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Media Coverage of Calgary Debate
Media Record of Our Public Appeal to School Trustees
Where to get the FREE HPV Vaccine in Calgary
Where to PAY to get the HPV Vaccine in Calgary
HPV vaccine refused by 2 Alberta Catholic school boards
Too many Albertans ignore HPV vaccine
Girls at Risk
On November 28, 2012 we, as Canadians, congratulated the Calgary Catholic School District Board for permitting eligible children to receive the HPV vaccine in school. This is traditionally the least costly and most effective venue for vaccination of school aged children.
The school trustees' 2012 vote followed advocacy for children by HPV Calgary.
On September 24, 2008, Trustees of the Calgary Catholic School District decided to prevent the administration of the HPV vaccine available in schools under their jurisdiction. At least nine other Alberta Catholic School Boards did the same.
Trustees of the Catholic school system in Edmonton, however, did not ban the in-school HPV vaccination administration.
As a result, two demographically similar populations (girls in Catholic schools in Calgary and Edmonton) had different access to the same preventative health care, making it possible to compare the result.
In Edmonton Catholic Schools, approximately 70% of eligible girls received the vaccine in 2009, whereas only 18.9% of eligible Calgary girls received the vaccine outside the schools.

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What is the Parish Council Responsible for:
The Parish Council is the first tier of local government and represents the communities of Hurstpierpoint, Sayers Common, Goddards Green and the surrounding countryside. We have a population of nearly 7,000 who are fortunate to live in an area of great beauty, with the benefits of ready access to Brighton, the coast and the South Downs, and with the centre of London only a 50 minute train ride.
Hurstpierpoint is the larger of the villages and is home to a wide range of clubs, societies and sports activities. Significant local events such as the St Lawrence Fair in June each year, and the Hurst Festival in September, are extremely popular and draw many visitors into our community. The village enjoys an excellent range of quality shops in the High Street, as well as a theatre, tennis and bowls clubs, and many organisations for all ages.
The Parish Council office is situated in the Village Centre building next to the Library in Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, please contact us.
The Parish Council have responsibility for the following areas:
Streetlights – Installation, maintenance and repair of parish owned streetlights.
Recreation Grounds and Play areas –improvements, inspections and maintenance of South Avenue Recreation Ground (Hurstpierpoint) and Reeds Lane Recreation Ground (Sayers Common).
Hurst Meadows – Improvements, projects, maintenance and upkeep of 50 acres of countryside open space and ancient woodland.
Community Buildings – bookings and day to day management of Court Bushes Community Hub and Hurstpierpoint Village Centre.
Communal spaces – Village Garden and War Memorial Garden on Hurstpierpoint High Street.
Albourne Road Allotments – Tenancies, maintenance and upkeep of allotment site – alongside the Allotment Association.
Cemetery – Responsibility for maintenance, sale of plots and burials at South Avenue Cemetery and upkeep of Lower Churchyard at Holy Trinity Church.
Street Furniture – Installation maintenance and repair of Village Gateways and bus shelters.
Waste Collections – General waste bin and dog waste collections within around the parish.
Public Conveniences – operation of Pit Road and Trinity Road toilets.
Planning – Development of neighbourhood plan and consultee recommendations on all planning applications within the Parish.
Emergency Planning – developing and implementing severe weather and other emergency plans.
Community grants – supporting local groups and good causes by awarding grants.
The other tiers of Local Government:
The majority of services that are not provided by the Parish Council are supported by either the County or District Councils. A brief breakdown of the services that each council officers, with the relevant contact details can be found below.
If you are still unsure on who to contact then please get in touch with the Parish Council office where we can either signpost you in the right direction or in some circumstances we can even make reports on your behalf.
West Sussex County Council (WSCC)
WSCC have head offices in Chichester and have responsibility for the following areas:
Highways (Roads, potholes, grass verges etc)
Registrar – Births, Deaths and Marriages
Recycling, Waste and Refuse (such as recycling centres)
County Councillor
Mrs Joy Dennis
joy.dennis@westsussex.gov.uk
Joy Dennis is a Chartered Accountant who has worked at senior levels and has extensive business and financial experience. Joy has been a Parish Councillor and is currently the Chair of the Rocking Horse Children's Charity. Joy is married with a daughter at University and has lived in Mid Sussex for over 25 years.
Full details of WSCC services can be found at https://www.westsussex.gov.uk or by calling 01243 777100.
Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC)
MSDC have head offices in Haywards Heath and have responsibility for the following areas:
Planning Applications (including listed buildings and conservation areas)
Waste and recycling collections
Council tax and business rates
Litter and Street Cleaning
District Councillor
alison.bennett@midsussex.gov.uk
Rodney Jackson
rodney.jackson@midsussex.gov.uk
Colin Trumble
colin.trumble@midsussex.gov.uk
Full details of MSDC services can be found at https://www.midsussex.gov.uk or by calling 01444 458166.
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Reflecting on our transforming lives partnership
Posted by Mark Atkinson Sustainability
As the Chief Executive of Scope, I am immensely proud of what we've achieved in our partnership with Virgin Media to help transform the lives of disabled people across the UK.
As we begin 2018, I wanted to reflect on some of the work we delivered together over the past year, and look ahead to what we've got planned for the next 12 months.
Scope and Virgin Media's partnership goes far beyond the usual charity-corporate fundraising model: it's a strategic, three-year partnership with a greater purpose –combining Virgin Media's brand power with Scope's disability expertise to ensure disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
We took this principle to the football pitch in May 2017 when we highlighted the discrimination disabled fans face at football grounds. Virgin Media put this issue front and centre of the sport by donating their shirt sponsorship of Southampton FC to Scope for the Saints' match against Manchester United.
It was a truly spectacular sight as the home side strode onto the turf wearing their special Scope-branded shirts in front of 32,000 cheering football fans.
As I walked out onto the half-way line at St Mary's stadium that night, it hit home what an incredible opportunity we have to demonstrate the power of our partnership and shift society's attitudes towards disability.
However, we were only getting started in our mission to transform disabled people's lives.
In the autumn we launched our campaign, 'Work With Me'. The initiative exists to help support more disabled people into work and to stay in work. Our big goal is to support one million disabled people into work and to stay there by the end of 2020.
Our research found disabled people have to apply for 60 per cent more jobs than non-disabled people.
I was shocked by stories of disabled job-seekers who applied for hundreds of jobs but were unsuccessful because employers couldn't see past their condition or impairment. This injustice illustrates why the 'Work With Me' campaign is so important.
Lauren Pitt applied for more than 200 jobs with no reply, and Josh Dennis said he felt "lucky" to hear anything after job applications. This struck a chord with the public and the media who got behind the campaign.
It underpinned why action is needed to close the disability employment gap and the importance of our new employment service, 'Support to Work', providing one-to-one specialist sessions delivered through digital channels (e.g. webchat, Skype and telephone support) to cover areas such as CV building, job hunting, and interview preparation.
One woman told us how she had spent 15 months searching for a job after an injury to her arm and hands. She said 'Support to Work' had "turned her life around".
We're just getting started… In the coming weeks we're hosting a business roundtable - a platform for big businesses to discuss what changes the Government can make to support more disabled people into work.
Later this year we'll launch the second phase of 'Support to Work', with a fully-fledged digital hub which will allow us to reach huge numbers of disabled people and support them in their journey to work.
It's going to be an incredibly busy 12 months, but I'm excited about what Scope and Virgin Media can achieve together, and how we can transform the lives of even more disabled people across the UK.
Mark Atkinson is the Chief Executive of Scope
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Double time on rehabilitation
byRamon Rafael C. Bonilla
DELAYS in shipment of imported equipment and materials forced the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to transfer the squash competitions to an alternate venue as construction and rehabilitation of key facilities inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex went fever-pitch.
The complex has been undergoing rehabilitation for the 30th Southeast Asian Games the country is hosting from November 30 to December 11.
PSC Commissioner Celia Kiram, the commissioner in charge for squash as deputy chef de mission, bared on Monday that the construction of a building inside the Manila complex will be finished on time for the Games.
What is not guaranteed, Kiram stressed, is the arrival of a shipment of flooring materials specific for the sport that are imported from Germany.
"Shipment is just one thing," Kiram said. "Once the imported flooring and additional equipment reach the sports complex, they need to be fitted on the newly constructed building."
"The facility will be finished on time, but the flooring from Germany might not arrive on schedule," she added.
Philippine Squash Academy President Robert Bachmann thus booked the squash courts at the Manila Polo Club for the competitions set from December 1 to 9.
The Rizal facility will be utilized as a training center for the squash and table tennis national teams.
Kiram said the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee requested the PSC to lend its venues because of the enormity of the Games in terms of sports, the biggest at 56.
"RMSC was originally not part of the SEAG venues. But because our facilities are within the standards, they ask for our assistance," she said.
PSC Chairman William Ramirez said the financial support from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. of P842 million for the rehabilitation of the facilities came as "a saving grace to the ailing status of the age-old Rizal Memorial complex."
"Phisgoc is looking for venues and we offered six," said Ramirez, referring to the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Rizal football stadium, tennis and squash centers and the PhilSports Complex in Pasig City.
The PSC organized a site visit inside the rehabilitations of the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, venue of gymnastics, and the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the taekwondo and weightlifting venue.
Ramon Rafael C. Bonilla
Ramon Rafael Bonilla has been working in the BusinessMirror for almost two years. He started as a proofreader in mid-2015 and was transferred to the sports section as a reporter before the year ended. Ramon graduated with a degree of Bachelor in Journalism from Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila. He is currently taking Masters of Asean Studies in University of the Philippines.
Woods: It's consistency
Astros a win shy of crown
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Russia's path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine.
MELBOURNE—Stefano Tsitsipas had a harder time strictly following all of the rules than he did outplaying his opponent in the early going, then recovered after blowing two match points late in the third set, and eventually reached the final at the Australian Open for the first time by beating Karen Khachanov, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, on Friday.
THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) established on Thursday its "French Connection" whose mission is to help guarantee the preparedness both physically and mentally of Filipino athletes who qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
ERNEST JOHN OBIENA crossed border from Germany to France to compete in the third edition of the Perche en Or indoor meet in Roubaix on Saturday.


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HomeThe SocialAlaskans pitched in, saved Ammo-Can Coffee. Now, tonight is 'open mic'
author: Suzanne Downing
Alaskans pitched in, saved Ammo-Can Coffee. Now, tonight is 'open mic'
MUST READ ALASKA READERS RAISED $8,000 TO KEEP IT OPEN
Ammo-Can Coffee shop in Soldotna has been able able to weather the COVID-19 shut-down storm, thanks to hundreds of Alaskans who pitched in to help the Floyd family business.
Tonight, (Saturday, May 9), will be the first jam and open-mic session since the shutdown. It starts at 7 pm, and the business is now open regular hours, with regular table service 6 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, and 7:30 am to 11 pm on Saturdays. The coffee shop is located at 35559 Kenai Spur Hwy.
"We're open, we're having folks sign in at the door to comply with the 'reservation required' mandate, and we've got all the hand sanitizer that was sent to us from all over Alaska," Jason Floyd said.
He added that Ammo-Can is following the state mandates and hopes people will turn out for music night because it's summer on the Kenai Peninsula, and Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce has declared every business, large and small, open and "essential." Businesses are ready to return to some semblance of normal, he said.
Kenai Borough Mayor Pierce: 'All workers essential, Kenai Peninsula welcomes you'
Last month, Must Read Alaska readers pitched in during a GoFundMe.com campaign to help save the coffee shop from having to close after state mandates shuttered all restaurants, except for take out, and then said they could only open if they had hand sanitizer at the door.
That was when hand sanitizer could not be purchased in small communities in Alaska, leading Jason Floyd to wonder if he would be able to stay in business. For businesses like his on the Kenai Peninsula, summer is the season to make enough to stretch through the long, quiet winters.
Too much of a good thing? AmmoCan Coffee drenched in hand sanitizer donations
But with the $8,300 raised by the GoFundMe campaign, the Floyds were able to get caught up on their shop's rent and other bills. They also welcomed the delivery of dozens of bottles of hand sanitizer from friends and well-wishers, including Ken McCarty of Chugiak, who flew a supply in for the coffee shop all the way from the Birchwood Airport north of Anchorage, shown in the story above.
Still, the state economy is on its knees, and business at the coffee shop is not exactly buzzing yet. It's going to take a while for all businesses in Alaska to regain their footing, and it's a process that might take years for some.
The Save Ammo-Can Coffee GoFundMe campaign will close in three days. All of the funds that have been sent for the Floyds have been remitted, except for $100, which will be mailed along with any final donations made between now and Tuesday.
How government mandates have brought one Alaska business to brink of disaster
Jason Floyd said that people can also help by giving Ammo-Can Coffee and other small businesses by giving a favorable review on TripAdviser if they like the products and service they get. Every gesture, big and small, has made a difference to his family's future, he said.
Written by Suzanne Downing
Suzanne Downing had careers in business and journalism before serving as the Director of Faith and Community-based Initiatives for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and returning to Alaska to serve as speechwriter for Gov. Sean Parnell. Born on the Oregon coast, she moved to Alaska in 1969.
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Greg Forkner / May 9, 2020
What is the capacity of the shop given the 6 foot distancing mandate?
Greg Forkner / May 10, 2020
Not trolling Edwardo. Just looking after everyone including you.
Bob / May 10, 2020
Please, please, just look after yourself, Karen. Surely that will keep you busy??
Its not my way. Be looking out for you, I am also looking out for me and mine.
Jason Floyd / May 9, 2020
Thanks again to Suzanne Downing, Must Read Alaska, and the hundreds of folks who helped Ammo-Can Coffee muscle through the government's protracted, "handling," of COVID-19. We welcome everyone and encourage you to come relax and enjoy each-other's company with a great cup 'o friendship!
"Peace, Love & Pass the Ammo!"
You didn't answer my question did you?
Steven / May 10, 2020
Stay home, then. I don't need looking after. I do that all by myself
Whidbey Thedog / May 10, 2020
That sign-in list will sure come in handy in a week or two.
Yes it will
Give the trackers a starting point. Possible shut down a business for noncompliance. In 11 days, you can all kill each other. Just stay away for me.
I will not go to any establishment until the stupid signing in is gone; nobody needs to know where I go.
But they do need to know how many were in an establishment at a given time. Rules ya know?
I don't care I will not frequent until these Unconstitutional mandates are gone.
But they are legal. The law gives the Governor and/or President the power to sign executive orders during a crisis. Sorry.
Reefer is legal, at least on a state level. You don't have to sneak around anymore.
KenaiMike / May 11, 2020
All the dope a dope could want, but beware the coffee shop!
Yeah, because of herding like cattle into a confined space. We got this pandemic thing going on here. Haven't you heard? (Sarcastic)
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TV Review: The Bastard Executioner 1.5 "Piss Profit/Proffidwyr Troeth"
By Olympus Athens | @ | October 7th, 2015 at 8:21 pm
Season 1 Episode 5: "Piss Profit/Proffidwyr Troeth"
Directed by Kari Skogland
Written by Roberto Patino
Created by Kurt Sutter
Starring Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Matthew Rhys, Timothy V. Murphy, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Elen Rhys, Danny Sapani
Air Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, 10:00pm
Last week on The Bastard Executioner, while Lady Love (Flora Spencer-Longhurst) is away, Milus Corbett (Stephen Moyer) will play… manipulative violent games. Lady Love is summoned by the king to decide the fate of Ventrishire. However, she is treated poorly, the king only caring of play, so is at the mercy of his right hand. The decision is to split up her land, which she stops by faking a pregnancy. What is this? General Hospital? Meanwhile, Corbett is home trying to sell her. Plus, he imprisons Wilkin Brattle's (Lee Jones) friends as leverage. That crazy Milus! Wilkin is starting to care for his fake children, but is a bit horrified by his crazy fake wife (Sarah Sweeney). Watch out for her!
Spoilers below.
Topics: Reviews, Television, TV Reviews
Tags: Danny Sapani, Darren Evans, Elen Rhys, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, FX, FX Networks, Kari Skogland, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Matthew Rhys, Roberto Patino, Sam Spruell, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner, Timothy V. Murphy
Inside Look At Training On 'The Bastard Executioner'
By Olympus Athens | @ | September 24th, 2015 at 7:02 pm
We are 3 episodes (in 2 weeks) in to The Bastard Executioner, Kurt Sutter's highly anticipated next project after his highly acclaimed Sons of Anarchy, and if you've been watching… week 1 and week 2 have been worth the wait. This 14th century period piece follows Wilkin Brattle, a former soldier weary of the fight, forced to play an executioner while lying in wait for vengeance. Modern day actors aren't just born swordfighting, British-accented, horseriding masters, they need serious training to make their work look authentic. How do they do that?
Topics: News, Television, Videos
Tags: Danny Sapani, Darren Evans, Elen Rhys, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, FX, FX Networks, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Matthew Rhys, Paris Barclay, Sam Spruell, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner, Timothy V. Murphy
TV Review: The Bastard Executioner 1.1 & 1.2 "Pilot"
By Olympus Athens | @ | September 16th, 2015 at 9:00 am
Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2: "Pilot"
Directed by Paris Barclay
Written by Kurt Sutter
Starring Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Matthew Rhys, Jack Greenlees,
Air Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 10:00pm
It has finally arrived! The highly anticipated period piece The Bastard Executioner, created by Kurt Sutter, has sliced its way into our television screens and it is as bloody as we expected. I had to look away many times. This is the tale of a warrior, in the time of King Edward, who only wishes to lay down his sword. Fate has something else in store for him, as he must lift up his sword once again to mete out justice in the land.
If you haven't caught the 2-hour pilot yet, be warned, as there are spoilers ahead!
Tags: Darren Evans, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, FX, Jack Greenlees, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Matthew Rhys, Paris Barclay, Sam Spruell, Sarah White, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner, Timothy V. Murphy
'The Bastard Executioner': Premiere Date, Poster, Videos!
By Olympus Athens | @ | August 10th, 2015 at 12:00 pm
The Executioner is coming!
If you could not tell from the onslaught of coverage from GoD, Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner, is coming. And now we know exactly when it will arrive. FX keeps teasing us (me), while I'm watching The Strain and Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, with these 20-second teasers. I don't know how they pack such ominous tidings into such a small timespan, but pack it they did. The "Dark Age" teaser is in slow motion, angry, and of course… dark.
Check out that, two more "From the Set" videos, the poster, and the revealed premiere date below.
Tags: Darren Evans, Elen Rhys, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, FX, FX Networks, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Paris Barclay, Sam Spruell, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner, Timothy V. Murphy
'The Bastard Executioner' From The Set & More!
By Olympus Athens | @ | August 3rd, 2015 at 5:00 pm
FX has released a ton of videos for The Bastard Executioner airing this fall, including more "From The Set" clips from Stephen Moyer (Miles Corbett), Lee Jones (Wilkin Brattle), and Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Lady Love Ventris). They have also shown 10-15 second teasers of a single concept during some of their other shows. I always catch them during The Strain, when I have to rewind back again, as I was fast forwarding through my DVR recording.
Watch the videos and check out the synopsis below.
Tags: Flora Spencer-Longhurst, FX, FX Networks, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner
First Trailer For The Bastard Executioner (Video)!
By Olympus Athens | @ | July 14th, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Fans of The Strain got a sneak peek at the season 1 trailer for The Bastard Executioner, Kurt Sutter's newly picked up 10-episode series, which debuts in October on FX.
Check out the trailer below.
Topics: News, Television, Trailers, Videos
Tags: Darren Evans, FX, FX Networks, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Paris Barclay, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner, Timothy V. Murphy
From The Set: Stephen Moyer On 'The Bastard Executioner' & More! (Videos)
By Olympus Athens | @ | June 8th, 2015 at 10:00 am
More "From The Set" videos from Kurt Sutter's, The Bastard Executioner! This period piece tells the story of an Edwardian knight (newcomer Lee Jones) who doesn't want that life anymore, but ends up as the title character. These clips show Stephen Moyer (Miles Corbett) on why this was his perfect next gig, and Sam Spruell (Toran Richards) lets us know how you can tell this is an excellent script.
Watch the 2 videos below for those answers.
Tags: FX, FX Networks, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Lee Jones, Paris Barclay, Stephen Moyer, TBX, The Bastard Executioner


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The Gainesville Sun
BOSTON - Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan was suspended without pay for a month Tuesday for saying on television that Jason Kidd's wife needed someone to "smack her."
"Bob Ryan's comments were a clear and egregious violation of the standards of The Boston Globe," Globe editor Martin Baron said in a statement. "Bob has been told in no uncertain terms that his remarks were offensive and unacceptable."
Ryan also was barred from appearing on radio or television for one month.
New Jersey Nets coach Byron Scott urged the Globe to fire Ryan, who made the comments Sunday night on WBZ-TV's "Sports Final" show before the Nets and Celtics began their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Kidd, the Nets' All-Star guard, said Boston fans insulted his wife and 3-year-old son during the playoffs last season. Kidd was taunted with chants of "wife beater," referring to 2001 charges, later dropped, that he hit his wife, Joumana.
Ryan made the comments as he and host Bob Lobel talked about the rematch and whether the Kidds will receive similar treatment when the teams go to Boston for Game 3 on Friday.
Ryan said Kidd should expect taunts from the crowd, then criticized the Kidds for using their son "as a prop" and called Joumana Kidd an "exhibitionist."
DAVIE - Safety Sammy Knight, who made the Pro Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2001, received a free-agent contract offer from the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday.
The Saints decided against trying to keep Knight after last season, saying they wanted more speed at safety. In Miami, Knight would compete for a starting job with incumbent Arturo Freeman.
ATHENS, Ga. - Five Georgia football players and a basketball player charged with possession of marijuana were given pretrial diversion Tuesday in Athens Municipal Court.
Football players Tim Jennings of Orangeburg, S.C.; Bryan McClendon of Atlanta; DeMario Minter of Stone Mountain; Mario Raley of Charlotte, N.C.; Randall Swoopes of Athens; and basketball player Wayne Arnold of Lilburn were charged with misdemeanor possession.
All the student-athletes are freshmen.
Pretrial diversion is a program for first offenders, which requires them to do community service work and report to a probation officer periodically.
If the program is completed successfully, usually after one year, the case will be expunged from their records, said court clerk Mary Hamby.
Georgia football coach Mark Richt suspended the five players for the first two games of next season. He ordered them to perform 30 hours of community service and to participate in internal discipline consisting of physical activity and required counseling.
Basketball coach Dennis Felton kicked Arnold off the team.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Chris Thomas, who helped Notre Dame advance to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 for the first time since 1987, is submitting his name for the NBA Draft.
The 6-foot-1 point guard said Tuesday that will not sign with an agent, though, and will keep open his option of returning for his junior season. He said if he is not confident he will be a top 20 pick, he will return to the Irish.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Steve Park was fired Tuesday by Dale Earnhardt Inc., ending the tenure of the first full-time Winston Cup driver hired by the late Earnhardt.
"Steve was instrumental in DEI's first NASCAR Winston Cup program," said Earnhardt's widow, Teresa. "Our loyalty to each other was hard to overcome. However, the time came where we simply had to make a change."
Park said he recognized his release was a business decision.
"I wanted to let everyone know that there are no hard feelings between myself and DEI - companies make decisions like this since that is the nature of the racing business," he said. "I will always look back on my years of driving for DEI with much happiness.
"It will always be an honor for me that I was the first Winston Cup driver for owner Dale Earnhardt."


Beating out some of the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade, this gripping, edge-of-your-seat whodunit catapulted to the top of "must see" lists everywhere when it emerged to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A mesmerizing thrill ride, MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING is invigorating and heart-wrenching at the same time–the stuff suspense novelists only dream of writing.
Jacksonville, Florida, May 2000. Mary Ann Stephens is shot in the head at point blank range in front of her husband. Two hours later, Brenton Butler, a 15 year old black male, is arrested walking down a nearby street. Mr. Stephens identifies him. Butler signs a confession.
Everyone involved with the case, from investigators to journalists, is ready to condemn Butler, except his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A dazzling and magnetic presence of Hollywood proportions, McGuiness reopens the inquiry, and in a dramatic and absolutely spine-tingling sequence of events, he and his team discover a slew of shocking and troubling elements about the case. Did Brenton write his own confession? Where is the concrete evidence? And most importantly, can the police be lying?
"Packs a one-two punch worthy of the most compelling detective story. You won't forget it."
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Fanboys of the Universe
Fanboys of the Universe celebrates the diversity and dedication of the LGBTQ fan community.
My, What Big Plot Holes You Have
"I don't know if you've ever been to Dollywood"…is not how you want a review of your film to start. Sorry, Catherine "I'm So Bad, Even Twilight Fired Me" Hardwicke. It's a shame, too, because Red Riding Hood's premise, along with the trailer and evocative advertising campaign, intrigued me and had me eagerly anticipating its release. I was expecting a lush and sexy thriller to reinvent the legend and tap into all the sexual and psychological subtext in the story, but what I got was…I don't know if you're ever been to Dollywood, but the whole Red Riding Hood production reminded me of a well-produced "Fairytale Adventure at the Enchanted Forest Theater and BBQ Pit."
Red Riding Hood, as you may have guessed, is about a village under siege by a wolf, and the young woman who finds herself at the center of it all. I adore Amanda Seyfried, and you couldn't hope for a more perfect fairytale heroine. I'm surprised Disney hasn't snatched her up for a live-action remake of Cinderella. But a good version of Cinderella. Not a teen angst Gossip Girl version, please. Even a Grimm's version would be acceptable. I mean, have you ever read the Grimm's version, with the step-sisters cutting their toes off and getting their eyes pecked out by birds? It's…well…grim.
The Little Red Riding Hood legend is steeped in primal fears and desires. Innocent girls, hungry wolves, swarthy huntsmen, passive-aggressive grandmothers who live far away on purpose, just so you have to travel in impossible conditions to get there. And we've seen this legend covered before in entertainment, from the heightened sexuality of Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves to the existentialism of Sondheim's Into the Woods. This production, however, looks and feels very much like a calculated attempt to cash in on the Twilight craze.
Twilight, for all its faults, does have a strong belief system at its core. Namely, that good girls wait until marriage to give in to temptation, no matter how dreamy the boy is. Yet, even though Red Riding Hood has centuries of deep, dark psychological mythos behind it, this version lacks a strong or coherent point of view. When all is said and done, the message seems to be that while you can't trust a wolf in sheep's clothing, you can probably trust the cutest guy in the village, especially if he has a big axe.
The script is also a problem, with dialogue that veers from "like, oh my god" Val-speak to arch, melodramatic fare that puts even Gary Oldman's scenery-chewing skills to the test. Fellow cast members Virginia Madsen and Julie Christie are largely wasted, but play the Mother and Grandmother stock characters with as much gusto as they can muster, considering the limited material. And it's always nice to see Lucas Haas.
The production design here is hit or miss, for the most part. While the Enchanted Forest Theater and BBQ Pit look impressive, if not particularly lived-in, the snow on the ground is pure Hollywood corn starch and becomes a distraction throughout the movie. Similarly, while the movie posters promised a lush, blood-red cloak that would rival even Jezebel's vermillion dress, the film's titular cloak looks more like a casual faded hoodie from Old Navy…or a knock-off from the Enchanted Forest Theater and BBQ Pit Gift Shoppe.
In its favor, I will say that there is a mystery involved here, and while there are some rather circuitous threads to follow, the revelation holds up, and it manages to surprise, but still make sense in the grand scheme of things. Overall, though, I couldn't help longing for a grittier, sexier, more psychologically challenging take on the tale. Still, I have a feeling this will find life as a companion to Twilight at tween sleepovers for the next decade or so. With this lackluster film as evidence, I have a feeling that's all Hardwicke was ever going for. Too bad, too, because the potential in the tale is limitless. Maybe Hoodwinked Too! will get it right.
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Helena's Peacock
Helena, Idaho became a full-fledged town in 1890, the year Idaho became a state. Yes, Helena, Idaho. Once known as Seven Devils (which is a clue as to its location), miners from Montana who were chasing their fortunes decided to call it Helena when they applied for a post office. Well, that's one story. Another has it that the town was named for the first girl born in the camp.
Gold attracted most miners to the mountains of Idaho, but Helena was all about copper. Levi Allen discovered the mineral in the area in 1862. Three mines were worked there, the Helena, the White Monument, and the Peacock. Copper tends to be greenish in its natural state. The Peacock was so named because the ore there tended more toward blue.
Ore went out by wagon to Weiser until 1900 when the railroad reached Council. Then the wagons had a shorter route. A railroad was once planned to run from Helena to Weiser to pull out that ore. The price of copper killed that dream, and it was never finished. Soon, the town was. The post office closed in 1902. The town itself was abandoned in 1912.
There are reportedly still some remains of the town that may be of interest to ghost town buffs. It's located about 10 miles north of Cuprum on Copper Creek, near the far end of the Kleinschmidt Grade. Pack a sandwich.


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Chris Tetley var en brittisk journalist och DJ arbetande för Manchester-baserade Piccadilly Radio under åren 1977-1993. Han arbetade också som musikproducent och turnémanager för bland andra Black Sabbath och Joe Cocker. Innan sin långa sejour hos Piccadilly Radio var han även verksam vid Radio Caroline.

Tetley citerades ofta i brittiska hårdrocksmagasinet Kerrang! och hade ett nära samarbetade med den brittiske DJ:n och journalisten Tommy Vance i hans program The Friday Rock Show som sändes i BBC Radio 1 regelbundet perioden 1978-1993. Under sin verksamma tid intervjuade Tetley en mängd artister inom den tyngre rocken, allt från Magnum, Dio och Metallica till Living Colour och AC/DC. Intervjuerna utgavs sedan som bildskivor under titeln Rock Sagas - The Chris Tetley Interviews. Han figurerade också i en liknande serie utgåvor titulerade Chris Tetley Presents, vilka innehöll dels intervjuer, men dels även tidigare outgivna låtar.

1996-1999 medverkade Tetley på The Rockview Interviews, en serie intervjuer som gavs ut CD-format, bland annat med Black Sabbath, Megadeth och Mötley Crüe, där Tetley även introducerade banden i förordet.

Chris Tetley dog i Alderley Edge, England den 8 juli 2005, 62 år gammal.

Rock Sagas - The Chris Tetley Interviews

12" cirkulär bildskiva:

CT 1001 - Bon Jovi
CT 1002 - Europe
CT 1003 - Meat Loaf
CT 1004 - Led Zeppelin
CT 1005 - ZZ Top
CT 1006 - Whitesnake
CT 1007 - Dio
CT 1008 - Metallica
CT 1009 - Manowar
CT 1010 - Ozzy Osbourne
CT 1011 - Def Leppard
CT 1012 - Kiss
CT 1013 - Guns 'N' Roses
CT 1014 - Zodiac Mindwarp
CT 1015 - Alice Cooper
CT 1016 - Anthrax
CT 1017 - Kingdom Come
CT 1018 - Magnum
CT 1019 - Megadeth
CT 1020 - Motörhead
CT 1021 - Gary Moore
CT 1022 - Mötley Crüe
CT 1023 - AC/DC
CT 1024 - Kix
CT 1025 - Poison
CT 1026 - Rush
CT 1027 - Scorpions
CT 1028 - Living Colour
CT 1029 - Dare

Set om två 7" x 9" rektangulära bildskivor (Limited Edition):

CTD 2001 - Anthrax - Fotodisk, 1988
CTD 2002 - Guns 'N' Roses - Fotodisk, 1988
CTD 2003 - Bon Jovi - Fotodisk, 1988
CTD 2004 - Kiss - Fotodisk, 1988
CTD 2005 - Metallica - Fotodisk, 1989
CTD 2006 - Led Zeppelin - Fotodisk, 1989
CTD 2007 - Def Leppard - Fotodisk, 1989
CTD 2008 - Megadeth - Fotodisk, 1989

Chris Tetley Presents

12" cirkulär bildskiva:

ROHA LP1 - The Celtic Frost Story - Rock Hard, 1990
ROHA LP2 - The Uriah Heep Story - Rock Hard, 1990
ROHA LP3 - The Garth Rockett And The Moonshiners Story Featuring Ian Gillan - Rock Hard, 1990

The Rockview Interviews

CD:

RVCD 202 - Megadeth - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 204 - Led Zeppelin - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 205 - Mötley Crüe - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 206 - AC/DC - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 207 - Bon Jovi - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 209 - Pink Floyd, 1996
RVCD 210 - Jimmy Page & David Coverdale - Rockview, 1997
RVCD 212 - Def Leppard - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 217 - Kiss - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 220 - Black Sabbath - Rockview, 1996
RVCD 227 - Ozzy Osbourne - Rockview, 1996

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Födda 1940-talet

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Infographic - How antibiotic resistance can spread
This is an infographic that shows how antibiotic resistance can spread through people, animals and the environment
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This infographic is a circular diagram with pictures linked together by arrows to show how antibiotic resistance can spread between people, animals and the environment.
Antibiotics are given to animals. Antibiotic resistance may develop.
Resistant bacteria spread to humans and other animals through poorly prepared food, close proximity and poor hygiene.
Resistant bacteria spread to the environment and food through water contaminated by faeces or through wildlife. Research into how antibiotic resistance is spread in Australia is ongoing and new information is continuing to emerge. What is happening in other countries may not be applicable to Australia.
Antibiotics are given to a person in hospital or the community. Antibiotic resistance may develop. Resistant bacteria spread to other people through poor hygiene and close proximity.
Resistant bacteria spread to humans and other animals through the environment (water, soil, air).
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change to protect themselves from an antibiotic. The more we use antibiotics, the more chance bacteria have to become resistant to them.


Solar Thermal harnesses available radiation from the sun and transforms into heat or energy. The use of thermal energy can be applied to water used in a variety of applications residentially from heating domestic water for the home, water for a pool and water for heating radiant floors. Commercially solar heated water can assist in drastically reducing the amount of gas needed to heat water.
Active solar heating systems use pumps to circulate water through collectors. This is commonly referred to as Direct Circulation.
Pumps that are used to circulate non-freezing fluid (Glycol based fluid) through collectors to heat water are referred to as Indirect Circulation.
Passive solar systems, while not as efficient as Active systems, are usually less expensive and can last much longer. In Passive systems, the water can be circulated slowly and gather in one, central tank and integrated into the collector itself. Thermosyphon systems are also considered passive.
In a Thermosyphon environment, warm water rises as cool water sinks. The collector is installed below the storage tank so that as the water gains temperature it rises and then falls into the tank.


Phil Noble is a business and technology consultant from Charleston. Over the past twenty-five years, his company, Phil Noble and Associates, has worked in more than 40 countries around the world, serving clients as diverse as the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Time Warner Inc., the Bertelsmann Foundation.
Here in South Carolina, Noble is the founder of three statewide nonprofit initiatives: The Palmetto Project, One Laptop Per Child South Carolina, and World Class Scholars, an online global student exchange program.
Noble has also served on advisory boards at a number of colleges and universities including at Clemson, USC and the College of Charleston, and was a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
In the realm of public policy, Noble served for many years as president of the SC New Democrats, an independent group that encourages young people and other community activists with ideas for political reform and common-sense solutions. He was also an early advisor to Barack Obama and was on his campaign's South Carolina Statewide Steering Committee.
Also, for the past five years, Noble has written a weekly column for the SC Press Association and several business magazines about innovative economic, education and government policies and reforms.
A Greenville native, Phil lives in Charleston with his wife of 35 years, Nancy Madden, of Laurens. They have two grown children, JP and Lizzie.
Phil Noble For Governor of South Carolina 2018. I'm Running for Governor My name is Phil Noble and I'm running for Governor because I believe that we need big change and real reform – right now. South Carolina is an amazing state and we can do great things – because we always have. But today, we have a system of plantation politics and our legislature and state government have become infected.


What army should I focus on in M03.005?
What's to become a Rending Weapon?
Moments when friends named one of their models after you in a game.
How long has it taken you to build your army?
ONE LIST TO RULE THEM ALL! or do you `mix n match' to suit your opponent?
Good and bad points on the new rules.
How many Army lists have you made?
Do the Tau actually have a future fluff wise?
what happened to my What if topic??
People who aren't sure of which army to collect.
Does anyone Know what happened to Portant?
New Game Type? Or Old One I Thought Of?
SMs and CSMs before the horus heresy.
Advice for opponents and letting things go.
Wot do u think is the best infiltrating unit and why?
Enemies of the Imperium Army Builder!
what DON'T Eldar and Tau have in common?
what do Eldar and Tau have in common?
The best played game ever!
has anyone heard of Malal?
How far back do your White Dwarfs go?
Inquisitor is 40K isn't it?
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of war Open Beta!
Good place to get Fluff?
The worst looking model in 40K.
what is the worst you have ever lost by?
Most powerful race when played expertly?
What is the Warhammer equivalent of each 40k race?
The emporer, Dead or alive?
So which race is in a position to "win"?
Wots the best looking model in 40k?
Battle Report: SM vs CSM, 2500pts, Pitched battle, very Brutal !!!
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Fairyland School Art Show
14-Mar-2015 by Merrell McGinness
"It took me four years to learn to paint like Rapheal, but a lifetime to paint like a child."
- Picasso
On April 9, Fairyland Elementary School will celebrate the creativity of all mini masters with their annual art show, held at Lookout Mountain Methodist Church. Everyone is invited to participate.
"We've been holding the Fairyland Art Show for years, but this year we really wanted to encourage the entire community to participate," says Organizer and PTO Board Member DeAnna Willingham.
The show is a celebration of arts on Lookout Mountain, welcoming all mediums and ages. Past entries have included pottery, sculpture, quilts and even pillows in addition to traditional "wall art." Held from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m., there will be hors oeuvres as well as live guitar from FES piano teacher James Glass.
Cash awards and other prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, with categories for Fairyland students, community students and community adults. This year the show will also pay tribute to artistic FES parents such as Amy Ball and Stephanie Hardin.
While adult artwork is welcome, the show is centered on younger artists. All kids are encouraged to enter, no matter how comfortable they are with a paintbrush.
"There's something really special about a child seeing something they created hanging on the wall," says PTO President Caroline Williams. "Their eyes and expression…it's really a neat thing to see."
Each person is allowed two entries, submitted between now and the week before the show. Art collections will be held at Fairyland Elementary before and after school (7:30 to 8:00 a.m. or 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.) or by contacting Willingham at 423-593-7505 or Deanna@willinghamemail.com.
"I'm happy to collect artwork anywhere on the mountain, then deliver back after the show," she says.
Paper paintings need to be ready for display, either framed or mounted on cardstock or construction paper.
April 9, 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Lookout Mountain United Methodist Church


Late last week, New York State launched a new website offering sexual harassment resources for employees and employers, including the much anticipated model sexual harassment policy, complaint form, and training called for by the sexual harassment legislation enacted last year. The website also offers answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on these topics. Although all New York employers are required to adopt sexual harassment policies by October 9, 2018 and complete initial sexual harassment training by January 1, 2019, the model documents that are currently available are drafts only, and may be subject to change. The State is encouraging the public to submit comments on these documents by September 12, and may revise their templates in response to public comments. Therefore, employers will likely not receive final guidance on these requirements until close to the date of implementation. New York City employers should also be mindful that the City imposes heightened requirements not fully addressed by the State's model training, and has some posting requirements that take effect on September 6, 2018, as described later in this advisory.
By October 9, 2018, all NYS employers must adopt and distribute to all employees a written sexual harassment policy, including an internal complaint form. Employers are encouraged, but are not required, to obtain written acknowledgment of receipt of the policy from employees. Policies may be distributed electronically, but employees must be able to access the policy on a computer provided by the employer during work time and be able to print a copy for their records.
Employers may either use the Model Policy provided by the State or draft a policy that satisfies the minimum standards of the Model Policy. According to the State's guidance, employers should provide employees with the policy in a language that is spoken by their employees, but it is not clear how many employees must speak a specific language for this requirement to apply.
clearly state that retaliation against individuals who complain of sexual harassment or who testify or assist in any proceeding under the law is unlawful.The State's draft Model Policy can be found here. The decision whether to adopt the State's Model Policy or to rely on an alternative formulation should be undertaken after discussion with counsel as there are some provisions that arguably exceed the requirements of the statute.
Although the sexual harassment training requirements are also effective October 9, 2018, the FAQs make clear that all employees (including part-time employees) must receive interactive sexual harassment training that meets the standards of the model training by January 1, 2019. Thereafter, employees must be trained at least once per year, either based on a calendar, anniversary year, or other date of the employer's choosing. "New employees" or employees who commence employment after January 1, 2019 must be trained within 30 calendar days of starting their job. If a new employee has recently received the unmodified state training at a prior employer, or one of similar substance, the FAQs note that the new employer may consider the employee "trained".
To be considered "interactive" the training should allow employees the opportunity to ask and/or answer questions and/or provide mandatory feedback about the training and related materials. As with the draft policy, the training should be provided in the language spoken by the employees.
information addressing conduct by supervisors and any additional responsibilities that apply to supervisors.
The model training can be found here and indicates that it will be made available in video or PowerPoint format, with a script and FAQs to accompany it for live presentations. Employers choosing to make use of the model training should discuss with counsel how to adjust the content to be more suitable for their own workforce and consistent with internal policies and procedures.
New York City employers with 15 or more employees, including interns, are reminded that they have additional training obligations under City law, effective April 2019. Details about these training requirements are still forthcoming, but the statute anticipates some specific departures and expansions from New York State requirements, including requiring discussion of "bystander intervention." The N.Y.C. Commission on Human Rights has launched a website related to sexual harassment that states that employers will have one year from April 2019 to implement the training. The website also includes the English and Spanish posters which employers are required to conspicuously post in breakrooms or other common areas, as well as an information sheet that must be distributed to new hires. New York City employers are required to post and distribute these documents by September 6, 2018.
Although both the policy and training are currently in draft form, employers who want to integrate the policy and training into their current handbooks and training platforms should begin reviewing and revising their materials to bring them into compliance with the legal requirements. We will continue to advise you on developments in the State and City's evolving guidance on these issues.
If you have any questions about the above legislation, please contact Tina Grimshaw or any other attorney at the Firm at (212) 758-7600.
 The Model Policy, by its terms, also requires employers to post the policy "prominently in all work locations".
 The FAQs seem to indicate that employees must be trained no matter how frequently the employee works in NY. In response to the question of what happens if "someone just works for one day for the employer, or if someone works for just one day in NY", the State avers that employers must ensure that "all employees receive training".


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Women make history at Newport Folk Festival
By Bill Brotherton | July 29, 2019
Country supergroup The Highwomen, from left, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile and Amanda Shire, made their debut performance at the Newport Folk Festival. (Alysse Gafkjen)
NEWPORT, R.I. — "The Newport Folk Festival has been on the right side of history for all of its 60 years," Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile said from the stage Saturday on Day 2 of this iconic celebration of music, peace, love and community. Carlile cited the 1963 civil rights freedom march through the streets of…
Bill Brotherton Brotherton is Features editor for the Daily Item. He is also editor of Essex Media Group's North Shore Golf, 01907 and ONE magazines. A Beverly native and Suffolk University graduate, Bill recently retired from the Boston Herald, where he wrote about music, edited the Features section and was Editorial unit chairman for The Newspaper Guild-CWA local 31032. This is his second stint at the Item, having labored as Lifestyle editor back in the olden days, when New Wave and Hair Metal music ruled the airwaves.
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Martti Elias Huhtala (ur. 12 listopada 1918 r. w Rovaniemi – zm. 25 października 2005 r. tamże) – fiński biegacz narciarski oraz specjalista kombinacji norweskiej, srebrny medalista olimpijski w kombinacji.

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Pierwszym sukcesem w karierze Huhtali było zdobycie brązowego medalu w kombinacji na mistrzostwach Finlandii w 1943 roku. Na krajowych mistrzostwach medale zdobywał także w 1947 roku, kiedy był drugi oraz rok później, kiedy kazał się najlepszy. W 1948 roku osiągnął swój jedyny sukces na arenie międzynarodowej, zdobywając srebrny medal w kombinacji na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Sankt Moritz. Po skokach zajmował szóste miejsce, jednak wskoczył na podium po tym jak na trasie biegu uzyskał drugi czas. Wyprzedził go tylko jego rodak Heikki Hasu, a trzecie miejsce zajął Szwed Sven Israelsson. Były to pierwsze igrzyska, na których Norwegowie nie zdobyli żadnego medalu w kombinacji. Na tych samych igrzyskach Martti wystąpił także w biegu na 18 km techniką klasyczną, kończąc rywalizację na dziesiątej pozycji.

Dwa lata później brał udział w mistrzostwach świata w Lake Placid, gdzie zajął 20. miejsce w biegu na 18 km, a zawody w kombinacji ukończył na siódmej pozycji. W 1945 roku wygrał rozgrywane w Lahti zawody Salpausselän Kisat.

Z zawodu Huhtala był żołnierzem, dosłużył się stopnia podpułkownika. W latach 1955-1956 i 1968-1971 był prezydentem klubu Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura.

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Home Governance Apply now for Master in Sustainable Development in KU Leuven
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Open applications for the academic year 2021-2022 to study the Master in Sustainable Development! Full scholarships for students from Morocco and 30 other developing countries.
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The Master in Sustainable Development (KU Leuven) is an academic programme that prepares the sustainability leaders of the future. The Master´s main objective is to train students to become the agents of change that will imagine, trigger and implement the sustainability transition of the 21st century. The distinctive strength of this Master programme is its interdisciplinary character bridging societal and ecology sustainability challenges. The programme trains professionals that will support institutions from the public, private and civil society sectors to draft and implement sustainable development programmes and policies.
The Master is a research-driven education programme of 120 ECTS. The common interdisciplinary core programme provides the fundamental expertise needed on sustainable development. This comprises academic courses, a fieldtrip to the Global South (Sustainable Development Living Lab), an internship, a thesis and a workshop.
The Sustainable Development Living Lab serves as a platform through which the vision and goals of the Master programme will be tested and implemented in a real-world setting. All contents and activities in the Master are connected to the priorities of the Lab, which will be in tune with international institutions agendas and contemporary sustainability debates.
There are two specialisation tracks within the Master. One specialisation track, "Space and Society", focuses on the societal component of the sustainability transition. The other specialisation track, "Ecology", focuses on both the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Students from 31 countries in Africa (including Morocco), Asia and Latin America are eligible for a full VLIR-ICP Master's scholarship. The deadline to apply is 1 February 2021.
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Looking to the future with Lev Gonick, Part 2 - Smart tech + next-gen networks
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a five-part series from ASU CIO Lev Gonick, featuring two key trends: cities as classrooms of the future and next-generation wireless and wired networks. Read the first installment now and check back each Wednesday during the month of February for more from Lev on the ten trends leading higher education in 2021.
Trend #2 - Cities as classrooms of the future
In May 2020, urban sociologist and futurist Richard Florida observed that "our great cities will survive COVID-19, just as they have survived previous crises. Urbanization is a more powerful force than infectious disease. But urban universities have no such guarantee. What they do now will determine whether they can thrive, or even survive, in this challenging new chapter for urban America."
With notable exceptions, more than 50 percent of American college students who attend university in an urban setting do so in an enclave or exclave setting. This tradition of being apart and separate from the city goes back to Plato's Academy 2,400 years ago, established as an exclave outside the walls of Athens.
Today, there is a growing probability that such universities — most of which are organized around the 19th century factory model known as the corporate campus — are heading for significant downsizing and, at a minimum, a tectonic re-thinking exercise. The global pandemic has allowed organizations to assess whether the time has come to break with the quaint idea that a corporate campus is essential.
For universities who find their charters informed by commitments to the wellbeing of their neighbors and their priorities, there is no better time than now to begin a dialog both within the 'walls' of the campus and with the stakeholders in the city. If nothing else, the global pandemic has breached the walls separating universities and cities placing us all on pathways to a common destiny.
What role should university technology leaders consider in the emerging new era of town-gown relationships?
One of the core competencies of universities is our advanced digital infrastructure. Digital equity and access is now critical to education and civic life across the globe. Campus IT leaders can, and should, consider extending our digital infrastructure to advance the needs of learners throughout the city. Our ability to instrument our campuses to support engagement, personalization of learning journeys and public safety are all extensible to meet the needs and priorities of our neighbors. So-called smart campus initiatives are not sustainable if they are artificially designed to be curtailed at the edge of campus.
Indeed, IT leaders should take seriously the opportunity to rethink campus design to include strategies of embedding campus facilities, labs, learning spaces and trails, as integrally linked to a vision of a new digitally enabled urbanism that blurs the line between campus and community.
There is a growing probability that the next generation of urban university students, scholars and administrations will find their futures inextricably linked to the surrounding urban realities. As cities ultimately survive the global pandemic, there will be a strong impulse among urban universities and their respective IT leadership to turn inward to 'return to the way things were.' Universities are in a position to engage with and commit to communities intentionally and outwardly, making them immediately relevant in the future of the 21st-century smart city.
The ASU Example - Making important partnerships
The ShapingEDU Winter Games, as a convening of changemakers dedicated to the future of education, was in large part about smart regions and cities. Ideas like preventing senior falls, public transportation for the blind and the future of mobility around and between campuses is just one component discussed! Tune in to the discussions and activities.
ASU is fostering prominent partnerships to create the future of smart region design from campus to community, including the Smart City Cloud Innovation Center with Amazon Web Services and the Connected Environments Collaboratory with Cox.
Trend #3 - Next-generation wireless and wired networks
Some time around 2007, campus IT leadership took our collective eye off the future of networking on campus. For nearly 40 years prior, campuses networks were at the cutting edge of our connected futures. The campus network and the networked academy represented a bold vision of the art of the possible. With our inherited bias to the walled campus worldview, we led the introduction of the use of networks both on our campuses and even between our campuses. That was the consensus purview of the campus CIO.
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 in partnership with AT&T, most technology leaders saw little to no purpose to engage in next generation mobile networks. The consequence has not only been the significant commodification of our campus networks but also our benign neglect as campus IT leaders to design, with our campus partners, products and solutions on those platforms. Indeed, by and large, IT leaders have surrendered much of the past two decades of mobile networks and application development innovation to the marketplace.
Over the past decade, with initial catalytic funding from the National Science Fund (NSF), a new generation of protocols supporting the transformation of networks, through programmable software architectures, has emerged. So-called software-defined networking (SDN) has been embraced by industry, transforming both data center management and wide area networking around the world.
Unfortunately, most of our campus network teams have little to no incentive to pivot to the inevitable introduction of SDN to the campus area network (LANs). That's because, in part, software engineering is not well understood among many network engineers and most senior network engineers have already been part of one campus network revolution. The prospect of reinventing their skills and roles to usher in a new network revolution is not a future that most are running towards.
Unless campus IT leadership embraces the transformation of both wired and wireless networks into programmable and virtualizable software environments, campus IT will, as it did with mobile networks, forgo the opportunity to lead campus network management and network services into the future. SDN networks will enable unprecedented flexibility to provide customized, end-to-end managed environments for researchers both on campus, between campuses, and around the world. SDN will radically transform campus LAN management.
New demands for differentiated network experiences with emergent immersive gaming and virtual reality learning environments will be infinitely easier to provision and support with SDN. Software defined radio technologies will also allow significant agility for extending campus networks throughout the city and well beyond into regional research-based and learning environments. Programmable 5G, CBRS, and other wireless networks can advance the mission of nomadic computing and the mission of our universities.
Campus SDN is coming. We can either own it or take a pass.
The ASU Example - Working with the community
UTO teamed up with Cox to create the Cox Connected Environments Collaboratory at ASU, an incubator for smart solutions to the challenges facing everyday life on campus and in entire cities and regions. Our community is sharing their ideas on how to practically improve their daily experiences, and the Collaboratory is poised to use next-gen networks to make their dreams a reality.
Stay tuned for the next installment, "Engagement + collaboration platforms," coming February 17.


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New York Prepaid Retailer Pay-O-Matic Renews Contract with Leading Prepaid Processor FSV Payment Systems
March 07, 2011 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FSV Payment Systems, Inc., a leading provider of network branded prepaid debit card products and processing services, today announced that the company has signed a three-year contract renewal with Pay-O-Matic ("POM"), extending the current three-year relationship into 2014 and solidifying FSV's position as the leading retail prepaid processor.
"We're pleased to extend our long-standing partnership with Pay-O-Matic," said Rick Savard, FSV's chief executive officer. "Together over the past three years, we have worked to make Pay-O-Matic's new excella product the most successful new prepaid product in the market. We are proud of the partnership we have fostered with Pay-O-Matic and the results we have jointly achieved."
With excella, POM boasts the largest and fastest-growing retail check-casher card program. POM employs a diverse acquisition and distribution strategy, and the program benefits from above-average direct deposit rates.
"Prepaid is such an exciting category that has come to the forefront of retail financial service offerings, and our customers have embraced the excella™ Visa® Prepaid Debit Card beyond our expectations, thus demonstrating the need in the marketplace for this product. Our partnership with FSV has been a cornerstone of our growth and success to date, and we are very pleased to have extended our relationship with them. Together we look to the future with some great plans and projects to continue on the successes we've achieved as partners in this space," commented Rich Gaccione, Pay-O-Matic's chief executive officer.
About FSV Payment Systems
FSV Payment Systems is a leader in the delivery of prepaid debit program management and processing services. Founded in 1999, the privately held company successfully delivers processing and prepaid card programs for payroll, rebates, loyalty and promotions and general-purpose reloadable cards for retail, gift and healthcare. FSV is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates a state-of-the-art client and cardholder service center in Jacksonville, Fla. For more information, visit www.fsvps.com.
About The Pay-O-Matic Corporation
Based in Syosset, New York, The Pay-O-Matic Corp. ("POM") is the largest check cashing and financial service provider focused on the under-banked market in New York State. POM provides a broad range of financial services, including check cashing, prepaid services, sale of money orders, consumer bill payments, transit fare cards and domestic and international money wiring through its partner, Western Union Financial Services, Inc. POM operates community-based retail locations throughout Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island. In addition to its retail operations, POM offers third-party bill payment services and owns and operates currency transport service business, Rapid Armored Corporation, providing armored transport, deposit reconciliation, coin/currency supply and check processing. The Pay-O-Matic Corp. is licensed as a Money Transmitter by the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut State Banking Departments. Pay-O-Matic Check Cashing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Pay-O-Matic Corp., is licensed as a Check Casher by the New York State Banking Department. For more information, visit www.payomatic.com.
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Does anyone know if decoding the aero signal is illegal?
It depends on what country you're in. In the US it's generally allowed, but it is illegal in some other countries, such as Germany.
Please can you let me know what settings you use for SDR# using an RTL SDR with E4000 tuner, for 600 bs, 1200 bps & 10500 bps.
E.g. Sample rate, filter etc.
Holy transistors, Batman! This works amazingly good! Just holding a tiny planar log-periodic out of the attic window and the stuff comes in just fine. Awesome!
I made a crude air gap patch antenna for L Band, fired up SDR Sharp and JAERO, tuned to a signal on 1545.103MHz and waited patiently and BINGO ACARS via satellite!! I set the JAERO option to low bandwidth to reduce the processor requirements. Pretty cool for a freak like me!
Has anyone tried this using the "C" Band downlink ie , the other side of the transmission ?
Works pretty well, but it's a processor hog.
All I did was download decoder, re-tune dongle to 1545 MHz from 1541.450 and there was AERO with all it's magnificent acronyms! Now we need to get someone translate the data into English! I can pick up bits and pieces, but not fun.
Nice. When will the MIX4ALL be on sale?
The telescopic whip won't work for Inmarsat, you need a proper satellite antenna, or at least a modified GPS antenna. See our STD-C article that's linked in this article for some antenna options.
That LNA will work, but it doesn't look like it has a bias-tee power option, so you can only power it via USB or the headers.
Now this is one interesting article. Thanks for the information and thank you Jonti. Here on the East Coast the Inmarsat bird at 15.4W is reachable with a 36 inch Ku band dish and a homebrew L-band helical antenna. A little help from an in-line preamp helps to strengthen the signal. Great work and thanks again for the info on ACARS.
can you tell me at what freq's we can hear voice on inmarsat?


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Baltimore, Bullock's orioles will retain separate identities
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end.
In one corner: the Bullock's oriole, found in the western half of North America. In the other corner: the Baltimore oriole, from the eastern half. Where their ranges meet in the Great Plains, the two mix freely and produce apparently healthy hybrid offspring. The controversy: Are Bullock's and Baltimore one species or two?
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The Baltimore oriole.
According to scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, hybridization is a dead end, and Bullock's and Baltimore orioles will remain separate species. Findings from the new study were published Aug. 3 in The Auk.
"The debate over whether Bullock's and Baltimore orioles are one species or two goes to the very heart of what defines a species," said lead author Jennifer Walsh, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cornell Lab. "For a long time, that definition included the inability of one species to reproduce with any other. Bullock's and Baltimore orioles clearly can mate where their ranges overlap in the hybrid zone, but that's not the whole story."
The oriole conundrum began with the birds long considered to be two distinct species. But the discovery that they interbreed caused the Bullock's and Baltimore orioles to be lumped together under the name Northern oriole in 1983, much to the consternation of birders and some biologists who felt that these birds were each highly distinct. In 1995, the American Ornithological Union reversed course and split them back into two separate species. According to Cornell Lab researchers, this study may finally settle the lump-or-split debate.
The researchers examined genetic markers from almost 300 orioles – Bullock's, Baltimore and many hybrids – from the woodlands on the banks of the Platte River in Nebraska and Colorado. They found the oriole hybrid zone has been shrinking since it was first intensively studied in the 1950s. The scientists say if hybridization conferred any survival advantage, the zone would have gotten bigger, with more mixing of genes between the parent species, and more hybrids. Instead, ongoing natural selection pressures are limiting the expansion of the hybrid zone and preventing the homogenization of the two species.
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The Bullock's oriole.
"I call hybrid zones the 'supercolliders of speciation,'" said Irby Lovette, co-author and director of the Lab's Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program. "Through these special matings, genes and traits are mixing and matching in new combinations – all of which helps us learn more about where biodiversity comes from and, therefore, how new species arise."
The orioles are not alone in their flexible mating standards: About 10% of the world's bird species hybridize. Hybrid zones exist in the U.S. for black-capped and Carolina chickadees, indigo and lazuli buntings, and others. But not all hybrid zones are following the same pattern as that of the orioles. For example, blue-winged and golden-winged warblers have hybridized so much they may be moving toward a merger of the two species.
"We're learning that hybrid zones are really very dynamic, shifting and changing over time," said study author Shawn Billerman, Cornell Lab extension associate in information science. "That aspect of hybrid zones has become recognized as common and widespread in the past 10 to 20 years with the rapid improvement in genetic sequencing."
The researchers' next steps are to identify the specific factors that are limiting oriole hybrid expansion; sequence the entire genome for both Bullock's and Baltimore orioles; and determine the specific genes that cause differences in the appearance and behavior of the two orioles.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation and by the Fuller Evolutionary Biology Lab at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Pat Leonard is a staff writer at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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Suffragette: Royal Holloway launches campaign to tie in with film
Women Inspire aims to show how the fight for the vote still has much to teach us today
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A university has launched a campaign to tie in with the release of Sarah Gavron's film Suffragette this week.
What is now Royal Holloway, University of London was opened by Queen Victoria as the all-female Royal Holloway College in 1886 and did not admit male undergraduates until 1965. Several suffragettes studied there, including Emily Wilding Davison (played by Nathalie Press in the film), who was fatally injured after she stepped out in front of the King's horse during the Derby on 4 June 1913.
In order to "celebrate our pioneering history and the leading role our founders played in the advancement of women in higher education", but also to "look to the future and champion our current inspirational women and the role they can play in inspiring both male and female students", says principal Paul Layzell, RHUL decided to create its new "Women Inspire" campaign.
A website includes inspirational quotes; podcasts in which five female academics – specialising in English, geography, history, management and physics – describe a woman in their field who inspired them; and a video series looking at the university's cutting-edge research.
Stella Moss, lecturer in history, sets out "five things we can learn from suffrage campaigners". She notes, for example, how their willingness to "defy convention" through tactics such as "window-breaking and arson attacks – a far cry from the ideals of respectable conduct espoused by etiquette manuals" not only "generated considerable publicity" but "came to be seen as evidence of their political commitment".
Meanwhile, a quiz titled "Which suffragette are you?" asks visitors to the site questions such as what kind of women they are inspired by, what they are looking for in a partner, what they hope to be remembered for and whether they would seek political change though writing, "break[ing] the law", "mak[ing] headlines" or "go[ing] on hunger strike". Their responses flag up a leading suffragette who would have answered the same way.
Another initiative asks students, staff and alumni to photograph themselves holding up a handwritten placard about which woman has inspired them and why. The images will be tweeted using the hashtag #RHWomenInspire.
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About Alpha Sigma Phi Philippines
There are four separate university fraternities which are using the Greek name Alpha Sigma Phi in the Philippines:
Gregorio Araneta University Foundation (founded in 1952)
University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, College of Medicine (1959)
Central Mindanao University (1959)
Silliman University (1965)
The chapter at Central Mindanao University originally used the name "Agricultural Students of the Philippines", with the Greek letters Alpha Sigma Phi as acronym, while the chapter at Silliman University, organized in 1965, used the name Alpha Sigma Phi based on a research from Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Both these chapters organized daughter chapters in different schools, and as their membership grew it became inevitable that members learned of each other's existence and origins.
In 1972, the chapter at Silliman University sent invitations to schools nationwide inviting all existing fraternities using the name Alpha Sigma Phi to join them in a National Convention. Of the four original fraternities, only the chapters originating from Silliman University and Central Mindanao University participated in the national convention, and formed what is now known as Alpha Sigma Phi Philippines, Inc. After years of communications and exchange visits, the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity in the USA and Alpha Sigma Phi Philippines, Inc. created the "International Council of Alpha Sigma Phi". The Philippine organization reflects the values and many of the traditions and practices of the American fraternity, but admits women members and has an equal number of Muslim and Christian members in its fold. Its main thrust remains the holistic development of the youth in schools, its commitment to scholarship, leadership, and the advocacy of peace.
Over the ensuing years, more than 100 Alpha Sigma Phi chapters have been chartered at universities and colleges in different parts of the country.
The Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity of the UERM College of Medicine was established specifically for the medical students of the medical center. It exists as a purely local medical fraternity with no affiliations or chapters.
A peaceful and progressive community of Alpha Sigs through professional and competent conduct of ethics between and among the members in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
1. Provide a healthy venue for personality development and skills in leadership through continuous trainings;
2. Continuous updates through conferences, conclaves and conventions;
3. Make ALPHA SIGMA PHI PHILIPPINES, INC. financially stable so that it can support its programs and projects.
Foster lifetime brotherhood and sisterhood.
It shall be the catalyst of excellence in the performance of duty, implementation of programs and projects and a globally competitive organization in every field of endeavor.
It shall embody the aspirations of members nationwide as a decent unit in society.
It shall be the venue of being respected, of being respectful and of being innovative;
It shall be the mouthpiece of the members, nationwide, wherein their sentiments, grievances on issues affecting them are ventilated and brought to the government official(s) or entity(s) concerned;
Protect the interests, defend the rights and promote the general welfare of the members.