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Changing Landscape of the Education Industry
John Ellinger, CIO of Bowling Green State University
How has the journey been so far in your career?
When I first started working I was engaged with the K-12 environment before stepping into the realm of higher education. The way things have worked out I often pinch myself to make sure it is real. When I took some of my high school students to state officer interviews at Ohio State, I chanced upon the director of the Student Union, whom I had known since I was an undergraduate student at Ohio State. He told me about a new position of associate director for the Student Union, and I was ready for a change. Three months later, I started working at Ohio State as the associate director of Student Union. Four years later, I became the director of Student Union after the retirement of our former director.
Fast forward five years, I came across another new position for assistant vice president of Agriculture, which was of interest to me because my degrees are in agriculture. I spent the next eight years as the assistant vice president of Agriculture, taking care of 2,200 employees, $200M in budget and 18,000 acres of land throughout Ohio.
"I believe that 10years from now, artificial intelligence will change higher education in ways never imagined."
In 1994-1995 I had the opportunity to take two classes of students to China for a semester. While I was there, I received a call from the chief financial officer of Ohio State, and he offered me the position of director of the university's PeopleSoft project. My new journey commenced in November of 1995 and lasted through 2001 when the PeopleSoft Student, HR and financials were implemented for the entire university. Between 2001 and 2010, I was the senior director of infrastructure and Networking at Ohio State. In 2010, I started my CIO career here at bowling Green State University (BGSU). All in all, this has been an incredible journey with new opportunities throughout the way.
Where does your passion for the educational landscape stem from?
There is no better way you can change the lives of people than through education. Education is one of the fastest-changing sectors right now, and as it has undergone tremendous changes over the last decade.I have always been driven by a passion to work for people, throughout my career. What drives us the most is the fact that we are in the people business, not just the IT business. We are committed to solving the problems of our students by understanding students, their needs and the processes to tackle the issue at hand. Solving problems is basically what we fundamentally believe in.
How have you seen technology evolving in the education industry over the last few years?
Technology has evolved exponentially over the past 10 years, and it has had a massive impact on education and IT as well. The biggest challenge for me is to bring together artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality and augmented reality to classrooms and into the hands of students. Much like in other industries today, automation plays an important part in education as well. I recall my first computer class, long ago at Ohio State, was mainframes programming and keypunch cards. The most intimidating experience was developing a program and getting it correct so that you did not have to search through the code for errors.
During my start in the agriculture industry, we witnessed the advent and implementation of technology at a global level that is still going on! After joining the Student Union, I realized that the number of daily building events was a major challenge because we had nothing automated. So, I hired two computer science students to program a VAX computer into the first multi-user event management system in the Union; it took them a year and a half to build. When I moved to Agriculture we had 2,200 salary increases to do manually. I went on to hire another student with knowledge of MS Excel to build a macro system. As a result, the processing became much more streamlined, and tasks were accomplished much faster. Eventually, Ohio State implemented that system throughout campus
While working with PeopleSoft, the team won the Computer World 100 Award in 1997 for implementing Citrix (thin client) to run 1,700 devices on our network. Since coming to BGSU, 67 percent of all our campus applications are in the public cloud. All remaining servers and storage, mostly PeopleSoft, are in Toledo and our DR is in Columbus. The cloud has made a massive difference over the years with the reliability and capabilities it brings to the table.
The pace at which new technology—AI, machine learning, augmented/virtual reality—is remolding every facet of the education industry is truly overwhelming. As such, it wouldn't come as a surprise if 10 years down the line, teaching is enhanced or even replaced by robots. We are one of the five schools in the country to bring in an avatar teaching system called Mursion for first-year Education students' experience. And I believe that 10 years from now, artificial intelligence will change higher education in ways never imagined.
What has been your secret sauce for success over the years?
Keep moving forward and exploring opportunities to bring about a positive change for people. One should be passionate about what you do. To elaborate, when I first joined BGSU, the majority of our work processes were manual. We were not integrating technology into the daily activities, and there was a continuous struggle to make the processes seamless. With a passion for making things right, we ensured the integration of technology to simplify peoples' lives.
What advice would you like to give to fellow peers in the industry right now?
The best advice I can give is to never to stop learning regardless of your profession. It's essential to keep improving with every possibility that crosses your path. Broaden your network and make stronger connections to be able to make the most of the opportunity that comes your way. One must not be afraid of failing; rather, we should learn from our failures and move ahead toward achieving greater things.
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Clen and Angelle Van Kleef: True Blue
Meet dedicated ALUS Norfolk participants Clen and Angelle Van Kleef
ALUS Norfolk participants Clen and Angelle Van Kleef are justifiably proud of their ALUS projects, including this 12-acre swath of tallgrass prairie that they've been stewarding since 2008. (Photo: Stephanie Drayer)
ALUS Norfolk participants Clen and Angelle Van Kleef are justifiably proud of their ALUS projects, including a beautiful, 12-acre swath of tallgrass prairie that they've been stewarding since 2008.
"We believe that a company can do good while also doing good business; ALUS is an important part of that effort," said the Van Kleefs, who run Colourful Gardens Ltd., a 48-acre farm and greenhouse operation growing hibiscus and bromeliads in Simcoe, Ontario.
They had been running a hibiscus greenhouse in the Netherlands until 1999, when they took their two kids to Canada. They took some time to get to know their new landscape, then partnered with ALUS in 2008 to repurpose the unused portions of their farm for habitat restoration.
"We want to live in a responsible way, respecting the natural environment," said Clen, "and we have incorporated some of our values into the way we run our greenhouse: Our greenhouses create a carbon footprint; ALUS helps offset that footprint."
The Van Kleefs have since enrolled 16 acres in ALUS, including tallgrass prairie and black oak savannah grasslands, as well as wetlands and woodlands where many native plant and animal species can thrive.
Their tallgrass prairie and black oak savannah plantings showcase native flowers and deep-rooted grasses, such as big bluestem, to sequester carbon, control erosion, support pollinators, and provide habitat for wildlife including pollinators, deer, turkeys and other grassland birds.
Every few years, Clen Van Kleef burns this ALUS project to the ground! But don't worry, it's a recommended part of the maintenance routine for tallgrass prairie. Prescribed burns keep weeds and woody species from invading the native grassland, increase soil fertility, and reduce build-up of dead plant material.
Every few years, the Van Kleefs burn sections of their tallgrass prairie projects to the ground as part of the maintenance strategy—controlled burns don't damage the deep-rooted native grasses or black oaks, but they do control invasive weeds and woody species that would otherwise invade the native grassland.
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Native plants feed native bees! This bumblebee is enjoying a Dwarf Blazing Star (Liastris cylandracea). Clen and Angelle Van Kleef maintain excellent habitat for pollinators, deer, turkeys and other grassland birds in this tallgrass prairie ALUS project. (Photo: Clen Van Kleef)
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IlliniLoyalty's Good Journalism Book Club
Well, rather than complaining about the problem, I want to be part of the solution. Let this thread be a place where good reporting and interesting stories can stand apart from the crap.
First, some ground rules:
-No op-ed pieces, no matter how on point.
-At the very most, a tangential relationship to the Obama/Romney race. Preferably no mention whatsoever.
-No HuffPo, no Daily Caller, preferably no blogs at all. If it's Reason magazine or the WSJ, fine, but look to professional mainstream journalists.
-Not something that directly relates to topics we've beaten to death. No immigration, no taxes, leave that stuff for the other threads.
-Preferably not schmaltz. This is a personal taste thing, and if you really like some heartwarming inspirational story, fine, but that stuff pushes the line of journalism for me.
-Procedurally, tell us what the article is, give a link, and a little quoted preview. And rant and rave if you feel like it, but keep it brief.
So let me get us started. I loved this article today, I have done a bit of study into local land use and zoning issues, and I just thought this was a really interesting, accessible piece that explores a lot of the issues you find there. This guy is a reclusive billionaire who never had any use for the political process, until all of the sudden he needs a sewer pipe to advance his philanthropy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/art-collector-mitchell-raless-grand-design-hangs-up-over-sewer-issue/2012/07/09/gJQAfWERZW_story.html
The full scope of his ambitions for Glenstone did not become clear until recently, when the obsessively secretive billionaire sent an e-mail to many of those who attended the party. In it, he revealed his grand vision for Glenstone, which would include a new museum that would rival the size of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art.
But there was an obstacle in his way. Glenstone is seeking a hookup to the county's sewer system.
And now he needed something from them.
"Please help," the e-mail began.
DaytonIllini
Try this out.
(Reuters) - In the mid-1980s, a small band of policy wonks began convening for lunch in the back corner of a dimly lit Italian bistro in the U.S. capital.
After ordering beers, they would get down to business: how to win independence for southern Sudan, a war-torn place most American politicians had never heard of.
That was a good read Dayton, thanks. South Sudan is kind of in the same boat as Libya and Egypt right now, once the new power structure is in place, that's when the real work starts. The Horn of Africa is a pretty tough neighborhood to try and carve out a stable existence.
Here's one that I suspect might be put on the "beat to death" list eventually, but right now the story isn't getting much play in the US press. It should be, considering every loan we take out in the United States uses LIBOR as a benchmark. The dreaded "Wall Street Culture" isn't just limited to Wall Street, it would appear.
One trader posted diary notes to himself so that he wouldn't forget to fiddle the numbers the next week. "Ask for High 6M Fix," he entered in his calendar, as he might have put "Buy milk".
What may still seem to many to be a parochial affair involving Barclays, a 300-year-old British bank, rigging an obscure number, is beginning to assume global significance. The number that the traders were toying with determines the prices that people and corporations around the world pay for loans or receive for their savings. It is used as a benchmark to set payments on about $800 trillion-worth of financial instruments, ranging from complex interest-rate derivatives to simple mortgages. The number determines the global flow of billions of dollars each year. Yet it turns out to have been flawed.
http://www.economist.com/node/21558281
Here's today's entry. On a subject we've talked about a lot: education. This looks at Stanford University and how they've become so tied up in the tech sector. This piece really asks two questions, what's the proper role of a University between teaching their students, and getting them a job, and also, how should established schools feel about an online presence? Stanford has the resources to do whatever they want, the question is, what should they do?
If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the élites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley. When looking for engineers, Schmidt said, Google starts at Stanford. Five per cent of Google employees are Stanford graduates. The president of Stanford, John L. Hennessy, is a director of Google; he is also a director of Cisco Systems and a successful former entrepreneur. Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing has licensed eight thousand campus-inspired inventions, and has generated $1.3 billion in royalties for the university.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta
KBLEE
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Sure Shot said:
I'm glad the end of the article mentioned Sebastian Thrun. I read this Forbes article (How Would You Like A Graduate Degree For $100?) on him last month. It discusses his new venture the changing landscape in education.
"It's pretty obvious that degrees will go away," Thrun says. "The idea of a degree is that you spend a fixed time right after high school to educate yourself for the rest of your career. But careers change so much over a lifetime now that this model isn't valid anymore."
Thanks to a global boom in cheap, high-speed Internet connectivity, such courses can be beamed around the world for just 50 cents to $1 per student. That makes mass teaching much more affordable than it was a few years ago. Just as important, the rise of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks means that today's students are comfortable forming multihour study groups with online acquaintances they've never met in the physical world.
I appreciate the link, but my god, Forbes' website is terrible isn't it? It's like hacking through a jungle with a machete trying to read a simple two-page article.
Online college is a really interesting thing. I love reading about it because to be honest, while I fully grasp the issues involved, I have no idea what my opinion is. On the one hand, our ability to really substantively teach people things over the internet has been radically transformed in only a few years and keeps getting better. On the other hand, college is so much more than just class. Can online ever truly replace that experience? Do we want it to? Is the modern American college experience inherently unsustainable? Because we're certainly seeing the limits of its scalability.
A lot to think about.
IntenselyOrange
It depends on the field. Surely you can learn History or Economics over the internet, but can you learn physics, chemistry, biology and engineering? I'd say no. So much of your education in the sciences is dependent on hands-on laboratory experience.
IntenselyOrange said:
I kinda agree. I think at the end of the day, online comes to supplement traditional college education, rather than replace it. In one of those articles they talk about "teaching in reverse" where the students watch the lecture portion outside of class, and do the "homework" part in-class, allowing class time to be about collaborative problem-solving. That sound like a good idea.
Okay. Today's entry: A journey into a parallel universe in which we don't have a First Amendment. Cue the Twilight Zone music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/world/europe/trial-of-soccer-star-terry-revolves-around-foul-language.html?hp
If it was an odd spectacle, hearing such language in a sober British courtroom full of sober British lawyers, so was this an odd case, one seemingly without precedent in British soccer history. Mr. Terry, captain of the Premier League team Chelsea, and captain of the England national team before his arrest, is charged with committing a racially aggravated public order offense — using a racial slur — against Mr. Ferdinand, a defender for Queens Park Rangers, in a game last October.
Now, as a follower of English soccer, I think it's necessary to add that John Terry, for many reasons totally separate from this incident, is a world-class a-hole and he deserves whatever he gets. He's also a great, great player.
For this to play out in the courtroom seems a bit silly to me. I just hope the FA throws the book at him and he receives a nice suspension like Luis Suarez last year.
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Update: John Terry NOT GUILTY
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/13/john-terry-cleared-anton-ferdinand
This is a freakishly good article. A fairly detailed example of a disaster. I saw such things and detailed one on hear a year or two ago when I was a medical student. My residency and my current hospitals allow far less autonomy to medical residents and students but the lesson should be stark to anyone.
NEVER GO TO A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN JULY. IT IS AKIN TO COMMITTING SUICIDE.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20101113-Parkland-knee-surgery-done-by-doctor-4288.ece
A friend of mine starts her residency here pretty soon. (Might have already started now that I think about it). I wish her luck!
I love thinking about this kind of stuff.
How might Beane turn "moneyball" into "medalball"? Channeling him, I've identified three measures that, when weighted equally, suggest the sports in which the Kyrgyzstans of the world could direct their energy and resources to maximize their medal count.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sports/olympics/how-much-for-an-olympic-medal.html?_r=1&hp
Well, I can't let this thread drop off the first page, can I?
I'm not sure what the hell this is, but I enjoyed it:
Now, Park has succeeded where the K-Pop entertainment-industrial-complex and its superstars have failed so many times before: he's made it in America. The opening track on his sixth album, "Gangnam Style" (watch it at right), has earned 49 million hits on YouTube since its mid-July release, but the viral spread was just the start.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/
Be sure to watch the video. It's ridiculous.


Giles Parkinson says of the 2017 budget that Turnbull lets [his] fig leaf droop and stands naked on climate policy. Matthew Rose says Turnbull's budget ignores energy crisis and dodges climate. The Conversation article is headed Budget 2017: government goes hard on gas and hydro in bid for energy security, which is I think misleading. It goes for gas and hydro, but not hard.
Before looking at what the budget has to offer, it is appropriate to remind ourselves that at the UN climate talks in Morrocco last year, Australia's proposed effort was ranked fifth worst in a list representing 90% of the world's emissions. Moreover, Frydenberg has been backsliding since then, suggesting we may not achieve zero net emissions until 2100.
We should keep in mind too that a recent study found that 1.5℃ warming was likely to be reached some time between 2022 and 2040, with the centre-points of the forecasts at 2017 and 2032, depending on which way the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) in the Pacific Ocean breaks.
In terms of dollars the biggest commitment is the announcement that the Commonwealth would buy the shareholdings in Snowy Hydro Limited of the governments of NSW (58%) and Victoria (29%), to add to the 13% currently owned by the Commonwealth. How much? It doesn't matter, because under the new rules it is "good debt" and kept off-budget. The sale of electricity will pay the interest on the funds borrowed. Presumably there will be limitations on what NSW and Victoria can spend the proceeds.
Yesterday the AFR calculated that the Turnbull government may have to pay about $6 billion, but it has the prospect of cashing in on the hedging market, because of the security of supply provided by hydro, as more baseload fossil generation is turned off.
No-one is sure what is behind the strategy, but it will confuse potential investors in the electricity generation market.
$5.2 million for a cost-benefit analysis of piping gas from the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
The two hubs in the east coast network are Moomba in northern SA and Wallumbilla, near Roma in Queensland. Annastacia Palaszczuk wanted a pipeline basically straight up the middle of the eastern states, to avoid the long haul through Moomba, but Turnbull and ScoMo seem to have been completely deaf to anything the Queensland government wanted.
Other than gas, Matthew Rose's piece details the remaining Budget commitments to climate change.
The current centrepiece of the Government's climate policy the Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) received no further funding in the Budget, with only $300m remaining in the fund.
Funding for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) remains as agreed to by the Government and the Opposition following the deal they struck after the election. The two final years of ARENA funding are $137m funding in year 2020-21 leaving $110m in 2021-22. The future of ARENA is uncertain past 2021-22.
The Government reaffirmed its $110m loan commitment for the solar thermal project in Port Augusta. I think that was a Xenophon trade-off in exchange for something.
the Climate Change Authority… has been effectively defenestrated by the Coalition government. Once again, its funding does not extend beyond the coming financial year, as the Coalition repeats its desire to close the authority.
Her article goes into some detail about the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, where the staff numbers will grow from 80 people to 101 to manage its "expanding and diversified" investment portfolio.
The CEFC's third year of operation saw a record $837 million committed to new clean energy investments, contributing to projects with a total value of $2.5 billion, achieving a 73 per cent year-on-year increase in the value of new investment commitments.
The funding is "good debt" allocated by the Gillard Government, and the administrative costs are paid for by the investments.
Essentially the Turnbull Government is tinkering with gas supply, with no sense of urgency, awaiting the Finkel Review. Tony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute says on energy this budget is small fry ahead of major policy decisions that rest on the forthcoming Finkel Review of the National Electricity Market next month, and the climate change policy review later in the year.
Ross Garnaut in 2011 especially praised the institutional architecture on which the Gillard/Green climate policies were structured. Abbott/Turnbull have destroyed the carbon pricing (tax), retained CEFC and ARENA because they were not allowed to destroy them (from memory we thank Clive Palmer), have retained until 2020 the Renewable Energy Target (RET), have now ignored and essentially sabotaged the Climate Change Authority which was to take the politics out of ongoing climate policy. This government, in spite of its rhetoric, has put politics at the centre of climate policy.
While the Budget essentially marks time, initiatives from the Gillard government are supporting forward momentum in the absence of a policy framework.


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There's no question that the way legal services are delivered is rapidly changing. Law firms increasingly rely on computer and data management systems to create, share and store information. Even when analog (or even paper) means are used to create documents, they are converted into some type of digital format for organization and management. Research, document review and communication between clients, other attorneys and courts have sped up because of digital technology. In fact, many law firms have gone entirely paperless.
Digital Records & Data Retention in the Cloud: Although some law firms still use paper files and physically house them both on- and offsite, an estimated 90% now scan or convert their files to a digital format and store them in the cloud. There's also data from email, PCs, cell phones, flash drives and Internet—based phone systems. And while regulations for data retention differ across industries, law firms have data retention requirements ranging from six to 10 years, depending upon the state. That's a lot of data! Cloud technologies provide the means for attorneys to readily access information and communicate with clients. Some larger firms have their data stored on in-house servers or in a colocation facility, but smaller firms and individual attorneys tend to purchase cloud storage from an IT provider that has the facilities, expertise and hardware in place to securely host their data. This is a cost-effective approach that also eliminates the need to hire costly IT personnel. Cloud technologies can also aid in making daily logistics, such as billing, time tracking and contract management, more efficient.
Percent of all documents created and received by businesses are now electronic.
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Take pleasure in a brief journey with the Elding ferry service to the beautiful island of Viðey, situated in Kollfjörður simply off the coast of Reykjavík. This southern Caribbean island of one hundred ten,000 folks is a lower than a five-hour nonstop flight from the East Coast and had no bodily affect from the two storms. The Desk Bay beaches may be found north of the Atlantic Seaboard near Table Mountain and Robben Island. Life slows down on the island. Just a few brief hours from the Twin Cities, Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, Stout's Island Lodge is a world away from the on a regular basis.
Study extra about the privately operated Mattress & Breakfasts on the Toronto Island Group web site Though there is no overnight camping allowed on Toronto Island Park, non-profit kid's groups like Girl Guides or Boy Scouts can receive a one-time allow for Snake Island. Whether or not you crave culture, journey, or just kicking back on a seaside with a chilly cocktail, at least one in every of these islands is sure to be a really perfect vacation spot.


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Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival to Honor Fin Argus, Effie Brown – The Hollywood Reporter
The Bentonville Film Festival, chaired by Geena Davis, is set to honor actor Fin Argus and producer Effie Brown at its eighth annual event produced by the nonprofit BFFoundation.
Argus, who will be presented with the Rising Star award for outstanding talent, is known for their role as Mingus, an aspiring drag performer, in the Peacock reboot of drama series Queer as Folk. Argus also stars opposite Neve Campbell in the Disney+ feature film Clouds, playing a young musician whose life is cut short due to spreading cancer. Argus will next be seen in the movie Stay Awake, alongside Chrissy Metz. As a musician, Argus released their debut EP Lost at Sea in 2017 and is preparing to release a second EP titled Exposure.
Brown, who will receive the Rising to the Challenge honor for supporting indie film projects, is the CEO of production company Gamechanger Films, which focuses on content by and about women, people of color, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Among Brown's producing credits is 2015's Dear White People, which won an Indie Spirit Award for best screenplay. Brown served as an executive producer on Lee Daniels' Star on Fox and Disney Channel's Zombies, and co-financed Rebecca Hall's Passing.
The festival will include a special presentation of Where the Crawdads Sing, followed by a conversation with the film's director Olivia Newman, novel author Delia Owens and 3000 Pictures president Elizabeth Gabler.
There will also be a screening of Hunger Games for the film's 10th anniversary, with a conversation between Davis and the film's producer Nina Jacobson; and a spotlight screening of Dealing With Dad, produced by Brown and Howard Barish.
"We are so excited to bring our incredible community together again to participate in the bold and vital work that makes BFF unique — elevating the voices of very diverse and intersectional storytellers, all with a true festival spirit," said Davis in a statement.
"At the heart of BFF is the belief in coming together to recognize and award exceptional talent," added Wendy Guerrero, president of Bentonville Film Festival and Foundation. "It is my honor to welcome these leaders to our festival who are making impactful change in the industry. Each Award recipient is striving to influence the entertainment industry, in their own ways. We are truly ecstatic to have such leaders join our community."
The festival takes place with virtual events from June 22-July 3, and in-person programming in the host state of Arkansas from June 22-26.
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Fernanda is in the middle of the eastern Pacific far from land. A ball of convection surrounds the surface low with some rainbands away from the center. Fernanda is not a threat to land.
As of 1 pm edt / 10 am pdt Greg was centered near 11.9 N / 137.9 W or about 2000 miles from the Big Island of Hawaii. Movement is west at about 9 mph. Top sustained winds are estimated at 45 (NHC 50 mph earlier advisory). Pressure 1001 mb.
Forecasts take Fernanda west northwest over the next several days. It will slowly weaken over cooler water.


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2/9: History and Romance
By Scott Beaulieu
Published Feb 9, 2010 at 2:00 AM | Updated at 7:45 AM EST on Feb 9, 2010
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It's one of natures aphrodisiacs. Get your fill of oysters for some pre-holiday romance at Burton's Grill in South Windsor.
A GLIMPSE OF HISTORY: It's one of the more intriguing events of this Black History Month. Award-winning actor and activist Danny Glover is joining Felix Justice for a "An Evening with Martin and Langston" at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. Glover will portray literary giant Langston Hughes, while Justice brings to life the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Following the performance, the performers will be available for a Q and A session. Tickets for the evening are $10. Show's at 7p.m.
THE DAYS OF LOVE: Ladies and gentlemen, we are entering that time of year, when we can't get away from the big day of romance. Tonight's winner of couples-time takes us to Burton's Grill. The South Windsor eatery is kicking off the "Six Days of Love." Tonight through the big night, Burton's is offering not just their regular menu, but also a special menu filled with the food of love. There are items including Oysters Rockefeller, Poached Pear Salad, Salmon Oscar and a delicious Filet and Lobster. Finish the night on a sweet note with a slice of Mint Chocolate Cake. Call 860-432-4575 for reservations. Bon Appetite!
THE FOODS OF LOVE: It might not be scientific or approved, but here at WYDT, we think two of the four major food groups should be chocolate and wine (preferably together). Tonight, at the Lucy Robbins Welles Library in Newington, you can learn how those two fit together to create culinary music. Kim and Kelly of Klassic Kreations Gourmet will teach you how to pair fine chocolates with wine, then share their history and health benefits of each (see, we told you they were healthy). Chocolate samples will be provided. It's perfect for those looking to impress that special someone this Sunday, without having to spend a dime. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.


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Section 124E.12
124E.11 124E.13
Exclusive representatives
Public employees retirement association (pera)
Saint paul teachers retirement fund association (stptrfa)
Teachers retirement association (tra)
2017 Subd. 1 Revisor Instruction 2017 c 5 art 12 s 22
2016 124E.12 Amended 2016 c 189 art 26 s 9
124E.12 EMPLOYMENT.
Subdivision 1.Teachers.
A charter school must employ or contract with necessary teachers, as defined by section 122A.15, subdivision 1, who hold valid licenses to perform the particular service for which they are employed in the school. The commissioner may reduce the charter school's state aid under section 127A.43 if the school employs a teacher who is not appropriately licensed or approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The school may employ necessary employees who are not required to hold teaching licenses to perform duties other than teaching and may contract for other services. The school may discharge teachers and nonlicensed employees. The charter school board is subject to section 181.932 governing whistle-blowers. When offering employment to a prospective employee, a charter school must give that employee a written description of the terms and conditions of employment and the school's personnel policies.
Subd. 2.Administrators.
(a) A person, without holding a valid administrator's license, may perform administrative, supervisory, or instructional leadership duties. The board of directors shall establish qualifications for all persons who hold administrative, supervisory, or instructional leadership roles. The qualifications shall cover at least: instruction and assessment; human resource and personnel management; financial management; legal and compliance management; effective communication; and board, authorizer, and community relationships. The board of directors shall use those qualifications as the basis for job descriptions, hiring, and performance evaluations of those who hold administrative, supervisory, or instructional leadership roles.
(b) The board of directors and an individual who does not hold a valid administrative license and who serves in an administrative, supervisory, or instructional leadership position shall develop a professional development plan. The school's annual report must include public personnel information documenting the professional development plan.
Subd. 3.Collective bargaining.
Employees of the board of directors of a charter school may, if otherwise eligible, organize under chapter 179A and comply with its provisions. The board of directors of a charter school is a public employer, for the purposes of chapter 179A, when forming one or more bargaining units at the school. Bargaining units at the school must be separate from any other units within an authorizing district, except that bargaining units may remain part of the appropriate unit within an authorizing district if the employees of the school, the board of directors of the school, the exclusive representative of the appropriate unit in the authorizing district, and the board of the authorizing district agree to include the employees in the appropriate unit of the authorizing district. The board of directors of a charter school with employees organized under this subdivision must comply with sections 471.6161 governing group insurance and 471.895 governing gifts.
Subd. 4.Teacher and other employee retirement.
(a) Teachers in a charter school must be public school teachers for the purposes of chapters 354 and 354A governing the Teacher Retirement Act.
(b) Except for teachers under paragraph (a), employees in a charter school must be public employees for the purposes of chapter 353 governing the Public Employees Retirement Act.
Subd. 5.Group health insurance.
(a) A charter school board with at least 25 employees or a teacher cooperative of licensed teachers providing instruction under a contract between a school and a cooperative that provides group health insurance coverage shall:
(1) request proposals for group health insurance coverage from a minimum of three sources at least every two years; and
(2) notify employees covered by the group health insurance coverage before the effective date of the changes in the group coverage policy contract.
(b) A charter school board or a cooperative of teachers that provides group health insurance coverage must establish and publish on its website the policy for purchasing group health insurance coverage. A charter school board policy must include a sealed proposal process, which requires all proposals to be opened at the same time. Upon opening the proposals according to the school or cooperative policy, the proposals become public data under chapter 13.
Nothing in this subdivision supersedes the right of an exclusive representative to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment.
Subd. 6.Leave to teach in a charter school.
If a teacher employed by a district makes a written request for an extended leave of absence to teach at a charter school, the district must grant the leave. The district must grant a leave not to exceed a total of five years. Any request to extend the leave shall be granted only at the discretion of the school board. The district may require a teacher to make the request for a leave or extension of leave before February 1 in the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher intends to leave, or February 1 of the calendar year in which the teacher's leave is scheduled to terminate. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and section 122A.46, subdivision 7, governing employment in another district, the leave is governed by section 122A.46, including, but not limited to, reinstatement, notice of intention to return, seniority, salary, and insurance.
During a leave, the teacher may continue to aggregate benefits and credits in the Teachers' Retirement Association account under chapters 354 and 354A, consistent with subdivision 4.
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Winnow Your Words: Kimi's Book of Haiku is a collection of the Ferrari Formula 1 driver's quotes turned into Haikus, a form of Japanese poetry comprising three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
Raikkonen's Haiku poems, written to his own length, became a social media hit when the book was originally unveiled as part of Philip Morris International's Mission Winnow initiative at this year's Japanese Grand Prix.
PMI partnered with Autosport.com to publish and sell the book online, with all money raised from the book sale to be donated to the Grand Prix Trust.
More than 5000 copies of the book, available online here, have already been sold.
Formerly the Grand Prix Mechanics Trust, since 2016 the charity has been known as the Grand Prix Trust to recognise the broader reach and scope of those it is set up to help.
Trust chairman Martin Brundle described the Raikkonen Haikus as "absolutely brilliant".
"You've got to read it in Kimi's voice I think to go with it," he said.
"Half of them are sold already, you can find them for sale on the Autosport website, and hopefully you'll enjoy the book and the GP Trust will make some money.
"Formula 1 is 68 years old and at the Grand Prix Trust we help a lot of people who have fallen on hard times from the Formula 1 industry over those decades.
"Maybe there's no HR departments or pensions or health plans or whatever to help the pioneers and stalwarts of our sport.
"You might think there's plenty of money in F1 but over 150 teams have gone out of business in that time so we look after a lot of people quietly, anonymously and discreetly."
To order your copy of Winnow Your Words: Kimi's Book of Haiku for £9.99 plus postage and handling please visit www.Autosport.com/kimibook.
To learn more visit Mission Winnow or @missionwinnow on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
To learn more about the Grand Prix Trust, click here.


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HomeEnvironmentMaersk Tankers to launch decarbonisation hub
Maersk Tankers to launch decarbonisation hub
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Maersk Tankers is establishing a knowledge hub focusing on decarbonisation. The hub will gather intelligence and create solutions to help shipowners and cargo customers cut emissions.
The decarbonisation hub will bring experts, shipowners, cargo customers and other stakeholders together to develop a suite of solutions that will reduce emissions from cargo customers' supply chains and shipowners' operations. It will gather and share external and internal intelligence on regulations and developments in tanker shipping's decarbonisation, and provide emission transparency on the transportation of cargoes.
"There is an immediate need for shipping to change its emissions trajectory. The decarbonisation hub is part of our commitment to create a more sustainable path for shipping through sector-wide collaboration," says Christian M. Ingerslev, CEO at Maersk Tankers.
The hub will be headed by Frederik Pind, Head of Decarbonisation at Maersk Tankers, and will be staffed by a specialist, cross-disciplinary team. They will work with external and internal stakeholders to support the establishment of commercial and regulatory means to cut emissions. The team is anchored in the Commercial department at Maersk Tankers.
"Shipowners have to deal with complex regulatory requirements and changing customer demand stemming from the need to decarbonise shipping. With the hub, we are bringing together stakeholders to use our combined expertise to simplify, provide transparency and create new solutions that will help both shipowners and cargo customers reduce emissions," says Eva Birgitte Bisgaard, Chief Commercial Officer at Maersk Tankers.
The decarbonisation hub, which will liaise with external stakeholders including global associations working to decarbonise shipping, is expected to be fully established during the coming months.


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Q: Make text present in PDF document, but invisible How can I have text in an HTML document so that it will be "there" in the PDF document (generated via wkhtmltopdf), but invisible when viewed or printed?
Constraints:

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*The text must appear at the right place, with the right size, because the purpose is to find the text with an automated tool and discover its co-ordinates and size on the page.

*The solution must be to do with the text only, because I'm trying to keep this simply about CSS styles. Any "hide it under another element" doesn't address the problem, because there might not be any other element at those co-ordinates.

*The solution can't be dependent on what's already on the page; I can't go inspecting the background elements on the page because I can't determine those dynamically. The text should be invisible in its own right.

*The text must be findable with an automated tool (e.g. pdfgrep), which means wkhtmltopdf must place the text in the document file.
So a "display: none" style or "opacity: 0" doesn't work, because that makes the text not exist at all in the PDF document.
So I want to have an HTML document, place a text element "FOO" within that document with an inline CSS style, and process it through wkhtmltopdf; then, pdfgrep FOO should find the text, the text location and size should be correct, but the text should not show up in HTML, not appear when the PDF is viewed, and not appear when it's printed.

A: With a style of color: transparent; the text will be fully transparent on the page, but show up normally for any tool looking in the document for that text.

A: I.
The PDF syntax supports different "text rendering modes". These lets a PDF creating software (or anybody who authors a PDF with a simple text editor) render any text, regardless the chosen font, as

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*outlined only,

*filled only,

*outlined and filled,

*neither filled nor outlined (invisible),

*plus some more, which deal with clipping.

Here is the illustration from the PDF specification:

However, this is not supported by HTML or CSS (at least AFAIK). So your only option to get it done in a similar way is to...

*

*...either set the background color in HTML to the same as the text color,

*...or set the text color to transparent.

Then hope that htmltopdf will translate that into a PDF which represents the same...
II.
The following HTML code (essentially using style="color:transparent") works for me. You'll have to decide whether it fullfills your requirements completely:

          The color of this text is transparent/invisible.

          The background of this text is red.

          Above this text is a blue box with a height of 9px.

          This block is surrounded by a transparent border.

Then, when opening the PDF I cannot read any text lines, but I can select/mark/highlight them.
When running
 pdftotext -layout my.html -

I see the following text:
The color of this text is transparent/invisible.
The background of this text is red.
Above this text is a blue box with a height of 9px.
This block is surrounded by a transparent border.

A: Make text colored with background color of your PDF (ex. white).

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This is probably the weirdest, most vague achievement in all of Batman: Arkham City. So don't feel bad consulting a guide to find it, I did. In order to get the 'Catch' achievement, you have to play a game of catch with your remote controlled Batarang.
To do this, you'll need to be at the place just after your first encounter with the Joker. You remember, the one where Batman has to jump out a window to avoid a bomb exploding. After your narrow escape, look up towards the ferris wheel. At the top of it is a shadowy figure. Throw your remote controlled Batarang at him, and he'll catch it.


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Cara Delevingne Pilot Hat Paper Towns
Cara Delevingne, known for her modeling and acting career but also has some lesser-known facts that make her stand out even more. From her battle with depression and body image as well as her explorations in the realm of sexual toys, and her openness regarding her pansexuality, here are 10 interesting facts about the multitalented Delevingne.
Despite her stunning beauty, Cara Delevingne struggled with depression and insecurity about her body throughout her youth. She faced ridicule for her small chest, and began menstruating later than other women who were referred to as "frigid" and "flat". At the age of fifteen depression slowed her down and she was forced to drop out of school. In an interview with BBC she discussed her time in which she stated, "I hated myself for being depressed, I hated feeling depressed, I hated feelings." However, Delevingne came from a extremely wealthy family and everyone thought she must be automatically happy, and they were unable to comprehend her mental state.
Cara Delevingne had a difficult time understanding her sexuality as a child in an environment where it was not discussed. For a time she found the idea of same-sex relationships to be disgusting and considered her self-defence homophobic. When she spoke to The Guardian, Delevingne said, "I know I'm the luckiest girl in the world, I understand all this and I wish I could appreciate it. It's just that there's something dark inside me that I can't shake."
Delevingne is a pansexual who loves any person, regardless of gender or gender identity. She explained that this means that she might be drawn to non-binary or transgender people. When she spoke to Variety, Delevingne said, "However an individual identifies, whether it's a 'they', a 'he' or a 'she', I fall in love with the person – and that's what it's about. I'm attracted to the person as such."
In the year 2019, Delevingne got married in Las Vegas to actress Ashley Benson However, they soon ended their relationship. She's also been romantically linked to actress Michelle Rodriguez and singer Miley Cyrus. Her public display of her sexuality has received both praise and criticism.
Risks coming from the Film Industry
Delevingne faced opposition from producer Harvey Weinstein, who threatened her career if she did not conceal her sexual orientation and seek out a male partner to be the role of a "cover". But Delevingne didn't listen, and she continued to open about her sexuality and relationship.
Delevingne has a business venture with a toy company for sex and tests the products herself. She is open and unashamed about her involvement in the field and believes it is an opportunity to spread the message of sexual wellness and freedom.
Delevingne has a secret vaginal tunnel in her villa that was given to her from a friend. The tunnel was created by an artist, and serves as an emblem that women's empowerment as well as freedom.
Delevingne recently stepped into the world of NFTs by making a video of herself dancing in the secret vaginal tunnel in her villa and sold it as a special digital collectible. The video showcases her daring and unflinching attitude, as well as her willingness to explore new avenues and challenge boundaries.
Despite criticisms about her acting skills, Delevingne continues to pursue her passion for acting and has appeared in numerous films and television shows such as "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," "Suicide Squad" and "Carnival Row" It's evident that she isn't shackled by the opinions of others about her talents and skills, and continues to challenge herself.
Delevingne's story has been an inspiration to many. She has been open regarding her struggle and journey towards self-acceptance. She is a role model for how to be true to oneself regardless of what other people may think or say. She has been vocal about her mental health, body positivity and inclusiveness and has used her platform to speak up on behalf of marginalized communities. Her actions prove that it's okay to not be able to do everything right and it's fine to be unique and different.
Cara Delevingne began her career as a model at the age of 10, signing with Storm Model Management. The model quickly gained fame and was soon an one of the top in-demand models in the industry as she walked for the most prestigious brands like Burberry, Chanel, and Fendi. She's a model of how you can go from being a model into an established brand, and also how to establish a name for oneself in the fashion world.
Delevingne is also known for her charitable work, she has served as a global ambassador for Women's Cancer Research Fund and actively helps mental health charities and organizations such as The Samaritans and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Additionally, she has donated to organizations that fight against racism and discrimination.
Delevingne has also been a professional musician, and has released several music videos and songs. She also has collaborated with various artists such as Pharrell Williams.
Delevingne has a large following on social media. She is famous for her candid and honest posts and relatable content which have helped her cultivate a large following of fans and supporters.
Delevingne has successfully transformed from model to actress and has been recognized for her performances in films such as "The Face of an Angel" and "Tulip Fever".


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Q: Perl eval block (nested eval ?) I am executing some command within if elsif else based on some condition and store the return code
as $status.
eval {
    if ($condition1)
    {
      $status = system ...
    }
    elsif ($condition2)
    {
      foreach my $scenario (@setting) {
         next unless $scenario;
         $status = system <somecommand>
         }
    }
    elsif ($condition3)
    {
      $status = system ...
    }
    else
    {
      $status = system ...
    }
};
die $@ if $@;
return ($status !=0);

I need to handle the below code , as this fails sometimes for some cases so
I don't want program to abort completely in middle and keep on running.
How I can handle this ?
elsif ($condition2)
{
  foreach my $scenario (@setting) {
     next unless $scenario;
     $status = system <somecommand>
     }
}

A: The BLOCK form of eval is the builtin mechanism for handling "exceptions" in Perl, which is die.
As such it is natural to "nest" it, in the sense that each level can have its own
eval { func(...) }; if ($@) { ... }

sub func {
    ...
    eval { func_lower(...) };
    if ($@) {
        # handle it: recover or re-throw for the higher-level handlers
    }
    ...
}

sub func_lower {
    ...
    eval { func_lower_yet(...) };
    if ($@) {
        # handle it: recover or re-throw for the higher-level handlers
    }
    ...
}

So at each level one can decide whether the exceptional behavior can be resolved, and if not then re-throw (issue a die again) as the higher level may be better informed to deal with it.
The exceptions in Perl also "bubble up," so if an exception is uncaught at one level  it is propagated up the call stack and the next level up can still deal with it (the program isn't terminated until the top level is hit with an exception that it doesn't handle).
Such a typical structure of nested calls is a little crammed in your if-elsif sequence but it still fits
eval {
    if    ($condition1) { ... }
    elsif ($condition2) {
        eval {
            ...
        };
        if ($@) {
            # issue a warning, perhaps set some flag, and continue
            # or throw a die for the higher-level eval
        }
    }
    elsif ...
};
if ($@) {
    # interrogate details
}

This way you isolate (catch) exceptions from the code in the $condition2 branch, and handle them in the if ($@) { ... } section, so they don't have to trigger the outer eval (unless that handler decides to re-throw).  Also see $@ variable.
While I enveloped all code in the elsif ($condition2) branch in an eval, to blindly stop any exception raised in that whole code section and "protect" the higher scope from it, we can (and do) place those evals more precisely around possibly offensive code
elsif ($condition2) {
    foreach my $scenario (@setting) {
        ...
        eval {
            # code-that-may-die
        };
        if ($@) {
            # handle error, or just report/print it and skip
        }
        ...
    }
}

Once there is an eval around a code section (or a statement) an exception from it is stopped and the code can continue (even with the loop in which that happens, for example).
Note that you can "throw" objects from die, for example of a simple class you write to pull together your needs, which allows for far more flexibility for the handlers.  Also note that there are modules on CPAN for all of this.

A: die $@ if $@;

tells your program to abort if something went wrong in the eval block.
if you remove this line, it should be fine.
after removing it you can replace your last line by something like:
return $@ ? 'something went wrong' : $status;

if you still want to detect if something went wrong without stopping everything, but this is not mandatory


Most DCCG research group members are at the Departament de Matemàtiques, located in the Campus Nord of UPC, in the 3rd and 4th floors of the Omega building.
By metro: The closest metro stop is Palau Reial (L3-green line), followed by Zona Universitària (L3-green line, and L9S-orange line connecting to the airport).
By bus: Many buses get you to the university, for instance: 7, 33, 54, 60, 67, 75, 113, H6.
See the campus map: the Omega building is highlighted in red.
The Omega building has two entrances. If you come by metro or bus from Palau Reial (through Carrer John Keynes) or from the Torre Girona residence, the nearest entrance will be the one more to the East, marked in red below. The other entrance, closest from metro station Zona Universitària, is shown in blue.
If you enter through the East entrance, then go through the automatic door on the right (under the sign "Edifici Omega"). There you will find the elevators. Most DCCG research group members are located in the 4th floor.


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A Sarkközeli-Urál (oroszul Приполярный Урал [Pripaljarnij Ural]) az oroszországi Urál hegylánc része. Közigazgatásilag a központi vízválasztótól nyugatra eső része Komiföldhöz és a keletre eső Hanti- és Manysiföldhöz tartozik. A hegylánc északon a Sarki-Urállal, délen az Északi-Urállal folytatódik.

Földrajz
A Sarkközeli-Urál az Urálnak északon a Hulga (Ljapin) folyó forrásvidékétől (65º 40' é. sz.) délen a Scsugor folyó keresztvölgyéig (64º é. sz.) és a Tyelposziz-hegyig (Tyelposz-iz, 1617 m) terjedő része. 230 km hosszan nyúlik el északkelet-délnyugat irányban, legnagyobb szélessége 150 km. Keleti oldala fokozatosan ereszkedik le a Nyugat-szibériai-alföld mocsaras vidékére, a nyugati oldal meredeken esik le a Pecsora-alföldre.

Keresztvölgyekkel, szurdokokkal erősen tagolt hegyvidék. Itt emelkednek az Urál legmagasabb hegyei: a Narodnaja (1894 m) és a Karpinszkij-hegy (1878 m), a Manaraga (1662 m), stb. A fő vízválasztón és a nyugatabbra található gerinceken 600–1500 m tengerszint feletti magasságban fekvő hágók vezetnek át.

A legmagasabb gerinceket kvarcit és kristályos pala, a nyugati és a keleti lejtőket metamorf- és üledékes kőzetek (homokkő, mészkő, stb.) építik fel. Itt kevesebb a gleccser, összterületük is jóval kisebb, mint a Sarki-Urálban. Közülük legnagyobb a Manszi- (Manysi?) és a Hofman-gleccser.

Éghajlat
Kontinentális, hideg éghajlata a Sarki-Uráléhoz hasonló, különösen az északi részeken. Dél felé valamivel enyhébb a tél, kissé melegebb a nyár. Az egész hegylánc legcsapadékosabb területe éppen a Sarkközeli-Urál. Itt is érvényesül azonban a hegylánc nyugati és keleti oldalainak aszimmetriája: a nyugati oldal hűvösebb és több csapadékot kap, mint a nyáron több napfényt és kevesebb esőt kapó keleti. A nyugati oldal magasabb lejtőin a csapadék évi mennyisége az 1500 mm-t is eléri,  a keleti oldal hegyeiben csak 800 mm, sík vidékein 500 mm.

A leghidegebb hónap, a január középhőmérséklete -19 – -23 °C, de a síkságon néha 50 fokos fagyok is előfordulnak. A december és a február átlaghőmérséklete is csak -17, 5 °C. A napsütéses meleg napok a síkságon május vége felé, a hegyekben csak június második felében köszöntenek be. Fagy és hóvihar azonban az egész nyár folyamán előfordulhat, ha nem is minden évben. A júliusi középhőmérséklet a sík vidéken 14–16 °C, 1300–1400 m magasságban 5 °C, 1600–1800 m-en ennek alig a fele.

Az úgynevezett "fehér éjszakák" (amikor a nap nem bukik teljesen a horizont alá) június-júliusban, két hónapon át tartanak.

Vízrajz

Az Urálnak ezen a részén, főként a nyugati oldalon a legsűrűbb a folyóhálózat.
A nyugati oldal folyóvizei a Pecsora vízrendszeréhez tartoznak. Itt ered az Uszába torkolló Koszju (259 km) és mellékfolyója, a Kozsim (202 km), valamint az Usza másik mellékvize, a Lemva (180 km). A nyugati lejtőkön folyik le az Északi-Urálban eredő Scsugor is (300 km), melynek vize szintén a Pecsorát táplálja.
A keleti lejtők szerényebb vízhozamú folyóvizei az Obot táplálják. Közülük legnagyobb a Ljapin (151 km; nagyobbik forráságával, a Hulgával együtt 404 km), az Északi-Szoszva legnagyobb bal oldali mellékfolyója.

A folyók október végétől, november elejétől 190-200 napig jégpáncél alatt vannak, melynek vastagsága az egy métert is meghaladja. Az olvadás a Ljapin alsó folyásán általában május második hetében, a Pecsora vízrendszerének folyóin egy héttel később kezdődik.

Növényzet
Az erdő a hegyek lejtőin átlag 450–650 m magasságig, a folyóvölgyekben valamivel magasabbra kapaszkodik fel. A nyugati (európai) oldalon azonban, ahol a nyár esősebb és hűvösebb, az erdőhatár legalább 100–150 m-rel alacsonyabban húzódik, mint a keletin.

A sok eső miatt a nyugati tajga erősen mocsaras és főként nyírrel kevert jegenye- és lucfenyőből áll. Az ázsiai területen mocsaras tajga inkább csak a Ljapin alsó folyásának síkságán jellemző; az alacsony keleti domboldalakat (150–350 m) sűrű fenyvesek borítják, összetételük általában cédrus-, vörös- és erdeifenyő.

Források

Urál
Komiföld
Hanti- és Manysiföld

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Arm Chair Travel – Michelangelo in Rome
More than the Sistine Chapel and the Pieta.
In going through my trove of photos on the old computer I came across pictures I had taken during one of several visits to the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Unfortunately my labelling of photos was sporadic and I know that I took pictures of both the interior and exterior of the church over the years but had to borrow from other sites until I could locate them.
There are over 900 churches in Rome and many of them began as Gothic structures but reportedly only one has remained in that style: Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Certainly there are other churches built in the neo-Gothic style but they are 19th century – by the time they were being built SMSM was already a venerable six centuries old. The Italian word sopra means "over" and for ages guides and tour books spouted the falsity that the church was built over a temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva. Though indeed there had been a small shrine to the Roman goddess of wisdom in the area it was part of the Isaeum, a temple complex dedicated to the Egyptian deities Isis and Serapis. One very inventive, though unproven, story states that a statue of Minerva was ceremonially smashed up and contemptuously thrown into the foundations of the original church as a gesture of Christianity's triumph over the pagan gods.
The interior of the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, the only remaining Gothic church in Rome. Michaelangelo's Cristo della Minerva stands at the left of the high altar.
Photo: Livioandronico2013 at Wikipedia.
The church has a rich history tied to both the religious and political life of Rome over the centuries. St Catherine of Sienna died at the Convent attached to the church in 1380 and was buried in the graveyard. In 1451 her body was enshrined in a side chapel of the church and in 1855 her relics were transferred to the main altar. The room that she died in was dismantled and reconstructed next to the sacristy. In 1628 the Convent became the headquarters of the Holy Office and the setting for the trial and condemnation of Galileo in 1633. As well as the tombs and memorials of various popes and saints it is the burial place of Fra Angelico, who died at the Convent while working on a commission.
It also houses one of perhaps the least known of Michelangelo's sculptures in Rome: Cristo della Minerva or the Risen Christ.
Commissioned in 1514 by the Roman Patrician Metello Vari, it was not delivered until 1521. Then it was a second version hurriedly created in 1519-20 when a black vein was discovered in the white marble of the first as Michelangelo was carving the face of Christ. The second version was sent to the, understandably, impatient Vari with some details left incomplete. The sculptor's pupil Pietro Urbano was entrusted with delivering, installing and completing the work. While working on the feet, hands, nostrils and beard of the figure he damaged the piece and was quickly replaced by another apprentice.
Michelangelo had meant the figure to be without injury and naked to symbolize the "promise of physical resurrection in a perfected body" triumphing over sin and death. However at some later date nail holes were bored in the feet and hands and during the Baroque period a bronze loin cloth was decorously, some say prudishly, added. Because of Urbano's errors and the later additions it is often classified as a lesser work and was even omitted from more than one catalogue of his works.
The facade of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva with Bernini's Pulcino della Minerva in front of it.
Photo: soneofgroucho at Wikipedia
In the square in front of the stark Gothic facade stands the Pulcino della Minerva, combining a remnant of the Egyptian past of the Rioni and the work of Bernini, another giant of Italian art.
Bernini's Pulcino della Minerva – a 6th Century BC obelisk topped by the symbols of Pope Alexander VII is carried on the back of a elephant.
Photo from Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller – a fabulous website that I used often during our time in Rome. 1000 grazie Roberto for years of arm chair travel.
In 1667 Pope Alexander VII asked Bernini to incorporate one of the small obelisks that had stood in the Isaeum into a sculpture for the square in front of the church. Bernini's design of the elephant was executed by his pupil Erocle Ferrata that same year. The obelisk was the symbol of Egyptian wisdom and the elephant that of strength. It was a visual reminder that a strong mind was needed to achieve wisdom.
Gothic /ˈɡäTHik/: [1. noun 2. adjective]
1.1 The language of the Goths.
1.2 A style of architecture.
2.1 Relating to the Goths or their extinct East Germanic language, which provides the earliest manuscript evidence of any Germanic language (4th–6th centuries AD).
2.2 Of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
2.3 Belonging to or redolent of the Dark Ages; portentously gloomy or horrifying.
2.5 Relating to the modern goth movement or rock music.
From French gothique or late Latin gothicus. It was used in the 17th and 18th centuries to mean 'not classical' (i.e. not Greek or Roman), and hence to refer to medieval architecture which did not follow classical models.
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Debra She Who Seeks says:
Well, they may have prudishly added that hideous loincloth, but there's no hiding that magnificent ass!
Willym says:
I do recall thinking to myself – I only hope I didn't say it out loud – Christ, nice buns!
Urspo says:
Mr. Alexander #6 was not all he should have been.
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Funds permitting, the one luxury item I'd love to purchase is a car. It's not just any car, however. It's an electric car, but, even that's not so extraordinary. I'd prefer to buy a Tesla Model S.
It's a car that starts at $75,000. That's nearly 5 times the cost of my current car, which I've had for about 13 years.
It's still pretty much a dream car at this point, mostly due to performance and fueling costs, and also because the car itself is fairly high-tech in its amenities. The main stumbling blocks right now are not only the high purchase cost, but some of the lifestyle changes needed, such as an outlet needing to be installed at home, which I don't have the authority to undertake. That's the major one, as I'm lucky enough to live in the western state of California, so charging away from home, to the places I would drive to, isn't a problem.
Home-charging would cover the range of local destinations.
Having a car that not many have yet would be kind of neat, but mostly I really want to reduce use of gasoline (and have that extra money that such a reduction entails).
I also have read that it's got quite a bit of get-up-and-go too, which is a nice bonus as well.
Keeping up with the Jones'
Tell us about the one luxury item you wish you could afford, in as much detail as you can. Paint a picture for us.
That first day on the support queue. Hundreds of messages were in it. It seemed like it scrolled forever.
I felt like a tiny fish in a tank of sharks. Luckily, I was not completely without aid, as the support veterans were not far away, virtually and physically, and I slowly gleaned wisdom from them, even as I took notes and learned not only how our hosting system works, but filled in gaps in my knowledge of how the web works.
I could bounce a question (or 2, or 10…) off a grizzled tech, or a lead, and usually, they let me know what's up, or, better, how I could proceed towards a solution or unlock tge needed knowledge. I definitely worked with some wizards (and still do!)
Nearly 9 years later, I don't see that queue so often these days, but I do still learn things, even as I work to improve the support the company provides. I was warned, even though the job felt like a dream job, the pitfall of cynicism was tricky to avoid.
I think I've avoided becoming jaded pretty well. I think that has been made easier by seeing pretty regular successes, even with the missteps that can happen to any growing company.
This is the longest I've been with any company. I'm glad it's worked out and look forward to each day because of getting through those initial months when it was "sink or swim."
What about you, kind reader? See other responses here:
Sink or Swim
Photo credit: Matthew Wiebe – unsplash
The Failed App
photo credit: Jon Ottosson – Unsplash
Perhaps it was an app ahead of its time. Its vision involved taking on one of the big social networks, by allowing users to control and retain direct ownership of their content, while also hosting a community around the sharing of that content. I'm not naming the app out of fondness for it.
For whatever reason, it never gained enough traction to justify the expense of its continued existence. Thus, its backend was shut down, and its development ceased. The life of many apps do go down that path sometimes.
The app's original version was fairly basic, but perhaps a little too ambitious to take on an encumber the in its chosen niche. Some of the community has remained loyal to the vision, if not to the developer themself.
I still see myself as a bit of a lurker when it comes to most of the online communities I choose to follow, and, despite things not working out, for that app, I still follow its developer, and that's paid off a bit. The developer kept working on new ideas, and has even had an award-winning app following the failed one.
Persistence, when seen in action like this, is very inspiring. It must have been more difficult towards the end of the failed project for the developer to focus on working on the app, knowing that downloads had plateaued(it was free to use, but also had paid extras. The sad, but understandable decision was made, based on performance of the app's sales, and its popularity waning, to put it out of its misery.
This seemed to be a case where the unpopular choice didn't work out, but I'd hardly say it was wrong. I had made the choice to watch the developer, in order to catch when their newest project was nearing completion as well, since they're very good at transparently communicating about their own development process. I'm really looking forward to a new set of characters and community growing up around "whatever's next". The latest project seem promising, and it' also due to it going after an area of usefulness that many similar apps have fallen short of capturing.
We'll see. 🙂
One Word: Habits
That's my word for 2016. I just realized it within the past couple weeks. The only way some long term goals, like fitness and learning a new language (Japanese, in my case) are going to stick, is if they become integrated in my everyday routine.
they certainly have lots of practice!
I'm lucky to have pretty good resources to motivate myself, make myself accountable(but, I'll enlist friends and family as we'll), and to track progress, so I'm optimistic, and realistic. Continue reading →
Sometime during the past year, I tried to quit caffeine. I did pretty well for a few months, and, as a result, felt pretty good, and even slept better.
I slowly, however let it back in. That's a bummer, for sure.
Falling of that wagon has been a bit rough, but I'm working on it again. Luckily, I've got plenty of decaf tea, although I'd really like there to be more decaf coffee at work – I dig the flavor of coffee. Luckily, I don't have an allergy to citrus, so quite a few alternative beverages are still open to me, when plain water won't do.
This will be the year of better health, for good.
New Sensation
Back when I was a teenager, I had no chance keeping up with the latest fashions of my peers. There was no financial means to. It was far less expensive to wear clothes that looked like they were decades old instead of new, and not in the "what's-old-is-new" cyclical style of the times.
Until I could really afford to get closer in sync by choosing, and paying for, many pieces of my own clothes, did I finally shake that feeling of not doing the best to be presentable. Some of that stuff, I truly don't think even came around again to being a thing again, like corduroys, except in very careful combinations.
The combinations never appealed to me, so why should I expect it to attract positive attention from those I wished to attract. The funny thing is, it wasn't so much that they were particularly loud. There was no clashing colors or flooding pants, or out-of-place loafers. It was the blandness of it all. I felt like I wore an invisibility suit during high school. Only those who shared my geeky interests, those similarly cloaked, my small group of fellow geeks, ever noticed me or were friendly. I suppose I was luckier than I felt at the time.
I'm not ungrateful, despite the above. I still struggle a bit with that feeling of never being quite sure about my look each day, but I am able to mitigate it a bit by, partly, leaving the recommendation decisions in the hands of somebody with a bit more creativity in that area than myself. Only in wild dreams did I think a stylist would be something I'd use, but there has been results, better than my own failed attempts. Yeah, a balanced wardrobe isn't 99% t-shirts. I was so disappointed, until I got compliments instead of silence.
Fashion's still a puzzle to me, but I'm more hopeful now that I don't feel so invisible these days. I can also be a bit more focused on making intellectual connections, with a bit of the ice broken. I'm far less worried about it all now, decades later.
Was this a bit of a ramble? I'm sure it's a bit shallow.
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I am under the warm comforter of my bed. My amazingly thin laptop accepts the words coming out of my mind. I think about the day so far, where the first Zeldathon of the ends with over $250 thousand going to charity. I look forward to spending tomorrow with some fellow Star Wars and Disney fans, watching The Force Awakens for the sixth time and my first Disneyland visit of 2016.
There's clean laundry to hang and fold.
I'm definitely a fan of the Magicians now and I can't wait to see what a live action TV interpretation will bring.
At The Stroke of Midnight
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I was, as of 12am Pacific Time, sitting downstairs at home, scrolling through Facebook posts of friends and family, liking and commenting on ones that my attention (i.e. ones the FB algorithm deemed worthy. After having been to various events over the years on New Years, from camping at the Rose Parade route, to midnight at Disneyland, I feel like I was at the place of my own choosing this time.
I might do something different at the end of this year, but that depends a bit on if there's anyone I know doing something I can join in on (and am welcome to do.
Where were you last night at midnight? Would you have wanted to be somewhere else?
Source: Stroke of Midnight | The Daily Post


End the war on weed — RMMI Corp.
The largest barriers in the United States to the study of the medicinal effects of marijuana remains that fact that is federally considered a Schedule I drug. This is despite increasing evidence of its positive effects on a myriad of medical conditions, as well as multiple studies showing it to be one of the lowest drugs for negative effects to human health and addiction. Evidence also suggests that it may be a safe alternative to other more toxic drugs such as heroin and opioids.
More studies are needed to determine its effects, however the ongoing "war" against marijuana continues to make conducting these studies difficult, complicated and expensive, if not at times impossible. The editors of Scientific American have now joined the growing number of voices in asking for some form of legalization in the United States at the federal level, so at the very least the public can get real answers on questions, accusations, and claims on the effects of cannabis, both medically and socially.


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Gallery Chats: What Is the Midwest, Anyway?
In a series of gallery videos, Newberry curators discuss the major themes of our current exhibition, What Is the Midwest?
A New Yorker's Idea of the U.S.
In 1922, the Chicago Tribune published a cartoon by John T. McCutcheon titled "A New Yorker's Idea of the Map of the United States." With a Second City chip on his shoulder, McCutcheon skewered what he viewed as New York's imperious attitude toward the rest of the country--particularly the Midwest. In the cartoon map, the Great Lakes appear as the New Yorker's "fish pond," Detroit his "garage," and the rest of the region his "cornfield," "orchard," and "food warehouse."
Alice Schreyer, Vice President for Collections and Library Services, describes the item.
Map of the "Western" States
If you actually fly over "flyover country," it looks a lot like this. The checkerboard pattern was conceived in the 1780s as a system for organizing land and facilitating the westward expansion of the United States. By the 1850s, when this map was produced, you can see the grid spreading west. And while the map notes the presence of Indigenous peoples (marginally), it ultimately served to write over earlier geographies of Indigenous land.
Jim Akerman, the Newberry's curator of maps and co-curator of our What Is the Midwest? exhibit, analyzes this map.
Stand! With Wounded Knee
Analu Lopez, co-curator of What Is the Midwest?, discusses a 1973 handbill that represents one of the key themes of the exhibition: Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism in the Midwest.
On February 27, 1973, Lakota activists and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) initiated a 71-day protest, accusing the Oglala tribal chairman of corruption and the U.S. government of failing to fulfill treaty obligations.
The activists staged their protest at Wounded Knee, the Pine Ridge Reservation town that was the site of a massacre in 1890.