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About 3 months after I got home with Miles, a friend traveled to the orphanage and took Eron a new dress. My friend sent me pictures of Eron in her new dress. My heart cried out as I saw "my" little girl looking so adorable in her new outfit. But a couple of months ago, when another friend went to the orphanage, Eron was not there. I know that she wasn't adopted as we know all of the adoptions going on within that orphanage. Deep down, my soul hopes that a long lost aunt or a grandma came to take her home, but I know that it is much more likely that Jesus came to take her home.
Even though this news came to me months ago, looking back through Eron's pictures, it hit me like a ton of bricks. It serves to me as a reminder that each and every one of these children are precious. They are not only somebody's child, but each one is His child. Each on is beautiful and unique and each deserving of a family to love them.
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Development of components of Sugar and GNOME (really anything that directly faces the user) happens within the regular upstream Sugar developer and GNOME developer communities. The content on this wiki relates to development of the lower level OLPC platform.
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OLPC OS releases are based on specific versions of Fedora. It is recommended that you install the matching version of Fedora on your development computer, matching the architecture (i686 or x86_64).
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On your remote system, install SSH (Linux and MacOS will already have it installed, on Windows use the PuTTY program) and generate a new ssh key pair (following is for Linux/MacOS, refer to PuTTY's documentation for details on Windows):
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I spent two years at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA, which went entirely coed in 2003. At the time I was there, there were several men taking classes in the small art department.
Despite the fact that I was very strong in the art department, the male students would get much of the attention. I'm not a very assertive person. I would sit there quietly. At Moore, the women accepted me. Your peers were 'really' your peers and there were no men to worry about.
I was a non-traditional student who majored in Painting. I graduated from Moore when I was in my 30s. I then earned my MFA from Vermont College in 2002.
I would have liked it if my whole education had been at a woman's college. I was always a good student but I never got a pat on the back [until I came to Moore.]… Moore was a very comfortable environment. I knew that I'd be able to work there and grow as an artist, and I did.
Today, I live in New York City, where I'm a working artist and painter. I also teach art and cultural studies part-time at Farleigh Dickinson University. I exhibit work at the Soho20 Gallery, a women's cooperative that opened during the 1970s Feminist art movement.
In addition to painting, I recently began doing animation and performance art. My animations are of myself as a little paper doll who has many adventures. I'm a Feminist and my work is very much about women. My head is in that space.
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An original Mercury astronaut and a spacecraft set to orbit the planet Mercury will be featured on two United States postage stamps to be released next year, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
Alan Shepard, who became the first American in space 50 years ago next May, will be honored together with NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, or MESSENGER, probe, which is scheduled to begin orbiting the planet closest to the sun in March 2011.
The two stamps, which will be offered as an attached pair referred to as a "se-tenant," are tentatively scheduled for release next spring.
Titled "Alan Shepard: First American in Space" and "First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury," the commemoratives will be designed by former Air & Space magazine art director Phil Jordan and science fiction/fantasy artist Donato Giancola based on NASA imagery. [Photos: Alan Shepard - 1st American in Space]
The Postal Service announced the two space stamps, as well as 67 other stamps planned for 2011, at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show held last week in Virginia, according to the stamp collecting newspaper Linn's Stamp News and the website, VirtualStampClub.com.
First astronaut on a U.S. stamp
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., who in addition to flying onboard the May 1961 Mercury-Redstone 3 suborbital mission was the fifth man to walk on the moon (and the first to hit golf balls off it), will be the first American astronaut to be honored on a U.S. stamp.
Since the early 1970s, U.S. stamp selection criteria have required an individual be deceased at least five years prior to their being eligible for consideration. Further, events of "historical significance" are limited for commemoration on anniversaries in multiples of 50 years.
Shepard died of leukemia at age 74 in July 1998. Although he was not the first astronaut to pass away, his first flight is the first U.S. manned mission to reach 50 years.
Previous U.S. stamps have depicted scenes from NASA's manned missions including a 1967 issue showing the first American spacewalk and a 1969 commemorative honoring the "First Man on the Moon," but neither explicitly named their depicted subjects as Ed White or Neil Armstrong. In addition, to date all astronauts appearing on stamps have been illustrated wearing their spacesuits, their face hidden by their helmets' visors.
A stamp issued in 2000 came close to honoring another of Shepard's peers. Released as a part of the "Celebrate the Century" series as a result of the public voting to include Mercury astronaut John Glenn's 1998 space shuttle flight as one of the highlights of the 1990s, it avoided breaking the rules by depicting the senator's spacecraft rather than the man himself with only the words, "Return To Space."
A similar approach was employed for the 4-cent "Project Mercury" stamp that was produced in secret and released to celebrate Glenn's first return from space. Released on Feb. 20, 1962, within minutes of Glenn's splashdown, the stamp's illustration was of a Mercury capsule in orbit.
Third stamp for Mercury-bound spacecraft
The 2011 MESSENGER-themed "First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury" stamp will mark the third time the Postal Service has chosen to commemorate a mission studying the 'first rock from the Sun.'
The first such stamp was released in April 1975, depicting NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft. Departing Earth two years earlier as the seventh and last probe in its series, Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.
The unmanned spacecraft made three flybys of the small, rocky planet between March 1974 and March 1975.
The stamp, issued just a few weeks after the spacecraft's final encounter with the planet, showed Mariner 10 nearing Venus with Mercury in the background. Mariner 10 was the first probe to use a "gravitational slingshot," employing Venus' pull to accelerate it towards Mercury. It was also the first mission to visit two planets.
Mariner 10 graced a second stamp 16 years later as part of a "Space Exploration" series that featured one design for each planet in the solar system. Each 29-cent stamp depicted the planet being visited by a robotic probe (all but Pluto that is, which was included in the set but as noted on the stamp was "Not Yet Explored").
Until MESSENGER launched on Aug. 3, 2004, Mariner 10 was the only probe to be sent to Mercury, hence the U.S. Postal Service recycling the mission for another stamp.
If all proceeds to plan, MESSENGER will become the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mercury (as the title of its 2011 stamp proclaims) on March 18, 2011. To get there, MESSENGER has to date made one flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus, and three flybys of Mercury.
Continue reading at collectSPACE.com to see all the space stamps released by the United States since 1948.
Related on Space.com:
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- Top 10 Mysteries of Mercury
- NASA's Most Memorable Missions
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'Psych' fans waited long enough for confirmation that the quirky detective comedy would return on February 27 for a seventh season, but now they seem to have gotten an early Christmas present. Before season 7 premieres, USA has given conformation that Shawn and Gus will return for 'Psych' season 8 as well. However, might the early renewal be a sign of the show's end? Details on what's to come for 'Psych' seasons 7 and 8 inside!
'Psych'-os have plenty of reason to live up to their name today, as USA has announced via Twitter that the long-running James Roday/Dule Hill comedy has been renewed for an eighth year. The announcement comes in advance of the show's seventh season premiere on February 27, while no official details of the renewal have been offered just yet.
It is not yet known how many episodes the eighth year will consist of, or whether or not they'll mark the last for the 'Psych' group. This year the series will pass the 100 episodes milestone, featuring a two-hour musical episode and a big wedding for one of its characters.
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Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking her to explain the agency's actions regarding H&P Industries Inc. and the Triad Group of Hartland, Wis., whose products have been blamed for serious illnesses in the senators' states.
As msnbc.com reported this week , the FDA on Monday asked H&P Industries and its sister company, the Triad group, to voluntarily shut down production of its drug products. So far, Christy Maginn, a spokeswoman for the firm, will not say whether the company intends to comply, stating only that officials are in discussions with FDA and plan to meet next week.
Maginn said H&P Industries officials had not seen a copy of the letter to Hamburg and could not immediately comment.
But the senators have questions about msnbc.com reports that the FDA knew about problems at the plant much earlier.
"We are particularly concerned by media reports that suggest that the FDA was aware as early as July 2009 of manufacturing sterility and contamination problems at Triad Group, yet no public action was taken until physicians at the Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, alerted the FDA to a link between patient infections and Triad Group products in November 2010," the letter states.
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Investigation finds lax oversight, rampant problems with contaminated wipes
Msnbc.com series reveals federal Food and Drug Administration officials knew about problems at Wisconsin plant for years before taking action to halt production, distribution.
- Smith & Nephew sues beleaguered wipe-maker
- Tainted wipes destroyed as firm moves forward
- Tainted wipe maker gets FDA nod toward reopening
- 11 deaths tied to alcohol prep wipes
- Investigation finds lax oversight, rampant problems with contaminated wipes
H&P Industries and Triad Group, two firms run by Wisconsin brothers David Haertle and Eric Haertle and their sister, Donna Petroff of Antioch, Ill., have been under scrutiny since last fall, when The Children's Hospital investigated unusual bloodstream infections in two young patients and detected Bacillus cereus contamination in two-thirds of Triad alcohol wipes tested.
The findings led to an FDA inspection and ensuing recalls of lubricating jelly and millions of alcohol prep wipes. This month, the firm also recalled povidone iodine prep pads because of different bacteria. This week, Michael C. Rogers, the FDA's acting director of the Office of Regional Operations, said that a new inspection has revealed a variety of additional pathogens.
At least three lawsuits have been filed in connection with the recalls, including one by a 55-year-old Tennessee man who said he developed a serious heart infection and required surgery after using contaminated wipes. The parents of a 2-year-old Houston boy who died after an infection caused by Bacillus cereus also blame the wipes.
This week, a 31-year-old Colorado woman with multiple sclerosis filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming she developed a life-threatening infection after using Triad wipes packaged with her vital medication. Jayme Maestas, of Lakewood, developed the infection after using the wipes which were packaged as sterile, said her lawyer, Paul J. Komayatte. However, her infection did not test positive for bacteria found in the Triad wipes, he noted.
In addition, the parents of one of the two children whose cases prompted the Colorado hospital's investigation have said they intend to sue. A 10-year-old boy had entered the hospital for leukemia treatment when he developed a life-threatening infection, his parents said.
Company officials on Thursday emphasized that there's no confirmed link between the infections and death cited in the lawsuits and particular Triad Group products.
The Triad Group recalls cover hundreds of millions of products widely used in hospitals and clinics and sold by pharmacies and other health care providers, the senators noted.
In a statement, Bennet and Alexander asked the FDA to take strong action.
"We urge the FDA to carefully review its oversight of medical product manufacturing to ensure that manufacturers comply with the voluntary compliance measures suggested by FDA inspectors," it read.
A spokesman said the senators hope to hear back from Hamburg as soon as possible. The senators are both members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Shelly Burgess, an FDA spokeswoman, said that the agency would respond directly to the senators involved.
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Ins and outs
Players in: Billy Jones (West Brom, free), Costel Pantilimon (Man City, free), Jordi Gomez (Wigan, free), Patrick van Aarnholt (Chelsea, undisclosed), Jack Rodwell (Manchester City, undisclosed), Santiago Vergini (Estudiantes, loan), Will Buckley (Brighton, undisclosed), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool, loan), Ricky Alvarez (Inter Milan, loan)
Players out: Phil Bardsley (Stoke, free), Craig Gardner (West Brom, free), Jack Colback (Newcastle, free), Carlos Cuellar, Andrea Dossena, David Vaughan, Kieren Westwood (released), Ignacio Scocco (Newell's Old Boys, undisclosed), Alfred N'Diaye (Real Betis, undisclosed), El-Hadji Ba (Bastia, loan), Modibo Diakite (released), Valentin Roberge (Reims, loan)
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Summing up the window
The big fee for Rodwell is the exception to a shopping expedition conducted with few thrills in the bargain basement. One or two of the cheaper acquisitions -- notably Will Buckley and Patrick van Aanholt -- could prove snips at the prices paid. Buckley is a winger who can excite fans with his direct approach and a priceless ability to beat his man, though James McClean seemed to have similar qualities when introduced to first-team football among Martin O'Neill's earliest decisions as Sunderland manager, and most on Wearside were probably relieved in the end to see him go.
Pantilimon will give Vito Mannone a run for his money in goal, and the defence looks more balanced with Van Aanholt, Jones and Vergini competing for the full-back roles. The late loan deals bringing Alvarez and Coates to Sunderland offer, respectively, another midfield option (Gomez, from Wigan, is also a useful addition) and defensive cover. 6/10
Best piece of business
Rodwell's signing from Man City gave supporters a much-needed fillip just as the view from the transfer window was beginning to look dull. After an underwhelming opening game at WBA, the equalising goal in his home debut against Man United was a huge tonic, for him and the fans. But if Rodwell's injury problems recur or, heaven forbid, all that promise remains unfulfilled, Van Aanholt or Buckley may be able to show bargains sometimes pay off.
Worst piece of business
Losing Colback to Newcastle United, with no time left on his contract to bring the consolation of a fee, was a significant disappointment. He is a dependable midfielder, already catching the eye of England manager Roy Hodgson, with the occasional goal in him, and supporters are entitled to ask why he had not been pinned down to a contract extension. In mitigation, the inbound midfield Jack -- Rodwell -- is a more complete player.
What remaining issues are there?
The protracted quest for Fabio Borini's return, permanently or on loan again, was a distracting irritant. He never, in truth, looked remotely interested in the move, except as a last resort, and I am not sure that level of commitment justified the chase. But the need for a proven goal scorer is still there. At least Steven Fletcher, Jozy Altidore and Wickham have all stayed, but each, with the exception of Wickham in last season's finale, has been low scoring and would have benefited from competition. John O'Shea and Wes Brown, great troupers that they are, perhaps needed more cover than the loan of Coates for injuries and suspensions.
Who can help in January?
Let us forget Borini for good. Clearly, he would sooner sit on someone else's bench, or merely aim for it, than return. Manager Gus Poyet must look instead at men who might suddenly be fringe players, and anxious for on-field time, because of the top six clubs' transfer activity. Arsenal's Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell could be one possibility unless Sunderland goals are flowing by then.
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Governance and management
ABRSM's Patron is Her Majesty The Queen. Our President is His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
ABRSM's senior decision-making body is the Governing Body, made up of an independent Chair, Trustees from our four Royal Schools partners and up to three independent Trustees.
The Chief Executive is responsible for the overall management of ABRSM and is accountable to the Governing Body. The Chief Executive and six Executive Directors make up our Strategic Leadership Team.
The ABRSM family is made up of 170 staff members based at our London head office, over 500 representatives around the world, and more than 700 freelance examiners.
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Michael Elliott
Chief Executive
Lincoln Abbotts
Executive Director: Strategic Development
Tim Arnold
Executive Director of Global Operations
Sue Cambridge
Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Services
John Holmes
Chief Examiner
Penny Milsom
Executive Director: Products and Services
Jeremy Phillips
Executive Director: Commercial
Specialist directors
Robin Barry
Publishing and Product Development Director
Philippa Bunting
Learning and Qualifications Director: Products and Services
Governing Body
Tony Hales (Chair)
Tony was appointed Chair in 2018. He is currently also Chair of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College and NAAFI Pension Trustees, and previously Chaired Canal and River Trust/ British Waterways, the NAAFI, and Workspace PLC. He has served on a number of Boards including HSBC Bank, Aston Villa and Welsh National Opera and was Chief Executive of Allied Domecq. Tony is learning the saxophone.
David Roper (Deputy Chair)
A former partner at PwC, David has been a trustee of ABRSM since 2009 and is currently Deputy Chairman of the RNCM. A music graduate, he has maintained an active interest in music, singing in choirs in London, Manchester and Birmingham. More recently, he has joined the Board of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as Trustee for Finance.
Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
The 14th Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, Jonathan has released 10 albums as a trumpet soloist and produced over 200 albums for international artists and labels. He remains active as a scholar, lecturer, critic and contributor to journals and books, mainly as an established authority on Bach interpretation.
Jeremy Heap
Jeremy Heap is Chief Executive of the Equitas group, and also holds non-executive positions with a Lloydâs managing agency and a University of London college. He qualified as a chartered accountant following his degree in Chemistry from Oxford University.
Professor Colin Lawson CBE
Director of the Royal College of Music, Colin has an international profile as a period clarinettist and has played, toured and recorded with most of Britain's leading period orchestras. He has also published widely, and is co-editor of The Cambridge History of Musical Performance (2012) and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music (2018).
Professor Linda Merrick
Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music and Chair of Conservatoires UK, Linda is a professional clarinettist who performs and teaches regularly, presenting masterclasses, lecture recitals and research papers in universities, colleges and conservatoires worldwide.
Douglas Gardner
Douglas is a Member of Council of the Royal College of Music, Chairman of Industrial Realisation plc, and a partner of Adams Row Capital LLP. Formerly, he was Chairman of Nuffield Health, Brixton Estate plc, GPT Halverton Ltd, Industrial Development Partnership 2 and Tarmac Properties Ltd, as well as Director of Investa Real Estate Investment Management Holdings Plc, Invesco Income Property Trust, Hirco plc, Prime plc and City and Provincial Securities Ltd.
Damian Wisniewski
Chief Financial Officer at Derwent London plc since January 2010, Damian is a chartered accountant, holds an engineering degree from Imperial College London, and is a member of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music. He previously held senior finance positions at a number of property companies including Chelsfield plc and Stanhope Properties plc.
Professor Jeffrey Sharkey
Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland since 2014, Jeffrey was previously Director of Johns Hopkins Universityâs Peabody Institute, Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Director of Music at the Purcell School in London and Head of Academic Music at Wells Cathedral School. A pianist and composer, he was also a founding member of the Pirasti Piano Trio.
Alan Smith
Director of Finance and Estates at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Secretary and Treasurer to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trusts, Alan previously worked in a number of commercial and charitable organisations, including a posting with VSO in Sierra Leone. He is also currently an employer-nominated trustee of the ABRSM Pension Scheme.


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Achtung! Two months after they came and caused a bit of a fashion flutter in Dubai, Season 8 of Germany's Next Top Model (GNTM) has finally premiered, in Germany.
The show, produced and presented by Heidi Klum, came to the city in December to film segments around Atlantis, The Palm. The first was a catwalk show filmed at Nasimi Beach, featuring a collection designed especially for the show by the Dubai-based Furne One.
One (pronounced On-ay), a regular on the show for the past six seasons, created 46 dresses for the model contestants and host Klum.
"It all started when I thought why not invite Heidi and the whole production team here in Dubai. I felt that I was part of their family since I have been working with them for six consecutive years and wanted to show them what Dubai was really like. So, after a series of discussions, we finally made it happen," says the Filipino designer, who has collaborated with celebrities, including Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj.
"The experience was overwhelming. Dubai has always been a part of my journey and success and inviting Heidi and the GNTM team here was an opportunity to give back to my second home."
Based on a similar format as America's Next Top Model, the reality show puts aspiring models through their paces with one emerging the winner at the end of the season. "It's one of the highest-rated television programmes in Europe with about seven million viewers," Simon Lock, the CEO of Lock Group, who arranged the Dubai schedule, told tabloid! earlier. "I've been working with the producers for the last couple of months and it's very exciting to bring them here. We [also filmed] at the Meydan race course and at Bab Al Shams."
Klum, who also plays judge on the show, told tabloid! at the event last year: "Furne's collection is elegant and magical. Always a surprise."
Germany's Next Top Model does not air in the UAE.
By David Tusing, Deputy tabloid! Editor
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Last month, the National Hockey League became the first sport with all 30 of its teams publicly supporting the "You Can Play" project."
Its mission is for athletes to be given a fair opportunity to compete -- and be judged -- only by what they do to help their team's success.
Every team in the NHL had a player or coach represent the cause, and for the Florida Panthers, it was defenseman Brian Campbell.
"We're happy to have anybody come play our game or watch our game and be a part of it," Campbell said.
It may come as a surprise for some that hockey is the first sport to fully embrace the issue, especially since the sport is so testosterone driven. The players look tough, hitting is encouraged and fighting is even allowed.
But as Campbell explained, it's time for the culture inside the locker room to change, and winning should be the only thing that matters.
"[We're] happy to have whoever's good enough be on board," he said.
It's no secret that the idea of having an openly gay pro athlete often creates controversy. Former Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway didn't mince words when he spoke about homosexuality during a radio interview back in 2007.
"I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people, I don't like to be around gay people. I'm homophobic," he said.
Hardaway has since changed his mind, going as far as personally helping in the fight to overturn Florida's gay marriage ban.
In the NFL, punter Chris Kluwe said he was released by the Minnesota Vikings last season because of his support for gay marriage. Also fighting for equal rights in the LGBT community is former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo.
That support has now led to our first openly gay professional athletes. Last April, Former NBA center Jason Collins came out. The following month, Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay man to compete in a major professional sports league when he played his first soccer match for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Collins and Rogers were then followed by WWE superstar Darren Young, the first openly gay professional wrestler.
And earlier this month, Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam announced he is gay, and he would become the first openly gay player in the NFL if he's drafted in May.
Meanwhile, the "You Can Play" initiative is now moving beyond professional sports with major colleges like the University of Miami joining the cause.
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Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6, eight-time NBA All-Star who bowed out of basketball in July, boasts an eclectic post-retirement résumé: college student, anti-shark finning activist, panda savior, Napa Valley winery owner, restaurateur. Now China's most prominent Renaissance Man can add another item to his CV: political figure.
The former Houston Rockets star — at one time the tallest player in the NBA — was elected to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as a standing committee member. The political body, based in Yao's hometown Shanghai, is responsible for counseling the Communist Party on public interest concerns.
At 31, Yao is the youngest member of the 142-person committee. (He's also surely the only CPPCC comrade to serve as a public relations face for, among other brands, Apple, Visa, Nike, McDonald's, and Pepsi).
Zhang Chi, Yao's spokesperson, told the China Daily that the well-known basketball star "wants to use his influence to do good deeds for society, but not to seek a political position."


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Small GEO mission - signature at ILA 2008
Today - during the Berlin Air Show, ILA 2008 - ESA and Hispasat S.A. (Spain) signed a preliminary authorisation to proceed for the Small GEO Mission. This will launch the initial activities of an industrial consortium led by Hispasat.
The signing took place in the presence of representatives from the German Space Agency (DLR), the Spanish Delegation to ESA (CDTI) and
The Small GEO Programme is aimed at the development of a small, general-purpose geostationary satellite platform, which will enable European industry to compete effectively in the commercial telecom market for small platforms.
To achieve this objective, ESA has established an element in its ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) Programme. This element, known as ARTES 11, is divided into two parts.
The first part covers the development of a platform supporting a payload mass of up to 300 kg, a payload power demand of up to 3 kW, and an operational lifetime of up to 15 years.
The second part, the subject of the preliminary authorization to proceed that has just been signed, involves the development and launch of a Small GEO satellite and associated mission to provide flight qualification and in-orbit demonstration for the platform.
A consortium led by the German company
The platform development is proceeding according to plan. The definition phase has been completed and the detailed design, manufacturing and testing of the platform is about to start. To this end, the selection of the equipment suppliers for the main platform elements has been completed.
The selection of Hispasat for the Small GEO mission was made through an open Call for Interest issued by ESA in June 2007. Following the selection, a Request For Quotation was issued by ESA to Hispasat in August 2007. The mission proposal was positively evaluated by end of 2007.
Hispasat AG1
The resulting satellite, Hispasat AG1, will serve as an important and distinctive asset in Hispasat's satellite fleet with:
- a communication capacity of up to 24 transponders in
Ku-bandand three transponders in Ka-band
- a highly innovative payload, REDSAT, led by Spanish industry. The REDSAT payload includes an active Direct Radiating Array (DRA) antenna providing four reconfigurable uplink beams in
Ku-bandand an advanced on-board processor providing four regenerative channels of 36 MHz
Hispasat, a leading operator for the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets, will be in position to push European innovative technologies to the telecommunication satellite commercial arena leading to the exploitation of enhanced services.
To develop the mission, Hispasat has built the necessary industrial team to implement all the programme elements.
The development of the REDSAT payload will be led by Thales Alenia Space-España, who will coordinate a group of mainly Spanish companies. Thales Alenia Space-España is responsible for the on-board processor and EADS CASA (Spain) is responsible for the reflector and DRA antennas.


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I'm a little bit surprised that our children didn't grow gills. They stayed in the pools (which were the MOST awesome pools I've ever seen) until their little bodies turned into raisins and their eyes were bloodshot from the chlorine. Noah had been taking swimming lessons for a few weeks leading up to the trip and the boy just took off like a dolphin. He could be the next Michael Phelps for all we know. Miles also figured out how to swim this week. He jumped in off the side and did this hula dance like shimmy all through the water to get where he wanted to go. Those boys were totally fearless! I'll bet they asked their daddy to throw them in the pool at least 100 times a day!
We went to go and see the Mayan Ruins at Telum one morning. It was no less that 3000 degrees outside and our children started melting like wax statues within minutes. Going to the ruins was our first time off of the resort. The weirdest things started happening. As we were walking to the entrance of the ruins a huge group of Spanish speaking tourists approached us and starting pulling Miles away from us. I paniced, he paniced and they were relentless. They kept pointing at him and saying, "Photo! Photo!" while they tried to take him away from us. I shooed them off like raccoons and we kept walking. About a hundred yards later, the same thing happened again. This time the people were saying something about pygmies and wanted their pictures made with our brown son. It was getting out of control and Miles was terrified. I picked him up and held him close and gave people the evil eye that got to close to him. At one point I asked my husband if they thought that Miles was Emmanuel Lewis from Webster. Tourists from all over were taking his picture from behind the bushes like they were paparazzi since I refused to let them take pictures with him. I finally decided that my brown baby was the only brown baby in all of Mexico and thus a novelty. Either way, it was weird and we all had to be on heightened alert to keep him from being baby snatched. But the ruins were very cool!
After the ruins, we went to the most amazing place I've ever been to! It was this huge ocean playground. We took all three kids snorkeling here for the first time. Sadie was so brave! She's often our kiddo who gets nervous and doesn't try new things, but she stuck her head right in and didn't even panic when a stingray swam right underneath her! Noah and Miles couldn't figure out their snorkels, but Noah became a master at holding his breath so that he could see the underwater world. And Miles- well, Miles was perfectly content to just float on top of the water and soak up the rays. After snorkeling, we went innertubing down a river through a mangrove forest. The big kids did a zip line into the ocean and I shocked all the littles by jumping off of a 25 foot cliff. We really got our adventure on! Unfortunately though, we didn't have our camera while we were having this huge adventure!
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Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx to Play for WNBA Title on ESPN & ESPN2
Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx to Play for WNBA Title on ESPN & ESPN2
Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx to Play for WNBA Title on ESPN & ESPN2
Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx to Play for WNBA Title on ESPN & ESPN2
The defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever will compete for the WNBA title in a best-of-five series beginning in Minneapolis on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The remainder of the series will be split between ESPN and ESPN2, including games two and five on ESPN. The WNBA Finals will also be available on computers at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
Game/Studio Highlights:
- In addition to a live player interview going into halftime, a second player interview will be conducted with the opposing team heading into the second half.
- A new robotic camera on the sideline between the free throw line and center court will give a unique perspective for viewers.
- Rebecca Lobo will be the analyst on all five games, while Pam Ward will work game one and Terry Gannon games two through five.
- Cindy Brunson will host ESPN's studio coverage with analyst Carolyn Peck.
- Coaches and the head referee continue to wear mics during each game.
- Lady GaGa's "The Edge of Glory" music video will be used.
- Twelve cameras will be used throughout the WNBA Finals, including the roving floor (RF) camera on court during parts of the action that will give fans more access and a unique perspective.
espnW will be covering every angle of the WNBA Finals. Highlights:
- Analysis and player features for every game from writers Mechelle Voepel and Michelle Smith.
- Tweets from espnW writers, ESPN analysts and WNBA and WNBA.com staff will be included in WNBA Finals Live, a live online chat which will run from the opening tip to the final whistle of each contest.
- Indiana forward Tamika Catching and Minnesota guard Lindsey Whalen will each add to content through blog submissions.
- Minnesota's leader Taj McWilliams-Franklin, who turns 42 on Saturday, Oct. 20, discusses her career longevity and her balancing act of juggling motherhood with hoops.
A year removed from their first franchise WNBA title, the Lynx entered the 2012 playoffs as the top seed in the Western Conference with an overall record of 27-7. Veteran guard Seimone Augustus leads the team in points at 16.6 per game, while forward Maya Moore is averaging 16.4 points and 6.0 rebounds. The Lynx bested Seattle in the Western Conference Semifinals two games to one, followed by a two-game sweep of Los Angeles in the Western Conference Finals.
Indiana entered the 2012 WNBA playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 22-12 overall mark. In both the Eastern Conference Semifinals and the Finals, Indiana took both Atlanta and Connecticut, respectively, to three games before winning the deciding contest. Catchings leads the squad with 17.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
WNBA Finals Schedule (schedule subject to change)
|Time (ET)
|Sun, Oct 14
|8 p.m.
|Indiana at Minnesota
Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe
|ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|Wed, Oct 17
|8 p.m.
|Indiana at Minnesota
Terry Gannon, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe
|ESPN / WatchESPN
|Fri, Oct 19
|8 p.m.
|Minnesota at Indiana
Terry Gannon, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe or LaChina Robinson
|ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|Sun, Oct 21
|8 p.m.
|Minnesota at Indiana*
Terry Gannon, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe
|ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|Wed, Oct 24
|8 p.m.
|Indiana at Minnesota*
Terry Gannon, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe
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Taylor Docter matched her career high with five aces as the Crimson knocked off Columbia in straight sets (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's volleyball team knocked off first-place Columbia Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 victory at the Malkin Athletic Center. Taylor Docter sparked a 7-0 run late in the second set with four aces, helping the Crimson to a 2-0 lead which the Lions could not overcome.
Harvard (10-7, 3-4 Ivy League) took a 5-2 lead to begin the match but it would be short lived as Columbia (11-6, 5-2 Ivy League) used a 4-0 stretch for an 8-6 edge. The Lions would later hold a 16-13 advantage before a 3-0 run, which included back-to-back kills from Sandra Lynne Fryhofer, evened the score at 16. Tied at 21, the Crimson rattled off three straight points and earned set point, 25-23, on another Fryhofer kill.
Harvard again jumped out to an early lead in the second set before Columbia was able to regain some momentum to go on top 8-7. Harvard used a 3-0 run for an 14-11 advantage but the Lions would come back once more and went ahead 19-17. Docter earned the side out with one of her eight kills on the night and took her place at the service line, where she would remain for seven points. Docter scored an ace with each of her first three serves and later added a fourth for good measure, as Harvard assumed a 24-20 lead before turning the ball back over to Columbia. The Crimson took set point off a Columbia error, 25-21.
The Crimson opened a 4-0 lead in the third set with Docter again at the service line. Harvard maintained its edge until the midway point of the frame when Columbia tied the score at 16 with three straight points. A block by Teresa Skelly and Erin Cooney gave Harvard a 20-18 margin but the Lions came back again to even the set at 20. With the score tied at 23, Kristen Casey scored one of her team-high 10 kills and Docter fittingly gave the Crimson match point, 25-23.
Casey led the Crimson attack with 10 kills while Fryhofer notched nine. Both Docter and Skelly turned in eight kills apiece. Docter also matched her career high with five aces as Harvard scored seven on the day. Christine Wu notched 17 digs and two aces and Natalie Doyle dished out 35 assists and nine digs.
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How NOT to present November 30, 2010Posted by mwidlake in Meeting notes.
Tags: behaviour, Meeting, private
I'm at the UKOUOG this week and, as ever, the presentations vary in quality. Most are excellent {or even better than that}, some are not. I was in one first thing this morning and, I have to say, it was rushed, garbled, unclear and there was a definite air of unease and panic. I'm not even sure the guy got to his big point and I could think of at least three major things he did not mention at all.
I think his main problem was just starting off in a rush and never settling down. You see, I was stuck on the top floor of my Hotel and had to run to the venue. Yes, the poor presentation was by me :-(.
I usually present well {modesty forbids me from saying I am a very good presenter – but modesty can take a hike, my ego knows I am capable of giving great presentations}. I am one of those lucky people for whom presenting has never been particularly frightening and, in fact, I find it easier to present to a group of people than talk with them.
But not today. I was already worried about the session, have been for weeks, as I was doing interactive demos. But last night I ran through it, wrote down the names of the scripts and the slide numbers so I could just bang through them and timed it all. 50 mins, I would skip one unneeded section. Calm. I got a reasonable night's sleep, got up early and ran through it all one more time, making sure my Big Point demo worked. And it did. Yes.
Went down to breakfast, had breakfast and back to the room to pick up my stuff. And realised I was late. Less than 10 minutes to do the 5 minutes over to the venue. So I fled the room, stuffing my laptop in my bag. But not my notes. Or my conference pass. I did not think of this as I stood on the top floor of the hotel, I just thought "where are the lifts?". They were all below me, ferrying hungry people to and from breakfast. After what seemed like an hour and was only 4 or 5 minutes I decided 16 flights of stairs was OK to go down and, to give me credit, I managed those stairs and the few hundred yards to the venue in pretty good time. I did pause for a few seconds at floor 7, I think, when I remembered my notes. Too late.
But I was now panicked and arrived as a dash. I had to mess about with the Audio Visual guy to get going and started 2 mins past my slot start – and then did the 5 minutes of non-relevant stuff I had decided to drop. It was game over from there, I was failing to find the correct scripts, I was skipping relevant sections and I was blathering instead of just taking a few seconds to calm down and concentrate.
Oh well, my first time in a large room at the UKOUG and I messed up. At least I had the key lesson drummed into me. TURN UP EARLY!!!!
- 1. Neil Chandler - November 30, 2010
Never mind. That's what happens when you get the first slot of the day. Still, it's better than the last slot. I would have been doing it with a terrible hangover :o)
- 2. Mike Cox - November 30, 2010
Don't be so hard in yourself, its worked well, you got the key points across and gave us plenty to think about.
- 3. David Harper - December 1, 2010
I've always thought that any presentation ends well if the audience haven't started throwing furniture at you by the end of it 🙂
And look on the bright side, at least you didn't get upstaged by Monty Widenius presenting his talk in a parallel session, which has happened to some of us in the past!
- 4. Kyle Hailey - December 2, 2010
The last class I taught, I was in my hotel room in the early morning, made sure all my demos worked, then hesitated whether to shutdown or just walk downstairs with the live computer. I felt wary of walking around with a live laptop and spinning disks so I opted to to shutdown the laptop and then headed down stairs to present. I started up my laptop before the class room and the Oracle listener wouldn't start. I couldn't get it to start for the life of me – cryptic error with very few references on google. Tried creating a new new listener, same error. Murphy's law.
Over the lunch break I re-installed Oracle 11gR2 and all went well,was able to give my demos and the database and listener are still working fine to this day.
Luckily it wasn't a one hour presentation or I would have be completely out of luck !
Can completely empathize with your experience !
Best Wishes
Kyle Hailey
- 5. Tony Webb - December 2, 2010
It wasn't as bad as you seem to think Martin and I'm sure that a lot of the audience, like me, got something out of the presentation (the optimizer's different behaviour on outliers in Oracle 10 vs 11 was interesting and the accompanying diagram for it was spot on) for example. The actual demo did work too, don't forget.
Not your best ever presentation, true, but believe me I've seen many worse (including one or two of my own).
- 6. kurt van meerbeeck - December 4, 2010
So that oaktable joke wasn't really a success hey ;-))


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LVDT vs SMAC LCA6 Actuator
|Output Force
|LVDTs require a spring or air. If a spring, it is a set force determined by the spring rate. If air pressure, the LVDT requires additional pneumatic components and manual adjustment of air pressure to change force.
|Force is programmable.
|Extension to Part
|The LVDT or the part must be moved to each other.
|Contains motor - can program position and velocity.
|LVDT alone is under $1000 but other required components and amplifiers drive costs must higher.
|LCA6 is priced comparable to an LVDT alone.
|Accuracy can improve as window of distance decreases.
|For SMAC high resolution is constant through the entire stroke.
|Direct Drive Touch on Surface Being Measured
|LVDTs require mechanical assembly, no direct drive touch.
|No need for mechanical assembly; uses direct drive touch on surface being measured, making the job 100% accurate.
|Compressed Air
|LVDT pneumatic systems make linear movement possible only through mecahnical assembly.
|SMAC actuators are electric 24 and 48 VDC and do not require compressed air.
|Mechanical Adjustments
|LVDTs mechanical assemblies require constant re-adjustment.
|No need for mechanical adjustments on assembly.
|LVDTs construction requires constant recalibration.
|No need for actuator recalibration.
|Pneumatic Drop Installations
|LVDTs require mechanical and pneumatic assembly.
|No need for pneumatic drops from building.
|Periodic Maintenance
|LVDTs need periodic maintenance, including lubrication.
|No need for periodic maintenance.


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A "Mother" of a Murder Mystery Keeps You Guessing
In 2006 South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho released "The Host," a funny, scary, pointed critique of America's military presence on the peninsula. His follow-up, "Mother," is a very different film with a very similar hero at its heart.
"Mother" tells the story of 27-year-old Do-joon (played by Won Bin), a man who is, in the parlance of his fellow townsfolk, a "retard." Do-joon isn't so impaired that he doesn't enjoy bars and chasing girls with his friend Jin-tae (Gin Joo), but he still lives with his mother, even sharing a bed with her. When a local girl is found dead, Do-joon is the prime suspect, sending his mother, Hye-ja (Kim Hye-ja), on a quest to see her son exonerated.
In addition to having a first-rate whodunit at its core, the film is smart and laugh-out-loud funny, displaying a range of humor from dry to playful to grim.
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Won and Kim are both outstanding as child and mother, offering performances that are polar opposites. Won wears the placid face of a simpleton confounded by the most basic things, but there's always life behind his eyes, and he manages to convey Do-joon's range of emotion with an economy of facial expression.
Kim, conversely is all wide eyes and worry, as she tries feverishly to stay one step ahead of the perils that threaten her son at every turn. Like the mother-monster of "The Host," her loyalty to her is boundless, she will do anything to protect her baby.
Bong, for his part, does a nice job of framing his actors' faces at one moment, moving his camera across planes and around corners, and occasionally offering long shots to provide depth and context.
It's easy to fall back on comparisons to Hitchcock when discussing a thriller like "Mother," but the great director's fingerprints are all over this film, right down to Byeong-woo Lee's score. At times the strings have the bounce of the violins in "Psycho," but are more understated, building tension, rather than trying to scare you.
"Mother" is a beautifully made and all too rare murder mystery that doesn't insult your intelligence with shortcuts or characters swayed by inconsistent motivations in the name of plot -- all the pieces fit.
"Mother" opens in limited release March 12


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Food events: Taste chocolate from wild cacao, paired with 12 wines
Oialla chocolates
Courtesy of Neiman Marcus
Love chocolate? Love wine? This event is for you. Sommelier Patrick Okubo will be pairing wine selections with Oialla chocolates made from wild cacao grown in an Amazon tributary in Bolivia. The 70 percent chocolate slabs, crafted by Danish chef and chocolatier, Rasmus Bo Bojeson, contain organic Brazilian cane sugar as the only additive. That means no vanilla, no lecithin, no added cocoa butter (often found in other chocolate bars), which is in part possible given the the large amount of cocoa butter in the wild beans Bojeson sources (62 to 64 percent versus 49 to 53 percent in a normal bean).
$50, Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mariposa in Neiman Marcus, 951-3420 for reservations
Plate Up Niu Valley: Chefs and students work together to create delicious dishes at this fundraising event for Niu Valley Middle School. 14 chefs, including Russell Siu from 3660 on the Rise, pair up with Niu Valley students to mentor them in culinary technique, serving up tasting plates such as braised short ribs and truffle jus.
$125, Friday. April 27, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Hyatt Regency Waikiki, friendsofniuvalley.com for tickets
This month, Eat the Street, Honolulu's biggest food-truck event, features bacon: dipped in chocolate (by Eat Cafe), combined with chocolate and caramel in frozen form (by Aloha Ice Cream Tricycle) and spun into gelato for a Bacon Fior Di Latte (by Il Gelato).
Friday, April 27, 4 to 9 p.m., 555 South St.
Taste of the Nation, featuring small plates by Ed Kenney, Alan Wong, Roy Yamaguchi and other top chefs, will raise money to help feed Hawaii's hungry children. The goal: $50,000 for the Hawaii Foodbank and 'AINA in schools, a program of the Kokua Hawaii Foundation.
$100 pre-sale, $125 at the door. Sunday, April 29, 6 to 9:30 p.m at Bishop Museum, click here to buy tickets
Fabio at Whole Foods Kailua: As far we know, Fabio is not coming to promote romance novels, but Healthy Planet Nutrition, his line of nutritional supplements.
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Kona isn't the only region to produce award-wining coffee. Taste coffee from further down the road, in Ka'u, at the 4th annual Kau Coffee Festival over the first two weekends in May. Among the events:
- Kau Farmers Table: a five-course dinner focusing on locally sourced produce and proteins, by Chef Morgan Starr of Mi's Italian Bistro. The menu includes Keahole lobster and Pahala corn fritters, plus Kau coffee prepared four ways. $100, May 5, (808) 939-8052 for reservations
- Recipe contest: enter your recipe for cookies, candy and crackers using Kau coffee. Deadline to enter is May 1, for more details, click here.
- The main event, the Festival Hoolaulea and Coffee Experience, features coffee farm tours and Kau coffee sampling with 2011 U.S. Barista Champion Pete Licata. May 12.
For additional details on all the events, visit kaucoffeefest.com