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Friday, July 12, 2013
Space museum on brink of coming to Calvert
Facility to provide STEM programs outside of school for kids, adults
By Sara Newman, Staff Writer
The Calvert County Board of Education is considering putting a space museum in an area now being occupied by old Calvert High School guidance counselors' offices in the planetarium in 2014.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the public schools and Volanz Aerospace Inc., Spaceflight Institute, a local 501(c)3 non-profit organization striving to provide space science and space-related, high-technology educational and research programs for students.
"[The museum] is the next step," said Alan Hayes, chairman and CEO of Volanz Aerospace Inc. "We've been trying to do this for many years. This facility will give us an opportunity to create [science, technology, engineering and math] programs outside of school for kids and adults."
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|"He's someone who's willing to share what he knows with kids," George Leah, director of school construction, said of Hayes. "His excitement is really a great thing."
Leah was scheduled to discuss building the museum in the planetarium with the board at its latest meeting held Thursday after time of press. Leah said, as someone who witnessed the pinnacle of the space race, he is excited about the museum.
Hayes, an enterprise architect who has worked with the Federal Aviation Administration for 21 years, started the institute wht Sigmund Gorski, the director of camp programs who is retired from the FAA, in 1999. Both men loved learning about the space program growing up and remember being enamored teenagers while watching the first landing on the moon in 1969.
"We noticed a need for this type of education," Hayes said. "[Something] to get people and students interested beyond the typical school programs. They just aren't available."
Throughout the summer, Hayes and Gorski, with instructor Debbie Walton, run weeklong camps at different schools in the area for students from third to fifth grade. This summer, they are at the College of Southern Maryland in Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles counties and Anne Arundel Community College. Next year, the institute will expand and run camps throughout Maryland and Virginia.
Hayes and Gorski donate their time to the camp. With full-time jobs of their own, the camp creators use vacation and personal days to be at the camps Mondays and Fridays. The rest of the camp is taught by Walton, a teacher at Sunderland Elementary School. Walton has been teaching at the camp for four years and said teaching and working with kids is her absolute passion. She said the museum will give children a chance to extend their curiosity and imaginations.
"[The museum] will be something new, innovative and a good use of the county's space," Walton said. "The children will really benefit from something like this."
Hayes said this camp is different from other educational programs and camps that focus solely on science and technology. According to Hayes, the camp is more than just science. He said, "The kids have to have fun."
"We work very hard on our curriculum," Hayes said. "There is a method to our madness."
The camp uses computer programs and software that allows students to simulate flying a spacecraft. In addition to engineering and space-related projects, students get to see artifacts from real space shuttles and missions. Among the items Hayes brought with him this week were an Apollo space suit from 1972, a space glove and shoe and a Russian high-altitude helmet from 1985. Most of the artifacts are from NASA, through a program that donates historical space artifacts to schools, universities, museums, libraries and planetariums.
"We were looking to see how they were being placed and how they're being implemented to contribute to our purpose, which is to inspire young minds," Susan Kinney, director of Logistics at NASA, said.
Kinney and three other members from NASA headquarters came to the CSM La Plata campus Monday to thank and congratulate Hayes and the institute for putting use to these historical artifacts and using them to teach. Kinney said before any property is disposed of, they look for an educational outreach. The items are free for eligible institutions, aside from shipping costs.
"We just knew there had to be a mechanism that we could provide those types of items to schools and universities," Kinney said. "Because of the STEM programs, we created a website and modeled it off of eBay thinking, 'There's gotta be some way to show people these things.'"
Hayes plans to include all of his collected artifacts in the museum, including space suits, controls from the inside of the Apollo spacecraft and artifacts from the International Space Station. The museum will even boast a Chinese space suit, which, as Hayes pointed out, not even the Smithsonian has.
Hayes said the camp will run a fundraiser this fall to raise money for the construction and shipping costs for the artifacts. Even more important than money, Hayes said, are individuals donating their time and help. The museum will need volunteers to run and organize it, and Hayes said with the amount of retired NASA employees in the area, he hopes many will step up and support their efforts. Those interested can email Volanz Aerospace Inc. at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hayes plans for the museum to be filled with students on field trips from schools in and out of the county. For those who can't make the trip to Prince Frederick, the museum will pack up and go to them.
"People will be able to see some unique things they wouldn't get to see otherwise," Hayes said. "But the educational value is the most important thing."


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The ceremony will be held outside of the library at 2:30 p.m.
GREENCASTLE — The Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library will see its three-phase renovation project commence Friday afternoon, when a ground-breaking ceremony will be held outside the library at 2:30.
The ceremony outside will be followed by a presentation inside the library about the planned renovations. Light refreshments will be served.
Bud O'Mara, treasurer of the library's capital campaign committee, said the ceremony represents the "culmination of everything we've been talking about" for the past two and a half years. It has been a tremendously successful operation."
First-phase renovations include a revamped and relocated children's program area, new handicap-accessible bathrooms, a new entrance in the back of the building with a wheelchair lift and an outdoor plaza with Wi-Fi accessibility.
The second and third phases will include work on the building's roof and an expanded parking lot.
The capital campaign committee hopes to raise $1.2 million to pay for the total cost of the project. The committee raised $716,462 in donations and pledges to pay for the first phase.
Ceremony participants
Friday's ceremony will feature several VIPs behind the shovels, including representatives from the Borough of Greencastle and Antrim Township, Greencastle Mayor Robert Eberly and Franklin County Commissioners Bob Thomas and Dave Keller.
Individuals symbolizing the past and future of the library will also hold shovels.
Donna Thomas, who worked at the library from its founding in 1963 until just recently, will be at the ceremony. Ed Wine will represent his father John, who was the library's longtime treasurer, and his mother Tillie, both very involved in the library community, O'Mara said.
A few young children will also grip a shovel, representing the children's programming at Besore and the library's future.
The committee began spreading the word about the library's need for an upgrade during Old Home Week in 2010.
"We put a brochure together ... that outlined our goals and our needs and we mailed it to everybody," O'Mara said.
The committee also approached the Greencastle Borough Council, Antrim Township Supervisors and other area organizations asking for donations.
"The community, the borough, the township — they all really stepped up big time and helped us," O'Mara said.
O'Mara credits Patti Divelbiss, chairman of the capital campaign committee, for the success of the fundraising project thus far, calling her "absolutely irreplaceable."
"If it wasn't for her, this would not have gotten off the ground the way it did."

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|This is the article on the character. For the clan, head to Shiin Clan.
|死韻 Shiin
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Shiin (死韻, Shiin) was the leader of a group of bandits originating from the Land of Rice Fields, the same land where the Otogakure is located.
It is revealed that there was a war taking place between the Land of Rice Fields and some other nations, mainly due to the actions of Orochimaru. As a result, the area that the raided village was in was a de-militarised zone, ruled by no-one. The village had a gold mine in the nearby mountains, which the bandits sought, and raided the village to get to the mine.
Shiin was a greedy and corrupt individual who had no qualms about using others to achieve his goals.
Shiin was a man of pallid complexion. He had long black hair which framed his face. He wore a purple kimono, held closed by a purple sash over which he wore a matching grey haori and beige collar. He carried his flute tucked into the side of his sash.
Being a leader of a group of bandits implies that Shiin was a fairly powerful shinobi. He was seen to be able to move at very high speeds, such that Neji Hyūga, Tenten, and Naruto Uzumaki had trouble following him. He was in possession of a unique type of kunai with long red ropes attached to the ends, which he could use with high accuracy and power. He was also able to cast genjutsu by playing on his flute, paralysing his enemies. He was also seen to be able to take Naruto's Rasengan to the head with no damage at all.
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Eventually, Shiin attacked the village. Having difficulty with getting past the wall and defeating the Konoha ninja, he resorted to using music to paralyse the Konoha ninja, but Menma countered the technique with his own music ninjutsu. This allowed Naruto to break Shiin's flute, plus Tenten and Neji to defeat the raiders.
Shiin, realising the battle to be lost, retreated to the dam at the river. He planned to flood the village to drown the villagers. The gold mine would be left unharmed. Shiin's plan to flood the village was stopped when Menma collapsed the mine. In the end, Shiin was trying to escape but Naruto manages to catch up with him and defeat him with Rasengan. Shiin was later seen tied up with the rest of the bandits.
- Shiin's use of the flute is similar to Tayuya's. Even the music to bind the enemy is similar to the one that Tayuya plays.
- Shiin's name is written with the kanji for death (死, shi) and rhyme (韻, in).


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1979 Chevy Luv - Glass For Days
One-Piece Rear Window Install
Our '79 Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel project came factory equipped with a three-piece rear slider. Although popular when you were a kid because back in those irresponsible days we often climbed through the slider into the camper, now it's just ugly and leaks.
The one-piece rear glass for this model, however, is one of those items that it seems is no longer available. Finding used glass in good shape is one option, finding a rare flex-thru window is another, and having a lexan/plexi glass window is yet another possible route. Each of these options has its pros and cons, but we chose to call our local glass shop and have a one-piece glass made. The final cost was in the neighborhood of $180 for the custom cut laminated glass and the new "generic" seal.
We opted to save a buck and pull the old slider and install the new glass ourselves. Keep in mind, that if you're having glass cut for your truck you will want to use some type of safety glass, either laminated (breaks like a windshield), or tempered (crumbles like modern side glass into hundreds of small pebbles) and not just ordinary run of the mill glass, so that if it was ever to shatter, the shards of glass won't cut your head off!
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If I can read four books in parallel, what is stopping me from reviewing four books in one post? Nothing, and hence that is exactly what I'm gonna do, as I did earlier. Posting mini reviews of the books that I finished sometime in last two weeks.
Terror on the Titanic – Samit Basu
Samit Basu is an incredible writer. I had become his fan after reading the Gameworld Trilogy (1, 2, 3). Fantasy mixed with dark humour – that seems to be a unique genre 🙂 In my opinion, he is one of the best writers in India.
Coming to the book, this one has been termed as Young Adults' Fiction, although to be honest I never felt I was reading a YA book. Samit Basu weaves a thriller around the Titanic voyage, and the way he has used the memorable scenes from the movie Titanic as backdrop for his story is amazing. The plot never slacks, and all his characters are, to put it mildly, very interesting. Any one who enjoys reading the genre fantasy should always pick up the author's books.
I think it is time for me to order Turbulence 🙂
Rating: 4/5
The Wit Of Cricket – Barry Johnston, John Ireland
It is a must read for any person who loves tales about Cricket. Dickie Bird, Fred Trueman, and Richie Benaud are some of the guys who recall interesting, witty happenings that happen either on the cricket field or off it. One incident that amused me no end was one where the batsman in some club cricket match skied a catch, and as three fielders were converging on it he shouted "Mine". All three fielders stopped and the catch went down.
A delightful book, especially when read in short-bursts.
Rating: 3/5
The Nalanda Chronicles – Kalpish Ratna
This book is not just a fun read, it also seems to me a study in sketching characters for any written piece. This novella traces the story of a bus and its occupants for a single day when the bus gets hijacked. The writers (Kalpana Swaminathan and Ishrat Syed, who write jointly as Kalpish Ratna) could surely give a lesson to most writers as to how a character should be fleshed, and how the editing should be. A simple story told in a simple way. If you get your hands on this book, do not leave it before reading the book cover-to-cover.
Rating: 3/5
Made In Japan – Akio Morita
It is the story of Sony Corp, through the eyes of its founder Akio Morita. Starting the company in a war-ravaged building with a handful of people, today Sony is a household name. The book also follows the growth of Japan, its relations with other countries and the author also talks about Japanese traditions. This book was a inspirational read – anyone who wants to start something of his own, and is afraid, should read this book. The book gives you a kick!
Rating: 4/5


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Look at these info
Maybe we can use this page as info? en.wikipedia they have split al versions and series in vieuwable order. (Greetings Paul 15:29, September 13, 2009 (UTC))
Jerusalem Post article
I found this article online. It's got lots of good info, if somebody feels like integrating it into the page. I found it at Jewishresearch.org. It uses the name Sippuray Sumsum, but it actually describes the new season of Rechov Sumsum. -- Danny (talk) 13:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
New Kids on the Block
Roshini Sharma, August 17 2006, Jerusalem Post
The memorable characters from last season's Sippuray Sumsum, or Sesame Stories, have returned with a fresh cast of neighbors. Modeled after classic TV series Rehov Sumsum, Israel's version of Sesame Street, the show's season premiere is scheduled to air during Hanukka in December. Filming, however, began last week, with heavy fighting continuing to roil northern Israel and Lebanon. The timing, cast members said, couldn't have been more appropriate.
"We're living in an extreme period. We deal [on the show] with sensitive issues like tolerance, and we say our lines with warmth and caring for one another ... It's beyond politics," said actor Dror Keren, who's reprising his role this season as neighborhood resident Tzahi.
While lumbering purple porcupine Kippi Kipod, the Israeli equivalent of Big Bird, is no longer on the series, cast members now include actor Yousef "Joe" Sweid (HOT soap opera Ha'Alufa) and Shai Fredo. Returning cast members include Hend Ayoub and Keren, who on Tuesday was nominated for Israel's top film acting prize for his work in adult drama Aviva My Love. Guest appearances will also be made by Jewish actors Gila Almagor and Tal Berman, pop musician Margalit Tzanani and Israeli-Arab actress Amal Murkus.
On the second day of shooting, children in the studio's live audience could hardly contain their enthusiasm, giggling as a young woman walked by wearing a lavender muppet named Abigail on her shoulder. "What's so funny?" the muppet asked.
"This is my first performance, and I really love it ... I can really create a character and fly with it," said Shani Cohen, the actress who provides the voice of Abigail. With a background in theater, Cohen is among the newest additions to the cast, and said she was pleased to be filming a children's show as fighting continued in the North. "We enter a world of innocence where everyone helps each other. There's a war outside, and we've escaped into the solution," she said.
The organization behind the show, the Sesame Workshop, is a non-profit admirers call the world's largest promoter of children's education. Local versions of Sesame Street, produced with the support of the Sesame Workshop, are made around the world, with each program focusing on issues effecting children in that region. "The basic precepts of Sesame Street are shared around the world: social and emotional skills, sharing and cooperating, cognitive learning," said Danny Labin, a project manager and educational consultant with the Sesame Workshop. "In Israel, we focused on respect and understanding. The series introduces children to the concept of 'the Other,' who they may not meet in everyday life even though they may live across the street."
The Sesame Workshop has teamed up locally with Hop!, the children's channel, to develop the curriculum for its Israeli program. The series will be dubbed in Arabic, and this season's cast includes Ethiopian and Arab muppets.
Shai Fredo, who provides the voice for Ethiopian muppet character Malkamo, says he jumped at the opportunity to depict an Ethiopian character in a positive light. "There aren't a lot of Ethiopians in the media, and most Ethiopian characters I've played have a lot of stereotypical problems," he said. "Here I'm just Malkamo ... a regular guy."
Like Dror, new cast member Yousef Sweid earned an Ophir Award nomination Tuesday, with the Christian Arab actor from Haifa recognized for his performance in this summer's decidedly adult-oriented The Bubble. On Sippuray Sumsum, Sweid provides the voice for Mahbub, a gifted muppet musician. The actor underwent a weeklong training for his new role under the guidance of veteran puppeteer Gil Ben-David, and says he's pleased about the inclusion of Mahbub on the show. "Many children are afraid of Arabic," he said, echoing Labin just a bit. "They see it as an enemy language. Mahbub is a funny character, and other [Hebrew-speaking] characters sing with him. They learn how to count in Arabic. From these small things, you get children to like 'the Other.'"
Inspired by the American version of Sesame Street, the series strives to keep young viewers' attention with a mix of live action sequences, animation and short educational segments. The show has changed over the years but is easily recognizable to anyone who watched it as a child. That, cast members say, was part of the attraction of appearing on the new season.
"It's kind of like coming back home. It's a real neighborhood of people who have a good dialogue and a common sense of humor," Keren said.
New episodes
There's apparently new episodes...
... so should this reincarnation have its own article, or be tacked onto existing content? -- Zanimum 15:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- It was already mentioned, but a user came and took it out, along with a lot of other confusing changes, and I haven't been able to fix it yet. And no, it doesn't need its own article, unless there's actually a title change. We used the same approach to Barrio Sesamo. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 16:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Or double checking, he didn't, though some things do need to be fixed. It's discussed right above the Hebrew names section. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 17:02, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- But, do we know if any of the puppeteers, dubbers, humans, or crew are the same? -- Zanimum 18:53, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- I added all the cast info I have, though there's a few new puppeteers which I'll get around to adding later, announced when it was presumed the show would continue under the Sippuray Sumsum banner. Gilles Ben-David is again Moishe Oofnik. The human cast, as you can see from the description, is all new. That's not a factor in splitting up pages anyway. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 19:01, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Just a few thoughts for this page: "Hebrew and English were spoken on the program, and it was common to see American Muppet skits alternate between characters dubbed in Hebrew and speaking in the original English. "
Actually, I believe this was only the case for the Shalom Sesame video set designed for America audiences. From what I've seen and read about, including clips on YouTube, everything dubbed on Rechov Sumsum was in Hebrew but didn't alternate to original English.
"Violinist Itzhak Perlman was a frequent guest star. Other guest stars included American actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Jerry Stiller and Bonnie Franklin. Even Oscar the Grouch himself guest starred on the Israeli street."
Similar to above. Do we want to include this info, from the Shalom Sesame VHS/DVD set, to the Rechov Sumsum page itself?
--Dave Splurge 12:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, that info is already on the page. In the beginning, the two were identical in text. I did a little work on fixing it, but was unsure on some details. So yeah, go ahead and remove those passages. Andrew Leal (talk) 14:57, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


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2010 was an astonishingly busy year in the world of palaeontology and was often referred to as the year of the ceratopsians. 2011 has also been an amazing year and, looking back, it's hard to think of declaring it as the year of anything in particular but, if I had to, I would declare 2011 the year of that most iconic of animals, Archaeopteryx. Here are some things that caught my eyes and ears during this most fascinating of years.
In January we were treated to the announcement of Teratophoneus curriei, yet another tyrannosaurid from the Carr and Williamson stable, presented as the most basal tyrannosaurine known from North America. "Currie's monster murderer" provides further evidence of regional endemism in the American southwest.
Also, in January, there was another suggestion that dinosaurs may have survived the KT impact by as much as 700,000 years after a group of scientists, led by Larry Heaman of the University of Alberta, dated a hadrosaur femur using U-Pb (uranium lead) dating technology to 64.8 million years old. The researchers believe that if more recovered material is dated accordingly then the extinction date of the dinosaurs will almost certainly have to be revised.
February was fairly quiet although it was good to see Mike Taylor featuring in the New York Times, who briefly looked at his career in the wake of the announcement of Brontomerus mcintoshi. March, however, saw Greg Paul stir up the proverbial hornet's nest by suggesting, albeit in a roundabout way, that his style of artistic restoration i.e. the "Greg Paul Look" is more or less his own copyrighted style and that permission should be sort before "his style" is utilised by other artists. He also appeared to criticise other artists for daring to sell images, in "his style", at prices less than other well established artists would charge!
I am a huge admirer of Greg Paul, both as a palaeontologist and artist, but this did seem to be a little disingenuous and rightly provoked a huge response and outcry in the palaeoworld and the arguments that followed proved both fascinating and enduring. Just where this will end up in the future is anyone's guess.
March also saw the announcement that a motion picture of Walking with Dinosaurs in 3D would be hitting the cinemas in 2013. With a budget in the region of 65 million dollars the film promises to use ground breaking 3D and LIDAR technology to make it the ultimate dinosaurian encounter. Of course, whether we can expect some science in the film is anyone's guess but we all remain ever hopeful.
Another tyrannosaur made the news in March – this one being Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, brought to us by Dave Hone et al. Identified from an associated maxilla and dentary, Zhuchengtyrannus is yet another interesting tyrannosaurine and comparable in size to both Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus.
April was a personal triumph for me as I found my first partially articulated plesiosaur in the Oxford Clay. The animal appears to be a juvenile and remains unidentified but it is slowly being prepared and this provides yet more detail as we proceed. We may be little closer to identifying the animal now after we compared some elements with multiple examples of plesiosaurs in the Leeds collection at the Natural History Museum in London last week – but a degree of certainty remains elusive.
Back to tyrannosaurs and a superb paper describing the skull of a juvenile Tarbosaurus was published in May in the Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology by Tsuihiji et al. I said at the time that I thought this was the paper of the year for me and I still do. The description of the cranial osteology of the specimen is an excellent and lucid account and the paper is set out spot on in my humble opinion. Read it now if you have not already done so.
Premiering in June, Dino Gangs was a documentary on the Discovery Channel featuring Phil Currie's assertion that the tyrannosaurine, Tarbosaurus, hunted in packs. This was reviewed at multiple sites and blogs and met with a mixed reaction which, in the end, probably came out on the positive side of things. I felt that it was, overall, a good programme but that the assertion that tyrannosaurs hunted something akin to mammalian pack hunters of today was a little fanciful but at least the opposite view was fairly represented, albeit only briefly.
2011 was the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Archaeopteryx and the celebrations were launched, in earnest, during June. The Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin launched a special exhibition which not only displayed the Berlin specimen in all its glory, but also the counter slab for the first time, and also the original fossil feather that was first designated as Archaeopteryx.
The monograph describing Scipionyx samniticus was published to what appeared to be universal acclaim by the palaeoworld and huge praise was lavished upon the authors, Cristiano Dal Sasso and Simone Maganuco. It is unusual for such a monograph to be so well received and the authors are to be congratulated for producing such a fine (and important) publication and contribution.
July saw the news that Jurassic Park 4 was definitely going to be made – again. Steven Spielberg made the announcement in San Diego at Comic-Con 2011 and met with, yet again, a mixed reaction from fans and the palaeoworld alike. I suggest we wait until the film actually goes into production before anything else since there are no guarantees that it will ever get made in the first place.
Also during July was the assertion that Archaeopteryx was more likely to be a basal dromaeosaur as opposed to being a basal bird. A new paper by Xu et al describe a new theropod from China that suggests that features found in Archaeopteryx, thought to be diagnostic of Avialae, are actually characteristic of Paraves. As you can imagine, this invoked huge discussion in the palaeoworld and was to take yet another direction later in the year.
In August it was announced that scientists had successfully created chicken embryos that grew crocodile-like snouts instead of beaks. By adjusting their DNA to resemble alligator genes, the beak development was halted and snouts developed instead. Genetic signalling such as this is becoming better understood with every passing year and Jack Horner's "Chickenosaurus" is almost certainly just around the corner, if it has not already been done.
The suggestion that plesiosaurs may have given live birth is nothing new but evidence provided by F.R. O'Keefe and Luis Chiappe in August certainly was. Mentioned a couple of times in this blog, a specimen of Polycotylus latippinus clearly displays an embryo within the body cavity of the adult and suggests that these plesiosaurs may have given birth to a single well developed newborn that was possibly dependent on the adult for care.
September was a bumper month for dinosaur television with Dinosaur Revolution, Planet Dinosaur and Terra Nova all premiering. Both Dinosaur Revolution and Planet Dinosaur were generally well received by the palaeoworld with both having strengths and weaknesses although, having seen both series, I feel that Planet Dinosaur was the more superior product from the scientific view point. They were both, however, a significant improvement on previous attempts at portraying the prehistoric world. After a slow start, Terra Nova slowly improved and it seems likely that a second series will now go ahead although we will probably have to wait until May for confirmation of that.
Also in September, Nick Longrich et al presented evidence that demonstrated that Late Maastrichtian birds were flourishing and diversifying right up to the moment that the K-T extinction occurred. The team identified 17 species that all failed to survive into the Paleogene and included birds of various sizes across a range of groups. This is the first evidence that contradicts the suggestion that archaic birds were gradually becoming extinct throughout the Late Cretaceous and then disappeared at the same time as the Chicxulub asteroid strike.
Other items of interest in September include the first possible preservation of dinosaurian feathers preserved in 79 million year old amber from southern Alberta in Canada. Some of the preservation is outstanding and displays exquisite filaments and, amazingly, remains of pigment which has all sorts of implications as the search to reveal the colours of dinosaurs hots up. A new troodontid was also announced in September, Talos sampsoni, and is the first troodontid to be named in North America for the best part of 75 years and the Hadrosaur Symposium took place at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta to much acclaim and there was some significant work presented regarding these wonderful animals. The volume of papers that will follow is sure to be in great demand and will greatly add to our knowledge of these fascinating creatures.
In October, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, lowered the bar for a so-called scientific paper by suggesting that not only did a giant kraken-sized squid prey on giant ichthyosaurs (for which there is no evidence) but also rearranged their bones in nice patterns to form a self-portrait! No need to say anymore about this really except that it has been universally condemned by all in the palaeoworld but it is unfortunate that it managed to get so much air time and press.
New images of a stunningly preserved theropod hit the wires in October and caused quite a stir. What a magnificent specimen it is and is 98% complete. Unusually, the paper and name of this animal are still to be released and, hopefully, Oliver Rauhut and his team won't keep us in suspense for too much longer.
Earlier I mentioned how Archaeopteryx was now possibly a basal dromaeosaur but in October he was back to being a bird again as Michael Lee of the South Australian Museum performed a much more rigorous phylogenetic analysis using a superior and sophisticated statistical methodology. This dragged Archaeopteryx back from dromaeosaurs and nestled the animal quite happily back amongst the birds and highlights the fine line between what is a bird and what is a dinosaur – although, of course, they are one and the same thing. Still with Archaeopteryx and the London specimen (BMNH 37001) was finally designated the neotype by the ICZN since the original holotype was a feather and could not be designated to Archaeopteryx alone since there were almost certainly other feathered animals that shared the same environment.
In November, it was suggested that the plumage of Archaeopteryx was likely to be black in colour after Ryan Carney and his co-authors discovered that the melanosomes identified on an Archaeopteryx feather were most likely to be black. These were identified using scanning electron microscopy and then comparing them with similar feathers from 87 extant bird species.
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting took place in Las Vegas and was one of the biggest meetings ever held. There were a multitude of presentations and posters that have been covered extensively on this blog and I covered only a fraction of the data that was presented. Finally, in November, tyrannosaur aficionados were interested by tyrannosaur remains reported from the Turonian of Uzbekistan. Authors Alexander Averianov and Hans-Dieter Sues suggest that the remains represent a non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroid more basal than the Campanian tyrannosaurids Bistahieversor and Appalachiosaurus.
There was still no let up in December as the new ceratopsian Spinops sternbergorum was announced, Alamosaurus was designated as the biggest North American sauropod – comparable to Argentinosaurus in size, and Nedoceratops became the latest casualty in the continuing synonymising of chasmosaurines, turning out to be an ontogenetic stage between Triceratops and the "Torosaurus" morphology. The mind boggles.....
This time last year, like the previous year, I was wondering if 2011 could possibly live up to the previous year but it has. As we go into 2012 I find myself wondering the same and yet the world of palaeontology has become a fast moving breathing object that has spread out across the globe and encompasses so many wonderful people who share the passion – some I am lucky to call both friend and colleague. I have no doubt that 2012 will be another fascinating year for all of us. Happy new year to you all.


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Spring Breakers is (as you might guess by the name) the story of four college kids gone wild who end up in jail on their spring break vacay. In the film Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine run riot wearing teeny shorts, hi tops and itsy bikinis topped off with coloured hair.
The four girls are currently on a whirlwind promo tour through Europe and they have all have sexed up their image for the premieres, experimenting with a rather OTT red carpet look. We're talking lots of glitzy, sparkles and flesh flashing - think the Kardashians meets Strictly Come Dancing. It seems they've been influenced by the 'wild girl' antics of their on-screen characters and are desperate to distance themselves from their squeeky clean Disney pasts. Yes, the young starlets are in the midst of that Britney Spears wearing underwear as outerwear phase and Selena, Vanessa and co. are quickly ticking off all the essentials you need for proving they're no longer sweet little girls.
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An Angelina-esque thigh-high slit? Tick: Vanessa Hudgens has flashed her upper thigh twice on the SB tour, most recently in a glitzy Julien Macdonald gown for the Madrid premiere in a bright red gown with mirror detailing, a high slit and metallic heels. There's so much sparkle she looks ready for the Stictly Come Dancing final. Crop top? Vanessa Hudgens nailed this sexy staple too, at the photo call in Madrid.
Selena Gomez did the suit with nada underneath thing to the premiere in Berlin in Versace. Ashley Benson has worn backless, gold sequins, look-at-me cleavage dresses AND black mesh. Not all at once though thankfully.
Take a look in the gallery above to see some textbook sexy red carpet style. There are sequins, feathers, gold strappy sandals, talon nails and blue eyeliner. Be warned, don't try them all at once...
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Legendary coach adds to legacy with 28th Coach of the Year selection
MACON, Ga. (April 27, 2012) – After the ETSU men's track and field team won its third Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championship last weekend, the A-Sun announced its annual awards as voted on by the league's coaches, with Dave Walker being selected Coach of the Year.
The track and field honors are Walker's 13th of his historic coaching career and his third since ETSU started competing in the A-Sun during the 2005-06 season. The living legend has also been named Cross Country Coach of the Year 15 times, making this his 28th overall Coach of the Year selection.
"It's very nice to be recognized my last time around," said Walker, who will end his 50-plus-year stint with ETSU at the conclusion of the season. "My last month here is going to be June, and this is a very nice way to go out. I appreciate the conference coaches having that much confidence in me. I've had a few of these down the road, but good athletes make a good coach. When you have a group of great athletes, it makes it easy to get awards like this."
The award comes in the aftermath of ETSU's 2.5-point victory over Kennesaw State on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. Heading into the men's 4x400m relay, the Bucs led the Owls by 0.5 of a point and stretched across the finish line ahead of KSU by less than a half second. ETSU's 223 total points to KSU's 220.5 was the slimmest margin of victory the A-Sun had ever seen in its 17-year history of the event.
The ETSU men's and women's track and field teams will next compete at the Bob Pollock Spring Invitational, hosted by Clemson University at the Rock Norman Track and Field Complex on May 5 in Clemson, S.C.
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Thermoelectric coolers come in various types and sizes, including single-stage and multistage devices. Their application area is large, as they are used in both consumer products like cooling boxes and as temperature controllers in satellites. If you are looking to analyze the design of a thermoelectric cooler and optimize it for a specific application area, a simulation app is an efficient way to accomplish your goals. We discuss how to use the Thermoelectric Cooler demo app in this blog post.Read More
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Modeling complex geometries with thin structures can be very costly in terms of computational effort, particularly as such structures require quite a lot of mesh elements in order to resolve them. COMSOL Multiphysics provides dedicated features for modeling thin structures so that such models can be solved efficiently while maintaining accuracy. To set up and postprocess thin structures, COMSOL Multiphysics also provides specialized operators to help you consider all the relevant parameters required for accurate results.Read More
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When you think of evaporation, you probably think of the cup on your desk that spreads the aroma of coffee or tea. But evaporation is also a process with many industrial and scientific applications, ranging from meteorology to food processing. This blog entry is the beginning of a new blog series on modeling evaporative cooling. Here, we introduce the basic concepts using your coffee cup as an example.Read More
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I guarantee killing animals or not killing animals is not going to matter in the end. It's how you feel about doing it that could matter. Hence my whole point we are here to learn.
So true. So true.
On vegetarians: they still need to make sure that they get a few vital nutrients. Personally, I think they are missing out on tasty meat!
Being a vegetarian doesn't mean that you are going to prolong your life. There are people who eat everything and outlive some vegies. In the end, it doesn't matter because we will all die - so why not make the most of it?
If you are a vegie and you tell me that you are one because you don't like chicken you are lying. Well, in fact, you like chickens (or respect them even though some of your own kind - us humans - often have to work hard to earn respect) and thus don't eat them! I like chickens, too, (they're cute) but I also like to eat them!
I believe we have canine teeth for a reason. I use mine. Canines on vegies must be a surplus then.
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by Kathiann M. Kowalski
On August 14, 2003, all the rides at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio suddenly stopped. The day was steamy, and so was Chris; he'd wanted to plunge into cold water on a ride called Snake River Falls. Michelle, a friend who was visiting from Alabama, still hadn't ridden Millennium Force by the time the power went out. And Chris's sister Laura wanted to ride Top Thrill Dragster. Frustrated, the three friends headed back to Cleveland. The trip only added to their frustration. With no traffic lights working, cars crawled.
Last August's blackout was the biggest ever in U.S. history. From New York to Michigan and into Canada, 100 power plants shut down. Work halted in offices, malls, supermarkets, and restaurants. Trains and subways stopped running. With no electric pumping stations working, water pressure dropped and some areas lost running water. Food spoiled as temperatures climbed.
The August 14 blackout underscored how much North Americans rely on electricity—and lots of it! Just what happened?
Producing Power
Electricity and magnetism are different aspects of the same thing—electromagnetism. Electricity is the force produced when one electron from each of billions of atoms jumps to the next atom in a circuit. Magnetism is like the flip side of the coin. It's the force produced when a material's magnetic domains all line up the same way. Magnetic domains are groups of millions of atoms whose electrons orbit the nuclei in the same direction. Think of magnetic domains as arrow-tipped pick-up sticks. Only when the "sticks" all point the same way does something become magnetic.
You can use electricity to make an electromagnet—a magnet that "works" while current flows. You can also use a moving magnet to generate electricity in a wire. Most electric generators work by combining these concepts.
In a typical generating plant, pressurized steam powers a turbine. The turbine spins a magnet (usually an electromagnet) inside wire coils. The magnet makes electricity flow through the wire.
The spinning magnet alternately exposes the wire to its north and south poles. Thus, each half spin changes the current's direction. Turbines in North America's generating plants rotate 3,600 times per minute. Thus, their alternating current (AC) switches direction back and forth 60 times per second.
To get from the generator to where it's used, electricity travels along wires. Power from an electric line is voltage times the current, measured in units called amperes, or amps. Voltage is basically the pressure of the electricity, while current is its flow rate.
"If we can keep the voltage very high, we keep the current low to transmit the same amount of power," says Don Benjamin at the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC). That reduces heating on wires and makes the system more efficient. To do that, step-up transformers just outside the generator boost the voltage from 12,000 to 25,000 volts up to anywhere from 69,000 to 765,000 volts. Power travels along transmission lines at nearly the speed of light.
Step-down transformers at substations lower the voltage for delivery within service areas, and more step-down transformers finally reduce voltage to 120 or 220 volts. Voilá! Your toaster, TV, computer, and lights can turn on.
Going with the Grid
Throughout North America, electric transmission systems connect to each other in a network called "the grid." The Eastern Interconnection serves most of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. The Western Interconnection serves most of Canada and the United States west of the Rockies (except Alaska and Hawaii). Texas has its own interconnection.
"The grid provides many different paths for electricity to get from the generators to the customers," says Benjamin. "You cannot map a particular customer back to a generator."
The setup provides backup sources of power. If one generator or transmission wire goes down, electricity can flow in from elsewhere. The grid also lets companies sell each other electricity. Sometimes it's cheaper to buy 100 megawatts of power from another company than to run a less-efficient plant during peak demand times.
Because wires link everything, all generator turbines in an interconnection must spin in sync with each other. Otherwise, they could disrupt power flows and cause shutdowns.
Meeting demand is tricky, too. Electric companies can't readily store power. "It has to be generated at the instant that it's used," says Benjamin, "so we're constantly chasing the demand on the system." Computerized control centers constantly monitor power flows into and out of about 140 areas, using NERC standards.
"There has to be a perfect balance," stresses Jim Owen at the Edison Electric Institute, an industry organization. Otherwise, lines could overheat and cause fires. Or, variations could change the frequency of the whole grid and affect the speed of generator turbines.
"The steam turbines are designed to run within a narrow band," says Benjamin. "If they run too fast or too slow, there are automatic controls that will take those generators off-line to protect them." Otherwise, instead of being down for several hours or days, generators could be out of service for months.
So, What Happened?
Hours before the lights went out on August 14, things started going wrong. Between noon and 1:35 p.m., several generators in Ohio and Michigan tripped, or shut down temporarily. Around 2:00, a brushfire disconnected a transmission line in southwestern Ohio. Seven more transmission lines in Ohio disconnected between 3:05 and 4:10 p.m. A generating unit in Michigan shut down, too.
Power flows changed through the grid. Northern Ohio had less and less ability to deliver power. Voltage dropped, and the Eastern Interconnection alternating current frequency rose slightly. Around 4:10, more generators and transmission connections in Michigan and Ohio went out.
With transmission along Lake Erie's south shore out, the power flow reversed between Michigan and Ontario. In a quick cascade, more lines disconnected in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, northern Ontario, New England, and New Jersey. Fifty million people lost power.
Restoring Power
Getting the lights back on takes much more than just throwing a switch. Generators must be restarted. Customers must be added little by little to balance generation and load. And all generators put back on the grid must be in sync. "That's why it takes 30 hours," says Benjamin. "It's just a very methodical process.
As ODYSSEY goes to press, an interim report suggests that FirstEnergy in Ohio should have cut power to certain areas to keep the grid going. California utilities did that when they couldn't meet demand in 2001. "Rolling blackouts" temporarily cut power to different areas so that the whole region doesn't lose power.
An open question is whether the system can meet today's energy needs. The grid should withstand random failures. Is more equipment or a different control system needed?
"There is no way to 100-percent ensure that we never have any power outage," says Owen. But investigators hope that they can learn from the August 14 blackout. After all, says Owen, "Electricity touches almost every part of our lives. It's the lifeblood of our economy.
- Think about the nature of electricity. Why do you think it is difficult for electric companies to store electricity?
- This article quotes Don Benjamin as saying, "We're constantly chasing demand on the system." What does Benjamin mean?
- What are some situations that might cause an unexpected demand on a power system? Remember that a power grid is not necessarily affected by a single home or business.


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Quote Sheet: USA 0, Spain 4
U.S. head coach BOB BRADLEY
On the game:
"Spain's a great team any time, and it was a tough test to play them on the eve of the Gold Cup. We've always chosen to take these challenges and to play against the best teams because it's the best way to see what the game at the highest level is all about. It's the best way for us to improve. We know there are things that we can take from this game that will not only help us during the next three weeks but help us as we keep trying to move forward.
"The trick on a day like today is trying to figure out who are the guys that we think can potentially go 90 minutes and how to have enough of them on the field at the beginning that you have some options and that you feel like you have everybody ready to go. We've done it different ways but we felt today that that was the way to go.
On the younger players gaining experience:
"These are good games for Timmy Ream. When you play against top teams, because they're so creative, so mobile, they play in the spaces in front of you. If you're leaning a little bit they find ways to get behind you. There are still some positives. I like the fact that he's trying to make the right pass out of the back. If you look back on the game against Paraguay I thought our game out of the back was good …. These are the kinds of lessons that help players."
On playing the top team in the world:
"When you challenge yourself against the best teams you have to accept that this is the way it can be sometimes. If we didn't think we could handle it we wouldn't play these games. It's never easy when you're behind 3-0 at halftime. You take a guy like Tim Howard and all the games he's played and how much he's meant to us. We just told him at halftime, 'you've been in these kinds of games. Don't let it get you' and that's that. I follow the game all over the place and I've seen what Spain has done to many teams, and what Barcelona has done on many days. The players that they have in Spain right now, the ability they have is special. We've played them three times now and after all three we've walked away incredibly impressed with how good they are, and how they're able to move the ball so intelligently, so skillfully. If you're trying to close them down, the ball is already off somewhere else. Not many teams in the world can show you that."
U.S. midfielder CLINT DEMPSEY
On the upcoming Gold Cup:
"We know it's going to be a tough tournament but we want to do well and we want to win it. That's the objective and the first game is Canada and that's what we're concentrating on right now. We need to start the Gold Cup off on a good note and win the first game."
On what he takes away from the game tonight:
"We tried a number of players out today to get a feel of what Bob [Bradley] wants to do in the first game as far as what he thinks his strongest lineup is going to be. So it's just giving people a chance to go out and prove themselves and see if they can get into the starting eleven. It was a chance to work on some fitness, play against a tough opponent and see where we're weak and we can look at tapes and figure out how to improve that."
On whether it was difficult that he did not get the start:
"No, Bob talked to me before the game. I knew I wasn't going to play 90 minutes. It didn't make much sense because I played a long season in England and, looking toward the Gold Cup, you want to make sure you're fresh for that because there are still a lot of games to be played for that.
U.S. goalkeeper TIM HOWARD
On the Spanish attack:
"You don't have enough players to mark everybody they throw at you. That's why they're so good. It's a difficult task but some days are like this, unfortunately."
On if the loss is demoralizing:
"No, we've been in this position before. If we let one decision rock the whole boat, then we're not much of a team. This is a strong team and we're strong willed. I think you'll see the right mentality again on Tuesday. It will be difficult. Tonight, we'll get on a plane, we'll be upset and we're professionals and it hurts. It's never nice to get your butt kicked but sometimes you get up and move forward and we'll do that."
On the mentality of the young team:
"We've got all the right pieces in place. Today wasn't our day. Not just the young kids, all of us. It just goes to show you how far you still have to go, even when you play at the top level, to be like those guys because they're fantastic. We had our moment against them a few years ago and we know what that felt like and now we're on the other side of it."
U.S. midfielder MICHAEL BRADLEY
On adjustments the team can make before they play Canada:
"We will just have to try to look closely at ourselves. Obviously, they're a good team and they don't need much in little situations to make passes and then give themselves a chance. Certainly, as we move forward not only in the Gold Cup but also in qualifying and hopefully the World Cup down the road, these experiences will help us."
On whether there is a sense of relief that this Spain team was the toughest they will face:
"No, not really. You step on the field and you want to compete and you want to win. Certainly to win a game like this, everybody has got to compete at the highest level. Everybody's got to be sharp, everybody's got to be able to make all the little plays along the way and I don't think we did a good enough job in that part today. So, like I said, we'll look at ourselves closely and use it as we move along here."
On whether he felt the team got better after halftime:
"Yeah, I think there were a few times in the second half where we were able to, through a little bit of movement, a little bit of mobility and a little bit of confidence, to put them on their heels a little bit but it still didn't amount to enough and we weren't able to sustain it long enough. All in all it was a tough afternoon for us, but it's still up to us to show the character to respond and to make sure that as we get into this Gold Cup, we use it as a way to make sure that we're at our sharpest."
On whether there was value in the game:
"Sure. Whether it's in the Gold Cup, qualifying, or the World Cup that's now three years down the road, all these games that are along the way do a lot to prepare us. I said last go around that we played a lot of big opponents in friendly games and it still meant that by the time we got to the World Cup, there was a feeling in our team that we had been there before and we had played these kind of hard games before and played in big atmospheres. We had played in big games and so the hope is that all these experiences along the way, they add up and in three years in a World Cup we can step on the field and there's a collective feeling in the team that we've been there before and we know that it takes to win these games."
U.S. defender TIM REAM
On the loss:
"You learn more from these games than maybe winning a game like that. Obviously, they're the top team in the world and they're going to do things that make you look silly. You learn positioning-wise where to be. You take the little things and try to learn from them."
On whether Spain did anything they weren't expecting:
"No, not at all. They just execute so much better than any other team. Even when you're expecting certain things to come, they still pull it off, which is a sign of a good team."
On how this affects the buildup to the Gold Cup:
"I don't think it really affects it in a negative way. Obviously, we can take a few things form the second half, mainly keeping the ball a little bit better and creating a couple of chances there. We just have to take that and roll with it and go into the Gold Cup against Canada on Tuesday strong."
On whether it is hard to think of the game as a learning experience during it:
"Yeah, during the game you don't think of it that way. It's after when you start analyzing and thinking about the game that you really learn from what can be done better."
On how frustrating it is to be out there:
"It was definitely frustrating in the first half. Giving up three goals is hard to swallow. The second half it was a little bit better on our end. We felt better in the second half. We felt we moved the ball better and we created a few chances, which is a good sign for us.
U.S. defender CARLOS BOCANEGRA
On the game overall:
"You have to give them a lot of credit. We had some guys that got into the game and played with some heart. Eric Lichaj did a good job up and down the outside at least trying to get forward when we could. It was hard – you play Spain like that and then they don't make you look so good, unfortunately. But we have a good team and we're confident, so Tuesday is what really matters."
On how the team can shake this off and prepare for Tuesday:
"This game, we'll go back and talk about it for five minutes at the hotel and it's going to be behind us. The only thing we can take from it is some video clips on some defensive positions and some defensive setups and when we win the ball how we can pass out of some situations better. Other than that, this game is finished."
U.S. forward JOZY ALTIDORE
On whether this game affects the team for Tuesday:
"No, I think this is one of those games where you want to come out and it is a good entertaining game for the fans. Not only that, it's good to test yourself and see how far you've come. At the same time, it's a whole different competition and whole different team that we're going to be up against in the Gold Cup."
On whether staying central in the first half was part of the tactical plan:
"I mean, you go into every game with a tactical plan and as soon as the game starts, it tends to get thrown out the window. For us, nothing really worked. I thought Spain had much of the possession and going forward we were flat, so it was a tough game.
On whether he felt isolated:
"A bit. I think that was due to the fact that we were always afraid of them going on the break and when they won the ball they did a great job of keeping it."
On changing the mindset for the Gold Cup:
"Yeah, it's a totally different game so it's a totally different mindset. I think today, you know what to expect from Spain. Going into Canada, we have to be a little bit more confident and be the team to force the issue."
On what he liked about the U.S. performance:
"There's nothing much to like. I guess that we didn't quit. We kept playing, but it was a tough game for us today."
U.S. defender STEVE CHERUNDOLO
On what they could take from the game today:
"Spain showed us that we have some deficiencies. We need to work on them in training and that's something that not only the young but the old guys can learn from. We need to be better day in and day out and become better soccer players. That needs to be a long term goal for U.S. Soccer."
On whether the problem was organization or losing one-on-one battles:
"Both. Part of playing a good team is setting your teammate up so he has an advantage to win a one-on-one battle. Spain does an amazing job of moving the ball around and putting defenders in bad spots to give the offensive player the advantage one v one. It's a little bit of both – winning individual battles but sometimes you're put in positions that you're not usually put in and sometimes you have no chance."


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Ricoh Americas Corporation has agreed to pay $125,000 and provide substantial additional relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for race and national origin and retaliation, the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the company with subjecting an African employee to harassment because of his race and national origin and two Hispanic employees to harassment based on national origin at one of its work sites in Greensboro, N.C. The lawsuit further charged that Ricoh suspended and then fired all three employees for complaining about the harassment.
According to the EEOC's complaint, James Nyema-Davies (black Liberian), Anibal Melendez (Puerto Rican) and Gustavo Tovar (Colombian) were subjected to offensive national origin- and race-based harassment, including derogatory comments by the site manager in their location. The harassment was ongoing from approximately June 2006 through October 2009, the EEOC said. On a daily or near-daily basis, the site manager made comments to the three employees such as stating that she "hated Puerto Ricans," that "Hispanics are so stupid," "Colombians are good for nothing except drugs," and that "damn, f-----g Africans . . .ain't worth s--t."
The lawsuit alleged that the three employees complained about the harassment on multiple occasions between 2007 and 2009, both individually and as a group. Despite the complaints, the harassment continued, the EEOC said. The suit further alleged that around Oct. 30, 2009, the employees were suspended after making a final complaint to Ricoh's management. About three days later, Ricoh fired all three.
Harassment based on national origin and race and retaliation for complaining about it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (EEOC v. Ricoh Americas Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-00743) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
In addition to providing monetary relief to Nyema-Davies, Melendez and Tovar, Ricoh agreed to conduct employee training on its anti-harassment policy and make the policy available to all employees. The company will also report all harassment complaints of race or national origin harassment to the EEOC for the next two years.
"Race and national origin harassment include racial or ethnic slurs or other expressions of dislike for different racial and ethnic backgrounds," said EEOC Regional Attorney Lynette A. Barnes of the agency's Charlotte District Office. "The EEOC is deeply committed to combating such harassment and holding employers or managers accountable if they ignore complaints or, even worse, punish the complainants."
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Tina Burnside added, "Federal law protects employees who oppose discrimination, including verbal and written complaints to employers. Employers have a duty under Title VII to address such complaints and not punish the individuals for complaining."
According to company information, Tokyo-based Ricoh sells and services copiers, fax machines, printers, and related supplies such as paper, toner and software for the machines. Ricoh also provides onsite administrative services to companies such as mail processing, mail distribution and copier services. Ricoh Americas Corporation, based in West Caldwell, N.J., had fiscal year 2010 sales in excess of $23 billion.
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SRA International Inc. will pay approximately $90 million to acquire Platinum Solutions Inc., a privately held systems integrator and software developer for the federal government.
Platinum Solutions, based in Reston, Va., specializes in developing customized software applications and providing data management solutions for customers in the national security and civilian government arena.
Once the acquisition is completed, SRA will expand its mission systems capabilities, benefit from Platinum Solutions' established delivery model for mission-oriented IT solutions, and obtain additional software integration and development qualifications with clients in national security, intelligence and civilian agencies, according to an announcement SRA made on Oct. 11.
"Platinum Solutions is a great fit for SRA," said SRA President and CEO Stan Sloane in the statement. "Their software and system development capabilities and premier customer base strengthen the expansion of our complex systems business."
Platinum Solutions' CEO, Laila Rossi, added that the acquisition will allow the company to further expand into U.S. government agencies.
"As an SRA business, Platinum Solutions will be a strong partner to a much broader customer base in the national security and health care markets," she said. "SRA will provide us with the resources to accelerate our growth, broaden capabilities to serve our clients and enhance career opportunities for our staff."
Stifel Nicolaus Weisel is acting as the exclusive financial adviser to Platinum Solutions on the transaction.
SRA International, of Fairfax, Va., ranks No. 30 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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In a career spanning more than sixty-five years, John Lukacs has established himself as one of our most accomplished historians. Now, in the stimulating book History and the Human Condition, Lukacs offers his profound reflections on the very nature of history, the role of the historian, the limits of knowledge, and more.
Guiding us on a quest for knowledge, Lukacs ranges far and wide over the past two centuries. The pursuit takes us from Alexis de Tocqueville to the atomic bomb, from American "exceptionalism" to Nazi expansionism, from the closing of the American frontier to the passing of the modern age.
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Lukacs concludes by shifting his gaze from the broad currents of history to the world immediately around him. His reflections on his home, his town, his career, and his experiences as an immigrant to the United States illuminate deeper truths about America, the unique challenges of modernity, the sense of displacement and atomization that increasingly characterizes twenty-first-century life, and much more. Moving and insightful, this closing section focuses on the human in history, masterfully displaying how right Lukacs is in his contention that history, at its best, is personal and participatory.
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The State of Georgia kicked-off "Read Across Georgia" month in March, an initiative launched by First Lady Sandra Deal to raise literacy proficiency levels among Georgia's youth. Since the program's inception, Georgia's students have received individualized and group mentorship, books and reading resources from donors statewide and visits from elected officials and volunteers from the local community.
Literacy is one of the most important things we can do to ensure a positive future for Georgia's children. Empowering Georgia students with a firm foundation in reading and literacy skills will ensure they are prepared to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
As part of the "Read Across Georgia" program, I've had the opportunity to visit several schools throughout the 56th Senate District with First Lady Sandra Deal and have witnessed first-hand the positive impact this program has had on the lives of Georgia's children. Getting children excited about learning is contagious and will help their classmates, friends and family. This program reaches students statewide and serves as a powerful investment in our state's future.
Reading has always been a top priority in the Albers' household. My sons, Will and Ryan, have always been avid readers – a love that started at a young age when reading bedtime stories and saying our nightly prayers. Reading to our children instilled a life-long passion for learning and has inspired our kids to dream big.
When reading to students across the 56th Senate District, I often take books that inspire generous acts of service and teach children the history of our great state and nation. We cannot chart a course for the future if we do not understand the past.
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In previous generations, literacy development involved voluminous card catalogs, trips to the library and hard-backed books. Although these learning methods are still used, Georgia teachers and families are employing the use of today's technological advancements to spur learning, including surfing the world-wide web and taking advantage of online reference books and tutorials. The methods may be different, but providing a solid foundation in reading and critical thinking is critical to helping this generation obtain high-paying careers in today's competitive workforce.
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To learn more about how you can plan a reading event or promote reading in your community, you can visit the national "Read Across America" website.
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