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Sumaya Bairuty walked through abandoned streets pocked with shell craters amid rows of destroyed buildings, at times climbing over giant sand barriers before reaching her parent's apartment in the once rebel-held district of Bab Dreib in this central Syrian city.
The 38-year-old English-language teacher who works in the capital Damascus comes to Homs by bus once a week to spend two days with her parents, who live alone in their newly fixed apartment in the heavily destroyed and mostly deserted area.
It has been almost four years since the last rebels and civilians withdrew from the remaining strongholds in the ancient heart of Homs in May 2014, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city once dubbed the "capital of the revolution." Few people have returned, and large parts of the once vibrant old city are still abandoned and destroyed, as if time had stood still since the guns fell silent.
For Sumaya's family, the main sorrow remains the loss of her youngest sibling, Rabih, in 2015. He was killed by insurgents in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib.
"This was the biggest loss. Neither the house nor the work or any other thing was as painful as losing Rabih," she said.
The Bairuty family's home in Bab Dreib is in the heart of the former rebel-held districts of Homs. The streets are so shell-pocked and destroyed that cars cannot drive, and the nearest area with shops and vehicles is a 20-minute walk away.
As Sumaya walked into her parent's second-floor, two-bedroom apartment, she found her father sitting on the floor next to a diesel heater eating fried cauliflower and bread for lunch while watching a soccer match on TV as her mother sat nearby.
She explained that the family had to change homes eight times since the Syrian conflict erupted seven years ago, after their main home was destroyed.
In 2012, the Bairuty family fled to Damascus after their neighborhood fell into rebel hands. A year later they returned to Homs, renting several homes before moving into the building of Sumaya's maternal grandparents in October 2016, a bit more than two years after government forces recaptured all of central Homs.
After they moved into their latest apartment, the U.N. helped the family fix it up by installing new windows and doors and closing the gaping holes in the walls.
Sumaya's younger brother was about to turn 18 in 2015 and wanted to move to Turkey to find a job and escape compulsory military service. The family contacted relatives in the rebel-held village of Saraqeb, Idlib, who promised to help him move to Turkey.
Bairuty and her mother, Tamador Shilar, both said their relatives tipped off the extremist, IS-linked group Jund al-Aqsa about him, telling them that he and his family were strong government supporters.
Within days, the young man was put on so-called trial by the group, which sentenced him to death for being a government supporter and ruled in favor of punishing his elder sister, who teaches at a government-run school.
Weeks later, the family received Rabih's identity cards and belongings through a taxi driver who drives between the rebel-held Idlib province and Homs. A letter said that he was killed because he did not join the "holy war" against the government, Shilar and Beiruti said.
Shilar said she cannot shake off the feeling of grief.
"It's the feeling of any woman who lost her son and he was not guilty," she said, as she wiped tears from her face. "He was unjustly treated by the dogs."
Bairuty's father, Mohammed Riad, said they are lucky to have a home, adding that they now get 12 hours of electricity every day and two hours of drinking water. He walks for about half an hour every day to reach the market to buy groceries.
Amid an ongoing civil war, no western countries have stepped up to help finance Syria's reconstruction. The governorate has renovated the old covered marketplace as well as some of the city's old churches, and the city's famous Khaled bin al-Waleed mosque is undergoing renovation. But most of the neighborhoods are still sprawling ruins.
The residents who have trickled back are using their own money or U.N. assistance to fix their homes just enough to be livable.
Homs Gov. Talal Barazi told The Associated Press that 21,000 families _ or 30 percent of Homs city's original population of 1.2 million have returned.
Riad said he hopes that once reconstruction begins, there will be demand for him as the 70-year-old man was a construction worker for most of his life.
"The situation in general is good but our main problem is that there is no transportation here," he said as he watched the soccer match on an Iraqi channel.
Shilar said she is worried about the future and thinks that even if Homs is rebuilt, reconciliation is a long way off.
"It is not only the buildings [that were damaged] but also the souls," she said.


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New Horizons' departure images shed new light on Ultima Thule's shape
A new set of images showing the New Horizons spacecraft departing from Ultima Thule following its New Year's Day closest approach reveals the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) is shaped less like a snowman and more like a flat object, with one lobe looking like a pancake and the other like a dented walnut.
Initial images returned immediately after the flyby suggested the double-lobed object was composed of two nearly-spherical lobes, one larger than the other. Their apparent nearly round shapes were not due to the lobes being rounded by their own gravity, as both are far too small to attain that milestone.
The new images were taken at approximately 12:42 a.m. EST (05:42 GMT) Jan. 1, 2019, approximately 10 minutes after closest approach from a position 5,494 miles (8,862 kilometers) past Ultima Thule and an incredible 4.1 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from Earth. They were captured from a different angle than the approach photos, which is why they provide new insight into Ultima Thule's shape.
Mission scientists used 14 of these images to create a movie showing New Horizons' departure from its second target. The movie clearly reveals that neither of Ultima Thule's lobes is spherical, in part because the departure photos outline of parts of the KBO that block out background stars in spite of being in shadow.
"We had an impression of Ultima Thule based on the limited number of images returned in the days around the flyby, but seeing more data has significantly changed our view," said mission Principal Investigator Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colorado. "It would be closer to reality to say Ultima Thule's shape is flatter, like a pancake. But more importantly, the new images are creating scientific puzzles about how such an object could even be formed. We've never seen something like this orbiting the Sun."
Also newly returned is a photo depicting a crescent view of Ultima Thule. Ten individual raw images taken by New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), which individually came out blurry due to the long exposure time required to take them, were combined to create a single photo showing a brighter, sharper view of the crescent.
Background stars visible in the individual images disappear in the combined, processed image and movie, enabling scientists to obtain a more accurate view of Ultima Thule's two lobes.
The fact that both lobes are much flatter than anyone expected will motivate scientists to come up with new theories about the way planetesimals like Ultima Thule formed during the Solar System's earliest days, said project scientist Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) in Laurel, Maryland.
All of the raw images used to create the processed image and video can be found on LORRI's website, where new photos are published every Friday.
"This really is an incredible image sequence, taken by a spacecraft exploring a small world four billion miles away from Earth," Stern said. "Nothing quite like this has ever been captured in imagery."
Most images and data from the flyby remain on the spacecraft, from which they will be returned over the next 19 months.
Video courtesy of NASA
Laurel Kornfeld
Laurel Kornfeld is an amateur astronomer and freelance writer from Highland Park, NJ, who enjoys writing about astronomy and planetary science. She studied journalism at Douglass College, Rutgers University, and earned a Graduate Certificate of Science from Swinburne University's Astronomy Online program. Her writings have been published online in The Atlantic, Astronomy magazine's guest blog section, the UK Space Conference, the 2009 IAU General Assembly newspaper, The Space Reporter, and newsletters of various astronomy clubs. She is a member of the Cranford, NJ-based Amateur Astronomers, Inc. Especially interested in the outer solar system, Laurel gave a brief presentation at the 2008 Great Planet Debate held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD.

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The Responsibility Energy Storage Companies Have to Help California Meet 50% Renewable Energy by 2030
The leaders of the world are gathering in Paris this week to determine how to mitigate global climate change at the COP21 Forum. Forum participants include governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, NGOs and industries all focused on creating legally binding reductions in greenhouse gases across the globe. The U.S. has been and remains at the forefront of establishing aggressive mandates to curb greenhouse gases and California is leading the charge. read more


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How to Maintain Your Hair While You Sleep
Happy November! I honestly cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by; with the blink of an eye, the holiday season is already upon us. It seems that time has, in actuality, started to speed up which got me thinking how valuable time is and this naturally lead me to how taking too long to style your hair is a nuisance (everything leads back to hair for me- what can I say? I love what I do). Among one of my pet peeves is when you style...Read More


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WASHINGTON — The White House announced a new initiative Oct. 21 to promote the development of small satellites, collecting under one roof a number of efforts, some of which started months ago.
The "Harnessing the Small Satellite Revolution" initiative, announced in a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy statement, highlights several ongoing efforts by NASA, the Pentagon and other federal government agencies to help develop smallsats or make use of images or other data they provide.
Some elements of the initiative were announced weeks or months ago. The OSTP announcement highlighted a $20 million award the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency made to Planet, the San Francisco-based company developing a constellation of Earth imaging satellites. "The imagery has many operational uses, including environmental monitoring, augmenting higher resolution capabilities, change detection, and answering intelligence questions," the announcement stated.
However, NGA awarded that contract to Planet, formerly known as Planet Labs, on Sept. 12, according to the business opportunities section of the NGA website. The seven-month contract gives the NGA access to Planet's global imagery archive, updated every 15 days.
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Dundee City Council is a local authority established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Its head office is located at City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY.
Why do we need your personal information and what do we do with it?
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We may also use your information to verify your identity where required, contact you by post, email or telephone and to maintain our records.
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Collection: Kubrick Stool 740mm
Named after the simple yet clever aesthetic of iconic cinematographer Stanley Kubrick, the Kubrick stool is an exploration of the 3D form through the manipulation of 2D material. With the first two stools ever made being Christmas gifts for Jack Flanagan's own family, the stool design has since been refined and is now available in three heights and colours, along with coffee table and side table options.
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Reflections from the 6th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute – aka #SCCEecei – where I also delivered a session on #EthicalBusinessRegulation and Culture Change. I have always been fascinated by the forces within organisations that come together to create outcomes – especially catastrophic outcomes. I had a parallel career in crisis management, which gave me the opportunity toContinue reading "Three things I learned at the 6th Annual #SCCEecei"
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As part of our work to transition from jessie to stretch for our MySQL server, we'll be migrating user data today around 5pm.
To do this, we'll put the existing jessie server into read-only mode, then make a final import to the new stretch host. We believe this will take about an hour and don't anticipate any issues (we've already tested imports from our regular backups without problems).
Read-only mode is necessary during the import to ensure we get a consistent backup, and so that writes made during the transition are not lost.
Some sites may experience downtime while the server is in read-only mode (if they require writing to the database to show pages). Most sites will experience some level of degradation (e.g. can't log in to admin or edit posts).
Update 5:01pm: We have entered read-only mode.
Update 5:58pm: The backup has completed, we are now importing it into the new database server. Probably another 45 minutes or so.
Update 6:07pm: ETA 25 minutes.
Update 6:15pm: ETA 16 minutes
Update 6:25pm: Unfortunately we hit a snag during the import and have to start it over.
Update 6:29pm: ETA 37 minutes.
Update 6:40pm: ETA 21 minutes.
Update 6:46pm: ETA 10 minutes.
Update 6:56pm: Import has finished, we're now switching back into rw mode. This will involve a few seconds of downtime.
Update 6:59pm: MySQL is now available as usual. Total time in read-only mode was about two hours. Total downtime was less than a minute.


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E-cigs & aliens debated
December 5, 2019
The Los Medanos College Debate Team held their public debate for the end of the semester Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m in the Library Community Room 109.
The goal of the public debate was to demonstrate the International Public Debate Association format to interested students, and provide the LMC community with a fun event that showcased the skills of the Debate Team.
The LMC Debate Team just recently adopted a new debate format this semester, as the coaches were actively learning it with their students.
"Our students have had a successful transition to IPDA, and it's been gratifying to see how they learn more about the traditions and expectations of the format at each tournament," said Co-Director of the Debate Team and LMC Professor Star Steers.
The debate featured two separate topics, argued by veteran and novice debaters from the team. Each round took approximately 26 minutes and each side got to argue their point for 13 of those minutes, as broken up by the IPDA format.
Veteran Debaters Kelly Williams and Felero Smith began with the motion that "Contra Costa County should ban all e-cigarettes and vaping products."
Williams represented the affirmative, arguing for the banning of e-cigarettes and vape products in CCC. Arguing three main points, Williams demonstrated the effect banning will have on us as a united front, adolescents and future health issues or harms.
Smith served as the negative, arguing that the "customer is always right," and each individual has a right to their autonomy. Smith also provided Williams with a counter-proposal, fighting for proper regulations on these e-cigarettes and vaping products, as opposed to completely banning them.
Following shortly after the first debate, unofficial debate team member William Malovich presented the second topic of the day: aliens would be unimpressed by humans.
Novice debaters Isaac Pacheco and Marianna Berntsen-Perez took to the podium and prepared to present their arguments.
Because their has been no evidence of aliens in our solar system as of yet, Pacheco and Berntsen-Perez had free rein of the imagination going into this debate.
"This [debate] is a sport of the imagination," explained Steers before the debate began.
Berntsen-Perez served as the affirmative in the debate, supporting the motion that aliens would not be impressed by humans. Listing the three reasons why they wouldn't be impressed, Berntsen-Perez argued that life critiques art, humans don't know how to work together and we do things that don't make sense.
"I'm pretty unimpressed by us as a species. It's painful to be human," said Berntsen-Perez during her introduction argument.
Pacheco followed up by rebutting Berntsen-Perez's arguments and explaining that aliens would be impressed by humans because of our survivability and psychology.
"Aliens don't know what we are, and that's why they'll be impressed," argued Pacheco. "We are humans. We start off as nothing, and we become something. We are undefinable."
The public debate concluded after a fierce round of back and forth by both groups of debaters, and the crowd of 50 was left in shock by the skill of the debaters.
Malovich also explained that students should consider joining the Debate Team next semester, as "In everything we do in life, we always have our voice."
Steers concluded the event by expressing the benefits of joining debate, such as overcoming one's fear of public speaking. The Debate Team meetings are open to the public, and will begin again next Spring '20 semester in Room CC1-117 from 3:20 to 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday.
"I am beyond proud of our team and I hope more students will realize that they too can have success as debaters–they just have to come and join the team," said Steers.


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The Under-17 European Championships will be coming to Burton and the Pirelli Stadium next May, when England's Young Lions will be looking to clinch yet another piece of age-group silverware.
If Saturday's friendly clash with Russia was anything to go by, the 2018 tournament will be an entertaining one - and England will again be capable of making a statement.
They recovered from the earliest of setbacks against the Russians in front of 1,888 supporters at the Pirelli to claim a deserved 2-1 win and provide a fair hit of international-break entertainment for those fans waiting for Burton Albion's return to Championship action on Friday night.
With a new crop of Young Lions into Steve Cooper's under-17s squad following their triumph at last month's World Cup, this game was another opportunity for new partnerships to build.
But there was no time for any of that, or much more besides, before England found themselves stood on the edge of their own box and watching Maksim Kutovol drive Russia ahead from the penalty spot.
Only 12 seconds were on the clock when tricky winger Ilia Vorotnikov burst past marker Ethan Laird and then was felled by the Manchester United youngster as he turned in the box.
Referee Catalin Gaman pointed to the spot, and Kutovol made no mistake.
Kutovol and Vorotnikov were at the heart of Russia's early pressure, the pair mixing pace and directness to test the home defence.
But the more England were able to get on the ball, the more they flourished - and they were soon pinning their opponents back with wave after wave of pressure.
There were not too many chances for them before the break, with Bobby Duncan seeing a low effort saved by Sergei Eshchenko, and Mason Greenwood and Jack Nolan both bending shots off target.
The composure and quality of football played up to the final third, though, was eye-catching.
Much of that came through holding midfield duo Elijah Dixon-Bonner and Clinton Mola, of Liverpool and Chelsea respectively.
On the right, meanwhile, Nolan's link up play with Laird stretched a well-organised Russian defence.
That organisation would be severely tested after the 36th minute, when Leonid Ablizin's side were reduced to 10 men.
Derby County full-back Louie Sibley was caught late by Dmitry Markitesov with the ball gone, and the referee was quick to produce the red card.
England were unable to make the one-man advantage count before the break - but they would soon capitalise in the second half.
Perhaps it had just taken 40 minutes - this game saw slightly shortened halves - for some of the hosts' attacking players to latch onto each others' wavelengths, because the speed and angle of passes they produced thereafter pulled their opponents this way and that.
Mola was the player to provide the finishing touch and level things up after 49 minutes, having played provider for much of the game.
Mason Greenwood was the maker, showing impressive persistence to wriggle past his marker down the byline and drill in a low cross.
It was not fully cleared, the ball bobbled into Mola's path, and the Chelsea midfielder showed a ruthless eye for goal by slamming it past Sergei Eshchenko at his far post.
Greenwood then added a goal to his assist for the afternoon, scoring the decisive winner on 57 minutes.
It was another classy effort, the Manchester United youngster latching onto Dixon-Bonner's pass, dropping his shoulder to make room on the edge of the box and then drilling a low strike into the bottom righthand corner of the Russia net.
The scoreline might have been more emphatic had England made the most of their creativity, with skipper Curtis Jones' virtuoso performance on the left flank deserving of a goal.
When he did loop a header over Eshchenko, it was ruled out for offside.
Down to 10, Russia struggled to get hold of possession for much of the second 40, allowing full-backs Sibley and Vontae Daley-Campbell - on at half-time - licence to get down the wings and impress with their attacking potential.
For all that, though, it took a fine save from Okonkwo and then a timely intervention by substitute centre-back Max Broughton to deny Russia a late equaliser, with the latter almost levelling things up during a last-gasp goalmouth scramble.
England's under-17s will be hoping to thrill the Pirelli Stadium faithful when the Under-17 European Championships come to the ground - as well as St George's Park, among other venues - next May.
This was certainly an insight into the quality that will be on show in six months' time.


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Mattel Thomas & Friends TrackMaster, Fiery Rescue Set FBK47
It's time to race full steam ahead with the Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends TrackMaster Fiery Rescue Set from Fisher-Price. Oh no, there's a fire at the Dynamite Factory! But Thomas is racing to the rescue by getting rid of the dynamite and putting out the fire – all while puffing real steam! That's right – this Thomas toy train makes real steam as he speeds forward! Children can help Thomas knock the crate of TNT out of the building before it explodes, then watch him put out the flames as he spins down the burning bridge. Plus, to help Thomas puff steam, the set includes a water dropper designed to look like a fire extinguisher. Get ready for a heroic railway rescue as the No. 1 blue engine saves the day by preventing a disaster at the Dynamite Factory!
- Train set includes motorized Real Steam Thomas, fire extinguisher water dropper, TNT cargo crate, and full track layout with Dynamite Factory, sloping bridge, and plastic flames
- Set features motorized Thomas train that puffs real steam
- Includes fire extinguisher water dropper to fill Real Steam Thomas
- Send Thomas up the hill to start the adventure
- As Thomas passes through the factory, he knocks a TNT crate out the side
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. Lachlan saw the picture of the car with diamonds on it in the lesson plan book and was interested. I got out the blueprint paper we use and asked him what kind of car he wanted me to draw. He said he wanted a race car so I did my best. It looked like a standard car with a spoiler on the back. He wasn't quite convinced. Next he wanted a motorcycle. I asked him to go get one of his toy motorcycles for me to look at while I drew. He ran to the front bedroom to find his motorcycle and so did Peter of course. Lachlan came back with a motorcycle and Peter came back with a truck he called a race car.
I set the motorcycle on the corner of the paper while I drew. Peter followed suit by putting his "race car" on the paper with the race car already drawn on it.
I put the counting card on the corner of the paper and threw the diamonds on the motorcycle to make it "dirty". Next they had to clean the motorcycle by removing the diamonds and putting them on the Counting Card.
At this point I still only had my two boys and the other 2 boys I watch on Monday's weren't here yet so I thought we would do the messiest activity next. Actually, depending on how you look at it, it could be the cleanest activity. Playing with soap. The
Washing Bubbles
lesson is so much fun. Another activity I will keep in mind to do again. They instruct you to cut the bottom of a plastic disposable water bottle. Then put a sock over the end. Instead of using a cut off sock I chose to use a child size sock. Then in a shallow tray mix dish soap and water. Dip the sock covered water bottle in the water and blow through the mouth of the bottle. What followed shocked and amazed my boys as a stream of bubbles came flowing out the end. We were covered in suds and so was the picnic table. At the very end I had to hose the whole thing down because it was very slippery. Something to keep in mind when you choose your location for bubble fun.
Slippery picnic table
Towards the end I could feel them starting to get a little antsy so I told them to go get their vehicles to wash in the bubbles. Why not, we are learning about the car wash today.
We didn't actually do the
Stop and Go
lesson, Lachlan and I just had the discussion, the day just ended up getting too busy. This lesson had you talk to them about riding in an elevator or on an escalator and ask them what it's like. Then tie that to how at some car washes the car is automatically moved through the wash like you are moved on an escalator. Then you were to drape a blanket over a table and have them go through it like a car in a car wash following your "stop" and "go" commands. However, asking this question was enough to make Lachlan's eyes get all big and excited. In the last couple of weeks he not only got to drop his Grandma and Grandpa off at the airport but he also to go pick them up. When he and Peter saw the escalators it was all we could do to keep them off them long enough for Grandma and Grandpa to check in. But once they were all checked in we went for a ride. Up and down we went. The looks from the airport staff and patrons were great. Everyone actually really enjoyed seeing our little guys filled with wonder over these amazing stairs that moved and their excitement over successfully getting off at the top and bottom. It was so fun to hear Lachlan recall the details of how an escalator works.
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Phelsuma is a genus of geckos mostly found in Mauritius and Madagascar. Day geckos are especially easier for me to spot than other geckos not only because of their bright green color but also their unusually diurnal behavior. I found them not only in the field but also in many of the rooms I stayed just like house geckos.
Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
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Good news for you Aberaeron Christmas shoppers……Lloyd Motors are now hosting an 'Off the Wall' exhibition of new works right up until Christmas Eve lunchtime. There are some local subjects and some of my other pieces. All are original and unique artworks which can be taken away 'off the wall' at the time of purchase. Diolch yn fawr Lloyd Motors!
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I'm struck by how much U of T has changed since I was here as provost some 20 years ago. Dozens of new buildings have sprung up. The student population is larger and more diverse than ever, and the range of academic programs is much broader. The past few years have seen especially rapid change.
One of the highlights of coming back is to see the university starting a new phase in its growth and development. Stepping Up, the university's academic plan, sets out a vision for the coming years and builds on our commitment to excellence, equity and outreach. It provides the guiding principles by which we will meet our commitment to our students and our community.
U of T boasts a long history of success. The academic plan – much like a corporation's business plan – clearly articulates our goals over the next several years, and outlines a strategy for achieving them. It identifies key strengths and recommends specific steps for improvement. As the university has grown, so have our aspirations. With Stepping Up, we aim to be a leader among the world's best public teaching and research universities in the discovery, preservation and sharing of knowledge.
Stepping Up's first priority is to enrich the student experience both within and beyond the classroom. U of T offers a world-class academic setting. We want to build on that and provide students with more opportunities to interact with faculty by creating an enhanced learning environment, and investing more in student services. We want students to engage fully in the life of the university – to discover and learn about the academic, social, political and athletic activities that interest them – as a prelude to becoming active members of society.
U of T is Canada's largest research university. We can offer our undergraduates the chance to work with senior faculty in cutting-edge fields. Imagine the impact on a young student of engaging in research activity with such renowned scholars as nanotechnologist Ted Sargent, Middle East expert Janice Gross Stein or Nobel Prize-winning chemist John C. Polanyi, to name just a few. Such opportunities will surely inspire many of our students to pursue their own graduate work.
Over the next five years U of T will foster more interdisciplinary teaching and research. Many of the most challenging issues facing society – the AIDS crisis, climate change, poverty – require study from a variety of perspectives. U of T's size and affiliations with institutions around the world are tremendous strengths. They provide opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration that exist in only a few centres worldwide.
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The changes we are making through Stepping Up will be felt by today's U of T students. Our goal is to complete these changes by the end of the decade – and we have reason to be optimistic. There is a renewed public focus on the importance of postsecondary education, which is most welcome. A significant increase in provincial funding is urgently needed to prevent a decline in the quality of postsecondary education in Ontario and to bring the changes in Stepping Up to life. We are hopeful that the government of Ontario will heed the recommendations of the Rae Review of postsecondary education and restore funding to the province's universities.
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This post about making S'mores memories is sponsored by Honey Maid.
For the past two years, our kids have been at overnight camp over the Fourth of July. They were building memories with their friends who attended while we just enjoyed the quiet house. However, this year we decided to take the kids on the road and drive up to Chicago to celebrate the Fourth of July. the way I did growing up, with family, fireworks and s'mores.
Living away from family has it challenges but during our visits the family gets quality time together. I try to encourage our kids to use their technology sparingly and try to engage their grandparents in things other than the TV. TV is always an easy outlet. Long term memories will not be that long lasting just sitting around watching TV.
During our visit we will be meeting the family at the club for an old fashion 4th of July Picnic and firework party that I experienced growing up. Even though we have grown and our kids are in their less enthusiastic teen and tween years, making these family memories is so important.
However, summer dinners will not be complete without some s'mores on the table. While they don't have S'mores at the party, we wanted to make them together. We piled up a platter with wholesome Honey Maid Graham Crackers, marshmallows and chocolate bars. My parents don't have a fire pit so it was fun to see how the kids and grandma would create these S'mores, in the meanwhile laughing and talking.
They first headed outside to try to roast the marshmallows over the grill. They soon decided this would not be the best choice.
So they headed back indoors and piled up their ingredients in tin foil and placed them in the oven to warm up.
Even Papa got involved with this activity by supervising from the sidelines.
Into the oven for a few minutes and out came the most popular childhood food memory, warm s'mores. The marshmallows were too big for this method but the kids nor parents or grandparents did not seem to care.
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Knut Aufermann, born 1972 in Hagen (Germany), studied chemistry, audio engineering and sonic arts (MA Middlesex University, London). From 2002-2005 he was the station manager of Resonance FM in London, now he is active internationally as a radio artist, musician, organizer, curator, and lecturer. He plays improvised electronic music using various forms of audible feedback. Together with Sarah Washington he runs the project Mobile Radio, investigating alternative means of radio production. Their works have been broadcast on more than 50 radio stations across the globe as well as in gallery contexts e.g. at the 30th São Paulo Biennial in 2012 and Documenta 14 in 2017. In 2016 Knut Aufermann was the artistic director of the International Radio Art Festival Radio Revolten in Halle, Germany. He is the co-founderof the international Radia network of independent cultural radio stations. - Excerpted from http://mobile-radio.net/knut-aufermann/


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The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's basketball team (23-4, 15-1 SCIAC) faced the Chapman Panthers (23-4, 15-1 SCIAC) in a grueling double overtime matchup in the SCIAC tournament final Feb. 24, and fell just short of claiming what would have been their 5th straight SCIAC title. The Panthers walked away with a 70-61 victory.
Throughout the season, the Athenas and Panthers were neck-and-neck for the No. 1 spot in the conference — both entered the tournament with identical 15-1 records. That same back-and-forth, competitive play showed up in the title game Saturday night.
After 40 minutes of regulation play, the action had just begun, as Kate Parrish CM '21 forced an overtime period by making a clutch layup with seven seconds on the clock to tie the game 43-43.
"What I love about this team is we have so much talent, and every player has the potential to step up on a given night and perform," Parrish said. "That person changes constantly, and our coaches stress that every single person is important to the success of the team." Parrish found herself in a key contributing role for the team on Saturday, notching 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Athenas.
During the first overtime, the Panthers established a lead, and the game looked all but over. However, guard Corrine Bogle CM '18 nailed a three-point shot in the final minute to tie the game, and send every CMS fan in the room to their feet.
"Corrine's three-pointer was really a senior shot," teammate Maya Love CM '20 said. "It takes a lot of maturity to make a shot like that under pressure."
The Athenas used the energy of two close comebacks to sustain themselves throughout the second overtime, and continued to battle neck-and-neck for the first three minutes. However, the magic began to wear off in the last two minutes as Chapman did not miss a shot in the second overtime and eventually established a lead to end the game on top.
As the entire Chapman team stormed the court in celebration, the Athenas got very quiet. "It was very silent, and it was hard to come off of so much intensity and know where we go from here," said Love, who led the Athenas with 15 points.
While CMS is a young team, they all wanted to perform well to give their senior athletes the send-off they deserved. The Athenas were especially young Saturday, with former SCIAC Athlete of the Year and 2018 first-team all-SCIAC player Kailee Severt CM '18 unable to play in the championship game after sustaining a concussion in the semi-final round.
Though the Athenas were disappointed they couldn't leave their seniors with a win to end their careers, "it was a send-off that the seniors were willing to accept, because they really saw our heart in it," Love said.
With a young team, senior captains Severt and Bogle have been strong role models for first-year team members like Parrish, she said.
"Corrine and Kailee have showed leadership by not only showing me what it means to be a good teammate, but also what it means to be a good person," Parrish said.
This was the last SCIAC championship game for the seniors on the team, and even though they were disappointed with the result, they will look back on their time playing in the SCIAC fondly.
"Right before we started the second overtime, I remember standing at half court and telling myself to just remember the moment as best I could," Bogle said. "To be center court in a facility like Roberts Pavilion with all of those cheering fans in a double overtime game — it's exactly what you dream of experiencing when you're young and just learning how to play basketball."


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The Bullets have a new home and we're calling on Brisbane to help make this a fortress for our team.
For the first time since re-entering the competition, our players will be able to practice, play and recover at the one facility, with the club moving to QSNC at Nathan.
We're determined to bring the NBL Championship back to Brisbane and having a permanent home will help us further build on our success from year last when we reached the semi-finals.
Alongside our recruitment of key players and the development of young Queensland talent, our Head Coach Andrej Lemanis says a home venue is another vital piece in our team's development.


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Papers of Henry Thomas Colebrooke
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- ReferenceGB 891 HTC
- Dates of Creation1816-1869
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish French
- Physical Description1 box
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Administrative / Biographical History
Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE (1765-1837) was a Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. He was born in London, the third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet, Chairman of the East India Company, and Mary Gaynor of Antigua. He was educated at home and at fifteen was adept in classics and mathematics.
In 1782 Colebrooke was appointed to a writership in India. He held administrative, legal and academic posts whilst in India during which time he learnt Sanskrit which he used to translate "Digest of Hindu Laws", unfinished by Sir William Jones.
Colebrooke returned to England in 1814 where he played an active role in promoting knowledge. He was co-founder of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was present at the inaugural dinner and meeting on January 12, 1820. More significantly for the Royal Asiatic Society, he instigated its foundation, with the initial planning meetings taking place at his home. He presided as Director of the Society until his death in 1837.
Belinda Colebrooke was born on 11th July 1800, the elder daughter of George Colebrooke. On his death, her mother, was involved in a series of relationships. Belinda and her sister, Harriet, were eventually made wards-of-court and placed with a foster mother. On 28th October 1823 she married, at New Church St. Marylebone, Charles Joshua Smith 2nd Baronet. She died, without children, in London on 22nd January 1825.
Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771-1852) was a French civil servant and scientist. He was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1813, was mayor (maire) in the 5th arrondissement in Paris and secretary-general of the prefect of the Seine 1816-1825. He was made a baron in 1823. In 1839 he was appointed conservator for the Department of Maps at the Royal Library in Paris and in 1840 secretary for life in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. He was one of the founders of the Société entomologique de France in 1832. He introduced the English form of biography into French literature.
Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860) was an English orientalist who studied medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, London, before travelling to India in 1808 to become an assistant surgeon for the East India Company in Bengal. Whilst in Calcutta he devoted his attention to the study of Indian languages, especially Sanskrit, and in 1811 became the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, upon the recommendation of Henry Colebrooke. In 1832, Wilson left India as he was appointed the first Professorship in Sanskrit at Oxford University. Four years later he became Librarian at East India House and he fulfilled both positions for many years. Wilson wrote extensively on the subjects of Sanskrit literature, Hindu religion, and Indian history. He became Director of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1837 following Colebrooke's death, and remained in position until his own death in 1860.
Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854) was born in Copenhagen. He obtained the diploma of the Royal Academy of Surgeons at Copenhagen in 1806 and was subsequently appointed Surgeon to the Danish settlement at Serampore, Bengal, in 1807. From 1817 he took a permanent post as Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and travelled widely in the Indian subcontinent. Wallich published two major works on the plants of the region, Tentamen Flora Nepalensis Illustratae (1824-26) and Plantae Asiaticae Rariories (1830-32). Due to ill-health, Wallich resigned his post in 1846 and retired to London, where he became Vice-President of the Linnean Society, of which he had been a fellow since 1818. Wallich remained in London until his death seven years later, aged 68.
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Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID
Acquisition Information
The H.T. Colebrooke - Memoirs and Autographs book was donated by Timothy Frost in 2009. It appears from the inside cover that the book was purchased by Frederick Hendricks, an ancestor of the donor.
It is uncertain how the photocopies of the letters between Henry Thomas Colebrooke and his niece, Belinda were deposited at the Royal Asiatic Society. It is thought that they probably came into the archive in the early 2000s when Rosane and Ludo Rocher were using the RAS to store material for their research for "The making of Western Indology: Henry Thomas Colebrooke and the East India Company".
Archivist's Note
The descriptions were created by Nancy Charley, Archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society, in 2016.
Conditions Governing Use
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Appraisal Information
The material consists of two separate entities - the bound book and the photocopied letters. These were thus created into two series.
Custodial History
It appears from the bookplate and sale notice in the front cover that the Memoir and Autograph book was purchased by Frederick Hendricks sometime around 1893. It remained in his family until 2009 when it was donated to the Royal Asiatic Society.
The original letters between Colebrooke and his niece Belinda are with Papers still held by the Colebrooke Family. At some points copies were made and deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society, probably in the early 2000s.
"The Making of Western Indology: Henry Thomas Colebrooke and the East India Company" by Rosane Rocher and Ludo Rocher (Royal Asiatic Society Books/Routledge, 2011) uses material from this archive and many other sources to produce a detailed account of Colebrooke's life.


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On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United
States and England, British troops entered Washington, D.C.
and burned the White House in retaliation for the American
attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813.
When the British arrived at the White House, they found that
President James Madison and his first lady Dolley had already
fled to safety in Maryland. Soldiers reportedly sat down to eat
a meal made of leftover food from the White House scullery
using White House dishes and silver before ransacking the
presidential mansion and setting it ablaze.
The fire ruined the white house and the grounds. (Library of Congress)
James Madison Jr.
(March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)


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Winners, Losers And Game Changers: A Legislative Roundup
Solar power appeared to win big this legislative session—but how much did they really lose after the 2015 session?
Jon Ralston, founder and publisher of The Nevada Independent online website, said support for net metering and other solar initiatives is a testament to the power of the solar industry's strong public relations campaign after 2015.
Some other winners this session were state workers, who got modest bumps in pay at the last minute, and UNLV's new medical school, which got a $25 million matching gift from an anonymous donor.
Megan Messerly, a reporter for the Independent, said ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, took a hit as drivers will now be required to obtain business licenses to be drivers.
And Ralston pointed to a bill by freshman State Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, that requires more transparency by drug companies doing business in Nevada, as one that is likely to be copied around the country.
Gov. Sandoval described an agreement over Education Savings Accounts as "a good compromise." What happened to ESAs?
Ralston: The governor is spinning that. There is no compromise on ESAs. He's referring to a $10 million per year needs-based scholarship program, which he is very proud of – and maybe justifiably so – called the Opportunity Scholarships. That is not an ESA. They got exactly $60 million less than what Sandoval proposed on ESAs and he proposed $60 million dollars.
Is not getting the ESAs funding passed going to be a big problem for Republicans?
Ralston: It depends on which Republicans you're talking about. I think the Republicans, in my opinion, had a disastrous end of the session in not getting ESAs and now being on the record – at least some of them – as voting against projects and programs that can easily be used or exploited, demagogued during the campaigns. Believe me, the Democrats are already gearing up to do that.
I'm not sure what they think they can crow about that they got in this session. That is so overwhelming. To not get ESAs, which they made their hill to die for, even though it's not that popular out there in the general electorate, I think is a very big loss for them.
Is anyone expressing concern about the anonymous donor for UNLV's medical school?
Messerly: I think that there is obviously going to be a little bit of concern whenever you do have an anonymous donor bringing in that much money. Some people were raising concerns: does this person have an interest in the Legislature? Are they wanting to remain anonymous purely out of the goodness of their hearts or is it because they have some other interest at the Legislature?
Is there any concern that the mystery donor might be connected to the last minute casino confidentially bill?
Messerly: I haven't heard that specifically. I think with the casino confidential bill that came out of discussions earlier in the session around Attorney General Adam Laxalt and the Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett… the gaming control board chairman recorded his conversation with the attorney general. He was concerned about some possible undo influence. And all that panned out and the FBI said there was nothing wrong. But that became a focal point of the Legislature. There were hearings where both Laxalt and Burnett were questioned. There as a lot of concern about confidentially between gaming regulators and gaming licensees. The whole thing threw Nevada's reputation as being the 'gold standard' of gaming regulation into question. The bill is more of way to reassure everyone the gold standard is still there.
What can you tell us about the Uber and Lyft bill?
Messerly: It's about requiring drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to provide evidence of a state business license within six months of being hired. This measure was introduced late last week by Democratic State Senator Kelvin Atkinson. It basically to make sure they have business licenses and that bill ended up passing out of committee and then did pass with bi-partisan support.
What happened with rooftop solar?
Ralston: This was caught up in some serious questions about what is the marketplace going to look like if the deregulation ballot initiative passes again in 2018, which it is likely to do. Much more of an impact maybe on renewable portfolio standards, which also was the big issue.
The rooftop solar folks' genius has been to reduce this to: You're either for net metering or you're against progress. It's not nearly that simple but they are very happy with this solution. I think the governor is happy to have this issue off the table.
Who was smiling leaving the session?
Messerly: I think one of the things that stick out is yesterday the governor he had a public availability at a bill signing and he was reminding everyone: We didn't get these education savings accounts passed… but he was reminding people, 'I had other promises in my State of the State address. Look how much other stuff we got done' He had this major substance abuse bill. This juvenile justice reform bill and all these other budget priorities. He's trying to say, 'We didn't get ESAs done, but look how much we were able to accomplish.' The Democrats did get some of the justice system reforms they were looking for but didn't get minimum wage hikes.
Ralston: The governor is going to always say because it's his agenda and because it's such a strong executive branch state that he got most of what he wanted. He always does. But if you make a big deal out of ESAs and say, 'This is where the whole session turns' and you don't get that – you can't ignore that.
It was kind of a status quo kind of session. The Democrats generally were unable to turn back what they hated about 2015. The fact is the major budget items were not that dramatic. They passed a weighted funding formula bill for the school district, which needs about $1.2 billion to be fully funded and they're crowing about getting $72 million.
If you want to talk anything landmark that really happened. I think you have to look at this issue of pharmaceutical industry transparency. A bill by freshman Senator Yvanna Cancela that got vetoed by the governor in a stunning development, in which he essentially parroted Big Pharma talking points. She and some of her allies didn't give up. They had most of it amended into another bill for transparency for pharmacy benefit managers and got it passed. That bill, which already got national attention, is I believe going to get more national attention. It's going to end up being copycat legislation in other jurisdictions.
So, that actually may have – we have to see how the regulations are and how it's implemented – that may have a more far-reaching impact than almost anything that passed this time.
Jon Ralston, founder/publisher, The Nevada Independent; Megan Messerly, reporter, The Nevada Independent


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From Leslie Jones. She writes about urban motherhood every two weeks in her column TWB Poo (There Will Be Poo). You can email her at leslie[AT]borderstan.com
A recent CNN opinion piece, "Facebook threatens to 'Zuck up' the human race", by Andrew Keen, got me thinking about my own dependence on social media. My husband sent me the article, thanks honey.
Step one is admitting you have a problem. I love my iPhone. I was late to the iPhone game, but it has quickly become an important accessory. I find that if I've accidentally left it at home when I go out, I feel irritated and cut off. And I don't just use it as a phone. I check my email and Facebook throughout the day. It's so easy; I just click on the little app and I can see my messages, pictures my family and friends have posted, and what the girl in my 10th grade English class made for dinner. Ok, so maybe that is something I could live without.
I like to think Facebook keeps me connected; and to some extent it does. Two of my cousins had babies around the same time I did and we share photos and encouraging comments. But I haven't picked up the phone to actually call them, well, maybe ever.
And then there are the vacation photos of distant friends that make me feel pangs of jealousy: a smiling couple lounging by an ocean-side pool in an exotic locale with fruity drinks. They look like they're having so much fun; they're so interesting and thin and rich and blah blah blah. Sometimes I like to imagine the dozens of really awkward, ugly pictures they had to weed through to get to that one shining, jealousy-inducing example, or the really horrible relationship-ending fight they got into right afterwards. I know; I have a problem.
An ABC news article published back in January, "Facebook: Friends' Happy Pictures Make You Sad?", by Matthew Rosenbaum, refers to a study done at Utah Valley University. "The more time students spent on Facebook, the more they thought others had it better than they did." I'll admit to feeling this way. I sometimes feel a little tied down, and wish that I too could go lounge on a beach with a fruity drink. Especially when it's 1 pm and I haven't found the time to shower yet.
But my concern about how Facebook is affecting me isn't nearly as important to me as how it may be affecting my daughter.
Keen refers to an article written by Aisha Sultan and Jon Miller for CNN, "Facebook parenting." They write that "in the case of our children, a permanent and public story has already been recorded about them before they have a chance to decide whether they want to participate or even whether the narrative is true to their own vision of self."
Yikes. I've thought people were over-sharing in the past, especially reality TV celebrities, and imagined what their children might say about it when they're old enough to care. And I try to keep my postings about Baby limited to cute photos and laments about my lack of sleep. But I am making a choice for her, however innocuous I may feel it is. What will it be like for the first generation of Facebook babies when they run for political office? Will pictures of them covered in goo somehow factor into debates and, hee hee, smear campaigns?
But that's a long way away. How is it affecting Baby now? For one, she thinks my phone is the bee's knees and tries to stick in her mouth every chance she gets. And why shouldn't she? Momma seems to think it's pretty great.
After Baby was born, and I found myself stuck for hours every day in a chair nursing her, or rocking her back to sleep every two hours in the middle of the night, I discovered that checking Facebook was a great distraction because it only required one hand and half my concentration. I know, I'm supposed to stare lovingly into my daughter's eyes every time I nurse her. But I'm with her 24/7 and there's really only so much of that you can do, or I could do anyway. I began interacting with Facebook more and I developed quite an expansive community on Forestville. Take that fruity-drink-enjoying-beach-goers.
So Baby has grown up watching me attached to this phone. Yesterday I put it down. My new resolution is to try not to use it in front of her whenever possible. I can't promise that I won't post silly pictures of her doing cute things (and ones that are shot from my best angle), but it's a start. Oh, and write a blog about her….
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