Remember getting your first real 6 strings? Well, your little toddler can too! Well kind of... This rocking electric guitar is going to rock your kid's world. The electric guitar is designed to have the shape of a real guitar and also is very colorful for kids to enjoy. Rock out with 20 interactive buttons that kids can press, so they can hear different tunes. Jam with all the music notes and tune to create your own music and maybe your kid will start their own rock band!
Built with hand motion detection near the center - Music will start playing when it detects the hand.
This will bring hours of musical fun for kids and a great method to introduce them to music for them too.


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Das TAR-21 ist eine moderne israelische Infanteriewaffe im Kaliber 5,56 × 45 mm NATO. Der Name TAR-21 steht für Tavor Assault Rifle – 21st Century.

Bisher wurde das TAR-21 nur in geringer Stückzahl gefertigt und vorwiegend an Spezial- und Eliteeinheiten ausgegeben; das liegt daran, dass die Waffen der Tavor-Familie relativ teuer zu produzieren sind, insbesondere im Vergleich zu den gebrauchten M16-Gewehren (und Varianten) aus US-Besitz, mit denen Israel regelmäßig beliefert wurde.

Technik
Das TAR-21 ist ein modernes Sturmgewehr im Bullpup-Design mit Polymer-Gehäuse. Bei der Konstruktion der Waffe wurde vor allem auf eine gute Handhabbarkeit im Häuserkampf geachtet. Da die Waffe auf beiden Seiten ein Auswurffenster besitzt, kann sie sowohl von Rechts- als auch von Linkshändern problemlos bedient werden. Eine Besonderheit ist das Gassystem, welches die Vorteile eines direkten Gasdruckladers (geringes Gewicht) mit denen eines indirekten Systems (Zuverlässigkeit) kombiniert. Das Gas wird durch eine Gasentnahmebohrung im vorderen Teil des Laufes in ein Gasrohr geleitet und Richtung Verschlussträger transportiert. Auf Höhe des Handgriffes (wo die Lüftungsschlitze im Gehäuse sind) trifft das Gas auf den Kolben, welcher fest mit dem Verschlussträger verbunden ist. Durch diese Konstruktion werden die heißen schmutzigen Pulvergase vom Mechanismus ferngehalten.

Das Rotpunktvisier "MARS" mit integriertem Laserpointer befindet sich auf einer Picatinny-Schiene und kann gegen ein Zielfernrohr oder Nachtsichtgerät ausgetauscht werden. Das israelische Militär verwendet anstelle des MARS aktuell das Reflexvisier "MEPRO 21". Die TAR-21-Basisversion kann mit einem M203-40-mm-Unterlaufgranatwerfer oder Zweibein ausgerüstet werden. Zu Trainingszwecken ist die Verwendung des Miles-Adapters möglich.

Modellvarianten

Das Micro TAVOR (MTAR, auch X95) ist eine Weiterentwicklung des TAR-21 und zeichnet sich durch die Möglichkeit der Verwendung verschiedener Kaliber durch Austausch von wenigen Teilen aus. Alle Varianten sind auch als Flattop verfügbar (siehe oben).

Die Produktlinie Tavor SAR für den zivilen Markt verfügt über keinen vollautomatischen Feuermodus.

Lizenzen
  – Die ukrainische KNWO Fort hat eine Lizenz erworben und bietet die Tavor im Kaliber 5,45 × 39 mm an. Es war geplant, die Waffe an Spezialeinheiten zu liefern.

Verwendung
  – hat gemäß Presseberichten einige TAR-21 gekauft
  – Die Front Brigade der brasilianischen Armee erhielt TAR-21, hergestellt von Taurus
  – Indische Spezialeinheiten (Fallschirmjäger und Marine Commandos)
  – Seit 2010 Ordonnanzwaffe, nachdem es schon bei Spezialeinheiten im Einsatz ist
  – Georgien erhielt im Jahr 2006 Waffen, die bei Spezialeinheiten eingesetzt werden
  – Die Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency hat 120 CTAR 21 gekauft
  – Soll neue Ordonnanzwaffe werden
  – Zypern präsentierte bei der Militärparade am 1. Oktober 2017 die Waffen, die bei Spezialeinheiten eingesetzt werden.

Weblinks

 Offizielle Produktwebsite zum TAVOR TAR
 Offizielle Produktwebsite zum TAVOR SAR

Einzelnachweise

TAR21
Militärische Ausrüstung (Israel)

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Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / About This Artist
Details and Stats
Artist Details and Stats:
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Label: Indie
Management: Martha Stracener Dantzic - Quick Silver Productions
Website: franksolivanii.com
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Total Fans
Widget Hits
Frank Solivan is a singer of power and passion, a writer whose articulate songs go straight to the heart, and a multi-instrumentalist who combines the pure, hard drive of classic bluegrass with twenty-first century sophistication.
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen play a wide variety of New Acoustic American Roots Music focusing on bluegrass and acoustic country, yet blues, folk, swing, and jazz also shine through as influences. Powerful vocal harmonies, expressive songwriting, smooth ballads, and instrumental prowess lend this versatile group of musicians to any type of venue. Each member is an inventive powerhouse.
"...it's flat-out awesome! "
Kyle Cantrell - SiriusXM Radio
"I received the new recording and all I can say is WOW! You guys have cut an awesome album. The material is fresh with great arrangements, the singing is first class, and the picking is SO strong and complimentary of each song. I'll run out of adjectives to describe how good it really is! Suffice it to say, GET IT!! You will be supremely satisfied."
Adam Steffey - Multi-Grammy winner and award winning mandolinist
"Wow... incredible music by a great combination of players. These guys have the whole package - they can sing, play and write extremely well! This is the best new bluegrass band..."
Rob Ickes - 11 Time Dobro Player of the Year
"This is ONE KILLER of a CD! Frank Solivan's vocals, mandolin work and original songs would be enough (here comes the "That's not all, folks"), add Lincoln Meyers' guitar work, Stefan Custodi's bass… and Mike Munford's banjo (two words here HOLY COW!), and you've got a real winner of a project! "
Joe Wills - WBZC Radio
"This project was smokin' hot from the first song until the last note of "Paul & Silas". Then my cd player couldn't take it anymore & disintegrated! That is one of the hazards of being a dj. Once in a great while, there will be a project that has a life of its own & overpowers your cd player & shows it who is boss. There is a certain sound that a cd has that generates a feeling & you know this is a winner. Whether it was the beautiful singing, awesome instrumental work, or superb original compositions, it all fit together like a favorite sweater. It was necessary to play this project repeatedly in order to get the full impact. Forty three minutes wasn't enough. I could see some of these songs becoming classics one day. As soon as I started playing this project my request lines went into overdrive. A sure fire winner!"
Al Shusterman - KCBL Radio
"Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen could easily be described as a group of super pickers. But that would only be half the story because the vocals easily match the instrumental work. The result is a powerful collection of hard-driving, contemporary acoustic music..."
Katy Daley - WAMU's Bluegrass Country
"Interesting, innovative, traditionally contemporary bluegrass! Great listening!"
Rhonda Vincent
"World-class instrumentals with intriguing melodies... blends a contemporary sensibility with traditional instrumental chops."
Bluegrass Breakdown
"Don't miss it. Solivan is a major talent. He is one of those guys, I've read and been told, who plays every instrument and plays them at an extremely advanced level. He also sings incredibly well..."
Bluegrass Unlimited
"Frank Solivan is staking claim to his own territory in this big world of bluegrass music."
"Frank's performance was one of the true eye openers for me that weekend. Great mandolin playing and singing."
Tim Stafford
"Frank demonstrates string fluency and interpretive twists that only the most consummate multi-instrumentalists can claim to have."
"Talented young man with considerable strength and charisma. I give him accolades for composing and presenting new material that captures the forceful feeling and passion of traditional bluegrass music."
"The Lord has gifted Frank Solivan with the kind of vocal clarity and power most singers pray for. Not to mention his instrumental virtuosity."
"It would be relatively simple to describe Frank using standard marketing jargon and cliché terms of praise, but his creativity and unparalleled artistry seem to begin where those descriptions leave off."
"...he writes great songs in the grand bluegrass traditions..."

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You are at:Home»PEOPLE»TOKAJ WINEMAKERS' WALK OF FAME UNVEILED
By editor on	 21 September 2019 PEOPLE
Four stars of the Tokaj winners to date of the Winemaker of Winemakers' Award make up the Tokaj Winemaker's Walk of Fame in front of the gate to the municipal theatre in Tokaj town. The formal inauguration of the Walk took place on 20th September, with speeches by the award's founder, the mayor of Tokaj, as well as by winemaker Zoltán Demeter whose Tokaj Foundation had initiated a 'Tokaj-specific version of the Winemaker's Walk of Fame, the full version of which is found in Budapest. Out of Hungary's twenty-two wine regions, Tokaj boasts the most awardees, namely, Zoltán Demeter (2007) István Szepsy (2009), Stéphanie Berecz (2014) and András Bacsó (2016). More stars are expected to be added in the years to come, as Tokaj continues to have strong candidates for the award.
The Winemaker of Winemakers Award was established in 2007 by marketing professional, media personality and winery owner Pál Rókusfalvy. The selection process is fairly straightforward; previous winners of the award select 50 candidates who then choose the winner from among themselves through two rounds of voting. Winning the award is the highest recognition of Hungary's winemaking profession. In 2017, ten stars were placed in Zrínyi Street in downtown Budapest to create a Walk of Fame for all awarded winemakers.
2018 WINERY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN TOKAJ


We're breaking in! It's time. We've waited long enough.
Yes, one of the interesting things about wine is the magic of time. When wine sits in a barrel or bottle, the flavors, aromas, and colors change. As an avid wine collector, sommelier Ric Rutherford knows wine. It's not uncommon for him to select a wine, not because it's right, but exactly because it isn't… yet. Time. Patience. Waiting. Hard for most of us to imagine; buying a product with nothing but the intention of putting it on a shelf in a temperature controlled room and waiting.
But why wait? Tannins and acid. Two things found in the skins and seeds of grapes that act as preservatives. Tannins are what create that somewhat bitter taste and make your mouth feel dry. Over time, tannins become less harsh which is why some wines do better with aging. Acid, too, has a tendency to fall off over time. Not every wine, however, will benefit from aging. Many wines today are made to be opened immediately. If you cellar it for years, it will turn brown and lose all of its fruit character.
How do you know when a wine needs to age and when it doesn't? The big word is provenance; knowing the history of that variety of grape, where it was grown, the age of the vines, the grapes it has historically produced, and comparing these to the conditions of that particular harvest. This comparison includes rain, temperature, sun exposure, soil changes and the specific time of the harvest.
Fortunately, you don't have to do all of this work to simply enjoy wine. Between the wine maker and us, we've already done the work for you. Wine and Beverage Manager, Elizabeth Franco, has been working diligently on our inventory and has determined that it's time. Over the next few days and weeks, we'll be breaking into the cellar and putting out what may be to some of you "new" wines. To us, they are old friends and it's time to share them with you.
Stop in the the package goods store or come for dinner to select what is right for you.
If you have questions about wine, or would like Ric to help you with your selections, email him at wine@riostation.com. He'll be glad to help!


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UCLA History: Events and Projects6
Asian American History2
Latina and Latino History2
Social Movements2
Women's Issues2
UCLA Librarians1
Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program6
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UCLA Research Centers and Programs
This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
Counselor for the UCLA High Potential Program and associate director for the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.
2. Interview of Ellen Davidson
UCLA History: Events and Projects
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.
3. Interview of Bobbette Glover
Member of the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission. During time at UCLA, was a student in the UCLA High Potential Program.
4. Interview of Teresa McKenna
These interviews document the rise of Chicano studies at UCLA and the founding of the Chicano Studies Research Center. Interviewees were involved in Chicano studies in the late 1960s and early '70s as students, faculty, or staff.
University of Southern California professor of English. Editor of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center's journal, Aztlan. As a student at UCLA, was involved in the Chicano student movement on campus and the drive for the establishment of the research center.
5. Interview of Herbert Wells
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Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.
6. Interview of Charles Kline
Science, Medicine, and Technology
The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center's Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
Co-Principal investigator for UCLA's Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a "wide-area packet-switched network."
7. Interview of Anita Coley
Punch card operator and lab administrator at UCLA's Network Measurement Center. Worked on U.S. Defense Department-sponsored ARPANET project, an experimental computer network that was the forerunner of the Internet.
8. Interview of Werner Hirsch
UCLA professor of economics. Founding director of UCLA's Institute of Government and Public Affairs.
9. Interview of Carlos Haro
Postdoctoral scholar in residence and assistant director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. As a student at UCLA, was involved in the Chicano student movement on campus and the drive for the establishment of the research center.
10. Interview of Morgan Chu
These interviews were undertaken with the intention of documenting the rise of Asian American studies at UCLA and the founding of the Asian American Studies Center. However, shortly after this series was begun, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center undertook its own oral history project to docum...
Los Angeles attorney. As a student at UCLA was involved in the drive for ethnic studies and the establishment of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.


National revival, national rebirth and reanimation of the national spirit are necessary in order to gain national freedom.
In 2015, within the framework of the campaign "Justice for Khojaly", the book "Justice for Khojaly" was printed in the English and Russian languages, following the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva, the vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Photos reflecting the tragedy and facts related to the bloody crime committed at the night of tragedy are provided in the book. In the book are also explained legal assessment of the acts committed in Khojaly, and international legal grounds for Armenia and its officials'responsibility. Moreover, international mass media that have covered the Khojaly genocide, countries recognizing this crime as a genocide, and works carried out in the framework of "Justice for Khojaly" campaign are given in the book.


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import me.magicall.game.sanguosha.core.card.CardTypes;
import me.magicall.game.sanguosha.core.card.Flower;
import me.magicall.game.sanguosha.core.skill.Skill;

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This study explores and disseminates the success factors of Usercentred Design (UCD) from which seafarers believe they can benefit as ship users.
The full text of IMO MSC-MEPC.7/Circ.3, plus Alert! Issue No. 34 page 8 article: Onboard work and habitability environments, with links to reference documents.
The main goals of designing for habitability are to provide a design that will enhance human performance, mental alertness, the quality of life for seafarers, and quite possibly crew recruiting and retention.


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Sea Lion Interacction
Dolphin Interaction
Opening Times & Presentations
Bus Stops Costa Teguise
Bus Stops Playa Blanca
Bus Stops Pto. Carmen
Where are we situated?
The Splash & Pool Terrace
Bibliography facts of Canarians in Texas
Our tribute to the canaries who founded San Antonio of Texas.
The Sun Dance
Totemic Animals
The photographer of the Indians
Excursions at the Park
Public educating about the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity
Services for schools and secondary schools on the island
Environmental education programs
Education program of biodiversity conservation
Birds of prey Education
Pony ride
Pool & Splash Zone
Breathtaking slides!
The Gold Mine
The Indian Lagoon
The Pathway of color
Parrots and Cockatoos
Cowboy lasso and whip
Dolphins – Environmental presentation
Domestic Birds
Exotic Birds
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), is a bird of prey found in North America. It is most recognizable as the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. The species was on the brink of extinction in the continental United States by the end of the 20th century, but now has a stable population and has been officially removed from the United States federal government's list of endangered species.
* Wingspan and body weight of the males: up to 2,5 m; 4 kg.
* Wingspan and body weight of the females: up to 3 m; 6 kg.
* Preferred prey: fish (many bald eagles live close to open water).
* Vision: stereoscopic, and eight times better than the vision of human beings.
* Nest: the eagle's nest is called aerie. It is used repeatedly over many years and can weigh up to 2 t.
* Talons: sharp claws. The toes are short and powerful with large talons, which help to snatch the fish out of the water.
* Maximum velocity: It reaches speeds of up to 75 km/h when gliding and flapping.
The plumage of the immature is brown. The distinctive white head and figure are developed a few years later, when it reaches sexual maturity. Bald Eagles are distinguishable from the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in that the former has a more protruding head with a larger bill and feathers which do not completely cover the legs. The smallest specimens are those from Florida, where an adult male may barely exceed 2,3 kg, and a wingspan of 1,8 m. The largest are Alaskan birds, where large females may exceed 7 kg and have a wingspan of over 2,5 m.
The Bald Eagles of the northern range of distribution belong to the subspecies washingtoniensis, while the southern eagles belong to the leucocephalus- subspecies. Both subspecies are separated from each other at approximately latitude 38° N, or roughly the latitude of San Francisco; the northern subspecies reaches further south than latitude 38° N on the Atlantic Coast, where they occur in the Cape Hatteras area. Naturalists like Audubon believed that the extraordinary big eagles such as those found in Alaska belong to a third subspecies, alascanus or alascensis. Audubon names it Washington's Eagle, in honour of George Washington; However, the existence of this subspecies could not be proved and it's bigger size might follow Bergmann's rule.
The Bald Eagle forms a species pair with the Eurasian White-tailed Eagle. The pair diverged from other Sea Eagles at the beginning of the Early Miocene (c. 10 Ma BP), if the most ancient fossil record is correctly assigned to this genus.
The Bald Eagle is a powerful flier, and soars on thermal convection currents. It's average life span in the wild is 20 or 30 years, though it can live up to 50 years. Life expectancy in captivity is even higher, reaching up to 60 years.
How are they? The Bald Eagle is a highly recognizable eagle of approximately 75-105cm of body length. The wingspan of the male eagles can reach up to 2,5m, while the wingspan of the females is even higher and can reach up to 3m. The adult Bald Eagle has a brown body with a white head and tail. The plumage of the immature is brown. Young eagles do not have white feathers on head and tail until they reach sexual maturity.
Where do they live? Close to rivers, seas and coastal areas.
How is the species geographically distributed? From Alaska to Florida and the North of Mexico.
What do they feed on? Fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and carrion.
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Laura comes from a background in skilled and psychiatric nursing and has spent the past several years in the role of Director of Nursing in an assisted living facility. Laura is excited to utilize her nursing skills to help support the Spring Ridge students in their growth and development.
Laura grew up in Winslow and has lived in the Dewey area for over 20 years. Her and her husband have raised five children and now have ten grandchildren to love.
Laura enjoys living in Northern Arizona because of the climate and the natural beauty, which she explores with her husband as they hike nearby trails. On the weekends, they cook big meals, watch football, and spend time with their family. She also enjoys flowers, music, literature, and film.
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import json
import urllib2
import shlex
import subprocess

class Plz(object):
  def __init__(self, arg):
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    self.api  = 'http://slackware-packages.herokuapp.com/packages'
    self.target_dir = '/boot/extra'

    self.arg      = arg
    self.command  = arg[1]
    self.name     = arg[2]
    self.version  = arg[3]
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    self.pkg      = self._package_data()

  def install(self):
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  def _installpkg(self):
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      print "Using {0}".format(self.pkg['package_name'])

  def _download(self):
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    if not os.path.isfile(local_pkg):
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  def _package_data(self):
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    versions = [v for v in pkg['versions'] if v['x64'] == self.x64]
    versions = [v for v in versions if v['version'] == self.version]

    if not versions:
      sys.exit("! No match for {0} ({1}) for your architecture.".format(self.name, self.version))

    return versions[-1]

  def _installed(self):
    return self.pkg['file_name'] in self._installed_packages()

  def _installed_packages(self):
    packages_list = os.listdir('/var/log/packages/')
    files_list = [f[:-4] for f in os.listdir('/boot/extra')]
    return self._common(files_list, packages_list)

  def _wget(self, url):
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    subprocess.call(shlex.split(cmd))

  def _get(self, url):
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args = sys.argv
if len(args) == 4:
  plz = Plz(args)
  plz.install()
else:
  exit("Usage: plz install NAME VERSION")


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Editor's Note: This week we're at the 231st AAS Meeting in National Harbor, MD. Along with a team of authors from Astrobites, we will be writing updates on selected events at the meeting and posting each day. Follow along here or at astrobites.com. The usual posting schedule for AAS Nova will resume next week.
Astrobites at the undergrad orientation.
We loved getting to chat with so many students at the undergrad orientation and reception on Monday night! It was great to hear about your research projects, your goals for the future, and the things you're passionate about. Keep on being awesome, remember that we want to hear from you about your research, and let us know if there's anything we can do to help make your entry and progression through the field of astronomy easier.
Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute, who serves as the Principal Investigator of NASA's Juno mission, reflected that before his graduate student days, it seemed like scientists knew everything; results were reported with so much confidence that it seemed that there were no puzzles left to solve. Luckily, that's far from the case, and the Juno mission is a great example of how new results can topple long-held beliefs and open old topics to new ideas.
Juno sweeps close to Jupiter once every 53 days (the closest approach is known as perijove), careening just a few thousand kilometers above the cloud tops, traveling pole to pole in about two hours, and steadily marching along in longitude to make a map of the planet. The Juno mission has upended established theories about Jupiter's atmosphere, interior structure, and magnetic field. For example, there is more lightning at Jupiter than anyone anticipated, especially in the northern hemisphere. White clouds — possibly containing ammonia ice — are ubiquitous. The magnetic field has stronger high-order components than expected, and unexpectedly peaks in strength closer to the equator than the poles. The auroral trace of the volcanic moon Io has a split tail. In addition to these individual discoveries, the Juno mission highlights the fact that the four seemingly separate foci of the mission — origins, interior, atmosphere, and magnetosphere — are more interconnected than originally thought.
No Juno presentation could be complete without some gorgeous images from JunoCam. (You can access raw JunoCam images and weigh in on where the camera should look next on the JunoCam website!) After a long approach to Jupiter, the first look at cloud formations on Jupiter's poles didn't disappoint; the south pole is dotted with storms arranged in a pentagon, while the north pole sports a stormy octagon. With each successive perijove bringing new and intriguing results, Jupiter surely has more surprises and more theory-toppling in store. Dr. Bolton closed the session with a message for the current crop of young investigators: Keep working on the theories, and don't believe your professors!
The first press conference of the meeting kicked off with a look at some of the latest results from the SOFIA mission. SOFIA's one of my favorite missions — it's a big plane flying with a garage-door-sized hole in its side for an infrared telescope to point out. What's not to love? SOFIA's flights put it above 99% of the Earth's water vapor, allowing it to make infrared observations that are impossible to make from the ground.
First up, Kimberly Ennico (NASA Ames) provided a broad overview of SOFIA and its different instruments. SOFIA's instrumentation is renewable: the team regularly swaps out the instrument that flies on its observing runs. Today's announcements focused on initial results from the new High-Resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) instrument and outcomes from the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT) instrument.
The HAWC+ instrument provides both far-infrared images and polarimetry data, allowing us to explore the structure of galactic magnetic fields. Enrique Lopez Rodriguez (USRA/SOFIA Science Center) presented the first detections of polarized far-infrared emission from external galaxies, which can be used to infer the large-scale structure of the galactic magnetic fields. In particular, he showed contrasting observations from two different galaxies: M82, a starburst galaxy with large magnetized outflows, and NGC 1068, a massive spiral galaxy in which we can see a magnetized spiral arm.
B-G Andersson (SOFIA / USRA) gave an overview of some of the theory behind polarization and how it traces magnetic fields. In one model, radiative alignment torque theory, radiation from stars hits dust grains and causes them to spin up. Once the grains are spinning, they interact with magnetic fields, causing the grains to align. Various recent polarization measurements made with SOFIA/HAWC+ seem to support this theory.
Evidence for this from HAWC+ observations was presented by Fabio Santos (Northwestern University), exploring magnetic fields within galaxies. SOFIA/HAWC+ looked at one of the closest star-forming regions to us, Rho Ophiuchi, and demonstrated that the polarization of the dust grains in this interstellar cloud depends on the density within the cloud. These observations support radiative alignment theory: dust grains on the outskirts of the cloud receive more sunlight and align with magnetic fields more readily, whereas dust grains in the dense cloud interior receive less sunlight and don't align effectively.
Elizabeth Tarantino (University of Maryland) rounded out the session with a discussion of what SOFIA/GREAT observations have revealed about how gas cools to form clouds and collapse into the stars we observe today. The incredible resolution of the GREAT spectrometer allows us to make measurements of ionized carbon within star-forming regions in other galaxies. From these measurements, we've determined that both atomic and molecular gas contributes to cooling of gas — but in different ratios, depending on how actively the region is forming stars. These observations are crucial for understanding the initial stages of star formation.
The press release corresponding to this press conference can be found here.
Adam Riess (Johns Hopkins University) is an expert in precisely measuring the expansion of the universe. In fact, he won a Nobel Prize in 2011 for his role in proving that the universe is not only expanding, but also accelerating in its expansion. These days he works on getting as precise a measurement as possible of the expansion rate in the local universe.
In today's plenary, Riess discussed the recent tension between the local and distant measurements of the Hubble parameter, H0. Currently there is a 3.4-sigma discrepancy between measurements by Riess's group of H0 in the local universe and the value determined by the Planck collaboration from the cosmic microwave background (CMB).
Riess did point out that "it's not a discovery until 5 sigma," however 3.4 sigma is certainly interesting, and it sounds like Riess and his group have exciting plans for reducing the errors on their measurements. In fact, Riess said that his goal is to go from 2.4% to 1% errors on the local measurement of H0 within the next 5 years, before the end of HST. An important component of this is incorporating the upcoming proper motion measurements from Gaia.
Although he's still working on improving his measurement before fully accepting the H0 tension, Riess made some suggestions as to possible physical explanations for the difference between the local value of H0 and the value determined from the CMB. One possibility is a new species of relativistic particle. Riess said his particle physicist colleagues have no trouble inventing new particles without messing with accepted physics. It is also possible that dark matter isn't completely collisionless. Interactions between dark-matter particles and radiation in the early universe could lead to differences in H0.
This is an exciting time for cosmology — it is unexpected results like this discrepancy that reveal the most exciting new insights into our universe!
You can read more about Riess and his work in an interview by Amber Hornsby.
In addition to today's press conferences, the AAS Press Office also hosted a seminar for science writers providing an overview of the upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The seminar kicked off with a broad look at the TESS mission and its science objectives, provided by George Ricker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). TESS is slated to launch in March of this year, and it will survey an enormous field of nearby, bright stars, searching for small transiting exoplanets.
The mission pipeline doesn't end when TESS discovers objects of interest. Sara Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) described how these objects then get sent on to the TESS follow-up program, which involves hundreds of people around the world. Seager discussed the expected outcomes from TESS for planet discoveries: we may find 70 or so Earths, hundreds of super-Earths, and thousands of sub-Neptunes. The planets discovered with TESS will be orbiting bright stars, making them excellent candidates for follow-up with observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope to explore their atmospheres.
Padi Boyd (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) next provided an overview of TESS's guest investigator program, which just completed peer review of its first proposal cycle, receiving more than 140 proposals from the astronomy community. TESS's large field of view and high-cadence monitoring lends itself well to a variety of projects, like exploring variability in the stars of the Pleiades, hunting for very early-stage supernovae, and exploring the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave signals.
Wrapping up the session, Elisa Quintana (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) presented on how TESS meshes with other current and future missions. She opened by explaining that TESS isn't a Kepler replacement: while Kepler's planet discoveries are on average ~3,000 light-years away, TESS's will be much loser, at ~300 light-years away on average. TESS's field of view covers a solid angle that's ~20x the size of Kepler's, and the mission's goal is specifically to hunt for small planets transiting bright stars, which can then be followed up with other current and future telescopes to learn more about the planets' properties.
We can look forward to TESS's launch in the next few months, and we have high hopes for its productivity. Though the nominal mission is only 2 years, Ricker points out that the mission won't be limited by expendables — it could last several decades in orbit if NASA chooses to continue to fund it! I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what TESS shows us.
Karen Masters (Astrophysical Research Consortium / SDSS-IV), spokesperson for SDSS-IV, kicked off this press conference on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with an overview of this fourth iteration of the program, along with a sneak peek at some of the exciting science to come from the next iteration, SDSS-V.
At the turn of the 19th century, Henrietta Leavitt was studying Cepheid variable stars, which oscillate in size and luminosity with a regular period. She noted that the period was related to the luminosity of the star, which makes these stars great for measuring distances. Sadly, it was only after her death that Leavitt's contribution was recognised, so to go some way to rectifying this the AAS has recently decided to name this relation the Leavitt law. Much work has been done on the relation since then, but one aspect that is still poorly constrained is how the composition of the star affects the Leavitt law. Katherine Hartman (Pomona College) and Rachel Beaton (Princeton University) presented observations of Cepheids from the Apache Point Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey, and found that measurements of the composition of these stars give consistent results no matter at what point in the cycle they are observed. This is great because it means that, in future, we only need a single observation of a Cepheid to measure its composition, rather than observations over the whole cycle.
Next up, Robert F. Wilson (University of Virginia) demonstrated the power of combining datasets from different observatories, in this instance measurements of the iron content of stars from the APOGEE instrument combined with exoplanet measurements from the Kepler space telescope. The headline result is that iron-rich stars tend to host planets with shorter periods. A mere 25% increase in the iron content can have a significant effect on the average planetary period, which is intriguing since iron makes up only around 2% of the total mass of your average main-sequence star. The physical mechanism leading to this effect is still uncertain, but Robert proposed a couple of physical explanations: either iron-rich protoplanetary disks lead to formation of planets in tighter orbits, or such systems cause planets to migrate inwards from the outer disk.
Supermassive black holes lie at the center of almost every galaxy and are thought to have a big impact on the properties of their host galaxies. Measuring their masses throughout cosmic time is therefore key, but incredibly difficult. The next talk from Catherine Grier (Pennsylvania State University) presented results from the BOSS spectrograph that uses a technique called reverberation mapping to measure these masses. In short, light from the accreting black hole is seen reflecting off gas in the accretion disk in real time; by studying this light, we can measure its rotation speed, which can be used to infer the mass of the black hole at the center. What's amazing about this study is that they measure the masses of 849 black holes up to 8 billion years ago — a much bigger sample that probes much further back in time than previous studies.
Sticking to the theme of supermassive black holes, Karen Masters presented evidence for these objects in non-star-forming dwarf galaxies. Her team used results from the MaNGA survey to observe the distribution of both stars and gas in these quiet, low-mass galaxies, and found an intriguing result: they aren't moving together. This suggests that something is blowing out the gas, a process known as feedback. Fortunately MaNGA provides another piece to the puzzle: the ionization state of the gas. The ionization state is very high in the outflowing gas in these dwarf galaxies, which suggests the feedback is from the central black hole, rather than stars. Massive black holes were not expected to be an important driver of evolution in low-mass galaxies, so these results present a challenge to theory.
All of the these press releases are available on the SDSS website.
Astronomers are enamored with immaterial things: photons, magnetic fields, gravitational waves… But our romance with the ethereal is made possible by the material: telescopes and detectors, spacecraft and spectrometers. The careful treatment demanded by delicate and aging astronomical instruments dating back hundreds of years begs the question: why should we care about documenting and preserving obsolete artifacts from the history of astronomy? Dr. Sara Schechner, the curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, answered this question with examples of astronomical paraphernalia throughout history and the effect that astronomical events have on society as a whole.
She noted that outdated instruments and texts can provide insight into how people viewed astronomy in the past. For example, 17th century almanacs and instruments reflected the close kinship of astronomy and religion in that era; astronomy had yet to shed its theological (and sometimes ominous) associations. After the 1684 solar eclipse caused Harvard University's commencement to be rescheduled (such a bad omen shouldn't coincide with such an auspicious day), the Harvard president, John Rogers, suddenly died on the day of the eclipse — confirming the astronomical event as a harbinger of doom. By 1759, however, the first predicted return of Halley's Comet was welcomed with awe.
The women computers of the Harvard College Observatory.
Astronomical materials can also reflect other societal shifts. Glass photographic plates evoke memories of the women "computers" of the Harvard College Observatory. Brilliant yet underpaid, the women of the Harvard Observatory classified hundreds of thousands of stars and developed the spectral typing scheme still in use today. Notably, Henrietta Swan Leavitt formulated Leavitt's Law — a connection between the period of a Cepheid variable's pulsation and its luminosity — which was used by Edwin Hubble for his discovery of the expansion of the universe. While the work of the Harvard computers advanced the status of women in astronomy, their success didn't necessarily advance all women; telescope advertisements catering to male astronomers in the 1960s still featured elegant women caressing telescope barrels, showcasing how astronomical materials can reflect attitudes toward women over time.
Lastly, historical materials can highlight the public's affinity for astronomy, as well. From amateur astronomers' efforts to track Earth-orbiting satellites in the 1950s via project Moonwatch to advertisers using the allure of the stars to sell their products, the public's romance with the stars is well-documented in historical artifacts. Dr. Schechner summarized her talk by saying that learning about our past helps us to live critically in the present; from the public's reception of science to views toward women, astronomical artifacts are a lens through which we can evaluate societal changes through time.
You can read more about Schechner and her work in an interview by Caroline Huang.
If you ever take an astronomy course that covers some cosmology, probably one of the first things you'd learn is the cosmological principle — the assumption that matter is distributed isotropically and homogeneously on large scales. A somewhat less general version of this, the Copernican principle, says that we don't live in a special place in the universe. This is one of the most basic assumptions built into Lambda-CDM, the current leading model that describes the universe.
The truth is, however, that we don't live in a perfectly isotropic and homogeneous universe, and that these density perturbations may (or may not) have effects on what we observe when we try to study cosmology. For example, gravitational lensing causes objects behind over-densities to look brighter, and objects behind under-densities to look fainter. The Hubble diagram of Type-Ia supernovae assumes that there is no flux bias from gravitational lensing, but theorists have actually gone back and forth on what sort of effects we might see for more than half a century. In his plenary lecture, Professor Nick Kaiser (University of Hawaii) discussed the difficulties of calculating distance as a function of redshift and the various conclusions cosmologists have come to over time regarding the effect of inhomogeneity on observables like Type-Ia supernovae.
One way to think of this problem is to consider that our assumptions about isotropy and homogeneity lead us to conclude that a surface of constant redshift would be a sphere. While this true for something that is perfectly isotropic and homogeneous, when you have even small matter under- and over-densities, this is not the case. Since the universe is almost isotropic and homogeneous, there would only be very small perturbations, but that would cause the surface of constant redshift to look something like the surface of a golf ball: almost spherical, but with wrinkles. Since this could cause us to see a flux bias, it could have an effect on things we measure, like the Hubble constant.
How big are these effects? In the question and answer session, Kaiser said that exactly how large these effects may be is unclear, but that he does think that it's unlikely that they could explain the difference between the CMB and local Hubble constant measurements.


To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Historic Columbia's Woodrow Wilson Family Home is exhibiting 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month.
This temporary exhibit will be incorporated into the guided house museum tours from November 1st until December 30th, 2018. Objects on display in recognition of the special date include an original WWI uniform, a painted Army helmet, and trench art. Remembered around the world as Armistice or Remembrance Day, in the United States November 11th also coincides with Veterans Day which honors all of our nation's veterans.
Admission for this tour can be purchased 15 minutes beforehand at the Gift Shop, located at 1616 Blanding Street.


Originally from the Midwest, Emily Hoerdemann is a Brooklyn-based artist working primarily in painting, photography, and collage.
My Fashion Collage works are a breakdown of the female as an object as well as symbols of femininity. Imagery is culled from fashion editorials showing fragmented photos of women and clothing paired with anthropomorphic objects, organic cascading elements, and painted abstractions borrowed from auction catalogs. The borrowing of the photographs absent of their identity, advertisements absent of their company, and hints of artworks by other artists is meant to spotlight authorship, social curation, and sexual objectification. Each hand cut element is carefully placed and then captured digitally and printed so the original elements no longer exist as one unit. Without being overly sentimental, the collages capture the feeling of both glamor and despair, while maintaining a tenderness and composure.


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package org.jclouds.digitalocean.features;

import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.testng.Assert.fail;

import java.util.List;

import org.jclouds.digitalocean.DigitalOceanApi;
import org.jclouds.digitalocean.domain.Distribution;
import org.jclouds.digitalocean.domain.Image;
import org.jclouds.digitalocean.internal.BaseDigitalOceanMockTest;
import org.jclouds.rest.ResourceNotFoundException;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;

/**
 * Mock tests for the {@link ImageApi} class.
 */
@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ImageApiMockTest")
public class ImageApiMockTest extends BaseDigitalOceanMockTest {

   public void testListImages() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody(payloadFromResource("/images.json")));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         List<Image> images = imageApi.list();

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images");
         assertEquals(images.size(), 3);
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testGetImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      String[] imageJsons = new String[] { "/image1.json", "/image2.json", "/image3.json", "/image2.json" };

      for (String imageJson : imageJsons) {
         server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody(payloadFromResource(imageJson)));
      }

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         Image image = imageApi.get(1);

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/1");
         assertNotNull(image);
         assertEquals(image.getId(), 1);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getDistribution(), Distribution.ARCHLINUX);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getVersion(), "2013.05");
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getArch(), "x32");
         assertEquals(image.getName(), "Arch Linux 2013.05 x32");
         assertTrue(image.isPublicImage());
         assertEquals(image.getSlug(), "arch-linux-x32");

         image = imageApi.get(2);

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/2");
         assertNotNull(image);
         assertEquals(image.getId(), 2);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getDistribution(), Distribution.FEDORA);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getVersion(), "17");
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getArch(), "x64");
         assertEquals(image.getName(), "Fedora 17 x64 Desktop");
         assertTrue(image.isPublicImage());
         assertEquals(image.getSlug(), "fedora-17-x64");

         image = imageApi.get(3);

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/3");
         assertNotNull(image);
         assertNull(image.getSlug());
         assertEquals(image.getId(), 3);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getDistribution(), Distribution.UBUNTU);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getVersion(), "13.04");
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getArch(), "");
         assertEquals(image.getName(), "Dokku on Ubuntu 13.04 0.2.0rc3");
         assertTrue(image.isPublicImage());
         assertNull(image.getSlug());

         image = imageApi.get("fedora-17-x64");

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/fedora-17-x64");
         assertNotNull(image);
         assertEquals(image.getId(), 2);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getDistribution(), Distribution.FEDORA);
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getVersion(), "17");
         assertEquals(image.getOs().getArch(), "x64");
         assertEquals(image.getName(), "Fedora 17 x64 Desktop");
         assertTrue(image.isPublicImage());
         assertEquals(image.getSlug(), "fedora-17-x64");
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testGetUnexistingImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         Image image = imageApi.get(15);

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/15");
         assertNull(image);
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testDeleteImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse());

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         imageApi.delete(15);

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/15/destroy");
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testDeleteImageUsingSlug() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse());

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         imageApi.delete("img-15");

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/img-15/destroy");
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testDeleteUnexistingImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         try {
            imageApi.delete(15);
            fail("Delete image should fail on 404");
         } catch (ResourceNotFoundException ex) {
            // Expected exception
         }

         assertRequestHasCommonFields(server.takeRequest(), "/images/15/destroy");
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testTransferUnexistingImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         try {
            imageApi.transfer(47, 23);
            fail("Transfer image should fail on 404");
         } catch (ResourceNotFoundException ex) {
            // Expected exception
         }

         assertRequestHasParameters(server.takeRequest(), "/images/47/transfer",
               ImmutableMultimap.of("region_id", "23"));
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testTransferImage() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody(payloadFromResource("/eventid.json")));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         int eventId = imageApi.transfer(47, 23);

         assertRequestHasParameters(server.takeRequest(), "/images/47/transfer",
               ImmutableMultimap.of("region_id", "23"));
         assertEquals(eventId, 7499);
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }

   public void testTransferImageUsingSlug() throws Exception {
      MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody(payloadFromResource("/eventid.json")));

      DigitalOceanApi api = api(server.getUrl("/"));
      ImageApi imageApi = api.getImageApi();

      try {
         int eventId = imageApi.transfer("img-47", 23);

         assertRequestHasParameters(server.takeRequest(), "/images/img-47/transfer",
               ImmutableMultimap.of("region_id", "23"));
         assertEquals(eventId, 7499);
      } finally {
         api.close();
         server.shutdown();
      }
   }
}


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Osvaldo Sáez Álvarez (ur. 13 sierpnia 1923, zm. 1959) – piłkarz chilijski grający podczas kariery na pozycji pomocnika.

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Podczas kariery piłkarskiej Osvaldo Sáez występował w Santiago Wanderers oraz w stołecznym CSD Colo-Colo. Z Colo-Colo zdobył mistrzostwo Chile w 1953.

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W reprezentacji Chile Sáez zadebiutował 16 stycznia 1946 w przegranym 0-1 spotkaniu w Copa América z Urugwajem. Na turnieju w Argentynie Chile zajęło piąte miejsce, a Sáez wystąpił tylko w tym meczu. W 1947 po raz drugi uczestniczył w turnieju Copa América, na którym Chile zajęło czwarte miejsce. Na turnieju w Ekwadorze Sáez wystąpił w sześciu meczach: z Urugwajem, Peru (bramka), Ekwadorem, Paragwajem, Kolumbią (2 bramki) i Boliwią (2 bramki).

W 1950 roku został powołany przez selekcjonera Arturo Bucciardiego do kadry na mistrzostwa świata w Brazylii. Na mundialu Sáez był rezerwowym i nie wystąpił w żadnym meczu.

W 1952 uczestniczył w pierwszej edycji mistrzostw panamerykańskich, na którym Chile zajęło drugie miejsce. Na tym turnieju Sáez wystąpił we wszystkich pięciu meczach: z Panamą, Meksykiem, Peru, Urugwajem i Brazylią.

W 1953 po raz trzeci uczestniczył w turnieju Copa América, na którym Chile zajęło czwarte miejsce. Na turnieju w Peru Sáez wystąpił w pięciu meczach: z Paragwajem, Urugwajem, Peru, Brazylią i Boliwią. Ostatni raz w reprezentacji wystąpił 21 lutego 1954 w przegranym 1-3 spotkaniu eliminacji mistrzostw świata z Paragwajem. Od 1946 do 1954 roku rozegrał w kadrze narodowej 21 spotkań, w których zdobył 5 bramek.

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One thing that always stands out in the world is kindness. This heartwarming opinion piece in the New York Times is proof of that. In it, Rebecca Sabky, the former admissions director at Dartmouth, recalls the most unusual letter of recommendation for a student she had ever received in her 15 years on the job: a letter from a school custodian. The custodian wrote that he felt compelled to support the student's candidacy to the college because of the student's thoughtfulness. The student was the only one in the school who had taken the time to learn the names of the janitorial staff, to consistently express his gratitude, and to tidy up after his peers, even if he thought nobody was around to notice. Nowadays, the competition is always tough – whether you're applying to schools, jobs, or just trying to make your own way in the world. However, kindness of character always sets you apart.


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One education researcher calls it "the academic death penalty": A grade of zero on a 100-point scale, a mark that spells disaster for a student's class average.
As educators across the country move toward standards-based grading—which often replaces the percentage system with rubrics linked to a 1-to-4, four-point grading scale—a growing number of schools no longer give zeros for late, missing or incomplete work.
Even schools that retain percentage-based grades sometimes set their bottom mark at a mathematically more forgiving 50—10 points below the lowest passing score—to replicate the 10-point interval that separates A's from B's, and B's from C's.
The zero-out-of-100 is just one of the traditional grading practices schools are rethinking as they seek to report student performance more accurately.
These efforts, which often accompany broader conversations about the reliability and purpose of assessment, encompass a variety of new approaches—everything from awarding separate grades for academic achievement and classroom behavior to permitting students to redo failed work.
Changing grading methods that teachers and parents remember from their own school days can be slow, messy and controversial. But advocates say the work is essential.
Grading "is this hidden reservoir of opportunities for people to fundamentally change and improve what happens in classrooms," says Joe Feldman, CEO of California-based Crescendo Education Group, which works with schools and districts on grading practices.
At the root of new approaches to grading lies dissatisfaction with the unreliability and imprecision of traditional methods. Even within the same building, grading practices may vary widely.
One English teacher docks points for late work; her colleague awards extra credit for contributions to the canned-food drive. A grade supposedly describing a student's algebra proficiency also incorporates a reward for effort or a punishment for tardiness.
"Is the grade that you're receiving really measuring your skill level or is it measuring compliance?" says Catherine E. Vannatter, curriculum and instructional coach at 1,450-student Bryan Station High School, part of Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, Kentucky.
New grading practices—including giving separate grades for behavior and achievement, replacing zero with 50 on the 100-point scale, and developing rubrics—are among the reforms the school is implementing to address a history of low achievement.
That disconnect ultimately shortchanges students, says school improvement coach and former principal Tim Westerberg, the author of Charting a Course to Standards-Based Grading(ASCD, 2016).
"Too many kids come to college with respectable grades, thinking they're prepared to do well, only to find out they have to take remedial courses," Westerberg says.
Awarding zero-out-of-100 grades for missing or subpar work poses special problems. When a passing mark is 60 or 65, setting failure at zero means "you've got a scale two-thirds of which is levels of failure"—a mathematical and pedagogical irrationality, says Guskey. Furthermore, a zero explains little about a students' knowledge.
Did students skip the homework because they understood nothing or because they knew the material cold? Or were they just too busy rehearsing the school play? Whatever the reason, an average-killing zero can leave students so discouraged they stop trying, ultimately increasing course failures and dropout rates.
"Those are really counterproductive grading practices," says Michael Anderson, area administrator of schools in the Jordan School District (52,000 students), in suburban Salt Lake City.
The system has launched grading reforms—including permitting do-overs on failed assessments and omitting homework from the calculation of course grades—in its 10 middle schools.
"You never want to get to the point where the student feels like there's no hope and they're going to give up on learning," Anderson says.
Faced with the inaccuracy of traditional grading practices, schools are trying new approaches. The relatively straightforward include setting the bottom of the grading scale at 50; more far-reaching changes include calculating course grades by giving extra weight to more recent grades, instead of by simply averaging marks across a semester.
To ensure that grades for academic achievement reflect only subject-matter knowledge, some schools now give separate marks for behaviors such as punctuality, courtesy, meeting deadlines and even compliance with anti-plagiarism rules.
Schools revising grading policies may also encourage teachers to let students redo inadequate work until they get it right. Although such approaches are sometimes called "no-fail grading," educators say that term is misleading: Students who don't produce acceptable work don't earn credit, although report cards may show incompletes instead of Fs.
Rather than coddling students, as critics sometimes claim, such approaches demand more of them, and more of their teachers, who must commit to offering whatever help students need to master academic content, say grading-reform advocates like Feldman.
Whether grading reform by itself improves student achievement isn't clear.
But modest evidence suggests that improved communication, especially around student performance on clearly delineated proficiency standards, can help parents and teachers better target interventions, Guskey says.
Feldman, of Crescendo Education Group, cites data showing a decline in D's and F's, and a closer correlation between grades and standardized-test scores, in schools where he's helped reform grading policies. Educators report anecdotal evidence of higher teacher and student satisfaction.
Adopting new grading practices can be challenging, however. Reforms take hold only if teachers embrace them, and achieving buy-in requires a bottom-up process of study, reflection and gradual phase-in that can take years, say some educators who have launched grading reforms.
Districts may have to hire outside consultants. Schools may have to find blocks of professional development time and tweak computerized gradebooks programmed for traditional methods.
Slip-ups can bring political backlash. In 2009, the Texas legislature passed a so-called "truth-in-grading" law barring school districts from replacing zero-out-of-100 grades with higher minimum marks, after some teachers complained that new mandates compromised academic freedom.
"Parents and teachers, but particularly parents, will say, 'What? The kid gets 50 points for doing nothing? What kind of standards do you have here at this school?'" says Westerberg, the school-improvement coach.
Ultimately, such disputes go to the heart of the fundamental question underlying grading reform: What are grades for? Are they meant to communicate learning progress or to rank students for employers and colleges?


Patrick Daka and other hundreds of residents from Mdantsane's NU6 have complained of poor living conditions after their premature occupation of incomplete RDP houses built for them by BCM.
A Mdantsane grandfather is living in appalling conditions in an incomplete RDP house in NU6, and he blames says Buffalo City Metro for the shoddy job.
Patrick Daka, 68, is disabled and frail. As though that's not bad enough he has no access to water, and needs to be carried when he wants to go out of and into the incomplete RDP house he forcefully invaded three months ago.
Daka is one of hundreds of angry residents who have since December forcefully invaded incomplete RDP houses built for them in Daluxolo, NU6.
Residents say they were removed from the area in 2014 and lived in shacks while their new RDP homes were being built.
The invasion came after two female bodies were found dumped in the area last year. The gruesome discovery was made by angry community members while they were chasing down someone believed to have raped a schoolgirl in May last year.
Eight months after occupying the houses the residents are now crying foul over poor living conditions, accusing mayor Xola Pakati of neglecting them.
Earlier this month the residents wrote to Pakati demanding completion of the houses and installation of water systems. They received no news from Pakati despite giving him three days to respond.
" Earlier this month the residents wrote to Pakati demanding completion of the houses and installation of water systems. They received no news from Pakati despite giving him three days to respond. "
Their daily struggles include living with broken windows, and cracked and leaking walls.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch on Monday, Daka said: "I moved into this house because the shack I lived in was not good for my health. It was leaking when it rained and cold on most nights but even in this house I'm still struggling. I have to be carried in and out because the contractor never built the steps outside. I use a bucket to relieve myself because there is no water in the toilet to flush and I pay someone to throw the waste away for me because I'm unable to move and I'm sick." Daka lives alone. Granny Nocawe Mbane, who was the first person to move into the houses, said: "We moved in because there were crimes taking place here, and there was constant vandalism and we just could not take it anymore. We were removed from the area in 2014 and lived in shacks while our houses were being vandalised on our watch.
"The municipality knows that we moved in here, officials have been coming here. But nothing is being done to fix our houses. We have been complaining to the ward councillor and the mayor about our problems but nothing is being done," said Mbane.
In June Pakati "handed over" 10 communal toilets to the area, but residents said they had stopped using the toilets as they were dirty and far from their homes.
"We have toilets inside the houses, we also have taps in the kitchens. We just need water. We are forced to use buckets, especially at night, and throw away the waste at the back of our homes because it's difficult to control nature. But the mayor expected us to walk to these toilets at night, knowing very well that women were raped and killed here. The municipality has neglected us.
"There is no dignity in this," said resident Philiswa Toto.
BCM spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya said: "The department of human settlements has noted with concern the issues that have unfolded in the area, and subsequent to the correspondence received from the office of the executive mayor, it undertook an investigation, which will be tabled to the highest decision-making body of the institution and upon the resolution of this report, we will act accordingly."


Marie from Emma Calls Me Mama is having an Heirloom Party!
the mountains of Canada in the background, the river, the fish, the basket, I think it looks like a picture out of a River Runs Through It, don't you think? I would love to play around in photoshop with it and get a big print of it someday.
The next pieces are in my girls room: I got this bedroom set from my great-grandma because I was the first great-grand daughter on my dad's side. She had it for her daughter, Thelma when she was little, so it was built in the 1930's or 40's. I had it in my room when I was little, then my younger sisters did, and now we have it again for my daughters. I love it and have so many memories at that little vanity. :) The plan is to tackle my girls' bedroom next, and I'm not quite sure what to do with this set.
but I'm afraid to strip it if it's lead paint. So, I guess my first step would be to see if the paint has lead in it and then go from there? Have any of you worked with a piece like this? I would love to hear any tips you have...I would love to give them some new life.
What a beautiful piece of furniture! A great treasure!!
WOW! What beautiful furniture and how neat to have it be in your family for so long. Wow.
WOW! I love the old photo. His hat is so neat. :) I think old photographs are so intriguing.
In love with it all. Special pieces with special memories!!
The men in top hats... what an unexpected detail to your pieces. I love this vanity, there is SO much you could do to it, but it's fun to see it in it's original state!
Wow! Those are awesome! Pictures are always great heirlooms! I love that!
And your furniture is so cool!!!!
What wonderful memories they must bring!
I would think twice before painting it. Do you ever watch the Antiques Roadshow? They are always reprimanding people for painting old pieces as the value drops considerably. It's so charming the way it is.
I love the bedroom set. I am almost always a fan of painting furniture, but in this case, I wouldn't. Even with the wear, the pieces look special.
Oh how lovely ~ what special pieces to have in your home.
Oh, that bedroom set is so pretty! I think you should leave it alone - it looks beautifully shabby! Love the photograph, too.
I remember that from when we were kids. Priceless!
Hello Melissa - thank you for joining the party! The vanity and dresser are so fabulous! I love them. Oh the details abound on these pieces! I wouldn't do anything to them...they look precious just as is! Back away from the paint. LOL. Love the floral painted designs. And oh my, those little men with top hats? How SWEET is that? The serve as legs? How very unique. I think the old picture of your Grampa is priceless. What a neat photo.
I agree it is beautiful as it is, but not in terrific shape. What about applying a crackle finish to keep the color but hide the dirty/scraped sections. Good Luck!
I love the picture of your grandpa!
Love your heirlooms! Especially that great picture!
Oh, so sweet. I love that furniture.
You know what I would do? I would just prime it with KILZ and then paint it. I don't think the lead paint is a worry unless you sand it (releasing dust) or chew on it. So I'd skip the sanding and make sure that no one's chewing on it. It has such pretty lines--I think it would be gorgeous painted.
And I love your photograph! I lost my grandfathers when I was just a girl, too. You're lucky to have this neat old photo.
Kilz is a good idea. It is such a beautiful set.
I love the furniture. I had some old pieces but didnt bring them when I moved and when my mom died, my aunt sold everything. I was devestated.
It is SO pretty! You do what's best for you!
If that appeared on my front stoop, I'd clean it up real good, maybe distress it a tad bit more (which would most likely happen when I was cleaning it "up real good) and then poly it ALL...to preserve.
I love the furniture!!!! I would have never thought of lead paint.
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What a neat picture, I love old pictures like that. LOVE LOVE LOVE the bedroom set, it is soooo neat! I am helpless though with tips for the paint, sorry. It will be gorgeous though, it's so neat as it is but will look awesome redone.
Aw, what sweet things you have from family. I just love that bedroom set. I'm tempted to tell you to leave it alone & not paint it. I really like its shabbiness.
Love your heirloom furniture. I like the shabbiness too. I would leave it if you could and work with the vintage goodness.
I love that furniture and it all depends on what your desires are for those lovely pieces. Do you want to keep them shabby and create your girls bedroom around those colors and have that theme in their room, keeping the pieces original or does that not matter to you and you would rather have a fresh updated look. If you were going to paint you could paint some lovely topiaries on the sides and have draping florals cascading down each drawer and add some little onlay applique pieces.
My new party button is up--The Knock Off Knock Out starts on Monday Aug 10. Your laundry room would be a great piece to feature.
This is way late to post on this, but I just found your blog and was browsing through! I have a dresser that is incredibly similar to yours- not the same colors, but the shape and detailing are the exact same! I also inherited it from my great grandmother and I had been wondering what to do about updating it as well- it's an olive green with a pale goldenrod trim and flower detail- not exactly a fit in what I thought I wanted for my bedroom at school! But then I just decided to do my room around it instead! It's now the focal point of my pale pink and grey bedroom and I love and appreciate it so much more!


EK Water Blocks will be releasing their fourth full-cover water block for GeForce 680 GTX series graphics card, this time for Gigabyte's premium SuperOverclock (GV-N680SO-2GD) edition.
The upcoming EK-FC680 GTX SOC water block will directly cool the GPU, RAM as well as VRM (voltage regulation module) as water will flow directly over these critical areas thus allowing the graphics card and it's VRM to remain stable under high overclocks. EK-FC680 GTX SOC water block will also features a very high flow design therefore it could easily be used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.
Base of the water block will be made of nickel plated electrolytic copper while the top will be made of quality satin finish acrylic material. Up to four EK-FC680 GTX SOC series water blocks could be interconnected with EK-FC Bridge & Link system, additionally the water block will line up with the EK-FC680 GTX CSQ and EK-FC680 GTX+ series water block thus ensuring maximum expandability. The correct connection link for this water block will – ofcourse – already be enclosed with the product.
The water block will be available for purchase through EK webshop by mid October.


Petra Industries, a wholesale distributor of consumer electronics, wireless accessories, custom installation products, mobile audio/video accessories, and appliance connection supplies, has added Hangman Products to its audio/video mounts and accessories product lineups.
Hangman products offer a variety of solutions for mounting on a stud or for installations where no stud is available or the consumer does not wish to damage walls. The Hangman system of mounts is created with interlocking brackets that include a slide-in level for installation of TVs and speakers.
The system's cord management features paintable aluminum and has a spring-loaded track that flips open for easy access to the cables. Petra has added 31 Hangman products, including mounts for both stud and no-stud installation, cord management, Bear Claw hangers, heavy-duty and no-stud speaker mounts, child safety cables, and more.
Hangman's Simple Mount TV Hanger was a recipient of the CES CE Pro Must–See product award and a 2013 CES Innovation Award for its ease and speed of install. Hangman products are made in the USA.


After marveling at God's creation in the opening of Psalm 8, King David declares in verse 6, "You made [man] ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet..." Along with the extraordinary privilege of having dominion over the earth, however, comes the tremendous responsibility of protecting God's world.
While the best way of caring for creation involves generating less waste by consuming less, recycling also proves an excellent method for minimizing the negative impact of discarded materials. Often, local ordinances, like those in Livingston, even require residents to recycle. Thankfully, many communities make the practice easy by offering weekly curbside pickup. Still, knowing exactly what to put out on the street can pose a challenge. With changing policies, plus myriad varieties of plastic and paper, procedures can be confusing.
In an attempt to clarify the situation, the following paragraphs spell out Livingston's recycling rules, as detailed at livingstonrecycles.org. These policies apply to the church grounds, and are similar to those of many neighboring towns.
With plastics, types 1 – 7 are collected. Numbers printed in recycling symbol triangles on containers specify an item's class. My parents, whose out of state area only accepts types 1 and 2, often play "locate the number" when the grandkids visit, since they find the often minuscule numerals difficult to decipher. Conveniently, the broad range that Livingston collects covers essentially all varieties, from beverage containers and laundry detergent bottles to plastic produce bags. Even berry containers, plastic egg cartons, yogurt cups, and Styrofoam are included.
Concerning paper, again most forms are accepted, including newspapers, magazines, paperback books, scrap paper, paper bags, corrugated cardboard, and chipboard. Pizza boxes were also recently added to the list. Rules governing glass and metal are fairly straightforward. Clear, brown, and green glass all qualify, as do cans made of aluminum, tin, or steel.
While most batteries, electronic equipment, and hazardous waste cannot be recycled in the sense of being reused, these materials need to be disposed of properly, in order to avoid introducing harmful substances into the environment. Many communities and counties host semi-annual hazardous waste and electronics collections, allowing residents to safely discard these items. My husband visited Essex County's most recent event, which ran so efficiently, he was in and out of the facility within five minutes and did not lift a finger, aside from popping the trunk.
The first step in recycling is to understand an area's program. I hope, with a better idea of Livingston's policies, more people will take advantage of existing recycling services, thereby becoming better keepers of God's earth.
Copyright © 2009-2013 by Jennifer Kirsch. All Rights Reserved.


Vargo is a project between singer Stephanie Hundertmark and producer/musician Ansgar Ueffink. based in Hamburg, Germany. Ansgar: "Vargo stands for many things that mean a lot to me. essentially, my aim is to create an atmosphere of comfort and wellbeing for the listener, an invitation to chill, to unwind, to let go completely. Somehow I seem to be able to achieve a certain profoundness, as many people tell me. That may be because with each song I seriously try to actually reach the listener, to 'open' him up.


Presidents-elect: (Left) Dr. Karyl Patten, American Association of Women Dentists president-elect, and (right) Dr. Thomas Sokoly, District of Columbia Dental Society president-elect, listen to Dr. Bill D'Aiuto, Florida Dental Association president-elect, during a town hall session at the annual conference.
Town hall: Dr. Prabu Raman, Missouri Dental Association president-elect, speaks during a town hall session with about 50 other volunteer leaders from state dental assocations and related groups.
Welcome: Dr. Gary Roberts, ADA president-elect, welcomes about 50 volunteer leaders from state dental associations and related groups for the 2016 President-Elect's Conference held at ADA Headquarters.
With a focus on teamwork among dental associations in seeking innovative ways to better serve members, ADA President-elect Gary L. Roberts welcomed about 50 volunteer leaders from state dental associations and related groups to ADA Headquarters Jan. 24-26 for the 2016 President-Elect's Conference.
"Leading a dental society isn't like running a dental office," said Dr. Roberts, in welcoming the attendees — three of whom joined via a webinar due to Winter Storm Jonas.
With the theme "Leadership for Innovation," this year's annual conference emphasized the need to explore and experiment to make improvements that will positively impact members. The leadership retreat for presidents-elect featured in-depth discussions of critical issues facing the profession; networking and sharing of best practices; and gaining insight from leading experts.
Dr. Prabu Raman, Missouri Dental Association president-elect, cited professor Andrew Razeghi's keynote address as especially engaging and informative of the three-day conference.
According to an IBM Global CEO Study of 1,500 chief executive officers from 60 countries and 33 industries, CEOs ranked creativity as the top leadership competency for the future. Mr. Razeghi, managing partner of StrategyLab Inc. and lecturer at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, shed light on what exactly it means for an organization to be creative and what it takes to create a culture of continuous innovation — a culture designed to help organizations remain relevant and become indispensable to those they serve.
"[We need to] keep working on improving since the goals we pursue are usually moving targets as the world around us never stands still," said Dr. Raman.
Dr. Raymond Martin, president-elect of the Massachusetts Dental Society, agreed.
During the session, the presidents-elect heard from ADA staff on state and national membership trends, advocacy challenges in the year ahead, new ideas and research underway to grow membership and turning dialogue into innovation and action. In addition, the volunteer leaders shared best practices, giving them an opportunity to network.


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Melkite Catholic bishops criticize deteriorating Palestinian situation.
BEIRUT – Melkite Catholic bishops from around the world, meeting for their synod, criticized the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories and rejected Israel's Nation State Law.
In their statement, the bishops said they support the position taken by Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land. That group's Oct. 31 statement said: "We must draw the attention of the authorities to a simple fact: Our faithful, the Christians, our fellow citizens, Muslim, Druze and Baha'i, all of us who are Arabs, are no less citizens of this country than our Jewish brothers and sisters." That statement, signed by 25 prelates representing the Latin, Armenian, Melkite, Chaldean, Maronite and Syriac churches, called on Israel to rescind the law.


The new jug encapsulates the essence of the original pitcher by Paul Ricard with a very simple design that radiates good spirits.
"On the day Ricard asked us to design the brand's new jug, we immediately felt a real sense of involvement in a form of mission, it was like a designer's dream as this item is legendary". The Ricard pitcher is part of our French national heritage, a popular icon that has touched generations and continues to embody a certain French lifestyle.
Our first vision was to ensure this new pitcher was in keeping with the brand's heritage. It had to be ceramic and made in France. As the designer and with great humility, we wanted to perpetuate a form of heritage by designing the item to interact with its history while creating a jug in tune with the times. With this in mind, we recommended reconnecting with the REVOL family business, which produced the RICARD jugs for many years.
After spending many hours in the manufacturer's archives, we were convinced that we had to revisit the historic jug. The new pitcher had to offer formal continuity, preserving the structuring lines and usage specifics of the original design by Paul Ricard. In an attempt at simplification and in search of the essence, we designed and created the new lines of this jug.
In this sense, our Ricard jug pays homage to this great entrepreneur with a passion for creation. A formal synthesis that encapsulates the essence of this pitcher, which has been part of the French aperitif for decades.
• The body is now a perfect sphere in bright yellow enamel, like a nod to the sun, the symbolic figure of the Pastis de Marseille.
• The handle is rounder and fits into the globe like a solar eclipse, creating an imaginary line from which the spout, like a parched mouth needing a drink, bursts forth towards the sky. A tension that makes the water seem infinite when in reality it has never been more precious.
• The upper opening remains tilted to prevent the ice cubes escaping during service. Rather clever!
• Raised on a simple cylinder, this jug has a great pride, 100% made in France.
• As a nostalgic souvenir, the RICARD logo remains relief-moulded to continue the imprint in the collective memory.