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Travel to Chajnantor — APEX and ALMA
Please note that visitors do not have access to ALMA AOS.
Information for weekend visits to ALMA OSF is available here.
Media visitors please consult this page.
ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is the major new facility for observations in the millimetre/submillimetre regime. ALMA is comprised of a giant array of 54 12-m and 12 7-m antennas. ALMA is at one of the highest observatory sites on Earth, at an elevation of 5,000 metres on the Chilean Chajnantor plateau. The ALMA project is a partnership between Europe, Japan and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
The Chajnantor plateau is also the site of APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, a 12-metre diameter antenna observing the Universe at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. APEX is a Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (MPIfR) facility, hosted by ESO and operated by ESO on behalf of MPIfR.
How to reach Chajnantor
If you arrive by own means, the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), at 2900 meters above sea level, is located 40 driving minutes from San Pedro de Atacama. Note that transportation for the public visits is arranged (see here). The drive from the OSF to the Array Operations Site (AOS) and APEX, located at 5000 m altitude, takes about 50 minutes (~25 km). At the AOS are the antennas and the Correlator. Only ALMA certified vehicles and drives with an ALMA "driver's license" are allowed to get to the AOS. Children under 16 years are not allowed to go up.
Arriving by plane
Please note that airfares to and from Chile can get quite pricey when booking shorter than 3 months in advance. The closest airport to Chajnantor is the El Loa International Airport located in Calama, about 120 kilometres west of the observatory. There is no public transport to Chajnantor, so you will need to rent a car.
Arriving by car
There are several car rental companies available at the airport, including Alamo, Budget, Econorent or Hertz. The average daily cost of a car in Calama rises to CLP 65 000 (about EUR 100) and it takes about two and a half hours to drive to OSF from the airport. Important: Only certified ALMA drivers are allowed to drive to the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS), on Chajnantor.
To drive from a different city, take the Panamerican Highway as far as the turn for route 25 to Calama. Pass the El Loa Airport, and take route 23 to San Pedro de Atacama. After San Pedro take the route to Toconao until you reach the ALMA/APEX main gate (before Toconao). It takes about four hours to reach APEX from the Panamerican Highway. Please be aware that the road from the ALMA/APEX main gate is private. Only authorised visits are allowed to enter.
Facilities at Chajnantor
The ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) is the base camp for the every-day, routine operation of the observatory. It is located at an altitude of about 2900 meters, quite high compared to standard living conditions, but still quite acceptable for scientific projects in astronomy of similar scope. At the OSF are the camp, cantina, antennas assembly sites, labs, control room, etc.
Accommodation and Food
Only astronomers, engineers and support staff have access to accommodation and food on site. ALMA does not provide accommodation for visitors. Meals can be provided if requested in advance. For further information on media visits please check here. Further information on restaurants in San Pedro de Atacama is available here.
Wi-Fi Internet connection is available at the ALMA OSF.
Cell-phone signal is typically good in San Pedro de Atacama and at ALMA OSF. The quality of the signal worsens at ALMA AOS.
Health & Safety
Weather and Clothing
At the OSF the days are generally warm, but the nights can be cold. At the AOS, at 5,000 m, it can be very cold with strong winds and one needs a ski parka or a down jacket, gloves, a hat with ear protection, and wind trousers. Sun glasses, hats and strong sun blocking cream are needed at the OSF and AOS. Here you can find climatic information about Calama and San Pedro de Atacama. Also find the current weather forecast for San Pedro de Atacama here.
High Altitude Health Issues
There are inherent risks in traveling at high altitude. The information below is designed for general information, and is not a substitute for specific training or experience and does not constitute medical advice. If you have any questions or concerns please consult to your doctor.
When visiting the APEX/ALMA observatory site, you should be prepared to recognize and respond to the symptoms of altitude illness caused by the lower level of oxygen available at high elevations. The human body can adjust to changes in altitude, by the process called acclimatization.
Symptoms of Altitude Illness
- Headache
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Dizziness
- Muscle aches
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea or vomiting
- Swelling of the face, hands and feet
Danger signs include severe headache, extreme fatigue or breathlessness (especially while resting), and any neurological problems such as stumbling, confusion, poor judgment or changes in consciousness. It is crucial to descend until symptoms begin to diminish if these signs are present.
Consult your health care provider or travel medicine specialist for specific recommendations about prevention and treatment.
If you are interested in reading more:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness
- http://medex.org.uk//medex_book/A6%20Versions/TravelSafeHighv27A6.pdf
- Although it is no guarantee against problems at high altitude, having a generally good fitness may help you adapt.
- Avoid alcohol.
- Avoid any unnecessary medication (since their effects may be increased at high altitudes). Sleeping pills, tranquilizers and narcotic-based pain relievers, in particular, can cause serious problems at high altitudes because they can decrease breathing rate. Consult with your health care provider about any medications you plan to bring with you.
- Avoid smoking.
- Avoid being very active after you arrive, and get plenty of rest.
- Drink plenty of water.
Special Health and Safety advisory
A visit to ALMA or APEX at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 metres altitude at the Chajnantor Plateau, has some significant safety, security and health constraints. For this reason:
- Access to Array Operations Site (AOS) is granted only to staff and authorized visits, under the conditions stated below.
- Upon arrival at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), the visitor will be given a safety talk explaining the rules and procedures that have to be duly respected.
- The ALMA Safety Manual is the authoritative text and must be consulted for full details.
- Media visitors or others visiting as part of a job assignment may wish to consult with their supervisor or Human Resources department.
- The High Altitude Medical Examination (HAME) is a medical examination that certifies that the individual is fit to perform work at 5000 metres. The relevant extract to show to the occupational physician is on p. 93 of the ALMA Safety Manual. A certificate is valid during 1 year from the date of release, unless a specific lesser term is indicated by the evaluating doctor.
In order to be granted access to ALMA AOS, all AOS visitors are required to:
- Have slept at least one night in San Pedro de Atacama or Calama for acclimatization before they can go up to the AOS.
- Undergo a paramedic medical check-up (blood pressure, blood oxygen level, altitude sickness symptoms, diabetes) by the OSF paramedic. Following the "OSF Clinic Exam Protocol" described on p. 94 of the ALMA Safety Manual, those who do not pass the test will not be allowed to continue to the AOS. The medical check-up is also repeated at AOS.
- Must meet the requirements given in the ALMA Safety Manual p. 91-93 in the version of 14 Feb. 2012. In particular:
- External Visitors (defined as any person not in a contractual or working relationship with any of the executives or JAO, e.g. journalists) staying at AOS less than 2 hours: need to sign a waiver form before every visit.
- External Visitors (defined as above) staying at AOS more than 2 hours: need to present an High Altitude Medical Examination, HAME.
- All Contractors (defined as any person in a contractual or working relationship with any of the ALMA executives or JAO, including so-called "freelancers") need to present either:
- A statement from their Human Resources department which asserts that the person in question is covered by their work accident insurance to work at 5000 metres, or
- An High Altitude Medical Examination (HAME)
- In the special case of freelancers without work accident insurance, you may sign a waiver form although it is recommended that you also consult your physician.
- Members of staff of the ALMA executives or JAO: please consult your Human Resources department for full details, but a High Altitude Medical Examination (HAME) is required.
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Nap Nanny warning issued by US government agency
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The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner called the Nap Nanny after five infant deaths.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint Wednesday alleging that the new model of the Nap Nanny, called the Chill, and two earlier versions "pose a substantial risk of injury and death to infants."
The commission is seeking an order that would require Nap Nanny maker Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn, Pa., to notify the public about what the agency deems a serious product defect. The agency also wants the company to offer consumers a full refund.
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Baby Matters went out of business a month ago, according to an email from the company. On its website is a message from owner and founder Leslie Gudel that says, "We do not believe the complaint has merit and stand behind the safety of our product when used as instructed."
She adds that "no infant using the Nap Nanny properly has ever suffered an injury requiring medical attention."
Some of the cases involved recliners that were placed in a crib, which the company has urged parents not to do. The Nap Nanny should be placed on the floor with the harness secured.
The first two versions of the foam recliner were recalled in July 2010 when the agency was aware of one death and 22 reports of infants hanging out or falling over the side of the Nap Nanny even though most of the infants had been placed in the recliner's harness. Since then, the agency has learned of 4 more deaths. Four are linked to the first versions of the recliner, and one to the newer model.
In all, the CPSC says it has received over 70 reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners.
The commission filed the complaint after discussions with the company broke down over a recall plan.
The Nap Nanny was designed to mimic the curves of a baby car seat, elevating an infant slightly to help reduce reflux, gas, stuffiness or other problems.
Five thousand Nap Nanny Generation One and 50,000 Generation Two models were sold between 2009 and early 2012. About 100,000 Chill models have been sold since January 2011.
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I have an ASP.NET MVC application, that uses a query service to get data and a command service to send commands. My question is about the command part.
If a request comes in, the command service uses a command dispatcher that will route the command to its designated command handler. This command handler validates the comand first and if everything is acceptable, it executes the command.
Concrete example: the AddCommentToArticleCommandHandler receives an AddCommentToArticleCommand, which has an ArticleId, CommentText and EmailAddress.
First; validation has to occur, like: - check if article exists - check if article is not closed - check if comment text is filled in and between 20 and 500 characters - check if email address is filled in and has a valid format.
I'm wondering where to put this validation?
1/ in the command handler itself. But then, it cannot be reused in other command handlers.
2/ in the domain entity. But as a domain entity doesn't know about repositories or services, it cannot do the needed validation (cannot check whether an article exists). But on the other hand, if the entity doesn't contain logic, than it becomes a simple data container, which is not following DDD principles.
3/ the command handler uses validators, so that validation can be reused in other command handlers.
4/ Other mechanisms?
I'm looking for the chain of responsibilities for this particular example and what objects (entities, repositories, ...) play a role in it.
Do you have ideas on how you would implement this, starting from the command handler up to the repositories?


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It is hard to believe that even though 64% of the American public favors a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program fully 37% of those polled also believe that the United States actually needs Israel's permission before coming to any kind of agreement. To paraphrase the late great Mitt Romney, is that a percentage that we will never be able to reach no matter how good the arguments are for "taking responsibility" and restoring American sovereignty in the area of foreign affairs? One has to suspect that the percentage consists mostly of the Christian-Zionists, who lately have been conducting a large scale "action alert" email campaign directed at Congress and the White House to force the cancellation of talks. They are perhaps heeding the demand of Harvard Professor and professional Israel apologist Alan Dershowitz that the "entire pro-Israel community must unite" to stop any agreement.
Tea Party Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas provided his own explanation for why "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" to the House of Representatives last Wednesday saying "There are many who have been aware of Scripture, and it has often been a guide in our relations with Israel. Some of us believe that the Bible is accurate. Certainly, so many prophesies have been fulfilled, and if that is true, this administration, unless they can find a verse that accurately says that those who betray Israel will be blessed, then this country is being dug in a deeper hole by this administration, and its betrayals of Israel's trust and Israel's friendship." Gohmert, for all his sublime ignorance, is unfortunately not alone. By virtue of the evangelism and fine example set by the likes of Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin the scripture thumpers have escaped from the Bible Belt and are now to be found everywhere.
Congress is also doing its bit among the national security crowd, taking its lead from American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) which supports "…congressional action to adopt legislation to further strengthen sanctions and there will absolutely be no pause, delay or moratorium in our efforts." Leading Senators named Kirk, Schumer, McCain, Ayotte, Corker, Graham, and Menendez who have long been close to Israel are undercutting White House efforts to develop a formula that would break through the wall of mutual hostility between Tehran and Washington, insisting on new and harsher sanctions that would devastate the already struggling Iranian economy. Lindsey Graham even explained what we should all know about Iranians: "How do you define an Iranian moderate? An Iranian who is out of bullets and out of money." Mark Kirk, who denounced a Kerry Senate briefing on the talks with Iran as "anti-Israeli," apparently was briefed in advance by Israeli intelligence before the committee meeting began.
Even the normally somnolent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seems to be wavering under pressure from AIPAC, saying "I hope we can work something out with Iran, but I am a person who really believes in the State of Israel." And Senator Rand Paul also appears to know where his bread is buttered, tweeting last Tuesday that "Amidst the chaos of the Middle East we have always had one friend that never leaves our side – Israel. As an ally, Israel has never wavered."
AIPAC has sent memos and talking points to every congressional office and intends to buttonhole each congressman prior to the resumption of talks. It is also unleashing its media assets, which should surprise no one, but there is also the presence of senior Israeli officials on Capitol Hill, pressuring legislators and providing false information to discredit the White House. Israeli Ambassador Ron Dremer has been leading the charge, supported by Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennet, an extreme right-winger even by Israeli standards. They have been using fabricated numbers to demonstrate to congressmen that Obama is seeking to make significant cuts in Iranian sanctions. One might question why a congressmen like Kirk should be favoring information offered by the Israelis over what is being provided by the US intelligence community and even ask why Israelis should be on Capitol Hill at all lobbying to influence US policy. Also, why is the US mainstream media not reporting the story of direct Israeli interference in our political process?
The White House is trying to push back, urging restraint, but it almost certainly will find itself outnumbered when the Senate votes on two bills that will broaden sanctions and will require the US to support Israel militarily if it chooses to attack Iran. Even Secretary of State John Kerry seems mystified by what is occurring, noting that the United States is fully aware of all the issues involved and is not being "stupid" in its willingness to deal with Iran for the first time in 35 years. Clearly stressed after his repeated hours-long sessions trying to explain things to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he is even asking Israel how it can continue to justify stealing Arab land, a hitherto unthinkable rebuke that might possibly cost him his job. The Israeli government is already anonymously indicating that it has lost confidence in Kerry.
Well, Kerry should know better than anyone that he is confronted by a massive disinformation and influence buying campaign that is coordinated by the Israeli government to preserve its ability to deal with the Palestinians as it wishes while simultaneously creating the conditions that will eventually bring about an American attack on Iran. Here in the US we refer to the Quislings as the Israel Lobby, but something similar exists in many countries including France, Britain, Australia and Canada. It consistently and deliberately puts the perceived interests of the Israeli hard right government first before the interests of the countries that it operates in, though of course it always seeks to convince the audience that Israeli and local interests are identical. This is basically the argument being made and repeated ad nauseam about Iran, that the Mullahs are developing a nuclear weapon that will threaten the entire world. It matters not that the argument is a fabrication from start to finish.
On November 8th a desperate Netanyahyu reportedly made last minute appeals to Britain, France, Germany, and Russia to derail the Geneva talks with Iran, presumably under the not unreasonable assumption that he had leverage with their political leadership. The eventual willingness of the French government to carry water for him is only one indication of the power of France's own formidable Israel Lobby. France is home to the largest diaspora Jewish community after the United States. It is wealthy and well educated and has long been prominent in French politics. The French Jewish organization the Conseil representatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF) is comparable to several American Israel Lobby components, to include AIPAC, in that it works actively on behalf of Israeli interests. It has endorsed every military action taken by Israel to include the bombing of Gaza in Operation Cast Lead in 2009 and the attack on the Mavi Marmara in 2010. One of its prominent members is presidential speech writer Paul Bernard and it even has as a Vice President a delegate in the French Chamber of deputies, Meyer Habib elected to represent French citizens living abroad in the Mediterranean region, most of whom are Israelis. Habib, a dual national and former Likud Party spokesman who divides his time between France and Israel, may have played a role in the French torpedoing of the Geneva talks with Iran when he passed on to Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius information he claimed to have received from his contacts in Israel suggesting that Netanyahu would immediately attack Iran if there were any agreement over its nuclear program.
To be sure, the French might also have been thinking of a possible large arms sale to Saudi Arabia, but as is usually the case it appears that the Israel Lobby influence was decisive. There was no genuine French interest that would have been sacrificed in coming to terms with Iran along the lines of a deal that was pretty much worked out and endorsed by the United States and others, but Fabius and President Francois Hollande thought otherwise. Hollande visited Israel on the weekend and addressed the Knesset early this week, promising that France would continue to take a very hard line with Iran, including possible demands that will likely make an agreement impossible.
If you don't want to believe that there is something that equates to a coordinated Israeli effort to influence opinion by exploiting Diaspora Jewish communities I would refer you to last week's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Jewish Federations General Assembly, which is a quinquennial gathering of representatives of major Jewish organizations from all over the world. The Jerusalem meeting had in attendance many foreign Jews, including Michael Nutter Mayor of Philadelphia. In his keynote speech Netanyahu repeated over and over again that Israel is the "one and only Jewish State of Israel," telling his audience that Jewish identity and Israel are one and the same thing, a viewpoint that many Jews would contest. He then went on to trot out his usual arguments about Iran's wanting to destroy Israel and how Israel, always the victim of hateful neighbors, wants nothing but peace but has been rebuffed repeatedly by the Palestinians. He said the Jewish community cannot remain "silent on matter relating to our survival…We are charged with defending ourselves and we are charged with speaking up. And it is time now to speak up – all of us. All of us have to stand up now and be counted."
Netanyahu's vision is that world Jewry should and must stand up and support his policies, an interesting prescription that plays into the agenda of genuine anti-Semites who frequently question the loyalties of Diaspora Jews. Israel's broader efforts to promote its own version of recent events in the Middle East are also coordinated and sustained by the Netanyahu government, frequently being referred to by the Hebrew word for media management, hasbara. Israel has a section of its foreign ministry that is dedicated to spreading its select narrative about Israel's actions and it also encourages Diaspora Jews to support the effort by challenging critics and even disrupting their websites. Those who are most active and have an actual relationship with the Israeli government are referred to as sayanim. The Israeli government has also supported international efforts to tie up critics in court through the employment of Lawfare while also pressuring national and local governments to delegitimize or even declare illegal all criticism of Israeli government actions.
Canada has possibly the world's most pro-Israeli government, its Prime Minister Stephen Harper having described Israel as a light that "…burns bright, upheld by the universal principles of all civilized nations – freedom, democracy justice." He has also said "I will defend Israel whatever the cost," an interesting proposition though he will likely have to go it alone as Canada has virtually no army and no ability to transport what they do have to the Middle East. The currently active Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism is seeking to define the "new anti-Semitism," which will include any criticism of the State of Israel, and hopes to introduce legislation that will make it a hate crime and prosecutable. One critic has noted that it will soon be possible for Canadians to criticize their own government but not that of Israel.
Most Jews in the United States and elsewhere quite rightly reject being seen as little more than a political pressure group orchestrated by the extremist government of Benjamin Netanyahu, but one sees again and again how Jewish organizations, for whatever reasons, tend to go along with the program. Perhaps the successful effort to stall and possibly eventually derail negotiations with Iran will be a step too far as the role of the various groups working hand-in-hand with Netanyahu has become highly visible, forcing the lobbying to move out of the shadows where it normally operates. That AIPAC and CRIF and their counterparts in other countries are little more than proxies for the Israeli government is apparent and the people of the United States and France and elsewhere should begin to ask why such powerful organizations are able to operate without any restraint in promoting policies that actually harm local and national interests.


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Last night, we stopped at a 24-hour Walgreen's in North Oakland after a late and atypical Saturday evening out. We parked, got out, and started to walk into the store. Kate said, "A wallet." And there, lying right out in the open in the parking lot, was a woman's wallet. I had walked right past without seeing it. Opening it, we found a couple IDs, some random gift cards, and a pretty good wad of cash.
We talked over what to do. Give it to the cashier at Walgreen's? No–we didn't think so. Bring it home and try to find the person named in the IDs? Yeah, we'd try that. When we looked her up, we readily found her on Facebook and left her a direct message with our home phone number. Then we noticed that she didn't appear to be very active on Facebook, though the page we could view did list a hometown elsewhere in California. We looked for other contact information close by–in online phone directories and at one of the universities closet by–but couldn't find any. Checking her hometown, I did find a listing for someone with the same rather unusual last name and figure it might be her family. But since it was 2 in the morning, I decided to wait until we got up today to see if the wallet owner contacted us; if she didn't, I'd call the out-of-town number.
So, morning dawned and some hours later we got up. No word, online or via telephone, from the owner. We took The Dog out for a walk, and when we came back in I called the number I had found. It felt a little weird doing it–here you are, a total stranger, calling with some strange tidings of a lost wallet. It also went through our minds that maybe the wallet was missing because of some kind of crime and maybe we just ought to turn it in to the police.
But the number did belong to the wallet woman's family, and after a couple calls, we set up a time to give it back to her. I guess the takeaway is–without the ability to at least get a start tracking someone down like this, I guess we would have resorted to the old pre-Net approach of posting a "Found" sign at the Walgreen's or maybe just have handed it over to the local constabulary.


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Many people should have seen dandelion, dandelion is a kind of yellow flower full of vitality, cheerful, attribute wind. Dandelion in many people's hearts is a symbol of freedom, beautiful dandelion is always easy to take away by a gust of wind, we never know where it ends, it depends on the direction of the wind. Today I would like to talk about the flower language of dandelion and its symbolic significance.
Dandelion belongs to Compositae and belongs to perennial herb. The root is panicle shaped, the surface is brown, shrunken, the leaf edge sometimes has wavy teeth or pinnate cleft, the base gradually narrows into petiole, petiole and main vein are often reddish purple, the upper part of scape is purplish red, densely covered with spider like white villous; head inflorescence, involucre bell shaped, achene dark brown, long crown hair white.
Dandelion is always floating in the air, only occasionally stay for a moment, so it has been gone with the wind, until it is blown into the soil, re growth, reproduction. Therefore, dandelion represents the love that can't stay, feeling more desolate. Dandelion has no way to control its own body, there is no way to go the way it wants to go, so it should be very scared, but it has no way back, so it gets rid of this feeling of fear, bravely in the unknown road of constant practice, so that they get a perfect new life. So it has a symbolic meaning of bravery.
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A Tory MP who organised a Nazi-themed stag party in France was "stupid and offensive" but is not racist or anti-Semitic, an internal party inquiry has found.
The verdict on Aidan Burley - who was sacked as a ministerial aide over the 2011 episode - has been released because French prosecutors have concluded their investigation.
Groom Mark Fournier - for whom Mr Burley acted as best man - was fined 1,500 euros (about £1,200) for wearing the SS uniform and insignia supplied by the MP, which is outlawed in France.
A court in Albertville also ordered 33-year-old Fournier to pay 1,000 euros (about £820) to an organisation representing the families of Holocaust victims.
Neither Mr Burley nor any of the other 10 guests who attended the party in the Alpine ski resort of Val Thoren in December 2011 were prosecuted.
But the Conservatives had halted publication of the findings of a disciplinary investigation by Tory peer Lord David Gold while legal proceedings were continuing.
It shows that Lord Gold accepted the assurances of the Cannock Chase MP - once seen as a high-flier - that there was "no political motivation whatsoever" in the choice of theme.
But he said his "unacceptable and offensive actions" threw into question his judgment and that it was right that he was sacked as parliamentary private secretary to Philip Hammond.
"Mr Burley is not a bad man, still less a racist or anti-Semite," the report found.
"However, his actions were stupid and offensive, and the conclusions and recommendations reflect that."
Mr Burley - who also visited Auschwitz on the recommendation of Lord Gold - will face no further disciplinary action, the party confirmed.
Lord Gold said that despite accepting that he left the dinner in protest at one guest raising a Nazi-themed toast, Mr Burley failed to make it "explicitly clear" that he objected.
"Given the standards expected of a Member of Parliament, he should have done so."
The investigation also accepted that Mr Burley was not in a pub later in the evening where Nazi names were reportedly chanted, that no formal complaints were made during the dinner itself about the party and that Mr Fournier only made a Nazi-style salute "at the prompting" of a journalist who was there and broke the story.
The initial French probe also looked at allegations of defending war crimes or crimes against humanity, promoting racial hatred and making racist insults but no action was taken.
Mr Burley caused another storm in 2012 when he branded the Olympic opening ceremony "leftie multicultural crap".
Fellow Conservative MP Michael Ellis defended his colleague.
"Aidan is a hard-working MP who is committed to his constituents in Cannock Chase and I do not believe Aidan is at all anti-Semitic," he said.
"He has paid a heavy price for his foolish behaviour over two years ago and has rightly apologised repeatedly for his error of judgment.
"I am confident he will be an effective representative for the people of Cannock Chase and he has a lot to offer in public life."
A Conservative party spokesman said: "Two years ago, the party investigated this matter.
"The findings of that investigation were that Aidan Burley behaved in a manner which was offensive and foolish, and that his behaviour was completely unacceptable.
"What he did was wrong. That is why, two years ago, he was removed from his post as parliamentary private secretary. He has since apologised publicly and sought to make amends, including by visiting Auschwitz."
The report confirmed that "as best man, Mr Burley purchased the costume alongside the flights and other costs associated with the trip on behalf of the other attendees.
"Mr Burley argued strongly that the choice of costume was inspired by the British comic association with aspects of the war," it said.
"He categorically denies that there was any political motivation whatsoever.
"He argued that the purchase and wearing of the Nazi costume is legal in the UK and that he was unaware that wearing the costume could be an offence in France.
"He regrets the offence caused by the wearing of the costume."
In a letter of apology sent to the Jewish Chronicle shortly after the incident, Mr Burley said he wished he had left the party "as soon as I realised what was happening".
"What was happening was wrong and I should have completely dissociated myself from it," he told the newspaper.
"I had a choice, and I made the wrong choice not to leave. I apologise for this error of judgment," he added, saying being "so far from home made leaving early more difficult".


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Marvel's The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 billion threshold at the global box office on May 13, its 19th day in release, The Walt Disney Studios has announced. This is the first Marvel Studios film and the fifth Walt Disney Studios release to reach this important milestone.
The news comes just a week after Marvel's The Avengers shattered records with a $207.4 million opening weekend, the biggest domestic debut of all time. The film has now earned an estimated $373.2 million at the domestic box office and $628.9 million internationally. As one of only 12 films in history to gross $1 billion, it joins Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Alice in Wonderland, Disney•Pixar's Toy Story 3, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on Disney's list of billion-dollar films.
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Marvel's The Avengers has set several domestic box office records including the industry's all-time second weekend record with an estimated $103.2 million, fastest film to reach $200 million (3 days), fastest to $300 million (in a record 9 days), and highest Saturday ($69.5 million) and Sunday ($57 million) totals. In addition, its opening day of $80.8 million is the second-highest single-day gross of all time. Moviegoers gave Marvel's The Avengers a rare A+ CinemaScore.
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On May 8, Disney announced that a sequel to Marvel's The Avengers was in development, following last month's announcement that a follow-up to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger will be released April 4, 2014. A sequel to last summer's Thor is scheduled for release November 15, 2013, and the third installment of the hit Iron Man series, which has earned over $1.2 billion worldwide, will arrive in theaters May 3, 2013.


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- 24 oz spaghetti
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- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 (26oz) jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 lb Italian sausage or ground beef
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook spaghetti according to package directions, drain.
In large bowl, stir together Alfredo sauce, mozzarella, milk, and Italian seasoning. Add spaghetti and toss until well coated.
Pour spaghetti mixture into 9×13 pan lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Top spaghetti with Parmesan cheese.
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While pasta is baking, prepare meat sauce. Brown Italian sausage in skillet. Drain and return to skillet. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer.
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Scott Hoffman is an agent at Folio Literary Management, representing some of the preeminent authors on bookstore shelves today.
He comes from a varied background, having formerly run a lobbying firm in Washington, DC and transitioning out by getting an MBA in finance. He quickly realized it was a lifestyle he didn't want.
As he told us, "Who wants to spend 18 hours a day, eight days a week staring at spreadsheets in a cubicle, no matter how much they pay you? When I got done with grad school I realized that my two favorite things in life were books and deals — and that I could have a career that would combine both things. I've got the best job in the world."
Since it's quite literally his business to keep his finger on the pulse of the book world, anticipating trends and reacting to changes, we fired a few questions his way about the future of books.
BUSINESS INSIDER: For the normals, what exactly does a literary agent do?
SCOTT HOFFMAN: The same way that actors, actresses, and athletes have agents, most authors do as well. It's an agent's job to manage an author's career and ensure that he or she is fairly compensated for work produced.
In practice, this includes negotiating deals with publishing houses both in the US and all over the world; making sure that other rights in an author's books (audio, film and TV, etc.) are exploited to the greatest extent possible, and that publishers and other rights holders live up to their contractual obligations.
Basically, we're in the artist management business. In general, the kind of skills a person needs to sit in a closet for a year and write a beautiful novel, or to research and write an important nonfiction book are generally not the same skills that are necessary to maximize the economic value of intellectual property — and that's where we come in.
BI: How is your job different today from how it would've been 10 years ago?
SH: For one thing, there's a LOT less paper involved. Every agency has its collection of unsolicited submissions – the proverbial "slush pile" – where query letters from unpublished writers trying to convince the agency to represent them go. Ten years ago, it really was a pile — and in some cases, a mountain. Now, we handle all unsolicited subscriptions electronically, which makes for a much neater (and more environmentally-friendly) office environment.
More than that, though, the same forces that have transformed the slush pile have transformed the entire industry. Technology allows more authors to connect directly with their audience, and the rise of the independent model means that Big Publishing — the collection of agents, publishing houses, and traditional retailers — is no longer the gatekeeper it once was. In general, I think that's a good thing. The only way to make money in the publishing business in the long term (or in any business, really) is to give consumers what they want at a price they want at a time and a place of their choosing. Traditional publishing is, by definition, a mass medium — the entire business model is predicated on lots of people wanting to read the same book(s) at more or less the same time. That model is never going to go away— and the authors who achieve success in that fashion will be more successful than ever, for a few reasons.
First, as the world gets richer, more people will buy books. The rise of the middle class in places like Korea, Brazil, and Taiwan means that more wealth is available to consume entertainment and information in the form of the written word (whether those words are printed on papyrus or displayed on an electronic screen, or delivered in a manner we can't even conceive of at the moment.) Second, when consumers find a product they like, it's much easier for them to communicate the value to their tribe — which means that a book can achieve success much more quickly now than ever before.
In addition, the disintermediation of the gatekeepers allows the producers of content to succeed with the kinds of books that The Establishment never would have seen coming. Markets are a much more efficient way of determining what people actually want than a de facto committee made up of a bunch of people who all go to the same cocktail parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn (however smart we may be.) It also allows for books that occupy small niches to succeed in a small way, which is undoubtedly a good thing as well. Random House is never going to publish a book on how to repair your horse's hoof — but if you need to know, you're probably willing to pay a premium — and the person who does know, is going to be happy to tell you, for a small fee. Both parties are much better off.
BI: Does the signal-to-noise ratio of the internet make it easier or harder to find new talent?
SH: Both. Even before the rise of the internet, an agency like ours would be contacted by tens of thousands of people a year wanting representation. Those numbers have gone up dramatically, but the ease in dealing with each submission has also increased. And, of course, with the independent model, hundreds of millions of consumers all over the world act as talent scouts, voting with their dollars, 99 cents at a time. A lot of agents and publishers are finding writers who have been, in effect, pre-qualified by readers all over the world.
BI: Is a personal blog an asset or a potential liability for an author you're looking at?
SH: It's more likely to be an asset than a liability. Agents and publishers love writers who come to the table with their own audience. And given the mega-success in the traditional publishing world of authors whose blogs are, let's say, quite polarizing (take Tucker Max, for instance), with large traffic blog content would have to be very, very far from the mainstream to turn publishers off.
BI: Is it pretty much a no-brainer to release a digital version of a book alongside a physical version? Are there any circumstances where you wouldn't want to do this?
SH: I would say so. I can think of several cases in which it might make sense to publish a book in electronic-only format, though — particularly if the audience is a niche audience. The only time I can really think of where it would make sense to do a physical version and no electronic version is a case in which a book is highly illustrated, heavily designed, or photo-dependent, in which case the experience on e-ink devices might detract from the purpose of the work. In that case, though, it's probably still possible to put together a tablet version of the manuscript that would achieve the original intent of the book.
BI: Are e-books ultimately good or bad for the publishing industry? Somewhere in between?
SH: It depends what you consider "the publishing industry." If you're a printer, they're unquestionably bad news for you. If you're primarily a print retailer (remember Borders?) you could already be out of business. For authors, agents, and publishing houses, it depends where you are along the value chain.
Remember— in the long term, it's impossible to capture more value than you add. Traditional publishers are seeing their role in the space narrow. They've always been able to add value through the editorial process, and with the proliferation of independently published books, the value of good editorial work is becoming greater and greater. Traditional publishers also usually employ excellent designers; how many times have you ever looked at a book and said "THAT'S self-published."
Physical sales and distribution remain important, and probably will be in the short to medium term. Lots of people still go to actual bookstores to buy books. More still buy books at places like Walmart and Target. I think Bill Gates had it right when he suggested that we always overestimate the impact technology will have on any business model in the next two years but vastly underestimate the impact it will have in a decade.
In the long run, I think that traditional publishers have the ability to differentiate themselves in three main ways; first, they can serve as aggregators of all the services that authors need to effectively publish a book — editorial and design, and to a certain smaller extent, publicity and marketing. Second, with better access to capital, they can serve as financiers to authors as well as risk mitigators — a very valuable service. Finally, in the medium term, I think that publishers can maintain enough market power to keep retailers from driving costs down to the point where authors and other content creators will choose to spend their time on other things, thereby ensuring a greater diversity of intellectual property for consumers to enjoy.
BI: What's the future of books, physical and otherwise?
SH: Anyone who suggests that books are dead is lying. Human beings now consume more information and entertainment in the form of the written word than they ever have at any other time in human history. A hundred years ago, if you had been conducting this interview for a newspaper, we probably would have done it face-to-face. Fifty years ago, we might have done it on the telephone. Now we can do it by email — and we could have done it just as easily by chat or by text message, I suppose.
And as long as people still find value in reading, writers will make money. They might not make it by selling their ideas on paper, and they might not even make it by selling their content directly to consumers. But guys like me will always figure out a way that good writers can get paid. For a small percentage, of course.
The other answer to this question is "Data, data, data." For example, over the past hundred years, publishers have agonized over whether to choose one cover over another for a given book. In the digital world, you can have both. Not only that, but you can have 100 if you'd like, and if you can afford the designers. Then you can A/B test those covers over millions of consumers to see which ones lead to more sales — and segment to silly levels — 46 year old female who lives in zip code 10009 gets this cover, someone else gets that one. The ability to connect producers of content with the consumers of that content is really exciting, and will ultimately lead to very good things.


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LaVerda Barton Jensen
LaVerda Barton Jensen – Beloved teacher
by Buckley Jensen
"I have been a school supervisor, a principal, and a superintendent for 25 or more years and I say without hesitation that, never in all those years have I seen or become acquainted with, a more excellent and successful teacher than is Mrs. LaVerda B. Jensen". Zenos L. Black, Superintendent, San Juan School District
During her childhood years, LaVerda's favorite game was "school".
She would arrange the family dining room with her mother's sewing machine as the teacher's desk, and the dining table as the student's desk. She would recruit "students" from the neighborhood, and then teach them as long as they would linger.
She knew she wanted to be a teacher early in life. Problem was, she was the seventh child of her father's 15 children. Only one of her siblings had ever gone to college and there was simply no money in the family budget for the luxury of a college education.
LaVerda's mother died in childbirth when LaVerda was in the seventh grade. It was a crushing blow to a little girl who was just entering the years when she needed her mother most.
She never got over the loss of her mother. But the sorrow and loneliness only steeled her resolve to attain her life's dream: To become a real teacher in a real classroom with real students.
She worked hard in her home taking care of many smaller children, cooking meals and helping keep their small home tidy.
Every spare minute as a teenager she was working at Paul's Café as a waitresss, the Post Office, where her father was postmaster, or wherever she could find work. She saved her money. She was determined to go to college and she knew she was going to have to go it alone financially.
LaVerda was the student-body president of Monticello High School and graduated in the largest class ever to that time in l938, with 16 graduates.
Having never been far from Monticello in her life, she was worried about going to college. Her two best friends, Mernice Bailey and Pearl Frost, had committed to go to Utah State Agricultural College with her.
Mernice got married her junior year and at the yearbook signing party her senior year, Pearl wrote to LaVerda that she was going to marry John Lewis instead of going to college. LaVerda cried herself to sleep for a week and said having to face the unknown without her dear friends was one of the great disappointments of her life.
"My family had seven children go through Monticello schools while Mrs. Jensen was there. She was the only teacher for whom I made a special effort to see that my children were put into her class. This was because of her sweetness with children, the fine example of her personal life, and of course her unexcelled teaching ability." F. Bennion Redd, San Juan County Attorney & Federal Judge.
In September of l939, she took her only dress, one pair of shoes in an old suitcase and hitchhiked to Logan. On the way she stopped in Salt Lake to visit her sister Nina.
Nina wept when she saw what her little sister didn't have. She took LaVerda shopping at a department store for the first time in her life and bought her a dress, a pair of shoes, a sweater, and a warm coat.
LaVerda was lucky enough to land a job cleaning and cooking for the Needham family (jewelers) in Logan. For that she earned her board and room. She returned to Monticello each summer and worked in the Post Office and Paul's Cafe to earn tuition for the next school year.
In l940, she graduated from the Utah State Agricultural Collage (USAC) with a three year normal degree, which was the requirement to teach school in those days.
Her father, A. B. Barton of Monticello, sent her $25 for a graduation present. With that money she went to the dentist for the first time in her life, paid for her cap and gown for graduation, bought a life-time subscription to Utah State Magazine and had enough left to buy material to make a new dress.
LaVerda was hired by Superintendent H. Lloyd Hansen to teach school in Blanding. She had 27 of what she always called the cutest students in the world that year. She loved them and she loved teaching. All the work had been worth it. And imagine…her contract for the l940-41 school year was the unbelievable sum of $900, $75 a month
"I remember how fun it was to be able to go to your room before and after school every day. You always had a little treat for me. I was so proud that all the kids at Monticello Elementary School loved you and respected you so much. I was so proud that you were my grandma. Whenever you were the hall monitor during lunch, I would forego running in the halls and sliding on the slick floors on my knees. It was a huge sacrifice on my part, but I would rather die than embarrass you." Jody Jensen Church (granddaughter).
Ned Jensen, her high school sweetheart, would pick her up in his dad's car in Blanding on Friday night, take her home for the weekend and then drive her back to Blanding on Monday morning.
When the United States entered World War II, all the Monticello boys signed up. LaVerda and Ned got married shortly before he was inducted into the Army at Fort Douglas in September, 1942.
Ned was assigned to the Army Signal Core and was on a train in New Jersey when the news came that his first son had arrived in October of l943. Ned was shipped to England on a troop ship three days after Buckley's birth and spent the next two years in the European Theatre. He went ashore at Normandy two days after D-Day and spent the rest of the war in France and Germany.
"How are you? I hope you are swell. How is the baby? It is Sara's and my birthday today. We did a history play yesterday. My row was the Assyrians. We got to beat up on the Babylonians. It was fun. Well, bye." Rigby Wright - (4th grade. October 21, 1943)
Vella Washburn, the teacher, sent letters from all her students to LaVerda in the Moab Hospital. She said the kids begged to send their favorite teacher letters when they heard she had a new baby. LaVerda cherished those precious letters for the rest of her life.
After the war, the Utah State Board of Education required that all teachers in the state have a bachelor's degree. LaVerda went back to school at Brigham Young University in l946-47 and earned her B.S. degree in Elementary Education.
Mrs. Jensen took a year off from teaching to have each of her three children: Buckley, Stephen and Nedra. Her children never felt like they had a working mother because she was always home when they were.
Her children grew up hearing her tell anyone who would listen that she had the greatest job in the world and how grateful she was that she had a job that allowed her to be home when her children were home.
In 1951-52, the district was having financial problems. Superintendent Zenos Black approached LaVerda, who was teaching second grade and told her the district could not afford another second grade teacher in Monticello.
Without complaint LaVerda agreed to teach all 55 students in the second grade that year. In her photo albums she had a picture of each student in that enormous class. Eleven still live in San Juan County today. (See pictures below) Her salary was $2,950.
Later in the late l960's, LaVerda went back to BYU for several summers and earned endorsements in five different areas: 1. Special Education Resource Specialist 2. Severely Handicapped Certification 3. Learning Disabilities certification. 4. Elementary Education and 5. Early Childhood Development.
She had more hours than needed for a Master's Degree, but opted to become certified in several areas that would make her a more effective teacher rather than get a master's degree which would have meant additional compensation.
In l977, LaVerda was presented with the San Juan School District Teacher of the Year Award. The publicity brought scores of cards, letters and tributes from former students and colleagues around the nation. It was a humbling experience for LaVerda. Never one to seek the lime-light, she was overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and appreciation.
She went on to teach for 37 years in the San Juan District. She retired in l984. Despite asthma and other health problems, she had perfect attendance for 31 of the 37 years she taught. She went 17 years in a row in one stretch without missing a single day. She said it was harder to write lesson plans than it was to go to school sick.
Many times she went to school when she could hardly breathe and would go home and collapse in bed only to repeat the process the next day for as long as it took. She broke her leg one year and spent five months teaching in a wheelchair. She missed two days that year.
"With the great grist of men who present themselves as qualified to teach our children, what a joy it is to find in them occasionally, a LaVerda, who indeed is a teacher in every sense of the word and who makes a lasting and wholesome impression on the lives of all the students who come to her school" Carl R.Lyman
Her love for teaching, her emphasis on a good education and her example has had a powerful affect on her family.
Her three children and 16 grandchildren all have college degrees. Nine of those have gone on to earn Master's degrees or Phd's. Two of her three children and many of her grandchildren have followed her stellar example and have chosen to be teachers or school administrators.
Many times over the years, there has come a knock at her door and there would be a student she had not seen (sometimes) for decades. She always considered her students as part of her extended family.
To have them come back for a visit or write or call meant the world to her. The love and respect that came back to her was a far richer reward than any amount of monetary remuneration.
LaVerda passed away suddenly in August of 2006. She is buried in the Monticello Cemetery. She was as sharp and quick mentally at 87 as she had ever been.
It was not until she was gone and members of her family were flooded with hundreds of cards, calls and letters from all over the country that the extent of the love and respect she had earned in life was realized.
The ripples of her influence will be felt for generations to come. Who can even guess the residuals of her efforts in the Eternities?
"In a hundred years, it isn't going to matter how big my house was, or the kind of car I drove, or the size of my bank account. But, if I made a difference in the lives of my students and children, perhaps I left the world a better place."
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photo: Herakles wrestling with Triton from MCAD Library
This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings. Rainer Maria Rilke, The Beholder which one of them is raw, or baked in the sun or not, so you might get to know one who is inactive and open, pulling him down after throwing him over from the Chersonese after hooking his leg with yours behind his knee then after you turn his shoulder over, you fall heavily upon him Aristophanes, Knights If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, scene 3 Like all who contended in the games, the Wrestlers were accustomed to rub their bodies with oil, partly to check the excessive perspiration occasioned by the heat and the violence of the exercises, and partly from an opinion that the oil gave the limbs a greater degree of pliancy and agility. As the smoothness occasioned by the oil would have prevented the combatants from grasping each other with firmness, it was customary for them, after being anointed, to roll themselves in the dust of the Stadium, or to be sprinkled with a fine sand kept for that purpose at Olympia. If in falling, one of the Wrestlers dragged his adversary along with him, the combat was continued on the ground, till one of the parties had forced the other to yield the victory. Jacob Robinson and Sidney Gilpin, Wrestling and Wrestlers we need to know what to do when we're getting cranked Jeff Kass, All wrestlers practice failing Too true it is, deserted of my strength, These withered arms and limbs have failed at length. Oh! had I now that force I felt of yore, Known through Buprasium and the Pylian shore! Victorious then in every solemn game, Ordained to Amarynces's mighty name; The brave Epeians gave my glory way, Aetolians, Pylians, all resigned the day. I quelled Clytomedes in fights of hand, And backward hurled Ancaeus on the sand Homer, The Illiad Here we are, my mercenary Greek, back at the same crossroads where you bested my father. The ground when you pinned him down is what defeated you in hold after hold or until you found the way to filet his strength, the way a fisherman's instinct cleans flesh from the bone of earth. Terreson, Antaeus's Son to His Father's Killer we hold until I am exhausted he is a trickling thing of sand a scintilla that drains back into the beach a shock of trees released by strong winds he is a fish, a slither an eel that flits away then has me pinned Steve Parker, Lights fall from the Old Man of the Sea In fact the modern Olympic style of wrestling most closely resembling that of Ancient Greece is Judo, a sport invented by a Japanese professor of English in 1882 Christopher Miller, Submission Fighting and the Rules of Ancient Greek Wrestling If an Olympic champion of 20 years ago were to attend a wrestling tournament now, he probably could not tell what is going on. Nenad Lalovic, president of the international wrestling federation


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ANGOLA/África – In the hamlet of Kayenga, community of Kamoka, Ukuma city - this april (2011), there was a macabre case of violation of grave. The deceased, the corpse, that belongs to Angelina Ngalula, who died aged 32, was found outside the coffin beside the grave stripped of some internal organs: heart, liver, intestines. The crime came two days after the burial.
The complaint was made Tuesday - (april, 12) by the Soba of the village, Aurelio Viyé. He said that was unaware what were the real reasons for this gruesome act committed in his village by unidentified individuals. But he conjectures: Many say sorcery does not exist but, this that happened in the village of Kayenga means what?
The soba that is a traditional regional authority in Angola said he had never seen anything like it in all its long vida. He was shocked by the case and blamed the villagers by the crime, and repeated: This only can be linked to witchcraft.
SOURCE: Desconhecidos desenterram cadáver na aldeia de Kayenga.
IN Jornal de Angola, published in 04/14/2011
IN Jornal de Angola, published in 04/14/2011


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The sounds of war, when accurately captured and processed, shed their cacophonous echoes and leave a trail of unique, acoustical fingerprints. Much like sonar detects and classifies underwater resonance, acoustic signal processing sensors capture sounds in the air.
By using an array of sensors, military personnel can collect the distinct auditory signatures of combat vehicles and use that information to identify and track specific targets. This type of network, though, depends on establishing the sensors' locations through triangulation of the equipment. Environmental factors such as wind, hills or air temperature can affect this process, called self-localization.
Establishing the location requires applying a number of different algorithms to the data, which, as the number of environmental factors increase, takes correspondingly more time to process. Researchers at the Ohio Supercomputer Center, in partnership with the Army Research Laboratory, ramped up the analysis phase by refining several parallel processing algorithms. Parallel processing segregates calculations across multiple computer nodes.
"We tested various parallel processing technologies on a sample data set of 63 audio files and found ways to tweak the programs' codes for better, quicker results," said Ashok Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., senior director of research at OSC. "The faster researchers can process the sounds in any given area, the faster military leaders can make critical decisions about their course of action."
Project lead: Ashok Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., OSC
Research title: Object detection, localization & tracking using multiple sensors
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Say Media announced the launch of xoVain.com, a women's beauty property. With direction from women's publishing visionary Jane Pratt, founder and editor-in-chief of xoJane.com, the site will cover beauty trends, tips and how-tos from an eclectic cast of editors, with the thoughtful, honest voice that readers have come to love and expect from the xoJane brand.
"Our xoJane readers are super passionate about beauty content and love hearing what new products and tricks our editors are using, as well as how our team creates looks and has fun with beauty every day," says Pratt. "The xoVain staff will share their favorite beauty secrets and the topics they care about, with the same authentic approach readers have come to expect from xoJane. They have been clamoring for a vibrant community where they can share honest, powerful, first-person beauty stories, and we are so happy to be able to give it to them with xoVain."
xoVain will feature product reviews, tutorials and tips and provide an intimate view of life from its editors, addressing the unique needs of all women, ranging from the makeup-obsessed to natural beauties, and from date night to s day at the office. Beauty will become the centerpiece of stories told by the editors, so that readers understand these experiences as a mirror on their own lives. The site will provide a collaborative platform where readers can interact directly with the editors and each other.
The site also will be teeming with beauty content, including an array of products that readers can easily browse and buy directly from select online retailers. These products can be purchased individually or as part of the complete look recommended in each post. Every item will also have their own product detail page, with editorial and community reviews, where readers can click through to the retailer to buy instantly.
"In less than two years, Jane and her cast of characters have amassed an obsessive following that engages with the site constantly. xoVain is the natural evolution of the xoJane brand," said Kim Kelleher, president of Say Media. "Thanks to the new tools and platform we have developed at Say Media, it's never been easier for readers to interact, purchase and discover. Beauty devotees will love what they see on xoVain."
"Jane Pratt continues to influence and inspire countless readers with her signature truth-telling, bold style," said Maybelline New York vice president Ali Goldstein. "Maybelline New York is excited for her latest platform, xoVain, which truly speaks to the core of our brand. Maybelline New York wants to empower women to make their own statement with products that are innovative, effortless and accessible; Jane Pratt's vision for xoVain will do just that."


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Studio Teaching: Examples
Studio teaching is an approach to teaching that affects not just one class period, but an entire semester. To see how it works in practice requires looking at an instructor's course goals and the way the instructor seeks to reach those goals by having students work in groups as they take charge of their own learning.
Mineralogy: a sophomore level course at the University of North Dakota
The mineralogy course at the University of North Dakota meets two times a week for 3 hours each time. Students hear few lectures, and instead spend almost all their time working in groups. Besides scheduled class time, students work on their own -- often evening or weekends -- to complete projects. The instructor's goals are for students to learn the basics of mineralogy, and also for them to develop habits of the mind that will help them become better learners. The basic nature and philosophy of the course is briefly presented in the instructor's first day comments (link below).· What the instructor says to students on the first day of class
· Basic course information
· Outline of class topics
· Complete description of class activities


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I can't imagine what it's like, though I watched my father endure it for nine long years. He was taken by Alzheimer's, the disease that creeps in and slowly erases what you know until, eventually, there's no more to erase. How this happens is still a mystery, but this short animation by tries, I think, to make poetic sense of what goes on.
It's the story of an old woman who lives alone in a tower, a rickety tower that feels like her rickety body, trying to stay up in the storm. Though she's alone, she can pick up an old hat, and her mind — represented by a set of drawers that protrude from her body — will scan the object, unlock a series of memories that tell her, that's the hat your husband wore back in 1982, that's why it's familiar.
The drawers (and a lively computer) are, I guess, Po's metaphor for how we remember. Neurologically, that's not quite right. We don't store memories in locked cabinets, but Po Chou Chi isn't a scientist; he's an animator, an artist, and he borrowed the drawer's idea from a painting by Salvador Dali.
It doesn't go well for the old lady. As the story progresses, so does her dementia. The drawers stop working. Her mind has more and more trouble recollecting. The images grow pale, blank; she seems on the verge of fading completely, but the ending, if that's what it is, is a gentle one, eased in good part by her loving husband, who may be gone, but isn't, quite.
I found this very beautiful.
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