Today I would like share about my daily life in California. In this world, everyone is so busy and engrossed with their own lives and various social obligations and entertainments. Some people chase after wealth or material enjoyments, while others use their precious time to benefit other sentient beings. We are in the realm of the form of desires so naturally we crave satisfaction of the five pleasurable desires (sight , sounds, smell, taste and touch). Hence we are subject to much suffering in this realm of joy and sorrow which can only be alleviated through the practice of dharma.
A good dharma practitioner will start preparing for their next life right here in this life. Hence I contemplate and think not only about this life but also about the next. I also make it a point to go for my annual one month retreat to renew and "recharge my batteries" so to speak. As I have many responsibilities here at Pacific Grove and around the world, I have to take time out to be by myself for my meditation practice. Unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to do my month long retreat for the past two years due to my tight schedule. It is very important to renew our meditation and practice daily no matter how far you have progressed in your dharma cultivation. We can then reap the fruits of our practice if we can maintain our awareness or mindfulness for six periods of day and night. That is why practice is so important.
Although intrinsically we are different, basically we are all human beings wanting happiness of the mind and to be free from harm and suffering. His Holiness the Dalai Lama always used to say that his daily practice is to dedicate his body, speech and mind to all sentient beings. Since I am the student of His Holiness, I try to be humble at all times and also to follow his teachings and way of life. I try my best to dedicate my body, speech and mind to everyone I encounter. Compassion for others makes every mundane activity we do meaningful.
When I first came to America, I noticed that everyone was so busy with worldly activities without any true purpose in life and time is just gone in an instant. This precious human life should then not be wasted on meaningless activities but on cultivating the seed of bodhicitta for liberation for self and others within this lifetime. You will then be accumulating vast amount of merit when you lead your life benefiting others.
The early morning is the time that I dedicate specially for my dharma practice. I do my daily prostrations and make water bowl, candle light and incense offerings at the altar. After which I will have my big American breakfast and I will rest for a little. I will then proceed to do my daily prayers and then meditate for 4-5 hours if I have the time to do so. I do not want to loose this precious time as mornings is the best time which is conducive for dharma practice since my mind is still fresh. At times I will then hang this "Do Not Disturb" sign outside my front door as I do not want to disrupt my dharma practice or lose my meditative concentration. Also as this Dharma Center is near the main road, there will be lots of people who pass by just to say hi or knock on the door. Many are curious as to what place this is and ask if this is the place for yoga classes? Some knock on the door and ask what is dharma? I will then explain briefly that dharma is the teachings of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni and is the path that we must take towards happiness, by having the wisdom to completely discern the truth of our delusions and the way out of suffering.
Of course, if you really want to be serious about dharma practice then this is the right place for you and everyone is welcome to join in. A dharma center is likened to a hospital where the teacher is the doctor, dharma students are the patients and dharma is the antidote or medicine for the mind.
Dharma is so important to me as we all want happiness and peace of mind, and only dharma can make me really happy. Not only is dharma happiness important, I also really wish to help everyone including my Sangha (students) as much as I can. All beings within the six realms of Samsara experience suffering as Samsara is the very nature of suffering. And as Vajrayana practitioners, we must practice with the intention to benefit all beings as wide as space. Above everything else, focus on this.
When I was 23 years old, my second guru teacher was Khenpo Karma Tseten. He was 85 years old at that time. I had received many teachings from him and he always said to me "Lama if you really want to help others, you have to practice dharma yourself first." For example someone is really thirsty and asked you for some water to quench his thirst. First you have to check your own cup to see how much water you have contained inside. Because if you gave away all your water, you will then have none left for yourself. How much water you have in your cup you can check and then simply just share it or drink it. In this analogy, water is the dharma and all beings are suffering of thirst due to the three poisons of attachment, aversion and ignorance.
Another analogy is an example where your neighbor's or maybe your family's house is dangerously ablaze and engulfed in fire. You really want to go help put out the raging fire. But first you have to think about how you are going to help fight the fire. Do you want to go empty handed which is very silly and dangerous? This attempt might even bring you harm at the cost of your life. So then how do we help? We will need lots of water in order to fight and eventually put out the blazing fire. This big fire represents the flames of Samsara (birth, sickness, old age and death) and we experience intense suffering just like the fire. Dharma is then the nectar or the water that is necessary to put out this fire of pain and suffering. Samsara is an ocean of suffering and an endless wandering in cyclic existence but if we possess the precious dharma nectar of bodhicitta, loving kindness and compassion, then there will be no fire that we cannot extinguish. We will then be able to escape and transcend this wheel of Samsara.
As dharma practitioners, we have to know how much loving kindness and compassion we have generated in the course of our practice. The essence of the 84,000 teachings of the Buddha is in fact loving kindness and compassion. All the six paramitas (paramita of generosity, discipline, patience, meditative concentration, diligence and wisdom) are included in that and if you have generated loving kindness and compassion in your mind-streams then all your worldly activities will be transformed. So then you will be accumulating virtue during all your waking moments, while working or buying the groceries and even while you sleep.
So which level of Prajnaparamita (perfection of wisdom – "Tayatha Gate Gate Paragate ParaSamGate Bodhi Soha" are you at? Are you still at Tayatha or past the "Gate" or beyond? There are altogether ten grounds (stages) and five paths of the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment. The five paths being the path of accumulation, the path of application, the path of seeing, the path of meditation and finally the path of no more learning. Are you still at the level of sentient being or Arahant or Buddha or Bodhisattva? If you are still at the level of a normal sentient being then how can you help others go beyond the shores of Samsara? You cannot help.
For example, there are two people who wish to cross the river but unfortunately the river is too wide to cross. They break down to cry as they can't help one another since they are both heavily burdened with the weight of afflictive emotions and attachments in the great ocean of Samsara.
When things are good, send it out to all beings.
May the benefit and bliss fill all of space!
May the ocean of samsara be dried up!
That is why it is of utmost importance that you have to practice first. I always think that since I am the teacher, I have to set a good example for all my dharma students. It doesn't matter if they choose to follow me or not but I should first set the example. If the teacher and the student are always on the same level then how can the teacher help the student to progress on the path? That is why my daily morning practice time is so important to me. Everyday after 1:00 pm I will go to the beach for a walk and then come back home for a late lunch. There are days where I will have dinner in the evenings with my students in Big Sur or visit some sick patients in the hospital elsewhere. I do not take dinner but sometimes there will be important things I will have to do. Most times I will stay home to read or meditate on impermanence and also reflect on what I have done for the day. Of course there will be also be the usual Monday night Amitabha Puja/Teachings at 6.30 pm and Saturday morning meditation sessions at 10 am.
Therefore, everyone please study, contemplate and put this into practice. Dharma is not just hearing or studying but Dharma must merge into the depths of your heart. Not only must Dharma connect to your body and speech, Dharma must also be linked to your mind at all times. Only then can the timeless and unconditioned Dharma be an antidote to your delusions. If Dharma strikes the right point you don't have to know many teachings for it to captivate your heart and mind. The smallest practice of Dharma can definitely transform your mind. Therefore I wish that everyone can practice the Dharma diligently so that you can have a more refined understanding of the dharma. Some students may say "I have studied for so many years and I have also been here at the center for eight years but I am still the same person. What happened?" Of course, without practice there will be no results. No pain no gain. So in summary you have to continuously practice dharma everyday without disruption just like the river that flows unceasingly into the great ocean.


"Wait till next year" is the shopworn mantra of the beleaguered Chicago sports fan. But thanks to the Chicago White Sox, the city's baseball enthusiasts are closer than they have been in years — okay, decades — to escaping the "wait till next year" blues.
To be sure, sports fan paranoia, born of years of disappointment and frustration, abounds. Is the pitching deep enough? What about the club's defensive shortcomings? Will the fans fill the ball park?
Old beliefs die hard, and no belief is so ingrained in the Chicago sports psyche than this: Don't get too starry-eyed. No matter how much you love 'em, no matter how loudly you cheer, a Chicago sports team will disappoint you in the end — just wait. Even the nearly decade-long dominance of the Bulls in the '90s, not to mention the Bears' Super Bowl championship back in the '80s, have done little to undo this mind-set.
Sox fans have a right to be cynical, especially since the hated "White Flag" trade in 1997 that took place in the heat of a divisional championship run and conceded the top spot to the rival Cleveland Indians. Still, CEOs and business owners, who have also had to make tough decisions, will note that this controversial trade provided the Sox with talented players who make up the heart of this winning club.
At the risk of spooking the superstitious, we say it's time to lighten up and enjoy what's happening this year at Comiskey Park.
Okay, okay — the park has all the charm of a self-storage warehouse. We hear you. It's not Wrigley. But if you're looking for more than ambiance — say, for instance, a good baseball game — you can't do better than the White Sox this year.


Animas River north of Durango, Colorado.
Back in June, as the 416 Fire raged outside of Durango, Colorado, I wrote an essay about how the conflagration illustrated the way that climate change was affecting life in places that once seemed invulnerable, like the tiny town of Silverton, elevation 9,318 feet.
Well, I'm no spring chicken, myself, and I, too, have seen droughts and floods, dry years and wet. Now in middle-age, I've accumulated nearly a half-century of observations from one particular corner of the world, southwest Colorado. And it has become abundantly clear that the climate in the Four Corners has shifted over the last five decades.
2018 wasn't quite as grim as 2002 when it comes to Animas River flows for most of the spring and summer. In 2002, however, the rains finally came, providing a bit of salvation. Not so this year. In September 2018 the river ebbed to a record-breaking trickle and even dropped below 100 cfs for nearly a week. USGS data.
I remember when winter in my hometown, nestled in a mountain valley at 6,512 feet in elevation, was still winter. When snow piled up in our yards so deep we'd almost have to tunnel through it, when we'd carve caves into the mountains left behind by the snowplows, and when Snowdown, Durango's winter festival, was primarily about playing in the snow — with in-town gelande jumping, ski races, and snow sculpture contests. I remember when the summer monsoon arrived reliably in late July or early August, delivering regular afternoon tempests made up of clouds of cobalt and drenchers that sent flash floods roaring down the arroyos. I also remember how strange it felt during that winter of 1989-90 when it was so dry that for the first time ever we played volleyball during our Christmas family gathering rather than go sledding.
A decade ago, I cringed each time a news outlet automatically attributed variations in weather to climate change, and I scolded the reporters who insisted that that particular drought was "unprecedented." Look back far enough and you could always find a drier year, a wetter year, a warmer year. Weather is wacky by its nature. It's variable, unpredictable and, more often than not, a dry year will be followed by a wet one, and vice versa.
Then along comes a year like this one, when the snowpack is scant, the river's reduced to a trickle, and the fires rage uncontrollably across the West. It's just another regular drought in the desert, our commenter tells us, nothing to see here. It's not unprecedented, my former self might say, while pointing to the historic data. I mean, look, it was drier and warmer and the river was lower back in … oh. Oh, dear.
During the late summer of 1956 the Animas River shrank to a record low that stood for 62 years. This year's dryness shattered that record, causing the river in September to ebb to a mere trickle, far lower than in 1956 or even than 2002 or 2013, the previous benchmarks for dry years around here. For the first time since 1897, when record-keeping began, flows lingered below 100 cubic feet per second for an entire week to finish off the water year (Oct. 1 – Sept. 30).
The data don't lie. Spring runoff is shrinking on the Animas. USGS data.
This is not just a low point in the up-down cycle, nor is it an outlier. It's part of a much larger pattern, clearly visible when one zooms out and looks back at the last century of records. Our very baseline has changed. Not only are dry years getting drier, but the wet years also aren't nearly as wet as they once were. Flows on the Animas River are diminishing. Yearly peak streamflows have trended downward, and have been especially meager during the last two decades. Water levels during the peak runoff in May have been below average for all of the last nine years, even as the historic average continues to drop. Heavy precipitation still can hit Durango in January and February, but it is more likely to fall as rain or slush than as full-on snow of the pile-up and stick-around kind. Snow forts in town are a rarity. Volleyball and backcountry mountain biking have become the norm during the winter holidays, sledding the aberration. And a persistent lack of snow has transformed Snowdown into an indoor drinking festival. The monsoon arrives late, if at all, and rarely delivers that old windy, watery punch.
Perhaps it's a bit rash to directly attribute this year's drought or the 416 Fire to climate change. Tree rings tell of crippling dry spells and catastrophic conflagrations playing out on this landscape long before the Industrial Revolution began. But it is willful ignorance, at best, to attempt to consider this summer's fires outside of the context of a warming planet, outside of a reality in which humans have spilled trillions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, wreaking havoc in ways that are becoming more and more apparent as sea levels rise, weather gets even more wacky, and desertification creeps across the land.
What we are seeing is confirmation that climate change has come home to roost. To try to pass this off as just another dry year is folly, and we do so at our own peril.
Jonathan P. Thompson is the author of River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster. It's about a heck of a lot more than just that, though, it's more like a people's history of the Four Corners region. Get a copy of River of Lost Souls.
This entry was tagged #RiverofLostSouls, AnimasRiver, Climate change, colorado, Drought, global warming. Bookmark the permalink.


The enforcement of health and safety depends upon the main activity undertaken at a place of work. The Health and Safety Executive typically enforces at higher risk workplaces such as construction sites and factories. Office of Rail and Road (ORR) enforces on the railways.
Local Authorities (usually Environmental Health Officers) enforce at lower risk premises such as retailers, offices etc.
The best option(s) will be chosen in each case. There is no hierarchical escalation route from informal advice to prosecution.
Based on level of risk and level of management cooperation an inspector may deal with a situation informally by verbal advice or an explanatory letter. Provided agreed actions are completed on time no formal action will be taken.
An improvement notice may be served whenever health and safety legislation is being contravened. An improvement notice will specify the breach of legislation and may specify a means of complying. It has to allow a reasonable time (minimum 21 days) to complete any specified works.
Any appeal against an improvement notice must be made to the Employment Tribunal with 21 days of the date of service. The requirements of the notice would be suspended until the appeal was heard.
A prohibition notice maybe issued when the inspector considers that there is a risk of serious personal injury. The notice prohibits the carrying on of the work activity giving rise to the risk of injury.
If the risk of injury is imminent, the notice must take immediate effect and stop the work activity at once. If not, the prohibition notice is deferred, specifying the time by which the work activity must cease.
Any appeal against a prohibition notice must be made to the Employment Tribunal with 21 days of the date of service. The notice would stay in effect until the appeal was heard.
Any breach of legislation may give rise to a prosecution in the criminal courts.
Although not technically enforcement, the HSE are able to recover their costs directly from the organisation, which can add up to a significant cost.


Continuing along the road west from Salamis, takes you to the Monastery of St Barnabas, once one of the most important Christian sites on the island, now an archeological and icon museum. This handsome monastery, said to have been built as the result of a divinely inspired dream, consists of the church of St Barnabas, behind which lie the monastery cloisters: a colonnade of pillars on three sides of a lush and well-tended garden. An extension – further colonnades and a campanile – though modern, fits in pretty well with the rest of the building.
The archeological museum, housed in rooms that look out into the garden, is less than impressive – a miscellany of Neolithic axe-heads, Bronze Age pottery and Ottoman artefacts; the Icon Museum, housed in the church of St Barnabas, is a somewhat perfunctory collection of icons lit by domestic light bulbs. A few bits of the Orthodox furnishings remain in place – the pulpit, a chair, the iconostasis. Look out in particular for the four frescoes to the right of the entrance which tell the story of the finding of St Barnabas's body. Before leaving, take a look at what is said to be the tomb of the Apostle Barnabas himself, contained in a 1950s-built mausoleum. The tomb is along a short track that heads east from the car park, past excavated rock-cut tombs, to the mausoleum's modern steps.
One of the great figures of early Christianity, St Barnabas, was a Jew, born in Salamis, who became one of the earliest converts to the new religion and founded the Cypriot church. Together with his cousin Mark the Evangelist and the pivotal St Paul, he travelled extensively in both Cyprus and Asia Minor, spreading the gospel. In fact Barnabas was so successful that the Jewish elders in Salamis had him stoned to death around 75 AD. Mark retrieved his body and buried it secretly in a cave to the west of the city. Over time, the location of the cave was forgotten.
Four hundred years later the Cypriot Church under Archbishop Anthemios was faced with a takeover bid by Antioch, the patriarch of which claimed suzerainty over the island's Christians – a claim supported by Byzantine Emperor Zeno. In 478 AD, when all seemed lost, Anthemios was visited in a dream by the spirit of St Barnabas, who told him where his body was buried – beneath a distinctive carob tree on the western edge of Salamis. Here Anthemios discovered a skeleton along with a copy of The Gospel of Matthew written in Hebrew by St Barnabas himself. Anthemios shot off to Constantinople, donated the good book to the emperor and the Church of Cyprus was triumphantly granted autonomous or "autocephalous" status. Zeno also paid for a monastery to be built over the saint's final resting place. The independence of the Cypriot Church was to become particularly important over a thousand years later when it was able to use its privileged position to shelter its flock from the worst excesses of Ottoman occupation.


Hashan Tillakaratne has joined the Sri Lanka team as temporary batting coach, and will be with the side until at least the end of the Test series against India. Sri Lanka have been without a permanent batting coach since Marvan Atapattu was raised to the position of head coach in 2014.
"Hashan has been with us since the recent Test match against Zimbabwe, actually," Sri Lanka Cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha said. "At this stage, for all the Tests he will be batting coach. Most probably after the Indian series we'll discuss with coach Nic Pothas and see what's happening from there. With all his experience, there is a lot the batsmen can learn from him."
Tillakaratne has been a coach in the SLC system since December last year, largely working with the sides that feed into the national team. He had also previously served as a national selector, between January 2013 and April 2015.
A former captain, having led Sri Lanka in 11 Tests, Tillakaratne had hit 11 Test centuries across 83 matches. His is the latest in a spate of recent appointments in the Sri Lanka set-up. Chaminda Vaas replaced the outgoing Champaka Ramanayake as bowling coach on Friday, Pothas replaced Graham Ford in June, and Gurusinha himself was brought in as cricket manager ahead of the Bangladesh series in March.


TSUKI Elementary M 1/S is an indoor ceiling light forming part of the Sotto Luce Elementary modern lighting collection. Apart from this single pendant light fitting with a standard E27 bulb socket, the TSUKI series also includes double pendant lamps.
The contemporary style pendant luminaire TSUKI Elementary M 1/S from Sotto Luce is entirely made in Europe. Its hand blown glass shade is coated with a high quality opal matte paint. The black fabric cable is also available in a number of non-standard lengths and the black plastic ceiling rose makes the lamp easy to install.


Australian Red Cross, Clothing - Second-hand/recycled, listed under "Clothing - Second-Hand/Recycled" category, is located at 8/ 46 Cavill Ave Surfers Paradise QLD, 4217, Australia and can be reached by 0755316785 phone number. Australian Red Cross has currently 0 reviews.
Browse all Clothing - Second-Hand/Recycled in Surfers Paradise QLD.


• Has your old Hydraulic tooling seen better days?
• Not reaching torque anymore?
• Not worth repairing anymore?
• Have you been overcharged for repairs?
• Looking to upgrade to a better brand with 24/7 local support?
• Need service, calibration, repairs & genuine parts?


text:
Ayla Hurtienne and Donovan Menningen
Have you ever wondered how much of a miracle the spring-like 50 degrees in November is? Well, it's not as good as you think. According to the United Nations, climate change is a long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns. Since the 1800s, human activities have been the main cause of climate change through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas which produces heat-trapping gasses. In the past year, climate change has negatively impacted our coral, great lakes, ocean levels, and many more. In recent year climate change has been increasingly destructive toward our planet.
An in-depth report regarding climate change called the Summary for Policymakers, written by dozens of scientists and experts around the world goes into detail about all of the human effects on the environment in 2022. "The rise in weather and climate extremes has led to some irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are pushed beyond their ability to adapt" The report describes the way that our planet has been affected by us very well, but it gets even scarier when you look at the specific impacts. The report claims high confidence that the total area destroyed by wildfires has increased due to humans in the past year. It's easy for some people to ignore climate change because things like coral and trees dying off don't directly affect them yet, but wildfires kill thousands of people every year. This should be a clear and tragic sign to people that things need to change. It should be apparent that climate change is very real and getting worse, and it's human-inflicted.
Everybody knows the dangers of climate change, but they might not know how bad it is. As it turns out, climate change is hitting faster than scientists thought. According to the latest report from a United Nations climate panel, the negative impacts of climate change are initiating much faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago. Many impacts that are occurring are unavoidable thus affecting the world's most vulnerable populations says the UN Climate Panel. Meaning that in 2022 the rapidity of climate change is increasing every moment and the impacts are irreversible thus negatively affecting our planet without a cure. In the article Climate change is hitting the planet faster than scientists originally thought – Nature they address the UN climate panel by highlighting that "collective action from governments to both curb greenhouse-gas emissions and prepare communities to live with global warming could yet avert the worst outcomes." (…) " With support from our government we could change the outcome of our future". When we change our every day to day routines within our community it could make a huge impact on our enviornment.
Biology Teacher Mr. Akemann (Donovan Mennigen)
Our great lakes are being affected by climate change in this recent year thus leading to droughts. We interviewed a SPASH Biology-Macro teacher Mr. Akemann. Mr. Akemann knows a lot about climate change due to his role in our environment and school. He does many things to help our planet like putting solar panels on his property, conserving, and many more. The primary things he is aware of are the impacts of climate change on the great lakes. Furthermore, Mr. Akemann describes, "Waterflow in the Mississippi is so bad that it concentrates the problem of runoff further downstream" meaning that our great lakes are being affected. There is no media coverage of the significant drought situation in Minnesota. The water flow in the Mississippi is so bad and concentrates our runoff, getting plugged up. To create change there has to be a collective effort. Mr. Akemann warns, "People not doing anything is the scariest thing. Naysayers continue to deny the evidence. Inaction. People who don't believe in climate change have a lack of understanding. Denial is a fear response." Thus, conservation is the number one easiest, and cheapest way to help battle climate change. Once we get past our tipping point, the one we are in now, it is going to be very hard to create a significant change in our environment
Additionally, small island communities have been affected an enormous amount by climate change in 2022. The Maldives, the Soloman islands, The Republic of Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau (just to name a few) are all populated islands that are at great risk of sea levels rising. In an interview with Biology teacher Mr. Akemann, he brought up the heartbreaking point that the people who have the smallest impact on climate change, such as island communities (who are close to carbon neutral), are affected the most by global warming. In a separate
SPASH Juinors, Chandler Pallen and Alex Reynolds (Donovan Menningen)
interview with SPASH Junior Alex Reynolds, when asked about these island communities he had this to say: "it's like the same as other bodies of water, and that since they are so close to the shore, and have a much smaller land area they are at a much higher risk from rising sea levels." It's good to see more awareness of this issue in the interview. Alex brought up a good point that since they have so much less land mass and are completely surrounded by water, the sea levels rising will have a detrimental impact on these communities.
The warming planet
The warming of the planet this year isn't just speculation either, there are hard facts to show it. The NOAA's October 2022 climate report shows some shocking statistics. The overall temperature of the Northern hemisphere, including ocean temperatures, is the second hottest on record. Only in 2015 were the temperatures hotter, and the difference is only 0.04 degrees Fahrenheit. However, The issue is much bigger than just the Northern hemisphere.
"January to October was characterized by warmer-than-average conditions across much of North America, Europe, Asia, Northern and Southern Africa, Northern Oceania, and central and Eastern South America. Much of the Atlantic and Northern and Western Pacific oceans, and parts of the Eastern Indian Ocean, had warmer-than-average year-to-date temperatures. The January–October Northern Hemisphere land and ocean temperature ranked fourth warmest on record."
NOAA Temperature Data, October 2022 (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/202210)
This data from NOAA shows that it's not just the Northern hemisphere that is warming up. Different places all around the world are experiencing hotter-than-average temperatures. This is not a mere coincidence.
Benefits of climate change
In another light, there are benefits to climate change. "The chief benefits of global warming include fewer winter deaths; lower energy costs; better agricultural yields; probably fewer droughts; maybe richer biodiversity." From the article Why Climate Change is Good for the World – Spectator from May 2013. So, the many advantages to climate change seem like very good things but as time continues go on the advantages will be outweighed by the intensity. It is concerning the uncertainty of "maybe" and "probably" and it indicates it's not a very sound claim. "Both Britain and Greece see mortality rates rise by 18 percent each winter. Especially cold winters cause a rise in heart failures far greater than the rise in deaths during heatwaves." The winters getting less cold seems to only benefit those two places instead of benefiting the whole world.
Plants need CO2
In addition to the claimed benefits of climate change, our carbon dioxide levels are benefiting our ecosystem. "The greatest benefit from climate change comes not from temperature change but from carbon dioxide itself. It is not pollution, but the raw material from which plants make carbohydrates and thence proteins and fats." "As it is an extremely rare trace gas in the air — less than 0.04 percent of the air on average — plants struggle to absorb enough of it." The co2 might be better for the plants but for our atmosphere, not so much. Co2 heats and breaks down our atmosphere thus creating climate change. "The latest IPCC report is admirably frank about this, reporting 'no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency over the past century … lack of evidence and thus low confidence regarding the sign of trend in the magnitude and/or frequency offloads on a global scale." This means that just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that our actions will eventually affect our planet drastically.
In conclusion, numerous reports and statistics collected by experts around the world clearly show an increase in the intensity of climate change in 2022. Island communities are being devastated, the great lakes region is facing major droughts, and October 2022 was the second warmest ever recorded. While climate change has become much more severe, there is still hope. We can come back from this through conservation and a collective goal for everyone to do what they can for the environment, whether that be recycling more, composting, putting up solar panels, or even investing in an electric car. It's up to all of us to help curb the climate crisis and create change for a better future.
Ayla Hurtienne, Hour 2
This is Ayla. Ayla is a junior at SPASH who takes journalism writing in the SPASH mirror. She took journalism for her love of writing as well as the idea...
Donovan Menningen, Hour 2
Donovan Menningen is a junior at spash who has lived in stevens point his whole life. He spends his free time running or leg strengthening, He is also...
sam zuege • Dec 20, 2022 at 7:58 AM
Ayla, great paper. I like how much information you had about the topic , and the way you made it flow . I liked the set up to it was very easy to follow.
https://spashmirror.com/7938/editorial/2022s-devastating-climate-changes/#comment-7823

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Last month the Journal of the American College of Radiology published a Point/Counterpoint on the value of resident research. Two academic radiologists took the "Point" position that required research in radiology residency programs should be eliminated.
Only 23% of practicing radiologists work in academia.
Even a full year of research is not enough time to investigate a subject and have it presented or published.
Many other topics such as health care economics, global health, and dealing with independent practice should be taught in lieu of research.
I would add that most faculties in small programs do not have the time, the desire, or the ability to do research.
The authors point out that because of the "exponential rise in mandatory ACGME requirements," the curriculum for residency education is a zero-sum game. In other words, there's only so much time for resident education, and the time should be spent more wisely.
A radiologist from Boston University took the Counterpoint that research by radiology residents is meaningful and important. To support his argument, he referenced a paper that stated "an analysis of factors influencing radiologists' career decisions found that those who published in residency were 26.4 times more likely to choose an academic position as a first job." This is a classic example of correlation not necessarily equaling causation. It is likely that residents who published during residency were more interested in becoming academic radiologists in the first place.
He also said that mandates worked because another paper found that "the institution of a resident research requirement at a university-based orthopedic department led to a 9-fold increase in peer-reviewed manuscripts with the resident co-authors in a three-year period." Of course it did. Research was MANDATED. Who knows whether the research was impactful or had any effect on the residents' careers?
Substitute the word "surgery" for "radiology." The situation is the same.
Instead of research, surgery residents would be far better off learning how to read a journal article, basic statistics, the nuances of CPT and ICD-10 codes, how to negotiate a contract, and how to manage their personal lives, finances, and debt.
No one says programs can't make residents do research. Why not leave it up to each program to decide?
The first 9 years of my career were spent in academia. I did no research as a trainee, and my CV is abysmally short with regard to publications and research.
However, I was a good teacher, a good administrator, and a good clinician. I was blessed that my chairman appreciated those qualities. My training as an anesthesiologist required no "basic science research" and it never affected my ability to care for my patients.
I entirely agree with your penultimate paragraph. Knowing the limits of research is much more useful than doing it for the majority of clinicians. Knowing how to read an article and to see which ones are valuable and which are dross; knowing the elements of statistics to make it possible to see when authors are bluffing are far more useful than doing research for the sake of publications or polishing the CV.
I did an intercalated BSc as a medical student in the UK; I rapidly learned that I was not suited to research, and I refused to do the post-graduate work for an MD. Despite this, I still got to be a consultant.
Thanks for this. I agree that CONDUCTING research is not essential. While I also believe that conducting GOOD research can help trainees understand research and scientific methods, there are other ways of achieving this. In Australia, for orthopaedic training, we recently removed the requirement of conducting research, but only if they undergo accredited training in critical appraisal / epidemiology / statistics.
In addition to your excellent suggestions Skeptical, as a patient having at least EIGHT surgeries, surgery residents would be far better off learning how to get another 50+ cases of open surgeries and 100+ cases of lap surgeries by being the true chief surgeon (read ALONE). We don't care if you can pi to the 125th digit while performing a lap choly. We are getting older, fatter, with more complications like hypertension, asthma, diabetes and NAFLD. I can assure you not one of us going under your scalpel would prefer a Word corrected document to the ability to hang cool and get us through surgery alive/well at the end.
I can guarantee you the vultures that hire you would prefer you stay out of the malpractice arena, which more practice vs. paper pushing will do. Those who can, operate. Those who can't, are admins thinking up MOC test questions. Remember that.
Uttering the "shoot me" comment: could the 26.4 times more likely to choose an academic position as a first job be women? In other words, a desk job would be preferable and more amenable to a family life?
Thanks for all the supportive comments. Anon from May 22, you are on your own with that one.
While I understand the perspective the writer is coming from, I believe it is a bit short-sighted and absolutist. Required breadth of education is required at all levels, from middle school to medical school - doesn't matter if you think you will not need it, because one can never predict their future. Some people enter surgery residency thinking for sure they want to become a CT surgeon - but because of the required rotations, they may realize their passion is in surgical oncology. Academic residency programs need to train residents to be capable in both academic and private practice, as many residents do not truly know which they would be happiest.
Academicians are our crucial link to the future and we must do all we can to encourage them, train them, and uncover unrealized interests and talents - they are the ones who advance our fields with their research and they train all of our future physicians who will carry our specialty forward. I think the main flaw I am reading here is the goal of a research requirement. The goal of the research requirement is not a binary outcome such as a high-impact publication in NEJM. The goal is to gain exposure, experience, and training in research. I have met many a resident who assumed they had no ability or interest in research, but thanks to the research requirement, they discovered a talent and passion that drove them into an unexpected career in academics. On the other hand, if, after completing a research requirement, that person has zero interest in research, then they may enter private practice fully knowing that they were not meant to be an academic.
Instead of saying that all residencies should require research, or that no programs should require research, I believe that academic residencies should have a research requirement, and community hospital residencies should not require research.
Anon from 5/28/18, thanks for commenting. You had me worried with your first two paragraphs, but I was relieved to see the third one. I never said research should not be done. I said it shouldn't be required of all residents. If a university or any other program wants to require its residents to be involved in research, that is fine with me.


Banking Resume Examples Simple Bank Teller Job Resume Examples Bank Teller Resume Sample With was posted in September 12 2018 at 7:28 am and has been seen by 33 users. Banking Resume Examples Simple Bank Teller Job Resume Examples Bank Teller Resume Sample With is best picture that can use for individual and noncommercial purpose because All trademarks referenced here in are the properties of their respective owners. If you want to see other picture of Banking Resume Examples Simple Bank Teller Job Resume Examples Bank Teller Resume Sample With you can browse our other pages and if you want to view image in full size just click image on gallery below.
General Manager Resume Sample General Manager Resume Samples General Finance Resume Sample Banking Resume Format Naukri within Resume Sample Resume for Bank Jobs for Freshers Unique 48 Best Resume Banker Resume Sample Personal Job Description For Banking Branch Service Manager Resume Sample Bank Resume Examples Investment Fine Worship Leader Resume Samples of Ehs Officer Objective Banker Objective Resume Image collections free resume templates Customer Service Representative Resume Sample Customer Service Rep Bank manager resume examples Goalgoodwinmetalsco Simple Indeed Resume Samples Word Template Resume Template Banking Resume Examples.


So Edward Snowden has admitted that he was no low-level functionary but "trained as a spy". In so far as he admits that he "lived and worked undercover … pretending to work in a job that I'm not".
We reserve judgement on whether he is all he claims to be but it's a telling admission and one that begs the question: is he still "pretending" today?
Has a man so highly trained in the ways of subterfuge and deception entirely dispensed with his training? Is he still trying to deceive? Or has he simply assumed a new disguise: that of a whistleblower who his exposing worthless information as a distraction?
Has he in effect become an agent of disinformation?
We ask because according to recent reports Snowden is "considering" returning to the U.S.. He wouldn't be doing that if his disclosures had inflicted any serious damage on America's intelligence apparatus.
All of which adds weight to claims by former U.S. Intelligence personnel that Snowden's disclosures have the hallmarks of a "counter-intelligence operation".
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has hit back at claims made by the Obama administration that he was merely a low-level hacker and has claimed that he worked undercover for both the CIA and the National Security Agency.
'I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas – pretending to work in a job that I'm not – and even being assigned a name that was not mine,' he told NBC News in his first interview with a U.S. TV network.
'I don't work with people. I don't recruit agents. What I do is I put systems to work for the United States. And I've done that at all levels from – from the bottom on the ground all the way to the top,' he told NBC's Brian Williams.
Last year, when Snowden began leaking details of NSA spying programs and left the country, administration officials played down his work history, using descriptions such as 'systems administrator' to describe his role at the agency.
'So when they say I'm a low-level systems administrator, that I don't know what I'm talking about, I'd say it's somewhat misleading,' he said.
After leaving the government, Snowden continued his intelligence work for the NSA as a private contractor, including stints in Japan and Hawaii.
While in the Aloha State he downloaded an estimated 1.7 million files before fleeing first to Hong Kong and then to Moscow.
He has been charged with espionage and had his U.S. passport revoked.
Snowdon was interviewed in Moscow last week. An hour-long special will air on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.
The exclusive interview is the latest media appearance by Snowden, following a videolink speech at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, a TED Conference in March and an interview in Vanity Fair's May issue.
Also appearing on the NBC special is Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story in the Guardian.
Snowden's interview comes after the House moved the U.S. closer to ending the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records last Thursday.
It is the most significant demonstration to date of Snowden's impact on the debate over privacy versus security.
But the final version of the legislation, 'watered down' in the words of one supporter, also showed the limits of that impact.
The bill was severely weakened to mollify U.S. intelligence agencies, which insisted that the surveillance programs that shocked many Americans are a critical bulwark against terror plots.
The bill was approved 303-121, which means that most House members can now say they voted to end what many critics consider the most troubling practice Snowden disclosed — the collection and storage of U.S. calling data by the secretive intelligence agency.
But almost no other major provision designed to restrict NSA surveillance, including limits on the secret court that grants warrants to search the data, survived the negotiations to get the bill to the House floor.
And even the prohibition on bulk collection of Americans' communications records has been called into question by some activists who say a last-minute change in wording diminished what was sold as a ban.
Though some privacy activists continued to back the bill, others withdrew support, as did technology companies such as Google and Facebook.


text:
New Media Technology College, later rebranded as National Media College, was an educational institution in Dublin, Ireland. Operating from 2000 until 2014, it formerly offered courses in film, photography, animation, game design, music, performing arts, graphic design and journalism. In 2014, the college was suspended from a visa program following "serious allegations" regarding its visa management process for international students. The college subsequently went into liquidation, and closed in 2014.

History
New Media Technology College (NMTC) opened in 2000, and initially operated from the basement of 13 Harcourt Street in Dublin city centre. The college later expanded to occupy more of the building, and installed film and multimedia production facilities, edit suites, a digital darkroom, sound recording studio, and photographic studio.

By 2004, NMTC had signed a 2-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to deliver new media eLearning programmes. A design company, associated with the NMTC, also won a contract to create a animated 3D logo for the EBU, which was shown during the advertising breaks for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest broadcast. Students and staff of the college won Golden Spiders and Digital Media Awards.

In 2013, NMTC rebranded as National Media College (NMC). By 2014, the National Media College (NMC), formerly known as New Media Technology College (NMTC), had been suspended from a visa program for international students after "serious allegations" regarding its visa management process. The college subsequently went into liquidation and closed in 2014.

References

External links
 College student films on Vimeo
 NMTC at Keeping It Real Conference 2002 (UCD) - Film Ireland Jul/Aug 2002
 NMTC Student Showcase 2006 review in Film Ireland Jul/Aug 2006

Education in Dublin (city)
Educational institutions established in 2000
2000 establishments in Ireland
2014 disestablishments in Ireland

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


I stayed here from Saturday til Monday (April 13-15). I checked in around 10 AM. The room was not yet available but they expedited the process. Before noon, my room was already available. Although I am not in the hotel at that time, they emailed me. They also brought my luggages to my room. My hotel room is clean. I had a good sleep during my stay. Breakfast is good as well. More importantly, the staff are friendly and helpful. I will definitely stay again at this hotel when I am in Rome. I had a pleasant stay here.
Amazing hotel. Great location and unbelievable service. The staff was absolutely amazing. Great room and super clean. Breakfast was great and included items that were not on the buffet at no charge. Highly recommend staying here!
Thank you so much for your recent stay at Aleph Rome Hotel Curio Collection by Hilton and for giving our hotel and staff a great review.
We are happy to hear that we were able to impress you with our service, accommodations and amenities.
It was our pleasure having you, and we look forward to seeing you on your next trip to the area.
Very pleased . More than happy with the hotel and the accommodation .
First time in Italy and had a great experience with the exception of viator.
They were terrible and do not recommend their Company for any tours.
Beautiful, clean hotel minutes away from central Rome! The staff was friendly and attentive and the rooms were clean. We stayed in the king room with the terrace which is a must! Loved my stay and would recommend 100 percent!
Thank you very much for your kind comments !
It is a great pleasure to read your positive feedback and to learn you had a wonderful stay. I will immediately share your comment with our Team.
I look forward to welcoming you back soon, hoping that the future stores many more opportunities for you to stay with us.


text:
L.A. NOW
Southern California -- this just in
« Previous Post | L.A. NOW Home | Next Post »
White supremacist leader killed in Sacramento County; individual detained in shooting [Updated]
March 3, 2011 | 10:48 am
Police have detained a person of interest in connection with the murder of a prominent white supremacist leader at his home in Citrus Heights in Sacramento County, authorities said.
David Lynch, 40, was found shot to death in the bedroom of his home in the 5900 block of Merlindale Drive just before 4 a.m. Wednesday, according to police. He had been shot in the head and upper torso, authorities said.
Lt. Gary Hendricks, a Citrus Heights police spokesman, said the person of interest was taken into custody at gunpoint but "without incident" Wednesday afternoon at a gas station in Rancho Cordova. Authorities have not identified the individual, whom Hendricks said had not been charged.
Hendricks said details such as whether the person being detained was acquainted with Lynch, and the motive for Lynch's killing "were all under investigation."
"It would be premature to speculate while the investigation is underway," Hendricks said.
A 33-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was also found in the hallway of Lynch's home with a gunshot wound to the leg, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
Police confirmed that a third adult and a teenager were also inside the home at the time of the shooting, but they were not injured.
[Updated at 12:15 p.m.: Nancy Appel, associate director in the San Francisco regional office of the Anti-Defamation League, said Lynch was quite a significant figure in the white supremacist movement, and his murder could be viewed as a blow to the movement, at least for the short term.
"For a group like this, dedicated to spreading hate, it is a good thing that they have suffered this blow," Appel said.
However, Appel said the extent to which Lynch's death would disrupt the movement and lessen its hatemongering was unclear.
"We've seen movements that have lost their leadership, and there is an implosion," Appel said. "But the haters are still there. We'll just wait and see what happens. We're really not going to miss David Lynch."]
Since Lynch took over leadership of the American Front in 2002, his greatest strength was to solidify his connections with other white supremacist hate groups across the country and even into Canada, according to information published by the ADL.
On its website the American Front describes itself as "a collective of highly motivated racialists of European descent, striving to establish an autonomous homeland for American whites" and "dedicated to securing, advancing, and defending the sacred blood of our glorious ancestors at all costs."
Members of the group could not be reached for comment on Lynch's murder.
Crime alerts for Del Rey, El Sereno and one other Los Angeles neighborhood
-- Ann M. Simmons


Cresson, Pa. — In 1918, a great influenza epidemic swept over the country and hundreds of thousands of people died.
The Sisters of Mercy at Mount Aloysius helped care for the sick and healing prayers were offered daily at the Grotto of Our Lady. Miraculously, not one case of the disease developed at the school.
100 years later, thanks to a generous donation by Cynthia Calandra Zack of Cresson, PA, the original Grotto statues are being refurbished and rededicated.
The community is welcomed to participate in a rededication ceremony on February 11, 2019, which was designated World Sick Day by Pope John Paul II. Bishop Mark Bartchak will celebrate mass and offer prayers for healing at the Our Lady of Mercy Chapel on the College's campus at 3 p.m. A procession from the chapel to the Grotto will take place afterward for the rededication ceremony.
The Grotto was originally built in 1918, a gift of the family of Sr. Hildegard Kemper. After the pandemic abated, the Grotto was rededicated with a plaque that reads: "In memoriam of preservation from the epidemic of 1918-1919 this plaque is gratefully inscribed in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes…by the faculty and pupils of Mount Aloysius Academy," dated February 11, 1919.
Near the Grotto you will notice one of the few mounting stones that still remain from the late nineteenth century. Such stones originally were used to mount horses. For questions about the event or stories related to prayers offered to Our Lady of Lourdes at the Grotto, please contact Chris Koren, executive director for mission integration and community engagement, at 814-886-6407.


Annie Demen is a dynamic and highly trained development professional with local and international experience. Annie has vast experience working and collaborating with the Liberian Government, UN Agencies, and international organizations. Presently, she serves as Deputy Executive Director for the Agency for Economic Development and Empowerment (AEDE). She has worked in 14 of Liberia's 15 counties conducting consultancies either solo or as part of a multicultural team.
Annie earned an MA in Sustainable Development, from the School for International Training (SIT) USA (now SIT Graduate Institute) and a BSc in Economics and Accounting from the University of Liberia. She also earned a Diploma in Population and Sustainable Development from the University of Botswana, under the UNFPA Global Programme in Population and Sustainable Development, as well as several certificates in other disciplines. She is also a certified International Finance Corporation (IFC) Business Edge Trainer and has Advance Participatory skills.


Citrix GoToAssist is a cloud-based platform. It connects the employees, machines online and customers. It also provides the opportunity to the IT professionals, executives, and management staffs to manage, monitor and control their IT infrastructure from anywhere.
Our Citrix GoToAssist Technology Customers List is highly responsive and convertible. Our data research analysts build this contact list in a competent data mining platform, making them robust and secure. Once you make your orders, we supply them within a pre-specified timeline. We offer your b2b marketing list in a customized Excel or CSV file.
Do you want to conduct a sales campaign economically? Then, the right choice of the contact list you can opt for is Citrix GoToAssist Client Information. Our data research analysts build the b2b contact list in a competent data mining platform, making them robust and secure. Our verification and validation practices eliminate data decays and keep the marketing database error-free.
If you want to make your CRM scores on the peak, then our Citrix GoToAssist customers Client Information can be your choice. Our b2b marketing Executives Details has a highly comprehensive, accurate, authentic and updated customer details. These details include Name, title, designation, company, revenue, sales, email id, mailing address, phone number, social media contact, individual preferences so on.
Our integration methods keep Citrix GoToAssist b2b contacts email database free from data silos. It has both the firmographic and technographic data providing the unified view of the customers with updated customer preferences.
Citrix GoToAssist is a cloud-based toolset for the remote support, service desk, and mobile device support solution. Citrix designed the GoToAssist platform for the IT support teams and customer support organizations. Citrix GoToAssist can also function as a customer facing self-service channel.
Citrix GoToAssist helps in form filling. It also eliminates the practice of form filling repetitively. It can also automate the commonly repeated tasks. The incident management system in GoToAssist helps to spot the recurring mistakes and rectify them immediately or later.
Our Citrix GoToAssist Business Technology Data Sets provides 95% accuracy in deliverability of contacts. Contact us on [email protected], if you don't receive Contact Database on the purchase, due to spam or junk folders.
Our data analysts verify and validate the database every 60-80 days to eliminate inaccuracy and duplicity. Our information is appended every 60-80 days to maintain contact accuracy.
Our Citrix GoToAssist Customers Contact Address is collected and verified from 40 different sources, making it more authentic.
Through our user-friendly Citrix GoToAssist Online Marketing Emails marketers are able to generate fresh sales lead and huge amount of revenue at once.
With the aid of our highly responsive Technology Customers List of Citrix GoToAssist Users, we are able to keep the datasets duly appended, verified and validated on a weekly basis.
Through our dynamic and user-friendly Client Information of Citrix GoToAssist Users, we are able to generate fresh leads and conduct a successful sales and marketing.


text:
The Good Sport: Hockey team has best reaction to exhausting 9-1 loss
Yahoo Sports Staff
Yahoo Canada Sports February 7, 2019, 8:29 p.m. UTC
The news can be depressing at times. Thankfully, the sports world usually isn't.
Yahoo Sports is taking a weekly look at the true spirit of sport — the highlights that will warm your heart and the acts of kindness that go beyond the game.
Come on. Let's take a load off together.
Hockey rivals show sportsmanship by dancing
If you've played in a hockey tournament before, you know the schedule can be grueling. The Debbie Marion Memorial Hockey Tournament in Fredericton featuring high school girls from New Brunswick was no exception.
With three games scheduled in one day, Miramichi players were sore and tired. So were their opponents from Tracadie. So instead of focusing on the fact that neither team was advancing to the semifinals, the players decided to mix up their routine.
On Monday, CBC New Brunswick posted a video of the players dancing to Brooks and Dunn's Boot Scootin' Boogie, which you can see below. Participants from both teams can be seen doing their best line dance. One of the parents told CBC News the moves were infectious and there were people dancing "everywhere."
"Hockey sometimes is a competition but you still need to have fun," parent Mona Losier told CBC New Brunswick. "We will never forget that."
The team from Miramichi beat the Tracadie squad by a score of 9-1, but everyone feels like a winner when they are grooving to music.
Canadian soldier surprises family at Leafs game
Buckle up for an emotional rollercoaster.
When Corp. Jeremy Hillson's wife and two children were selected to take part in the ceremonial puck drop before a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night, they had no idea how it would turn out.
Hillson delivered a video message from Iraq that was played on the big screen inside the arena before the game and his family was there to represent the families of Canadian soldiers.
With Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Toronto's Morgan Rielly ready to take the draw, it quickly became apparent that no one had a puck to drop. That's when Hillson came walking down the blue carpet to save the day.
Hillson embraced his young daughter with a tender hug as his wife watched with astonishment on her face. The soldier gave his wife and baby a kiss and pulled his family in for a group hug. The crowd roared with loud cheers as the in-arena display said, "Welcome home, Jeremy."
Brady, Edelman take their talents to Disney World
Where do you go after winning a Super Bowl? "We're going to Disney World!"
After all, the New England Patriots are looking for new ways to celebrate after winning their sixth championship in 18 years. So Tom Brady, a six-time Super Bowl champion, and Julian Edelman, the 2019 Super Bowl MVP, packed their bags and headed to Orlando after their 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta.
The duo headlined a parade through the park and enjoyed some of the many unique experiences that the giant playground has to offer. Brady and Edelman appeared on a float in front of the iconic Disney castle, had a Star Wars duel with lightsabers and shared their Toy Story ride experience on Snapchat.
After all, what better place to celebrate a magical Super Bowl win than some time well spent in one of the most magical places on Earth?
NBA legends invited to play in 2019 All-Star Game
Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, 40, and 37-year-old Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat have both been huge names in professional basketball since they broke into the NBA more than 15 years ago. In their combined 37 seasons in the league, including this one, they've won four championships.
They also have 25 All-Star Game selections between them. Thanks to NBA commissioner Adam Silver's actions last week, that number will be bumped up to 27.
The NBA decided that each team in this year's All-Star Game will have 13 players on their roster instead of the usual 12 to make room for the two hoops legends.
"Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade embody the best of the NBA: remarkable skill, drive and professionalism as well as a deep devotion to strengthening their communities and growing the game around the world," Silver said.
Wade has already made it clear this will be his last season in the association. Nowitzki hasn't revealed his intentions yet, but after making his NBA debut 20 years ago, the clock is ticking on his career, too. Regardless, their additions should make for a special weekend in Charlotte from Feb. 15 to 17.
Congrats to Adam Silver for getting Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki into the All-Star game 💪#heat pic.twitter.com/YGDLLhmPHE
— Heat Nation (@MIAHeat_Nation) February 1, 2019
Canucks prospect celebrates goal like no other
Even before his actions on Monday night, Northeastern University freshman Tyler Madden had already made a name for himself. The third-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL Draft seems to have a knack for scoring big goals and coming up with even bigger celebrations.
It was only a few weeks ago that the U.S. collegiate hockey player was kayaking after finding the back of the net in an overtime game against the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
This time against Boston University, the 19-year-old forward stole the show once again with another overtime winner in NCAA hockey.
The goal booked Northeastern's spot in this year's Beanpot Final where they'll look to win their second championship in a row, this time against Boston College.
The son of three-time Stanley Cup winner John Madden is reminding us that hockey players can celebrate just as hard as football, basketball or soccer players. After all, the game is supposed to be fun to watch and play, even if some of the old-school critics don't always agree.
Northeastern's Tyler Madden is a goal-celebration heavyweight
(🎥 @NESN) pic.twitter.com/usqv7FVshx
— Yahoo Sports Canada (@YahooCASports) February 5, 2019
Leafs star rewards young cancer survivor
Brock Chessell of St. Mary's, Ont., was just a normal kid before he got the news that would change his life. The minor hockey player with the AAA Huron-Perth Lakers had finished tryouts when he was diagnosed with liver cancer in the summer of 2017.
The Organ Project, which was founded by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk following his liver issues, helped the young athlete get back on the right path. Chessell was able to undergo a liver transplant that would go on to save his life.
Within months of his surgery, he was back on the ice playing the sport he loved. Earlier this week, he received a special gift from one of the best young forwards on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Before their game against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday in Toronto, Leafs winger Mitch Marner saw Chessell's sign that read "Mitch, I beat cancer." The star winger took notice and moments later, the youngster in a flashy suit had a signed stick in his hand and a smile on his face.
Mitch Marner gives a signed stick to Brock Chessell who had a sign that read "Mitch, I Beat Cancer." #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/EBh64KNM8I
— Maple Leafs Hotstove (@LeafsNews) February 5, 2019
Well, now that we have those warm and fuzzy stories out of the way, let's go back to speculating on where a New Orleans Pelicans star will be traded, remind ourselves what Jerry Sandusky did and shake our heads at the alleged actions of a former NFL quarterback, shall we?
Do you have any acts of sportsmanship you want to share from your community? Big or small, we'll take it all! Let us know in the comments below.


HDR 4K TVs are finally hitting the market in force and at an affordable rate. HDR content is starting to roll out on Blu-ray, Netflix, and Amazon's own video service. However, the current Fire TV is incapable of supporting HDR due to using an old version of HDMI.
Do you see Amazon releasing an updated version of the current Fire TV or a brand new version sometime this year? As I understand there was ~18 months from the original FTV to the 4K FTV and waiting until spring 2017 seems inconceivable to me.
Have you used Nvidia Shield and if so how does it compare to AFTV for both gaming and Kodi use? I hear a lot of poeple rank that as the highest spec/best possible device on the market right now but I know it is more expensive than AFTV.
I would love to know if you or anyone has come across ways to track when Amazon Video goes on sale. This site seems to be on top of various apps that get price drops, which is awesome, but I am finding it difficult to track other kinds of digital media that could be consumed on my Fire TV.
The only resource I am aware of right now is kinohunt.com but that seems to be limited.
What do you think about Vizio's new TVs which are just big Chromecasts?
Any ETA on RBox's Version 5 for those with FireTV 1 which are already rooted on the older version and official updates blocked?
What's the best game controller?
THX for reply to my 3 questions last week.
A little update about the controller config file in last aftvnewscast. I found a great way to get allready settet *.kl files.
You can find the *.kl files in "/system/usr/keylayout/".
To find out the vendor and product ID of your controlling-devices, just connect your device and start adb shell and put "cat /proc/bus/input/devices" into it.
There should be the name of the device and the needed informations.
I found 3 ones, all working great.
You can also check the inputs but I came to that back in another way. Also it is possible to install "Hacker's Keyboard" app and you will be able to create your own ki-Files!
It is a website to list controller android games. Sadly not all working with the AFTV1 too but I would ask you why it is not possible to add a section in your page where users can upload informations about games, the sources, if sideloaded, with FireTV-Hardware with wich SW and so on. It is really really difficult to find good games for the AFTV. My loved ones are: Bombsquad and Badland. Both multiplayer and both working with my Xiaomi BT Controller.
I had many many problems with my FireTV-Stick with old Software 54.1.1.0_user_110031420.
Hi, at the end of your show you ask us to like your show. Is there a way to like your podcast that uses the RSS feed?
Another question. What tools and what is your process to publish your podcasts? If you have a guide you followed would you mind sharing?
thanks for putting so much effort in the Fire TV, your side is my favourite newssource regarding FireTV and I usually listen to your podcast when I go for a run.
1. What are the changes to use my VPN on my FireTV, maybe on a rooted device?
2. I bought Knights of the old republic when it went to free, but have never downloaded it. Now I downloaded it, but I can't get it to work, since I always get an error "Download failed external storage full". I assume this is because under Android Lollipop, Apps need to ask for permission. How can I grant it access manually, I thought you have already mentioned it, but I can't find it anymore.
I have a first gen fire tv that boots to recovery with the android guy and a progress line that goes about 1/3 of the way and reboots.
Is there any way around this or is the fire tv garbage?
Why are plasma TVs so hard to find nowadays? Is the technology obsolete? Didn't it offer certain advantages over LED TVs?
Because the major manufacturers stopped making them a couple years ago.
A little late posting. Hope you can still help with my query.
I still hace that non-bootable FireTV. A user on XDA suggested accessing the eMMC using the same adapter that was used for the hardware root some time ago.
If I was to follow that route, do you think replacing the files in the /system partition with the ones from the latest update could fix the problem?
Also, when talking to amazon, they stated the device had never updated to 5.0.5 according to them. Therefore, could it be a phantom update? Don't know if that can happen.
If it where a phantom update, and my device where to be still running the previous software, where could I manually place the update file with full filename from Amazon so that it could detect it at startup and reflash itself? Or would that not be possible?
If you had emmc adapter it is possible to flash the system partition or any other partition you need. You should take the same software version to prevent bricking your device completely.
If you had no adb connection it is acctually not possible to flash signed-files from amazon.
You need to put the choosed bin file from amazon, renamed to update.zip into the cache partition. To put something into the cahce partition you need su rights.
So I really know less of your configration but gloabel I can say.
-(stick) Use the officially usb power adapter?
-Did you try hold down the Right-Button + Back button on the remote pressed while the system start/booting up?
or just type in the domain you need.
Write them what you allready do and you should be logged in with the amazon account where the stick is connected with. Most time you can send the item back to amazon (just the stick not remote and not the adapter! :D ) .
I am Watching live as always!
I would like to know which format for the MicroSD-Cards, is recommended and works faster on the FireTV2 and FireTV1 devices…ExFat or Fat32?
Thanks for this excellent site and always help with all our requests!
Do you recommend a 128GB Micro-SDCard or specific brand that work better and faster?
Im using a Sandisk Extreme 64GB Micro SD XC1 which i use Kodi from via the mod here on AFTVNews to switch all content to a SD or USB device, also have emulators, films & games running from it, & it runs flawlessly & fast.
1. Some have explained about using a sandbox area on there SD or USB device where they can read/write files from kodi too, could you explain to all how to do this & which would be the best location to put the sandbox?
2. Is there an app or apps to safely unmount youre SD card or USB device so you can remove the device without corrupting or getting the data deleted? Hopefully not a massive app too?
3. can we use the alternative entertainment media app SPMC (a fork of Kodi) at the same time as we have Kodi on our systems? Say if we wanted to try it out first before making the jump? Which ones better?
4. Is the Xbox One pad with the wire attached working with the latest firmware/rom from Rbox because i cannot get it working via the tutorial from Bashninja over at XDA? Do you have a solution?
5. Whats the best Media/Video app for the Fire TV 2 other than Kodi for compatiblity? I have used Archos Video & am currently using VLC for Android TV, but some have many flaws.
Thanks again in advance as always & keep up the good work AFTVNews team.
I was wondering if you can answer a question for me, I have a rooted fire TV with custom recovery installed, but I would like to disable the default Amazon interface so it doesn't boot up, instead I only want kodi to boot.
I want to do this because I only use kodi on the fire TV, so by disabling the default interface I imagine it would speed up boot time and performance, as it's using less resources.
How would this be possible, any wisdom on this would be much appreciated thank you.
Enjoying the technical depth of your podcast ever since migrating from the, now defunct, CordCuttersNews podcast.
I am retiring my Gen1 Rooted Fire TVs and upgrading to Gen2's. What's the best way to prep the Gen1's for the next owner (i.e. wiping out my personal data, but maintaining root, update blocks, etc).


257 BC – A solar eclipse is seen over southern Gaul and Tuscany.
1764 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Roman-German King in Frankfurt.
1860 – The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California is started (completed on April 13).
1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the break-away Confederate States of America.
1881 - The Greek island of Chios is hit by a major earthquake. People do not return to the island until 1911.
1882 - American Old West: Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1884 - Belgian passenger ship Daniel Steinmann sinks in a storm of Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing 121 people.
1895 - The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins. It eventually leads to imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1896 - La Gazzetta dello Sport first goes on sale in Italy. It is the world's oldest sports paper.
1905 – Boca Juniors football club is founded in Buenos Aires.
1922 – Joseph Stalin succeeds Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union.
1926 - Honduras introduces the Lempira as its currency.
1933 - The first flight over Mount Everest occurs, as part of a British expedition led by Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
1941 – Hungarian and German troops march into Yugoslavia.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Bataan fell on April 9 and the Bataan Death March began.
1944 - A mine explosion in Heessen, Westphalia, Germany, kills 169 miners.
1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 – President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1948 - In Jeju, South Korea, a civil war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins.
1954 - Oxford University wins the 100th Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
1956 - A deadly Force 5 tornado hits the western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
1961 - Leadbeater's Possum is re-discovered in Australia, after 72 years.
1968 – Elvis Presley sings Heartbreak Hotel on the Milton Berle Show with an estimated 25% of the United States population viewing.
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "mountaintop" speech.
1974 – The Super Outbreak occurred. 148 tornadoes affected 13 states and 1 Canadian province in 18 hours. It was the biggest tornado outbreak in the planet's recorded history. 315 people die, nearly 5,500 are injured.
1975 - Bobby Fischer refuses to play a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, who wins the world championship by default as a result.
1979 - Spain holds its first local elections since the death of Francisco Franco.
1981 - Osborne 1, the first-ever portable computer, is unveiled in San Francisco.
1984 - Lansana Conté comes to power in Guinea through a military coup.
1986 – IBM unveils the PC Convertible, their first laptop computer.
1991 - Miguel Trovoada becomes President of São Tomé and Príncipe.
1992 – Albania's last Communist leader Ramiz Alia resigns.
1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.
1997 – Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 people living in Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2000 – Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
2004 – Islamist terrorists blow themselves up in Madrid, after a shootout with police.
2007 – A new speed record is set by a TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line in France.
2008 – ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy.
2010 – South African far-right politician Eugene Terre'Blanche is beaten to death on his farm near the town of Ventersdorp.
2013 - Over 50 people are killed in floods in Buenos Aires and La Plata in Argentina.
2016 - Panama Papers: A leak of 11 million legal documents related to the firm Mossack Fonseca in Panama reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies, involving many rich and famous people, including political leaders, businessmen and celebrities.
2017 - 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing: A bomb is detonated in the subway system in Saint Petersburg, Russia, killing 14 people.
2018 - YouTube headquarters shooting: Nasim Najafi Aghdam injures several people at the headquarters of YouTube in San Bruno, California, before turning the gun on herself.
This page was last changed on 13 April 2019, at 04:46.


text:
El Oued (arabiska: ولاية الوادي) är en provins (wilaya) i östra Algeriet. Provinsen har 673 934 invånare (2008). El Oued är huvudort.

Administrativ indelning
Provinsen är indelad i 12 distrikt (daïras) och 30 kommuner (baladiyahs).

Algeriets provinser


text:
PREPARER="imcsk8"
BASE_IMAGE="CentOS-Stream-x86_64-boot.iso"
KICKSTART_FILE="sotolitoOS-generic.ks"
KERNEL_ML_PACKAGE="kernel-ml-5.6.2-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64.rpm"
KERNEL_ML_TOOLS_PACKAGE="kernel-ml-tools-5.6.2-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64.rpm"
KERNEL_MIRROR="http://repos.lax-noc.com/elrepo/archive/kernel/el8/x86_64/RPMS/"
#ISO_NAME="SotolitoOS-Stream-x86_64-master.iso"
ISO_NAME="SotolitoOS-Stream-x86_64-generic.iso"
EL_REPO="https://www.elrepo.org"
EL_REPO_RPM="elrepo-release-8.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm"
EL_REPO_RPM_GPG="RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org"
EPEL_REPO="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm"
FULL_PATH=$(realpath .)
#PACKAGES_PATH="${FULL_PATH}/sotolito-iso/iso-dev/isolinux/Packages/"
PACKAGES_PATH="${FULL_PATH}/sotolito-iso/iso-dev/Packages/"

echo "DEBUG: PACKAGES PATH: ${PACKAGES_PATH}"

#BASE_IMAGE_URL="http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/7.6.1810/isos/x86_64/${BASE_IMAGE}"
BASE_IMAGE_URL="http://mirror.keystealth.org/centos/8-stream/isos/x86_64/CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-20210421-boot.iso"
KERNEL_ML_PACKAGE_URL="${KERNEL_MIRROR}/${KERNEL_ML_PACKAGE}"
KERNEL_ML_TOOLS_PACKAGE_URL="${KERNEL_MIRROR}/${KERNEL_ML_TOOLS_PACKAGE}"
# We use the same version as the centos base image
VERSION="8.3-Stream"

DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
APPID="SotolitoLabs - ${DATE} - ${VERSION}"

DEFAULT_SSH_KEYS_PATH="~/space/sotolitoLabs/security/ssh/"

#SQUASHFS_FILE="squashfs-sotolito.img"
SQUASHFS_FILE="squashfs-sotolito-stream.img"
SQUASHFS_URL="https://sotolitolabs.com/dist/centos/8/x86_64/branding/img/${SQUASHFS_FILE}"

if [[ "${1}" != "" ]]; then
    KICKSTART_FILE="sotolitoOS-${1}.ks"
    ISO_NAME="SotolitoOS-Stream-x86_64-${VERSION}-${1}.iso"
fi

echo "Installing required packages"
sudo dnf install -y createrepo_c createrepo genisoimage podman git

echo "Checkig for repo2module"
if [[ "$(command -v repo2moduleee)" != "" ]]; then
    echo "repo2module detected, continuing"
else
    echo "missing repo2module, installing..."
    git clone https://github.com/sgallagher/repo2module.git
    cd repo2module
    python3 setup.py install --user
    cd ..
fi

echo "Creating the Enterprise SotolitoOS ISO instller"
mkdir -p sotolito-iso/iso-dev/{isolinux,images,ks,EFI,postinstall}
#mkdir -p sotolito-iso/iso-dev/isolinux/Packages
mkdir -p sotolito-iso/iso-dev/Packages
cd sotolito-iso
echo "Downloading base image"
wget -c $BASE_IMAGE_URL -O $BASE_IMAGE
mkdir iso
echo "Mouting base image"
sudo mount -o loop $BASE_IMAGE iso

echo "Preparing ISO environment"
rsync -av iso/isolinux/ iso-dev/isolinux/
rsync -av iso/images/ iso-dev/images/
sudo rsync -av iso/EFI/ iso-dev/EFI/

echo "Downloading extra packages"
#cd iso-dev/isolinux/Packages
cd iso-dev/Packages
cp ../../../../files/RPMS/sotolitoos-release* .
wget -c "${EL_REPO}/${EL_REPO_RPM}"
wget -c "${EL_REPO}/${EL_REPO_RPM_GPG}"
#wget -c $KERNEL_ML_PACKAGE_URL
#wget -c $KERNEL_ML_TOOLS_PACKAGE_URL
wget -c $EPEL_REPO

cp "${FULL_PATH}/download_iso_packages.sh" $PACKAGES_PATH
/usr/bin/podman run --rm -ti --name=tmp-centos-pkgs -v $PACKAGES_PATH:/var/preserve registry.centos.org/centos/centos:8 /var/preserve/download_iso_packages.sh

echo "Create image repo"
cd ..
rm -rf repodata
createrepo_c -g ../../files/sotolito-comps-BaseOS.x86_64.xml  .
repo2module --module-name=sotolito-core --module-context sotolito1 . modules.yaml
modifyrepo_c --mdtype=modules modules.yaml repodata
rm modules.yaml

echo "Adding Sotolito kickstart file to ISO"
cp ../../../ks/$KICKSTART_FILE ks/sotolitoOS.ks

echo "Copy branding for cockpit"
mkdir postinstall/branding
#TODO Fix this directory nightmare
cp -rp ../../../../usr/share/cockpit/branding/sotolito postinstall/branding/
cp ../../files/dhcpd.conf postinstall/
cp ../../../../etc/profile.d/sotolito_env.sh postinstall/
# We like ansible
mkdir postinstall/ansible
# We need our playbooks
cp -rp ../../../../ansible postinstall/ansible/sotolito
# Install ansible-hardening role for STIG compliance
if [[ ! -d postinstall/ansible/roles/ansible-hardening ]]; then
    echo "Downloading ansible-hardening role"
    mkdir -p postinstall/ansible/roles
    git clone https://github.com/openstack/ansible-hardening postinstall/ansible/roles/ansible-hardening
fi

# SELinux shit
cp -rp ../../../../selinux postinstall/
cp ../../../../../security/ssh/* postinstall/

cd isolinux
echo "Branding Image"
echo "Branding Boot menu"
sed -i 's/CentOS/SotolitoOS/' isolinux.cfg
#sed -i 's/CentOS/SotolitoOS/' grub.cfg
sed -i 's/CentOS/SotolitoOS/' grub.conf
#sed -i 's/-x86_64-dvd/ rd.retry=10 rd.timeout=15 \n menu default/' isolinux.cfg
sed -i 's/menu default//' isolinux.cfg
if [[ "${1}" == "generic" ]]; then
    sed -i 's/-x86_64-dvd quiet/ quiet rd.retry=10 rd.timeout=15\n  menu default/' isolinux.cfg
else
    sed -i 's/-x86_64-dvd quiet/ quiet rd.retry=10 rd.timeout=15  ks=cdrom:\/ks\/sotolitoOS.ks\n  menu default/' isolinux.cfg
fi

# poor man's branding
echo "Branding Initrd"
cd ..
mkdir tmp_initrd
cd tmp_initrd
xz -dc ../isolinux/initrd.img | sudo cpio -id
sudo cp ../../../files/images/branding/sotolitoLabs_original_white_distro.png usr/share/pixmaps/system-logo-white.png
sudo sed -i 's/CentOS/SotolitoOS/' .buildstamp
sudo sed -i 's/CentOS/SotolitoOS/' etc/initrd-release
sudo sed -i 's/dracut/SotolitoOS/' etc/initrd-release
#Changed the name in honor of Octavio Mendez (octagesimal) sudo sed -i 's/Core/Horilka/' etc/initrd-release
sudo sed -i 's/Core/Octagesimal/' etc/initrd-release
sudo sed -i 's/rmdir/rm -rf/' usr/sbin/fetch-kickstart-disk
sudo find . | sudo cpio --create --format='newc' > ../isolinux/initrd.img
cd ../isolinux
sudo xz --format=lzma initrd.img
sudo mv initrd.img.lzma initrd.img
sudo rm -rf ../tmp_initrd

cd ..
chmod +w images
echo "Adding sotolito squashfs"
wget -c ${SQUASHFS_URL} -O images/install.img
echo "Add product.img for branding the installer"
cp ../../../anaconda/branding/product.img images/

echo "Generate ISO image"
sudo mkisofs -o "../${ISO_NAME}" \
    -p "${PREPARER}" \
    -A "${APPID}" \
    -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
    -c isolinux/boot.cat \
    -no-emul-boot \
    -V 'SotolitoOS-Stream-8' \
    -boot-load-size 4 \
    -boot-info-table \
    -l -r -R -v -T \
    .

sudo isohybrid "../${ISO_NAME}"
sudo chown $USER "../${ISO_NAME}"
cd ..
echo "Your iso is ready at: ${PWD}/${ISO_NAME} sir"
echo "share it with your friends and be happy, drink a beer and a shot of sotol"

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


This entry was posted on Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 7:50 am and is filed under ACC Basketball.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


text:
By sharing life lessons, Mizzou's Rogers shapes future engineers
inBiomedical Biological and Chemical Engineering, Diversity, Educating Engineering Leaders, Faculty, Gallery, Giving Back
Reg Rogers should be dead.
He was involved in an automobile accident with an 18-wheeler about 20 years ago and, as he tells it, was anticipated dead on arrival. But after 14 hours of surgery, he survived.
Reg Rogers recently earned the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society for the Northeast Region.
The mindset of a survivor informs his life's work as a researcher and educator, currently with the Mizzou Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering Department. And his drive to pass on what he's learned to future generations of engineers from all backgrounds recently earned him the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society for the Northeast Region.
"I'm living my second chance right now," said Rogers, who recently joined MU after serving on the faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology. "I'm doing what I'm called to do — helping these young adults understand that life can end with the snap of a finger, and you need to do what you can to enjoy it."
The Israel Award "recognizes individuals and/or institutions who have advanced diversity in the chemical sciences and significantly stimulated or fostered activities that promote inclusiveness within the region." Rogers' selection recognized the work he did in support of underrepresented minorities and the deaf/hard of hearing during his time at RIT.
"When they see someone who looks like them who actually has done it, their mindset changes. We know the college years are the most important years to make an impression and build the understanding that you can do what you set out to do and not just quit to quit," Rogers explained.
Rogers' philosophy is simple, pointed and effective. It's all about relationships, getting students to open up and break out of their comfort zone while learning how to become independent adults with a strong foundation. It starts with talking about course work or lab results, then slowly shifts to discussions about life. It's a philosophy that's worked with countless students as well as two organizations Rogers continues to do substantial work with — Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and Theta Chi Fraternity.
"We're in this together. I'm here to lead; I'm not here to demand that they learn," he said. "They have an opportunity to learn, but they must put forth the effort to attain the knowledge. They have to be willing to come out of their shells to discover the unknown."
"Diversity to me is everyone. I don't care what the color of your skin is. A lot of students struggle, and my goal is to say, 'Hey, let's get going.' I don't fix their problems for them. I give them guidance towards how to fix their problems, but they are going to fix them.
Rogers said he's excited to start building those same kinds of relationships at Mizzou, and was both shocked and honored to earn the Israel Award. But he sees it not as an endpoint, but a stepping stone.
"It's about spreading your wings. That award up there says that we're doing something right, that we're moving in the right direction, but we have to stay the course," he explained.
American Chemical SocietyFaculty awardsReg RogersStanley Israel Award
Fulbright Award paves way for study of construction practices in India
Skubic named Curators' Distinguished Professor
Xu named Curators' Distinguished Professor
Loehr receives the Osterberg Award from Deep Foundations Institute
Ma Elected National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Rahhal Recipient of 2020 MU Study Abroad Teaching Excellence Award


The Edgewood Mustangs lost a tough fought battle to the Owen Valley Patriots last Friday night by a score of 31-7. In the first half, both teams played great defense leading to a 3-0 lead for the Patriots at half time. The second half started with a bang for the mustangs. Sophomore John McGlothlin took a hand off 85 yards for the touchdown, giving the Mustangs a 7-3 lead. The lead didn't last long as the Patriots closed out the game on a 28-0 run.
The defense was lead by Senior, Tyler Calvin, who had 11 total tackles including two sacks. Along with Tyler, the highlight of the game were the offensive and defensive line. Lead by Senior Ryan Stuffle, they really came out and competed well.
While the boys did fall on Friday, the level of play has improved. If they continue on this path, they will have wins in their future. Their next game will be at home next Friday against the South Putnam Eagles at 7:00. It will be homecoming night for the Mustangs.