The City of Edinburg Landfill and Edinburg Renewables, LLC. have partnered together to expand the City's current collection and extraction system to build a new High BTU project and facility that will allow for the capture and conversion of the Landfill's Bio Gas and/or any of its by-products to be used as a renewable energy source offering the potential of its marketability and sale.
The project is a 20 to 30 year long term partnership with the City that is projected to have a long-term positive impact on the City's ability to maintain current and future air emission compliance, reduce operating expenses and yielding positive revenue from this process in the form of royalty payments from the sale of the end use product(s).
Landfill gas (LFG) is a natural byproduct of the decomposition of organic material in landfills. LFG is composed of roughly 50 percent methane (the primary component of natural gas), 50 percent carbon dioxide (CO2) and a small amount of non-methane organic compounds.
This project will mine existing raw landfill gas; compress the raw landfill gas, and remove a majority of the sulfur compounds . Then the carbon dioxide component is then reduced resulting in a product that is then sold to a commercial pipeline provider which in turn will result in a royalty revenue for the landfill.
Our current focus is the production of high-BTU pipeline quality gas from LFG. This requires extensive processing to remove all moisture, trace components, and carbon dioxide from the raw LFG resulting in virtually pure methane that must meet strict quality standards before it may be injected into utility company pipelines for mixing with natural gas, and distributed and sold to gas customers.
Additionally, our high BTU product may be compressed to levels approximately 3,000 psi which is then referred to as CNG. This form of fuel is extremely economical, and has found uses in powering CNG-fueled vehicle fleets a significant source of cost-containment.


This Mediterranean Pasta Salad recipe combines multiple distinct flavors into one salad with a unique taste. This is a robust salad that works equally well as a side dish or main course.
This salad packs a lot of interesting flavors into each bite. From the peppery taste of fresh arugula to the salty appeal of Kalamata olives, preserved lemons and feta cheese, there is nothing bland or boring about this dish. Yet, its strong flavors aren't overwhelming because they are tempered by the satisfying addition of penne pasta and fresh herbs. This robust salad has enough presence to serve as a light, yet satisfying, main course – or it can act as the perfect complement to more neutral dishes, like grilled chicken breast or a mild white fish.
Tip – You can use fresh or preserved lemons to make this recipe. I recommend trying the preserved lemons because they add more intense flavor. You can either buy a container of preserved lemons or easily make your own with Himalayan salt blocks. A word of caution, however, if you use preserved lemons, taste before adding additional salt.
To make the vinaigrette, place the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and mustard into a small bowl and whisk together until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Add the olive oil and garlic to a cold pan and set the heat to medium high. Sauté for approximately 2 minutes before adding in the chopped tomato. Cook for 3 minutes or until the tomato softens. Remove from heat.
Place the cooked tomato and garlic mixture with the basil, oregano, olives, red onion and preserved lemons into a large mixing bowl and combine. Add the cooked pasta, arugula and both types of cheese. Finally, add the vinaigrette and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
To make the vinaigrette, place the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and mustard into a small bowl and whisk together until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and set aside. Add the olive oil and garlic to a cold pan and set the heat to medium high. Sauté for approximately 2 minutes before adding in the chopped tomato. Cook for 3 minutes or until the tomato softens. Remove from heat. Place the cooked tomato and garlic mixture with the basil, oregano, olives, red onion and preserved lemons into a large mixing bowl and combine. Add the cooked pasta, arugula and both types of cheese. Finally, add the vinaigrette and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy!
what a perfect side dish for any meal. I know my family would love this as a regular meal with just some Italian bread yum!
Well I am a pasta lover, so this is right up my alley. Love salad too. I could for sure make a meal out of this. Perfect to take to lunch as well.
Wow, what a beautiful presentation. I would like to try this salad for lunch. I like the combination of ingredients. Easy and tasty. This is great for me. Thank you!
I love pasta for salad and in winter we love a nice warm pasta salad. Like the flavors, you have in this Mediterranean dish. Can't wait to try.
I need to make a big batch of this for my weekly lunches – I love these flavors!
A great nain or side idea.
I know it's morning and I should be craving some eggs and bacon, but I'm totally craving this Mediterranean pasta salad instead. I love the flavors you've added to this. It looks fantastic for a packable lunch or to bring to a gathering.
I love Mediterranean flavors! Making a pasta salad with these flavors is such a great idea!
I am a huge pasta lover whether it is hot or cold. And the Mediterranean ingredients you use in the salad are just the type we enjoy. In combination this makes one terrific pasta salad.
This perfect pasta salad, it is wonderful flavors to great with a bowl of soup or bread. Love that we can serve them hot or cold.


This unit is a true gem within the community! Located at the back of the property, the patio opens to green space for privacy. The patio has been extended to the maximum dimensions allowed to add extra outdoor living space. The out door furniture and gas grill stay. Offered furnished, this unit is beautifully furnished, inviting, cozy and comfortable. Renovated, hard surface flooring throughout, open kitchen, new cabinets, appliances and window treatments. Custom walk-in shower in the master, new vanities, barn door for the oversized laundry room that has extra storage. Living room fireplace is wood burning, but is outfitted with an electric insert to add warmth to the cold winter nights. Operates at the touch of a button! Well cared for, true second home. Would make a great primary residence or investment property. A must see! Call agent for showing appointment.
Directions: Mallery Street past the Dairy Queen and ball park. Harbour Oaks is located directly across the street from Holy Nativity Episcopal Church. Gated Community, call or text agent for code.
Hello, I have a question about 601 Harbour Oaks Drive St. Simons Island GA 31522.


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Q: How to add more users in SSH server How do I add more users in an SSH server and lock them down to a certain folder? I know probably need to add it in the /etc/ssh/ file directory but I don't know what to change in there. I'm using OpenSSH on a Linux Mint/Debian build

A: I'm not sure what you mean by locking down to a folder, but I think you're talking about permissions here.
Here is a great piece describing permissions in Linux and how to manage them.
You can add a new user using this command:
adduser username

Once the user has been added, you can assign the relevant permissions.

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Resin Review is an authoritative resource for comprehensive statistical measurements of the North American plastic resins industry. The 2019 edition contains detailed resin data tables from 2008-2018 on domestic production, sales and captive (internal) use by end-use application, sales distribution by major market, industry capacities, and capacity utilization rates.
Sales data are segmented into various end-use markets from 2014-2018 for major thermoplastic resins. A table with historical data on U.S. plastics production and sales tracks the trend from 1973 to 2018.
The nearly 80-page reference manual also lists reporting producers for each resin, explains the basics of polymer chemistry and manufacturing processes, details the history of plastics development and modern-day applications, provides a glossary of plastics terms, and lists additional sources of plastics industry information. Resin Review is compiled annually from data collected by ACC's Plastics Industry producers' Statistics Group and other sources.
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There's so much good eating in Charleston. And the best restaurants are casual and kid-friendly, which makes this a great place to bring your kids for a little getaway. We spent just a couple of days here before driving on to Savannah, and I would return for the food alone — but there are also plenty of other things to do with the kids in this lovely, historic city.
You can spend an entire day at Magnolia Plantation, a gorgeous, sprawling plantation on the outskirts of Charleston that looks like a scene out of a movie — all charming Spanish moss and ancient live oaks. Included with admission are access to the gardens, the petting zoo and the horticulture maze, all of which my kids loved. We ate lunch on the premises at the Peacock Cafe; the food was tasty, and the view from the picnic tables really can't be beat.
After lunch, we paid extra for the nature train, which was a 45-minute guided tour of the grounds in a tram (the sightings of alligators and blue herons are practically guaranteed), as well as the self-guided swamp hike, which is just so different from our hikes up north.
My kids' second favorite part of Charleston was a park we stumbled on by accident, Waterfront Park, overlooking Charleston Harbor. There are two enormous fountains there, and kids are actually encouraged to splash in them. I've never seen anything like it — dozens of local children in swimsuits, practically doing laps in the fountain bowls. Of course, my kids rolled up their shorts, kicked off their shoes, and joined in immediately. Afterwards, we dried off on one of the benches looking over the water while enjoying some Italian ice.
My favorite activity in Charleston was the horse-drawn carriage tour, although it didn't hold much interest for the kids. Still, it was a good opportunity for them to rest — and for the younger one to take a nap, lulled to sleep by the clip-clopping of the draft horse. There are several companies that run these popular tours, and we went with the Old South Carriage Company based on the excellent reviews. Our guide was charming and informative, and we really learned a lot about Charleston's rich history, architecture and flora during the hour-long ride.
Last but not least, I have to mention Fort Sumter, which is on everyone's must-do list for Charleston — although I also have to add that it's not very interesting for small children unless they're particularly well-versed in the Revolutionary or Civil Wars. That said, the half-hour ferry ride to and from the fort was a nice way to enjoy the ocean breeze, and the old cannons on the fort are definitely a sight to behold. We asked a park ranger for the Junior Ranger packet I'd read about online (a sort of scavenger hunt for kids, where they can earn a badge in the end), but only my son was interested in completing the different sections of the booklet; his older sister couldn't care less.
We didn't have a single bad meal during our stay in Charleston. For breakfast, there was Callie's Hot Little Biscuit. There was a line out the door when we got there on a Tuesday morning, but fortunately I'd placed my order in advance through their app, so all we had to do was pick up the food. There are barely any seats in the tiny eatery, so take your biscuits across the street to a bench at Wragg Square.
For a dining spot with a breathtaking view, head over to Fleet Landing by the harbor. Definitely ask for a table outside, but if you do end up stuck inside, it's not the end of the world — the nautical decor of the spacious interior is also quite atmospheric.
And then, of course, there's the barbecue. We got tons of recommendations from both friends and locals, so we figured we were probably going to end up with some pretty tasty brisket no matter where we went. Lewis Barbecue did not disappoint, despite my ridiculously high expectations, in food or ambiance. Never have I seen a pile of meat disappear so fast. The brisket, the pulled pork, the sausage — I honestly can't decide which was my favorite. Get some of everything.
We went to Charleston during spring break, and I knew that my kids would care more about being by a beach than in the historic downtown area, so we stayed in Folly Beach, about 20 minutes outside of the city. We would spend the first half of our days in Charleston, then end with a visit to the beach right outside our hotel. It's a wide, clean and family-friendly beach, with plenty of local dining and souvenir shopping.
For dinner after a day of sun and sand, head over to Loggerhead's Beach Grill, about five blocks from the beach, where the snow crab legs are perfectly steamed, the burgers are cooked just right, and the service is friendly, casual and oh so Southern. There's even great live music (country, of course) on most nights.


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Q: Suppressing Grails Plugin WARN messages for Deprecated Behavior We use quite a few Grails plugins for our application and apparently some of them are still using the deprecated ApplicationHolder.getApplication().  I can't seem to determine which ones are specifically and upgrading willy nilly is not an option.
When our log level is info or lower we get hundreds of these when grails starts up:

WARN  util.GrailsUtil  - [DEPRECATED] Method
  ApplicationHolder.getApplication() is deprecated and will be removed
  in a future version of Grails.

Is there any way at all to suppress these?
Update:
Based on the answer from baiyubin, I was able to at least fold them in the console in IDEA.  However, that doesn't prevent 2095 lines from being added to my log file.

A: Since Grails 2.0 you can add a new VM parameter at startup:
-Dgrails.log.deprecated=false

Source: http://jira.grails.org/browse/GRAILS-8024?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel

A: If you're willing to switch to eclipse/sts, there's a built in suppression option right next to each warning messages, where you can toggle whether suppress similar warnings


Using APKPure App to upgrade Cebuano English dictionary, fast, free and save your internet data.
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Typical turnaround is 10-15 business days, but it depends on the complexity of the job and current workload. This will be communicated to you before signing off on the job.
Turnaround starts once we have sign off and deposit for the job.
What if I need my job QUICK!
Depending on the workload, we are able to get jobs done quick. A rush fee WILL be added. Rush fees depends on the date you need the final product.
We prefer Illustrator, .eps and .pdf files. Please make sure all text is outlined and appropriate Pantone colors are used in your final file. It is key that the artwork is editable. We must be able to change the color of the artwork for the plate process.
We require a non-refundable 50% deposit to begin your job. Final payment of remaining balance is due upon completion, and highly prefered before shipment. Taxes and shipping costs are not included in estimates. Tax will be applied if you are in PA. We accept all major credit cards, PayPal and checks. If possible, checks are preferred.
Shipping is not free. Shipping will be added to final invoice. We ship all packages through FedEx or UPS. If you would like us to use a preferred method or ship using your account, please let us know and provide the information.
Yes indeed. Invoice balance, including shipping must be paid before project is sent out. We will provide a few shipping quotes for you to choose from.
Is there a minimum or maximum that you can print?
Nada. Setup costs are consistent, whether we are printing 1 or 100,000.
What is the largest size you can letterpress print or foil stamp?
The bulk of our work is printed on a 10"x15" Heidelberg, which can handle a 10x15 sheet of paper, using a 9"x12" base. On our Vandercooks, the max sheet size we can handle is: 14" x 21". The largest printing base we have is 12" x 16". The artwork must fit on the base.
Foil- currently we can stamp artwork that is 8.5" x 8". *We soon will have the capability to accept larger sized jobs.
What is the difference between an emboss and a deboss?
The majority of our printing is debossed!
-Emboss is when the paper is raised using special dies, which are not made in house.
-Deboss is when the design is pushed into the paper.
Do you allow press checks?
Yes, and they are free. If interested in a press check please let us know when you sign off on your job. All setup will be done before you arrive, since sometimes it takes quite a while. Once we are set up, we will print whether you show or cancel.
If you are not local, we can also send photos of the job one we start printing. For this we will also have to schedule a time so that communication can be made and time is not wasted.
What is the smallest size your plates can handle?
Polymer plates can only handle so much. .25 pt strokes are the smallest we can print. This also applies to serifs. The easiest way to test this is to draw a .25 stroke and drag it around to check. If it feels too small or have any questions, please ask.
Can you duplex any paper together?
Can you print large areas of color?
Yes, we can, but it is not always easy. Larger areas of solid color or patterns might cause the paper to bow/bend, depending on the stock.
When printing large blocks of color and also fine lines or text, it is sometimes best to have a separate plate. It takes a good bit of modified ink to print larger areas, so another plate is used to keep fine lines and text clean. There is no reason to have inky text!
It is best to glue a colored sheet of paper if you want a solid color. This is not always possible with each job, but you will get the best result.
Why kind of ink do you use?
We use rubber based inks, and metallic inks are oil based.
Yes, we can print metallic inks. Metallic inks are not limitted to silver and gold. It is important to know that metallic ink will not have a glossy shine to it, especially if printing on uncated stock. If you are looking to have a glossy look, foil printing is the way to go.
We can color match, but prefer you to choose an actual Solid Uncoated Pantone color. If you have a paper you would like matched, just send it our way. All ink is mixed by hand.
Can you print CMYK or RGB?
If you are creating files in CMYK or RGB, the colors must be converted to Pantone Solid Uncoated.
When submitting a job, please include pantone colors in the actual file.
Does printing with no color (Blind) count as a color? Does printing black count as a color?
Yes and yes. Both require plates and setup.
Is it possible to print colored inks on colored paper?
Letterpress inks are transparent. Printing colored inks on colored paper is doable, but it is very hard to match a pantone color, since all colored letterpress inks are transparent. When printing a colored ink on a colored stock, it will create a tone of the color chosen. We can mix opaque white when mixing the ink, but it is difficult to guarantee what the final result will be.
When printing opaque white, the ink will not appear bright white. It ends up being a light grey/blue and is usually spotty.
Metallic ink and foil stamping work great on color paper.
Yes, overprinting is a great way to create an additional color without requiring an additional plate. It is sometimes hard to predict what the final color will turn out to be, but in Illustrator you can get a general idea by using multiply.
We do not, but we do work with quite a few very talented designers. If you need a recomendation, just ask.
We do edge paint. When requesting edge painting, please provide a pantone color, or colors so we can match. We are able to paint more than 1 color. We can edge paint any paper or project, but thicker stocks usually work the best. We do not edge paint with the actual printing ink and we also do not offer foiled edges.
Can you edge paint even if you didn't print the job?
Yes- Whether your job is letterpress, offset or digital, we can edge paint it. There are a few things we do require, so please contact us before having the job printed.
We are able to print on almost any paper. Cranes Lettra is our house stock. Some other papers we print on include- Reich Savoy Cotton, French Paper Co., and Colorpan. If choosing a colored stock, French Paper Co. and Colorplan are great options.
What is the largest you can diecut?
The largest we can diecut is 11"x17"
When submitting a file for die cut, please place the die lines on a separate layer. Dies are not made in house.


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Agnes (Mrs.Carl) Weis arrived in Pensacola in 1921 when her husband transferred his Weis-Fricker Lumber Company to Pensacola from Louisiana. Along with Max Bear, John Sherrill, JohnMcComack and others, she found a social service organization that was the beginning of what is now known as the United Way of Escambia County. Mrs. Weis was the first campaign chairperson (1924) and would help to lead the organization in subsequent years. Mrs. Weis remained dedicated to helping the community until her death in 1949.


Hire a bicycle in the middle of the forest and cycle along the famous Old Railway, visit the Deer Sanctuary, enjoy the Woodland Trails and expect a great chance of seeing Deer and other forest wildlife.
A healthy dollop of breath-taking scenery; blend with a smattering of tree-top high wires, tricky crossings (using ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire) and wind-in-your-face zip wires; and finish off with a liberal dose of people in search of their inner Tarzan.
Nestling in the Hampshire woodland near Bournemouth, this superb Karting venue is located a short 15 minute drive from Bournemouth town centre on the Dorset and Hampshire border. From Kids parties to 200 + corporate groups, Matchams Karting is the place to race.
Small shopping 'village' with lovely shops such as a hands-on toy shop, a children's clothes store, Joules, Crew and Waitrose.
Ringwood Brewery is a small brewery established in 1978 and situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England near the Dorset border. It produces mainly cask ales and some bottled beers. The emblem for the brewery is a boar.
Home of Peppa Pig World, Paultons Park is a family theme park located in the New Forest, Hampshire.
Paultons features rides and attractions which include a rollercoaster, a log flume, a water park, adventure golf, a 4D cinema, birds and animals, beautiful landscapes and gardens and much more!
There's nothing like a day out at Beaulieu!
The popular visitor attraction in the heart of the New Forest is home to the National Motor Museum, which boasts over 250 vehicles on display from every motoring era. Step into history as you visit the Montagu family home Palace House, and the 800 year old Beaulieu Abbey. You can also see On Screen Cars, World of Top Gear, The Secret Army Exhibition, plus enjoy unlimited rides on the 'skytrain' and veteran bus as well as exploring the beautiful grounds & gardens.


As we begin to close the door on the year, I wanted to share some updates from our Fraud Fighters Forums. To set the stage, folks on various Risk, Spam, Community Integrity, and Trust & Safety teams often tell us that the profession of fraud fighting can feel a bit isolating. Our Forums were created to provide a space for people on the front lines to share best practices and network with others in their shoes.
For example, think about how many people in total are at your company. How many are focused on product growth, engineering, customer support, product marketing, etc. versus risk, fraud, and abuse? The math quickly reveals that the odds are not in your favor. Thus the Fraud Fighters Forum was born to give folks a platform to share stories, insights, and experiences.
This past year, we hosted multiple events in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, and even grabbed our passports for events in Mexico City and London. It was truly inspiring to see peers from across the industry engaged and sharing best practices with each other.
The scope and responsibilities for our teams continue to be ever more demanding. Whether it's new products, features, or markets, teams are asked to protect an ever expanding empire with the same tools and people. Getting resources to evolve and level up continues to be a tough challenge.
In order to improve this, it comes down to things like aligning incentives with your internal groups. It's not feasible or sustainable to have things built just for your team. You must find allies, ideally on the product team, in order to thrive.
The scale and sophistication of attacks continues to increase. Yes, there are still the basic attacks that hit you one at a time, but fraudsters have become more technical and are using scripts to attack en masse.
Relying solely on rules just doesn't cut it anymore. After years of using a rules based infrastructure, the maintenance, upkeep and effectiveness of these frameworks has become more and more limited. Accounts and orders look so real that more behavior modeling is needed to decipher good versus bad.
It's no longer possible to take down accounts one at a time. Teams must respond with their own automated models, scripts, and tools to take down fraud rings.
Chargebacks are known values. A $100 chargeback basically means the same thing to all merchants, however ATO impact is harder to put a dollar value on. As a result, it's more difficult to get resources to combat such behavior.
Most often it comes down to metrics like lifetime value of a customer or churn to help get more clarity here.
Most merchants use several tools before they make a decision. Analysts spend more time consolidating data from various systems rather than pure investigation and eventually make a decision.
Most companies use a medley of tools (internal and external) to make a decision, but almost none of them are optimized for their team.
Finally, I wanted to say thank you to the various hosts of our Fraud Fighters Forums. We typically host our events at the offices of fellow fraud fighters. They open their doors and give us a place to learn, network and share.


Account Manager - Physical Security (Columbus, OH or Wixom, MI) in Dublin, OH at Presidio, Inc.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Physical Security Account Manager to join our team in Dublin, Ohio or in Wixom, MI. The PhySec Account Manager will be responsible uncovering opportunities, presenting and selling Video Surveillance and Access Control solutions to solve security challenges in the Commercial and State, Local and Education market segments. The PhySec Account Manager should be able to develop and manage accounts to meet and surpass a multi-million dollar sales quota. A working knowledge of LENEL, Onssi, HID, Avigilon, Milestone, and Cisco solutions is a plus. Some regional travel is required.
- Manage tactical opportunities to become long term strategic opportunities, resulting in consistent territory growth (over 20%) year over year.
- Achieve sales objectives pertaining to new customers and also through sales of additional services to existing customers.
- Develop a new account base, establish relationships and close viable business opportunities.
- Discover client business needs and propose appropriate technology solutions.
- Manage assigned territory, including account planning, vendor relationships, and opportunity management.
- Develop and maintain a high level of knowledge about Presidio's products and services along with solutions from core vendors.
- Provide excellent service to ensure client satisfaction. Drive additional revenue by up-selling and cross-selling Presidio's broad solution portfolio to existing customers.
- Properly forecast monthly, quarterly and annual revenue for assigned territory.
Minimum of 2 years of Physical Security Sales required.
A bachelor's degree (BA or BS) or relevant industry experience is preferred.
Highly motivated and able to work independently; creative problem solver.
Must be a competitive, high achiever, who is persistent and able to overcome obstacles or setbacks.


Looking for a qualified Fitness bootcamp instructor to run some evening classes at our bootcamp.
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Operative William Craig was killed when the carriage he was riding in was struck by a trolley on South Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Operative Craig was on a detail to protect President Theodore Roosevelt when the carriage was struck. President Roosevelt and the Governor of Massachusetts were slightly injured in the accident.
The trolly car driver was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six months in jail.
Operative Craig had served with the agency for less then 1 year. He was the first secret service agent to be killed while on a presidential protection detail. He had previously served for 12 years in the British Army and was survived by his wife. He is buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, and there is a memorial to him in Pittsfield, Massachusetts which was dedicated in the summer of 2005.
On today, the 116th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.


Editor's Note: the following is a guest post by Christine Tulley, based on a presentation at the 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference in London. Christine is Professor of English, Director of the Masters in Rhetoric and Writing Program, and Academic Development Coordinator at The University of Findlay, Ohio.
Previous narratives of how research moves from idea to publication generally emphasized a linear model that went something like this: the researcher 1) conducts a study or develops an idea 2) submits an article or a book to a top tier or aspirational journal/press and 3) if rejected, incorporates review feedback and sends it to the next publishing outlet down on the list until someone says yes.
Yet, emerging research on academics' publishing habits over the past five years indicate that the process is now a series of loops and connections, with some actions repeated multiple times.
Academics increasingly target a journal prior to writing and sometimes even before conducting research. Typically, journals are targeted because academics are already readers of those journals and interested in participating in the scholarly conversations happening in that space. In his interview in How Writing Faculty Write, Jonathan Alexander, Professor of English and Informatics at University of California-Irvine, claims, "I also want to push what we know collectively as readers…I don't really publish in any journal that I don't also consider myself a reader of, so I consider myself part of the readership of that journal. Knowing what I know about that readership, how can I try to advance a particular conversation or at least contribute to it?" In an age where new journals and sub-specialties emerge every day, particularly in the day and age of open access, academics can't keep up with all of the new scholarship on their subject.
As a result, most tend to read a few select journals where they are interested in adding to and participating in the conversation about a specific line of research. Therefore, academics increasingly tend to think about writing for scholarly publication as not just a researcher/writer but simultaneously as a reader of a particular journal. Practically, this means that a researcher does not submit an article, get it published, and move on to a new project. Instead, academics work through multiple stages and multiple projects at one time, with some of these projects never officially ending.
Because researchers are thinking rhetorically, new research indicates they are more willing to take chances on newer journals, mid-tier journals, and open access journals that more directly address their particular interests. In workshops I give across different types of universities, scholars are particularly interested in mid-tier or newer journals that offer the option of early release, where accepted research is published immediately. This approach to publication from early career researchers, in particular, indicates that academics are adapting to the mixed publishing culture and after the top tier, choosing venues that better suit their publishing needs. This is promising, as open access requirements from Plan S and US organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surely will affect how publicly funded scientific research is accessed. In the humanities, a willingness to publish in mid-tier venues also indicates that researchers might be more interested in the publisher of scholarship versus a singular journal in its roster. In 2016, Wiley offered the Wiley Humanities Festival, with access to 90 humanities journals. A linguistics scholar might choose to publish in any one of the 39 linguistically focused journals from Wiley (or similarly, any of the 27 from Elsevier), depending on the strand of research. If journal rank matters less after the top 2-3, the publisher might matter more, particularly in its approach to embargos, open access levels, and financial contributions from the authors toward publication.
In the previous publication lifecycle model, academics might have called on librarians to help find a difficult to locate source or to order additional books for the stacks. Within the past few years, academics call on librarians as support partners for everything from locating early release research, to locating preprint servers for peer feedback prior to publication, to hosting workshops on publishing in open access journals. Libraries may even begin to host preprint servers, and thus become a hub of prepublication review, as in the case of Cornell University Libraries that currently hosts arXiv. As libraries begin to move away from expensive subscription models where a primary feature of the library is providing access to journal content (sometimes as much as a third of all university library expenditures in the US) , academics increasingly call on librarians to help with finding other types of scholarship. One key indicator is a survey that shows a 20% increase in academics starting research for a project with the library's website vs. the website of a scholarly database such as JSTOR. If this trend continues, a university can tailor the library's brand to suit the culture of researchers on that particular campus.
In the previous model of monograph publication, a researcher submitted a manuscript to a press and it was up to the press to promote the work for sales. The academic might have offered some marketing ideas or names of scholars to posit the work to, but the responsibility of selling the work landed with the publisher. Researchers across all career levels are now collaborating with publishers to promote the work. In my own case, after I published How Writing Faculty Write, with Utah State University Press, both the rhetoric and composition editor (Rachael Leavy) and I looked for ways to promote the work. If I gave a talk about the research, I would let her know so she could tweet it out that day. If she was exhibiting the book at a conference, she would put me in touch with buyers that day who wanted to talk more about the research. While many university presses have not developed guidelines for author promotion of content in a similar manner (or train authors informally, as in my case), many subscription-based journals increasingly offer instruction to academics in effective promotion strategies. SAGE, for example, offers guidelines for social media usage such as tweeting. Elsevier offers authors tips on search engine optimization and conference promotion skills. And in the age of preprint publishing, authors can spread the word about research prior to a peer reviewed publication.
These trends have led to a shaping a developing model of academic publishing, where stages are returned to multiple times and out of any particular order.
Looking at this new model, one author might start promoting research as soon as study findings are analyzed as a way to gain interest for a forthcoming article (still in the process of being written). Another author, after receiving a revise-and-resubmit response from a scholarly journal, might crowdsource findings to find a way to address reviewer feedback more effectively. A third author might submit a manuscript, but not to a journal. Instead, an author might choose to submit an article draft for feedback to one of the preprint servers such as arXiv, ChemRxiv, and bioRxiv as a means of getting peer feedback prior to an official submission to a scholarly journal that permits preprint submission (and many journals in the sciences do). New postgraduate students are now regularly trained at many institutions on developing media profiles as they search for academic positions.
Based on these four shifts, there are two key directions where the scholarly publishing community can work to attract authors, readers, and scholarly partners such as libraries.
First, both scholarly publishers and libraries, as well as universities, can offer training to academics in how to promote their published content. Both Sage and Wiley offer such author guidelines. As subscription-based journals face threats such as Plan S to their financial models, developing these types of content and workshops offer an incentive to authors to publish with these venues. Moreover, in times of cost cutting at university presses, the increase in this type of guidance from publishers suggests a trend, and an expectation, that academic authors have a role to play in promoting their own research instead of relying on publishers to do all of the promotional work.
Libraries such as Georgetown University and Binghamton University in New York also offer workshops to academics in how to promote published scholarship. The University of York offers resources for academics in doing media contact and Queen's University in Canada offers a helpful list for academics to determine when their research becomes "news" and worthy of promotion. These types of examples indicate that universities are seeking to maximize academic reputation. Offering to help academics publicize their research is a way to do this type of promotion cost effectively and spread the workload.
Second, because rank matters less after the top tier for many academics, newer journals and open access journals can attract new writers and readers. This trend also suggests that some academics might be willing to look at digital-only journals or multimedia journals as a publishing outlet. The offer of early release of accepted research is particularly attractive for US-based faculty on a tenure track who must publish as much as possible within the first 5-7 years of hire. For larger scholarly publishing venues, an openness on the part of researchers to a variety of types of publishing offers opportunities for publishers to add journals that do not currently exist on the roster or to explore more cost-efficient models of publishing.
Ultimately, all affected parties (researcher, reader, library, university, scholarly publisher, individual journal editors and reviewers) have altered roles to play in the emerging lifecycle of academic publishing. As a researcher who writes for publication, but also someone who supports academics who write, I'd like to see publishers recognize the fluid publication lifecycle at the point of submission. Submission spaces have, more or less, retained the traditional model of inviting an author to submit a manuscript, and waiting for a review to return. Few guidelines exist for published authors promoting research prior to publication beyond rules about previous publication. I'd also like to see academic libraries thinking about offering collections in terms beyond published scholarship including data sets, author commentary on projects, and public peer review of work in progress.
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One correction that was pointed out to me — the Gates Foundation, along with the Wellcome Trust, (members of Coalition S), are not "public" funders, and should not be lumped in with government agencies funding research under this term.


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Jeong Darae and the 16th Asian Games
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Dec. 30th, 2010 at 5:12 AM
Anyone who has read my LiveJournal for a prolonged period of time will know that I am an avid follower of soccer (football). Other sports that I enjoy include handball, badminton, and archery but those are often much harder to watch on a regular basis -- which is why I am so keen to catch them when multinational events such as the Olympics and Asian Games take place. (Although, since coming to Korea, I have attended the Archery World Championships in 2009 and the Women's Junior Handball World Championship in 2010.)
One of the great aspects to these sporting events is seeing a number of athletes that aren't normally in the public's eye. Athletes competing within more popular sports - for example baseball and basketball in the USA or hockey in Canada - are often in the limelight while those competing in sports like sepak takraw, badminton, and archery (among many others) are not. However, multinational sporting events offer a platform for these athletes to shine. I remember the excitement of watching the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and Goodwill Games as an elementary student and learning a little more about competitors and sporting traditions with each round of each edition.
Between overwhelming media coverage and the increased internationalization of the sport it's much harder to muster a similar sense of wonderment when the World Cup takes place. Apart from exceptions like North Korea and New Zealand in the 2010 tournament everyone is already familiar with the players who participate in the World Cup. There are far fewer 'surprise packages' these days. Here is an example of what I'm talking about:
In 1994 Saudi Arabia were participating in their very first World Cup. They were the heavy underdog. Despite this, in their match against Belgium one of the Saudi players collected the ball in his own half and went on a slalom run through the entire Belgian team before slotting the ball past the opposing goalkeeper. The goal is incredible and well worth watching. But you know, at the time nobody knew anything about the goalscorer except that he was named Saeed Al-Owairan, played for Saudi Arabia, and, maybe, that he played for domestic club Al-Shabab. Seeing 'your' team win is always fun, but what often makes these events worth watching are the acts of wonderment that take place.
Getting back to the Asian Games ... (Source)
With all of the above as background I hope you can understand why I was enraptured with the Asian Games last month. It was not uncommon for me to stay up until four in the morning to catch replays of events that I missed during the day, and I saw a little bit of everything. Synchronized swimming, equestrian , field hockey, shooting, and more. It was an emotional rollercoaster to watch the men's third place match in football. South Korea was playing Iran for the bronze medal and were losing 3-1 after 49 minutes. They pulled a goal back in the 77th minute and then scored twice in the dying minutes of the game to win 3-4. However, as great as that was, there is another event that I am more likely to remember from the 16th Asian Games.
The event that I have in mind is swimming, in particular the women's 200m breaststroke. There were 19 events for female swimmers at this year's Asian Games and only two of the gold medals were awarded to athletes from outside the People's Republic of China. One of those is a Chinese-born swimmer representing Singapore while the other is the South Korean swimmer Jeong Darae. In addition to all of the Chinese swimmers in the final of the 200m breaststroke Jeong Darae was also competing against Japanese swimmer Rie Kaneto, who holds the Asian Record for the event.
On November 13th Jeong Darae participated in the 50m breaststroke and finished fourth, just missing out on a medal. Earlier in the day she had been a member of South Korea's Women's 4 x 100m medley relay team that also finished in fourth place. On November 16th she reached the 100m breaststroke final but, for the third time in as many days, finished the race in fourth. The following day, November 17th, Jeong Darae reached the final of the 200m breaststroke and this time she finished first, earning a gold medal for her accomplishment.
정다래 금메달, image from MBC Sports
With the disappointments of the previous events in mind it probably won't come as a surprise to hear that she was happy with the result. Actually, she burst into tears immediately following the race, but what 18 year old wouldn't be excited? After pulling herself out of the water Jeong Darae sat down at the pool's edge with tears pouring down her face, couldn't make it through her interview with the Korean press because she was still crying, and was also teary-eyed for the medal ceremony. The victory obviously meant a lot to her.
정다래 눈물의 인터뷰에 네티즌 반응 폭발! "울음 뚝!" [ link ], image from SBS News
One of the things that really struck me is that the reporters never lowered their microphones and recording devices despite Jeong Darae clearly being overwhelmed by events. She couldn't say more than three or four words before breaking out into tears so the media's continued presence - or the microphones at least - felt very awkward. However, this could be due to a bias from usually watching team sports that take place on a field or court that the media is generally not allowed to enter. Well, that and the athletes involved are typically older than 18 and compete professionally. Professional athletes have become another kind of celebrity in the modern era, so in that case it's a little easier to accept. ("We'll pay you millions of dollars to chase a ball around for 90 minutes, but only if we can shove a camera in your face afterward.")
It's a little harder to wrap my head around something similar happening with the amateur athletes that are competing in the Asian Games and Olympics. I suppose it's possible to argue that the reporters were trying to 'capture the moment' as best they could despite their invasive behavior -- and there is a precedent from the interactions with professional athletes. That didn't make the situation with Jeong Darae any less jarring for me, though.
So how did she react during the official press conference after the medal ceremony? Jeong Darae was paired with fellow swimmer Park Tae Hwan and all of the photos I've found online of the pair feature Jeong Darae smiling (perhaps nervously) and Park Tae Hwan acting like a bit of a goofball, so I'd like to think things went well.
정다래 와 박태환, image from 종앙일보 뉴스
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Six non-Olympic sports make the 2014 Incheon Asian Games list (asiangames.zimaa.com)
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Abstract: We construct the first time-series for Portugal's per capita GDP for 1527-1850, drawing on a new database. Starting in the early 1630s there was a highly persistent upward trend which accelerated after 1710 and peaked 40 years later. At that point, per capita income was high by European standards, though behind the most advanced Western European economies. But as the second half of the eighteenth century unfolded, a phase of economic decline was initiated. This continued into the nineteenth century, and by 1850 per capita incomes were not different from what they had been in the early 1530s.


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Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus Dies
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Rome's 5th emperor. Today, we remember he killed his step brother Tiberius Claudius Caesar Brittanicus.
Britannicus was Claudius' natural-born son, whereas Nero was adopted through his mother, Agrippina the Younger's marriage to Claudius, which also made him competition to the throne. Nero often felt undermined by Britannicus because it seemed there was nothing he was bad at. He would intentionally put Britannicus in humiliating situations, but Britannicus never faltered and somehow always seemed to surprise everyone around him.
There was one night when Nero and Britannicus were playing cards. Nero called Britannicus out and asked him to sing in front of everyone in hopes of humiliating himself. Instead, he left the crowd in awe with his amazing talent and even moved the crowd with sympathy for the story he told about how Nero was the family favorite. That's when Nero decided he wanted to assassinate Britannicus.
Nero hired the same person who poisoned their father, Locusta, but the first dose didn't work. After many tests, trials, and errors, Locusta mixed up a faster-working poison, which was immediately taken into the dining room by Nero.
As the family and several other nobles were attending this dinner party, Britannicus was poisoned. The poison was put in a hot drink, tested by a food tester, and once the drink was cooled, the poison was mixed in the drink with cold water. Britannicus was said to have "lost alike both voice and breath," and it was said by Nero that he had an epileptic fit, which he's had since childhood. He passed away sometime between December and his 14th birthday on February 11th, AD 55, which was when he would have been when he would have grown into manhood. His death occurred just four months after his father's.
Nero also ended up poisoning his mother later in his rule.
Norman on February 11, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Still didn't answer the question of how old he was when he became emperor.
Richard on February 11, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Wow- bad guy.


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Five burning issues: time to reimagine Further Education
June 9, 2016 Re-thinking HE Pedagogies and Practice, Re-thinking Practitioner Education and Professional Practiceaccountability, Apprenticeship, assessment, BCU, Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Centre for Research in Education, CSPACE, fe, further education, Higher education, leadership, ProfessionalismLouise Brand
By Suzanne Savage, Assistant Lecturer and Doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences. Full article on http://blogs.bcu.ac.uk/views/2016/05/19/five-burning-issues-time-to-reimagine-further-education/
As we eagerly await the first White Paper in a decade to address Further Education and Skills, I wanted to take a look at areas of concern for the sector. I asked facilitators of the upcoming Reimagining Further Education conference to be held on 29 June here at BCU, to share some of the burning issues they will explore.
Leadership in Further Education: As we face a period of unprecedented change in the sector, do FE leaders need a new vision of their role? Dr Lynne Sedgmore, former leader of the 157 Group of Colleges, says: "Senior leaders and governors need to consider how they use their power and act on new ways of collaborative leadership in true partnership — beyond current formal hierarchy and tokenism — to liberate, engage, support and facilitate practitioners, and the professional power they bring, in much more innovative and radical ways." What do you think? This and more will be discussed in the Leadership in FE strand of our conference.
Accountability is often seen as the solution to quality in education, but Professor Ewart Keep of Oxford University warns that the current "low trust, high stakes inspection regime has a weak grasp of what vocational learning could and/or should look like. There is no widely accepted consensus about what the over-arching aims are that the FE system and individual institutions therein should be held accountable for." This is compounded by new government initiatives towards local commissioning. Ann Hodgson of UCL Institute of Education asks "What are the respective roles of local, regional and national government in the governance of FE colleges and what should they be? What impact is the area review process having on the FE system in England?" If you would like to contribute towards answering these questions, join the Accountability, Governance and Area Reviews strand of our conference.
Higher Education in FE: The release of the Higher Education White Paper this month has implications for colleges delivering HE courses because that provision will now be subject to the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). How will colleges juggle the requirements of both Ofsted and the TEF? Dr Karima Kadi-Hanifi, University of Worcester, says: "When evaluated from an exclusively HE perspective, FE is often seen as the inferior partner. But FE provision is very good, student-centred, inspiring and resilient." To formulate the FE response to TEF requirements, sign up for the HE in FE strand of our conference.
The introduction of the Apprenticeship levy in April 2017 creates unique dilemmas for colleges, and many of those who have historically focussed on classroom-based provision are not sure how to develop successful apprenticeship delivery. While fierce competition amongst potential providers is anticipated, can colleges harness some of the energy from the Area Review process to develop a more regional, coordinated approach to apprenticeship provision? Are employers ready for the introduction of the levy and resultant change to hiring practices, or do apprenticeship providers need to find new ways to work together with them? To join this discussion, sign up to the Apprenticeship strand of our conference, facilitated by Professor Chris Winch of King's College London.
Professionalism: In a deregulated sector, "how can we foster a more critical, dialogic and democratic professionalism at this time of great challenge?" asks Lou Mycroft, teacher educator at Northern College and co-founder of Tutor Voices. And despite deregulation, Tim Weiss, Membership Director for the Society of Education and Training Professionals, wonders "In a sector celebrated for diversity of delivery, subject area, learner and teaching staff alike, do we run the risk of losing this breadth and depth as we focus ever closer on "core metrics" such as maths and English, or does this underlying drive to improve the essentials enhance our diversity of delivery even further?" Help develop a vision by joining the Professionalism in FE strand of our conference.
The Reimagining Further Education conference will be held on 29 June, 2016 in the Curzon Building of Birmingham City University. Join the discussion on Twitter using #ReimagineFE
With an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the United States, Suzanne Savage has spent the last 30 years in a wide variety of teaching positions in Nicaragua, the Netherlands and the UK. Most recently she has been a teacher training manager and teaching/learning coach in UK Further Education colleges. She's very interested in the relationship between education policy, teacher professional practice, and the lived experience of students in the classroom. Her current PhD research at Birmingham City University is on the use of video recordings in the observation of classroom practice.
Reimagining Further Education Conference – Keynotes
May 25, 2016 Re-thinking HE Pedagogies and PracticeBCU, Birmingham City University, Centre for Research in Education, conference, CSPACE, Education, further education, researchLouise Brand
Get to know the Keynote speakers ready for the Reimagining Further Education Conference, 29th Jun 2016
David Russell, CEO of the Education & Training Foundation
David joined the Education and Training Foundation as CEO in January 2014. He has grown the Foundation from a fledgling organisation to one delivering effective support programmes for leaders, teachers and others across the education and training system.
David has a wide range of policy and programme management experience on national education and skills policy in England, including the Academies Programme and the Adult Skills Strategy. Until 2013 David was Director of 'Closing the Gap' in the Department for Education, responsible for FE and Vocational Education Reform, Apprenticeships 16-18, and a range of schools policies including the Pupil Premium and pupil behaviour. Prior to joining the civil service David was a teacher.
Sir Frank McLoughlin CBE, Principal of City and Islington College & Chair of CAVTL
Frank McLoughlin is the Principal of City and Islington College. The College is graded outstanding by Ofsted and was the first College to be twice awarded the Queens Anniversary Prize, for Further and Higher Education. Frank is a founding member and ex-Chair of the influential 157 Group. He is a member of the London Councils Young People's Education and Skills Board and the London First Employment and Skills Steering Group.
Frank was appointed by the Minister for FE and Skills to Chair the Independent Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL). The Commission report "It's about work" was published in March 2013.
Frank is an honorary fellow of City University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Frank was awarded a CBE in 2009 and a Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015.
Professor Paul Hager, University of Technology Sydney
Paul Hager is Emeritus Professor of Education at University of Technology, Sydney. A major outcome of his work with Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers in many and diverse occupational fields was the conviction that holistic seamless know how is the common feature of highly skilled performances of all kinds. This sparked an ongoing research interest in such topics as informal workplace learning, professional practice ('professional' in its broadest sense), the nature of skills and competence, and group practice.
In 2013 Educational Philosophy and Theory published a special issue celebrating his work. He is currently writing a book with David Beckett and Jeanette Lancaster, to be published by Springer, provisionally titled The Emergence of Complexity: New Perspectives on Practice, Agency and Expertise.
If you are interested in attending the conference and/or would like to know more about it, please contact: suzanne.savage@bcu.ac.uk
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Reimagining Further Education Conference – Book now
May 19, 2016 Events & activities, Re-thinking HE Pedagogies and Practice, Re-thinking Practitioner Education and Professional Practice, Research Life in CSPACEacademisation, assessment, BCU, Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Centre for Research in Education, conference, CSPACE, Education, fe, forward thinking, further education, Reimagining, research, researchersLouise Brand
The conference will bring together practitioners, researchers and key figures in the field of Further Education (FE) and will cover a range of themes from apprenticeships and work-based learning to accountability and governance in FE.
Instead of the conventional 'stand and deliver' format of many conferences, 'Reimagining Further Education' will be organised as group conversations framed and facilitated by a discussant and chair for each of the 6 thematic strands included. By exploring positive, imaginative and creative ways forward that enhance agency, workforce development and the professional ethos of all FE practitioners, this conference aims to put the 'confer' back into conference!
29 Jun 2016 (9:00am – 4:00pm)
Curzon Building , 4 Cardigan Street Birmingham B4 7BD United Kingdom (Map and Directions)
Download the programme here: a5-reimagining-fe-programme-131074510792152821
FE Leadership: where to now?
May 18, 2016 Re-thinking HE Pedagogies and Practice, Research Life in CSPACEBCU, CSPACE, further educationLouise Brand
Blog written by Dr Rob Smith, Reader in Education at CSPACE, @R0b5m1th
The role of leadership in FE has changed. The current round of Area Reviews are a testimony to that. Under incorporation, the colleges as freestanding institutions with the power to set their own contractual conditions for staff and control over their budgets developed a distinctive version of leadership that matched the assertive new profile of the sector. Not everyone bought into this (mercifully), but Roger Ward – the then chief executive of the College Employers Forum (forerunner of the AoC) seemed to set the tone. This was in keeping with the market ideology that underpinned the incorporation experiment. The FE (quasi) market was designed to be a mechanism that would lead to an improvement in standards. This is what we now call a neoliberal approach to organising FE.
This neoliberal approach was underpinned by a vision. Colleges were freed from the shackles of the Local Authority. They were free to be run on business lines because the perception was that public sector organisations were inefficient, uneconomical and ineffective. They were expected to develop in commercially-minded ways. There was a full expectation that the proportion of college budgets coming from commercial and entrepreneurial activities would increase and the proportion of college budgets coming from government funding would decrease. The aim was a sector of colleges that were virtually autonomous: purveyors of courses to the public and to employers with an ever-reducing dependence on public (government) funding. This vision has spectacularly failed to materialise.
In those terms, it's fair to say that incorporation has failed. After all, what else do the Area Reviews signal if not that the college as a delivery unit for FE is no longer relevant? Today, more than ever, FE is being viewed by government in sectoral terms. The significance of individual colleges has been absorbed within that wider overview.
That said, the failure of incorporation is rooted as much in the almost impossible funding environment for FE that has emerged due to austerity as it is in the failure of commercial and entrepreneurial cultures two flower and produce autonomous colleges. The Area reviews are part of the machinery of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The present government believes FE is inefficient and the Area Reviews focus on this idea rather than taking the purpose of FE as a central theme.
So what is the current purpose of FE leadership?
From some perspectives, there is some mileage in viewing the leadership style of the 1990s as being part of a more general crisis of authority in our country. In the current conditions, it's unsurprising that the role has undergone fundamental changes. Because of budgetary constraints leadership in FE has moved away from focusing on teaching and learning. It's now much more likely to be about the proficient management of performance data. Because as everyone in the sector knows, the most important thing in colleges is to ensure of that the data is good. In some cases, that is irrespective of the reality as it is experienced by teachers and students.
So in the space of 20 years, we have shifted from a model of principalship as the leadership of a competitive, self-interested organisation looking to expand and keen to pursue business opportunities (although oddly, there are continuing echoes in the current policy of academisation). From that we have moved to a role primarily focused on balancing books and overseeing the production of a simulated version of college activities crafted to yield maximum funding returns and to satisfy OFSTED's inspection regime.
Neither version is what we really need.
Discuss the future of FE Leadership at the Reimagining FE Conference
If you would like to be part of envisioning a new role for FE leaders, come to our collaborative conference Reimagining Further Education on 29 June 2016 at Birmingham City University's Central Campus. Our unique discussion format is designed to take a hard look at current challenges facing FE and then together seek creative ways forward. There are 6 thematic strands to the day and one is dedicated to Leadership in FE. I hope to see you there.
Follow our hashtag at #ReimagineFE
To read the original blog post go to: https://drrobsmith1.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/fe-leadership-where-to-now/
Want to discuss this issue more? Visit http://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/calendar/reimagining-further-education to join us on 29 Jun 2016 (9:00am – 4:00pm) for the Reimagining Further Education conference.
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Anjalay Coopen: Tamil Lady 'Kabali' of Mauritius
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This year marks the 76th anniversary of the Belle Vue Harel massacre, which took place on 27th September 1943. During this terrible event, four sugarcane workers, including Anjalay Coopen, were killed and became the martyrs of the Mauritian working class movement. She died in a gunshot in protest for the right of her co-workers, at young age of 37 with her unborn child.
Anjalay Coopen, an important historical figure of early modern Mauritius, has become a tangible and iconic symbol of the Mauritian people, struggle for their human rights against British colonial tyranny and sugar planters in the 1940s.
Who is Anjalay Coopen ?
Anjalay Coopen (Anjalai Kuppan) born Soondrun Pavattan and also known as Anjalay Tassalam Twakaran is a Mauritian born Tamil activist, born February 17 or the March 3 , 1911 in the district of Rivière du Rempart (Mauritius) and died on September 27, 1943 at Belle Vue Harel.
For some, Anjalay Coopen was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time but for others she was a real activist who knew perfectly well what struggle she was fighting for. Few things are really known about her involvement in the labor movement but her character is highly symbolic of the struggle against oppression, including the struggle of the workers for their rights and the struggle for the liberation of women. Her death is often compared to a sacrifice or martyrdom. Several works and places in Mauritius have been dedicated to Anjalay Coopen.
Prelude to the Massacre & Slaughter of the innocent
On September 13, 1943, a major strike began on the sugar plantation Belle Vue Harel. It follows several months of clashes between homeowners and workers. Just like on other sugar estates throughout the island, the labourers demanded a wage increase and better conditions. On 17 September, the worker's two representatives, Hurryparsad Ramnarain and Sharma Jugdambee, agree to an agreement with the sugar companies without consultations. Farm workers refuse to recognize this agreement but are ordered to accept the terms or evacuate the property before 29 September. Nevertheless, the strike continues and the situation becoming more and more tense, the police are called to the rescue.
On 27 September, the workers hold a religious ceremony on the sugar estate. A policeman tells his boss that he was beaten by one of them. Reinforcements arrive and find 300 women, men and children armed with sticks and stones who refuse to disperse. The hostile crowd starts throwing projectiles at the police, which react by firing live ammunition.
Several people are injured and three die on the spot: among these three victims is Anjalay Coopen, 32 years old and pregnant with her first child. Her death was registered on 28th September 1943 at Civil Hospital in Port Louis. The other two victims are Kistnasamy Mooneesamy and Moonsamy Moonien. Nine days later, Marday Panapen, a fourth worker dies of his wounds in the same hospital.
The emotion is very strong in the country: 1,500 people gather for a funerary ceremony organized for the deceased by the Pandit Basdeo Bissoondoyal. The first three victims are cremated in the village of Cottage on land donated by an inhabitant of the neighborhood.
27th September 1943 is a date, which shall forever live in infamy and a day of noble sacrifices in the annals of early modern Mauritius. This was the day when four previously unknown labourers became a powerful source of inspiration to more than three generations of Mauritians of tamil etnic.
Legacies, Monuments and Official tributes
Shortly after the death of Anjalay Coopen, a Tamil author Permal Soobrayen wrote a famous poem tittled "Anjalay". "Anjalay", a sixteen – page play by Henri Favory, published in 1980.
On December 13, 2000, a stamp is published with the effigy of Anjalay Coopen. It has a face value of 9 rupees Mauritian. In September 2003, a monument was unveiled in Cottage, on the spot where Anjalay and her fallen comrades were cremated. Carved in a single block of stone, measuring one meter twenty and weighing two and a half tons, the stele was created by the artist Harold Gentil. It is unveiled by the Ministry of Arts and Culture in the village of Cottage where the workers were cremated in the presence of then Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth and Deputy Prime Minister Paul Berenger.
Four years later, on 29th August 2007, her statue was unveiled in the yard of the new Human Rights Centre of Mauritius, near the Supreme Court in Port Louis. In September 2012, the Equal Opportunities Commission announced its intention to celebrate an Equal Opportunity Day every year on 27 September, in reference to the death of Anjalay Coopen. The President of the Commission states that Anjalay is a symbol because "we find at her place several discriminations recognized by law, ie race, gender, social origin, family situation since she was pregnant".
On March 8, 2015, Anjalay Coopen is one of two women officially honored by the Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare on the occasion of International Women's Day.
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Satyendra Peerthum
Pyneesamy Padayachy


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Invisible, Inc.: Stealth strategy with consequence
PC / Reviews / by Ryan Dunn /
Invisible, Inc. is a perfect storm of a game. The tactical grid-based gameplay has a lot of depth and allows for a ton of strategic decisions, the spy-vs.-spy aesthetic transports you to a world of espionage and the roguelike randomness keeps you coming back over and over again to achieve that elusive "perfect" run. Every action has weight, and one wrong move can doom an entire mission. With numerous difficulty sliders to tune the experience, though, Invisible, Inc. is also an extremely accessible title that succeeds in training the player to tackle its more difficult challenges gradually without being frustrating.
The missions of Invisible, Inc. are played on isometric grid, on which you and the enemy alternate strategic turns moving units, settings traps and taking actions. Every move you make feels important, however, because if one of your units is spotted by the enemy without an escape plan, it will likely be killed. Most of your turns, then, have you placing your units along walls, peering around edges and through doors to see the enemy placement in the room ahead, then devising a strategy for quickly and efficiently neutralizing the present threats.
The ways in which you do this feel limitless, as you have the freedom to approach the various situations presented in almost any way a modern spy could. You can try baiting the enemy with one unit while another sneaks in behind, you can hack surveillance equipment to your advantage or you can cause distractions in remote areas. The key element, though, is staying in control the entire time. You need to be the one dictating where the enemy is focused, and you need to plan a few moves ahead, because any surprises can spell disaster quickly.
The game's feel is in many ways similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In both of these titles, death is permanent, rewinds aren't allowed and it is entirely possible to fail and be forced to restart. Invisible, Inc.'s protagonists only have 72 hours to mount an offensive and strike at the enemy. This means that you need to be selective in what missions you take, balancing the available rewards of intel, experience and allies, against the inevitable time commitment that undertaking the mission would toll.
A full typical run can be completed in a matter of only a few real-world hours, and this is important, because it is highly likely that your first few tries will end in failure. This can be due to either not acquiring the necessary resources needed for the final push in time or because of a failed mission, but either way these failures lead to learning and, later, success.
The missions in Invisible, Inc. are all procedurally generated, so replaying doesn't feel onerous, and the difficulty of the overall game structure is highly adjustable. There are a number of preset difficulties available, from introductory modes to extremely difficult challenges, but beyond this you can set your own difficulty by changing nearly any individual aspect of the game itself. You can decide how many hours you have before the final mission, how many times you can rewind a move during a mission, if you can load earlier saves to make up for failures and if death is permanent.
This high level of customization is amazing for a novice to this genre, as it provides a relatively stress-free way to experience the game and learn how it works while slowly increasing the level of difficulty to absurd realms. The game even provides alternative ways to play, like an endless mode that just lets you keep the spy organization afloat as long as possible. Invisible, Inc. provides the structure for the extreme challenge for those that want it, but it doesn't dictate the way someone should have fun, which is refreshing and something that more developers should consider.
The exaggerated cartoon art style works well, and the atmosphere of the game is pervasive. When sneaking through the various missions, you get a very clear sense of tension and anticipation with every glance around a corner, but with a few button presses you can change the map to a minimalistic view which gives you a clear look at the things you need for making the necessary decisions. The game has a very clean look, which benefits the deep tactical gameplay by not obscuring the different elements at play.
There are a number of different allies, all with different stats and abilities, and with the limited time available for each run, there is no way to use everyone or try all the different skills in any one playthrough. This basically requires you to restart and try again after finishing once just to see more of the available options. This might seem like a drawback, but these replays are actually essential to discovering just why the game is so addictive. When you see the level of improvement in your second playthrough, you also start to notice your mistakes, and this makes the pursuit of the perfect run ever more enticing.
The level of strategy and thought in Invisible, Inc., along with the quick play times and exciting action, give it more replay value than a single-player game reasonably should. It's the type of game I continue to think about between sessions, and an errant move sticks with me like a missed life opportunity, playing over and over in my mind. In fact… I think I need to go start another run.
Pros: Deep strategy, highly customizable challenge, moody aesthetic
Cons: Occasionally unpredictable moments can ruin perfect runs
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