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Three Fellows Win 2019 Forbes "30 Under 30" Honors
Megan Blewett Kyle M. Loh Cameron Myhrvold
Forbes' 2019 "30 Under 30" list includes three Hertz Fellows leading the way in healthcare innovation: Megan Blewett, Kyle Loh and Cameron Myhrvold. They are among 600 trailblazers working in 20 industries to receive Forbes' annual honors.
"Forbes describes this group as 'a collection of bold risk-takers putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade,'" Hertz Foundation President Robbee Baker Kosak said. "We have appreciated the promise of Megan, Kyle and Cameron's deep intellectual curiosity, drive and creativity from the moment we named them as Fellows. We couldn't be more pleased that the wider world is now more aware of their vision."
Blewett is an associate on the healthcare team at Venrock, a venture capital firm in Palo Alto, CA. She focuses on biotech and therapeutics investments. Prior to Venrock, she was a Hertz Fellow with Ben Cravatt at The Scripps Research Institute, where she earned a PhD in chemistry. Her PhD work explored the mechanism of action of the multiple sclerosis therapeutic Tecfidera and helped form the foundation of the biotech company Vividion. Blewett has a longstanding interest in epidemiology, and while a PhD student, she founded the healthcare analytics company VoxHealth. Through a partnership with Google, VoxHealth data is now a part of Google's health knowledge graph. Blewett received an AB/AM in chemistry from Harvard University, where she spent nearly all four years working in the lab of chemistry Nobel Laureate EJ Corey.
Loh is an assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where his laboratory focuses on generating pure populations of desired human cell-types in a dish from embryonic stem cells. They have generated human bone progenitors, heart progenitors and liver progenitors in a dish, each of which are capable of regenerating their respective human tissues in mouse models. The long-term goal is to use embryonic stem cells to generate a limitless source of human cells to transplant into patients in need of cell or organ transplants. Ongoing work in the laboratory is focused on preventing patients' immune systems from rejecting immunologically-foreign, embryonic stem cell-derived tissues. Loh received his PhD from Stanford University. He continued at Stanford as the Siebel Investigator and later, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Developmental Biology and the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine. His laboratory's research is supported by the NIH Director's Early Independence Award, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and private philanthropy.
Myhrvold is a postdoctoral fellow in the Sabeti lab at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA, where he and Catherine Freije are using a technology based on CRISPR enzymes to detect germs, as only 10 percent of viruses can be detected by FDA-approved diagnostic tests right now. They are hopeful that similar technology might lead to new medicines. Myhrvold received a PhD in systems biology from Harvard University. In 2011, he graduated from Princeton University, majoring in molecular biology with a certificate in quantitative and computational biology.
The Hertz Foundation is proud to highlight this outstanding professional accomplishment as one of many received by the nearly 1,200 Hertz Fellows. In total, Hertz Fellows hold more than 3,000 patents and have founded more than 200 companies. Even those early in their careers are being acknowledged as very promising. In the last two years alone, eight Hertz Fellows, including Megan, Kyle and Cameron, have been named among the Forbes "30 Under 30" in Science. This is a well-deserved acknowledgement of the extraordinary work they've done.


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Galium grande is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name San Gabriel bedstraw. This uncommon plant is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California.

Galium grande is a large, tough perennial herb forming masses of hairy climbing stems from a woody base. Stems reach about half a meter in length and root where their nodes touch the ground. The small, pointed leaves are arranged in whorls of four about the stem. They are dark green and hairy. Flowers are bisexual or unisexual, when unisexual, the male individuals producing small clusters of staminate flowers and female individuals producing solitary pistillate flowers. The flowers are similar in appearance, with small pointed yellowish petals. The fruit is a soft berry.

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MTR chief of operations announced that services would likely not resume ahead of the morning commute on Tuesday, March 19. The Tsuen Wan line has been closed between Admiralty and Central Station since 03:00 (local time) on Monday, March 18, following a train collision during tests. MTR officials have urged passengers to use the Island line or alternate modes of transportation. Normal train service on the Tsuen Wan line is operational between Admiralty and Tsuen Wan. Transportation disruptions and crowded conditions are expected to persist during the morning and throughout the day on Tuesday. Further delays are possible.
The Tsuen Wan line closed between Admiralty and Central Station on Monday, March 18, following a train collision at 03:00 during a test of the signaling system. Two drivers were injured and taken to the hospital.
Individuals in Hong Kong are advised to confirm the status of MTR service, consider alternate modes of transportation, and allow additional time to reach their destination.


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This Memorial Day, Let's Work to Get Women Vets in Office
How to help service members running for office this November.
By Jess McIntosh
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kick-off to summer, and the holiday itself an important commemoration of those who have died serving for our country. But what we often forget is that Memorial Day also starts the shot clock on another American pastime we're only just now figuring out how to all get in on: election season.
Frankly, Americans are terrible at turning out to the polls when there aren't presidential candidates on the ballot. We show up in droves every four years, and then sit out the ones in between: the midterms and the down-ballots, aka the good stuff that arguably matters more than who we elect to the Oval.
The women who choose to serve are already leaders.
This year feels different. Sure, we've been showing up in crazy high numbers for special elections we wouldn't even have noticed a couple years ago. But voters aren't the only ones changing; it's the candidates.
The reason this year feels different is because different people are running. EMILY's List, which is a decades-old institution that elects progressive women, has had over 36,000 women contact them about running since Election Day 2016. Usually, that number is closer to dozens. And the women running just don't look like your typical politicians: They look like moms and teachers, scientists and surgeons. And more than ever, they're retired military.
This Memorial Day, let's honor the memory of those who fought and died in battle by thinking a little more about service. The women who choose to serve are already leaders. They're willing to put country before self, make incomprehensibly tough decisions, and fight a boys club. They're already prepared for office. So let's send them to Washington.
These women are ready for anything.
Mikie Sherrill is a Naval Academy grad with 10 years of active duty who's running to represent New Jersey's 11th District. She's also a former federal prosecutor and a mother of four who puts Planned Parenthood and fighting for women front and center in her campaign.
Gina Ortiz Jones, running in Texas, is literally Donald Trump's nightmare. She's the 37-year-old daughter of immigrants, LGBT, and a trained Air Force intelligence officer. Texas will be sending its very first Latinas to Congress this year, and Gina should be a part of that class.
Chrissy Houlahan, from Pennsylvania, is the quintessential 2018 story. She's an Air Force vet who attended an EMILY's List training event and then wrote them to say she was into running. They recruited her to challenge a Republican incumbent and after he unexpectedly quit the race, it's almost certain she's going to Congress. (Just in case you needed another reminder of the power of showing up.)
Elaine Luria served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer; now she's running for Congress in Virginia.
Maura Sullivan is a U.S. Marine and Iraq War vet running in New Hampshire.
And just last Tuesday, women vets saw two huge wins when two fighter pilots won their primaries in deep red states: MJ Hegar in Texas and Amy McGrath in Kentucky.
Noticing a pattern?
These women are ready for anything. They're ready to lead and they're ready to take on Donald Trump. This is the body of Congress that will deal with whatever comes out of Mueller's investigation — it will be the House that decides what to do about a president selling off our democracy to the highest bidder.
I want these women — who understand patriotism, sacrifice, and heroism — making that call. So check out their campaigns and see if you can spare a dollar, or reach out to the closest one to you and see about knocking on a door or two. This Memorial Day, let's do what we can to honor those who want to serve, and help them get as far as they're willing to go.
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The courts are continuing to sort out how best to apply traditional legal rules and remedies to modern technologies like internet message boards. This week saw a first amendment issue in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County in Geloo v. John Doe et al, 2013-9646, and a fourth amendment decision by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Riley v. California, 573 U.S. _____ (2014). Riley required the Supreme Court to determine the extent to which the fourth amendment's warrant requirement, which was drafted over two hundred years before the invention of the modern smart phone and internet, will apply to such modern technologies. The Supreme Court's decision treats the vast amount of information on a modern smart phone like the "papers" known to the drafters of the Constitution, and according to the opinion, the search of the data on a modern cellular phone or smart phone will generally require a search warrant, just as a search of a person's desk would have required a search warrant in the time of the founding fathers.
Recently, the Fairfax Circuit Court issued an opinion applying the January 2014 decision of the Court of Appeals of Virginia in Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 62 Va. App. 678 (2014) (see prior posts below for additional discussion). In the case of Geloo v. John Doe et al, 2013-9646, a plaintiff sought to serve a subpoena against Cox Communications to obtain the identity of persons who posted anonymous comments on an internet message board. The plaintiff was offended by comments that called her a "run of the mill court appointed attorney" and other things. The subpoena to identify the anonymous posters was opposed in part on the grounds that the anonymous comments were not actionable under Virginia law, and in a 13 page letter opinion the circuit court judge agreed that the comments were not actionable. See attached opinion of Judge Robert Smith of the Fairfax Circuit Court.
Like the Yelp case, the Geloo case and the Riley case demonstrate that the law is in many ways still catching up to the internet age. Internet users should remember that few things posted on the internet are truly anonymous, and the worldwide reach of the internet makes it possible for an ill-considered statement to spread "virally" in an astonishingly short period of time, and be nearly impossible to remove or retract. In addition, sarcasm and attempts at humor in an internet post or email can easily be misread or misrepresented to mean something other than what was intended, causing unintended harm and offense. Just as the 4th amendment's warrant requirement for searches of "papers" is a good rule for the modern smart phone, the old rule that "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" remains sound legal advice in the age of internet chat rooms, message boards, and Facebook.
Read the Geloo v. John Doe Case No. 2013-9646 Opinion Letter.


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In a further blow to the Federal Government's My Health Record roll out, Queensland has criticised the disastrous opt out communications campaign, with the state's Health Minister Dr Steven Miles claiming ministers at this week's Council of Australian Governments meeting should consider suspending the opt out period.
In a letter to federal Health Minister Greg Hunt on Friday, Miles claimed the campaign has generated "very serious concerns" about cybersecurity and data privacy, including fears of widespread access to patients' private health records.
COAG health ministers are meeting in Alice Springs on Thursday and Miles said a suspension of the three-month opt out period should be on the table, with the roll out to resume when concerns about the current legislation, which provides access to My Health Record by law enforcement agencies without warrants, have been resolved.
A Federal Government spokesperson told The Australian that Miles's threat to disrupt the roll out was aimed at "embarrassing" Hunt for party political purposes.
Last week federal Labor leader Bill Shorten ramped up opposition to the My Health Record roll out, calling for the suspension of opt out period until widespread privacy concerns from opponents including cybersecurity experts, domestic violence campaigners, doctors and mental health groups were addressed.
The $2 billion major health infrastructure project will see every Australian provided with a My Health Record unless they opt out by October 15. About 6 million people currently have a MHR.
On the first day of the opt out period on July 16, 20,000 people rushed to opt out, with many discovering My Health Records had already been created for them without their consent. There have also been numerous claims of incorrect information in MHRs, including wrong data relating to doctors' appointments and medications.
But yesterday, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard placed his support firmly behind the national health record database.
"NSW is 100 per cent behind MHR," Hazzard told The Australian.
But a Victorian government spokesperson said there was "bipartisan" anger towards the government's opt out campaign.
Speaking at HISA's HIC18 digital health conference in Sydney today, Minister for Rural Health Senator Bridget McKenzie said confidence in My Health Record within the medical profession and wider community is essential to its success.
Hunt is meeting with the AMA and RACGP tomorrow, and McKenzie said an announcement on the government's response to data privacy concerns would be released this week.


Not long after my grandson was born I bought 4"x6" photo album from Paperchase which cost £1.50 (approx $2.17).
I just wanted something I could put a few photos in so I could show everyone what a gorgeous grandson I had – a 'brag book' I think the guys and gals over the pond call it.
For the photo album cover I kept it simple by cutting two peices of felt and just hand stitched them with embroidery silk. I then used a Cuttlebug to cut some amimal, flower and butterfly shapes, which again were stitched on.
For the album covers front and back I added cardstock, fun stickers and peel offs as well as my grandson's name.
On the 10th May I posted a sketch from Creative Scrappers – #103. I said I would be putting a layout together from the sketch. Well here it is!
I started with a 12×12 piece of green Core'dinations cardstock. I also used a yellow strip of core'dinations for across the centre of the layout.
I am a big lover of Sassafras Lass papers and border and decided I wanted to use them for this layout. I have used papers from two different ranges & cut outs from another range.
The layout is called Jacobiscotti as my grandson is called Jacob (as most of you probably already know) and he is eating a Heinz baby biscotti biscuit.
This is my grandson Jacob. The picture was taken at hospital the day he was born.
I wanted to do a layout about his birth which I think will be lovely for him to look at when he gets older.
I am not sure who the base cardstock is by (but I can find out if anyone wants me to), I added a sheet of Papermania's scalloped 8×8 textured cardstock. After shaping the photograph I layered it onto a piece of DCWV Nana's Nursery cardstock.
After that I added the alphas for the title and rubs for the birth details and finished off with some ribbon/button & chipboard/brad embellishments. Done!
This is one of my earlier layouts, but I still really like this one.
On the 28th April I posted a sketch from Scrap Tiffany and said I would show you my interpretation of it. Well…..here it is.
I put the layout together using a kit I got QVC (yes, another one) which incidentally came in a lovley tin which can be reused, called Tuttie Fruitee.
I wanted to use this kit as it is fun and bright and I think it fit really well with the two photographs. I printed the photographs in black and white so they would stand out against the colourful layout.
I put this layout together to record information about my grandsons name.
I used a piece of 12 x 12 blue paper as a base and Bazzill Bling which I die cut then embossed for the frame around his picture.
Embellishments were by MME, I also used a base strip by Sassafrass Lass and the owls are from sheet of wrapping paper I bought at Paperchase. As you can see I also used ribbon and fabric flowers.


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Save the date for Leadership Sandpoint's Cinco de Mayo fundraising event, held on May 5th, 4:30 – 8:30 pm at Trinity at City Beach.
Proceeds benefit Kaniksu Land Trust's Pine Street Woods and Angels Over Sandpoint. Lots of fun to be had: live music, auction, raffles, taco bar games and drinks!


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Angry birds Stella: The Ruby ring by GlowingGem
Games » Angry Birds Rated: K+, English, Adventure & Friendship, Pink Bird, OC, Words: 28k+, Favs: 12, Follows: 10, Published: 4/4/2016 Updated: 1/17/2018}
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Hi! I've decided to take a break from my main story and do something else… This story isn't going to be as long as my main one just so you know. But for now I'm working on this. Hopefully, It didn't take to long. So… I guess this is my second Fanfiction. Enjoy!
Review! Please!
Crystal island: 3000 years ago
The dark skies filled the inhabitants with fear, lighting struck as the shadowy demon known as Mertaclede (Mer-Tackle-de. That's how you pronounce it. And yes I made that name up!) Stood on the top of the tallest mountain on the island visible to everyone who lived on crystal island, he Grinned showing his gleaming fangs, and blood red eyes. In his claw he held what appeared to be a silver ring with a flawless Ruby on top. But, it seemed to have a dark aura around it.
"Soon I will be invincible!" He announced
"Soon I will gain my ultimate form and bring Crystal island and every other island in this world down to their knees." He looked up.
"It is now almost midnight, then the ring will be completely corrupted with dark power and nothing will stand in my way!"
"That will never happen, you Monster!" A vocie shouted out. The surprised Mertaclede looked down and saw a minty green bird run up the path of the mountain to where he was. She had sapphire blue eyes. She had several long head feathers that were pink, orange, and light blue that were all tied in a high pony tail with some brown cloth, she also wore a golden headdress that had a Emerald in the center. She wore a long Royal green cape with a hood that flapped behind her. She wore a necklace that was wooden and had some symbols on it. She also had one large eye in the center of her forehead that was closed. And she held a long yet sizable staff. It was brown, and at the top was an egg shaped crystal, it also had different colors of ribbons and beads hanging down from it. And she had a small black tail.
"It's Calypso!" Mertaclede shouted angrily.
"I'm not going to let that brat get in my way!" he turned and looked at his shadow minons.
"Stop her!" He ordered and pointed at the bird. The creatures nodded and jumped in front of her path. Calypso stopped and made a surprised gasp. But then she dug the bottom part of her staff into the ground and began chanting.
"Darkness may rise, and plan to consume all
But, as light appears the darkness shall fall
For the ocean of fear may be large and cold
Oh, hear me out spells of old!
Let the Glowing warm light clear the way
And the demon of darkness, shall never stay!"
Just as she finished a blinding light erupted from the staff the shadowy creatures howled in terror and vanished, into black mist. Without hesitation, Calypso ran the rest of the way up. But surprisingly Mertaclede didn't send down any more monsters. This made Calypso suspicious. When she got to the top Mertaclede was facing away from her still holding the ring.
"I see your skills have improved…" he began still not looking at Calypso. He held up the ring, and stared at it, almost hypnotized by it's glow.
"..however…" he turned around, smirking.
"They have no effect on me. I have absorbed almost all the power I need, and those pathetic chants are useless." Calypso however, only gave him a look that showed she wasn't backing down.
"You may have gotten powerful, and the chants may be useless, but I will stop you even if the result is critical for me." then the crystal on her staff began to glow, and Calypso closed her eyes, Mertaclede knew what was about to happen.
"No! You wouldn't dare!" He said surprised.
"Yes. I. DO!" she shouted and opened her large eye on her forehead it glowed a blinding light causing Mertaclede to sheild his eyes, and the staff shot out a blue beam of light the hit the ring perfectly. The dark Aura vanished.
"NO!" Mertaclede shouted, he began to shrink and lost all his power and went back into his weak form: a small cloud of black mist with red eyes. And Calypso fell to the ground also weakened, and her large eye closed. The dark skies still remained however.
"Grrrrr… why you obnoxious girl! I may have lost my power but I still can do this!" He flew around the island at a super fast speed and the ocean began to spin as well and then shouted in a loud vocie.
"Crystal Island shall remain at the bottom of the sea,
Till no living soul remembers thee!"
The people of crystal island panicked and just and the demon said, crystal island began to sink into the ocean! Calypso looked over the side of the top of the mountain and gasped but their was nothing she could do. She was too weak from her attack to stop Mertaclede's spell. But then she had an idea!
"The Ring!" she shouted. She quickly ran over and picked it up. She closed her eyes and with the last of her power whispered a chant to the ring so silent you could barely hear it and blew on the ring. She then dropped the ring on the ground and the ring began spinning then stopped and a read beam of light shot out and wrapped it's self around Mertaclede like a rope. And began to pull him towards the Ruby part of the ring, Mertaclede struggled as he was pulled closer. But he knew he couldn't break free, however at the last minute his claw shot out and grabbed Calypso's cape!
"If I'm to spend eternity in the ring, then I'm not going alone!" he shouted. Calypso gave Mertaclede a annoyed look but sighed.
"Well, then…" she began
"So be it." So, Mertaclede shrunk and was sucked into the ring along with Calypso. Then the ring stopped Glowing and laid on the ground. And sadly crystal island a few minutes later had successfully sunk into the ocean leaving few survivors, and the ring was lost in the ocean. Years passed and people began to forget about crystal island except for the survivors, who believed the ring was gone for good, and that so was Mertaclede.
But little did everyone know, that thousands of years later the ring would be found once more…
And a new adventure would begin…
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Q: Is Acer BlueLightShield (non Pro version) merely an application? I was looking at two entry level 75 Hz monitors from LG and Acer. Both have same basic functions.
The main difference I could see is LG (and other brands too) don't have anything specific like the Acer monitor - which says "Acer BlueLightShield" for eyes protection. LG and other brands also mention "eye care features" but nothing specific like Shield/Filter.
I read from official Acer website about this technology and I found this table:

So as you can see, BlueLightShield has only Acer VisionCare and BlueLightShield Pro have Acer VisionCare 2.0 onwards.
The same website page also mentions this about the Pro version:

BlueLightShield Pro Eyesafe® Certified Displays emit at least 30% less
high-energy blue light compared to the industry-standard LCDs -
selectively reducing harmful blue light in the 415-455 nm wavelength
range, while still maintaining a high degree of color accuracy.

So, I concluded that BlueLightShield doesn't have anything specific mentioned like they have mentioned about Pro version (30% less blue light).
And another thing I'm sure about is that the BlueLightShield (non Pro) doesn't have Eyesafe® certification.

I contacted Acer customer care they said they don't have this information on products page so they can't give information regarding this.
Now, I want to understand if this BlueLightShield (non Pro version) is merely an application like Windows inbuilt Nightlight and other such free applications?
OR does Acer actually have some hardware/physical component included in the monitor screen which is called as Shield?
PS: Personally, I feel it might not be a physical thing/part/hardware. Otherwise it would increase the monitor cost. The cost of many other brands' monitors is more or less same as this Acer monitor I was considering. So I feel it might be just an application.

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GenomeView is a stand-alone sequence browser specifically designed to visualize and manipulate a multitude of genomics data interactively. GenomeView enables users to dynamically browse high volumes of aligned short read data, with dynamic navigation and semantic zooming, from the whole genome level to the single nucleotide. At the same time, the tool enables visualization of whole genome alignments of dozens of genomes relative to a reference sequence. GenomeView is unique in it capability to interactively handle huge data sets consisting of dozens of aligned genomes, thousands of annotation features and millions of mapped short reads both as viewer and editor.
Abeel, T., Van Parys, T., Saeys, Y., Galagan, J., Van de Peer, Y. (2012) GenomeView: a next-generation genome browser. Nucleic Acids Res. 40,e12.


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The Department publishes information on the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers available at:
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, columns 726-27W, on primary education, how the information included in the answer was compiled. [311101]
Mr. Coaker: Information included in the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, columns 726-27W, was derived from new analysis of pupil attendance data submitted as part of the School Census. Attendance records are returned for each period of time spent in a relevant school in a school year.
Previous questions on this subject have not been answered substantively because an appropriate methodology had not been developed and to do so would have incurred disproportionate cost. However, a methodology based on pupil attendance data has since been developed that can be used to answer this type of question.
Pupil Exclusions: Milton Keynes
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been permanently excluded from (a) primary, (b)
middle, (c) upper and (d) secondary schools in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. [315374]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The available information requested is shown in the table.
From 2002, the Department has carried out a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions. However, this only confirms the number of exclusions in each local authority area and not at school level. Therefore information for middle and upper schools is not separately identifiable.
The latest data on exclusions were published in a Statistical First Release on 30 July 2009 at:
Maintained primary and secondary schools( 1) : Number of pupil enrolments( 2) with permanent exclusions, 1996/97 to 2007/08, Milton Keynes local authority
Primary( 1) State-funded secondary( 1, 3)
Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population( 4) Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population( 4)
Data are as published, i.e. using the following notation: * = less than 3, or a rate based on less than 3. - = less than 5, or a rate based on less than 5. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed (upper schools are included as secondary). (2) Pupils may be counted more than once if they were registered at more than one school or moved schools during the school year. (3) State-funded secondary schools include maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Milton Keynes local authority has no city technology colleges or academies. (4) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year of the relevant school type. (5) Estimates based on local authority figures following a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions in each local authority. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census.
Schools: Admissions
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many surplus places there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority; [324180]
(2) which local authorities which have over (a) 10 per cent. and (b) 25 per cent. surplus school places; [324181]
(3) which schools have surplus places; and how many surplus places each has. [324182]
Mr. Coaker: The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of surplus places through an annual survey. The most recent published data relate to the position at January 2009 and show the breakdown of surplus places by local authority in primary and secondary schools. The data are available at:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/tsp/primarytoolkit/context/data
As requested, a copy of the data has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
A table showing the number of local authorities with a percentage of surplus places of 10 or above at primary level and those with a percentage of surplus of 10 or above at secondary level has also been placed in the Libraries. There are no local authorities with 25 per cent. or more surplus school places.
Schools: Consultants
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department provides to (a) schools and (b) local authorities on their use of independent consultants and investigators. [323299]
Mr. Coaker: The Department does not provide guidance on the use of independent consultants and investigators by either schools or local authorities in connection with school staff suspensions and disciplinary matters. The operation of disciplinary procedures, including those that may result in suspension, is a matter for local determination as are decisions on whether additional or external sources of advice and support should be engaged.
Schools: ICT
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department and its predecessors have provided for (a) computers and (b) information and communications technologies in schools and colleges in the City of Sunderland in the last five years for which figures are available. [313189]
Mr. Coaker: Funding for computers and information and communications technology in schools is made available predominantly via the Harnessing Technology Grant. This is paid by the Department to local authorities through the Standards Fund. The available figures on the amount of the Harnessing Technology Grant paid to the Sunderland local authority for each of the three years in the current spending period is set out in the following table:
Harnessing technology grant allocation to Sunderland
Total 2008/2011
However, the harnessing technology grant will not be the total ICT spend, as schools are free to use money from other sources on technological services and infrastructure. It should also be noted that the harnessing technology grant does not include funding that is being provided to the Government's educational technology
agency, Becta, in particular for the Home Access scheme (£300 million across England) which provides computers and an internet connection for eligible low income households.
Schools: Internet
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department has provided to the South West Grid for Learning in 2009-10; and whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the grid on funding of broadband access for small primary schools. [323329]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 22 March 2010]: The South-West Grid for Learning (SWGFL) has not received any funding or support from DCSF or Becta in 2009-10, other than (i) small-scale grants to help promote adoption of the Becta self-review framework by schools; and (ii) support in kind to become a Framework for ICT Technical Support (FITS) training partner. Becta personnel recently met the chief executive for SWGFL to continue discussions about an effective strategic partnership in the SW-the costs of their broadband provision to schools, and the possibility of giving schools greater choice over the range of SWGFL-provided services that they pay for were also raised.
Schools: Managers
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what minimum qualifications will be required of school business managers; what the salary of a school business manager will be; and with what training school business managers will be provided. [323114]
Mr. Coaker: It is for schools to determine the appropriate level of qualification and salary for a School Business Manager. However, the National College for the Leadership of Schools and Children's Services has developed a career pathway comprising three programmes: the Certificate, the Diploma and the Advanced Diploma of School Business Management, which maps across the recently published National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) Competency Framework. There are currently 7,362(1) qualified School Business Managers, with a further 3,011(1) undergoing training.
(1) National College for the Leadership of Schools and Children's Services programme statistics.
Science: GCSE
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in (a) biology and chemistry but not physics, (b) biology and physics but not chemistry, (c) physics and chemistry but not biology and (d) physics, chemistry and biology in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. [317219]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 22 February 2010]: Of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2009, in maintained schools, eligible for free school meals:
41 were entered for biology and chemistry but not physics GCSEs,
11 were entered for biology and physics but not chemistry GCSEs,
8 were entered for physics and chemistry but not biology GCSEs, and
2,911 were entered for physics, chemistry and biology GCSEs.
Comparable figures for 1997 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2005, in maintained schools, eligible for free school meals:
Sixth Form Education: Admissions
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many surplus places there were in school sixth forms in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [323295]
Mr. Coaker: The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of primary and secondary surplus school places via an annual survey.
The number of surplus places is not broken down into year groups. Local authorities provide the number of places (net capacity) for each secondary school as a whole; school sixth forms are not reported on separately because much of the space in secondary schools is shared between sixth form and other pupils.
The following table shows the number of surplus places in maintained secondary schools between 2005 and 2009 which are the most recent data available.
Secondary surplus places( 1) Surplus as a percentage of total secondary places
(1) Number of places relate to position as at January
Surplus Places Survey


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The Impact Of 'Roots' On Pop Culture
By Steve Goldstein
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 8:48pm
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The new "Roots" series premieres on Memorial Day.
Four decades ago when television was dominated by only three networks, the miniseries "Roots" became one of the most-watched programs in history.
Starting on Monday, a group of cable networks, including the History Channel, is reviving "Roots" for a new generation.
We spoke with ASU Associate Professor Matthew Delmont about the impact of the miniseries on popular culture and how it changed how many Americans viewed slavery.


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MBTA: Pilot Program to Increase Recycling
At busy Alewife Station, seven-foot tall kiosks built with 100 percent recycled materials offer MBTA users the space and information to recycle on the go.
The two kiosks are part of a pilot program designed by MassRecycle in partnership with the MBTA, the Massachusetts Beverage Association, and Casella Recycling, with the long-term goal of increasing recycling in MBTA Subway stations.
"We take pride in the MBTA's ability to foster more sustainable lifestyles and help commuters reduce their carbon footprint," said MBTA General Manager Frank DePaola, who joined ceremonies at Alewife today. "Increasing the T's ability to recycle, and educating its customers on the environmental advantages of the program, is a very important step towards making the MBTA the most sustainable transit organization in the country. It is also a great example of public and private collaboration for the betterment of Boston and surrounding communities."
The recycling receptacles are expected to not only be cost-neutral when it comes to maintenance, but to have the potential to increase revenue for the MBTA if used on a larger scale by making space for increased advertising revenue and adding valuable materials to recycling tonnages, including aluminum and PET, the material used for water bottles.
"Community recycling programs do an excellent job of diverting materials from the waste stream, but it's also important to make it easier for people to recycle on the go," said Nicole Giambusso, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Beverage Association. "This pilot program targets a heavily travelled public space with education and accessibility, both of which are critical to any effort to increase recycling."
The Massachusetts Beverage Association is a sponsor of the Alewife pilot program as part of its Massachusetts Recycling Challenge, which has included placing recycling receptacles in high foot-traffic areas in Worcester, Lowell, Salem, Quincy, and several other communities to increase on-the-go recycling, as well as providing technical assistance to communities seeking to enhance their municipal recycling programs, and holding seminars that were collectively attended by representatives from over 100 cities and towns.
"To increase the state's recycling rate, it's important that we target the issue from all angles," said Edward Hsieh, executive director of MassRecycle. "Highly travelled public spaces like MBTA Subway stations are a critical part of the waste-reduction puzzle in Massachusetts. This pilot program is the perfect example of how an organization, public or private, can do its part to offer convenient public space recycling."
Casella Recycling is supporting the project by offering design and marketing services and consultation free of charge. Casella Recycling will also provide removal service for the recyclables collected during the pilot program.
The new recycling receptacles were unveiled at an event Wednesday morning, which included remarks by General Manager DePaola, Cambridge Mayor David Maher, Jefferson Smith of MassRecycle, and Steve Boksanski, a representative for The Massachusetts Beverage Association.
"Increasing recycling is a top priority in Cambridge," said Maher. "I know that residents of Cambridge and surrounding areas are committed to protecting our local environment, and this program gives them added infrastructure to do what is right."
The MBTA, Massachusetts Beverage Association and MassRecycle will evaluate the pilot program as it progresses to determine how successes can be replicated at other MBTA Subway stations.
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Obama National Security Advisor Says He Takes Daily Orders From Henry Kissinger Not Obama.
Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday. Congratulations. As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States, I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger, filtered down through General (sic) Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, who is also here. We have a chain of command in the National Security Council that exists today.
Jones made the remark at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 8, 2009.
Mr. Jones is basically telling us the National Security Council is run by Henry Kissinger. The NSC is the principal forum used by Obama for considering national security and foreign policy matters. Biden, Clinton, Geithner, Gates, Mullen, Emanuel, Summers, and others are listed as participants, but not Henry Kissinger.
In other words, the Bush and Obama administrations — never mind the "change" rhetoric — receive the same advice (instructions) from the ruling elite.
Earlier this year, Kissinger went on the floor of the stock market to declare Obama had a chance to create a New World Order.
He can give a new impetus to American Foreign policy, partly because the perception of him is so extraordinary around the world. I think his task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period when really a New World Order can be created — it's a great opportunity, it isn't just a crisis.
Kissinger — along with David Rockefeller, Paul Arthur Allaire, and Richard Holbrooke — directs the American Friends of Bilderberg. He is also connected to the globalist Aspen Institute, the Committee of 300, the Trilateral Commission, and sits on the advisory board of JP Morgan Chase.
"Kissinger has been patiently waiting since at least 1973 for his New World Order egg to hatch," notes the August Review.
Kissinger earlier praised Obama's picks for economic recovery, and why not?
Obama picked Trilateral Commission wonder boy Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of the Treasury. The rest of the team are protégés of Robert Rubin, also a Trilateral and former Treasury Secretary under Clinton.
Obama's top foreign policy advisor has been Zbigniew Brzezinski, the co-founder of the Trilateral Commission with David Rockefeller.


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WestJet's first Boeing 767-300 ER enters revenue service
WestJet (Calgary), as previously reported, yesterday (October 22) placed its first Boeing 767-300 ER into revenue service between Toronto (Pearson) and Calgary. The company issued this statement:
WestJet's first Boeing 767-300 extended-range aircraft performed its inaugural flight on October 22, departing Toronto Pearson International Airport at 9 a.m. EDT. Operating as WestJet flight 655, the aircraft arrived at Calgary International Airport.
Featuring a new teal and blue maple leaf-themed logo, which will eventually appear on all WestJet aircraft, the airline's 767-300s seat 262 guests and have a range of approximately 11 hours. The aircraft will include a Plus cabin with 24 premium seats in a two-by-two configuration, hot meals and all other amenities associated with Plus. The main cabin has 238 seats, with two seats on either side of the aircraft and three in the middle. By next spring all four 767s will be equipped with WestJet Connect, the airline's new inflight entertainment and wireless connectivity system.
Beginning May 2016, WestJet will begin serving London (Gatwick) on a nonstop basis from six Canadian cities including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John's. With the exception of service from St. John's, all London flights will operate on WestJet's fleet of 767-300 extended-range aircraft.
Top Copyright Photo: TMK Photography/AirlinersGallery.com. Ex-QANTAS Airways Boeing 767-338 ER C-FOGJ (msn 25274) taxies to runway on the first revenue flight at Toronto (Pearson). Note the new Maple Leaf logo.
WestJet aircraft slide show:
Video Below: A tour of the first Boeing 767-300:
Bottom Copyright Photo: TMK Photography/AirlinersGallery.com. The two Disney World tails together at Toronto.
WestJet video: The unveiling of Disney's Frozen-theme Boeing 737-800:
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Disclaimer : This product was sent to me free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.


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Songs About Greek Crisis, Gay Marriage Reach Eurovision Final
Armenian rock band Dorians performs during the second semifinal of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.
A gay-marriage anthem and a song inspired by the Greek debt crisis are among the entries that have made it through to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest, set for May 18 in Malmo, Sweden.
In the second qualifying semifinal on May 16, Finland's "Marry Me" by Krista Siegfrids, popular with the country's gay-marriage campaigners, emerged as one of the winners.
Greece's "Alcohol Is Free" by Koza Mostra also made it through, filled with metaphors about the plight of the crisis-stricken country.
The 26 countries competing in the final are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Britain.
Based on reporting by AP, AFP, and Reuters
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The La Liga table is quite congested at this stage of the season, so these teams should see this game as an opportunity for them to get a result and get up the table.
A win for Levante would take them level on points with 3rd place while a win for the visitors would take them up to 9th position.
Sociedad are currently underachieving as they come into this game in 13th position.
Injuries have been a major problem for them but they were able to name a strong squad in their last matchday which resulted in a home draw against Sevilla.
That was their 3rd draw in 4 games and their fans will be hoping that they can finally get an away win in this game.
Levante are having a great season and have been doing well since Paco Lopez was named their manager.
They were on a run of four straight wins before last weekend and were close to making it 5 before Villarreal netted a late equalizer – that was still a great result and one they should be proud of.
Levante haven't really been convincing at home as they play a counter-attacking style of football.
They are averaging 1.67 points per away game, while collecting just 1.4 at home, so La Real should fancy their chances of getting a result here.
La Real have won at Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao already this season and the 10 points they have collected away from home is the joint best in the division.
This is one of the most competitive betting markets of the weekend as both teams are separated by less than a quarter of a point with Real Sociedad currently holding favourtism among punters.
Goal markets suggest this could be a lively affair as over 2.5 goals is currently trading odds-on.


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                    <input st-search="accounttype" placeholder="Search Account Type" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="vendor" placeholder="Search Vendor" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="accountnumber" placeholder="Search Account No." class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="paymentmode" placeholder="Search Payment Mode" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="ponumber" placeholder="Search PO No." class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="vendorcode" placeholder="Search Vendor Code" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="costcenter" placeholder="Search Cost Center" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

                    <input st-search="glcode" placeholder="Search GL Code" class="input-sm form-control search-input" type="search" />

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                {{item.accounttype}}
                {{item.vendor}}
                {{item.accountnumber}}
                {{item.paymentmode}}
                {{item.ponumber}}
                {{item.vendorcode}}
                {{item.costcenter}}
                {{item.glcode}}

                    <button class="btn btn-info editable-table-button btn-xs" ng-click="vm.editAccount(item);">View/Edit</button>
                    <button class="btn btn-danger editable-table-button btn-xs" ng-click="vm.confirmDeleteAccountModal('app/pages/utilities/pdfNormalizer/confirm-delete-account.html', 'sm', item)">Delete</button>

So, on refreshing object, What I expect is the similar table with pagination as shown above. And What I'm getting is the table with all records without considering pagination -

A: I struggled a bit and found an answer! We can use st-safe-src directive on angular-smart-table.
I used it as -

Where, allAccountsData is a temporary data object & vm.allAccountsData is an actual one.
Then, I iterated over allAccountsData as -

That's it! No any changes in controller code!


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Working At Purdue Pharma
Purdue Pharma overview
Purdue Pharma L.P. is a privately held pharmaceutical company owned principally by descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler. In 2007 it paid out one of the largest fines ever levied against a pharmaceutical firm for mislabeling its product OxyContin, and three executives were found guilty of criminal charges.
The staff at Purdue Pharma come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 44.1% female and 38.0% ethnic minorities. Purdue Pharma employees are slightly more likely to be members of the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, with 57.6% of employees identifying as members of the Republican Party. Despite their political differences, employees at Purdue Pharma seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 5.1 years. The average employee at Purdue Pharma makes $91,940 per year, which is competitive for its industry and location. Some of its highest paying competitors, Novartis, SmithKline Beecham Holdings, and Shire Pharmaceuticals, pay $106,964, $101,440, and $92,402, respectively.
Based in Connecticut, Purdue Pharma is a key player in the pharmaceutical industry with 5,000 employees and an annual revenue of $3.0B.
The Organization's Mission
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John Gray (founders)
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Danielle Lewis (Director, Corporate Communications)
Karen Laurel (Vice President, Human Resources)
Mike Ronning (Head Of Marketing)
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The national average salary for a Purdue Pharma employee in the United States is $91,940 per year. Employees in the top 10 percent can make over $137,000 per year, while employees at the bottom 10 percent earn less than $61,000 per year.
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While the average employee salary at Purdue Pharma is $91,940, there is a big variation in pay depending on the role. The higher paying positions at Purdue Pharma include Contract Attorney, Associate Director, General Counsel, and Lead Developer. A typical Contract Attorney salary at Purdue Pharma is $155,160 per year. Other roles at Purdue Pharma include Laboratory Animal Technician and Senior Administrative Assistant. A Laboratory Animal Technician at Purdue Pharma earns an average yearly salary of $37,784.
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Mortimer SacklerExecutive
$150,100Republican Party
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Richard SacklerBoard Member
Richard Sackler
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Some 40% of the world's gold trade passes through Dubai. Keystone / Kamran Jebreili
Industry associations are calling on Switzerland's largest gold refinery to clarify the origins of its gold purchased from Dubai traders.
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SonntagsZeitung/jdp
According to the German-language paper SonntagsZeitungExternal link, a rift has emerged between the Swiss Association of Traders and Manufacturers of Precious Metals and the Ticino based refinery Valcambi.
The row concerns a report by the NGO Swissaid released in July, which alleges that Valcambi is sourcing gold from dubious sources in Dubai. The refinery's purchases from the Kaloti Group are particularly concerning because of alleged links to gold from conflict regions in Africa.
Although the association doesn't name a specific company, Cédric Léger, the CEO of the association, leaves little doubt.
"The association asked for clarification of the situation by letter," said Léger. "And only an answer that removes all doubts about wrongdoing is acceptable from our point of view. A simple denial is not enough for us."
In the letter sent on July 31, Léger asks Valcambi CEO Michael Mesaric to confirm or refute the allegations and also explain what corrective measures it will take if necessary.
Mesaric confirmed to SonntagsZeitung that the company received the letter but rejected the allegations.
The United Arab Emirates is now the most important country of origin of Swiss gold imports. Some 40% of the world's gold now makes its way through Dubai. According to Swissaid, half of that is from Africa and much of it is mined illegally.
"It cannot be ruled out that the gold from Dubai is of dubious or potentially illegal origin or comes from regions that are higher risk," warns association president Léger. Another Swiss refinery Metalor decided several years ago to no longer process gold from Dubai.
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In meccanica analitica il lemma di Morse è un lemma che descrive la topologia delle orbite nello spazio delle fasi in un intorno dei punti critici, cioè di equilibrio meccanico.

Enunciato
Nello spazio delle fasi, nell'intorno di ogni punto critico esiste una trasformazione di coordinate che trasforma le orbite in ellissi se il punto critico è di equilibrio stabile, in iperboli se l'equilibrio è instabile.

Dimostrazione
L'idea che sta alla base della dimostrazione di questo teorema è la possibilità di approssimare il potenziale nell'intorno dei punti critici tramite uno sviluppo in serie di Taylor al secondo ordine. In questo modo il potenziale diventa equivalente a quello di un oscillatore armonico o di un oscillatore iperbolico se il punto critico è rispettivamente di equilibrio stabile o equilibrio instabile. Di conseguenza le orbite in uno spazio delle fasi bidimensionale assumono la forma di ellissi o iperboli e, per questo motivo, i punti critici vengono chiamati anche punti ellittici e punti iperbolici a seconda che l'equilibrio in tali punti sia stabile o instabile.

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni
  The Morse Lemma and Cell Complexes su Math.arizona.edu
 The Morse Lemma su Math.stanford.edu

Meccanica razionale


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Lowest Rated: 10% The Sicilian (1987)
Birthday: Feb 2, 1950
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
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package uk.co.dazcorp.android.holidaycards.api;

import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.http.GET;
import uk.co.dazcorp.android.holidaycards.data.Holiday;

/**
 * Created by gentd on 21/04/2015.
 */
public interface HolidayInterface {

    @GET("holidays")
    Call<Holiday[]> getHolidays();

}

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