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Adventure Landing will participate throughout this month in the third annual Foreverlawn's Putt For The Fallen, a nationwide effort of Family Entertainment Centers.
During September, guests of participating FEC facilities – including the Town of Tonawanda mini-golf course at 2400 Sheridan Drive – will have the opportunity to donate $1, $3 or $5 in exchange for a paper golf ball. Donors will receive recognition by writing their names on the ball and will receive a free round of mini-golf with the purchase of a round, for their next visit.
Money raised will directly benefit Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing college scholarships and long-term educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. More than $50,000 has been donated to Fallen Patriots as a result of the 2014 and 2015 Putt For The Fallen fundraising efforts.
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In Gabon, the demersal species are exploited by the industrial and artisanal fisheries. The artisanal fishery lands about the half of the total production of fish with a mean annual production of around 25 000 tonnes, with 80 percent composed of demersal species. The annual production of the industrial fishery was in 2008, around 13 000–14 000 tonnes.
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The main species caught are croakers (Pseudotolithus senegalensis and Pseudoplesiops typus) and threadfin (Galeoides decadactylus). Other important species are seabreams (Dentex spp., Pagrus spp.), Atlantic spotted grunter (Pomadasys jubelini), bobo croaker (Pseudotolithus elongatus), catfish (Arius spp.), and the soles (Cynoglossus spp.). These bottom fish are also important for artisanal fishers. The artisanal fishery is carried out with canoes and different types of gear. Traditionally, gears such as purse seine and beach seine are distinguished from the more individual gears such as gillnet, handlines, longlines and castnets.
Data collection from the artisanal fishery started in the mid-1980s and was restructured in 1994 with the introduction of new storage and processing routines when new statistical tools were installed through a FAO Technical Cooperation Program. A daily sampling program for the fishing effort gives an estimate of the number of trips for each gear type.
Occasionally big fishes get caught. Jean Paul and Marie Louise shows two big snappers.
The third meeting of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Resources, was held in 2011.The overall objective of the Working Group is to contribute to improved management of demersal resources in the Southern CECAF area through assessment of the state of the stocks and fisheries to ensure optimal and sustainable use of the resources for the benefit of coastal countries. In these meetings information is provided on: the fisheries, sampling intensity, biological characteristics, stock identity, trends in data (catch, effort, biological data and abundance indices), assessment, management recommendations and future research. Trends and quality of the basic data (catch, effort and length frequencies) collected by each country, has been one the main topics of discussion during the Working Group meetings. The results of the assessments show that many of the stocks analyzed are fully to overexploited, and the working group thus recommended that fishing effort should be reduced for the overexploited stocks to avoid further depletion or not increased for the other stocks. For most of the stocks assessed, the only series of stock abundance indices available were commercial catch per unit effort (CPUE) data series. Commercial CPUE series are affected by changes in fleet size and fishing strategy. Consequently changes observed in the CPUEs do not necessarily reflect the variations in stock abundance. When possible, recommendations on catch levels are also indicated for each stock. Given that most demersal fisheries in the region are multispecific, an overall reduction in fishing effort is necessary.
Jean Hervé with a big royal spiny lobster
Onboard the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen we are currently performing an ecosystem survey that will help to increase our understanding about the living resources of the continental shelf, species assemblages and their linkages with the environment. To do so, we are conducting different studies during these 14 days of survey including acoustic assessment of pelagic fisheries, stratified assessment of demersal fisheries, sea-bottom impact of bottom trawling, oceanographic measures, plankton biomass estimation and sampling, marine mammals, birds and turtle's distribution and the exploration of the sea-mountain and canyons off Cape Lopez. All these activities will generate a great amount of data that will need to be processed and analyzed once at land
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Marie Louise with a big Gorean snapper
During the survey onboard the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, we will assess fisheries resources and we will collect benthos samples, both inside and outside the Marine Park with the intention of monitoring changes in the ecosystem between a recently closed fishing zone, previously exploited, and a contiguous currently trawled area. Results from this and following surveys will help us to understand how ecosystems recover after the closure of fishing activities and what effects can bring the creation of new Marine Parks on the marine biodiversity of West Africa. Preliminary results from trawl catches suggest bigger size and higher species diversity inside the park, than outside. One distinguished difference is that inside the park we got several big royal spiny lobsters (Panulirus regius).
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ISR has a full-time staff as well as faculty affiliates who hold academic appointments. The Institute draws other faculty at the University to act as collaborators and consultants for particular projects. In addition, the Institute employs over 100 professionally-trained interviewers on a part-time basis each year.
ISR offers an integrated approach to research planning, implementation and management. For each major study, a research team is assembled, matching the skills of staff with the needs of particular projects.
Management and Faculty
Les Jacobs, Director
Les Jacobs is Professor of Law & Society and Political Science. He is also Executive Director of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, the country's leading pan-Canadian think tank devoted to access to justice issues. He has held a range of distinguished visiting appointment at other universities including the Harvard Law School, Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Law Commission of Canada, the University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, Emory University, and Waseda Law School in Tokyo. His many books include Rights and Deprivation (1993); The Democratic Politics of Vision (1997); Pursing Equal Opportunities (2004); Balancing Competing Human Rights in a Diverse Society (2012); Linking Global Trade and Human Rights: New Policy Space in Hard Economic Time (2014); and Privacy Rights in the Global Digital Economy: Everyday Legal Problems and Canadian Paths to Justice (2014). In 2013-2014, his survey research focused on two themes, legal problems in everyday life and growing economic inequality in Canada.
David Northup, Director, Survey Research
David Northrup joined the Institute for Social Research at York University in 1980 and is currently the Director of Survey Research. He is responsible for the implementation of major studies at ISR including the Canadian Election Studies. He co-authored the book Canadians and Their Pasts (2013) which reported on a national survey of Canadians. He was central to ISR's emergence as a leading survey provider on public health issues in Ontario in collaboration with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS). Mr. Northrup holds an MA and also teaches survey research methods at York University.
Richard Myles, Associate Director, Data Collection
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Bryn Greer-Wootten, Associate Director and Associate Coordinator, Statistical Consulting Service
Bryn Greer-Wootten is Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies and Professor Emeritus of Geography at York University. In 2002 he joined the consulting staff in the Statistical Consulting Service, where he is currently an Associate Coordinator, and in 2004 was appointed an Associate Director in the Institute for Social Research. Professor Greer-Wootten completed his PhD in Geography and Planning at McGill University in 1968. He has taught and carried out research in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with particular interests in all aspects of survey research, especially with respect to policy analysis in environmental and social policy areas. Current research projects include work on sustainability indicators, building on earlier ISR projects on perceived Quality of Life [social indicators], and how to incorporate such data into the policy formulation process, and theoretical studies of the relations between nature and society in environmental discourse.
Valerie Preston, Academic Director
Valerie Preston is Professor of Geography at York University where she teaches urban social geography, Associate Director of the Institute for Social Research at York University, and Academic Director of the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at York University. She served as Director of the Institute for Social Research from 1988 to 1991. She has also served as York Director for CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre and the Graduate Program Director in Geography. Her research examines gendered and racialized aspects of immigrant settlement and their impacts on Canadian cities.
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Tammy Chi, Manager, Data Collection
Tammy Chi joined York University in 1978, first in the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) area and then in the Student Programs Department. In 1980, she moved to the Computing Services Department and subsequently to the Institute for Social Research (ISR) in 1981, first as Secretary to the Assistant Director, and then as a Project Assistant in the Sampling Department. Soon afterwards, Ms. Chi joined the Institute's Field Department where she now manages ISR's large field staff of supervisors, monitors and interviewers. Ms. Chi was educated at York University, receiving a combined Honours BA degree in Sociology and Psychology.
Greg Hanson, Systems Maintenance and Computer Surveys
Greg Hanson joined ISR in 1991 as a Technical Consultant. Greg holds an MA in Geography from the University of Windsor. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a Research Assistant with the ARA Group in Toronto and a Project Manager at the Data Bank Research Group at the University of Windsor. Greg implements web-based surveys, maintains web-based services, provides technical support, programs CASES instruments, and manages select projects.
Lily Li, CATI Consultant
Lily Li received her Master of Environmental Studies degree in 1999 in a joint program in Geography through the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. After graduation, Ms. Li worked as a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) coder and statistical analyst at Pollara, Inc. Since joining the Institute in the spring of 2002 as a CATI programmer, Ms. Li has worked on many components of the data collection process, from questionnaire programming and testing, sample setup, maintaining field statistics, to data cleaning and file preparation. She is also responsible for the setup and maintenance of mail-out survey databases.
Hugh McCague, Data Analyst and Statistical Consultant
Hugh McCague completed a BMath (Honours) in Statistics at the University of Waterloo, and an MA in Statistics and a PhD in Environmental Studies both at York University. He has worked as a statistician in both private and public sectors. He is a Data Analyst at the Institute for Social Research, and a consultant and instructor in ISR's Statistical Consulting Service. His work, research and publications concentrate on applications of mathematics and statistics in health and environmental studies, including the use of data at the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at York University, as well as the on-going public health surveys of the Institute. He is the Secretary of the Southern Ontario Regional Association of the Statistical Society of Canada and the Southern Ontario Chapter of the American Statistical Association.
Liza Mercier, Project Manager
Liza Mercier joined ISR in June 2002 as a Project Manager. She has a BSc in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo. Liza's background is in public health, working in the areas of health promotion and education, and most recently in tobacco control and enforcement. In the early 1990s she worked with the Health Behaviour Research Group at the University of Waterloo. Liza is currently working on the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) survey at ISR as well as assisting with several other surveys.
Mirka Ondrack, Statistical Consultant
Mirka Ondrack received her Masters degree in Physics from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic and spent two years studying Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. She has held the position of Programmer/Analyst at ISR since 1971. Ms. Ondrack is currently a consultant with the Statistical Consulting Service and also does custom programming and data analysis. She has been teaching courses on SAS and SPSS since 1981.
Stella Park, Project Manager
Stella Park joined ISR in 2014 as a Project Manager. She has over 10 years of experience in conducting both quantitative and qualitative research projects at the local, provincial, and international levels on a diverse range of topics, including health, education, employment, and non-profit sector. Her work has been published in the Canadian Review of Social Policy, Canadian Journal on Aging, University of Toronto's Mowat Centre Research Reports, and Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiatives (TIEDI)'s Analytical Reports. Stella holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Toronto. At ISR, she is currently managing CAMH's Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, CAMH Monitor Survey, the Second-generation Employment survey, and the YouthREX qualitative project. Stella also teaches NVivo (Qualitative Research Method) course at ISR.
Data Collection Staff
Bill Campbell, Supervisor
Bill Campbell joined ISR in 2000 as an Interviewer. He was later promoted to the position of Monitor and then Supervisor. His work experience includes working in call centres in the Toronto area, including BBM Bureau of Measurement and CMR. He also has worked in Data Coding and Data Entry at Gallup Poll Canada and at Decima Research. Mr. Campbell has a BA degree in Science and Technology Studies from York University.
Korine Kim, Manager, Recruitment and Training
Korine Kim joined the Institute for Social Research (ISR) in 1993. While pursuing her Honours BA in Philosophy at York University, she worked as a telephone interviewer in the CATI lab, conducted face-to-face interviews, pretested questionnaires, assisted with focus groups, and provided clerical support to the Field Manager. Upon completion of her undergraduate studies, Ms. Kim's role at the Institute expanded when she was promoted to Lab Supervisor. In 2002, Ms. Kim took on the responsibility of recruiting, hiring and training, and she currently staffs ISR's survey labs from a pool of 160 part-time telephone interviewers.
David Law, Senior Supervisor
David Law joined ISR as a Senior Supervisor in September 2002. He has an Honours BA in Political Science from York University. Mr. Law's background is in Market Research and various forms of telephone marketing. In the late 1980s, he worked for Decima Research as a Team Leader, where his interests in research first began. Prior to joining ISR, Mr. Law worked as a Call Centre Supervisor with Consumer Contact for four years.
Shanon Li, Manager, Telephone Data Collection & Staff Scheduler
Shanon Li has been at ISR since 2004. As a Manager of Data Collection, Shanon is fluently bilingual and at ISR is responsible for ensuring the French versions of data collection instruments, training materials and telephone research interviewer instructions are consistent with the original English versions. She also monitors telephone surveys conducted by French-speaking telephone interviewers to ensure established protocols are followed. Ms. Li also schedules interviewing staff and ensures that a well-trained bilingual interviewer is available and supervised on all shifts.
Clerical Assistant Staff
Betty Tai, Data Collection Administrative Assistant
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Fortunately, melatonin supplements can safely and effectively restore balance to the bodys circadian rhythm of this important hormonehelping achieve a restful nights sleep and keeping your biological clock ticking throughout a long, healthy life span.
Melatonin is a powerful and versatile antioxidant produced within the body. Melatonin protects both lipids and proteins against damage, and can scavenge some of the most dangerous free radicals in the bodyincluding hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxide. Unlike other antioxidants, melatonin easily diffuses into all cells, and even crosses the blood-brain barrier to protect the delicate brain.1
Unfortunately, levels of naturally produced melatonin decline with advancing age, leaving older adults with limited antioxidant protection against conditions associated with oxidative stress, particularly neurodegenerative diseases.1 Supplementing with melatonin may thus help older adults enhance their antioxidant protection against some of the most ravaging diseases of aging, such as Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease, and stroke.
Melatonin levels are particularly low in patients with Alzheimers disease. Nearly half of affected individuals suffer from sleep disturbances and sundowningincreased confusion, agitation, and other symptoms in the afternoon and evening.2 Not surprisingly, melatonin supplementation benefits patients with Alzheimers disease by improving sleep and reducing late-day aggravation of symptoms. Melatonin has also been found to decrease cognitive deterioration in individuals with Alzheimers disease, possibly by protecting brain cells from the toxic protein, beta-amyloid.2
Melatonin may likewise play an important role in assisting patients suffering from Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons disease is associated with disrupted melatonin secretion in the brain, and supplemental melatonin may help improve sleep efficiency in affected adults.3
The brain can suffer dramatic, irreparable damage when an individual suffers a stroke. Utilizing animal models of stroke, scientists have found that melatonin may offer important protection against stroke-related damage and deterioration. When administered at the time of stroke, melatonin limited the area of brain tissue damage, decreased brain cell death, lessened behavioral deficits, and reduced the rate of stroke-related death. These investigators believe that melatonins protective actions stem from its free-radical-scavenging and antioxidant activities, and suggest that melatonin may hold promise in improving stroke outcomes in humans.4
Melatonin may help manage one of the leading risk factors for strokeelevated blood pressure. While an earlier study reported that hypertensive men taking melatonin experienced reduced nighttime blood pressure, a newer study confirms the same benefit for women.5 In a randomized, double-blind study, 18 women
(aged 47 to 63) with either normal blood pressure or treated high blood pressure received a three-week course of slow-release melatonin (3 mg) or placebo, one hour before bedtime. Researchers recorded blood pressure readings for 41 hours at the end of the trial. While the daytime blood pressure readings remained unchanged com-pared to placebo, the melatonin treatment significantly decreased nighttime blood pressure, without modifying heart rate.6
One of melatonins most important applications is in fighting a wide array of cancers, including breast and liver cancers, non-small-cell lung cancer, and brain metastases from solid tumors.7
When women with metastatic breast cancer who had failed to respond to tamoxifen received melatonin supplements (20 mg every evening), they demonstrated an improved response to the chemotherapy drug. More than one quarter of the subjectswhose disease otherwise was expected to progress rapidlybegan responding to the chemotherapy treatment. Most of the women also experienced anxiety relief from the melatonin supplementation.8 Laboratory studies suggest that melatonin may help fight hormone-responsive breast cancers by inhibiting the aromatase enzyme, which is responsible for the local synthesis of estrogens.9,10
Emerging research suggests that melatonin may help fight one of the most common malignancies in aging menprostate cancer. In the laboratory, scientists treated androgen-sensitive and androgen-insensitive prostate cancer cells with pharmacological concentrations of melatonin. Treatment with melatonin dramatically reduced the number of prostate cancer cells, while the remaining cells displayed signs of slowed replication and increased differentiationcharacteristics of healthy, non-cancerous cells. Melatonin may thus hold promise against prostate cancers, whether they are hormone-sensitive or hormone-insensitive.11
Scientists conducted a meta-analysis of 10 randomized, controlled trials examining melatonins effects (alone or as an adjuvant treatment) on patients with various types of cancer. Supplementation with melatonin reduced the relative risk of death at one year by an impressive 34%regardless of the type of cancer or the melatonin dosage. Importantly, no adverse effects were reported.12
In addition to its benefits for cancer survival, melatonin may also help counteract the toxicity of chemotherapy treatment. Two-hundred-fifty individuals undergoing chemotherapy for advanced cancers of the lung, breast, gastrointestinal tract, or head and neck received chemotherapy, either alone or in combination with melatonin (20 mg/day). After one year, the melatonin-supplemented individuals demonstrated a higher rate of survival, and were significantly protected against many of the side effects associated with chemotherapy, including decreased platelet count, neurotoxicity, heart damage, mouth sores, and fatigue.13
A promising study suggests that migraine sufferers may be able to reduce the frequency and severity of their headaches by using melatonin. Researchers gave 34 migraine sufferers (29 women and 5 men) a 3-mg dose of melatonin, 30 minutes before bedtime, for three months. Of the 32 patients who finished the study, more than two thirds experienced at least a 50% reduction in number of headaches per month. Additionally, the intensity and duration of headaches decreased. The scientists believe that melatonins anti-inflammatory effect and free-radical-scavenging effects contribute to its headache-relieving benefits.14
Obtaining sufficient amounts of quality sleep is an absolute necessity for good health, yet many of us experience sleep difficulties on occasion. Insomnia occurs due to a variety of factorsranging from long hours of work or travel to sleep-disruptive conditions, such as urinary frequency and stressful events. Elderly adults may be particularly susceptible to difficulty sleeping and nighttime awakenings, due to the decline in melatonin levels associated with aging.15 Melatonin can help promote healthy sleep patterns in some people, regardless of the cause of insomnia.
A large analysis revealed several of melatonins sleep-enhancing benefits. Reviewing 15 studies of sleep in healthy adults, scientists noted that melatonin administration significantly reduced sleep latency (the amount of time needed to fall asleep), while boosting sleep efficiency (the percentage of time in bed spent asleep) and increasing total sleep duration.16
Men with benign prostatic enlargement often experience poor sleep due to nighttime urinary frequency. Scientists from the United Kingdom found that melatonin may offer an effective solution. When 20 older men were treated with 2 mg of melatonin each day for one month, they experienced a significant decrease in nighttime urination, and reported that their condition was less bothersome than before treatment.15
Individuals who work the night shift are often chronically tired due to difficulty falling asleep during the daytime. Supplementing with melatonin has helped improve the length and quality of daytime sleep in these individuals. These findings demonstrate an important characteristic of melatonin: the hormone exerts its hypnotic (sleep-inducing) and sedative (anxiety-relieving) effects, regardless of dosage time.7
Traveling to different time zones often leads to the fatigue and insomnia known as jet lag. Supplementing with melatonin can help prevent or reduce jet lag, particularly when traveling across several time zones. Melatonin works by helping re-synchronize the bodys circadian rhythms, helping the traveler adapt to the local time.7
Melatonin is used in doses ranging from 0.3-5.0 mg to promote sleep, with doses of 1-3 mg most common.17 Studies examining melatonins effects on cancer have utilized doses of 3-50 mg/day.7
Melatonin has a sedating effect, which may be magnified by the use of benzodiazepines or other sedating drugs such as antihistamines or antidepressants. Similarly, the use of melatonin with valerian, 5-hydroxytryptophan, or alcohol may increase sedation.17
The bioavailability of oral melatonin is increased by co-administration of the antidepressant drug fluvoxamine (Luvox).17 Beta blockers, as well as aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, may decrease melatonin production in the body.17
A factor in restorative sleep, melatonins benefits extend to neuroprotection and fighting cancer. Its powerful antioxidant effect offers important enhancements to the brain and nervous system, helping protect against age-related damage. Most exciting are melatonins benefits for cancer patientsrelieving anxiety and improving survival from an array of cancers. Finally, migraine sufferers using melatonin may enjoy a vast decline in the frequency and severity of their headachesleading to a tremendously improved quality of life.
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The Good Dinosaur // Movie ReviewDecember 08, 2015
Hello everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of December! If you haven't already, be sure to go subscribe to my channel to subscribe so you can receive all of my Vlogmas videos right into your subscription box! I'll be uploading every day in December and you won't want to miss it!! If you're already subscribed then you know that this past weekend I went to go see The Good Dinosaur! Here's the video in case you missed it!
I was excited for a new Pixar/Disney movie, but I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I figured this would be a great movie as always, but other than that it would be pretty much a surprise.
Arlo, the main dinosaur character, develops a relationship with Spot the little caveman boy. The movie overall had a lot of sadness in it. I won't tell you what caused the sadness because that would spoil it! However, I will tell you that I know for a fact that I would not have liked this movie as a child. Of course, boys typically love dinosaurs so maybe they'll love it, but again, it's all a matter of taste.
Overall, this movie had funny parts, quite a few scary parts, and some very heartwarming parts. Definitely an interesting take for a Disney/Pixar movie for sure. Although it wasn't my favorite, I would still recommend people go see it. I truly think Disney/Pixar are in the midst of a change in dimensions of their movies, but will see how accurate that guess is in a few years.
I would rate this movie an 8/10, but don't let that fool you. One person's opinion shouldn't sway you! I encourage you to look at other reviews as well! Thank you so much for stopping by! :)


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Suarez introduces TV series, book about Latino Americans at National Press Club event
September 16, 2013 | By Aileen R. Schlef | email@example.com
The National Press Club drew a capacity crowd in its ballroom as the Book & Author and Events committees co-hosted a preview of a documentary produced by Public Broadcasting for Greater Washington, also known as WETA, on Latino America, which is slated to premier on Sept. 17 at 8 p.m.
The program was followed by a book signing with Ray Suarez, chief national correspondent for "PBS NewsHour," and author of the companion book Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation. Suarez has been with the NewsHour since 1999.
WETA President and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Percy Rockefeller described the network's role in producing the series and its commitment to present the first complete history of Latinos in the United States.
Noting that WETA had been working on this series for more than five years, Percy Rockefeller added that, "we are proud of the result ... for many years to come" demonstrating the "timeliness and relevance of public broadcasting." She emphasized that "every contemporary issue regarding Latinos today is rooted in a long and complicated past."
"We are thrilled to present for the first time on television a comprehensive look at the Latino-American experience through American history. This really is a major part of American history," she said.
The screening was introduced by Suarez who joined a post-viewing question and answer session with Jeff Bieber, vice president of national programming for WETA and the series' executive producer, and Sandie Viquez Pedlow, executive director for Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) and another series executive producer.
Suarez described realizing that this project was "both tantalizing and audacious. Tantalizing in that we were going to get a chance on a very broad canvas to tell this amazing story of half a millennium. ... Audacious because there was so much to tell that we had as hard a time figuring out what we were going to leave out as what we were going to put in."
"A shelf-full of books on these vast topics would still not tell every story," Suarez said. He described the story line process as putting "15 pounds of content into a 10-pound bag."
Calling this a historic step forward, Suarez said, "this is only the first program of its kind" and that he hoped that Latinos would see that "there is more to this history that you never knew and that the mainstream audience would become aware of the "history you were never taught, all contemplating, 'I did not know that! How come I did not know that?!'"
More stories will be told and the 500-year history will continue to be told in different ways, Suarez said. Our historic understanding of the meaning of this history will evolve and sharpen with time, he added.
Percy Rockefeller and Suarez shared a message that this series, the book and companion educational program are but a down payment on the national understanding "that Latino history is American history -- Latinos are Americans."
The series is narrated by Benjamin Bratt. The book and educational materials were produced in English and Spanish.


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"WHO AM I? I am David Rogers, I am 25 years-old, an aspiring game developer, seasoned veteran gamer, and all around awesome." - Doc Rogers
General Questions
WHERE WERE YOU BORN? DO YOU STILL LIVE THERE? Jacksonville, Florida. I still live here, for now.
IF YOU COULD VISIT ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Man, this is a tricky question. I want to travel in space. So either, the moon, Mars, or anywhere out of the solar system.
People who do not use their turn signals while driving. That one probably irritates me more than most.
WHO IN YOUR FAMILY DO YOU ADMIRE THE MOST? WHY? I admire my grandfather the most, Jack William Rogers, he was a sailor in the Navy during World War II and a few other skirmishes. He did great things for our country. He also would play as Santa Claus. One year, many years ago, I think before I was born, he had a child come up to him who was terminally ill sit in his lap and asked for a boombox. Then on Christmas that year, my grandfather surprised him at his home with gifts for he and his brother. My Grandfather is a great person and I wish I got to spend more time with him growing up.
IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY, WHAT DREAM CAR WOULD YOU WANT? COLOR? I have too many dream cars, but as a kid I've always been attracted to the Italian Sports Car, so either a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. I would go with black and teal. Mostly black, with a lot of teal highlights and accents.
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS? BEEN IN A BAND? When I was younger I played the Cello for awhile. As I got older, I started playing the bass guitar, when I noticed I was no better than Sid Vicious, I sang in a band for a brief period in time.
WHAT ARE YOUR FEARS? I HATE ELEVATORS AND POOL DRAINS! >.< Hmm, I'm sure I have a lot of fears but I don't dwell on them. I actually try to conquer them when I can. To name one though, I'd have to say my biggest fear is not knowing; uncertainty.
DID YOU EVER GET A GIFT AS A KID FOR WHATEVER HOLIDAY YOU WANTED MORE THAN ANYTHING? WHAT WAS IT? I did, I've probably received a few things I've really wanted only to forget about them down the road. I do remember getting my bass guitar on my birthday; I think it was my 14th or 15th birthday.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RAINY DAYS? I CALL THEM NAP DAYS BECAUSE THEY MAKE ME SLEEEEEPY. I love rainy days. I am sure most people do too. I like to catch up on movies, TV shows, my games, or read. However, if it's a really bad lightning storm I tend to stick with reading books.
ARE YOU KIND OF A PERSON WHO LIKES SURPRISES? Ah man, I love surprises. Good surprises at least. No one wants to come home to the mess the dog left on the floor.
video game questions
DO YOU INVERT YOUR CONTROLS? (LIKE A NOOB)? Nope. I stick with default settings a large majority of the time. Unless it's Counter-Strike, then I re-bind away.
WHAT VIDEO GAME CHARACTER YOU MOST RESEMBLE AND WHY? I'm going to have to say Augustus Cole Train of Gears of War. Lester Speight is one of my favorite actors, even if somewhat of a small time actor. Cole Train is a very excited character with high energy. I'm high energy and I like to be excited about what I am doing. From the very first time we (the gamers) met Cole Train I was hooked on his character and wanted to play as him in the campaign so badly. I was finally able to do just that when Gears of War 3 released. Cole has been my default Gears character since I started playing. He is my brother in arms.
DID YOU EVER GET INTO CARD GAMES LIKE MAGIC THE GATHERING? DID YOU COMPETE LOCALLY WITH THEM? I played MotG at Summer camps and stuff, never got into it. At the height of the Pokémon craze I collected and competed at a local level.
IF YOU HAD A ROBOT, LIKE A BADASS SMART ONE.. WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IT? I'm a huge South Park fan, so I'd call it Awesome-o 1335 (Ksharp's WONID he was my favorite CS player back in the CPL days.)
WERE YOU EVER PICKED ON IN SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU LIKED VIDEO GAMES? :/ Maybe. I don't know. I don't think so at least. Everyone I knew growing up played video games. I might have started gaming before most of my peers, but even then it's not like they teased me for it.
WHAT IS THE LONGEST GAMING SESSION YOU HAD? FOR WHAT GAME? WHY DID YOU NEED TO PLAY THAT LONG? HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT STAYING AWAKE? I still do have pretty long gaming sessions, especially when a new game comes out like Diablo, Gears of War, etc. But nothing compares to when I used to go to LAN centers. The guys and I would go almost 3 full days without sleep. We'd hop between Counter-Strike, Quake, Unreal, various Half-Life mods like Ricochet, Natural Selection, Day of Defeat. Why had no reason to play that long, but we felt we were at a LAN center with our computers so we felt obligated to spend our entire weekends there. Staying awake involved drinking a lot of Bawls, RedBull, whatever caffeine we could get. Haha! Shout out to The Armory, Docking Station, and Armory Assault.
IF YOU COULD MOVE ONE VIDEO GAME CHARACTER INTO ANOTHER GAME, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THEM? I'd want to see one of the first party Xbox 360 characters be put into the Xbox 360 version of Mortal Kombat. PS3 got Kratos, and the Xbox never got a thing. I have no idea how you'd add someone like Master Chief, Marcus, Dom, Cole Train, Baird, Anya even, to a fighting game, but I am sure the guys at NetherRealms could have figured it out.
HAVE YOU EVER CAMPED OUT FOR A VIDEO GAME OR CONSOLE? IF YES, HOW LONG? DID YOU GET WHAT YOU WANTED? I go to midnight releases regularly, I tend to get there by 11:45 because I hate waiting. But when Gears of War 3 came out I camped outside of GameStop for a few extra hours to ensure I was the first in and out with my Epic Edition, Xbox, Retro Lancer. I did get everything I wanted.
DO YOU THINK "AFK" KILLS ARE FAIR IN MULTIPLAYER GAMES? If you're taking the time to play, then play, don't go AFK, if you go AFK you're hurting your team and allowing yourself to be killed freely. However, the person or persons taking all the AFK kills shouldn't feel too proud of themselves when the match is over.
IF YOU OWNED A SPACESHIP, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT? Nostromo. I was a big, big, big, Alien fan growing up. Has molded me into who I am today.
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POKEMON? Bulbasaur.
VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER OF ALL TIME? The N64 controller, it was weird, but it did what it was supposed to do.
VALVE GAME? Half-Life, always and forever, but I'm a Valve fan-boy, so everything they've ever developed and published.
TYPE OF DOG? American Pit Bull Terrier (Blue nose)
LOONEY TUNES CHARACTER? Bugs Bunny, he wore the pants.
ENERGY DRINK? Don't really have one, but I'll say RedBull.
HOLIDAY? Thanksgiving, food is good.
XBOXLIVE AVATAR ITEM? I have this Avatar prop, some sort of dragon you got for using the Xbox Live Aracade discovery app. I forget what it was called, but it was supposed to be an easier way to view Microsoft's collection of XBLA titles, never really got off the ground.
SONG RIGHT NOW? James Taylor – Carolina in my Mind.
COMEDIAN? I have a lot of comedians that I like; Aziz, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Will Ferrell, Zach Galafankiss, Louis CK, Ed Helms, Stephen Carrel, although I wouldn't call those last two comedians, they are funny actors.
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Do women earn less, even as social entrepreneurs?/
According to a recent study, of which we published a summary in our news section in September 2015, female CEOs earn 29% less than their male counterparts.
Gender differences in pay are ever-present at all organisational levels. As CEOs of their own organisations, entrepreneurs largely determine their own pay. In addition, social entrepreneurship may be a particularly gender-blind occupational choice; evidence indicates that women are more likely to start a social enterprise.
Do women at the top of social enterprises see a gender pay gap?
Saul Estrin (London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)), Ute Stephan (Aston University - Aston Business School) and Suncica Vujic (VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration) share the outcomes of their research in the interview below.


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As I edited these photos, I was over-joyed with reliving such a magical, extremely happy day for my dear bride and groom who are now also our dear friends. Marcela and Jose's wedding was everything I had imagined it would be: full of beautiful details, a gorgeous venue and church ceremony, and a wild party, but most of all it was so full of love, so full of laughter, tears of joy, constant smiles from ear to ear, stolen kisses, joyous and proud friends and family and two best friends who are now husband and wife. I couldn't be happier for this beautiful couple. We loved going up to Katy, Texas to capture their day, and now we pray every wedding going forward is as awesome as this one. It was the party of the year to say the least! Their venue, Agave Estates was just gorgeous. We LOVED their bride and groom suites, the outdoor courtyards and walkways, and their beautiful reception area. Everywhere we turned we were ooo'ing and ahhhh'ing! It was the perfect backdrop for such a perfect wedding day. We would recommend it to anyone!
I was in love with Marcela's Manolo Blahnik shoes- I mean what girl wouldn't!? Can we say "Sex and the City"!? I was obsessed. AND to top it off she had a pair of matching Manolo flats for the evening so she could comfortably dance the night away. It was the perfect fit for her beautiful Vera Wang wedding gown. I will stop swooning over her details, just look for yourself and fall in love like I did!
Congratulations Marcela and Jose. Thank you for choosing us to capture your special day. It was perfect in every way and we have over 1300 wedding photos to prove it! Here's a peek... Makeup Artist: MarLen Hernandez
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Paco was born in Almería in 1976. After being involved in painting, theatre, design and communication, he started his career as a photographer combining fashion photography (Glamour, Neo2, Vanidad, Cinemanía, Flux, etc.) and commercial work for brands like Adidas, Diesel, Levi's, EMI Music, etc. His more artistic side has been shown at the CCCB or the Canal de Isabel II Exhibition Hall.
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Final Macondo report calls for 'system safety' approach
Two US scientific academies urged companies involved in offshore oil and gas activities to take a "system safety" approach to anticipate and manage possible dangers at every operating level.
Two US scientific academies urged companies involved in offshore oil and gas activities to take a "system safety" approach to anticipate and manage possible dangers at every operating level. The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council also said in their final report on the 2010 Macondo deepwater well incident that an enhanced regulatory approach should combine strong safety goals with mandatory oversight at critical operating points.
"Industry and regulators need to include a factual assessment of all the risks in deepwater drilling operations in their decisions and make the overall safety of the many complex systems involved a top priority," said Donald C. Winter, a University of Michigan engineering practice professor and former US Navy secretary who chaired the committee that produced the final report.
Winter said the final report acknowledges that several significant changes have been made since BP PLC's deepwater well in the gulf blew out on April 20, 2010, leading to an explosion and fire that killed 11 workers and destroyed Transocean Ltd.'s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig. This resulted in a massive oil spill that took months to cap and contain.
"The question remains whether these responses represent a start toward an effective operating and regulatory regime, or whether they're part of a transitory response," Winter told reporters during a Dec. 14 teleconference as the National Academies of Science issued the final report.
In a statement following its release, US Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar, who asked the two national scientific academies to independently investigate the incident, said their final conclusions help affirm efforts Interior has made in the last 18 months to raise the bar on offshore oil and gas safety and operations oversight.
Complements efforts
"Their analysis complements the body of work that has helped us take steps to strengthen our oversight, including reports by the Joint Investigation Team and the president's Oil Spill Commission," Salazar said. "The work we have done to implement rigorous new offshore drilling and safety rules and reform offshore regulation and oversight is in line with the committee's recommendations and with our goals moving forward."
The oil and gas industry also has already taken significant steps to improve offshore safety practices and oil spill prevention and response capabilities, according to Erik Milito, the American Petroleum Institute's upstream and industry operations director.
"Through API's standards process and the Center for Offshore Safety, the industry is leading the way in applying the best elements of the most successful existing safety programs, including the use of independent auditing and certification by third parties," he said. "We look forward to reviewing the report and combining this knowledge with the ongoing efforts by the industry to continuously improve operations."
Winter confirmed that much of what the final report contained was in the committee's earlier interim report or addressed by other groups. "We have been able to assess all these other reports and provide a commentary on the numerous suggestions and recommendations to the agencies responsible for regulating these activities," he said.
The final report said that despite challenging geological conditions, alternative techniques and processes could have been used to safely prepare the Macondo well for temporary abandonment. Several signs of trouble also were ignored by the management and crew at the wellsite, it added. "We view the decision to proceed to temporary abandonment after the attempt to cement the well as the pivotal decision leading to the blowout," said Winter. "Up until that time, the team had control of the well and multiple options were available. Once it decided to disregard cement test results, it became impossible to turn back."
Both the industry and its regulators had misplaced confidence in blowout preventers' ability to act as fail-safe mechanisms in the event of a blowout despite numerous past warnings of BOP systems potentially failing, the final report continued. "The inability of the BOP to perform under certain conditions was seen early in the decade, but did not result in performance criteria or minimum specifications for purchasers and designers to work with, even though there's a significant safety consideration involved," said Roger L. McCarthy, founder and owner of McCarthy Engineering in Palo Alto, Calif., and a member of the academies' investigating committee who also participated in the teleconference.
"BOPs are a great idea," Winter added. "They have provided a measure of safety over the years they have been used. But they don't work all the time. The conditions they are expected to operate in can be very difficult. The best approach is not to rely on the BOP, but to make sure that adequate safety measures are taken during the design and construction of the well itself."
Areas of responsibility
The final report also said that well operators should ultimately be responsible and accountable for well integrity because they are the only ones able to see all design, construction, and operations aspects. It also said that the drilling contractor should be held responsible and accountable for offshore equipment's operation and safety.
It also called on the industry and its regulators to significantly expand formal education and training of offshore operations' employees to ensure that they can properly implement safety measures. Winter applauded DOI's establishment of its Safety and Environmental Management Systems program as a good initial step, but added that there are limits on how quickly regulators can move. "Highly skilled individuals independently need to review safety case documents and evaluate approaches," he said. "Given the challenge of hiring the right individuals, we realize this will take time. There are a number of examples in Norway, the UK, and Australia where similar transitions have been made."
Requiring that such evaluations be conducted only by certified professional engineers could be a problem, another committee member warned during the teleconference. "The registered PE, as it exists right now, is something of a state-by-state qualification," said Paul M. Bommer, a senior petroleum engineering lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. "Not all the states have the same testing or rights and privileges. I may go further and say that most states don't reciprocate. So it may be necessary to take a look at how these folks are licensed and see if there could be a meeting of the minds to reach a national standard."
The final report said that US offshore drilling operations have been regulated by several government agencies, often with overlapping responsibilities. It recommended establishment of a single entity to integrate system safety offshore. It also said that incident reporting would be improved if anonymous reports were allowed, and called on corporations to investigate all such reports and disseminate lessons learned to personnel and the industry as a whole.
"We focused on the safety culture because we viewed it as a long-term way of instituting the necessary care and sensitivity that is being discussed right now," Winter said. "Given all this attention, we believe it is reasonable to resume drilling in the gulf, although further improvements are needed."
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Residential streets although quiet can be hazardous due to meeting oncoming vehicles in narrow lane areas in combination of parked vehicles. See the passing parked cars guide for further information.
These road types are also often used for manoeuvre purposes and the emergency stop procedure. The examiner will request approximately 10 minutes of independent driving.
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One of the best kept secrets on earth is the prune. Most of us associate prunes with old people (no offense). I remember my grandma always kept a pint of prune juice in the refrigerator. However as an adult I discovered the benefits of prunes on my own. Here are some of the amazing things prunes can do:
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The BIAN Service Landscape is a reference structure that categorizes and organizes BIAN Service Domains for ease of access. Different criteria can be used to classify and organize Service Domains that would result in different layouts of the standard set of BIAN Service Domains. BIAN uses a 'primary' Service Landscape view based on agreed categorizations that have been refined in use by the BIAN membership.
The BIAN Metamodel is a detailed and comprehensive (UML) model that defines all the BIAN design structures – it is fully documented elsewhere in its own guide (The BIAN Metamodel). The Metamodel has three elements that capture the design of the BIAN Service Landscape.
- Business Area – is the highest-level classification. A business area groups together a broad set of business capacities. For the BIAN Service Landscape they are defined to be aspects of business activity that have similar supporting application and information-specific needs.
- Business Domain – at the next level, business domains define a coherent collection of capacities within the broader business area. In the BIAN Service Landscape the business domains are associated with skills and knowledge recognizable in the banking business.
- Service Domain – is the finest level of partitioning, each defining unique and discrete business capacities. The Service Domains are the 'elemental building blocks' of a service landscape.
The Service Domain relates to generic capacities that do not vary in their scope, but the definitions of the Business Domain and Business Area are classifications that are specific to a particular Service Landscape layout. The Service Landscape layout can be varied depending on use.
BIAN Service Landscape Roadmap
The following timeline shows what the completion of the BIAN Service Landscape (SL) v3.0 – v7.0 contains and in what year the assets will be published.
SL 3.0 – April 2014
Total of 280 Business Capacities (called Service Domains) 180 business scenarios added
Metamodel Aligned
The "How To Guide" has turned the 3.0 release into a comprehensive set of documents for different targeted groups:
- BIAN "How-to Guide I" – Introduction to BIAN – this is intended to provide an overview of the BIAN approach for all audiences and for general reference purposes.
- BIAN "How-to Guide II" – Design Principles & Techniques – this is intended for business and technical architects. It explains the theory and design practices for those wishing to understand and review the BIAN approach
- BIAN "How-to Guide III" – Developing Content – this is intended for BIAN working group members. It explains the working approach and the various tools and templates used to capture BIAN standard content
- BIAN "How-to Guide IV" – Applying the BIAN standard – this is intended for members and other financial institutions wishing to apply the BIAN design content in various technical deployment situations
SL 4.0 – May 2015
The BIAN Service Landscape v4.0 is based on the MagicDraw repository and contains:
- 7 Business Areas
- 36 Business Domains
- 280 Service Domains
- 1960 candidate Service Operation
- 178 Business Scenarios
The BIAN How-To Guides have been aligned:
- BIAN "How-to Guide I" – Introduction to BIAN
- BIAN "How-to Guide II" – Design Principles & Techniques
- BIAN "How-to Guide III" – Developing Content
- BIAN "How-to Guide IV" – Applying the BIAN Standard
The "How-to Guide" gives organisations a toolset for using and implementing the BIAN model in their own organisations.
- Approx. 20 new candidate service domains defined
- 600+ new candidate Business Scenarios focus on Payments/Retail/Lending/Channels/Wealth
- Vocabulary established and populated with initial information
- Updated UML model and metamodel
- New How-To Guide
All content in Release 4.5 is considered to be 'candidate' status. Candidate status materials have not undergone a formal review and approval cycle. Content and tooling is liable to change prior to formal release in release 5.0.
- Additional Business Scenarios with a combination of candidate and reviewed for Corporate, CRM, Product & Price, Investment & Trading and possibly other areas.
- All the deliverables included in the SL 4.5 release with a further refinement of business scenarios, the productivity tool, the vocabulary and business information.
- Enhanced functionality in the productivity tool enabling it to be used for navigation in the BIAN Service Landscape.
- Easier mapping to Archimate, St Gallen/CC Sourcing models and TOGAF
- All 296+ service domains completed
- + 1000 Business scenarios
- + 2000 Service definitions
- Substantial number of Semantic APIs Definitions
- First release of
- Business Capability Model
- Information Architecture / Business Object Model aligned with ISO20022
- Vendor Agnostic Application Architecture
- Business Vocabulary
- New Tooling
- MetaModel aligned
- All SD are stable
- Business Capability Model Completed
- Information Architecture aligned with ISO 20022 and complete
- IT Architecture / Vendor Agnostic IT Model available including internal APIs
- New Tooling
- UML / XML available for (non) Members
- M4 model for different types of FIs


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This inexpensive piece of equipment detects two hazards at once, protecting your family from carbon monoxide, which is an odorless deadly gas that is often referred to as a silent killer. This gas can be emitted by sources including water heaters, fireplaces, oil furnaces, charcoal grills, etc. In the case of fire, the alarm warns you even before it becomes visible.
The product comes with a quick plug in power connector that doesn't require installation and is compatible with 18 devices to give you maximum protection. The product comes with single test/silent button that automatically detects nonthreatening alarms and low battery warning for maximum efficiency. This model can also run during periods of power outage.
- Easy to install; offers seven-year limited warranty
- Capability to detect both carbon monoxide and fire
- Easy to use controls and highly responsive alarm indicators
- Not suitable to be placed near the kitchen


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