Whoops! I never gave an update on my ArtPrize experience! Yikes! The summer totally got away from me. Well, this year I entered an installation that I planned on fitting to the space I would be given. This basically meant that I entered an idea and photos of past work. I was really afraid no one would understand my concept. Apparently I didn't need to worry, for those of you who do not follow me on any social media (my Instagram account is SewCaralou), I did get accepted to be a part of ArtPrize! It was an amazing experience and I am so happy that I entered, but the process was scary and nerve wracking.
Entering ArtPrize is a bit like online dating, except it is for your career and a product you put your heart and soul into. You're getting judged not only on who you are, but your thoughts and concepts as well. You reach out to venues you are interested in and wait to see if they are interested in you. If you are a match you work out all the logistics and sign a hosting agreement.
The process begins with registering and three simple steps: sign up for an account, enter your artwork and pay registration fee, and complete your entry profile.
When a venue I requested to connect with was also interested in me, I received an e-mail and the listing would move from "Requested" to "Pending" in my account. This "Pending" column became everything! I checked it constantly and was so nervous the entire time that no one would want my work! I was wrong to worry! The first day I received a couple of requests, not just from venues I had notified, but from other venues as well!
In the end, I chose (106) Gallery and Studio to display my work. It is a venue I always make a point to visit so I was truly honored to be chosen by them. They were wonderful to work with and the other artists shown in the gallery were amazing! The artwork on the wall right next to mine was in the Jurors Shortlist Pick!
I had a couple HUGE shocks during the weeks of ArtPrize. The first surprise was that my piece was highlighted in the official ArtPrize video! Totally did not expect that! The biggest surprise though was that my installation was in the Public Top 100! This is out of over 1,400 artists! I am still in shock that that happened. I am so thankful for all the support and for all the people who voted and went to check out my piece. I truly feel #blessed (this is the first time I can use this # un-ironically). It was so encouraging to see how many people liked my work and it has given me a boost to keep going!


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Proving Causation in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
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People make mistakes occasionally. However, when doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals make mistakes, the results can be life-altering and potentially deadly. Medical malpractice laws protect patients in the event that a healthcare provider is negligent and that negligence causes injuries to a patient. A New York medical malpractice attorney helps individuals and families prove causation in a medical malpractice lawsuit so that they can receive compensation for their injuries, losses, and damages.
The Four Elements of a New York Medical Malpractice Claim
When you allege a doctor or other health care provider committed malpractice, you must prove four legal elements. The basic elements of a medical malpractice case are:
Duty — The physician or provider owed a duty of care to the patient. This element is usually the easiest element to prove. Providing evidence of a doctor-patient relationship typically satisfies this legal requirement.
Breach — The second element may be more difficult to prove. The evidence must demonstrate that the doctor's actions or inactions breached the duty of care. In most cases, this element requires testimony from a medical expert stating that the physician's conduct deviated from the accepted standard of care.
Causation — This legal requirement also requires expert testimony. The evidence must show that the failure to fulfill the duty of care was the direct and proximate cause of the injury. Without causation, even though there is an injury, the case does not rise to the level of medical malpractice.
Damages — The last element of a medical malpractice case is to prove that the patient sustained injuries and was damaged. Damages in a medical malpractice case include physical injuries, financial losses, pain, and suffering.
Proving Causation Requires Expert Testimony
In a medical malpractice case, injuries can be the result of several causes. Even though there is evidence of medical negligence or errors, another factor could be the direct or proximate cause of the injury. In these cases, the proof often comes down to the opinions of medical experts from each side who testify that the cause was or was not (plaintiff vs. defendant respectively) due to medical errors or negligence.
Additionally, there must be proof that an injury occurred. Again, a medical error or other wrongdoing could have occurred, but it may not have resulted in an injury. Therefore, proving causation relies on the fact that an injury did occur. It is not sufficient to only show that a medical provider committed medical negligence, error, or wrongdoing.
It is similar to investigating a DUI accident. A driver may be drunk at the time of the accident, but if the drunk driver did not cause the crash, he cannot be held legally liable for damages arising from the crash. A doctor can make a mistake, but if that mistake did not cause the injury to the patient, the doctor might not be held liable for medical malpractice.
Contact a New York Medical Malpractice Attorney to Discuss Your Case
Proving medical malpractice calls for specialized legal counsel, with experience in handling these cases. Contact a New York medical malpractice attorney to get the legal counsel and direction you need regarding your malpractice claim. An experienced New York medical malpractice attorney understands the challenges, including the problems and difficulties, often encountered when gathering evidence to prove causation.
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A two bedroom property located in Los Molinos, known as 'The Windmills', which is a picturesque village within La Manga Club Resort. It is an elevated position with excellent views towards the Mar Menor. This semi-detached villa has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, it accessed via a path from the car park. The property is well furnished and is fully air conditioned and has WiFi.
This a two storey villa, the bedrooms are located on the lower ground floor, the master bedroom has an en-suite and features a double bed, A/C unit, flat screen TV and patio doors. The en-suite bathroom has a wash basin, WC and shower. The other bedroom has twin beds, A/C unit and patio doors. The second bathroom has a shower, wash basin and WC. The ground floor has the kitchen which is fully equipped with a dishwasher, microwave, oven, hob, extractor and fridge freezer. The lounge has a flat screen TV, DVD player, dining facilities and patio doors that lead onto the terrace, which features outdoor dining facilities and a barbeque.


news letters we accept now absent added aggressive to suicides than in combat!
"In adjustment for our Action Veterans to get the advice they charge the accepted accessible needs to accept WHY they charge what they need. The accessible additionally needs to accept the Aggressive and VA accomplishment that 20% of soldiers accept PTSD is aloof not true! 99% of Action Vets will acquaintance PTSD on some level. Our action Vets acquaintance the aforementioned types of situations as the Newtown CT aboriginal responders with the massacred accouchement of the towns they access and they watch and accomplishment their accompany actuality bedridden and killed. These Action Soldiers acquaintance those situations over and over afresh while at war. Bootcamp does betrayal our Troops to some abandon and how to use a gun, but it cannot "train" the accustomed affecting acknowledgment of one's activity actuality threatened, accepting to annihilate addition yourself or watching your acquaintance actuality dead or maimed. Knowing that, it's antic to anticipate that abandoned 20% of our Action Veterans are activity to ache from PTSD aback they appear home! Untreated PTSD is what causes soldier violence, biologic addiction, alcoholism, unemployment, homelessness and our Suicide Epidemic. The absolute Action Adept needs abundant treatment. Operation:I.V. has created that program!
Tim Graves is a veteran, and a apostle on veterans issues in the burghal of Chicago. He says, "The abstraction is to anatomy Public/Private partnerships that analyze and promote the cardinal aggressive advantage of anniversary alignment by recognizing no one alignment or government bureau has all the answers, or the accomplishment set or ability to aggregate to all veterans. Through anecdotic those non-government organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organizations (NPOs) that are accouterment the casework thatveterans need, and are accomplishing it in an able manner, cities can then accommodate the amplitude for a clearinghouse and act as referring agencies into those organizations. In this way the burghal can establish a absolute chip ability arrangement for veterans and provide access to levels of affliction that can be added active and beneath aggrandized thangovernment agencies.
Deanna Wharwood of The Veterans' Coach is a US Navy Veteran who auspiciously transitioned from aggressive activity to entrepreneurship as abundant on her blog http://deannawharwood.com/blog. She says, "Cities can advice veterans by having, on their Mayoral staff, a adept account officer. Clearly this wouldn't be adapted for abate cities, but should absolutely be a claim for larger cities, any burghal a a aggressive accession and major metropolitan areas. The Adept Casework Administrator should not aloof be a clearing abode for advice but additionally addition who is finer a military adept or a aggressive apron who understands the journey veterans charge accomplish if they are to alteration aback to noncombatant life. The Veterans Casework Administrator should additionally be addition who is well connected and admired aural the burghal with an all-encompassing arrangement of friends that are business owners and industry leaders. It is up to the city's veterans casework administrator to be a adviser and a baton to help aggressive veterans and their families (this is an important point) transition as able-bodied as a the communication amid the adept association and the hidden job market.
"Currently, there are abounding organizations and some States that have VSOs. However, the claiming with best of them is that there is no quality ascendancy process. A bad VSO can set a adept aback several years in the affliction claims action or months in award a position. And, you don't apperceive if you accept a acceptable one or a bad one until its too late.
Stephen Dixon, Vice President of Authorization Development for Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers, says, "Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers are focused on acknowledging veterans through authorization ownership." Currenlty 20% of their authorization owners are veterans.
"The unemployment amount for veterans is decidedly college than that of the noncombatant workforce, and these are men and women who accept some of the best administration training in the world," continues Croft. "If we had added bounded organizations that helped veterans transition, and conceivably that additionally formed with companies to bigger accept the veteran, we could acutely abate the adept unemployment amount and added companies would account abundantly from accepting these men and women on their team.


Evidence-based, Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a unique project designed to prepare America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. Mercy Health Foundation on behalf of Affinity Mercy Hospital and Affinity Medical Group, has been working with local donors for our Oshkosh area Reach Out and Read. Currently, the clinics are providing books to all children beginning with the six month well baby checkup. Additional funding would allow the clinics to expand the program, offering books as early as the newborn checkup.
Reach Out and Read focuses on early literacy development to try to decrease the achievement gap between lower and middle/upper income families. Doctors, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals incorporate Reach Out and Read's evidence-based model into regular pediatric checkups, by advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and giving developmentally-appropriate books to children. Age appropriate books are given to the parents at each well child visit. Providers model reading for the parents, helping parents understand the importance of reading to their child, paving the way for children to grow up with books and a love of reading. The program is unique in using a trusted authority figure, in the special setting of the medical visit, to promote a child's learning.
The goal of Reach Out and Read is to promote early literacy from age 0 to 5 years, making literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care. This is accomplished by providing education in clinical visits by doctors and nurses as well as an age appropriate book at each visit (a library of twelve books at the end of the 5 years). Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning in infancy. Reach Out and Read incorporates early literacy into pediatric practice, equipping parents with tools and knowledge to ensure that their children are prepared to learn when they start school.
Clinicians at Affinity Mercy Hospital and Affinity Medical Group are strong supporters of the program. Reach Out and Read has been a standard part of the clinics' practice for over a year. They too see the importance of encouraging parents to engage with their infants' right from birth. The first six months of life is a period of rapid brain development that will not occur at any other time, and is a critical window when parental responsiveness can shape a child's development. They want parents to understand the importance and impact of talking, singing, reading and playing with their babies as early as the newborn visit.
With additional funding, Affinity Mercy Hospital and Affinity Medical Group will be the first clinics in Wisconsin to expand the program to include new born well child visits, as early as two (2) weeks after birth. The cost per child for books from new born to five years is approximately $60. For some, these are all the books they'll have in their home. Our pediatricians are committed to making sure all children seen for well child checkups in the clinic (including the 42% of children seen who receive Medicaid funding), will leave with books, the gateway to learning!
The following are anticipated outcomes of the project, allowing us to know if the project is successful.
Children will increase their oral language skills (e.g., vocabulary) and emergent literacy skills (e.g., book knowledge, comprehension, print knowledge, letter naming fluency, rhyming, and initial sound fluency) while experiencing more enjoyment from reading.
Early childhood development research says that 96% of a child's brain will be developed by the time they're age five. By providing age appropriate books we believe we will achieve a long-term outcome of closing the literacy gap in Winnebago county. As with all early education programs, early intervention helps keep children from falling even further behind, more significant long-term gains will be realized and will be measured by an increase in reading level scores as evidenced by Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam (WKCE) scores.
The outcome of encouraging parents to read to their children and providing a home library will better prepare children for school and make a positive difference in children's developmental skills and consequently in the nation's economic health. Early childhood education is an investment in workforce development. Literacy skills are positively correlated to job factors such as promotions, income, part time versus full time employment and even rates of injury. Employees without literacy skills are less able to communicate effectively with co-workers, less able to perform the tasks that are required of them and less able to reach out for help.
o Parents served by Reach Out and Read are up to four times more likely to read aloud to their children.
o Reach Out and Read reaches the child through effectively teaching the parent to start lifelong learning in the home.
o During the preschool years, children served by Reach Out and Read score three to six months ahead of their non-Reach Out and Read peers on vocabulary tests. These early foundational language skills help start children on a path of success when they enter school.
Low literacy is a crisis that impacts all of us. When individuals learn how to read, write, do basic math, and use computers, the more likely they are to lift themselves out of poverty, contribute to improved health care costs, and find and keep sustainable employment.
We are well started on the path to encourage reading to the children in our community, but reaching all children means we need engage and fully take advantage of our community partnerships. The benefits of early literacy development last throughout childhood and beyond…books really are the vehicle for the interaction of talking, playing together and bonding between parents and children. By offering guidance about reading aloud to infants and toddlers, as a simple way of encouraging language-rich nurturing, our medical providers can help parents to give their children the best start in life.
Reach Out and Read at Ascension Mercy Hospital and Ascension Medical Group is fully funded by philanthropy, thanks to donors of Mercy Health Foundation. To make a donation to support this program locally or to provide new books, please call (920) 223-0520 or visit http://mmcgift.org.


In this picture the northern hemisphere has summer.
Based on curved light rays, the sun can only illuminate one half of the inside world.
A satellite therefore can only photograph one half of the inside world (geocosmos).
All you have to do in this picture is to follow the curved light rays back and then think that there is a satellite in the place of the sun.
On the left you see the picture for spring and fall.
During the winter the path (orbit) of the sun is inclined in such a way that the northern hemisphere receives the least amount of light.
Just as the sun can only radiate one half of the earth due to the curved light rays, thus the satellite can only receive light from one half of the earth.
Therefore the satellite photo only shows one half of the earth as a solid convex sphere.


Do I still owe it?
I co-signed a Sallie Mae student loan for my son a few years back. In May of this year I talked to the collection company they had assigned to the debt and we made an agreement (I still have the email) to settle the debt for $4700. On May 18th, they took the $4700 out of my bank account. On May 24th the money was credited back to my bank account. When I called them up to see why the gentleman who answered the phone said "oh yes I see it was credited back but I don't know why, unfortunately Sallie Mae has taken back your account". I didn't hear from anyone again until I got a letter in the mail from Sallie Mae yesterday telling me what the balance on the account was. My question is - if I have an agreement with a collection company assigned by Sallie Mae and I honor that agreement and they turn around and send the money back - am I still liable for that money since they didn't honor their side?
Comments for Do I still owe it?
Yes Shelly. Despite what Sallie Mae did, you still owe the money. Sounds like you may have been the victim of a bureaucratic snafu. Regardless of what happened however, I would contact Sallie Mae right away to discuss your situation and your options for paying off the loan.
As you may know, it's very important that you resolve the student loan debt because as long as it remains unpaid the amount that you owe is increasing due to interest and penalties and eventually, your wages may be garnished or your state or federal tax refunds may be intercepted to get the loan repaid. Also, the unpaid loan is damaging your credit.


When Reno lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses her married lover committing murder, she is provided with safety and lodging in one of the last places she would have ever seen herself – a convent.
What follows is a hilarious yet touching story as Deloris gets to know the sisters and uses her musical talents to breathe new life in to the dire sound of the Convent Choir – the result of which lands the sisters with their ultimate audience – His Holiness the Pope!
Performed by the team that brought you 'Annie' and 'Singin' In The Rain' this much-loved musical is set to absolutely "fabulous, baby"!
Which figurehead will the Convent Choir perform for?
c) The President of the United States.
Send your answer on a postcard to Sister Act competition, Deeside Piper, 1 Scott Skinner Square, Banchory, AB31 5SE.
The deadline for entries is Friday, March 13, usual conditions apply and the editor's decision is final.
Tickets are for the performance at 7.30pm on Wednesday April 15.


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Anwell Newman (born 10 December 1966) is a South African former cricketer. He played in eight first-class matches for Boland from 1993/94 to 1997/98.

See also
 List of Boland representative cricketers

References

External links

1966 births
Living people
South African cricketers
Boland cricketers
People from Stellenbosch
Cricketers from the Western Cape

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Romesh Liyanage suspended over assault on Journalists
Senior Police Officer Romesh Liyanage has been suspended over the assault on Journalists near Prime Minister's private residence.
The Inspector General of Police has issued directives to conduct a prompt investigation into the assault on four Journalists on Saturday (09).
Police Media Spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said that disciplinary and legal action will be taken against the Officers responsible for this brutal and inhumane act.
The Police and Security Forces resorted to violence, injuring at least four Journalists covering the massive protests in the crisis-hit country.
The News 1st Journalists can be seen being beaten by the Police and Security Forces in videos shared on social media.
The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's Office expressed regret over the assault on Journalists by the Security Personnel.
"Freedom of the media is paramount to Democracy in Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister requests both the protesters and the Security Forces to act with restraint to prevent any violence and ensure the safety of the public," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
We, VTV and VNN24, strongly condemn with the utmost rigor this brutal and inhumane act which constitutes a serious attack on the rights to life in general and those of Journalists in particular to exercise their profession freely in the country.
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Be informed wherever you are.
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Yuan Wang 5 leaves Sri Lanka after controversial 6-day visit
President calls Rajapaksa to facilitate his return
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Ranil unsure of when Gotabaya may return
Govt. to ask Japan to open talks with China, India
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Who's afraid of Occupy Mendiola?
Noynoy is. Malacañang security officials and the local police have made Mendiola a no camp out zone. Since December 6, Manila anti-riot police have been violently frustrating attempts by activists to set up camp at the historic bridge leading to Malacañang. Several youth protesters were arrested and injured in clashes with the police. At least five protest leaders were charged with sedition.
The last time rallies at Mendiola were banned and considered seditious, the illegitimate President, Mrs. Gloria Arroyo, was desperately clinging on to power and suppressing protests at every turn.
But President Benigno S. Aquino III is not fighting for political survival unlike his despised predecessor. In fact, he continues to enjoy high approval and trust ratings, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey. Thus, to some, it is puzzling how government is responding to the camp out protest. It is indeed quite uncharacteristic for a regime that supposedly has wide public support to be so insecure about a peaceful assembly.
Police officials insist that their intel work indicates something unusual about the camp out. Their claims, however, are as preposterous as the fantastical "put the little girl to sleep". Manila police officials, for instance, say they think the protesters plan to encircle Malacañang in a seditious act of toppling the government. This explains the repeated statements by police officials that the camp out is inciting to sedition. The police's intel sources, by the way, are the media advisories and Facebook posts of camp out organizers and participants.
The student and youth organizations which initiated what the mainstream media have described as the Philippine version of the "Occupy Wall Street" actually have a simple message, objective, and aim. The message is that the political and economic system favors the rich and exploits the poor. The objective is to concretize this message by raising urgent issues – the budget cuts in education, rising prices, lack of jobs, landlessness, etc. The camp out aims to mobilize more people around these issues and struggle for genuine change.
Malacañang will not admit but what it worries is this: If the camp out will succeed, it will help weaken the plan of the Aquino clique to forever ride on the strong anti-Arroyo sentiment to sustain its legitimacy and wide public support. It will help the public see that the more fundamental contradiction is not Aquino versus Arroyo. No matter how noisy this conflict has been, the main contradiction remains between the exploited great majority of the people and the exploiting minority that both Aquino and Arroyo represent.
Government has dismissed early on an Occupy movement gaining ground in the Philippines. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in October that there is no basis for a similar movement as the administration is "siding with the poorest of the poor". Government, he said, strives for "inclusive growth".
Nothing can be farther from the truth. In its December 6 editorial, the Philippine Daily Inquirer noted that the combined income of the richest 1% of the families (185,000) is equivalent to the poorest 30% (5.5 million). Aquino, like Arroyo, belongs to this 1% that monopolizes the country's wealth.
Economic policies favor the ruling elite to which both Aquino and Arroyo belong. They use political power to prevent the redistribution of social wealth and accumulate more. The most glaring example is the Hacienda Luisita, which has been controlled by the family of the landlord President for more than half a century through deception and violence. Today, Aquino wants compensation from farmers his family has exploited to the hilt for decades before they can get the lands they have always owned.
It will not always take the form of an Occupy or camp out, but objective conditions indicate that social unrest certainly will intensify. Long-term trends in social indicators show a worsening crisis that is the result of decades of flawed, pro-elite economic policy making.
Let us take a look, for instance, at the historical results of the surveys of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). From less than 10% in hunger incidence in the late 1990s, the portion of families that go hungry has jumped to more than 19% this year. Poverty remains unacceptably high at more than 54% this decade although it has declined from 61% during second half of the 1980s. From less than 10% in the last decade, unemployment has doubled to almost 20% in the 2000s.
Meanwhile, in the countryside, landlessness continues to worsen. Using official data from the last Census of Agriculture in 2002, farms not owned by tillers comprised almost 53% of the total number of farms. In the 1991 census, it was a smaller 42 percent. A similar trend is observed in terms of total area of farms. During the same period, the share of farms not owned by tillers deteriorated from 33% to 49 percent.
The camp out is by no means the be-all and end-all in exposing Aquino and the deep-seated crisis of our backward politics and economy. But winning the "battle for Mendiola" is also crucial in terms of the symbolisms that occupying the bridge represents. First is the assertion of our democratic rights as Mendiola has long been a symbol of the people's struggle against tyranny. Second is amid the global crisis, occupying a public space has become a powerful symbol in many countries to show the people's disgust with the prevailing system that benefits only the few.


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Violence In The Cinema, Part 1 - 1971 What at first seems like a serious psychological assessment of violence in the cinema by a professor or lecturer, turns into a bloody orgy of human destructiveness. This was the directorial debut of Dr George Miller who utilised the skills he learned here on Happy Feet oh, and Mad Max I-IV.
Love Letters From Teralba Road - 1977 directed by Stephen Wallace, this 50 minute film is a compassionate study of a violent relationship. It stars Kris McQuade and Bryan Brown making his screen debut. See clip>
Wrong Side Of The Road - 1981 Two days in the lives of two bands - Us Mob and No Fixed Address - with an Indigenous heritage face the excitement, the pleasures and the harassment that you expect. One of the first Australian films about music and the world's first rockumentary, WSOTR has been described as 'a road movie, a protest film, a political film, a rock film', evolving as a collaboration between the filmmakers, the community and the musicians featured in the film.
Stephen Wallace Presents Three Debut Films:
Violence In The Cinema, Part 1
Love Letters From Teralba Rd
Wrong Side Of The Road
Q&A with
Director Stephen Wallace + Toby Creswell
Sat, Sep 7 @ 7.00PM
Palace Central,
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Descent Into the Maelstrom, Let The Kids Dance, Murder Ballads.
Jonathan Sequeira's Descent Into the Maelstrom (2017) is the unvarnished story of the legendary band Radio Birdman.
Let The Kids Dance is Jonathan's companion piece to Descent created especially for the Sedition Festival. The film lovingly documents the creative milieu of the Funhouse and the spirit of '79.
Murder Ballads is the story of the creation of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads album with exclusive interviews with Nick and Kylie, among others.
Let The Kids Dance:
3 Films About Music
Q&A with Director Jonathan Sequeira +
Birdman legend Jules Normington
Descent Into the Maelstrom
Let The Kids Dance
Murder Ballads
Fri, Sep 20 @ 7:00pm
Jim Sharman was the wunderkind of Australian arts in the 1960s. He set the tone for the 1970s with his groundbreaking direction of the tribal love rock musical Hair and later Jesus Christ Superstar. His first major short film dealt with rock & roll, aliens and sending up matinee movies. Those themes came to fruition in The Rocky Horrow Picture Show, a small independent production that became a massive hit and is still performed today. With Richard O'Brian Jim wrote The Rocky Horror Picture Show and directed it. This has become one of the most successful cult films of the time.


This video tutorial explains how I color and shade my Sugimori-style fakemon artwork (using Serpecidus as an example). I do most of my fakemon art in Photoshop, but the steps involved should be easily transferable to most other art programs with layers (GIMP, Paint.NET, maybe FireAlpaca or something, etc.; I have used GIMP and achieved identical results before, for example). It's a bit long and a hair outdated at this point, and it's done a little clumsily since it was my first time recording anything like this, but it should still be useful. Enjoy!
I may do another, more refined version at some point in the future. We'll see.
The video is pretty large, so you may need to wait a while for it to load if this is your first time visiting the page.


ICANN may have received a bit of flak for cancelling Fridays earlier this year, but as it turns out ICANN meetings are getting longer, not shorter.
The recently published schedule for next month's Toronto meeting covers eight days, from Friday October 12 to Friday October 19.
The official start of the event will as always be on the Monday (with the work really starting on the Saturday) and the official end will be on Thursday for the second time in a row.
But this time there's also going to be some special-interest sessions on both Fridays too.
In a change to the usual order of things, the Governmental Advisory Committee has scrapped some of its meetings with other ICANN advisory committees and supporting organizations.
Instead, word is that the GAC plans to focus almost entirely on developing its new gTLD Early Warnings — preliminary warnings about objectionable applications — during the Toronto meeting.
It's replacing its smaller inter-committee sessions with a one-off High-Level Meeting with SO and AC heads, which we understand is designed to bring newly participating governments up to speed on how ICANN works.
Should we expect to see a bigger GAC in Toronto, now that governments have the opportunity to start complaining about specific applications? It certainly seems possible.


85, went to be with her Lord on April 10, 2019. Preceded in death by husbands, Dr. Edward Richardson and Roger Gies; sister, Lorayne Schultz. Survived by nieces, nephews and step –children. Many thanks to staff of Sholom Home, Church and Grand Place friends. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Messiah Episcopal Church, 1631 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN 55116. Family will welcome friends and family at 10 am with service at 11 am with lunch to follow. Private burial at Resurrection Cemetery. Memorials preferred to Messiah Episcopal Church in lieu of flowers.


A 100 mile unsurfaced-road navigation competition. See Results..
What was it like? Read Vessey's report of his day out...Also some pic's too!
Below was the introduction to the event. And the inspiration was from the original Border100.
Another new venture for the club, This event is aimed at anyone who enjoys trail riding or thinks they might. It is not a riding skills competition, (although you will benefit from having some), in the manner of Trials or Enduros. This is a navigational competition where riders must plot a route chosen from given information to visit various unsurfaced roads around Monmouthshire, West Glos and South Herefordshire.
It is organised under a Navigational Scatter Rally Permit from the ACU. This means you will not need a competition licence or even need to be an affiliated member of the ACU.
Riders will be able to join in if they have a solo motorcycle that has some off-road capability. All the event is on the public highway and bikes must comply with all traffic regulations at all times.
We aim to help those who are new to trail riding with some basic information here. You will find info about Map reading/Plotting routes/Methods of Carrying routes/Using a road book etc. below.
If you are interested in Trail riding then you will probably want to use the OS Explorer series maps. These are 1:25000 scale and show enough detail for field boundaries. These will give you tons more confidence when opening gates etc. The best help is always from the horses mouth so have a look at Ordnance Surveys own help. Click on TL and read on. For a complete lesson try their schools example.
For the purposes of the Border 100 event you will need to know at least 6 figure references but may benefit from the knowing about the significantly more accurate 12 figure ones used by GPS systems and which the organisers use to record where check points are and for identifying junctions. It is also important that you understand the errors that can occur with these systems.
6 figure references give you a square of 100m x 100m which can be pretty big if there are a lot of features on the ground to pick from.
12 figure references give you a square of 1m x 1m. That means whatever it is will be under your feet! Here comes the catch... the 1:25000 explorer maps aren't that accurate but depending on the features can be pretty good for a 10m square. Consequently, you could almost ignore the last digit for metres other than to round up or down. Hang on, there is one more catch yet! How accurately were the values obtained? I hear you ask. If it was with a GPS then the result would depend on the signal strength due to equipment and conditions at the time. If there are lots of trees about the signal could be off course 100m easily. If the sky is clearly viewed then it could be 10m x 10m accuracy. For our purposes most of the references will be within 10 square metres. Do your best, that is all we have done!
One thing that is very helpful is a romer. This is a card that has the scale along an edge to help mark exact references on the map. We hope to give you one to print and cut out from here soon. Come back and look again. If you have a good quality compass this may already be printed along the side.
We mean marking them on your map then joining the bits you want to visit. You could use pencil on your map or an over marker but remember you may be out in the rain so get a waterproof one. Get yourself a good overview of the places with pencil rings around the lanes, then look for the best routes to join them.
1. Use the map you just made marks on. could get wet! Have you got a plastic rambler style map case? Can you read info quickly? Saves a lot of effort and can always see alternative routes quickly.
2. Write out instructions. Can you see enough info on the map and will signs on the ground confirm your info or confuse? Great if you already know the area and all you think you need is a reminder.
3. Make yourself a road book. Many ways of doing this. Need to be sure of your route as deviations mean getting the map out as per 1. Easy to read while riding. you won't ride far past a turn if you watch your milometer. Can be created automatically using computer software. Needs a good method of holding sheets. Put total cumulative mileage and section mileage down one side and draw diagram of junction and/or add text to say what to do. The diagrams are usually drawn as tulips. that is the bottom has a ball and the arrow veers off at an appropriate angle. Add notes such as phone box or woods etc. We have an explanation of how to read a road book.
4. Use GPS. If you already have one then you know how helpful they can be. Good use of this tool will speed navigation up. Just a glance down at the screen will tell you how far to go and which direction. To make best use of them you need to have computer software to help generate a list of points to aim for. We use Touratech's TTQV software to plan routes, check routes, store details about the lanes and produce the road books automatically and thanks to Nick Plumb of Touratech for supporting this event. You need good rattle proof batteries or power from bike.
Map case is the classic. buy from most outdoor shops. remember they will fly around in the wind and probably try to strangle you. They are cheap. They let small amounts of water in when you weren't expecting to fall in that stream. You could photocopy sections of your route and seal in sandwich bags inside the case or refold your OS map every 10 miles. You need	to stop and free a hand to read things.
Tank Bag is a good method but may get in the way and get wet as above. If any one knows of a well made small one with an A5 see-through top then I would like to know. You could read quickly with only a brief stop with the clutch in!
Road book holders take many forms and price ranges. Some of our more experienced (Okay, I mean old!) club members have made their own from household items. Imagine a Tupperware box with two plastic water pipes pushed through and some elastic bands to tension things! You can also buy perfect working examples as used by Paris Dakar riders. Try Touratech. Just in case you have never seen such a thing, it is basically two rollers that roll a toilet roll style list of instructions from one end to the other.


Every girl should own at least one set of pearls – I wear pearl earrings every day in preference to my diamond studs. I have short pearl necklaces, long pearl strings, pearl strings in various colours and sizes so that I can combine them, to dress up a simple shift dress or add a touch of timeless glamour to an evening gown.
Majorcan pearls are known for being one of the best quality artificial pearls in the world. But it is extremely important that you take good care of them and learn how to storage them in the right way.
The first rule for wearing your pearls is to put your pearls on last and take them off first. Pearls are more vulnerable to the chemicals found in cosmetics, hair spray and perfume. This way you will keep them safer and cleaner.
After wearing, wipe your pearls with a soft, lint-free cloth as soon as you take them off. You have to be aware that body sweat is acid. Removing this from the pearls after each use helps preserve their luster. This is the most important care method, because the acid an erode the pearl layers so the luster will be reduced.
If your pearls are dirty, (once the cloth is no longer enough to remove the build-up) you can clean them with a mild soap and water solution. Remember that harsh cleaners can destroy the pearl and a hard brush can also cause scratches.
When it comes to storing your pearls, the best way to avoid any kind of damage or scratching is by keeping them away from the other jewellery and fasten any clasps or pins, your pearls can be scratched easily when metal or gemstones rub against them. To avoid stretching out the string, storage pearl strands flat.
If you are as attached to your pearls as I am, consider storing your pearls in a silk bag, velvet-lined box, or satin-lined pearl folder. Taking this extra precaution will ensure that nothing else damage your pearls.
Diamonds are a girl's best friends, but pearls are forever!


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Wildlife of POS527
Posted on September 13, 2018 by stemmccs
The Poseidon is heading back towards Kiel and we're busy cleaning, writing, and processing data. And, of course, sharing photos. Besides our scientific work, we've been enjoying the local wildlife – here are few of the highlights!
Occasionally a larger animal gets caught up in our sediment samples. We found a sea star (Astropecten irregularis), mud shrimp (Callianassa), some hagfish, and a sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeate).
Sea star (left) and mud shrimp (right)
Hagfish (left) and sea mouse (right)
Lots of dolphins live in the area; they seem to enjoy swimming under the boat and surfacing just beside us as we work.
By Allison Schaap, NOC
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Posted on August 31, 2018 by stemmccs
We are now sailing back over a friendly North Sea, as smooth as glass under a warm summer sun. Anna had her early morning coffee under a pink sunrise, with dolphins hopping around the ship.
The cruise work is mostly done. Deckhands are cleaning the ship from the last traces of North Sea mud. The scientists are now busy storing last samples, cleaning equipment, transferring data to hard-discs, packing and inventing cruise reports.
A beautiful creature from the bottom of the North Sea, found in a box-core
We aimed to determine the natural activity of the sea bottom. The seafloor here is flat and compacted mud with lots of pockmarks. These are 3-4 m deep valleys of about 100 m wide, formed by explosive methane release. It is possible that these pockmarks are more active ecosystems as they collect detritus and maybe are fuelled by ongoing methane release. We are curious if these pockmarks have a different faunal community, if they take up more oxygen and release more CO2, and if they expel compounds to the water column. Fauna is studied from box cores. Oxygen uptake rates are measured in situ by the so-called eddy covariance method. Sediment activity is measured by oxygen uptake using microsensors and sulphate reduction rates by radiotracer incubations. Possible effects on the water column chemistry are detected by CTD, a device for sampling and analysing the water column. First analyses indicate that the pockmarks are equally as active in oxygen uptake as the normal flat sediments. But sulfidic sediments and an area where drilling has occurred have a twice as active aerobic microbiology. Measurements on sulphate reduction will start next week in the home laboratory.
It was a good cruise. Yesterday the last box-core was taken (number 76!) and the last of the 8 gravity cores. Dirk Koopmans deployed the eddy covariance system 5 times. Satisfyingly, the instrument collected many hours of unique data on the biological activity of the seafloor, and how this depends on current and position. The data will keep him busy in the coming weeks.
Last recovery of the eddy co-variance lander
The lab-on-chips sensors from Allison and Martin worked like a charm, highly reliably. A battery of 4 is still working, continuously analysing seawater on transect from Goldeneye to Kiel. They will be the last ones to be packed, in the harbour.
Lab on chip sensors from Allison Schaap are measuring continuously the seawater composition
So, a fond farewell from the Poseidon as we make our way back to Kiel.
Dirk de Beer
Sampling gases from seawater
Poseidon cruise 527 is our second visit to Goldeneye to establish the environmental baseline conditions of the area. Contrary to last year's visit, the weather this time has been on our side and we have managed to collect almost 3 times more samples as last year.
We used a standard 12 Niskin bottles CTD rosette to collect samples for dissolved gases (oxygen and CO2), nutrients and organic matter in the water column at 12 different depths. The CTD frame is deployed by a winch to the bottom of the water column (as close to the seafloor as possible (around 1 m above) and during the up-cast the bottles are closed at chosen depths.
With the CTD rosette we were also able to obtain full-depth profiles of water column parameters like salinity, temperature, oxygen and fluorescence (chlorophyll). Together the samples and CTD sensor measurements define some of the key parameters for the assessment of the major biogeochemical processes within the water column near Goldeneye.
CTD rosette ready for action
On the CTD casts we also deployed pH and pCO2 optode sensors, and on some of the CTD casts we deployed phosphate and pH lab on chip sensors. These deployments were successful and allowed us to gain insights into the sensor operations. The sensor data will be compared to the discretely sampled nutrient and carbonate chemistry data (following sample analysis back in the laboratory at GEOMAR).
Water samples for gases, nutrients and organic matter
In shelf seas such as the North Sea these parameters are strongly affected by natural daily/seasonal environmental variations, but also by anthropogenic disturbances. In the framework of the STEMM-CCS project, it is crucial to detect and discriminate variations caused by potential leakages at CCS sites from variations in natural background signals. Our goal is to determine an effective environmental baseline in order to provide the data needed to define measurement strategies for a controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment, which is planned for May 2019.
The collection of samples could not have been possible without the great support from our Captain and crew on board of the Poseidon 527. After 16 days of a pleasant weather conditions we are now leaving Goldeneye area and sailing back to Kiel on a beautiful calm sea.
Greetings from all aboard the Poseidon!
Mario Esposito and Dominik Jasinski
Measuring pH changes in seawater
We are on day 11 of our research cruise to the North Sea to investigate water column chemistry, and biogeochemistry and ecology of the seafloor at a site where we will experimentally release carbon dioxide below the seafloor next year. That sounds like an odd scientific objective, experimentally releasing carbon dioxide, but the justification is a good one. Former oil and natural gas bearing formations hundreds or thousands of meters below the seafloor are among the sources of carbon that now accumulates in our atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced with improved technology, improved efficiency, and increasing uses of renewable energy, but additional progress could also be made by taking an active role in capturing carbon dioxide at point sources, such as industrial power plants, and sequestering it in geologic formations that are the least likely to leak. Candidate formations include former oil and natural gas bearing reservoirs deep beneath the seafloor. If natural gas could be held naturally there for millions of years, it is likely a good location for sequestering carbon dioxide. An additional advantage of these formations is that the infrastructure that was developed to extract oil and natural gas from them could be used to inject carbon dioxide back into them.
The benthic lander developed by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI) on the back deck of the GEOMAR Research Vessel Poseidon
Our objectives in releasing carbon dioxide from the seafloor next year is to investigate the potential damage to local ecosystems that could be caused by a leak, and to develop technology to quantify carbon dioxide emission from the seafloor should a leak occur. To accomplish this, engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have adapted ion sensitive field effect transistors to be used for rapidly detecting pH fluctuations in seawater. We are using these sensors in a novel application. Marine sediments naturally take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide as they respire organic matter, like we do. As carbon dioxide is produced in seawater, pH is reduced. We can use the change in pH to calculate the carbon dioxide production.
pH, dissolved oxygen, and water velocity (all lower left) are measured at 16 Hz to capture their turbulent fluctuations in water
To do this, we have adapted a technique from atmospheric research based on turbulence. The pH sensors are positioned 25 cm above the seafloor and measure at 16 Hz as turbulence transports eddies of low pH water upwards from the sediment surface. Eddies are monitored at the tip of the sensor with an acoustic velocity instrument. Combined, pH and vertical velocity can be used to calculate the vertical transport of hydrogen ions. In measuring from second-to-second, minute-to-minute, and hour-to-hour, we can use this technology to examine changes in the metabolism of benthic ecosystems over time. Improvements in this technology would allow us to watch changes in the metabolism of marine ecosystems from season-to-season, and year-to-year, helping us to do a better job of protecting them.
Deployment of the MPI benthic lander.
An array of fast sensors for turbulence measurements by the MPI lander at the seafloor (120 m depth).
Greetings from all on the ship
Dirk Koopmans
Sampling seafloor sediment
Box corer coming onto deck (Photo: A. Schaap)
Macrofauna sampling and particle size analysis (PSA) are being used to create a baseline study of the macrofauna found around the Goldeneye site. We want to document the community structure and will do the sampling again following next year's CO2 release experiment in 2019, in order to understand how the introduction of CO2 may affect it. Over 200 sites around the Goldeneye platform have been earmarked for sampling, 60 of which are of top priority. The sites have been carefully selected to represent different variables and factors including sites inside pockmarks, outside pockmarks, sandy mud sediment, muddy sand sediment, and whether or not a well head is nearby. Our approach will allow for comprehensive macro fauna sampling data of the area.
The sampling process of a site begins with collecting 0-2 cm, 2-5 cm, and 5-10 cm depth samples of the surface sediment using a syringe corer for PSA. 30 cm round sub-cores, with a depth of 30 cm, are then taken from 50×50 cm sediment box cores. These sub-cores are then portioned out into buckets, topped up with seawater, elutriated by hand to suspend the macrofauna within the buckets into the water, and poured over a large 1 mm pore size sieve inside a larger tub. Each bucket requires 3-5 elutriations to ensure that all the macrofauna, including heavy bivalves, in the portion of sub-sample in each bucket are suspended and poured into the sieve. The macrofauna that are retained by the 1 mm sieve once all elutriations have been completed, become the corresponding samples for the site where the box cores have been taken.
Sampling with syringe (Photo: A. Schaap)
Hi-tech bucket technology used in preparing the samples (Photo: A. Schaap)
The final sample, ready for analysis back in the lab at PML. (Photo: A. Schaap)
These samples will be analysed at a later date at Plymouth Marine Laboratory to provide important species abundance, biomass and diversity data that will help us understand the benthic ecology and macro fauna community found at each of the sampling sites. This baseline study will also allow us to make a direct comparison as to how the benthic macro fauna communities found at these sites have been affected when sampled again after the controlled CO2 release experiment in spring 2019.
Greetings from all on the ship!
Thomas Mesher
A swarm of sensors!
One of the goals of this expedition is to test some new sensor technology from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton. We've brought along thirteen autonomous chemical sensors – the largest deployment we've done to date! – and are putting them on a variety of platforms.
The sensors work by taking a chemical analysis usually done in a chemistry lab and performing them autonomously with a device called a "lab on a chip", which has small channels, pumps, valves, mixers, and optical readouts to measure the result of a chemical reaction.
On this expedition we have sensors for measuring nitrate + nitrite, phosphate, and pH which have been developed and deployed before in the context of other projects. We've also brought along some new technology: sensors for measuring total alkalinity (TA) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). This is the first time these two have been deployed outside of the NOC. While on Poseidon we're trying to prove that they work in a realistic environment both on the ship and in the water and to collect some initial data. To that end, we're running them in the lab with surface water samples while the ship moves around. We've also put the TA sensor on its first deep cast down to about 120 m here and measured along the water column. Later in the cruise we'll also put both on the lander brought by our colleagues from the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology to do a longer-term test on the sea floor.
Two of the sensors mounted on the MPI lander
Left: the TA sensor mounted on the CTD device for measuring along the water column (on the left side). Right: the CTD device just under the surface during a deployment
Greetings from all on board!
Allison Schaap and the POS527 team
Expedition POS527 gets underway
The Poseidon 527 cruise to the Goldeneye region in the North Sea forms an important component of the STEMM-CCS project.
Mobilisation and departure
Cruise POS 527 mobilised in Kiel on August 14, 2018. The participants travelled from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK), National Oceanography Centre Southampton (UK), MPI Marine Microbiology (Bremen Germany), Develogic GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany). We have a total of 11 participants and all were looking forward to a couple of weeks at sea on the RV Poseidon.
We sailed in the morning of August 15 with very calm weather in the Baltic Sea. We passed Danish islands and sailed under high bridges whilst the sun was setting and the moon rising. In the Skagerrak and the North Sea the wind and waves were a little more demanding for some of the cruise participants. Not all were able to eat their dinners and had to retreat to their bunks. Getting sea legs always takes a couple of days.
Arrival and start of work
We arrived at the Goldeneye site at 0730 h on August 18 and commenced with locating the NOC Develogic lander. The wind was ca. 6 Bf, with significant wave action, which made it challenging to operate.
The poor weather conditions only allowed us to undertake a CTD cast (station 1) and no Box corer work or lander deployment could be undertaken. We had to wait for better weather.
In the period between dinner and breakfast the next day, we undertook multi-beam surveys to improve our bathymetry maps. Our multi-beam operator (Catherine Wardell) has been doing an excellent job at enhancing the quality and coverage of the multibeam data around Goldeneye.
Good weather arrives
August 19 and 20 are providing us with excellent weather and calm seas. We are making great progress and have sofar conducted 4 CTD casts, deployed the MPI lander that measures sediment-water fluxes of oxygen and inorganic carbon. In addition, the benthic biologists (Saskia Ruhl and Thomas Mesher) have been handling a dozen box cores sofar. The speed of their operations is impressive. The crew of the Poseidon has been facilitating all this with excellent support.
Above, left: Work on the MPI lander for benthic flux measurements. Above right: deployment of MPI lander. Photos by Allison Schaap.
Above left: The sensors suite on MPI lander, ready to make benthic flux measurements. Above right: deployment of box corer for collection of sediment samples and benthic ecology samples. Photos by Allison Schaap.
Next on the list of things to do is the retrieval of the MPI lander. In our next blog we will report on this!
Eric Achterberg, Chief Scientist
Farewell Goldeneye
The final dive
Back in the swing of things
Packing up our toys
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The workbook and powerpoint were developed to be used by practitioners who are attending the Strategic Conversations training.


Front view of the buffet before I moved all of my stuff out from behind the table!
Angled view of the buffet!
Carrot cake – "the" cake!
Butter rum cake with a clear rum glaze!
I love baking! It's the greatest way to relax myself and make others happy at the same time!
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Illegal border crossings fell dramatically in April, as U.S. expels thousands using Trump's coronavirus emergency authority
By Nick Miroff
May 7, 2020 at 5:26 p.m. EDT
People stand in line to enter the United States at a border crossing in Matamoros, Mexico, on Wednesday. (Go Nakamura/Bloomberg News)
Unauthorized crossings along the U.S. southern border dropped by 50 percent in April, according to federal enforcement statistics released Thursday, as the Trump administration continued to use its emergency public health authority to bypass normal immigration proceedings and summarily expel migrants.
Border authorities detained 16,789 migrants last month, the latest data show, down from 34,064 in March, the month when U.S. Customs and Border Protection began carrying out "expulsions" under a 1940s-era provision of U.S. law, Title 42.
CBP made 14,416 expulsions in April along the U.S. southern border, with U.S. agents quickly detaining, processing and returning migrants to Mexico in a matter of hours. As a result, the agency has been able to minimize the number of detainees held in U.S. border stations. Such detentions have dropped from more than 3,000 per day to about 100, CBP officials said.
U.S. is deporting infected migrants back to vulnerable countries
President Trump has repeatedly sought to deflect criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic by highlighting his administration's unprecedented immigration and border restrictions, including policies announced last month that tightened green card eligibility.
Mark Morgan, the acting CBP commissioner, insisted once more during a call with reporters that the expulsions at the border should be regarded as public health measures, not a form of immigration policy.
"What has not be realized, in the public forum, is the public health risk associated with illegal immigration," Morgan said, citing the cramped quarters and poor sanitary conditions to which many migrants are exposed while en route to the U.S. border. "The president's proactive and aggressive containment and mitigation network of common-sense policies and initiatives with respect to covid-19 has been both historic and effective to slow the spread of the disease."
Trump to suspend immigration to U.S. for 60 days, citing coronavirus crisis and jobs shortage
Morgan said the emergency measures likely will remain in place even as the White House encourages states and businesses to reopen, arguing that the virus is still spreading in Mexico and Central America.
"The threat we face from outside our borders, from this global infectious disease, highlights the need now more than ever before for border security," he said.
Though Trump administration officials have tried to emphasize the external threat of the virus, the United States continues to have the worst outbreak in the world, with more than 1.2 million confirmed cases and more than 75,000 deaths. The U.S. cases are approximately 33 percent of the worldwide total, and the deaths are 28 percent of all virus-related fatalities across the globe. The United Kingdom has the second-highest death total, with just fewer than 31,000 deaths, and Italy is third, with just fewer than 30,000.
Among the countries that are the largest source of migrants to the U.S. southern border, Mexico has reported 27,634 cases and 2,704 deaths; Honduras has reported 1,461 cases and 99 deaths; Guatemala has reported 798 cases and 21 deaths; and El Salvador has reported 695 cases and 15 deaths.
Trump order to paint border wall black could drive up cost $500 million or more
Mexican authorities have agreed to accept expelled foreign nationals from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, as well as their own citizens, and the four countries account for approximately 95 percent of all illegal crossings, according to CBP figures cited by Morgan.
Single male adults from Mexico accounted for 68 percent of border detentions, Morgan said. About 25 percent of those expelled under the emergency measures are rearrested.
CBP encountered its first border crosser with the coronavirus on April 23, an Indian national detained in California's El Centro sector, according to Morgan. The individual was handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, he said. Border agents were able to minimize exposure to staff and other migrants because they have so much spare capacity in the holding cells of border stations as a result of the expulsion measures, Morgan said.
"Fewer CBP employees are unnecessarily exposed to this deadly virus," he said. "Fewer American citizens. Fewer U.S. health-care workers, and fewer migrants themselves."
The CBP enforcement statistics for April were the second-lowest monthly tally since Trump took office, amounting to an 85 percent reduction from April 2019, when border authorities detained 109,415 amid a record-breaking influx of Central American families and children seeking asylum.
The Trump administration embarked on a broad crackdown along the border last summer that had already curbed access to the U.S. immigration system for asylum seekers, but the emergency health orders have gone a step further. The suspension of anti-trafficking laws has also allowed CBP to expel underage migrants, who are turned over to authorities in Mexico and Central America.
Morgan also said his agency is accelerating construction of the president's border wall, with 179 linear miles now complete and crews on track to finish 450 miles by the end of 2020.


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Home›EdTech News›Kids code their own 3D creations with new blocks-based design program
Kids code their own 3D creations with new blocks-based design program
This article was written by Chris Berdik
Adam Green, an instructor at Einstein's Workshop, shows 3D printers to students learning BlocksCAD, a free 3D-design software developed at the Workshop. Photo: Chris Berdik
On a recent Saturday at Einstein's Workshop, a maker space outside Boston, boisterous kids were busy with Legos, mini motors and gears, magnetic tiles, pipe cleaners, posterboard, markers and tape. In a side room, about a dozen elementary and middle school students were learning computer-aided design (CAD) for 3D printers. Their instructors shut the door, but couldn't completely keep out the creative chaos. Nor did they want to.
Like all educators mixing high-tech with hands-on, they faced a familiar challenge—the freewheeling, playful problem-solving that comes naturally to kids using blocks or craft supplies isn't easily replicated with a computer. A few years ago, when the folks at Einstein's Workshop bought their first 3D printer, the available CAD software seemed either too technical for young kids or too simplistic, with limited flexibility for faster learners or more advanced students.
"Being a community of DIY hackers, we decided to make our own software," said Solomon Menashi, BlocksCAD project manager. They wanted something as intuitive as Legos, but with the power and precision of real computer modeling. The result was BlocksCAD, a free Web-based program released in June 2015 that has spread to about 1,000 active users in schools, maker spaces and fab labs worldwide.
With BlocksCAD, you create, combine and manipulate 3D shapes by stacking "block" commands rather than by typing in precise coding syntax. For example, you can drag a block command for a sphere from the shapes menu into the workspace, where you can adjust its radius. Snap on a "translate" block to move the sphere along the X, Y and Z axis, or add on a "rotate" block to spin it. Use a color block to change its hue. Hit the "Render" button, and the sphere appears within a maneuverable XYZ grid. Finished designs can be sent to a 3D printer that will fabricate them layer by layer.
BlocksCAD benefits from students' growing familiarity with block-based computer programming languages, starting with Scratch, developed about a decade ago at MIT. Millions of kids as young as kindergarten-age have used Scratch to learn the basics of coding and computational thinking, thanks to initiatives such as the Hour of Code. Another Scratch sibling popular with educators, called App Inventor, is used for programming mobile apps.
"When my students first opened up BlocksCAD, they said, oh, this is just like Hour of Code," said Courtney Bedzyk, one of three middle-school science teachers in Hudson, Ohio, whose students used BlocksCAD this spring to design amusement park rides for a unit on electricity, magnetism, gravity and force diagrams. For Bedzyk, combining the exposure to 3D printing with computer programming is an educational twofer.
"It's so relevant as far as where our society is going. And it makes them work their brains in new ways," she said. "With some of my lowest performing students, this was the first time I've seen that spark of engagement and motivation in their eyes all year."
According to Jennie Yoder, an instructor and the lead software developer at Einstein's Workshop, the goal was to have one CAD program that could grow with the skills of each student, typically starting around third grade, when kids have a grasp of basic math and measuring in three dimensions.
"They can start very simple, by just combining shapes, and then they can start making more complicated, mathematical designs," Yoder said, noting the more advanced command blocks for equations and "if this, then that" conditional logic.
Even among the CAD novices at Einstein's Workshop, there was plenty of variation. The instructor, Adam Green, led a tutorial in which students built a caterpillar with spheres side by side along the X axis. Some of the kids dutifully followed Green's instructions, while others jumped ahead.
"Can we change the Z in one to make it go up and down?" asked nine-year old Mark Parr.
Adam Green points out the positive and negative quadrants along each axis while leading a 3D design tutorial in which students design their own chairs. Photo: Chris Berdik
"We will in a second," answered Green, who then hooked together three long, colored sticks to give a quick a lesson in X, Y, Z coordinates, including the negative numbers along each axis.
A bit later, 11-year old Caitlin Lian, asked, "Can we 3D-print a Rubik's Cube?" as she fiddled with a Rubik's Cube while waiting for her classmates to catch up in the caterpillar tutorial.
"Actually, we get that question a lot," Green said. "You could print the parts, but not a complete, working Rubik's Cube."
For an ongoing study of how 3D printing could be better used in schools, staff at the nonprofit Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) test- drove BlocksCAD and several other 3D-design tools.
"I was really taken with BlocksCAD. It was just fun," said Lisa Miller, the TERC researcher co-leading the study. "I'd come into work and start designing little structures. Then, I'd look up and say, my God, four hours have passed!"
The BlocksCAD software includes several sample projects, complete with all the coding behind them, and there's a brief, how-to slideshow on the BlocksCAD website.
"With some of my lowest performing students, this was the first time I've seen that spark of engagement and motivation in their eyes all year."
Courtney Bedzyk, a middle-school science teacher in Hudson, Ohio
Einstein's Workshop also offers educators a four-hour training, which the teachers in Hudson, Ohio, completed in February 2016, even though their school did not yet have a 3D printer. After designing their amusement-park rides, the Hudson students sent their files to INVENTORCloud, a program run by the nonprofit Advanced Methods in Innovation, which offers schools remote access to a suite of 3D printers and other digitally-controlled fabrication equipment.
"Teachers tend to be linear thinkers, as in, 'I'm going to give you steps for how to do something.' But when you're working with CAD you don't think that way," said Hudson's curriculum coordinator, Christina Wooley who oversaw the training. "The kids figured that out perhaps faster than we did."
In contrast to the speed with which kids create in BlocksCAD, the 3D printing process is glacial. At Einstein's Workshop, they like to keep designs to a scale that can be printed in 45 minutes, which Green explained as "about the size of a cupcake."
Still, the physical product is important, said Josh Gold, a middle-school math teacher on Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, whose students used algebra in their BlocksCAD designs for a model space station. It's a great motivator, said Gold, "and if the student has made something tangible, and they bring it home to show it off, then maybe there'll be a conversation about math around the dinner table."
Up next for the BlocksCAD developers is creating CAD-infused lesson plans linked to specific topics and standards in math, computer science, physics and other academic subjects. "We want to make this useful and relevant for classroom teachers," said Menashi. "That's a front-burner item for us right now."
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.
Chris Berdik is a science journalist who has written about a wide variety of topics, including the intersection of science with ethical issues and the peculiarities of the human brain.
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FGIA Restructures Staff with Promotions and Added Positions
July 22nd, 2021 by Editor
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) announced a restructuring of several staff positions to accommodate a growing organization focused on multiple facets of the industry, according to a press release. This restructuring includes the promotion of Kathy Krafka Harkema from U.S. codes and regulatory affairs manager to the newly created position of U.S. technical operations director as of August 1. Krafka Harkema will retain her work in the regulatory monitoring and reporting realm but cede some codes work to International Code Council (ICC) and Florida code consultant Jen Hatfield.
"Kathy has been a wonderful addition to FGIA's staff since joining the Technical Department," said Janice Yglesias, FGIA's executive director. "I look forward to seeing her apply her unique skillset and experience to this new role with an increased focus on operational management, including financials, project management and employee development. I am confident she will excel in these areas and more."
Krafka Harkema began her tenure at the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) in January 2019, after serving in several leadership roles as a member of the association.
"By developing the strengths of the technical team to guide and provide proactive industry leadership, we'll build on FGIA's strong reputation for innovation, engagement and excellence. We're focused on providing even greater value and service to our members through excellence in technical leadership in certification programs, building codes, standards, regulations, technical communications and training, plus effective advocacy for the industry," said Krafka Harkema.
Rich Rinka, FGIA's technical manager, fenestration standards and U.S. industry affairs, will focus on technical document development and industry organization collaboration, allowing for the dedication of more resources to these critical aspects of the organization's work.
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Joe Peilert July 22nd, 2021 10:56 am :
Congrats Kathy – well deserved!


The town of Addison is west of Middlebury. Chartered in 1761, it is still very much a town that is driven by agriculture. The topography is rolling and the sky is big. Addison's western border is Lake Champlain, so some of the properties there will benefit from lake frontage and/or Adirondack Mountain views. Near the center of town is Dead Creek Waterfowl Area. This is a beautiful spot to canoe, fish, hunt or simply bird watch. There is also the Dead Creek Water Fowl Preserve. This region is a "fly zone" for the Canada Goose and the Snow Goose during migration. Sometimes, as you drive along the western end of Route 17 (between Route 22A and the Champlain Bridge) the fields are "white" with Snow Geese. On the eastern side of Addison is Snake Mountain. Snake Mountain offers great hiking, mountain biking and trail running. The view from the top of Snake Mountain, across the Champlain Valley to Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains beyond is well worth the effort to get up there!
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The Dublin headquarters of accountancy giant PwC. Photo: Bryan Meade
Security, discovery, indemnity: How – and why – PwC settled its case with Quinn Insurance
Why did PwC decide to settle a case that it had defended for so long? And why did the administrators agree to a deal that saw them accept a fraction of what they claimed was due? Plus, who is on the hook for the bill?
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On Tuesday, the leadership of PwC discussed the firm's long running legal battle with Quinn Insurance Limited (QIL). A decade after the administrators of the collapsed insurance firm initiated a €800 million High Court action PwC, the firm was poised to to sanction a settlement that would finally end one of the biggest corporate legal cases in Irish history. PwC was the auditor of Quinn Insurance, which collapsed in 2010 with a €1.1 billion black hole in its finances. The administrators, accountants Michael McAteer and Paul McCann, subsequently lodged a negligence claim against the firm over its alleged failure to…


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Drunk in the Moment: We Can't Drink Reality Away
It's a typical scenario: You had an awful day at work, so you hit the town with a group of friends, intent on drinking and dancing the night away. As you're downing a sixth shot of tequila in what will undoubtedly be an eight-shot series, you turn to your friends and say, "I love you guys! Seriously, this is the best night ever! I literally mean it…best night ever."
Then morning rolls around. Suddenly, you hate life…and the sledgehammer that seems to be trapped somewhere just below the surface of your skull.
Where Did All the Good Times Go?
In the drunken moment, everything seems so perfect and so fun; everyone around you seems to be having a blast. The next day, however, you're right back where you started from – only now you have a migraine and the smell of food makes you want to vomit.
In moments of stress, sadness, anger or similar negative emotions, the allure of drinking seems to offer one thing: A temporary escape from reality. We're an "instant gratification" society; we want to feel better and we want it now. The problem is that, no matter how much we drink, all those problems are still there when we sober up.
The solution to a nasty and hateful boss isn't at the bottom of a whiskey bottle and the key to fixing a tumultuous marriage isn't found by gulping down 14 Jell-o shots.
Proof of this drunken moment phenomenon is seen in a new study that suggests people are momentarily happier when drinking alcohol, but in the long-term, drinking never equates to increased satisfaction with life. In fact, the research – led by social policy expert Dr. Ben Baumberg Geiger at the University of Kent – found that people with drinking problems are actually less satisfied with their lives.
Happiness and Drinking
Geiger's study set out to compare how happiness and drinking change alongside each other over a period of time. Using an iPhone-based app and a traditional cohort study, here's what they found:
iPhone App: With more than two million responses, users told researchers what they were doing, with whom and how happy they were. On a scale of zero to 100, people were four points happier when drinking, although very little of this happiness trickled down into time when they weren't drinking.
Traditional Study: Participants between the ages of 30 and 42 were asked to compare how they felt when they were drinking versus how they felt when they weren't drinking. Using those comparisons, the participants were asked to evaluate feelings of overall life satisfaction. In the end, researchers found that reduced feelings of well-being went hand-in-hand with problematic drinking.
These moments often hide a much bigger issue, and the problems don't simply go away. Many of us need help introducing healthier social activities into our routines, but help does exist and it's within our reach. Our admissions navigators are available to provide you with options to better cope with alcohol addiction. Call today, 1-888-744-0069
Despite all the technological advances we've made, there's no definitive way to measure happiness or satisfaction in a laboratory. And though we can't put emotions in a petri dish or marvel at them under a microscope, one thing seems pretty clear: Booze might give us an illusion of contentment in the moment, but those intoxicating feelings of instant gratification always fade and they pale in comparison to the real thing.
Additional Reading: When Does a Moderate Drinker Turn into an Alcoholic?
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"The first telegraph message was received in Baltimore by Alfred Vail in 1844. It was 22 characters long. Take that Twitter!"
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"Yellowstone in winter is mighty cold, but the scenery is just So Right. Drop by The Shack in Jackson, Wyoming to grab a new camera to capture the magic."
"Snap some pictures of the row of Cadillacs buried nose-down in a field off of I-40 just outside of Amarillo, TX."
"Take your kids to see the toys of your youth at the Toy Robot Museum. The collection on display is just So Right, and it includes a RadioShack Armatron!"


The system is designed for a charge volume of 1 – 2 L. The bitumen is being heated up to 300 °C in a stainless steel (1.4571) vessel and treated isothermally with compressed air. The compressed air is being injected by a nozzle tube with a pre-defined flow rate while the bitumen is intensively stirred in the vessel by a mechanical high performance stirrer.
The operation is being performed under atmospheric pressure and the exhaust air is passing through an expansion tank with discharge valve to collect entrainment products. The O2-saturation of the exhaust air is permanently controlled and displayed.
Sample collection can be done very user friendly via the control system by a tempered discharge pump to realize a very exact dosage with minimal dead volume. The complete oxidation vessel is mounted on a lifting platform with a sliding tray which can be removed to the front for easy and safe handling. This improves the accessibility of all relevant parts for service as well as to charge the product sample and cleaning agent.
Nitrogen can be charged at the end of the treatment process to stop the oxidation process.
No additional tools are required to operate the system.


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Excelsior Band Hall
Phone 0407 172 025 Street Address Richmond StreetMaryborough, Queensland 4650 Postal Address Maryborough Fraser Island Visitor Information CentrePO Box 1943Hervey Bay, Queensland 4655
Maryborough's modern Excelsior Band Hall replaces the earlier hall destroyed by fire in 1987. It was designed in Victorian Style to compliment the precinct. The design choice also commemorates the length of time to which bands have added to the spirit and vitality of public occasions. Directly in front of the Band Hall is the George Ambrose White Car park, which was the site of the city's first in-ground public baths opened in 1906.
On the last Sunday morning of every month, enjoy live brass band performances alongside the building in the Rotunda in Queens Park.
Richmond StreetMaryborough, Queensland 4650