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Today's media round-up
With Wales in action at the Liberty tonight, today's media round-up has an international flavour to it.
Wales skipper Ashley Williams has hailed manager Chris Coleman ahead of tonight's match while the national boss has also focused on Croatia star Luka Modric's qualities.
Meanwhile, Wales Online have included a story today on the future of Swans' Dutch right-back Dwight Tiendalli.
Chris Coleman has proved his worth for Wales, says Ashley Williams
Wales captain Ashley Williams says victory over Scotland proves Chris Coleman is the right man to lead the side through their World Cup qualifying campaign.
Coleman was under pressure before Friday night's Hampden match, after one win from Wales's first four Group A matches.
The 2-1 win in Glasgow moved Wales up to third place, seven points behind the joint leaders Belgium and Croatia. Williams said before Tuesday's game at home to Croatia.
"The manager was spot on against Scotland. He made good substitutions and got all the big calls right," said Williams.
"There has been criticism of him but not from anyone who matters. People have just been talking for talking's sake.
"We are not concerned about it and the lads are behind him. We enjoy playing for him, we enjoy the camps, we enjoy the training. Against Scotland, you saw that he knows what he is doing."
Gareth Bale must master Luka Modric to boost Wales bid
Manager Chris Coleman spelled out the challenge ahead of taking on unbeaten Croatia at Swansea's Liberty Stadium.
Second-placed Croatia and leaders Belgium, also unbeaten, looked set to fight out automatic qualification from Group A between themselves. But Wales' two victories over Scotland have lifted them to third, seven points behind Croatia.
A win would cut that to four for Wales to make up in a four-game run-in that includes two fixtures against struggling Macedonia. Coleman admits it is a tall order but he is ordering his rejuvenated team to attack Croatia.
Wales have won three of their last four games, the only defeat being in Croatia when Modric dominated in a 2-0 win.
"I'm hoping Modric can't play better than that," said Coleman.
"He was outstanding. The pitch was awful and Modric was still picking the ball up in his own half, creating, switching play. He was phenomenal, a great performance from a quality player.
"When great players are on that form it is very difficult to stop them.
"If they have the capacity to do what a Gareth Bale or a Modric can do it is very difficult when they are in that mood. On his day, Modric is unstoppable, just like our boy Bale. Genius? Yes it is."
Wales Online
Laudrup quiet on Tiendalli future
Manager Michael Laudrup has refused to be drawn on the future of Dwight Tiendalli.
The Dane hailed the full-back's contribution but does not know whether he will be offered a new contract in the summer.
Tiendalli joined on an emergency one-year contract after the summer transfer window closed when Neil Taylor suffered a leg break. The 27 year old impressed during a lengthy spell in the team during December and January. And he revealed yesterday that his form almost earned him a call-up to the Netherlands' squad.
But as Laudrup begins his preparations for next season, he doesn't know about Tiendalli's future. He said: "Dwight's been important for us. Maybe he's had his best games at right-back not at left because he's right footed, left back is very different."
"But I have been pleased with his work. We brought him in to help Ben because my intention was not to put all the pressure on a young player knowing you only have one player in one position. Ben has coped fantastically with it."
"But we will have to see (if Tiendalli will get a new contract)."


Welcome to another installment of our Top App Dev Interview series! This time there's a slight twist: we're actually interviewing a designer, Paddy Donnelly.
Each interview in this series focuses on a successful mobile app, developer or designer and the path they took to get where they are today. Today's special guest is Paddy Donnelly.
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator who now lives in Belgium. With over 14 years experience as an illustrator and designer, Paddy now gets to make living drawing dinosaurs, and his 5-year-old self is very happy about this.
Paddy is comfortable working in a number of different illustration styles depending on the type of project. He has been creating kids apps for iOS under the brand Wee Taps and wishes that Pluto was still a planet. He also redesigned the raywenderlich.com website a few years back!
I understand you were previously a designer, and now focus more on illustration. What made you decide to make the switch, and were there any challenges making this career switch?
I've been working as a designer for about 14 years. I got my start in web design and have moved through desktop apps, mobile apps, print design, games and the last few years have been all about illustration. Now I'm focusing a lot more on illustrating children's picture books, which is a totally different experience.
I've had a love for illustration since I was a kid, but it's only after working in the design industry for so many years that I felt I could really dive into it as a career.
About 10 years ago, each website was something unique. A totally different design, based on what the website was about. Web designers were really creative, however, I feel that web design 'found its groove' a few years ago and we've gone through a period of all websites having this same basic structure and look and feel. Mobile apps also went the same way and I didn't really enjoy the 'flat design' era. I do appreciate good, minimal design, however creatively I longed for something a bit different.
I wanted every project to be something new and challenging and didn't want to start from a template. That's maybe why illustration appeals to me. No two projects are alike and you can really express yourself in the piece.
There are of course challenges to working as an illustrator vs a designer. There is a lot of competition and it's really difficult to break into the children's publishing market, however, I'm enjoying trying something new.
Paddy now focuses on illustrations.
Imagine someone commissions you to create an illustration. What is your general process, how long does it usually take you and what tools do you use?
This depends on a lot of different factors. The first step is to discuss the concept with the client, their goals for the piece etc. Then I'd move on to rough sketching and often I'd use mood boards to show what I'm thinking in terms of style. Then it's on to the digital illustration. Timing depends on the size, style, complexity etc.
I use a Wacom Tablet with Photoshop and Illustrator. I use a lot of Kyle Webster's brushes in my illustration pieces.
What illustration are you most proud of, and why?
This is a tough one. Well, one of the most amazing opportunities I've had was to create the unlockable stickers for Foursquare's Swarm app. That has been so much fun coming up with crazy sticker ideas, and also knowing that something you created is used by millions of people is pretty mind-blowing.
Sticker pack designed by Paddy for Foursquare's app.
Recently I've created a couple of kids illustration pieces, one symbolising the struggle with dyslexia and one about Little Red Riding Hood that I'm pretty proud of.
Being a designer is such a creative outlet for me. It's great to be able to imagine a creative solution in your mind and then work hard to realise that solution. Seeing a finished product is always satisfying, and hearing good feedback from users. Getting to be creative every day is perhaps the best thing.
What recommendations do you have for app developers looking to hire designers or illustrators? For example: where should they look to hire someone, and do you have any tips for working well with a designer/illustrator?
I'd say get involved in the project as soon as possible in the process so that both you and the designer know what's expected and are both thinking about solutions. I always try to involve the developer even at the idea stage, as I think it's far too late to hand a completed design to a developer and say 'build this'.
If you get involved early in the process, developers can give you ideas on what new technologies are available, tricks you can use to speed up the workflow and give you an idea of what's possible within the budget/timescale.
In terms of finding a designer, most clients contact me after visiting my portfolio site or through sites like Dribbble. I've also now just recently signed with an agent, The Bright Agency so now I get a lot of illustration projects through them. Instagram is also a good way to get your work out there. So any one of these avenues is a great starting point to finding a super designer..
If one of our readers wants to become "an awesome illustrator just like Paddy", and has 4 years to do so, how would you recommend they spend their time?
These two rules are essential. There are no shortcuts. You just need to do more and more work to get better.
If your job is your passion, then all the better. Then you can constantly be adding to your portfolio, just for fun. And definitely, make connections with people. I've gotten so many great projects through other designers and developers I have worked with, met at conferences, interacted with online.
Be nice to people because it's a small world and an even smaller industry.
How did you transition from a "normal job" to being a freelancer? And what are the challenges working on your own?
Start. Just make the leap. There's something that has been rattling around in the back of your head for a while now. An idea. Something you've always wanted to do. It might not work. It's scary. Everyone is scared. Just start it.
Essentially I just took more and more freelance work on in the evenings and weekends until I was sure that there was enough work out there for me, then I made the leap.
I quite like working on my own, from home. It doesn't bother me, in fact, I really enjoy the peace and quiet. Forcing myself to keep active and get out of the house can sometimes be a challenge, but I'm getting better at that.
Paddy's simple, yet beautifully creative workspace.
7pm-11pm: Either do more work, usually creating pieces for my portfolio, writing, Netflix.
Many of our readers have had a challenging time making a successful business out of selling apps on the App Store. Out of the apps you've worked on, have any been a success financially?
We've had a bit of luck with a few of our kids apps however it's all been dependent on Apple choosing to feature us or not. That's the only thing that's really worked I've found.
A few times our apps got picked up in a feature list, or sometimes in a banner in the App Store and we get a spike. We couldn't give our freelance lives up just yet based on the revenue, however, it's a nice extra passive income each month. It is very tough though making a living in the App Store. There is so much competition now.
I guess create something unique and look at what technologies Apple is focusing on and create something in that space to be in with a chance of featuring.
Developers really struggle with procrastination. What kind of distractions do you get and how do you handle them?
Paddy is at his best in the morning!
I do get distracted a lot, however, I also keep pretty flexible working hours. Working for myself from home means I can get a burst of creativity in the morning, take a break to do something else and then continue on in the afternoon or in the evening.
In the last few months I've really switched up my schedule and I am working when I'm feeling it, rather than sticking to a 9-5. I've found that's really helped with being creative. Just keep the deadlines in mind, and disable the "autoplay" on YouTube.
For me, my noise-cancelling headphones and Spotify are the number one things that keep me focused. When I can close off the rest of the world and get in the zone, I can be creative.
How do you manage the wearing of multiple hats, for example managing clients and then doing the design?
Over the years I've figured out the kind of design work I really like to do and I stick to those areas.
Keeping focused on what I like to do and being honest with clients about not doing other types of design work has been important to me and my workflow. I haven't had much trouble with the invoicing and contracts side of things. I have a pretty standard workflow now after working for so many years.
I've found what works for me and I think good communication with your clients is vital.
Paddy has really found what he loves to do!
Can you tell me more about your business process? For example; What do you use to create invoices? How do you make sure payments are received on time?
I'm a huge fan of Freeagent it's a lifesaver. So easy to keep all your client contacts, invoices, time sheets together. I always work with contracts and require deposits before I start on a project. That's really important.
Good communication with a client and settings expectations is also important. Make sure in your contract that it says you don't deliver the final work or source files before your final invoice is paid is my ultimate advice.
Having a clear direction on your career seems to be key to Paddy's success. Paddy knows exactly where to get his clients, understands his workflow and has perfected his skills on the illustration side of the business.
I hope you can pick out the key's to Paddy's success and put in to practice in your work-flow.


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Author Interview with Kenneth C Brown
by Julian Fernandes September 23, 2018
A candid interview with the author of the Into the Savage novella series.
Part 1 Nomad's Pursuit to be released in 2019
Tell us a little about yourself. How long have you been writing, and where or what gets you inspired to tell stories?
I have been writing for eons.... tethered to the stone of eternity penning the anguish and existence of mankind for future species to recount and remember past mistakes…. Wait did you want a real answer? I've been writing seriously for about five or six years now. Out of all the different genres I like and the different stories I enjoy, I mainly stick to what kept the poets of the Romantic Period writing, wanting to connect with people all over and share an experience found only on paper.
How long have you been working on Part 1: Nomad's Pursuit, from the Into the Savage series?
Ever since I got launched into the future and had to figure out my way back, not knowing which leap would be the one to take me back home…okay, sorry. Into the Savage was something I've always had in the back of my mind but only came to fruition during the last six months of college during my capstone course.
Do you think the Into the Savage series would eventually make a good TV show or film series?
I would love to see Into the Savage made into comic series to be honest. Movies and tv are neat and would obviously pay the bills for everyone involved, but that's the go to thing. People don't primarily seem to write stories in speculative fiction just to write it. They want it on the screen, with all the royalties to boot.
Why did you choose Endless Ink PH to publish with?
The portents and omens willed it so, etched into the fabric of fate long before my existence…. Last one maybe. I saw an advertisement for them on Facebook. I looked through their work and found them to be a dedicated group devoted to putting out quality work. I think they're hungry for success just like me.
You have also written other books, how does Into the Savage differ from the other works you have written?
Hopefully people will read this one. Into the Savage is the first published foray of my writing going to what I've always wanted to create, adventure, action, and excitement. Prior stories have been my attempts at horror fiction.
What are some hobbies or passions you have outside of writing?
Wargaming mostly, miniatures like whatever Gamesworkshop and similar companies produce. I don't get to play nearly as much nowadays. I try to doodle and draw. Comics, industry news, and other geek-business related info spark my interest as well. I also have a Youtube channel that people should subscribe too *hint hint.* For a while I also practiced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing. Hopefully I can get back to it and stop looking like I spend most of my days in a chair typing away while a feedbag is strapped to my face.
What is something you want readers to know about you?
Dear audience, prospective readers, consumers with hard earned cash. I love you, dearly. I love your money too and want you to buy my work. I won't disappoint you and will do my best to keep you as a fan. Did I mention I loved you?
Social media allows fans to connect with authors easier, what is the platform you use the most and why?
Twitter and Youtube seem to be the biggest region for creators. You can find me on there always ready to interact with folks.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC42G20g1cqHv276NciJcSfw…
https://twitter.com/spoonybard669
Being an author isn't easy. What do you find to be the most difficult part about the process?
All that self-doubt and existential dread make things a smidge tough.
Is there anyone who has helped you along the way that you would like to give a shout-out too or thank for helping you get to this point. Family, friend, or someone else?
First and foremost, Endless Ink has taken a big leap with me and I don't intend to let them down at all. With that said, my old publisher and company, Gorillas With Scissors and Gypsy Heart Editing, helped me and gave me a start. So, I always have to mention them. There's a ton of others. Everyone from vet writers Robert Villanueva, his recent book is A Fable of Freedom and Other Stories, and his writer's group, to folks from college and other writers. I even have to shout out to the independent movement happening in the comics industry. A lot of them get a bad wrap but their crowdfunding projects have been major success stories, and they've done a lot to help me out and motivate me as well. I could keep going but that would pretty much be the size of a book itself.
When a reader picks up your books what should they expect from your stories?
Enjoyment, excitement, and hopefully something a little deeper that gets them wanting to read more from me.
Part 1: Nomad's Pursuit, of the Into the Savage series has a bleak tone, what is something you wanted readers to come away with after reading it?
Maybe…. they're just going to have to read it and see where it takes them. Just remember this is just one glimpse into this world. There's savagery in the wild, but there's also freedom.
Look for Part 1: Nomad's Pursuit, from Into the Savage to release in 2019 and be available for purchase at www.endlessinkbooks.com

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY gave Jonathan Quinn a scholarship in 1972 that covered a little over half his $3,000 tuition at the time. It wasn't enough to keep him in school. "I ran out of money and couldn't see racking up more loans when I was totally dissatisfied," says Quinn, an engineering major. He dropped out in his junior year.
Twenty-three years later, Quinn, now a 44-year-old sales manager for an electrical equipment company, is finally getting his degree. But it will be Cyber League, not Ivy League. Quinn is enrolled at the University of Phoenix's on-line B.S. program.
Loaded into his traveling laptop is all his course material. He boots up lectures and reading assignments after work, in airport lounges and hotel rooms. "I'll have my B.S. by July 1998," says Quinn. He's majoring in business administration. "The course- work is more meaningful than at Cornell," he adds.
Jonathan Quinn is a pioneer in what looks like the start of a big trend. Listen to management philosopher Peter Drucker: "Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast."
Fast indeed. Just four years ago Peterson's, the venerable college guide, tallied 93 "cyberschools." The 1997 Distance Learning guide includes 762. Robert Tucker, who heads an Arizona-based higher education research firm called InterEd, keeps tabs. He estimates that 55% of the U.S.' 2,215 four-year colleges and universities have courses available off-site. Over 1 million students are now plugged into the virtual college classroom, which compares with 13 million attending brick-and-mortar schools. That number of cyberstudents will more than tripleby the turn of the century.
A lot of people have long felt that education is too good to waste on the young, that college should be more than just a rite of passage for Americans. Besides offering the young an alternative means of getting an education, cybercollege is a highly effective means of providing continuing education in a fastchanging world. In 1972 just 28% of U.S. college and university students were over 25. By 1980 the proportion of older students had risen to 34%. In 1994, the last year for which statistics are available, the proportion of older students reached 41%.
The beauty of cyberlearning is that you can pursue it while working at a full-time job and living miles from a college. In an age when many jobs require continuing education, cyberlearning brings it to people who cannot afford to interrupt a career.
As the consumption of higher education has spread in the U.S., its economic efficiency has declined. The number of college and university students has grown 24% since 1980, but the money spent has grown three times faster. Adjusted for inflation, the average cost of educating a student for a year at an institution of higher learning has increased from $5,000 to $11,000.
In good part this has been because faculty productivity has been in steep decline. According to InterEd's Tucker, professors currently spend less than half the time in the classroom than they did 25 years ago. Many professors delegate teaching to graduate assistants. At a time when American business has been brutally restructuring and raising efficiency, colleges loftily resist change. "Despite the liberalism of their political cultures, these are deeply conservative places that resist change of every sort," says Bruno Manno, a fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Nevertheless, change is coming. Though the prestige brand universities are still besieged with applicants, smaller colleges are feeling the pinch as families and students are less willing to go heavily into debt to finance a college education. Over the last ten years, some 200 college campuses have closed for good-twice the number that shut down in the decade before.
"Market pressure is going to force educators to think about things unconventionally," says Peter McPherson, a former commercial banker who is now president of Michigan State University. "Every sector of business that has gone through this struggle has always said 'we can't do it.' That's what health care said, that's what the automobile companies said. But the markets do work, and change does come."
In a sense cyberprograms are heirs to the correspondence schools that date back to the turn of the century. Princeton they were not, but they offered a low-cost education to working people. This away-from-school schooling has been rendered far more effective by television, video-and the Internet, with its interactive capabilities. Modern technology brings education to the students rather than forcing students to subsidize fancy campuses and featherbedding faculties.
Not coincidentally, it makes it possible for all students-not just those at the fanciest colleges-to have access to the best lecturers and the best teachers. For a parallel, consider what the movies did for entertainment. Before movies a great entertainer could reach no more people at a time than could be crammed into a theater or concert hall. With movies the potential audience was increased by a factor of thousands and perhaps millions. It is conceivable that in the future we will have celebrity professors with incomes and audiences comparable to those of some entertainers.
On-line education makes it possible for students all over the world to study at prestigious U.S. schools without leaving their homes. At Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, almost half the students at its brand-new on-line Global Executive M.B.A. program live outside the U.S., "commuting" by E-mail from as far away as Switzerland and Hong Kong. These students are willing to pay a premium for the convenience of the remote access and the prestige of a Duke degree: $82,500 (frequently picked up by students' employers), compared with $50,000 for the regular on-campus M.B.A.
The University of Maine's Education Network reaches 9,000 students in 107 satellite classrooms, often in high schools, university centers or office suites. Sandra Woodcock, a 21-year-old waitress, lives on the island of Vinalhaven, off the coast of Maine. She is taking courses to earn her associate's degree at the island's brick high school.
Woodcock watches her professors on a television screen as they deliver their lectures. Questions are asked via a class phone. Homework assignments are mailed to her professors, and she takes tests at the high school, monitored by local proctors.
Tuition for the cybercourses is roughly similar to that charged at the University of Maine, but cyberstudents escape paying for room, board and transportation. The University of Maine charges $119 a credit hour; cyberlearners pay an extra $5 an hour. With 120 credits, a student can get a cyber bachelor's degree from the University of Maine for a tuition cost of $14,880-compare that with the $34,000 it costs to attend and live at the university's main campus at Orono.
Like Duke, the University of Phoenix charges its cyberstudents a premium over what it charges on-campus students. For cyberstudents, Phoenix charges $325 a credit for its B.S. program. With 102 course credits required for graduation, that is $33,150, about one-third the cost of going to Yale for four years. Phoenix students who attend the school's campus programs pay $25,000 for a B.S. degree, or about one year's worth at Harvard.
Are conventional educators happy? Hardly. "It goes against what Harvard stands for in terms of the learning process," huffs James Aisner, a spokesman for the Harvard Business School. "Being together, talking to people in the dorms or residence halls, is an essential part of the learning process here."
Perhaps true, but if the aim is to deliver a basic product at a reasonable price, a lot of students will willingly dispense with the beer drinking, dating and fellowship. If education is the goal, cyberstudents get that at a fraction of the cost of attending a traditional Ivy League college.
Economist Milton Friedman has long advocated stripped-down college educations. "There are many activities that have very little to do with higher education-namely, athletics and research," he says.
Friedman doesn't think higher education should be a monopoly of not-for-profit institutions. He argues that profitmaking businesses are inclined to be more responsive to the customers. "Institutions," he says, "are run by faculty, and the faculty is interested in its own welfare. The question is why competing institutions have not grown up which are private and for profit."
The University of Phoenix is a for-profit enterprise. It costs Phoenix on-line $237 to provide one credit hour of cybereducation, against $486 per hour for conventional education at Arizona State. The big difference: teaching salaries and benefits-$247 per credit hour for Arizona State against only $46 for Phoenix.
Arizona State professors get an average of $67,000 a year. The typical University of Phoenix on-line faculty member is part time and earns only $2,000 a course, teaching from a standardized curriculum.
Is Phoenix then an academic sweatshop where underpaid lumpen intellectuals slave for a pittance? No way. All of the University of Phoenix faculty have master's or doctoral degrees; some do research and publish books and papers.
Like their students, most of the profs hold down full-time jobs in the professions they teach, keeping them in touch with current issues and trends in their specialties. Accounting courses, for instance, are taught by practicing CPAs. Finance courses are taught by M.B.A.s. For them, teaching is a source of extra income or stimulation.
In fighting back, the academic establishment has adopted a Luddite approach: Stop change by smashing it. Among the establishment's most powerful weapons is accreditation: Without accreditation schools aren't eligible for federal aid. And, of course, conventional educators control the nation's accrediting bodies for higher education.
Most of these new cyberschools, though, have done an end-run around the problem because they are part of already existing, already accredited institutions. These schools, instead of fighting change, have decided to embrace it.
The University of Maine's faculty revolted three years ago when the people who ran its on-line programs wanted to grant a separate degree. The faculty won. Maine's cyberdegrees are now exactly the same as any degree granted by its seven campuses.
How effective are on-line programs? The University of Phoenix recently gave standardized achievement tests to a group of B.S. graduates. It gave the same test to a group of B.S. graduates from competing on-campus programs at three public Arizona universities.
On average, the on-line students scored 5% to 10% higher than their traditionally educated peers and maintained that margin upon completing their coursework. Discount this study as self-serving, but there can be no doubt that motivated cyberstudents can learn as well as motivated on-site students.
Economics or no, the "college experience" is highly esteemed in the U.S., and conventional teaching in conventional colleges is not going away. It is, however, about to get some sorely needed competition.
Especially so in adult and continuing education. Dr. Raye Bellinger, a cardiologist who manages a seven physician practice in Sacramento, Calif., has gone back to school without abandoning his business. He signed up for a University of Phoenix M.B.A. over the Internet, paying his fees by credit card.
Day one he logged on and downloaded the syllabus (textbooks available for purchase over the Internet). He also read his professor's lecture on technology management. A week later he handed in his first assignment-a 13-page paper on his practice's patient management system. "They insist that you write about things you are doing in your own job,"says Bellinger.
He then posted his paper to a class forum and over the next several days got responses from both classmates and his professor. Think of the system as a time-shifting classroom where students discuss topics as their schedules permit.
Take Janet Mize, a 47-year-old liver transplant coordinator taking on-line courses toward a B.S. in nursing from California State University, Dominguez Hills. "We carry on a conversation by computer and voicemail," she says. "I feel like we're old college classmates." Mize helped form a student nurses society-which has monthly meetings by telephone.
Just as it helps adults who need continuing education, so cybereducation helps students who want a college degree at lower cost. The world changes. Education will change with it.


SBS Transit Bus Service 161 is a trunk service plying between Hougang Central Interchange and Woodlands Interchange, passing through Hougang Avenue 10/6/8/4, Buangkok, Sengkang, Punggol Road, TPE, SLE and Woodlands Avenue 2. A large portion of the route plies along the TPE/SLE corridor.
Service 161 is a residential inter-town route connecting Hougang and Sengkang with Woodlands. It incorporates a long express sector (~16km) between Punggol Road and Woodlands Avenue 2 along Tampines Expressway and Seletar Expressway, one of the longest unbroken express sectors for any trunk route in Singapore.
The route benefits from good demand throughout the day, with significantly higher demand during weekday peak hours from educational institutions at Woodlands, notably Innova Junior College and Republic Polytechnic (RP).
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2021 under the Sengkang – Hougang Bus Package.
2002: No significant route changes since 2002.
Why Does Bus Service 161 Also Served By Single Deck Bus?I Thought The Bus Is Only Served By Double Deck Bus.These Bus Service With A Double Deck Bus Only Cannot Be Deployed On The Single Deck Bus.
I have the intention to get a Adult Monthly Travel (AMT) fare card at $120. Everyday I took bus 161 from Hougang interchange to Woodland interchange. Is bus 161 considered a Express Bus or Basic Bus? AMT card only can used on basic.
Service 161 is a basic bus service. AMT Pass can be used on this service.


INNOVATIVE plans to adapt street lamps for electric car charging could make Portsmouth a leading city in green travel - but homeowners aren't impressed.
At a meeting on Thursday (Jan 24) the council's transport boss, Councillor Lynne Stagg, will decide whether to implement 40 electric vehicle charging points, with 38 designated parking bays, across the city.
It is thought adding charging points, provided through existing lamp posts, in residential roads will boost the numbers of electric vehicles in the city, which were recorded as more than 1,500 last year - a 400 per cent increase since 2015.
But homeowners of the streets affected made their concerns known as part of a consultation held between December and January.
Out of 45 responses, 42 objected to the plans citing loss of parking spaces, hazards created by wires and bollards - that will be used where lampposts are far away from the kerb - and disruption.
An Adames Road homeowner added: 'I object to this there's no parking as it is down this road, I can never find a place to park and have to pay for a permit yearly to park in my road.
Only three residents supported the idea.
'I have an electric vehicle and my husband wants to buy one,' another Adames Road resident said.
Cllr Stagg explained why the consultation was held. 'We are committed to improving air quality in Portsmouth and want to encourage greater use of electric vehicles, so I supported a consultation with residents on this proposal to introduce the electric vehicle charge point infrastructure,' she said.
Most of the cost of implementing the points, that will be in place for three years, will be covered by a £100,000 grant from government that has been secured.
Users will be able to pay for the electricity either via an app for smartphones or by using a pre-paid smart cable.
Existing electric vehicle charging point locations include the Park and Ride car park, the Isambard Brunel multi-storey and the Clarence Esplanade car park.


student : Problem: The grade appeal process at a university requires that a jury be structured by selecting four individuals randomly from a pool of 11 students and 11 faculty. A. What is the probability of selecting a jury of all students? B. What is the probability of selecting a jury of all faculty. C. What is the probabilty of selecting a jury of 2 students and 2 faculty?
student : ok...thank you...the answer I got was 0.04511.


TOKY is proud to have designed and developed every one of the exhibition web catalogues for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, from Ideal [Dis-]Placements to Stylus and everything in between.
This week saw the launch of the full web catalogue for Reflections of the Buddha, its current exhibition of 22 artworks presented in harmony with the Pulitzer's building, designed by Pritzker-winning architect Tadao Andō. Like all Pulitzer exhibitions, Reflections of the Buddha (the installation and the curatorial commentary) considers the relationship between the artworks and the architecture. The relationship may be even more pronounced in this exhibition, with organizing curator Francesca Herndon-Consagra exploring what happens when centuries-old Buddhist objects are installed in a contemporary building designed by someone who, while not a Buddhist, has been influenced by the Buddhist structures and philosophy of his native Japan.
New this catalogue: TOKY helped the PFA present audio — from Pulitzer staff and outside scholars — to accompany and more fully introduce specific artworks. Visitors to the above page, for example, can click through various points of view of the artwork with the audio (at left) playing continuously.
Pulitzer staff have ongoing, easy access to the blog for continual updates.
The exhibition is on view until March 10. While we like the website, we certainly recommend you see the show yourself, if you can, during an upcoming Wednesday or Saturday.


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Latino Victory Fund, a progressive group, endorses Julián Castro
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"Julián's candidacy is a milestone for Latino representation at a time when the Latino community has been demonized and dehumanized by Pres. Trump," says LVF's president.
By Suzanne Gamboa
Fresh from a second round of debates, Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro nailed a key endorsement from Latino Victory Fund, a group dedicated to building the political influence of Latinos.
While some may see the endorsement as logical, since Castro is the only Latino in the race, polls have shown Hispanic voters, like white voters, have divided their loyalties among the many Democratic candidates. Several of the candidates have hired Latinos to help them connect with Hispanic voters who will be the largest non-white group of eligible voters for the first time in the 2020 election.
In making the endorsement, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Latino Victory Fund interim president, said in a statement provided to NBC News that Castro is a dedicated, experienced leader who will restore dignity to the White House and who has an "inclusive vision for all Americans."
"He was the first candidate to propose an immigration plan, the first to propose a detailed police reform plan, and the first to propose a major policy platform for the Native American community. His actions make one thing clear: Julián is the resolute leader we need in the Oval Office in January 2021," Mark-Viverito said.
The group also acknowledged the magnitude of the possibility that Castro, a former Cabinet secretary under President Barack Obama and former San Antonio mayor and councilman, could be the first Latino president and could follow a president with low approval ratings among a majority of Latinos.
"Julián's candidacy is a milestone for Latino representation at a time when the Latino community has been demonized and dehumanized by President Trump," Mark-Viverito said.
Castro previously told NBC News that he is the antidote to Trump.
Castro had been dismissed as a lower-tier candidate in the Democratic primary race and had a slow start in gaining financial support.
Having been off the political stage a few years, he also has had to do significant catch-up on the name recognition and fundraising fronts.
Unlike rivals who are in office and have recently run for election or re-election, he had little campaign infrastructure. His campaign is not accepting political action committee or lobbying money.
But Castro has been feisty in the months since he announced, beating other candidates to the release of policies and matching or outdoing his rivals in detail.
He ratcheted up his profile with his performance in the June debates in Miami, where he tangled with fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke over immigration.
He has also won some attention for his various policy proposals, but has still struggled in polls.
In Wednesday's debates, Castro's performance kept him in the race, allowing him a chance to review some policy proposals with national audiences, as well as show some fierceness by squaring off with Vice President Joe Biden on immigration and taking a dig at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, by invoking the Twitter hashtag #MoscowMitch.
"We are beaming with pride to announce our unequivocal support for Secretary Julián Castro for president of the United States," Mark-Viverito said. "Estamos contigo, Julián (We are with you Julián.)"
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Novel feed sources to reduce climate emissions of Norwegian salmon farming
The Bellona Foundation, the Norwegian Seafood Federation and seven major players in the fish feed industry have joined forces to improve the climate footprint of Norwegian salmon.The initiative «Råvareløftet» seeks to accelerate the development of new raw materials for fish feed. The aim is to contribute to major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, whilegenerating employment and furthering the development of the aquaculture industry.
Published on December 11, 2020 by Bellona Europa
The Bellona Foundation, the Norwegian Seafood Federation and seven major players in the fish feed industry have joined forces to improve the climate footprint of Norwegian salmon. The initiative «Råvareløftet» seeks to accelerate the development of new raw materials for fish feed. The aim is to contribute to major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, while generating employment and furthering the development of the aquaculture industry.
Feed alone accounts for approximately ¾ of greenhouse gas emissions of Norwegian farmed salmon – when airfreight to distant markets is omitted.
– One of the challenges to growth in the aquaculture industry is the supply of feed and ensuring that it is sustainable, Prime Minister Erna Solberg emphasized during the Norwegian launch of the summary report of The High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy-initiative last week.
A broad coalition is now set to address this challenge. The Bellona Foundation, the Norwegian Seafood Federation, Aker Biomarine, BioMar, Calanus, Cargill, Hordafor, Skretting and Mowi have established the collaboration platform «Råvareløftet». The goal is to accelerate the phasing in of new and sustainable raw materials for fish feed. This will enable increased production of seafood, and reduce the overall climate and environmental footprint of the aquaculture industry.
– We believe that Norwegian production of new raw materials for fish feed may be the start of a new green industrial opportunity. It is therefore very exciting to be able to draw on the collective expertise of the industry in finding new and sustainable solutions, says Joakim Hauge, Manager for The Bellona Bio-programme and project responsible for Råvareløftet.
– Råvareløftet is a very exciting partnership that may provide climate benefits, business opportunities and job creation. It would be a win-win situation for Norway if we could replace the large volumes of imported soy with alternative feed raw materials based on Norwegian resources. This spring, as part of economic coronavirus measures, we allocated an additional 20 million NOK to research into the development of fish feed based on Norwegian raw material sources. However, we are also dependent the private sectors' willingness to invest. I am therefore very pleased with the initiative industry and The Bellona Foundation are showcasing with Råvareløftet, comments Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen.
– The Norwegian seafood industry has an important societal mission to produce sustainable and healthy food for a growing world population. We take this seriously and with Råvareløftet we are now taking an important step into an even greener future, says Geir Ove Ystmark, CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Federation. – In Norway, 250,000 new jobs are needed by 2030 if we are to secure the welfare state. We will do our part to ensure that these jobs are created as part of the ongoing sustainability transition in the ocean industries.
Reducing the use of vegetable raw materials such as soy and rapeseed in the feed is an important measure to reduce the climate footprint of farmed salmon. The candidates for the feed ingredients of the future are many.
Råvareløftet will address the potential for harvesting new marine raw materials like mesopelagic fish and species low in the food chain, such as algae, copepods and krill. It will also focus on the cultivation of new feed raw materials, and how future salmon feed may be rely on products derived from insects, yeast and bacteria. Last but not least, Råvareløftet will examine how raw materials for fish feed can be derived from animal and vegetable by-products of other production processes, such as capture-based seafood production.
All partners will contribute expertise, data and resources to Råvareløftet. The Bellona Foundation will assist industry in identifying new solutions and opportunities, and ensure that private sector, politics and the policy landscape are in alignment. In its strategic vision, "Sustainable Aquaculture 2030", the Bellona Foundation has pointed out the importance of establishing broad collaborations in order to develop new and more sustainable raw materials for fish feed.
– We are pleased with the commitment, ambitions and knowledge the Norwegian Seafood Federation and key players in the feed industry are bringing to the table. Together, we will lay the foundations for the development of novel raw materials, lowering emissions and reducing environmental impact. With Råvareløftet we invite government and state bodies, R&D environments, industry and other societal actors to participate in an initiative that aims to create jobs and economic value, as well as cut greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement, says Joakim Hauge of the Bellona Foundation.
– With Råvareløftet we showcase the resolve with which the Norwegian seafood industry contributes to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. We are a future-oriented industry that works to ensure that Norway retains its position as the world's leading and most sustainable ocean nation, emphasizes Ystmark of the Norwegian Seafood Federation.
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WATCH: 7 Villages in Artsakh's Martakert are Surrendered to Azerbaijan
Residents of seven villages in Artsakh's Martakert region were told on Tuesday that they would have to evacuate, because their villages were deemed to be part of Aghdam, which was surrendered to Azerbaijan on Friday as part of the "end of war" agreement signed last week.
The villages of Nor Maragha, Nor Aygestan, Nor Seysulan, Nor Karmiravan, Nor Haykajur, Hovtashen, and Nor Jraberd in the Martakert Region of Artsakh are now fully under Azerbaijani control, while Martakert is not one of several territories to be relinquished to the enemy.
"Since this area was located in the Aghdam Region during the Soviet years, it seems this is why these villages were forced to be emptied," said Artak Beglaryan, Artsakh's Human Rights Defender.
"After 30 years we have to leave our homes to the Turks," one resident who packed his belongings to be evacuated told Artsakh Public Television, whose crew and reporters caught up with the devastated residents.
Before leaving, some villagers burned down their houses.
"Well, you can understand the people. If they left their houses in the 90s, why should they leave them for the second time? I don't know if it is right or wrong, but that's what they are doing," said a resident of Nor Maragha.
However, not everyone is setting their house on fire.
"We hope that there may be some changes," said another resident. "We will return, repair the roof of our house and live in our house agains."
Beglaryan said, the Artsakh government will do everything to initially provide temporary shelters for the displaced residents, after which the authorities will try to resolve the issue of everyone's housing.
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On 2 December 2002, the Kardze (CH: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People's Court sentenced Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a well-known and highly respected lama, to death with a two-year reprieve for "crimes of terror and incitement of separatism". His conviction was based on a confession obtained under torture by his alleged co-conspirator, Lobsang Dondrup, who was also found guilty and summarily executed on January 26, 2003, accused of causing explosions in the city of Chengdu. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's case was commuted to a life sentence in 2005, and since then has been reduced to 20 years. During the trial, no evidence other than the confession of Lobsang Dondrup was offered to link Tenzin Delek Rinpoche to the explosions. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche maintained his innocence throughout.
Torture in Detention
Arrested on 7 April 2002, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was held incommunicado for eight months from the day of his arrest until the time of his trial. Moreover, he had no access to the lawyer his family appointed for him, and despite his final conviction, no court documents have since been released, shrouding the proceedings in secrecy5.
After sentencing Tenzin Delek Rinpoche reportedly began a hunger strike to protest his unfair trial and the treatment he received in detention, which sources say include him being tortured by being shackled hand and foot and suspended from above.
The level of violence directed at Tibetan political prisoners is frequently extreme and results in Tibetans being left with severe scars following a period of detention, including paralysis, the loss of limbs, organ damage, and serious psychological trauma6. Often Tibetans whose lives might have been saved following torture die because of deliberate withholding of medical treatment. This is in contravention of both international and Chinese Criminal Law regarding medical access for detainees.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is not a criminal – he is a prisoner of conscience.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's imprisonment "was the culmination of a decade-long effort by the Chinese authorities to curb his efforts to foster Tibetan Buddhism, his support for the Dalai Lama as a religious leader, and his work to develop Tibetan social and cultural institutions. His efforts had become a focal point for Tibetans struggling to retain their cultural identity in the face of China's restrictive policies and its continuing persecution of individuals attempting to push the accepted boundaries of cultural and social expression."7
His treatment by Chinese authorities has been nothing short of a vicious act of cruelty.
"I am completely innocent… I have always said we should not raise our hand at others. It is sinful… I have neither distributed letters or pamphlets nor planted bombs secretly. I have never even thought of such things, and I have no intention to hurt others."
Sentenced for supporting Tibetan cultural identity
Before his arrest, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche sought to strengthen the Tibetan community, including by building schools, monasteries, and medical facilities, and by reaching out to the poor. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche supported the Dalai Lama, developed Tibetan cultural and religious institutions, and was also active in environmental protection, speaking out against deforestation practices that were harmful to the local community. Tenzin Delek's activism on this range of issues made him a target of the Chinese authorities, who for ten years attempted to limit his work and influence.
His influence remains strong despite having spent many years in prison. In 2009 over 40,000 local Tibetans in Lithang signed their names to a petition urging the authorities to release Tenzin Delek RInpoche. Signing the petition with a thumbprint of red ink, every single one of the 40,000 Tibetan signers was aware of the risk to their freedom and perhaps their lives by speaking out for the Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.
5 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, 2005, http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G05/129/86/PDF/G0512986.pdf?OpenElement
6 International Campaign for Tibet http://www.savetibet.org/newsroom/torture-and-impunity-29-cases-of-tibetan-political-prisoners/#sthash.O4sqWf3K.dpuf
7 Human Rigths Watch, Trials of a Tibetan Monk, http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/02/08/trials-tibetan-monk
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Michael's gave them to me for the managers cost. She believes in our school and supports us in many endeavors. I purchased the boards for about $2.50 each. Thank goodness for true believers in education and equity!
There are a number of businesses who are willing to help schools but we must remember to ask. Good for you that you asked!
You are right! Many, many people will help if we only ask. I saw on the news over the weekend about a high school in Guilford County (I forgot its name) who had volunteers to rake leaves for hours on Saturday. They worked long and hard and in the cold. But they also had businesses who donated gifts and other items to them for their hard work. That's a great way to make sure that we don't have to overwork the custodial staff and we can still get the job done. It probably also brings alot of school pride to the school and community.
That is great that you could find some help. I have found that most people will offer you a deal if you tell them it is for school. I know that I ordered pizza for my class when they all passed the EOG and I got a really good deal because I told them it was for class. I guess it makes others feel good to know they are helping out the schools.
There are so many resources out there. We just need to be willing to look for them. Many times people want to help schools out, they just do not know how.
We have a lot of success at my school getting help - you just need to ask.
In my school I have found that since i have entered the master's program that there are alot of people who do not like associating with me anymore. But they do like to nominate me for different task and jobs around the school. Saying "Since you want to be an administrator..." or "As an administrator you need to..." Well I am sick of it, they can do there own stuf themselves.
lets just forget what I just said there, I wasn't thinking. I think that I have been in this room working on my final exam for to long.
That is exciting for the school and the kids. Science fairs are an important part of the school curriculum but most never get to participate due to cost or no desire. At least your students don't have the barrier of the cost to take them out of the fair.


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If you are a lover of sci-fi/ fantasy and french films, like me, you may recognize the name Luc Bresson from "La Femme Nikita" (1990), "The Professional" (1994) or "The Fifth Element" (1997). I picked up the film based on the trailer back in 2014, if I had remembered that Luc was the writer director I would have been even more anxious to see it! What had me since last Spring when I became conscious of the film was the tagline "The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%."
As you know from reading this blog or my presentation at Bastyr last year or perhaps being one of my students, I am very much into accessing higher realms of consciousness. In my foundation year at Otis Art Institute, freshly and happily out of the confides of Catholic high school, I was a very hard working, focused student with the aim to be a hyperrealist illustrator like Gottfried Helnwein. In order to accomplish this feat I needed to get my drawing skills up which was accomplished by a teacher recommending Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain. That book accomplishment the task of shifting my way of seeing and thus heightening my draftmanship skills and got me super interested in how the brain works, which has stuck with me ever since. Thus the Matrix and Limitless being some of my favorite films of that genre.
The story begins like a similar hero tale of an unsuspecting human who obtains super powers by accident The difference here is that the human happens to be Lucy, played by the beautiful Scarlett Johansson alongside Morgan Freeman co-starring as a brilliant brain scientist.
I found the film highly entertaining and wish it didn't end so quick! In the meantime I'm still searching for ways of expanding my consciousness. How shall we scent Lucy? Hmm, I'll choose Vespertina, since that is the perfume designed for the super hero who uses about 20% of her brain with the fragrance containing essential oils related to elevated consciousness.


In a Solidarity Economy 101 planning session, the model of "Resilience Based Organizing" arose as part of general group discussion which presented an opportunity to offer some background on the meaning of the phrase.
Resilience based organizing is rooted in the idea that organizing strategy and practice evolves very differently in front line communities where social position and an absence of public service infrastructure necessitates that people within those communities employ resourcefulness on a daily basis.
Members of the Black Panther Party have noted in the past the highly experimental nature of their programming. We have this idea of a grand design for community engagement, but that assessment is a quality of hindsight. They addressed the unmet needs of their community because it was easier to digest political education on a full stomach.
Behavioral economists and social psychologists have noted a high prevalence of social capital in poor communities to greater or worse effect. Programs such as the healthcare initiative and Free Breakfast Program engage this readily available form of capital to cement deeper bonds between those providing services and those being served while also emphasizing the coproductive capacity of those being served to design and implement future services.
In "Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience", the first element mentioned by Post Carbon Institute is "People". A core ethic of the permaculture design processe is "People Care". Resilience is the ability of an organism or system to absorb disturbance while maintaining its essential function, structure, and identity. On the level of community, no element of resilience will ever rise above the people who are part of that community.
Their resolve to confront and overcome challenges to their structure is rooted in the type of social capital they are able to evoke within and amongst themselves. Absent this bonding factor, they will be easily taken apart by the first strong storm whether natural, economic, or political.
This is an economic discussion as much as an organizing one. We should understand these survival initiatives as basic trust building exercises in cultivating solidarity economies which are ecosystems of supportive infrastructure upon which other work can be built.
Acknowledgement is rendered to Movement Generation and their resource library (particularly this zine) for advancing our understanding of both Just Transition and resilience based organizing models.


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A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. It was innovated by Mando Guerrero. Much of its popularity in both Japanese and American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.
In a standard moonsault, which is generally attempted from the top rope, a wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a backflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing towards the elevated position. Though this move is generally attempted from the top rope to an opponent lying face up in the mat, myriad variations exist, including moonsaults that see the wrestler land on a standing opponent and forcing them down to the mat. The move is considered a higher-impact version of a splash, since the wrestler utilizes rotational speed.

A less common variation sees the wrestler perform a moonsault on a standing opponent, with the torso of the wrestler striking the torso of the opponent (albeit upside down), forcing the opponent backwards and to the ground with the opponent on top of them, usually placing the opponent in a pinning predicament. Most of the variations listed below can also be performed on standing opponents.

Danger and precautions

When executed properly the moonsault is generally considered safe, but as with any aerial maneuver, there is inherent high risk when not executed properly. The wrestler performing the move often misses and lands on their stomach unharmed (such as Keiji Mutoh during Starrcade (1989), when he went for a Moonsault on Sting, but ended up missing; he was eventually able to land on his feet and land a kick). Mutoh underwent double knee replacement surgery on February 18, 2018, and has since then not performed the Moonsault. In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Mutoh told them that he was lucky to be alive after botching a moonsault.

In an example of a moonsault gone spectacularly wrong, Eiji Ezaki, better known as Hayabusa, suffered a life-threatening injury on October 22, 2001, while working for the Japanese wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. As Hayabusa began executing a springboard moonsault from the second rope, his feet slipped off the rope and struck the first rope below. As a result Hayabusa did not have enough height within which to execute the full 360° of the move, causing him to land head first and on his neck. He broke two vertebrae and was left quadriplegic, completely ending his career. Hayabusa was eventually able to gain some movement in his lower body, but was never able to wrestle again.

Variations

Corkscrew moonsault
The corkscrew moonsault is a twisting moonsault in which the wrestler is standing or on an elevated platform, such as the top rope, or the corner of the ring, and performs a moonsault with a 360° twist or multiple twists, landing as if performing a normal moonsault. It was used by KUSHIDA early in his career as the Midnight Express while Tetsuya Naito previously used it as the Stardust Press.

Diving moonsault
This is a Moonsault from the top rope, a wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a Diving backflip landing on the opponent in a splash position but facing towards the elevated position.in this moonsault, the wrestler land on a standing opponent and forcing them down to the mat. The move is considered a higher-impact version of a splash, since the wrestler utilizes rotational speed.

Double jump moonsault
This is a variation of a springboard moonsault. This variation sees the wrestler bounce off the middle rope to elevate themself to the top rope, from where they bounce off to perform the moonsault. This version of a moonsault is often referred to as a picture perfect moonsault or double springboard moonsault. It was used by Christopher Daniels, who called the move the BME (Best Moonsault Ever).

Double rotation moonsault
This is a moonsault where another rotation is performed after the initial moonsault. There are two major variants of the double moonsault, an Asai moonsault version and a normal moonsault from the top turnbuckle to the inside of the ring with two rotations. The first rotation is an arc of the back

The first variation sees a wrestler who is standing on the apron, with a wrestler on the floor behind them, jump up on to either the first or second rope and perform and backflip as in to perform an Asai moonsault but while in mid air tucks their legs reducing resistance and performs a second complete backflip after the first one, landing on a standing opponent below. This is the more common of the two variants due to the increased airtime of the springboard and height from the springboard to the floor. This variant is closely associated with Jack Evans who popularized it as the Stuntin' 101. Evans is also known to perform a corkscrew version of this variant.

The second variation sees a wrestler ascend to the top rope and perform a backflip while tucking their legs. This allows the wrestler to have less resistance and continue to rotate after the initial first 360° for another 270° completing the second rotation onto an opponent lying on the mat. This was popularized by Ricochet.

Triple jump moonsault
This is a variation of the double jump moonsault where, from a running start, the attacking wrestler jumps to a chair or other elevated platform, onto the top rope, and then does a moonsault from there onto the opponent. This move has been popularized by wrestler Sabu.

Moonsault side slam

Invented by Naomichi Marufuji and called Shiranui Kai. Any move where the wrestler stands on an elevated position, grabs hold of the opponent, and performs a moonsault while still holding on to the opponent, driving them down to the mat. This move is also known as a Solo Spanish Fly. Multiple variations exist, such as a belly-to-bellybelly-to-belly version used by Matt Sydal. This version which sees him holding the opponent in a belly-to-belly position while performing the moonsault to land on top of them in a seated senton. He calls this version the Sydal Special., a side slam version or a rolling version, which can also be performed while standing, John Morrison used the standing version as the C4, while Frankie Kazarian use the rolling version as the Flux Capacitor.

Rounding moonsault
This variation is also referred to as a sideways moonsault, rolling moonsault, rounding splash, and Original-style moonsault. The attacker climbs the top rope, or other elevated position facing away the opponent. Instead of doing a backflip as in a normal moonsault, the attacker rotates their body off to one side horizontally and lands on the opponent chest-first, facing the turnbuckle as in a normal moonsault. Innovated by Tiger Mask I and used by Bam Bam Bigelow as the Bam Bam-Sault and Vader as the Vadersault respectively.

Another variation of this move sees the attacker facing the prone opponent with the attacker leaping forward into the air rotating their body in a semi-circle to end up-side down as if doing a midair cartwheel then landing on the opponent chest first facing the turnbuckle. Alexa Bliss uses this move as her finisher, which she calls Twisted Bliss. Dana Brooke uses this move as a variation while running to an opponent lying on the mat, they rotate in opposite directions.

Split-legged moonsault

This moonsault variation sees the performer jump up and split their legs onto both the left and right top ropes surrounding the top turnbuckle, using the impact of their thighs on the rope to flip themselves over, executing a moonsault onto a prone opponent.

A variation of the split-legged moonsault is the Arabian Press, which involves the performer's thighs both landing on a single top rope, and the performer then continues to use the impact of their thighs on the rope to flip themselves over, executing a moonsault onto a prone opponent. Naomi uses this move. Also known for being used by Rob Van Dam as the Hollywood Star Press.

Split-legged corkscrew moonsault

This variation involves performing a corkscrew moonsault after using the impact of their thighs on the ropes to flip themselves over. It was popularized by John Morrison, who called the move the Starship Pain and The End of The World.

Springboard moonsault

This is a move in which a wrestler springboards (bounces off ropes), then executes a backflip and lands on an opponent. This move is known as La Quebrada in lucha libre, sometimes shortened to simply Quebrada. A variation performed off the second rope from a running start, popularized by Chris Jericho, is known as the Lionsault.

When a springboard moonsault is performed onto an opponent on the floor outside the ring, rather than one in the ring, it is called an Asai Moonsault. It is named after Yoshihiro Asai, also known by his ring name Último Dragón, who popularized the move. This can also be used as a setup for an inverted DDT, as popularized by AJ Styles.

Standing moonsault
This is a wrestling move in which the wrestler does a backflip on the mat landing on the opponent. This move can be set up by preceding with a roundoff. WWE wrestler Apollo Crews uses this as his finishing maneuver. Jeff Cobb also uses the Move as the Gachimuchi-Sault.

Fallaway moonsault slam
This moves shows a wrestler grab an opponent like a fallaway slam but instead of just throwing them backwards does a backflip slamming the opponents back into the mat. This move is used by Cameron Grimes, and was innovated by Scott Steiner as a counter to a running crossbody. A diving/avalanche version of it is used by Bandido as Guerrero Moonsault.

See also
Professional wrestling aerial techniques - (Moonsault leg drop; Moonsault double foot stomp)
Professional wrestling attacks

References

 Death Valley Driver Big, Big Book of Wrestling Moves
 Online World Of Wrestling

Professional wrestling moves

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The Macan, Porsche's smallest SUV, is the brand's best-selling model in Europe.
LOS ANGELES -- Porsche will not introduce any vehicles smaller than the Macan crossover and Boxster convertible in the current product lineup.
"There is absolutely no intention to go below what we have today," Detlev von Platen, global sales chief for Porsche, said last week in an interview here at the opening of the Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles.
Von Platen's comments rebuffed speculation published recently by some car magazines and websites that Porsche is busy developing a third crossover that would slot below the Macan in price and size. The Macan, a compact crossover, went on sale in 2014 and is now the brand's top-selling vehicle in Europe.
In rejecting smaller, less-expensive vehicles than today's baseline, Porsche leaders are thinking about what the brand represents, von Platen said.
"We are an exclusive sports car manufacturer," he said. "We have nothing to gain by creating a cheaper Porsche in the future. It's not about quantity, it's about quality in what we do."
Porsche is developing new vehicles such as an electric sport sedan that will slot elsewhere in the lineup. But the brand's product expansion also will go beyond new vehicles, von Platen said.
"If you want to be consistent with the product strategy we have had, in the future our investment will go more in the development of new services around the car," von Platen said.
What could those be? Developing a parking feature in which the Porsche itself could identify an open parking location, guide the driver to it and quickly pay for it is one potential example, von Platen said.


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Q: Chrome messaging: chrome.runtime.sendMessage not working on the newest release 49 I have a Chrome extension that works perfectly fine on version 48 but for some reason, isn't working on 49 and am not able to find anything on their release/change log.
The part that isn't working is the message passing.
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This will not output anything on version 49, but will on version 48.
How do I fix this?

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RE-EQUIPPING AND RE-TRAINING OF THE 26TH BRIGADE; VISIT OF GENERAL CROCKER [Allocated Title]
New tanks arriving for the 26th Brigade, 6th Armoured Brigade near Le Kef, Tunisia. Lieutenant-General Crocker (formerly of the 6th Armoured Division and now Commander of the 9th Corps) and Major-General Keightley, Commander of the 6th Armoured Division, visit Brigadier Roberts at the 26th Brigade, 6th Armoured Division near Le Kef.
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Home Blog Human resource development and some reflections
Human resource development and some reflections
Amir Sayem
Human resource development that receives much more attention at present is very important for any country including Bangladesh. It is undeniable that developed human resources can bring enormous positive impacts not only in government, private and other organizations but also in the society as a whole. In fact, developed human resources can bring better outcomes in economic, social and many other aspects. But a considerable portion of employees, officials and others are not developed as human resources as desired in Bangladesh. As a result, the development of human resources needs to be given more emphasis in the country that needs to be developed from diverse fronts.
Before moving further, it seems important to say something about human resource development. In the narrow sense, the concept of human resource development refers to the development of employees/officials of an organization as human resources with the development of skills and abilities through continuous training so that they can perform various functions that are associated with diverse goals of an organization — government, private, non-government or any other — and make use of acquired skills and abilities to develop an organization, its culture and values. But, in a broad sense, human resource development indicates all formal and informal processes by which an individual develops his/her abilities and skills through education and training in order that he/she becomes functional for himself/herself and the overall society.
In the organizational sense, the purposes of human resource development are to enhance individual performance and improve organizational effectiveness and productivity. Furthermore, the scope of human resource development in this sense diverse such as organizational development, career development and training and development. But the purpose of human resource development in the broad sense is to enhance the capabilities of diverse sorts so that he/she can function well both in the organizational and overall social settings. Whereas the process of human resource development in the organizational sense mainly starts after the involvement with an organization as an employee, it begins very early in the broader sense especially through formal and informal education at the family level and educational institutions.
But it is undeniable that there is a lack of efforts in human resource development — both in the organizational and broader sense — in Bangladesh as desired. Challenges can be analyzed from three viewpoints such as family, educational institutes and organizational level. At the family level, many parents do not teach their children social skills and good social norms and values. On some occasions, parents try to compel their children to move for certain careers that are not suitable for them. Moreover, many parents are indifferent to life and they unknowingly try to impart such indifference among children. Consequently, it may be difficult to develop many children as human resources from the broad sense as desired, though many parents can play significant roles in these.
At the educational institute level, there are enormous challenges to the development of human resources. Of course, the main goals of education should be teaching about not only how to be a good human being but also diverse abilities and skills needed for better jobs and better functioning in society as a whole. But educational institutes cannot play desired roles; in fact, on many occasions, educational institutes do not make links with the job markets as expected. Even if some subjects or departments make links with the job markets in terms of courses and practical works, these are not sufficient for the development of diverse skills and abilities among students to get jobs and play constructive roles for society as a whole.
At the organizational level, there is a wide variety of challenges to human resource development. But different sorts of organizations face different sorts of challenges, even if there are some similarities in challenges; moreover, some challenges are major while others are minor. Some major challenges are a lack of human resource development policies and strategies, lack of a strong human resource department, lack of understanding of organizational needs, indifference to the development of human resources and inadequate financial resources. Of course, all organizations do not have similar challenges. Some organizations have more challenges, while others have less. Usually, government organizations have more financial and other resources to invest in human resource development compared to private and other organizations.
Of diverse organizations, moreover, government organizations put more emphasis on human resource development through a variety of means including training and providing educational opportunities, though there is a lack of desired human resource development efforts across organizations. Of private organizations, only large-scale organizations take into account the importance of human resource development and make systematic efforts including training, though all large-scale organizations do not make significant efforts. In non-government organizations, human resource development efforts are partially considered. Indeed, most organizations recruit already developed human resources mostly on a yearly basis, even if the staff at different tiers and/or project-based staff are trained for improving the ability to perform specific tasks associated with a particular project or program. But organizational efforts are mainly focused on the enhancement of abilities to improve performance for realizing the goals of the organizations.
Under such situations, more emphasis needs to be varyingly given on human resource development in Bangladesh. Along with social norms and values, families should guide the development of social or life skills and should avoid putting unnecessary obstacles to the development of acceptable social skills of diverse sorts. Educational institutes need to put more emphasis on teaching students not only course materials and practical learning needed for the development of job-oriented skills and abilities but also general skills and abilities. In fact, the efforts of family and educational institutes are very important in the broad sense of human resource development since these can enormously help individuals become more functional for themselves and the overall society.
But it is undeniable that all types of organizations need to increasingly — but varyingly — take into account the importance of human resource development. While government organizations should use financial allocations for developing human resources appropriately, private organizations should increasingly allocate financial resources. But organizations need to put emphasis on the development of efficiency and proficiency as desired for improving skills and abilities to compete with foreign counterparts in the competitive world. Besides, the human resource development efforts of different organizations need to take into account professionalism, client-friendly services and others including organizational and social values among employees/officials for the realization of the organizational goals and the improvement of abilities to function personally and socially.
Studied Masters of Population Sciences from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Writing about issues including social, political, public health, environmental, and international relations. Contributor to The Eastern Herald from Bangladesh.
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