she covered federal and state climate change policy. Originally from Kalispell, Montana, Harball is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Professor Sameer Sonkusale has been named to the Vice Chancellor's Advisory Board at SRM University, AP - Amaravati, in India.
Sameer Sonkusale, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named to the Vice Chancellor's Advisory Board at SRM University, AP - Amaravati.
Together with other advisors from around the world, Professor Sonkusale works closely with the Vice Chancellor of SRM University, Jamshed Bharucha. Bharucha served as provost and senior vice president of Tufts University from 2002 to 2011.


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UK rental prices up in first month of 2015
27 per cent of letting agents reported higher rental charges this January, a new report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) claims
The figures show that one in four UK landlords increased the charge on their rental properties between December 2014 and January 2015 and was collected from ARLA members as part of a new monthly report from the organisation.
On average, 27 per cent of licensed lettings agents claimed they had introduced higher rent prices at the start of the year.
The region with the highest number of increases was the East of England including the towns of Cambridge, Bedford and Norwich where 35 per cent of ARLA registered agents declared a rise.
Wales saw the fewest increases with only 11 per cent of landlords implementing steeper charges.
Renting remains attractive
Managing Director of ARLA David Cox said that as property prices remain high and more rigorous lending criteria for mortgages comes into action, renting is more accessible and affordable than buying.
"Due to this, the demand for rental property is increasing, which impacts the cost of renting and people are willing to pay more to secure their desired property," he said.
"If house prices continue to rise in 2015, we expect this trend to continue in the rental sector."
The ARLA letting agents taking part in the research also reported that it usually takes just five viewings before a property is taken off the market.
Despite rent increasing the most in the East, this region actually showed a below average viewing count as just three viewings were needed before a tenant was secured.
On the other hand, properties in London took an average of seven viewings before a tenant was found although this region also had the highest number of tenants registered at letting agents.
The average number of tenants registered with each branch of ARLA member letting agents was 38 overall but rose to 45 in the capital.
On average there were 184 managed rental properties for each branch with the highest rate found in the East Midlands where there were 266 per branch.


This seminar will trace a history of experimental and avant-garde cinematic practice from the 1920s and 30s to the present day. We will look at the gradual conception, theorization and practice of film as a distinct art form referred to by early critics as a seventh art. The class will focus on how film, video and more recently new media have become integrated into contemporary art practices. In particular, we will use this year's Biennale as a lab to examine contemporary media artists. How are issues of national identity and representation negotiated in contemporary global audio-visual practices where the lines between film and art are increasingly blurred in terms of production, exhibition and distribution?
The seminar will be organized roughly chronologically. We will commence with a broad survey of writings from the "silent" period, which attempt to understand and theorize what was then still a relatively new medium. We will then turn to filmic experiments, primarily in Europe, in the twenties such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract or Absolute films, Symphonies and the like. Following WWII we will examine avant-garde film production in the US looking at both West Coast and East Coast examples. Close attention will be paid to specific genealogies i.e., film production which emerges out of a background in fine arts vs. a cinematic practice which comes out of the tradition of cinema. How does "underground cinema" or "structural" film fit into our rubric? At the same time we will explore European avant-garde production both from the perspective of single auteurs as well as film collectives. Our field of study will expand beyond North America and Europe to include so-called "Third Cinema." Finally we will end with contemporary global audio-visual practice where the lines between film and art are increasingly blurred in terms of production, exhibition and distribution. One central concern of the seminar will be how technological development affects aesthetic concerns. Thus, for example, the advent of sound significantly complicates the conception of art film, with many filmmakers and artists preferring mute images. Similarly, the shift from analogue to video and later digital production has had profound implications. What changes are brought about by contemporary installation practices, how is montage affected by multiple channels and how does looping alter narrative structure.


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Multidimensional scaling plots of nonerror productions for all participants (Cler et al., 2017)
Gabriel J. Cler, Jackson C. Lee, Talia Mittelman, Cara E. Stepp & Jason W. Bohland
Figure published via Figshare
Example multidimensional scaling (MDS) plots of nonerror productions for all participants. Each data point indicates one nonerror syllable production, color coded by syllable class. Distance between points is monotonically related to the L1-norm distance between high-dimensional kinematic feature vectors recorded and resampled for each syllable. Blue diamonds: /bi/, green circles: /bu/, orange stars: /da/, black triangles: /du/, purple arrows: /za/, red squares: /zi/. Lighter markers indicate trials produced under delay, while dark markers show trials...
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ASR for treating apraxia of speech (Ballard et al., 2019)
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Purpose: Individuals with neurogenic speech disorders require ongoing therapeutic support to achieve functional communication goals. Alternative methods for service delivery, such as tablet-based speech therapy applications, may help bridge the gap and bring therapeutic interventions to the patient in an engaging way. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an iPad-based speech therapy app that uses automatic speech recognition (ASR) software to provide feedback on speech accuracy to determine the ASR's accuracy against human...
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Remediating RSEs with traditional & UVF treatment (Preston et al., 2019)
Jonathan L. Preston, Tara McAllister, Emily Phillips, Suzanne Boyce, Mark Tiede, Jackie Sihyun Kim & Douglas H. Whalen
Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine how ultrasound visual feedback (UVF) treatment impacts speech sound learning in children with residual speech errors affecting /ɹ/.Method: Twelve children, ages 9–14 years, received treatment for vocalic /ɹ/ errors in a multiple-baseline across-subjects design comparing 8 sessions of UVF treatment and 8 sessions of traditional (no-biofeedback) treatment. All participants were exposed to both treatment conditions, with order counterbalanced across participants. To monitor progress, naïve listeners rated...
Influence of efferent inhibition on SPIN (Yashaswini & Maruthy, 2019)
& Sandeep Maruthy
Purpose: The study aimed to assess the relationship between the level-dependent function of efferent inhibition and speech perception in noise across different intensities of suppressor and across different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of speech.Method: Twenty-six young normal-hearing adults participated in the study. Contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) was measured for 3 levels of suppressor (40, 50, and 60 dB SPL). Speech identification score (SIS) was measured at 5 ipsilateral SNR conditions (quiet, 0,...
Functional parcellation of speech cortex (Tourville et al., 2019)
Jason A. Tourville, Alfonso Nieto-Castañón, Matthias Heyne & Frank H. Guenther
Neuroimaging has revealed a core network of cortical regions that contribute to speech production, but the functional organization of this network remains poorly understood.Purpose: We describe efforts to identify reliable boundaries around functionally homogenous regions within the cortical speech motor control network in order to improve the sensitivity of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analyses of speech production and thus improve our understanding of the functional organization of speech production in the brain.Method: We used...
Clinical application of spectral modulation detection (Kessler et al., 2020)
David M. Kessler, Jace Wolfe, Michelle Blanchard & René H. Gifford
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between speech recognition benefit derived from the addition of a hearing aid (HA) to the nonimplanted ear (i.e., bimodal benefit) and spectral modulation detection (SMD) performance in the nonimplanted ear in a large clinical sample. An additional purpose was to investigate the influence of low-frequency pure-tone average (PTA) of the nonimplanted ear and age at implantation on the variance in bimodal benefit.Method: Participants included...
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Evaluating change in the conversation (Obermeyer et al., 2020)
Jessica A. Obermeyer, Marion C. Leaman & Lisa A. Edmonds
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effect of a discourse-level treatment, Attentive Reading with Constrained Summarization–Written (ARCS-W), on conversational discourse. ARCS-W aims to improve spoken and written output by addressing the cognitive–linguistic requirements of discourse production through constrained summarization of novel material.Method: This is an experimentally controlled case study with a single participant, Bill. Three conversation samples were collected at pretreatment, and a single conversation was collected 1 month after treatment....
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Dynamic Dx of MA and 1st grade literacy skill (Wolter et al., 2020)
Julie A. Wolter, Frances E. Gibson & Timothy A. Slocum
Purpose: The purpose of this feasibility study was to investigate an early dynamic measure of morphological awareness (MA) involving graduated prompts to measure early MA skill and determine whether this task relates to and predicts performance on other language and/or literacy measures in first-grade children with language abilities typically found in the classroom.Method: In addition to a battery of language and literacy measures, a dynamic assessment of MA was designed and administered to 74 first-grade...
Adapted CI-NCI for families of Mexican descent (Cycyk et al., 2020)
Lauren M. Cycyk, Heather W. Moore, Stephanie De Anda, Lidia Huerta, , Christina Patton & Camille Bourret
Purpose: Caregiver-implemented naturalistic communication interventions (CI-NCIs) support the communication abilities of young children with language disorders and enhance the communication behaviors of their caregivers. Yet, few CI-NCIs have been adapted and tested for feasibility with families who speak Spanish at home. This study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the social validity and preliminary outcomes of an adapted CI-NCI program with families who identified as Mexican immigrants and spoke Spanish.Method: A multiphase cultural...
Access to Literacy Assessment System–Phonological Awareness (Skibbe et al., 2020)
Lori E. Skibbe, Ryan P. Bowles, Sarah Goodwin, Gary A. Troia & Haruka Konishi
Purpose: The Access to Literacy Assessment System–Phonological Awareness (ATLAS-PA) was developed for use with children with speech and/or language impairment. The subtests (Rhyming, Blending, and Segmenting) are appropriate for children who are 3–7 years of age. ATLAS-PA is composed entirely of receptive items, incorporates individualized levels of instruction, and is adaptive in nature.Method: To establish the construct validity of ATLAS-PA, we collected data from children with typical development (n = 938) and those who have...
GoAudio mobile audiology test (Koleilat et al., 2020)
Alaa Koleilat, David P. Argue, Lisa A. Schimmenti, Stephen C. Ekker & Gayla L. Poling
Purpose: Hearing loss is a common impairment of the human senses with an estimated 48 million American adults reporting some trouble hearing; however, access to hearing health care is limited. Detection of hearing loss through a mobile, handheld tool can provide an important access point and potentially expedited access to the continuum of hearing health care. Here, we determined that GoAudio, a portable, automated hearing assessment tool, can be used to identify individuals who require...
Behavioral assessment in 2- to 7-year-old children (Bonino et al., 2019)
Angela Yarnell Bonino, Michael E. Ramsey, Haley M. McTee & Eric A. Vance
Purpose: It is challenging to collect reliable behavioral data from toddlers and preschoolers. Consequently, we have significant gaps in our understanding of how auditory development unfolds during this time period. One method that appears to be promising is an observer-based procedure that uses conditioned, play-based responses (Bonino & Leibold, 2017). In order to evaluate the quality of data obtained with this method, this study presented a suprathreshold signal to determine the number of trials 2-...
Auditory–cognitive: HA acclimatization in SNHL (Megha & Maruthy, 2019)
Megha & Sandeep Maruthy
Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of perceived benefit of hearing aid acclimatization. Specifically, measures in the auditory and cognitive domain were tapped to investigate its relationship with the perceived benefit.Method: Twenty-six individuals with sensorineural hearing loss served as participants for the study. The perceived benefit of hearing aid use was assessed using the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ; Gatehouse & Noble, 2004). Signal-to-noise ratio-50 (SNR-50) and acceptable noise...
Vocabulary instruction for emergent bilinguals (Crosson et al., 2019)
Amy C. Crosson, Margaret G. McKeown, Kelly P. Robbins & Kathleen J. Brown
Purpose: In this clinical focus article, the authors argue for robust vocabulary instruction with emergent bilingual learners both in inclusive classroom settings and in clinical settings for emergent bilinguals with language and literacy disorders. Robust vocabulary instruction focuses on high-utility academic words that carry abstract meanings and appear in texts across content areas (e.g., diminish, ambiguous). For emergent bilinguals, vocabulary instruction should be infused with morphological analysis emphasizing Latin roots to support students to problem-solve...
Sleep promotes phonological learning in children (Knowland et al., 2019)
Victoria C. P. Knowland, Fay Fletcher, , Sarah Walker, Courtenay F. Norbury &
Purpose: Establishing stable and flexible phonological representations is a key component of language development and one which is thought to vary across children with neurodevelopmental disorders affecting language acquisition. Sleep is understood to support the learning and generalization of new phonological mappings in adults, but this remains to be examined in children. This study therefore explored the time course of phonological learning in childhood and how it varies by structural language and autism symptomatology.Method: Seventy-seven...
ACC: An objective test for DLI (Kumar et al., 2020)
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate usefulness of acoustic change complex (ACC) as an objective measure of difference limen for intensity (DLI) in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders (ANSD) and cochlear hearing loss (CHL).Method: The study used a multiple static group comparison research design. Twenty normal-hearing individuals (NH), 19 individuals with ANSD, and 23 individuals with CHL underwent DLI measurement using behavioral (psychoacoustic) techniques and ACC. For eliciting ACC, a 500-ms, 1,000-Hz pure tone was presented...
Communication in progressive AOS and aphasia (Utianski et al., 2020)
Rene L. Utianski, Heather M. Clark, Joseph R. Duffy, Hugo Botha, Jennifer L. Whitwell & Keith A. Josephs
Purpose: Individuals with primary progressive apraxia of speech (AOS) have AOS in which disruptions in articulation and prosody predominate the speech pattern. Many develop aphasia and/or dysarthria later in the disease course. The aim of this study was to describe the communication limitations in these patients, as measured by (a) the patient via the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) and (b) the speech-language pathologist via the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Functional Communication Measures (FCMs) and...
Associations between auditory & cognitive function (Humes, 2020)
Larry E. Humes
Purpose: The two primary purposes of this report are (a) to compare the results of three brief cognitive screens in older adults and (b) to examine associations between performance on each of the screens and auditory function measured either concurrently or 9 years earlier.Method: This was a prospective longitudinal study of 98 adults (66 women) with baseline ages ranging from 40 to 85 years. The mean interval between T1 baseline and T2 follow-up measurements was...
Sub-analyses of the shortened nonword repetition task (NWR-S) compared with the nonword repetition task (NWR) per study group: children with specific language impairment (SLI), reading impairment (RI), both SLI and RI, and two control groups (le Clercq et al., 2017)
Carlijn M. P. Le Clercq, Marc P. Van Der Schroeff, Judith E. Rispens, , André Goedegebure, Gijs Van Ingen &
"Purpose: The purpose of this research note was to validate a simplified version of the Dutch nonword repetition task (NWR; Rispens & Baker, 2012). The NWR was shortened and scoring was transformed to correct/incorrect nonwords, resulting in the shortened NWR (NWR-S).Method: NWR-S and NWR performance were compared in the previously published data set of Rispens and Baker (2012; N = 88), who compared NWR performance in 5 participant groups: specific language impairment (SLI), reading impairment...
Judgment of emotion in speech: Three-factor bar graphs for emotion categories \"fear,\" \"disgust,\" \"sadness,\" \"happiness,\" and \"neutral\" (Morgan & Ferguson, 2017)
& Sarah Hargus Ferguson
"Communication partners of individuals with hearing loss are often counseled and trained to 'speak clearly' to help their partners receive this intelligibility benefit and improve communication. However, audiology patients sometimes complain anecdotally of communication partners sounding angry when in fact these communication partners are only trying to speak clearly. In the present study, we investigated the basis for these complaints by examining whether listeners perceive anger or other emotional content when they listen to speech...
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Wondering why you're seeing teal pumpkins around the neighborhood and whether you should put one out too? Read on to learn how the Teal Pumpkin Project helps kids with food allergies trick-or-treat safely on Halloween.
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Spooning this cookie-and-candy filled fudge into a homemade ring mold makes a fun project that the kids will want to take part in.
Creating these chocolate "nuts" couldn't be easier; it's a great assembly-line project for kids (though we can't promise they won't sneak a little chocolate!).
Create your own ice cream sandwiches with waffle cookies and toppings like chocolate chips. This is one summer project the kids will love to help with!
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Following on from our recently completed project at Crewe Station for Locomotive Storage Limited, Williams Tarr is pleased to be back on site constructing a new access road and hard-standing together with infrastructure works.
The site, just to the south of Crewe Station, is directly alongside the busy West Coast Main Line and adjacent to the newly opened locomotive maintenance and heavy lift building, built by Williams Tarr. All site operations will have to be carried out to stringent health and safety procedures and in full compliance with strict railway construction regulations. Work has just commenced on site with a planned Phase One completion date of 20th May 2019.
Our client, Locomotive Storage Limited are operators of Crewe Diesel Depot, a modern base for rolling stock and home to the steam locomotive overhaul company LNWR Heritage. They renovate, maintain and operate heritage locomotives and rolling stock on the main railway network.


RADICAL NOURISHMENT. In the wake of the abuse of power that occurred at Dusek's, in the face of new immigration policies that puts this (and other immigrant communities) in immediate danger, in the context of gentrification and change in Pilsen over the years pushing out more and more people of color, what does radical nourishment look like? What does that look like through the framework of the art we consume to nourish & replenish ourselves? How does that interplay with a neighborhood like Pilsen?


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FHC Physical Therapist Only One in Region to Offer ART Treatment
| Date Posted: 12/12/2013
Rodney Tolentino, P.T.
PINEHURST – Seven weeks of pregnancy-related bed rest left Pinehurst resident Carrie Kirby weak and ill-prepared for a much-anticipated return to her previously active lifestyle.
After she tried to resume some of the activities she had enjoyed before – running, biking, weight-lifting and the like, she began noticing severe pain in her knees and lower back, sometimes when she was doing nothing more than standing.
A search for relief eventually led Kirby to Moore Rehab, a service of FirstHealth Rehabilitation, and physical therapist Rodney Tolentino, who identified overuse-related problems that are fairly typical among professional and so-called "weekend warrior" athletes.
After a few weeks of physical therapy with Tolentino, Kirby was much better. Because of his advice and guidance, she has also improved her approach to activity, which lessens the chance of re-injury.
"Now I'm probably in better shape than I had been," she says.
Tolentino's approach to Kirby's physical therapy included ART (Active Release Technique). A patented soft-tissue system/movement-based therapy, ART is used to treat problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia (connective tissue) and nerves. Headaches, back pain, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica and knee problems are some of the many conditions that respond to ART treatment.
More than 500 specific moves are unique to the ART treatment for which Tolentino was originally certified in 2009. Now ART-certified for spine and lower extremities, he is currently the only physical therapist in this region who provides the treatment that has proven to be a popular therapy for injuries in athletes and for work-related injuries. Heather MacMillan, DPT, supervisor of Moore Rehab, is scheduled to become ART-certified in January 2014.
Conditions that respond to ART treatment can occur when pulls and tears, lack of oxygen and overused muscles cause the body to produce tough, dense scar tissue (adhesions) that binds up tissue that needs to move freely. As the scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis and nerves become trapped causing reduced range of motion, loss of strength and pain – sometimes even tingling and numbness.
"We break down the adhesions for the muscles to work properly," says Tolentino.
Himself an experienced Ironman participant, Tolentino first heard about ART treatment at an Ironman event.
"Every NFL team and all Ironman Triathlon events have an ART provider," he says.
FirstHealth Rehabilitation-Pinehurst Moore Rehab is located at 170 Memorial Drive in Pinehurst. For more information, call (910) 715-1825 or visit www.firsthealth.org/rehab.
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Millions of Americans have opened their Sunday morning newspapers to find full page advertisements from tobacco companies with statements saying that smoking kills and cigarettes are intentionally designed to get people addicted.
The companies will also pay for television ads running between 30 and 45 seconds with the same message to air on major television networks at prime time, five nights a week for a year.
The "corrective statements" have been ordered by the US Federal Court and come after a 19-year legal battle with the US Department of Justice.
The newspaper advertisements will be published in 50 major US papers on five Sundays between now and March and will also feature in prime locations on the websites of these publications.
The television advertisements will air on CBS, NBC and ABC between 7:00pm and 10:00pm on weeknights.
They will be attributed to and paid for by the tobacco companies Altria, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and Philip Morris USA.
In 2006 a US District Court Judge found these companies had violated civil racketeering laws and defrauded the American people.
After 10 years of litigation, the precise wording, font, format and locations of the corrective statements was agreed on last month.
They also explain that smoking is addictive and hard to quit and state that the companies intentionally designed cigarettes to be more addictive.
"Smoking is highly addictive. Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco," the ads say.
"Cigarette companies control the impact and delivery of nicotine in many ways, including designing filters and selecting cigarette paper to maximise the ingestion of nicotine, adding ammonia to make the cigarette taste less harsh, and controlling the physical and chemical make-up of the tobacco blend.
There are no legal requirements for the international divisions of these companies to run the statements in other countries, so Cancer Council WA has taken out its own television and newspaper advertisements featuring the statements.
Spokeswoman Kelly Kennington said it was important these messages direct from big tobacco were heard by Western Australians.
"Finally tobacco companies in the US are being forced to admit that they've been deceiving the public for decades," she said.
"Companies across the world are engaging in the same behaviour so the statements that they're required to make in the US are very, very relevant to smokers here in Australia.
"Any messages that the tobacco companies make about their own product being honest, and informing their consumers about the dangers of the product need to be heard."
Ms Kennington said there had been good progress in reducing smoking prevalence in WA but with 12 per cent of the adult population still smoking this was too high.
She said smokers are always needing new reasons to quit and Cancer Council WA believed it would help if smokers heard admissions from tobacco companies that they had been manipulated.
"Today 180,000 West Australians woke up and the first thing they did was have a cigarette," she said.
"We've showed this ad already to a collection of smokers and the majority of them have been really alarmed and angry that the tobacco industry has been able to behave like this over the years.
"Particularly the fact that they're admitting they intentionally design cigarettes to be more addictive.
"They were quite shocked by these admissions and we're hoping that this gives West Australian smokers another reason to quit."


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Scenic Drives in the Adirondacks
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Hiking in Ulster County, New York
by Jason Cristiano Ramon
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What Are West Virginia's Physical Regions and Landforms?
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Ulster County, about 90 minutes north of New York City and 3 1/2 hours north of Philadelphia, lies in the heart of the Hudson River Valley and offers hikers dozens of idyllic hikes that wind through valleys, jagged cliffs, mountain ridges and forests. Its bucolic 1,161 miles include the Catskills Forest Preserve (dec.ny.gov), rolling hills and almost 2,000 campsites for backpackers and overnight hikers.
Catskill Park
Much of the Catskill Forest Preserve -- which includes 98 mountainous peaks that tower over 3,000 feet -- is in Ulster County. Its public lands include forests, verdant meadows, lakes, waterfalls and wetlands. For novice hikers, head to Onteora Lake in Kingston, Ulster County, which can be accessed via State Route 28. This moderately easy 1.8-mile hike ascends about 200 feet and loops through a forested landscape that includes hemlocks and oaks. For a longer and more rigorous hike, head to Kanape Brook in Ulster County's town of Olive. This 5.3-mile round-trip hike ascends about 500 feet and incorporates running streams and a steeper portion of Ashokan High Point Mountain.
Sam's Preserve Point
Sam's Preserve Point (dec.ny.gov) in Ellensville, Ulster County, is a National Natural Landmark nestled along the Shawangunk Ridge. This wildlife preserve is also an important bird area, as bird watchers head to Sam's Preserve Point to catch glimpses of sharp-shinned hawks, black-billed cuckoos, yellow-throated vireos, warblers, bald eagles and other species of falcons and hawks. The scenic preserve includes dozens of nature trails that incorporate panoramic lookout points. For an easy, short hike, try the one-mile Loop Road trail that takes you through oak and pine woodlands; Lake Maratanza can be sighted from Loop Road. The 2.6-mile South Gully Trail, another woodland hike that intersects with Loop Road, parallels a quiet stream referred to by locals as South Gully.
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Like Sam's Preserve Point, Minnewaska State Park Preserve (nysparks.com) is situated along the Shawangunk Mountain ridge, which towers more than 2,000 feet. The park incorporates lakes, waterfalls, rugged cliffs and dense oak and pine forests, providing you with 25 miles of hiking and walking trails. Scenic viewpoints include Murray Hill, High Peters Kill cliffs, Castle Point and Hamilton Point. For beginners, try the moderately easy three-mile Beacon Hill hike that loops around Lake Minnewashka. The trail starts near a scenic forest that includes mountain laurels and hemlocks and winds through rock ledges before descending more steeply into the forest. It also includes one of the most stunning trail sections in the Shawangunk, giving way to sweeping views of the Sky Top tower at Mohonk, and Millbrook and the Trapps mountains. For a longer, more strenuous hike, try the 10-mile Mossy Glen Long Path that incorporates Castle Point and Hamilton Point. The trail includes extraordinary viewpoints over rocky cliffs, as well as Huntington Ravine, Lichtfield Ledge and a waterfall. You'll start at the Mossy Glen Path and descend to Peters Kill before climbing up through the Lower Awosting Carriageway. As the trail leaves the Lower Awosting Carriageway, you'll have sweeping views of the Catskills over the jagged rock ledges.
Hurley Rail Trail
The Hurley Rail Trail, which overlaps in Ulster County's 17th-century villages of Hurley and High Falls, is an easy but longer hike -- 12 miles total round-trip -- that connects these two pastoral towns. This rail trail -- a defunct railway track rebuilt as a multiuse path for hikers, walkers and cyclists -- is part of a longer 108-mile trail that runs from Kingston to Marbletown and is well maintained. This part of the rail trail winds through a dense hardwood forest that incorporates streams and rivers. The Hurley Rail Trail is just off State Route 209, along the intersection with Russell Road.
Ulster County Alive!: Home Page
Ulster County Alive!: Campgrounds for Every Taste
New York Department of Environmental Conservation: Catskill Forest Preserve
CNYHiking: Hiking in Catskill Park
New York Department of Environmental Conservation: The Catskill Adventure -- Day Hikes and Paddles for Families
New York Department of Environmental Conservation: Sam's Point Preserve
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
New York and New Jersey Trail Conference: Beacon Hill and Lake Minneswaka Easy Loop
New York and New Jersey Trail Conference: Mossy Glen/Long Path/Castle Point/Hamilton Point Loop
Ulster County Alive!: Hiking Ulster County
Town of Hurley: Comprehensive Plan
Jason Cristiano Ramon holds a doctorate in political science and a master's degree in philosophy. He has taught political science in China.
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La 16.ª edición del Tour de Romandía se disputó del 1 de mayo al 4 de mayo de 1962 con un recorrido de 771 km dividido en 6 etapas, con inicio y fin en Ginebra.

El vencedor fue el italiano Guido De Rosso, cubriendo la prueba a una velocidad media de 36,6 km/h.

Etapas

Clasificaciones

Así quedaron los diez primeros de la clasificación general de la segunda edición del Tour de Romandía

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Tour de Romandía en Procyclingstats

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Suiza en 1962
Ciclismo en 1962

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Finally got a chance to work on these speakers again. I made a new frame for the speaker fabric. I was able to re-use the old fabric as it had not shrunk too much.
The picture below shows the frame under the covering because of the camera flash but it is not visible otherwise.
There is one final issue. one of the speakers has a problem with the "Fried egg" tweeters, they do not work unless pressure is applied to a specific point on their rims. I have them temporarily working with a pair of magnets. I will have to replace all of them at some point.
How do they sound? Great but, Very BASSY. Treble needs to be bumped a bit to compensate. I tested them with different records and CD's. They really like orchestral music. But sound good with Rock. They did not work well with my Beat Dominator CD. The bass was just a little too low for the crossovers. If I kept the volume at a reasonable level they could handle it, but turn it up too much and they cut out.


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Thursday, 01 Oct 2020 21:43
Iran Key Factor In Israeli-Lebanese Talks Over Maritime Border
In what could be a historic development, Lebanon and Israel have agreed to settle their long-standing dispute over their maritime borders, the two countries said in separate statements released on Thursday October 1. Their respective delegations will discuss the matter within the frameworks of indirect U.S.-mediated talks.
According to the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri, meetings between the two countries' delegations "will be held and hosted by the staff from the Office of the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), and the United States."
In a press conference Berri, the leader of Amal, a pro-Iran Shiite group, said: Representatives of the United States and the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon are ready to prepare reports about the meetings that will be signed by UNSCOL and U.S and then put forward to Israel and Lebanon to sign them at the end of every meeting.
According to reports from Beirut, the talks are to be held at the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura under the banner of the United Nations. However, the two sides did not say when the talks are likely to start.
Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations and are technically in a state of war. The announcement about the talks mark a breakthrough in a long standing territorial dispute in the region.
With Hezbollah being a kingmaker in the Lebanese government, the announcement could mean that the group has not objected to the arrangement. Hezbollah has been fully loyal to Iran and the key question is the position of Tehran on this issue, given its uncompromising enmity with Israel. Has Iran alos given its blessing or is simply going along for the time being?
Tough US sanctions have crippled Iran's finances, and this has also affected Hezbollah, which is being partly blamed for Lebanon's economic chaos. But Tehran has still not reacted to the news of the agreement that could be a first step toward normalizing relations between Beirut and Tel Aviv.
Tehran has harshly reacted to the normalization of ties between Israel on the one hand and Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the other.
Israel and Lebanon each claim about 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea as part of their own exclusive economic zones.
Reports from the region say the talks between Israel and Lebanon are likely to help restore peace in the region.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the agreement which is the result of nearly three years of diplomatic efforts by the United States, is likely "to yield greater stability, security, and prosperity for Lebanese and Israeli citizens alike."
The agreement on the framework comes as Lebanon is experiencing its worst economic and financial crisis in decades. Beirut is hoping that oil and natural gas discoveries in its territorial waters will help it pay back its massive debt.
Lebanon began offshore drilling earlier this year and is expected to start drilling for gas in the disputed area with Israel before in the coming months. A resolution to the maritime border will benefit both countries in energy exploration.
If agreement is attained and relations improve between Israel and Lebanon, Iran will become more isolated in the region. So, the likelihood of Tehran opposing an agreement is a real possibility, but whether Hezbollah will listen to its military and financial backer or would shy away from being a spoiler will be the key question.
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At February's National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced his plans to "get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment," a long-standing law that prevents charitable nonprofits from engaging in partisan, election-related activities. While the President's remarks focused on political speech by religious institutions, the underlying law he proposes to eliminate is essential to preserving the integrity of all charitable nonprofits, including food banks, hospices, child care services, hospitals, arts organizations, schools, and affordable housing providers.


Perhaps it's because we live in a such a complex time and place, that we just naturally gravitate toward simple things. And in the world of classic cars, that's the air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle.
The original Beetle concept was one of practicality. Starting with a platform frame using a central structural tunnel, the rear-mounted engine bolted directly to the trans-axle, eliminating the need for a driveshaft or U-joints. Having an air-cooled engine eliminated the need for a water pump, radiator, thermostat, or coolant hoses. The body attaches to the chassis with eighteen bolts.
Aside from being simple, there are plenty of other reasons to restore an old Beetle - they're affordable, reliable, easy to work on, and you can build them dozens of different ways.
During the air-cooled Beetle's 65-year production run, more than 21 million were built world-wide. Every year air-cooled Bug has their good points and bad points.
The rarest and most desirable are the early models with split rear windows. Volkswagen changed from the split windows to a small oval window midway in 1953.
The small window and split-window Beetles are much less common than the later, large rear window Beetles that followed. Parts for these early cars can be hard to find.
In 1958, the larger rear window was adapted. This is the more common window, but be aware - back in the day, there were plenty of owners that cut out the small window to fit a later big window. Retrofitting back to the small window is no easy task. It will require a skilled welder and plenty of metal work.
In 1966, Volkswagen started switching the original Beetle front suspension from king-pins to ball-joint front ends, giving better handling and a nicer ride. As you may guess, there's purists out there who insist that only the early king-pin equipped Beetles are "true" Beetles. Truth is, even with off-road use (dune buggies), king-pin front ends are very strong and rarely break, but they do require special skills to repair or replace.
Lots of major changes on the 1967 models. Engine displacement was enlarged to 1493cc for the U.S. market, and a new dual brake cylinder system was adopted. Other improvements included back-up lights, door lock buttons, and a 12-volt electrical system. Older 6-volt models can be easily converted to a 12-volt system.
Up until 1967, all air-cooled Beetles were manual shift. Beginning in 1967 in Europe and 1968 in the United States, an optional semi-automatic transmission was offered. It was marketed as an Automatic Stick Shift, and also referred to as an AutoStick. 1967 was the last year with a metal dash, later models have a plastic dash.
Although 1968 was the pinnacle year in terms of sales, many enthusiasts site 1969 as their favorite year Beetle.
1971 and up Beetles were fitted with factory front disc brakes. Earlier models can be converted to front disc, but with some time and expense. Any later model (post 1971) model will stop and go better than an early Beetle.
Since they are always more desirable, any year Beetle ragtop is worth your time. Factory tops were actually pretty good, and featured a glass rear window. Beetle convertibles were made from 1953 to 1979.
Produced from 1971 to 1979, the Super Beetle had rounder fenders, a larger hood, and a redesigned front valance. Changes were also made to the body and inner fenders to accommodate the mounting of MacPherson front struts. This increased ride quality and improved turning radius at the same time.
More power was provided by a 1600cc engine with dual port cylinder heads. Additionally, there was a new padded instrument panel.
Early Super Beetles had the same windshields as the standard Beetles did. Around 1972/1973, Super Beetles were fitted with a bigger, curved windshield.
Since the Super is two inches longer than a standard Beetle, there is more trunk room for luggage or groceries. It also allows the spare tire to lay flat instead of being upright.
So, is a Super Beetle always more desirable? Not necessarily. The extra length and weight make Super Beetles better cruisers on the highway, but are not the best choice for a dune buggy platform. You will also find that parts for a standard beetle are easier to come by and cheaper.
Rust is quite prevalent on air-cooled Beetles. Look everywhere for damage or rust.
Replacement body parts are available if needed, although availability isn't the same for all years. With the exception of doors, fenders, and trunk lids, proper welding techniques are required to repair body panels correctly.
Floor Pans - This is a common repair area for many old cars, including old Beetles. Also check under the battery, which is under the rear seat.
Frame Head - This is the front of the frame that sits below the gas tank. Any rust or rot here is dangerous, as this is where the front suspension is bolted onto.
Heater Channels - This is a common area for rust to form. Look above the jack support of the car and all the way to the front.
Rear Cross member - Under the back seat is the rear cross member, this is where the body gets bolted to the chassis. The heater tubes come through here, they run from the engine compartment to the heater channels. This is not always easy to detect as other spots.
Firewall - This is the panel that separates the passenger compartment from the front trunk. Rust damage here is most easily seen after the gas tank is removed, but can also be viewed from under the car.
Spare Tire Well - If there is a spare tire in the spare tire well, remove it and check for rust underneath.
Fenders - All four fenders on vintage Beetles are removed/installed to the body with bolts and a rubber strip. This makes them easy to remove and replace, but it's also another place where dirt can collect and lead to rust.
Although Super Beetles have MacPherson struts up front, their frame head is still susceptible to rust. If you're looking at a Super Beetle, carefully check the front strut towers.
Hopefully, you have a running, driving car that already has a good engine. If not, some checking is in order.
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If you decide to rebuild, engines and related components are basically interchangeable between all year air-cooled Beetles. Engine year and displacement can be found on the engine ID number, located directly under the alternator/generator stand and stamped into the case. Complete replacement engines are also available, but at considerable expense.
Pictured is a Beetle 1600cc dual port long block, sold by PartsPlaceInc.
An air-cooled VW engine is very compact and only weighs about 250 pounds, so removal and installation is much easier than on other cars.
On most cars, engine removal is done by pulling it out of the engine bay with an overhead hoist. To remove an air-cooled Beetle engine, the back of the car is lifted up and the engine drops down.
There's four main mounting bolts to connect the engine to the transaxle, and a splined shaft from the transaxle that slides into the engine. The lower two engine mounting nuts and bolts are easy to access. The two upper engine mounting nuts and bolts are a little tricky.
Having an engine cradle makes removal and installation easier. You can make one out of wood, or fabricate one from an old dolly. Or just buy a VW engine dolly here.
Engine installation is also simple. Without an engine in it, the rear of an old Beetle isn't heavy at all, and can be raised easily.
Air-cooled Beetles had four-wheel drum brakes until 1971. Main areas of concern here are soft or spongy brake pedal, and leaking wheel cylinders. Also check the brake fluid for high moisture content, swollen brake hoses, and rusted brake lines. Brake overhauling requires several speciality tools and an evening or two in the garage.
For common brake parts needed, great prices can be found on Amazon.
A major concern for anyone looking to restore an old car is the availability and quality of replacement parts. With the air-cooled Beetle being the second highest production in automotive history, original parts are plentiful and aftermarket parts are abundant. However, there's a lot of low quality replacement parts and sometimes it's hard to tell what you're getting. For example, replacement floor pans vary in both accuracy of the stamping and in the gauge of steel used.
Front and rear bumpers are frequently needed when restoring an old Beetle. Unfortunately, many aftermarket bumpers you see advertised are made in the Pacific Rim, and their chroming is sub-standard.
Buy replacement parts from an established company with a reliable history. Major brands for Volkswagen parts include Mahle, Hella, and EMPI.
If you're interested in restoring an old Beetle, the easiest route is to find one with a decent shell and pan, with no rot in the heater channels. It's very likely that the ones you see for sale have already been partially or totally restored. But if you find one that is less than pristine, make an honest evaluation of both the car and your skills.
For a long-term automotive project to be completed, you have to have a proper mindset. My E-book offers practical advice on how to get on track - and stay on track with your project car. Read and benefit from my 30+ years of garage projects and old car restorations. Topics include planning, ordering parts, overcoming obstacles, and staying motivated.


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The Patient Is Always Right
Analysis of Transference, Vol. I: Theory and Technique
by Merton M. Gill
International Universities Press, 193 pp., $22.50
Analysis of Transference, Vol. II: Studies of Nine Audio-Recorded Psychoanalytic Sessions
by Merton M. Gill and Irwin Z. Hoffman
Sigmund Freud; drawing by David Levine
"Does psychoanalysis remain a dialectical relation in which the non-action of the analyst guides the subject's discourse towards the realization of his truth, or is it to be reduced to a phantasmatic relation in which 'two abysses brush against each other' without touching, while the whole gamut of imaginary regressions is exhausted—like a sort of 'bundling' pushed to its extreme limits as a psychological experience?"
—Jacques Lacan, "The Function and Field of Speech and Language in
Freud stumbled on the concept of transference while desperately casting about for an antidote to the epidemic of latrogenic lovesickness that had spread through his practice in the 1890s. When, one by one, all of his women patients stopped doing the work of free association that they had at first enthusiastically taken up and began shyly and then importunely to declare their love for him, he shrewdly surmised that it was not "the charms of my person" that were the cause of the disturbance but, rather, that the women were in a state of readiness to fall in love, and he was simply Bottom to their Titania.
Freud's clearsightedness about the profound impersonality of romantic passion was not an original insight—it is one that poets have long been privy to. Where Freud's genius came into play was in his extension of the metaphor of unseeing, solipsistic passion to the whole of human interaction. It began to dawn on Freud that it is not only love that is blind—all our feelings toward and ideas about one another are marked by a magnificent obliviousness to reality. Like the chains of the prisoners in Plato's cave, which prevented them from turning their heads to distinguish shadow from substance, the shackles of transference keep us in a state of perpetual misprision. Freud's modest program of fending off his importunate patients with some sort of tactful and professional-sounding formula—"We overcome the transference by pointing out to the patient that his feelings do not arise from the present situation and do not apply to the person of the doctor, but that he is repeating something that happened to him earlier," Freud wrote in the Introductory Lectures of 1917—flowered into a powerful and subtle theory of personal relations, which soon became the center of analytic therapy.
According to the theory, we spend our lives playing out the same internal drama—that of our earliest parental and sibling relationships—indiscriminately casting the people we meet in the leading roles and doing our own rote performance of the part of the child, like an actor in a play with a very long run who years ago outgrew his part but whom nobody has thought to replace. Analysis proposes to show the patient (whose reason for seeking help is inevitably bound up with problems in his personal relations) that he doesn't have to play this part anymore—that other parts are available to him…
—— December 20, 1984 ——
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De elzenpropmollisia (Mollisia amenticola) is een schimmel behorend tot de familie Mollisiaceae. Het leeft saprotroof op afgevallen elzenproppen (vrouwelijke vruchten van de zwarte els).

Vruchtlichamen
De vruchtlichamen (apothecia) zien er uit als bleke schijfzwammetjes. Ze zijn ongesteeld  Het hymenium is grijs en de buitenkant bruin. De ascosporen meten 5 x 1,5 μm.

Deze soort lijkt sterk op het elzenpropschoteltje, maar deze heeft grotere sporen.

Voorkomen
De elzenpropmollisia komt voor in een groot aantal Europese landen. Ook zijn er enkele waarnemingen bekend uit Nieuw-Zeeland en Japan. In Nederland komt het vrij algemeen voor. Het staat niet op de rode lijst en is niet bedreigd.

Zie ook
 Elzekatjesmummiekelkje
 Elzenpropmummiekelkje
 Elzenpropschoteltje

Mollisiaceae
Schimmelsoort


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Safaiyeh is an alternate name of Kahriz Sang, a city in Isfahan Province, Iran

Safaiyeh or Safayyeh () may also refer to various places in Iran:
 Safaiyeh, alternate name of Tolombeh-ye Safaiyeh, Anar, Kerman Province
 Safaiyeh, Kermanshah
 Safaiyeh, Ravansar, Kermanshah Province
 Safaiyeh, Khuzestan
 Safaiyeh Rural District, in Razavi Khorasan Province
 Safayyeh Rural District, in Isfahan Province


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As Digital Asset Management systems take on more important roles in enterprises' marketing technology stacks, many DAMs are being pushed to their limits.
Is your DAM meeting your current expectations? Is your DAM helping you achieve your omni-channel marketing goals or is it hindering your progress? Do you have a DAM that is poised to grow with you? Are there better options available in the marketplace?
In this recorded webinar Jarrod Gingras explores the signs that indicate it is likely time for you to explore DAM alternatives.


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Земеделски съюз "Александър Стамболийски" (ЗС "Александър Стамболийски") е лявоцентристка земеделска политическа партия в България, част от доминираната от БСП Коалиция за България.

История
Образуван е през 1993 г. като Български земеделски народен съюз "Александър Стамболийски" след отделяне от БЗНС. Негов ръководител до 2005 г. е Светослав Шиваров.

На конгреса на 12 февруари 2005 г. за председател на Съюза е избран Спас Панчев. БЗНС "Александър Стамболийски" участва в изборите за XL народно събрание през 2005 г. като част от "Коалиция за България". Неговият председател Спас Панчев е заместник министър на отбраната, а началникът на кабинета на министъра на транспорта е заместник-председател и член на Постоянното присъствие на ЗС "Ал. Стамболийски".

През 2009 г. ЗС "Ал. Стамболийски" участва на изборите за XLI народно събрание, като председателят Спас Панчев е втори в листата на Коалиция за България, за 27 МИР-Стара Загора. Избран е за народен представител в XLI народно събрание, член на постоянните комисии по земеделие и гори и външна политика и отбрана.

Според последните изисквания на Закона за политическите партии на Конгрес на Съюза през декември 2005 г. БЗНС "Александър Стамболийски" се преименува, а от февруари 2006 г. е с официална съдебна регистрация като Земеделски съюз "Александър Стамболийски".

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 Официален сайт

Земеделски партии
Лявоцентристки партии
Политически партии в България
Български земеделски народен съюз
Обекти, наречени на Александър Стамболийски
Основани в България през 1993 година


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The Los Angeles Dodgers need a second baseman. You know this. They know this. Your great-aunt Meredith who doesn't follow baseball knows this.
Yet as I type these words, Enrique Hernandez and his .190/.283/.324 2016 slash line sit atop L.A.'s second base depth chart. For a team with the game's gaudiest payroll and legitimate World Series aspirations, that's a bad look.
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