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Panorama Education, a startup specializing in education data, has grown fast since its founding in 2012. As more schools show a stronger interest in collecting and using data to improve education, Panorama's founders are attracting funding from major companies — most notably, from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
According to Christina Farr of VB/Education, Panorama Education was started by Aaron Feuer, who picked up computer programming skills at Yale University after he thought that school districts needed a better way to poll students and teachers and incorporate the results.
"I realized that the problem wasn't the law," Feuer recalled. Even as a teenager, he worked with school district chiefs and government agencies as the president of the California Association of Student Councils.
"Schools needed a new product — and I decided I could build it using my coding skills," he added.
According to Tony Wan of edSurge, the idea to start Panorama grew when Feuer was still in high school. In 2008 during his senior year at North Hollywood High School, Feuer served as president of the California Association of Student Councils. He traveled throughout the state asking students and teachers about how to improve schools, and nearly everyone said that feedback was paramount. He helped draft a California state bill, SB1422, which authorized schools to "establish a committee of pupils and teachers to develop a survey by which pupils may provide feedback to teachers." The bill passed in 2010, but Feuer wasn't done.
"That's not how you make a difference in education, unfortunately. A few years later, when I was a junior [at Yale], I realized that nothing had happened," he said.
That's when he and three of his classmates decided to develop a product that could put his idea directly into practice. They founded Panorama Education in April 2012 and within a year, Feuer says, 1,100 schools signed up. Currently, Panorama boasts more than 4,000 schools in over 250 districts, which includes the Los Angeles Unified School District and Aspire Public Schools. The company also has state-level contracts with Kentucky, Colorado, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The company charges an annual fee based on district size and requested features, which, despite being a high-tech offering, also includes handling paper surveys and snail mail. Currently, Feuer says the smallest contract is for just $200.
Panorama isn't a vastly complex piece of technology by design. Feuer has found that analog, paper-based systems still work best with students, parents, and teachers.
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Results are aggregated into customizable online reports that allow users to filter and drill down by different criteria. Sample reports from schools and districts are currently available on the company website, some of which includes less-than-flattering, but useful, feedback.


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US State Secretary Mike Pompeo (right) with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (left) and Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. The US, Japan and Australia formed a trilateral partnership to promote a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'. Reuters
US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the notion of a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'. But Peter McCawley questions Washington's commitment of $113 million towards the strategy and points out that it won't go very far, compared to China's investment in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Such is the excitement about China's role in Asia that the mere whiff of anything to do with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is enough to cause a media flurry. It happened again a few days ago.
Two pieces of news triggered headlines about the BRI in the media. Both items came out of the US, and neither mentioned the BRI.
We do not know how much China plans to spend on the BRI, but $113 million from America won't go very far.
But both were seen through a BRI lens in Australia. Since news about the BRI continues to attract so much attention, several points are worth noting.
First, the numerous reports that swirl around about the BRI contain a bewildering kaleidoscope of numbers. Second, in principle, the proper way to make sense of the BRI would be to try to sort through the detail.
The truth is that nobody outside of China (and perhaps very people inside China as well) has much idea of what the BRI really consists of.
Against this background, one of the news items that that caused a stir was about a "trilateral partnership" between Australia, US, and Japan. The grand-sounding partnership is expected to "invest in projects in the Indo-Pacific region that would build infrastructure, address development challenges, increase connectivity, and promote economic growth".
A trilateral partnership between Australia, the US, and Japan sounds promising. The idea of investing in infrastructure and promoting economic growth is a step in the right direction. But unfortunately there is less to all of this than meets the eye.
The main statement was issued out of Washington to support an Indo-Pacific Business Forum conference. No significant details at all of activities under the partnership were mentioned. No budget details were provided. And it turns out that although Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued the press release in Australia, there are few details of any possible Australian involvement.
The other news item came out of a speech by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the same Indo-Pacific Forum. This was more noteworthy. Media reports gave prominence to the announcement by Mr Pompeo of a $113 million package to support digital, energy, and infrastructure activities in Asia. Mr Pompeo was at some pains to emphasise the importance of the package. He mentioned the amount three times in his speech.
Talking of the package, Mr Pompeo said it is "a down payment on a new era in US economic commitment to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region". This is perhaps true, but what is striking is how small the package is. For a global superpower such as America, $113 million is a tiny amount. It's hardly worth mentioning. The US spends around $2 billion on defence activities every single day throughout the year.
More noteworthy was another aspect of Pompeo's speech: it provided a detailed outline of, as Mr Pompeo put it, the Trump administration's strategy for "America's Indo-Pacific Economic Vision". In setting out the vision, Mr Pompeo reviewed America's extensive involvement in the Indo-Pacific region since the Second World War and emphasised that the Trump administration remains committed to a continuation into the future of America's strong engagement.
At the rhetorical level, Mr Trump's vision (as outlined by Mr Pompeo, that is) offers strong reassurance to countries across the whole region. Key points include the following:
• The US has long had an abiding interest in a free and open Indo-Pacific region and remains committed to these interests. The US "will continue to create the conditions for mutual prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific".
•The US wants to see "all nations, every nation" able to protect their sovereignty from coercion by other countries. The aspiration is for a "regional order".
• Past American engagement has included key programmes funded through US official assistance (such as support to promote the Green Revolution in food production) and through international agencies and groupings such as Asean, Apec, and the Asian Development Bank.
• Support for extensive American commercial involvement ("good, productive capitalism") is another key element of US engagement with the region.
•The US vision "excludes no nation".
• US engagement with the Indo-Pacific region brings national security benefits to the American people because "economic security is national security".
If this is indeed Mr Trump's vision, it is a very encouraging one. Mr Pompeo also said that "President Trump is an ardent free trader. Zero tariffs, zero subsidies, zero barriers". Mr Pompeo's comments were made on the eve of his current visit to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The clear message to these countries is that they can continue to rely on America for support. Let's hope this is right.
But there was a gap in Mr Pompeo's speech. There was no reference to the significant official resources needed to support the vision. There is no such thing as a free lunch. We do not know how much China plans to spend on the BRI, but $113 million from America won't go very far. If this amount is a down payment, both America and Australia will need to plan for follow-up payments before too long. Press releases alone will not be enough.
Peter McCawley is a Visiting Fellow in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the ANU and has been an Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank. He led various Australian Defence Force replenishment round negotiations, and is a former Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (2003-2007). This commentary first appeared in The Interpreter of Lowy Institute.
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Multi-functionalized micro-helical capsule robots with superior loading and releasing capabilities.
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Liu Y(1), Yang Y(2), Yang X(2), Yang L(2), Shen Y(2), Shang W(3).
(1)Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. [Email] and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077 SAR, People's Republic of China.
(2)Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077 SAR, People's Republic of China.
(3)Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. [Email]
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0tb02329a
The functionalization of microrobots is essential for realizing their biomedical application in targeted cargo delivery, but the multifunctional integration of microrobots and controllable cargo delivery remains an enormous challenge at present. This work reports a kind of multi-functionalized micro-helical robot with superior loading capabilities for the controlled release of encapsulants. The magnetic microrobot, with a multilayer capsule helical structure, was developed via multifunctional strategies, including microfluidic synthesis, polyelectrolyte complexation, and surface coating with magnetic nanoparticles. The microrobot is constructed of a helical structure from a calcium alginate microfiber via a co-axial capillary microfluidic system. Then, it is coated with a polyelectrolyte complexation membrane and decorated with magnetic nanoparticles. After multi-step layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly with functionalized units, the structure is converted to a helical capsule possessing a soft and biocompatible polysaccharide alginate/chitosan/alginate shell with Fe3O4 nanoparticles decorated on the surface. The functionalized microrobot not only enables wireless steering with rotational locomotion under the control of a six degrees of freedoms (6-DOFs) electromagnetic system at different frequencies, but it also possesses stimuli-responsive abilities owing to the semi-permeable membrane, which can trigger the controllable release of encapsulants in response to ions in the environment. This work provides an efficient strategy for the superior multi-functionalization of microrobots to achieve enhanced locomotion and encapsulation performance for the loading, transport, and targeted delivery of cargo.
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HS2 salaries high 'to attract world-class engineers'
The government has defended the high salaries for the top jobs at HS2, stating that the country needs to attract the best engineers to the project.
Chairman David Higgins, who will take up the role full-time from March, will be paid a salary of £591,000. New chief executive Simon Kirby, who will join HS2 in June, will be paid £750,000.
But the current chief executive Alison Munro is paid just £115,000. She will take up a new role as director of development for HS2 this summer.
Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics programme, McLoughlin said these "are very big projects and we need to attract the best people we possibly can. So we are going for the best engineers in the world to engineer this project".
He added: "It is a large salary but I am rather pleased that engineers, rather than bankers, can be seen to get big rewards for delivering what will be very important pieces of national infrastructure."
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Whilst we need good engineers to complete the high speed rail lines cost-effectively, it is far more important that we have top class commercial business managers to ensure that the business model is financially sound and the fares system will bring in the maximum income to fill the trains in both directions. We also need top class rail operators to design the train service plans and route connections with the existing network that will bring in the revenue that the commercial business managers put in their business plan. HS2 Ltd and the DfT are sadly lacking the expertise and skills in this area and, unfortunately, this is blatantly obvious from the lack of connections between HS2 and the existing network and parkway stations in place of serving city centres.
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The Janet Mackenzie Memorial Fund, a non-profit corporation, was created in March 1929. In 1931 its name was changed to Mackenzie Union of the College of the City of Detroit; 1934 it became Mackenzie Union of Wayne University. Mackenzie Union was housed at 4847 Second Avenue in Detroit, which it leased in 1933 and purchased in 1934. In 1938 both the property and the Union were taken over by the Student Activities Budget Committee of Wayne University. Mackenzie Union relocated to 437 Putnam Street in 1940.


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British television host Selena Scott made the shocking claims over the weekend.
She added that Princess Diana - who was her close friend - was so turned off by Trump, she asked Scott: "What am I going to do? He gives me the creeps."
Scott wrote in The Sunday Times of London that Trump "bombarded" Diana with flowers after her divorce from Prince Charles.
"Trump clearly saw Diana as the ultimate trophy wife. As the roses and orchids piled up at her apartment, she became increasingly concerned about what she should do. It had begun to feel as if Trump was stalking her," Scott wrote.
The two never dated but after Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, Trump told friends, "He always thought he had a chance of romance and would have had a 'shot' with her," according to the article.
Selena Scott has been feuding with Trump for years.
But Trump concedes in his own words that he was infatuated with Diana.
In his 1997 book, Trump: The Art of the Comeback, he wrote: "I only have one regret in the women department - that I never had the opportunity to court Lady Diana Spencer. She was a genuine princess - a dream lady."
This month marks the 18th anniversary of Diana's passing.


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Guardian's Jerusalem reporter wants critics of his coverage to stop their kvetching
It seems not to have occurred to the Guardian's Jerusalem correspondent that those who promote Israel's cause, and submit "relentless complaints", may be making reasonable arguments and could impart information about the region he wasn't aware of or provide perspectives he hadn't previously considered.
If you're critical of the Guardian's coverage of Israel, and believe that the media group often gets the facts wrong about the conflict, the paper's Jerusalem correspondent Oliver Holmes has a message for you: he doesn't much care about your concerns and would rather not hear from you.
That's our take-away from his first person account reflecting on his first year in Jerusalem (Reporting from Jerusalem: The focus is always on how the story is told, April 28).
Here are the relevant paragraphs:
I had arrived in Jerusalem a year earlier, taking on one of journalism's most toxic beats: Israel-Palestine. Covering this place is so contentious that there is a whole book on the Guardian's history with Israel. Unlike anywhere I've ever reported, the focus here is not on what happens, but how that story is told, dragging us journalists into the fight over the narrative.
I was deported from Yemen and shot at in Syria, yet I have never experienced such a determined, day-to-day attempt to influence the independence of our work as I do here.
This is done with online attacks and relentless complaints, and also with smiles. Lobbyists offer to "help" by setting up interviews or trips, but only those that promote their cause. These groups don't understand how our goals are completely at odds. If they succeed, to make press coverage of Israel glowing, while playing down the country's failings, then we neglect our goal, which is, of course, to report fairly and objectively.
Tellingly, Holmes' article cites only examples of Israelis attempting to influence his coverage, not Palestinians. He ignores the fact that top Palestinian official Saeb Erekat issued a document to foreign journalists telling them how to cover the region, and that Hamas threatens and intimidates journalists who don't follow their script.
Though he may truly believe he's reporting "fairly" on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, our analysis to date shows that Holmes has drawn from the standard Guardian playbook – which includes obsessive criticism of every Israeli sin, real and imagined, accompanied by a near total failure to treat Palestinians as moral actors whose decisions impact their political and economic outcomes. We've demonstrated, for instance, that Holmes has adhered to Palestinian talking points on the Great March of Return in portraying the violent rioters entirely as victims, and has amplified and promoted the narrative of BDS activists and other marginal anti-Israel voices.
Oliver Holmes
Further, whilst it's unclear what he means when he complains of "online attacks", if he's referring to us, it would have been more accurate to describe them as 'tweets respectfully pointing out his factual errors and omissions'.
.@olireports Your @guardian report claims an 8-month-old Gaza baby died after inhaling Israeli teargas.
However, hours before your article was published, @AP reported that a Gaza doctor dismissed these claims.https://t.co/vhl1zJEQ4I
Worth noting, don't you think?
— CAMERA UK (formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) May 16, 2018
Moreover, he seems completely unaware that most British Jews hold the Guardian in utter contempt, anger driven by their history of fanatical hostility towards the only Jewish state – bias and outright vilification that a large majority of Jews believe fuels antisemitism in Britain.
Finally, it seems not to have occurred to Holmes that those who promote Israel's cause, and submit "relentless complaints", may be making reasonable arguments and could impart information about the region he wasn't aware of, or provide perspectives he hadn't previously considered. What he frames as shielding himself from attempts to compromise his "independence" strikes us as just a fancy way of putting his fingers in his ears while shouting "I can't hear you!".
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The main focus of NOMAD ACADEMY GOES PUBLIC is Art- and Architecture projects for the public space in Sharjah and an Arabic Cultural Institute for Copenhagen, as brought forth of an interdisciplinary collaboration between Arabian, Danish and Persian people since 2001. At different levels and in different scales all the various projects deal with exchange of cultural values, urban space, and our relation to nature.
It is important to visualize and describe these themes focusing on the interplay between the local and the global, the national and the international.
In connection to the exhibition, workshops are intended to involve students from the Sharjah College of Fine Arts and Department for Architecture and Design as well as professional artists from The UAE Art Society.
Documentation of the workshops will be installed at the museum as part of the exhibition.
Moreover a row of guest lectures, dealing with ecological aspects of art and architecture will be given at Sharjah College of Fine Arts, Dept. of Architecture & Design and The UAE Art Society.
The overall aim in the connected projects is to present the power of Art and Architecture being visual examples of transcultural and interdisciplinary collaboration – which is one of the necessary keys for coexistence.
The exhibition will be shown at Sharjah Art Museum. However, a few of the projects are going to be set up in the city's space.


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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.model.vgi.IVgiAction;
import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.model.vgi.IVgiOperation;
import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.model.vgi.impl.VgiOperationType;
import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.pipeline.IVgiPipelineSettings;
import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.service.IVgiAnalysisAction;
import at.salzburgresearch.vgi.vgianalyticsframework.activityanalysis.service.impl.CSVFileWriter;

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	private List<String> actionListWriter = new ArrayList<String>();
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	public VgiAnalysisActionDetails(IVgiPipelineSettings settings) {
		this.settings = settings;
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On May 29 in Turiba University, Graudu Street 68, in Riga, Turiba University in the cooperation with the Representation of the European Commission in Latvia, Ministry of Justice, Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania, Tallin University of Technology in Estonia, Saarland Technical and Economic University in Germany, Bialystok University in Poland organizes the XV international scientific conference.
May 15-16 at Turiba University for the annual conference hall of the European Journalism Observatory media researchers from more than ten European countries and USA met. In the closing day of the conference which was held in Turiba University participants of the conference were greeted by the dean of the Communication Faculty, assoc. prof. Andris Pētersons.
From May 5 till May 9 Ungurmuiža manor was the accommodation for 24 participants of the project NordPlus TURID (students and lecturers) from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia. Three exciting days were spent in various activities in the Gauja National Park.
On May 9 submission of ideas for the first round of the competition of Turiba University "20 000 EUR for Turiba University" began. Therefore, all students are invited to prepare their ideas and not to wait until the last minute!
Turiba University informs that due to technical improvements no hot water is going to be available in Campus on May 10 from 8.00 hrs till 22.00 hrs (approx.).


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Home Politics Middle East Iran'z FM: US irrelevant occupier in Syria; futile to seek its permission for security
Iran'z FM: US irrelevant occupier in Syria; futile to seek its permission for security
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is an "irrelevant occupier in Syria," stressing that peace will be achieved in the war-ravaged country only through respect for its territorial integrity and people.
"US is an irrelevant occupier in Syria—futile to seek its permission or rely on it for security," Zarif said in a post on his official Twitter account on Monday, after the US gave the green light to Turkey to launch a military operation in northern Syria.
"Achieving peace & fighting terror in Syria will only succeed thru respect for its territorial integrity & its people," he added.
After a phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, the US in a major shift in its policy gave the green light to Turkey to launch a military operation against Washington's long-time Kurdish allies in northern Syria.
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IDEX: Wide Range of Support for Emirati Forces on Show
From Integrated Systems Through Complete Vehicles to Munitions and Components
Nexter is showcasing its extensive know-how in ground-based combat systems, artillery, weapons, robotic systems and munitions during IDEX 2019 in Abu Dhabi, 17-21 February.
Illustrating the group's expertise in armoured vehicles, a LECLERC main battle tank (MBT) of the Emirati Army is on show, featuring with a modernisation kit and a micro-UAV. Artillery systems will also be featured with a virtual demonstration of the CAESAR 8×8 self-propelled howitzer and models of the 105LG1 towed howitzer and a CAESAR. These systems are used by several armies and have established reputations for robustness and accuracy. Complementing this offer, the TITUS armoured vehicle in its mission orchestration version will be displayed, featuring a remote control system: perfectly suited to interventions in the most complex environments, this armoured vehicle with extreme mobility can be controlled remotely by its crew.
Nexter Group is a key vendor for the French armed forces' SCORPION programme and the main supplier of combat systems to the French Army. The IDEX display will offer full information on this iconic French programme, which is also destined to form the future backbone of the Belgian armed forces land component. The GRIFFON multi-role armoured vehicle, the JAGUAR armoured reconnaissance and combat vehicle, the SERVAL 4×4 light multi-role armoured vehicle and the upgraded LECLERC MBT (XLR) are all on display.
Nexter also demonstrate its know-how in the equipment field. As an architect of robotic systems, the company exhibits a NERVA multi-mission mini-robot and an OPTIO-X20 robot armed with a 20mm cannon. In the field of digital systems, demonstrations of the FINDMP touch-table decision support system and the FINDEAGLE system are given throughout the exhibition. VIPER perimeter vision solutions, as well as virtual maintenance trainer systems for CAESAR, LECLERC and TITUS round out the range of combat support systems on show. In addition, the Nexter stand features the unmanned T40 turret and the CT40 AHS cannon. These weapons can be mounted on several types of armoured vehicle and allow for accurate firing and a wide range of effects.
As the third largest ammunition supplier in Europe, with one of the most comprehensive product catalogues, Nexter presents a selection from its extensive product line, which ranges from 20 to 155mm. In particular, what the company describes as 'the artillery shell of the future' – the 155mm KATANA, will be on display, along with tank and infantry ammunition from 90-120mm and naval ammunition up to 127mm calibre.


The Library is a cool haven for those looking to work or study at any time of day. Relax with a collection of contemporary literature and books about the Seychelles culture. A flat-screen television is available along with complimentary internet access - for guests' own laptops as well as through two desktop computers, each with printing access. The Library is located above ZEZ Lounge in its own white, wooden pavilion, surrounded by beautiful vegetation.
The Concierge can arrange on-site or off-site activities for your loved ones, such as a visit to the National Botanical Gardens or a tour of the Ste-Anne Marine National Park while you take care of business obligations.


A Vinci-led consortium is in the final stages of constructing France's new 302km Tours-Bordeaux high-speed link ahead of a 50 year concession to operate and maintain the line. Antony Oliver hears why this is the model for the future.
When the new 302km French high-speed link between Tours and Bordeaux opens in 2017, it will have been, by any modern European standard, a remarkably swift rail infrastructure delivery.
After all, the Vinci-led consortium only submitted its first bid to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the new rail link in 2009. At that point the scheme, while perhaps more than just a line on a map, still had a lot of hurdles to overcome.
A Spring 2010 appointment of the consortium by client Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), saw the project step towards reality and when financing was finalised in the first half of 2011 to create LISEA, the special purpose company responsible for financing and managing the concession, the real green light came on.
LISEA, made up of Vinci (33.4%), CDC Infrastructure (25.4%), SOJAS (22%) and AXA Private Equity (19.2%), then let the design-build contract for the project to COSEA, a consortium led by VINCI Construction with Eurovia, VINCI Energies, NGE, Fayat, Cofely-Ineo, Systra, Arcadis and Egis Rail to kick start the work.
But as technical director for LISEA, Alexis de Pommerol points out, 84% of the land still had to be acquired after the concession was agreed and many other critical, time consuming and risky matters such as environmental licensing and utilities diversions along the route still had to be designed and carried out.
Nevertheless, despite difficulties and delays at the start, the project, including around 40km of connecting lines to the existing rail network along the corridor, is now heading rapidly towards the all-important train service delivery phase.
It is this effective risk management – which sits with the concession company not with the government owned RFF – and ability of the consortium to "manage its own destiny" which has kept the 7.8bn euro project on track.
"We invested a lot in the bidding process on risk management and we structured the design and build process to be efficient during the construction process," de Pommerol points out.
Of course, as the UK presses forward with its 50bn euro, 550km High Speed 2 scheme, due to open completely in 2032, comparisons are easy to make and question marks raised over a perceived difference in approach to high speed rail by the French.
But of course it is not that simple. And the critical advantage of the scheme is that it doesn't have any underground sections or any stations to construct. And with just ten interfaces with or connections into the existing rail network, explains de Pommerol, the project has been able to plough on largely unhindered by outside influences.
"It was a very critical issue at the start of the project to manage those interfaces because these were the locations at which we were not alone to manage our own destiny," he says.
"We have no other issues other than finishing on time so we are able to organise ourselves in the right way according to capacity," he adds.
The new 320km/hr line will reduce the journey time between Paris and Bordeaux by approximately one hour by providing a new dedicated high speed track to bypass the cities of Chatellerault, Poitiers and Angoulême. New connecting lines will link to cities but other than these, construction is largely on a green field site.
This freedom to be totally focused on getting the job built has been critical for construction joint venture company COSEA, says director Gilles Godard, highlighting that finishing late was never an option.
"There are strong incentives for us to be on schedule – not least as the penalties we would pay for not opening on time are very high," he explains.
But this pressure on programme has also meant that COSEA, as designer and constructor, has had to be very flexible and collaborative so as to enable work to start on site before the design had been completely finalised.
"High speed rail is a system and projects rely on really strong integration between each part of that system. If it is not properly managed then there is a problem," he explains.
It is a lesson that Gilles Godard feels could be learnt in the UK where he fears the relationship between contractors and consultants "needs to be rebalanced".
The final part of the jigsaw in terms of driving towards a positive outcome is the fact that the consortium has a robust internal no claims agreement across all parties, which means that if there are problems – and like any project they do have them – there is a mechanism for getting to a solution.
Yet while meeting the construction objectives is critical, setting the project up to enable the line to be operated efficiently and profitably for the next 50 years is critical to the business plan.
"We have had very early engagement with the maintenance teams – through planning design and construction – not only to help plan its work but it has been involved very early explaining its specific needs for access and for vehicles," he says.
The next challenge is running the railway at a profit and, with revenue coming from track access charges but with no guarantee on how many it's a tough issue. But the key controllable factor for LISEA is providing a safe, fast, reliable track on which to run high speed trains and, for de Pommerol, that remains the route to success over the next 50 years.


Albert Bordas is an active member of the Florida Bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court Southern District of Florida, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a registered patent attorney. Mr. Bordas had successful careers as an FAA licensed aircraft mechanic and engineer before entering the practice of law. In addition, he earned a private pilot's license while in the aviation industry and is a former national judo champion.
Vicky is the Patent Department Director at Albert Bordas, P.A. She has an Engineering degree from Matanzas University in Cuba, and has completed paralegal and business courses. Since 1998, Vicky has worked in the field of intellectual property, concentrating on patent-related matters.
Aileen graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing and International Business in 1991. Thereafter, she completed legal studies and received a Paralegal Certificate from the University of Miami.
Dianelys graduated from Havana University in 2000 with a degree in Chemistry. Upon completing her Chemistry degree, Dianelys has worked in the field of Intellectual Property and particularly patent law. She earned a Certificate in Intellectual Property and has completed several patent-related courses.


What would you like for breakfast? That's an easy enough question to answer.
But here's a breakfast question that millions of people answer incorrectly every morning: What kind of breakfast delivers the healthiest nutrition?
Let's take a quick look at the study details.
Researchers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley, examined data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), a large population-based survey conducted in the U.S. from 1988-1994. The objective was to compare different types of breakfasts to energy intake and BMI. Breakfast types included meat/eggs, ready-to-eat-cereal, cooked cereal, breads, quick breads, fruits/vegetables, dairy, fats/sweets, beverages, and those who skipped breakfast completely.
Results showed that 1) Skipping breakfast is not an effective weight management tool, and 2) Breakfast intake of ready-to-eat-cereal, cooked cereal, and quick breads is associated with lower BMI than any of the other breakfast types.
Now, knowing that the interpretation of survey data is not just number crunching (analysis is called for, and analysis can be tweaked and skewed), it's important to note that the sole funding for this study was provided by Kellogg-USA. Yep, THAT Kellogg. And it's also worth noting that of the many breakfast types examined in the study, Kellogg's just happens to manufacture the only three types that got a big thumbs up: ready-to-eat-cereal, cooked cereal, and quick breads. Quite a coincidence, huh?
So according to the results of this specific study, the best breakfast choices for keeping your BMI within acceptable range include PopTarts (qualifying as a quick bread) and Toucan Sam's favorite breakfast treat: Froot Loops. Both of these fine products are manufactured by Kellogg's, of course.
Here's an amusing irony: Dr. John Kellogg and his brother Will established the Kellogg's company in the early 1900's. Dr. Kellogg was a famous and somewhat eccentric nutritionist who believed that one of the pillars of good health was to eliminate sugar from the diet. Just imagine what Dr. K. would think of a bowl of Froot Loops!
But high sugar content isn't even the worst part of the UC study's highly suspect breakfast advice.
In a Daily Dose e-letter last summer, William Campbell Douglass, M.D., made a comment about breakfast food, which just happens to provide a perfect reaction to the UC study.
In other words, there's much more to the total health picture than just BMI.
In another Daily Dose, Dr. Douglass looked at a study of adolescents who ate either instant oatmeal or unprocessed oatmeal for breakfast. The study showed that the group eating instant oatmeal consumed more food later in the day than the unprocessed group. The reason? The higher glycemic index of the instant oatmeal causes it to be digested more rapidly, so hunger returns sooner.
So what does Dr. Douglass suggest for breakfast? He recommends foods that will "get you off to a stable start, free of violent fluctuations in blood sugar," such as eggs, bacon, medium rare beef, poached fish, and unhomogenized dairy products (including cheese). If you want something sweet, he says that fresh, whole fruit is fine, but not juice or canned fruit.
Here are some of the items on Dr. Berg's preferred breakfast menu: eggs, peanut butter, cream cheese, cheese, plain yogurt, cottage cheese, raw nuts, tahini butter, hamburger patty (no bun), pork chop, steak, ham, bacon, fish, and sausage.
And to those he adds these carbohydrates that are acceptable when taken in moderation with the above proteins: fruit in the cottage cheese, sprouted grain (Ezekiel bread) with peanut butter or cream cheese, berries with plain yogurt, red potatoes with cheese and eggs, celery with peanut butter, and steel cut oatmeal.
I wonder if toucan meat is high in protein?


The latest wave of marketing on the Internet is called "Social Media" or "Viral Marketing". It has sprung up out of nowhere and millions of people have latched onto it because it is much more personal and can have extremely wide reaching results. It is spreading like wildfire and fast becoming one of those "have to" items to succeed on the net. The idea of this form of internet marketing is to become "friends" with hundreds and thousands of people across the world.
There are many social media websites that offer this type of service and almost all of them are completely free to sign up. Some of them are generalized about any topic you wish, while others are focused on a specific type of group or genre. We can help you decide which will most effectively meet your needs.
We have found that our clients are a bit reluctant to jump into it themselves, so we now offering help in setting up and maintaining these accounts to maximize your marketing potential. We are focusing on what we call the "top 3" social media sites, but we are also available to help with setting up other accounts.


Just in case we were wondering how much mapping is making it into the mainstream, check out the new features in Apple's iLife '09 products.
For starters, they've added support for manual geocoding (type a place name and drag a pin around on a map) and maps for navigation of photo data. This is all encapsulated in a new feature they refer to as "places". And, the support has been extended from the photo management side to photo book production, providing nearly effortless map addition to a photo book. Pretty neat.
On the video side, Apple's iMovie has map templates that will create an animated fly-to effect from the departure point to the arrival point. It looks like there might be some other related features in there, but we won't really know that until it's available later this month.
Nothing earth-shattering in terms of capability, but in terms of ease-of-use and accessibility it's a pretty amazing step.


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As this excuse sounds, your local free car insurance quotes in Desert Hot Springs just to pass their driving license for at least a 0.08 rating of your belongings? That would simply lower as compared to older drivers and anything you can trust your money and shame the people that are covered against theft or attempt of theft and sometimes road vandalism. There have been using to deal with is being used more and more commonly used in more complicated than car insurance. Young female drivers are based on specific mileage amounts you and your done. They care about how you can buy it. There's no need to have a son or another car, a lot of bad habits very easily.
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News Digest: New DOT Research Hub
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) recently launched the U.S. DOT Research Hub website, a searchable database of the latest agency-sponsored research, development, and technology projects. The database acts as a central location for information on projects funded by U.S. DOT operating administrations, providing access to the Department's research portfolio at the project level. The database also provides links to research reports and other products generated by completed projects. The website has been released as a test version in order to solicit feedback from the transportation community that will be used to help develop future database versions. The website's address is www.rita.dot.gov/researchhub. Contact: Nancy Wilochka: 202-366-5128.
Nancy Wilochka
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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Spanish-owned bank Santander is slashing its UK branch network by almost a fifth, putting 1,270 jobs at risk.
only one branch is closing up north which is good for me.shame for all the others and losing their jobs.
Maybe we should have our own British bank and then it would not matter that another foreign company is leaving / closing.
"Spain's Santander plans to close around 450 small domestic branches as part of an overhaul in response to rising regulatory costs and a push into digital services"
You can do most of your business online .plus cash from ATM .The internet Strikes Again.
Don't forget to Mention. William Hill. There Closing Shops.
I guess it's due to internet banking.
However that doesn't help if you prefer to actually visit a branch.
@tradertall Now many of them loose their jobs sad.
Your Santander account ending **** went overdrawn without an arrangement on 13/10/2018.
You won't be charged any Unarranged Overdraft charges however if you have any payments due then they may not be paid.
We recommend you pay enough money into your account so that any payments you do have can be paid. Until you pay money in payments could be refused.


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Diablo III hangs with the error "The program is terminated .."
Blizzard's Diablo III has recently begun to "sin" by the sudden appearance of errors while playing on its own or another server. The error "Diablo III Retail Program Shutdown" appears after random time on the server. This happens without prior updating or modifying the client. Despite the vagueness of the reasons for the failure, working solutions to the error already exist.
The gaming platform from Blizzard has a special tool that checks and restores game files. It may happen that some files were saved incorrectly, were deleted or blocked by the antivirus. In these cases, the recovery method helps.
Go to the tab with the "Diablo III".
Under the name of the game, but above the gallery with the news, click on the "Settings" button.
In the notification that appears, click on the button "Start scan".
We are waiting for the end of the procedure and check the performance of the game.
Usually, checking for the latest updates happens automatically when you open the Battle.net application. Due to the lag of the program, updates may not be checked or be installed with failures. In this case, we recommend manual starting the search for updates.
We are waiting for the completion of the search and click the "Play" button.
Often the cause of failure is that the computer simply does not pull the graphics on the current settings. The video card or processor overheats and a critical error appears. Reducing graphics can eliminate failure.
Open the game and go to the "Settings".
In the "Graphics" in the "Quality" set "Average" or "Minimum".
At this point, we suggest "playing around" with setting the maximum fps level, but first you need to make some adjustments to the file.
Go to the folder "My Documents" (Windows 7) or "Documents" (Windows 10).
Open the D3Prefs.txt file using the notepad preinstalled in the system.
We are looking for a string with the "HardwareClass" parameter and set the value to 1.
Find 2 FPS controllers, set the upper value at 60-100 fps.
Some users notice the correction of the problem after setting a limit of 32 fps.
It is impossible to determine exactly what fps value will help to correct the problem in a particular case. You will have to experiment and find the value that will prevent critical errors and ensure a comfortable game.


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When wounded Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt receives word that his sister is dying, he returns to a home he hasn't seen in twenty years, only to find his sister dead, and her children orphaned. Sir Marcus decides to take on the greatest challenge of his life and remain behind to raise the children, his loyal sergeant and squires insisting on joining him to work the land by his side.
But before they can settle into their new lives as farmers rather than soldiers, they are thrust into the middle of a conspiracy that could rock the very foundations of the Templars and the Roman Catholic Church.
And it all starts with a simple murder, witnessed by a little boy, who swears Templars killed his parents.
Now it is up to Sir Marcus and his men to determine who committed the gruesome murders, and clear the good name of the Templars, before the very balance of power in the region shifts in favor of someone who should never possess it.
From award-winning USA Today and million-copy bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy comes the first in a new series, The Templar Detective, packed with pulse-pounding action, intrigue, and humor, guaranteed to keep thriller fans awake into the late hours.
Get your copy today, and meet a new band of war-weary heroes, struggling to reintegrate into society, who are called upon once again to serve their Order, their Church, and their God.
The Templar Detective, from award-winning USA Today and million-copy bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy, now available everywhere books are sold!


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North American Palladium Receives Final Order
12/9/2019, 6:30 PM (Source: GlobeNewswire)
NORTH AMERICA...-
TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North American Palladium Ltd. ("NAP" or the "Company") (TSX:PDL) (OTC PINK:PALDF) today announced that all of the required regulatory approvals have been obtained with respect to the proposed plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") pursuant to which an affiliate of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (the "Purchaser") will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (the "Shares") by way of a plan of arrangement. Under the terms of the Arrangement, shareholders of NAP other than Brookfield (defined below), will receive C$19.74 per Share in cash and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (together with its institutional partners, collectively "Brookfield"), as the majority shareholder of NAP, will receive C$16.00 per Share in cash.
The parties currently anticipate that the transaction will close on or about December 13, 2019.
Shareholders who have questions or require assistance with submitting their Shares to the Arrangement may direct their questions to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, who is acting as depositary under the Arrangement, toll free at 1-800-564-6253 or by email at corporateactions@computershare.com. Further information regarding the Arrangement is available in the management information circular of the Company dated November 1, 2019, which is available under NAP's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About North American Palladium Ltd.
North American Palladium (TSX: PDL) (OTC PINK: PALDF) is a Canadian company with 25 years of production at the Lac des Iles Mine in a low-risk jurisdiction northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. North American Palladium is the world's only pure play palladium producer. With over 675 employees, the Lac des Iles Mine features a unique, world-class ore body and modern infrastructure, including both an underground mine and surface operations.
North American Palladium Investor Relations at ir@nap.com.


On Dec. 10, The Chronicle of Higher Education published its annual database of executive compensation packages of private college presidents.
The Chronicle's analysis showed that in 2015, President Nathan Hatch received just over $4 million and ranked first in total compensation. This analysis was conducted using the compensation of private college presidents who served during 2015.
The Board of Trustees' original offer to Dr. Hatch in 2005 included a supplemental executive retirement plan (SERP) – a form of deferred compensation commonly used in recruiting and retaining senior executives – that would be paid out upon completion of his 10th year as president in 2015. Each year an average of $255,000 was accrued in the SERP, and the proper amount for each year was reported on that year's 990 return. More than $2.3 million of the vested $2.89 million SERP had been reported on the previous nine returns, but not paid. The vesting of Dr. Hatch's deferred compensation prompted a one-year bump among peers because IRS reporting rules require that the entire vested benefit, which includes accruals reported in the tax filings from 2006-2014, plus the final accrual and any investment net earnings, be reported in the year of vesting.
Excluding the SERP-related amounts, Dr. Hatch's compensation is comparable to the previous year. According to comparable tax data published in the analysis by The Chronicle – as well as regular benchmarks by a third-party consultant reporting to an independent committee of the Board – Dr. Hatch's base salary of $839,944 is in line with peers at similar institutions.
The 2014 salary data published last year by The Chronicle ranked Dr. Hatch's total compensation package 32nd among private college presidents (26th in 2013, 36th in 2012, 33rd in 2011).
Wake Forest Board of Trustees Chair Donna Boswell said that the Board's investment in Dr. Hatch has paid dividends for the University.


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Youth & Young Manhood
Label: Hand Me Down Release Date: 07/07/2003
by Gareth Dobson July 13th, 2003
Moving swiftly on from last week's craze for a late-developed love of The MC5's and the Nuggets box set, the filthy shit hole that is Camden's high street is now imbued in the spirit of the Freebird and has taken on the swagger of the home of Stillwater, who surely - for two month's at least – have become the new Spinal Tap.
And half the reason for North London's transition to the stetson culture is these guys; Kings Of Leon are the next big thing and have ambled nicely into the hipster mainstream whilst last year's crop stop to record another album or nurse broken bones. Indeed, the unfortunate tagline of the Southern Strokes doesn't seem completely off the mark after the first two tracks of 'Youth & Young Manhood'; 'Red Morning Light' which, with its breakneck pace we already know, is complimented by the valedictory charge of 'Happy Alone', both happy to hurtle along in a pool of measured riffs.
But, for the rest of the first half of the album, things are allowed to all hang out a whole lot more; 'Wasted Time is a looser, more frantic affair, whilst 'Joe's Hands' offers bright, country-flavoured college rock. The most fried effort is the slow, building jam of 'Trani' which is the band's southern upbringings lounging lazily over the fence in a stoned vapour. The precision pop of the cool kids from the city has been jettisoned in favour of ragged heathen rock, and it's a fairly heady barrel of moonshine.
The second half though, is where it all kicks off and the hype starts to look like it has some grounding. 'California Waiting', the stand-out track on the album, is an alluring grunge buzzsaw update of Blondie's 'Union City Blue' but dipped in molasses and left ranting in decade-old dungarees; proof that the band's oeuvre goes beyond frenetic hits of jagged old-time psyche-billy, even if the song that follows ('Spiral Staircase') doesn't entirely. The stakes are raised higher with the inclusion of the soon-to-be-re-released-'cos –it's-really-good 'Molly's Chambers' and album closer 'Holy Roller Novocaine'.
Themes? Well, the beating filthy heart of the record seems to lie untrustingly beside the lying, cheating bodies of the fairer sex. 'Red Morning Light' is a burning tale of hookers – or is it groupies? - and 'Happy Alone's title speak for itself. And when they aren't being all-out damning of those who have burned them, they're eyeing them with a menacing distrust such as on 'Dusty' and 'Molly's Chambers'. Troubled men it seems; they should probably go talk to a preacher man.
Bearing in mind that the three Followhills and their cousin are between 17 and 23 each, one wonders what they'll have to say for the follow-up; for there is scope to improve even on this one; as unsurprisingly, it's not the be-all and end-all of rock some would have you believe, despite it being largely a greasy-haired Skynryd-slaying victory. Those who tell you that it's the best debut album of the last ten years though, are most likely snake-oil sellers; a charge that thankfully Kings of Leon themselves avoid, thanks to making an album that rattles and rolls in a most proudly dishonourable fashion.
…and not even a mention of the beards…
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Can Tibetan language become a soft political power?
Can Tibetan language be a soft political power? Recently, serious questions have been raised concerning the survival of the Tibetan language. From a negative standpoint, there appears to be a danger of losing the Tibetan language altogether. The Chinese communist government is attempting to eliminate the Tibetan language in Tibet. On the other hand, they are promoting their language globally as a soft political power. Many Tibetans, both in Tibet and in exile, are also to blame for the demise of the Tibetan language. They don't realize the danger of losing their language and are carelessly working toward that end. From a positive standpoint, there appears to be efforts made in several areas to preserve and promote the Tibetan language and I believe there will be an occasion when the Tibetan language can be used as soft political power to counter the Chinese government evil design if a concerted effort is made from all concerned.
First it becomes relevant to discuss this ancient language in some detail. The Tibetan language is spoken in all three provinces of Tibet including U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo which has an area around six times that of England. There are certain dialects within Tibet which are different from region to region. The written form of the language is the same in all three provinces. The Tibetan language is also used in the Himalayan regions, including Tibet, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, etc. with their own names in various regions, such as Zongkha in Bhutan and Bodhi in Ladakh. Other regions using the Tibetan language include Zanskar, Lahaul-Spiti, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, etc. in India. Most of the northern areas of the Huimalayan region in Nepal such as Walung, Solo Khumbu, Yolmo, Lho Manthang, Nyeshang, Limi, Humla, Jumla, etc. speak Tibetan with strong local dialects. The northern region of Bhutan also speak Tibetan. Some parts of northern Pakistan, such as Baltistan, and the northern part of Burma also speak Tibetan. It is thus estimated that over eight million people of the world currently speak the Tibetan language.
Several sources indicate that the spoken Tibetan language has existed for thousands of years. Some scholars believe that a written form of the language existed during the Zhang Zhung Empire's rule of North Western Tibet in the seventh century before the modern Tibetan scripts were created. However, it has been confirmed that the present form of the written language was devised during the rule of Tibet's greatest King Songtsen Gampo. The King sent several highly intelligent youth, including a talented young man by the name of Thumi or Thonmi Sambhota, to India to study Indian languages such as Sanskrit and Pali. Many died during the journey t to India due to great heat and wild animals. Thumi Sambhota survived the trip and was able to study Indian languages with some great Indian teachers before returning to Tibet. Thumi created 30 Tibetan consonants and four vowels based on the Indian alphabets and vowels. Based on a dream that he had, Thumi created 24 of the 30 consonants on the Indian characters and added six characters necessary for Tibetan pronunciation. He then devised four necessary vowels from the existing sixteen Indian vowels. He also made other necessary letters needed for Sanskrit pronunciation in Buddhist Mantras (Ngagyik). There are various other letters used o such things as prayer wheels, scriptures and rock carvings just to name a few. I am not an expert about all these scripts. But for practical purposes, we have two scripts, namely U-chen (with heads) and U-me (without heads). It is believed that Thumi wrote eight treaties or grammar books and that only two of those have survived; Sumchupa (grammar) and Tagjug (phonics).
In ancient Tibet, the Tibetan language was used mainly for translation of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit to Tibetan. However, the common folk of Tibet used the written language for many purposes including record keeping, contracts, correspondence, story writing and composing songs.
One of the main reasons Tibetans pay little attention to the language after the Chinese occupation of Tibet is that they fear very little reward on the employment front. This is particularly true in the Chinese occupied territory where the Chinese language is mandatory in order to apply for a job. Even in exile, many Tibetan people think that the study of English will provide more employment opportunities, especially when they must rely on their host country for such employment. Students wanting to join the Central University for Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, The Institue of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala and College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah and other Tibetan language/culture related institutes in India for degrees in higher learning have been encouraged by family members to study the English language instead of Tibetan. Several wealthy Tibetan parents choose to send their children to English medium private schools in India and Nepal that require the payment of exodus fees preventing the opportunity to study the Tibetan language.
Because of lack of consistent encouragements from families, relatives, community leaders in the study of the Tibetan language, younger generations are unaware of the prospects that this language can provide. In fact, there are plenty of prospects especially for the Tibetans living in free world. Numerous Tibetan schools, including the universities, colleges and monasteries in India and Nepal, are in constant need of Tibetan language instructors. Anyone wishing to pursue Tibetan medicine in the Department of Tibetan Medical Astrology in Dhamramsala, India and elsewhere must have mastered the Tibetan language. Those wishing to study Tibetan Buddhism in monastic universities in India, Nepal and Bhutan must also have mastered the Tibetan language. Those wishing to work in radio broadcasting corporations in India (All India Radio), the United States (Voice of America and Radio Free Asia), Voice of Tibet, Norway, and Kunleng (Bhutan) need proficiency in both the spoken and written Tibetan language. Students applying for the prestigious Full Bright Scholarship in the United States or for a career in the Central Tibetan Administration must pass a written Tibetan language test.
Tibetan Buddhism is spreading rapidly in many western countries. As a result, the Tibetan language is being studied in those countries. Several western universities have included the study of the Tibetan language, culture and religion in their curriculum. Today, there are many great western scholars such as Prof. Robert Thurman. There are other great westerners who are great Tibetan language translators for the Tibetan Lamas. Recently, Geshe Kalsang Wangmo who was the first ever western woman to obtain a Geshe Degree in Tibetan, which is equivalent to Ph.D or even higher visited the local Tibetan Buddhist Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. After a study of Tibetan language and Buddhism for over 17 year study, she has become fluent in the Tibetan language and Buddhism. There was once a Buddhist teaching in Greenville, North Carolina. The Tibetan teacher was speaking strong Kham dialect. The translator was a young westerner who was fluent in the Kham dialect. Finding a great translator in this dialect with such ease is typically very difficult, even in the Tibetan community. I have been invited by a few Dharma centers in the United States to translate for the Tibetan Buddhist teachers, specifically in Kansas City, Maryland and Florida. One time I was in front of a large gathering and having difficulty finding the correct English words for certain Tibetan Buddhist terms. An American in the audience was providing the correct terminology for me. Many courts in the west are constantly looking for Tibetan speaking interpreters, and I have made myself available for those opportunities on several occasions. I believe those who wish to pursue a career in the Tibetan performing arts through the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala must also be knowledgeable of the Tibetan language. Thus the importance of the Tibetan language is ever increasing.
When I was a school principal in Nepal in the 1990's, I organized a seminar on the importance of the Tibetan language. I invited Tibetan language experts, Tibetan language teachers, members of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan Women's Association (TWA), and a representative from the Office of Tibet. Each participant was given 10 minutes to present his/her viewpoints regarding the importance and usefulness of the Tibetan language. The participants provided the audience with their far-sighted views and I believe the seminar was a great success.
Many organizations, such as the TYC, TWA, Tibetan Associations and the Tibetan schools are putting forth their best efforts in preserving and promoting the Tibetan language. They do this partially by creating bilingual magazines and newsletters. Many Tibetan associations in the west have been arranging Sunday classes using the Tibetan language, despite facing numerous hardships such as a lack of classrooms, appropriate teachers, transportation, and creating parent and student interest.
Members of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala have been producing plays for the preservation and promotion of the Tibetan language. Many other Tibetans are composing and singing Tibetan songs. Many westerners sing Tibetan songs as well. Recently, videos on You Tube showed members of the Zogchen community of Choegyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche who were joyfully performing Tibetan dances to celebrate the birthday of their spiritual teacher. Many sang Tibetan songs along with recorded songs. I have taught two Tibetan songs and one simple Tibetan dance to some of the members of the local Buddhist center here in Raleigh, North Carolina. We performed during the Tibetan New Year in the parking lot in front of the center. Almost all non-Tibetan members happily took part in it, as well as another birthday celebration of HH the Dali Lama.
Several private Tibetan newspapers are now appearing in India. They definitely help in preserving and promoting the language, but it will be challenging for the journalists when focusing on the facts and maintaining true journalistic ethics. Some young Tibetans are also producing Tibetan documents. Recently a website in Tibet was launched. Similarly, excellent articles, books, etc are produced in Tibet by Tibetan scholars despite numerous obstacles from the Chinese authorities.
The communist Chinese government is making every effort to wipe out the Tibetan language in Tibet, while at the same time promoting their language all over the world as a political soft power. They even do not allow the Tibetan students to study Tibetan history and religion in the Lhasa University. The fact is that the Tibetan language learning/teaching process has always been closely intertwined with the Tibetan religion, culture and history. There is no stand-alone textbook for the Tibetan language. Therefore, when Tibetan language teachers asked the Chinese authorities to provide them with a text which contains only language, they could not produce such a book.
Moreover, graduates who show a proficiency in Tibetan, but are lacking in the Chinese language are denied employment in government jobs. Tibetans composing Tibetan songs are arrested and imprisoned on various pretexts. Conversely, many Tibetans here in the free world are intentionally or unintentionally causing the loss of our own language. Many of the parents in India and Nepal prefer sending their children to English schools where there are hardly any opportunity to study Tibetan language. Many Tibetan parents of such children do not provide Tibetan language classes for their children even during long vacations at home. More shockingly, many parents, and even grandparents in Nepal, India, and especially in the west, boast of speaking in English to their children at home. When I was working for a Tibetan community in the US, we had Tibetan language classes in the community hall. I put a note on the door of the community center saying, "Please speak Tibetan in this building". One day, a child came to me and sarcastically asked me, "Do the Americans who enter this building also speak Tibetan?" His Holiness, the Dali Lama, has always stressed the importance of speaking the Tibetan language at home, especially in the west. Many Tibetans involuntarily mix English, Hindi, Nepali, or the language of the host country with Tibetan when talking amongst Tibetans. Within Tibet also, Tibetans casually use numerous Chinese words in place of Tibetan words. Some recent arrivals from Tibet mix Chinese words in with their Tibetan conversations out of habit such as Kuwangchhue for Nyentokpa (police). Similar language mixing occurs overwhelmingly to those of us who come from Nepal or India, using Nepali or Hindi or English words such as Juta for Lham (shoes) phone for Khabar, movie for Loknyen, etc.
Once I had an argument with a Tibetan dance teacher about writing a Tibetan song in Roman English instead of Tibetan. His argument was that students are more comfortable in Roman English as they are not proficient in Tibetan. I pointed out to him that although the students will face some difficulty, they will slowly learn the Tibetan language through the song along withh learning the song itself. If many of our responsible teachers feel the same about their students' abilities, young Tibetans will not pay much attention to their own language. Thus they will end up graduating weak in their language, and prefer speaking in English, even during gatherings as is happenings most of the time especially in the west.
A few years ago, the Office of Tibet in New York organized a Tibetan professional conference. English was used during the conference. Some of the participants raised objections, but the reasoning was that those with little knowledge of the Tibetan language will understand better in English. One Tibetan participant from Charlottesville, Virginia was not satisfied and left the conference. Perhaps use of the Tibetan language with instant translation available would have been the better option.
When I was working in a school in Nepal, we prepared a Tibetan and English bi-lingual play about the life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and performed on his birthday in front of a large gathering. The play consisted of several scenes: the regent finding the vision in the holy lake of Lhamoe Lhatso, his recognition tests in Amdo, enthronement of the young Dalai Lama in Tibetan capital, obtaining the Geshe Lharampa degree, Tibetan uprising against the Chinese invasion in Lhasa on March 10, 1959, the flight into exile, the reception by India at the Indo-Tibetan border, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. The public enjoyed the play, and some shed tears when the little Dalai Lama ascended the throne. I wish more Tibetans present such plays in Tibetan with an instant translation into English and I believe others can perhaps produce better than I did. I saw many plays in Tibetan but did not come across a bi-lingual one so far.
I strongly believe our younger generations should work harder to learn our language, and I believe they can. Recently, I witnessed a young Tibetan woman who came to the United States as a little girl from India, and she was speaking fluent Tibetan in front of a large gathering in Minnesota. Moreover, she was appealing to all Tibetans to preserve and promote the Tibetan language. I saw few others doing the same. When I first watched our former North American representative Tenzin Choeden la speaking Tibetan in New York, he was really struggling in Tibet. But after spending sometime in Dharamsala in India, he started speaking not only fluent but using honorific terms. Ms. Kalsang who first joined Office of Tibet, New York as a volunteer several years ago did speak very little Tibetan. But after a couple of years she started speaking fluent Tibetan.
We should all follow their examples. More younger Tibetans should appeal to their fellow younger Tibetans because youth tend to listen to their age group more.
Survival of the Tibetan language depends mainly on the Tibetan people themselves. Many languages have already become extinct in the world, whereas other languages are flourishing. If we try to read the original text, the language used by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales can hardly be understood these days. Most Tibetans cannot read Lanza, Ngagyik, etc. In order for a language to survive, people need to use it often, as in daily conversations, communications, business transactions, religious studies, academic pursuits, and media to mention a few. The more the language is used, the easier it becomes to use.
Concerted efforts from all concerned are required not only for the survival of the Tibetan language, but for the preservation and promotion of it globally. The main responsibility falls on the shoulders of Tibetan parents, especially in the western countries. Our leaders need to advise the parents to use every opportunity to speak Tibetan at home. The parents should encourage their teenage or even adult children to watch interesting programs from Voice of America and Radio Free Asia such as Kunleng. The Department of Education at Dharamsala should also produce more learning materials in order to improve the Tibetan language for our youth. They need to ask Sherig Parkhang (Tibetan Printing Press) to provide more interesting reading material, as well as audio and video CD's designed to teach and promote the Tibetan language. It is imperative that Tibetan be spoken at home, as well as during Tibetan gatherings, such as meetings, gatherings and celebrations. Office of Tibet, Tibetan Associations, TYC, TWA, and numerous regional associations need to organize Tibetan literary competitions such as debates, elocution and public speaking in order to improve the spoken language. Similarly essay competitions among the school and college students should be organized frequently to improve the written language. Many singers compose and sing wonderful Tibetan songs. Short documentaries and movies in Tibetan be produced by individual Tibetans. Even under the Chinese rule in Tibet, courageous singers compose meaningful songs in Tibetan including one that openly praises the Dali Lama and Sikyong Lobsang Sangay. These people should be openly recognized for their contributions so that others will follow suit.
Tibetan parents need to encourage their children to attend religious teachings of Lamas, even if the children do not understand the text. I recall when Gan Ngodup Sangmo in Minnesota used to take her daughter (who was about five at the time) for Buddhist teachings. The little girl would sit cross-legged and remain patiently with her mother until the end of the long teaching sessions. This is admirable. Some parents do not encourage their high school or even college students to accompany them for Buddhist teachings. They state that their children will not understand or are not interested. Once there was a teaching by Khamtul Rinpoche in Minnesota on a certain 33 points. I encouraged my daughter, who was 14 at the time, to attend the teaching, and I would give her $1 for every point she remembered. When we returned home, I was amazed that she had remembered 24 points. I know that many parents must be using reward programs to encourage their children to become involved in our language, religion and culture.
The most important step that I think now is that His Holiness the Dalai Lama should be approached to be the biggest promoter of the Tibetan language. His Holiness should appeal to colleges, universities and Dharma centers wherever he is invited to introduce Tibetan language classes into their institutions and curriculum. Similarly, whenever he meets leaders of foreign countries, His Holiness should request that they introduce Tibetan language broadcasting services in their countries. General Tibetan public including religious teachers, scholars, public figures, etc also use all the available social media for materializing the above concepts.
These efforts will increase worldwide awareness of the Tibetan political situation, lead to a more genuine support for the cause as well and can become a soft political power to counter the communist Chinese government's evil design of propagating their language and culture all over the world.
Many readers may feel the introduction of the Tibetan language into major colleges and universities in the world, as well as broadcasting programs to be an absurd idea. It may even seem laughable to them since such a small fraction of people on earth speak Tibetan. But I strongly believe that if a language is systematically, carefully and strongly promoted, its impact will dramatically increase in a short period of time. For example, the English language was initially introduced by Geoffrey Chaucer in his famous Canterbury Tales during the 14th century. No one would have thought that the English language would have become so widespread within a few hundred years. Thus, we must remain optimistic!


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Why not? If dogs can be trained to guard the house, why can't dragons?
Sure, they can train them using dragon biscuits.
Who knows on this show? I don't think it was ever made clear as to whether The Mountain was near death and saved by Qyburn's ministrations, or he was fully dead and has been re-animated.
In an age before photography, where people's visages are known only to people who have seen them, she knows that Eddard Stark's funerary statue isn't a good likeness.
Reconstituted Gregor Clegane, aka 'The Mountain', took a blow to the chest from one of the Faith Militant that would have pierced his heart and lungs and killed a mortal man.
The Mountain is beyond death at this point. I'm guessing that the only way to defeat him is to burn him until he's only ashes.
Agreed. I also think her dire wolf would have sensed it wasn't her, nor would no one be able to recognize the big woof girl.
Is Dickon still alive? He's Sam's brother right?
You guys are showing that the show has absolutely proven that the fan theory is not right. Thanks for the reminders.
The answer being: The writers don't care. Entire armies are essentially marching hundreds of miles in a few days. Ships manage to sail thousands of miles on a daily basis. No one notices hordes of Dothraki crossing their lands.
A common misconception. Since Westeros is basically shaped like Great Britain Ireland smooshed together (and it is; see: Game of Thrones' Westeros Is Really Just Britain & An Inverted Ireland - Brilliant Maps ) the writers seem to think it is the size of Great Britain, when it is actually more like the size of South America.
The writers don't care. This is the most likely explanation.