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In message <email@example.com>, Antoine Isaac <email@example.com> writes >> (Somewhat answering my own question, I think that given this >>explanation, foaf:person would be used outside of the library data >>environment, so library authority data might link to other resources >>that focus on the person rather than the name. But I can't think of a >>place in library data would make reference to foaf:Person except, >>perhaps, in the administrative fields of the authority record.) > >I think all this is about being pragmatic about which stuff can be >re-used across different audiences/communities. Not every data in VIAF >can apply to a foaf:Person, but some of it can. From this, it seems a >bit a pity not to output that data that can be mapped to FOAF. Many >data consumers in the SW environment using FOAF could make use of it. >Imagine that I maintain a database linking a foaf:Person Leonardo da >Vinci which connects him to many places he visited/lived in. But I >don't have the many versions of Leonardo's name which are in VIAF. In >such case I'd be very interested in importing the VIAF data with the >many names, or linking my data to the foaf:Person in VIAF via an >owl:sameAs. Of course if VIAF produces already bits of FOAF that would >make my task way easier. I would strongly support this approach. If VIAF mints a URI for the real-world person, and records what it knows about that person (which includes e.g. birth and death dates in many cases) in an RDF format which is widely understood, then there is potential added Linked Data value in both directions. If the names are just recorded as names, and not linked to the concept of a real-world person, that opportunity is lost. An obvious example of cross-domain linking would be pictures of Jane Austen in museums and galleries. One thing puzzles me, though (and maybe I've just not been paying attention at the back of the class ...). The 'SKOS' entry for Jane Austen (viaf/102333412/#skos:Concept) has no skos:preferredLabel, but includes copies of the three EstablishedHeading rdfs:label's as skos:altLabel's. Is this because you can only have one skos:preferredLabel per language, and no attempt is made to specify language in VIAF? Richard -- Richard LightReceived on Friday, 29 October 2010 16:22:20 UTC
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BAR HARBOR, ME – Eileen Rockefeller Growald is the first Rockefeller woman to write a personal family memoir, "Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself." She will share her intimate stories on Monday, August 12th at 5:30 pm at the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center on the College of Atlantic campus. A reception will follow in the Newlin Gardens.
As the youngest of six children and twenty-two cousins, Growald learned early that great wealth and fame could open almost any door, but could not buy personal worth. Her memoir affirms how family and friendships truly shape us, whatever the circumstances of our birth, and create mirrors to becoming ourselves.
Growald is co-chair of her family's generational association, the founding chair of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers, founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Health, and co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). She and her husband of 32 years also manage their own philanthropic fund that catalyzes actions to stem climate change. They have two grown sons and live on an organic farm in Vermont.
"Eileen shares our interest in environmental conservation and our passion for promoting kindness and compassion," said COA President Darron Collins. "She's a crusader: she's supported research into emotional intelligence well before anyone even knew what that meant and she founded an institution to study mind/body health. She's a social entrepreneur, a venture philanthropist, a farmer, and soon to be published author; we couldn't be more honored to have her visit the college."
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College of the Atlantic was founded in 1969 on the premise that education should go beyond understanding the world as it is, to enabling students to actively shape its future. A leader in experiential education and environmental stewardship, COA has pioneered a distinctive interdisciplinary approach to learning—human ecology—that develops the kinds of creative thinkers and doers needed by all sectors of society in addressing the compelling and growing needs of our world. For more, visit www.coa.edu.
DISCUSSION: Monday, August 12th at 5:30 p.m. Author Eileen Rockefeller Growald will talk about her memoir, Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself. College of the Atlantic, Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME. email@example.com or 207-801-5625. http://bit.ly/1b3izYF


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in the 60s?
Some people called it the "decade of discontent" because of the
demonstrations against the war and the race riots in Detroit, Los
Angeles, and other cities. Others called it the decade of "peace,
love, and harmony" because of the peace movement and the emergence of
the "flower children." To some, it was acid trips and mind expansion:
"Far out, man." For us teenagers, it was surely the decade of rock
and roll... from Elvis to the Beatles... and a thousand places in
between. It was an active decade in the Congress as President Johnson
signed major civil rights legislation and the laws enacting Medicare
and the first round of the war on poverty. Oh wait; I left out the race
to the moon, major political assassinations, the Berlin Wall.....
The country was a far different place in 1960 than it was in 1969. No,
you cannot describe what happened in the sixties in a single paragraph...
perhaps not in a thousand. That is part of its fascination.
All these significant events occurred in the span of just one decade.
Imagine yourself as an impressionable teenager, in the midst of all his
turmoil and excitement. Let me take you back there:
The country was a far different place in 1960 than it was in 1969. No, you cannot describe what happened in the sixties in a single paragraph... perhaps not in a thousand. That is part of its fascination.
All these significant events occurred in the span of just one decade. Imagine yourself as an impressionable teenager, in the midst of all his turmoil and excitement. Let me take you back there:
Just as we begin listening to rock n' roll music, the Twist becomes the newest dance craze. Starting with the Twist, our dances had much more movement, and a whole lot less direction. The transistor was invented in the '50s; it's first big impact in consumer products was the battery-operated transistor radio. I bought my first one in about 1960 through a mail-order catalog; they were not available in retail stores in the U.S. till the mid-sixties. There might be 3-4 rock and roll radio stations in a major city; they all played the same 40-60 songs. Singles were about two to two and a half minutes long; stations did not like to play songs longer than that. (Listeners might switch stations when they play a song the listener did not like; shorter songs reduced that occurrence.) Radio stations promised "All the hits, all the time," and "More music, more often." The Doors released two versions of "Light My Fire," a short one for the radio, and a longer one for the album. Richard Harris broke ranks when his record company released only a 4-5 minute version of "MacArthur Park" in 1968. It was all AM radio in the 60s. (Oh, I guess FM was around, but FM was mostly for eggheads.) The transistor radios picked up only AM stations. Radio stations encouraged listeners to call in and make requests and dedications. FM started to gain popularity in the late 60s, and became "standard" in the mid-70s. Billboard magazine published its top 100 list every week, but many local stations printed their own hot 100 lists. You could pick one up at the station or a local record shop. The hot new songs were recorded on 45 rpm (rotations per minute) records. (Seventy-eight rpm records faded into history after WWII.) A 45 single cost 97 cents, plus 3 cents tax. When an artist or group had 5-6 hits to their credit, they would put them on an album, along with 4-5 songs that had not been released as singles. Albums were recorded at 33 rpm; don't ask us why. An album cost about four dollars. - 1960.
In the first
presidential election that many of us remember, Vice-President Richard
Nixon loses to John Kennedy, the youngest man ever to be elected
president. Some people say that Kennedy's father, Joe Kennedy, bought or
stole the election - and there is considerable evidence of that. But
Nixon refused to contest the results, saying, "I would not want the
presidency on those terms."
We feared communism, which had come to the western hemisphere in a small country 90 miles from Florida. Rebels backed by the U.S. attempt a coup to overthrow Fidel Castro in an event known as the Bay of Pigs. Although the plan was hatched during the Eisenhower administration, the failure is a horrible embarrassment to the young, new president who let it proceed. The CIA made other attempts to get rid of Castro; but he has outlasted nine U.S. presidents. - 1961.
Germany is divided into two separate and highly unequal countries. Perhaps because he sees the U.S. as weak, Russian Premier Khrushchev exerts his country's authority in Europe by constructing a huge concrete wall along the Soviet's portion of Berlin, thus imprisoning its citizens. This stark symbol of oppression lasts for thirty years. Can you imagine being trapped in your own country, unable to leave for any reason? (Cubans still are.) While the wall stood, hundreds of East Germans escaped to the west, but dozens were killed by East German guards while trying to make a desperate run. Such was the price people were willing to pay for freedom. That is why our parents never take it for granted. - 1961.
The U.S. prepares for war against the Soviet Union because of the presence of Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba. Throughout the sixties the government conducts "civil defense drills," and some people bought air raid shelters to protect them in case of an attack. President Kennedy negotiates a deal with Chairman Khrushchev, who removes the missiles in exchange for a promise from Kennedy not to invade Cuba. This time "We faced them eyeball to eyeball... and they blinked." - 1962.
The women's liberation movement takes off with the publishing of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan. - 1963.
President Kennedy is assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Texas. Two days later, in front of a national television audience, Jack Ruby shot and killed Kennedy's accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. - 1963.
President Lyndon Johnson declares a war on poverty. That this war is indeed winnable is never questioned. Director Sargent Shriver says it will take about a billion taxpayer dollars to achieve this victory. Let the battle begin. - 1964.
The U.S. surgeon general declares that cigarette smoking, a habit "enjoyed" by 60% of the adult population, is a major health hazard. In the back of their minds, our parents had known this all along. But commercials for tobacco had claimed it was refreshing and even healthy. It took another thirty years for the government and the people to get serious about breaking this devastatingly destructive habit. - 1964.
Sam Sheppard, defended by unknown attorney F. Lee Bailey, is found not guilty of murdering his wife. This was perhaps the most grizzly and heinous murder ever thrust onto the national scene. Dr. Sheppard had been convicted of the crime a decade earlier. F. Lee Bailey became famous for getting the verdict overturned and his client acquitted. And yes, it is the crime that inspired "The Fugitive." - 1966.
With hardly anybody paying attention, the Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City in the first Super Bowl. - 1967.
Three U.S. astronauts (Grissom, Chaffee, White) die in a fire on the launch pad during a practice session. A faulty wire ignited a fire, and the absence of an effective hatch release trapped the astronauts in their capsule. This is the first serious accident associated with the U.S. space program; it is a devastating setback. But plans for a lunar landing this decade proceed. - 1967.
The state of Israel was less than twenty years old; its chances for long-term survival were still questionable. Bordering Arab neighbors took advantage of this uncertainty by attacking Israel, but the determined and skilled Israeli Army clobbered them all in what became known as the "Six Day War." - 1967.
Huge and horrible race riots in Detroit surpass those in the Watts section of Los Angeles two years earlier, in terms of both financial cost and lives lost. Forty-one people die; Detroit's mayor says, "It looks like Berlin in 1945." The face of America has serious blemishes. - 1967.
With hundreds of American soldiers dying every week, the "troop strength" in Vietnam increases to 475,000. - 1967.
Protestors disrupt the Democratic nominating convention in Chicago, and hundreds are arrested as the youth try to make their voices heard. Now we know that things are out of control. - 1968.
The voting public looks for a change. In a political comeback unmatched in the twentieth century, Richard Nixon wins the presidential election in a close race against Vice-President Hubert Humphrey. - 1968.
President Kennedy's widow, Jackie, marries Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis. - 1968.
Senator Ted Kennedy drives his car off a bridge in Massachusetts, killing his young passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. This major story was partially drowned out (sorry) by the moon landing that took place just days later. A week after the accident, Kennedy received a suspended sentence, and that was the end of it. But many Americans would never look at Kennedy the same way (and few would ever ride in a car with him at the wheel.) - 1969.
250,000 protestors (mostly boomers) march against the war in Washington, D.C. It is only fitting that the decade ends with as much excitement and turmoil as it began. - 1969.
What a decade!! Take a look at 1969... all the events listed for 1969 took place within a period of five months! It was simply awesome!
Let's compare that to the major events of the nineties. Many things may pop into your head today (the birth of Madonna's baby may loom large in your mind), but what do you think we'll remember about the nineties 30 years from now? Let's see...
The Berlin Wall
came down.
The Soviet Union ceased to exist.
Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, tried to take over Kuwait, but was beaten back by a coalition of forces led by the U.S. Nonetheless, he continued an attempt to build up an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction throughout the decade.
Former NFL running back and celebrity O. J. Simpson beat a murder rap.
The president was impeached and tried in the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice relating an affair he had with a White House intern.
The U.S. enjoyed the longest period of economic growth since the sixties.
Millions of people throughout the world died from a disease contracted largely by careless and dangerous personal behavior.
The personal computer and the Internet connected ordinary citizens to information, people, and events around the world.
Even the public schools are not safe as more than a dozen times kids deal with their anger by shooting their classmates and teachers at school.
Elvis is sighted at a trailer park outside Tupelo, Mississippi.
That should explain why baby boomers keep talking about how great the sixties was.
But wait... there's a whole lot more. Pick a year, any year:
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For a taste of the music that defined and mirrored the sixties, visit our Music Room.
If you are looking for even more information on the boomers, or what it was like when the boomers were growing up... check out the BBHQ Library. We have several books on the sixties there, including "The Sixties: From Memory to History," "Glued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows," "Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties," "I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962," and "The Fifties."
Next, you might want to go to your local library and look up "Life" magazine from the sixties. "Life" was a weekly back then; in fact, it was the weekly magazine. Hugh Sidey's essay on the back page was always terrific. Finally, if you have the luxury, ask your parents. Listen closely; in fact, record what they have to say on tape. Someday, your grandchildren will thank you.
Or, return to the entrance to our Sixties Section for other features.


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Fiji Time: 12:38 PM on Thursday 22 February
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Dawn Gibson
Thursday, May 08, 2014
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Mie University president Dr Atsumasa Uchida and FNU vice-chancellor Dr Ganesh Chand shake hands after the memorandum of understanding signing on Monday. Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU
JAPAN's oldest university — Mie University of Japan — formalised an MOU with the Fiji National University on Monday in an attempt to strengthen ties between the two universities through diverse educational projects.
And one of the projects will be something FNU has never shared with a Japanese university — a student cultural exchange program.
FNU vice-chancellor Dr Ganesh Chand said an agreement would also be signed between Mie and FNU's College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
"Also with the Japanese exchange program, it will allow for our students to travel to experience Japan and students from Mie would come here and experience Fiji," Dr Chand said.
"This is a very important element in generating exposure of students to different environments, different curriculums, different ways of learning and a different lifestyle."
Dr Chand said the two universities would also work jointly on research projects, the joint-hosting of seminars and conferences and on the publication of journals as part of the MOU.
He said the fact that Mie was Japan's oldest university was important for FNU given that they had also signed an MOU with India's oldest university.
Mie University president Dr Atsumasa Uchida said this was an important step for Mie as they tried to establish a number of university exchange programs to generate interest in the Japanese way of life and vice versa for Japanese students visiting Fiji.
"I hope this corroboration becomes stronger in the near future," Dr Uchida said.
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The Department of International Studies at CIDE (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics / Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), in Mexico City, seeks to fill two positions in International Relations. Both of the positions are open in rank and subfield, although special consideration will be given to applicants working on and/or interested in international organizations, U.S. political development and foreign policy, public opinion and foreign policy, and North American relations (Mexico, Canada, and the United States).
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BBC Musician's MasterclassTuesday, March 1st, 2011
Stumbled on DJ Kaboodle's twitter feed & came across this gem from veteran songwriter, artist & BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson from his BBC blog.
The focus is on singing /songwriting as well as musicianship, but many of the points raised I think are pertinent to DJ's & DJ/producers, or indeed, ANY performancer or performance artist.
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This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday November 29, 2012 with reports of RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, CAVE SWALLOW, NORTHERN SHRIKE, RED CROSSBILL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, seasonal and local reports of interest.
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A RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen at Palmyra Cove Nature Park in Burlington County. The bird is near the visitor center and is patronizing a feeder set up for it there.
Nine AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were viewed at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR from the Gull Pond Tower Nov 25 & 28. A CAVE SWALLOW flew past the Leed's Eco-Trail Nov 24. Five AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen from Leed's Point Nov 26.
Birds noted at Barnegat Light State Park/Inlet included a subadult BROWN PELICAN Nov 25-26, 50 COMMON EIDERS, 20+ HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 400+ RED-THROATED LOONS, and 50 PURPLE SANDPIPERS Nov 26.
Salem County reports this week included 5+ SANDHILL CRANES and 8 TUNDRA SWANS at Mannington Marsh Nov 25 and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found in a massive mixed-species blackbird flock near the intersection of Haines Neck Rd and Kings Highway Nov 23.
A birder canoeing the Batsto River Nov 23 encountered a flock of 15-20 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.
Four CAVE SWALLOWS were fly-bys at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch Nov 24. A light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was a flyby at nearby Lake Takanassee the same day. Further south along the north shore were 7 RED CROSSBILLS at Deal Esplanade in Deal Nov 28.
Two WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were noted at the pond along Navesink Ave in Rumson Nov 25.
Flyover WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL and RED CROSSBILL were noted at Chimney Rock Nov 25.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been frequenting the lake at Warinanco Park in Union County through Nov 28. Seven CACKLING GEESE were noted there Nov 27.
Three SANDHILL CRANES were found in Hillsborough Twp Nov 27. The trio was in a corn stubble field at the intersection of Opie Rd and CR 567.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen briefly from the overlook at Pleasant Plains Rd in Great Swamp NWR Nov 28.
Hunterdon County reports this week included a CAVE SWALLOW at Spruce Run Reservoir Nov 22; a late Green Heron Nov 24, four RED-THROATED LOONS Nov 26, and a RED-NECKED GREBE Nov 28. Nine RED CROSSBILLS were noted along Sanatorium Road in Glen Gardner Nov 23. A COMMON REDPOLL was found at Round Valley Reservoir Nov 24.
A drive north on Old Mine Road through the Delaware Water Gap Nov 27 yielded several COMMON REDPOLLS just north of the traffic light, a mixed flock of 30-40 RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS at Watergate and near Dingman's Bridge, and 14 EVENING GROSBEAKS near the Rosenrancz Ferry north of Flatbrookville.
Four GOLDEN EAGLES were tallied at Raccoon Ridge Hawk Watch Nov 24.
A CAVE SWALLOW was seen at Wallkill River NWR's Liberty Loop impoundments Nov 21.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many favored birding locations are currently closed to the public or have limited access. A partial list follows.
NJ Meadowlands/Dekorte Environment Center is closed. The Mill Creek Marsh Trail in Secaucus is open.
Great Swamp NWR still has some closed areas, but Pleasant Plains Road is open as are the Orange, Green, Silver, and Beige Trails. For updates see http://www.friendsofgreatswamp.org
Sandy Hook (Gateway National Recreation Area) is closed.
Portions of Forsythe NWR (Brigantine and Holgate Units) are closed. See http://www.facebook.com/ForsytheNWR for updates.
Many coastal and some inland State Parks are closed or have limited access; for updates see http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/parks_open_close.html
A list of open and closed Morris County Parks can be viewed here: http://www.morrisparks.net/pdfs/121114closings.pdf
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Trying to stem the scourge of prescription drug abuse in the United States, an advisory panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted Friday, Jan. 25, to toughen restrictions on Vicodin and other hydrocodone products, the most widely used narcotic painkillers in the country.
The panel voted 19-10 in favor of the recommendation, which the FDA will likely follow, that would limit access to the drugs by making them harder to prescribe, a major policy change that advocates said could help ease the growing problem of addiction to painkillers.
The change would have sweeping consequences for doctors, pharmacists and patients. Under the new rules, refills without a new prescription would be forbidden, as would faxed prescriptions and those called in by phone. Only written prescriptions from a doctor would be allowed, and pharmacists and distributors would be required to store the drugs in special vaults. The vote comes after similar legislation in Congress failed last year after intense lobbying by pharmacists and drugstores.
Prescription drugs account for about three-quarters of all U.S. drug overdoses, with the number of deaths more than tripling since 1999, according to federal data. Since 2008, deaths from overdoses have outpaced deaths from car accidents.
The FDA convened the panel, made up of scientists and other experts, after a request by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which contends that the drugs are among the most frequently abused painkillers in the country.
"This is the federal government saying, 'We need to tighten the reins on this drug,' " said Scott Drab, associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Pharmacy. "Pulling in the rope is a way to rein in abuse and, consequently, addiction."
At a two-day hearing at FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., many speakers opposed the change, including advocates for nursing home patients, who said older, frail residents needing pain medication would now be required to make the arduous trip to a doctor's office to continue using hydrocodone products.
Other experts questioned how effective the change would be. Oxycodone, another highly abused painkiller, and the active ingredient in OxyContin, has been in the more restrictive category since it came on the market, but the limited access does not seem to have stemmed abuse.
But others, including parents who had lost their children to prescription drug abuse, as well as doctors and pharmacists, testified in favor of the proposed restrictions, sometimes emotionally. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., made an impassioned plea.
"When I go back to West Virginia, I hear how easy it is for anybody to get their hands on hydrocodone drugs," Manchin said Friday. "For underage children, these drugs are easier to get than beer or cigarettes."
He added that the less restrictive status was fueling the prescription drug epidemic today.
Dr. James Rathmell, chief of the division of pain medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, said hydrocodone products had similar biological effects as oxycodone products and should unquestionably be in the same category of restrictiveness.
"Knowing what we know today, it was a mistake," Rathmell said, referring to hydrocodone products being placed in the looser category when they came on the market. "It should be corrected."
Dr. Timothy Deer, a pain management specialist at the Center for Pain Relief in Charleston, W.Va., said he feared for older patients, particularly in rural areas, who would have farther to drive to get their prescriptions renewed. But, because hydrocodone products have been by far the most widely prescribed painkiller, toughening the restrictions on them is a worthy trade-off, he said, particularly in a hard-hit state such as West Virginia.
"At the end of the day, the benefits of reducing abuse will outweigh the harm to legitimate pain patients," Deer said. "This will likely reduce the amount of drug falling into the wrong hands."


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The CELDA 2014 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways.
Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns.
This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are directly related to the overall theme of the conference – cognition and exploratory learning in the digital age.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas:
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The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:
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- Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification - for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues pertaining to learning and instruction in the digital age. These have two pages at maximum (1500 words). Authors will be asked to display their work in poster format and will take part in panel session.
All submissions will go through a double-blind refereeing process with at least two international experts.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book with ISBN and CD-ROM. Selected Papers will be published to a Special Issue of a Journal.
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Air fares between Sydney and Singapore could tumble by as much as 25 per cent this December, with the Singapore-based budget carrier Valuair planning to introduce flights to the east coast of Australia by Christmas.
The airline began services to Perth two months ago, and now wants to lease long-range aircraft capable of flying to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Valuair distinguishes itself from typical low-cost airlines by offering free hot meals and more leg room, but through its "value for money" mantra aims to undercut fares offered by competitors such as Qantas and Singapore Airlines.
Valuair's chief executive, Sim Kay Wee, told the Herald: "Because we are a mid-frills airline we are offering fares that are in the region of 25 per cent lower than full-service carriers."
Judging by the advertised fares presently offered by the 10 airlines flying between Sydney and Singapore, a return fare would fall from about $860 to about $650 return (including taxes) if Valuair follows through on its promise.
With Valuair looking to enter the Singapore-to-Sydney route, the second-busiest into Australia, Mr Sim said the airline was also keen to connect Australian passengers onto its other destinations within Asia.
The airline began operations nine months ago and now flies from Singapore to Perth, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Jakarta with its fleet of two Airbus 320s.
It is planning to introduce flights to the Chinese cities of Chengdu and Xiamen, and hopes to add destinations in northern China, Japan and South Korea when it takes delivery of its first longer-range "widebody" aircraft.
Mr Sim said Valuair wanted to add two or three widebody aircraft to its fleet each year and was deciding between Airbus 340s and Boeing 767/777 models.
One reason for Valuair moving to acquire longer-range aircraft was the regulatory restrictions it was facing flying to short-haul destinations in South-East Asia.
Singapore-based airlines have unlimited access into Australia.
Mr Sim said Valuair was also keen to tap into the burgeoning number of Chinese tourists visiting Australia.
Last year, the number of Chinese visitors to Australia grew 42.6 per cent to 250,900, although this followed a drop in the previous year because of the SARS epidemic. Tourism Australia predicts the number will top 1 million by 2013.
Analysts remain cautious about Valuair's ability to trigger an airline price war.
A Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation consultant, Ian Thomas, said: "It really depends on what frequency they come in the market with."
He said the impact would be minimal if Valuair flew fewer than seven flights a week into Sydney.
There is also the impact Valuair has already had on fares since it started its flights to Perth in December.
With the airline's introductory $389 return fares having ended, Valuair's cheapest advertised pretax return fares from Perth to Singapore are now $629 - $80 lower than the cheapest advertised fares on Qantas's website.
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Words cannot describe the feeling of seeing the curious and friendly dolphins up close. We launch from Quepos Oceanfront. We sail along the coast to where the Punta Quepos meets the Pacific Ocean (a favorite dolphin playground). We linger in that area and wait for the Dolphins to come by.
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CUA Captures Five Firsts at LVCI
LEBANON, Pa.- The Catholic University women's track and field squad had a successful day at the Lebanon Valley College Invitational on Saturday. The Cards brought home five first place finishes on the afternoon.
Distance and middle distance proved to be CUA's strong point on Saturday. Jenna Hackett placed first in the 5000 running a 19:51.5. Mary Shashaty took first in the 1600 with a time of 5:44.6 and also was a part of the second place 4x400 relay that ran a 4:31.6. The Cards had three other second place finishes including Angela Montanio (1,600m, 6:02.2), Noel Burns (400m, 66.2) and Kelly Szal (55m hurdles, 9.6).
CUA dominated in field events with senior captain Kim Stengle leading the way. Stengle took first in the weight throw with a 43-06 which qualified her for the ECAC Championship and in the shot put throwing a 33-01. Kristen Kennedy also notched a first in the high jump making 4'10". Szal brought home two second place finishes in the field with a 14-11 in the long jump and a 31-1 in the triple jump.
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Inslee Announces Run For Governor Former Congressman Seeks Democratic Nomination
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Attorney Jay Inslee made the switch from legislator to congressman with the help of the voters in 1992.
He made the switch from congressman to private citizen - reluctantly, but again thanks to the voters - in 1994.
He'd like to switch again, to the governor's mansion, in 1996.
The 44-year-old lawyer in a Puget Sound firm jetted around the state Wednesday to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Seattle, Yakima and Spokane.
"I want to give voters a choice, to have a governor who will fight for the mainstream, not the ex-treme," he said at the Ridpath Hotel.
He said he would oppose measures to turn back environmental regulations such as the Referendum 48 property rights proposal, which voters recently rejected. But he'd work to address some of the concerns property owners have, by giving them consistent regulations, better appeal rights and simpler processes.
Inslee also will push campaign finance reforms that limit the amount a candidate can spend on a race. If he can't get his opponents - currently two other Democrats and at least five Republicans - to agree to a limit, he'll set one for himself.
He won't say how much, yet, but plans to base it on an average of the amount spent on recent gubernatorial campaigns.
As governor, Inslee would set up a special fund to help protect seniors and children who could be affected if the federal government reduces Medicaid funding for the state.
He'd look for efficiencies in state government to come up with money for the fund, he said.
Inslee lost his re-election bid for central Washington's congressional seat to Richard Doc Hastings in last year's Republican landslide. The changes being pushed by that new Republican Congress mean many of the issues he cares about will soon be controlled by the state, Inslee said.
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"When I tell my friends in Toronto how much I love their city," Francine Prose wrote in a rapturous profile of Toronto's dining scene in The New York Times last year, "they often say, 'Really?'" That's Canadian modesty for you. But the truth is that any Torontonian with working taste buds and a bit of disposable income can tell you where to find a great meal—from a sublime banh-mi, to perfect fish tacos to a bowl of ramen you won't shut up about for hours after eating it.
Toronto doesn't want for great restaurants. (Toronto's even got a genius-level restaurant critic, Chris Nuttall-Smith, whose writing on food is so good that it's worth following even if you don't live in the city.) What's unusual about Toronto is that its best restaurants tend not to make a big show of their own excellence. This is a city of two and a half million residents. But it isn't a city of celebrity chefs or yearlong reservation lists—indeed, a lot of the best places don't take reservations at all. Think of it as a democratic spirit: everybody sidles in with everybody else.
Such a rich and varied culinary landscape makes it hard for any best-of list to get it exactly right. So try to think of this list as not so much a definitive claim as an affectionate portrait—one view of the eating well in the city that might point the hungry and eager in some helpful directions. Here are our picks for the 10 best places to dine.
Ask virtually any Torontonian to name the coolest restaurant in town and you'll hear the same refrain: It's got to be Grand Electric. Ninety minutes was the customary wait time for a table during the Parkdale outfit's first year in operation—a small price indeed, as anyone who's ever eaten here will attest, for the most extraordinary tacos in the city. It has been around long enough that the once-deafening hype has settled down to a modest hum, which makes dropping by for a pint of the house draught and a few chipfuls of exquisite tuna ceviche all the more convenient.
Toronto is not, broadly speaking, a great place for pizza—even the direst dollar slice in New York bests the city's average delivery selection. Which makes the existence of Pizzeria Libretto all the more remarkable. VPN-certified, brick oven baked, and popular enough, among discerning Torontonians, to routinely warrant hour-plus waits, the Libretto pie is nothing less than a marvel. (Doubly true when graced with duck confit.) From their humble digs in the city's trendy Little Portugal the restaurant has expanded to a further two locations, and their much-deserved success seems still on the upswing.
The Queen and Beaver is better than any restaurant in the tourist-overwhelmed Yonge and Dundas area has any right (or need) to be. Tucked into an unassuming side street, and in a building that looks more like a retirement home than a nice place to eat, it happens to be only not a distinguished English pub in the traditional style, but in fact the closest approximation of an authentic English pub you're likely to find outside of Britain. Downstairs its elegant and pleasantly old-fashioned dining room affords the sophisticated a fine place for supper; upstairs, meanwhile, a clutch of sofas and armchairs make this the ideal refuge for pints on a weekday evening or, for football fans, Saturday morning straight through till the afternoon. The food is exemplary across the board (the scotch egg and Welsh rarebit starters especially). Just don't leave without dessert, because of these three glorious words: Sticky, toffee, pudding.
Toronto, as might be made clear from this list, has no shortage of Mexican restaurants, many of which do what they do quite well. But Los Colibris shares little in common with the two-bite fish tacos and bowlfuls of guacamole slung elsewhere around the city. Rather this is Mexican fine dining, upscale down to the tablecloths. The menu, realized with exceptional flair by executive chef Elia Herrera, tends toward lamb shanks and flat-iron steaks, prepared with skill and ingenuity using family recipes. (Herrera is from Cordoba, and says many of her dishes are inspired by the cuisine of the region.) And no less excellent than the food is the atmosphere, conceived on a grand scale and put together at no doubt lavish expense; you may be hard-pressed to find a better-looking place to eat.
David Chang, patron saint of ramen, brought the toast of New York to Toronto in 2012—and, rumor has it, had a bit of a rocky start. But you'd never know it to drop by now. With four distinctive sub-restaurants spilling up its three opening-concept stories (as well as a miniature glass-enclosed Milk Bar wedged near the bathrooms on the second level), Momofuku Toronto seems the very picture of trendy haute cuisine at work, nearly as dazzlingly to look at it as its food is to eat. The standout, by popular opinion, is the exclusive (and expensive) Shoto, and, true, for special occasions its luxe set menu can hardly be beat. But as an overall experience we prefer Daisho, the third-floor dining room that, on a bustling weekend night, is certainly the place to be. Besides which, few dishes inspire affection as passionately as the large-order bo ssam.
The only fast-food joint on this list, Banh Mi Boys clearly has a lot to prove. But a mere glimpse of their signature kimchi fries—slathered, in an inspired culinary stroke, with mayonnaise—are enough to dispel any doubt that the restaurant is a best-of-the-city contender. Momofuku's (relatively) cheap-eats Noodle Bar has the wider reputation as purveyor of Toronto's best steamed bao, but there are a great many who swear by the five-spice pork belly baos served up by the Boys—a race too close to call, in my books, but we're talking a seriously high standard of excellence either way. And that's to say nothing, of course, of what by name alone ought to the restaurant's main attraction: the wide array of Banh Mi sandwiches, from squid to duck confit, that the place makes fresh to order daily.
The highest of the highest-end restaurants in Toronto, Oliver & Bonacini's Canoe is the blindingly bright star at the center of the city's fine dining scene. Chef John Horne, considered something of a genius, serves dishes of almost ludicrous extravagance and audacity, including such marvels of ingenuity as poached organic pullet eggs, s'mores foie gras (!), and Wagyu tri-tip with smoked tongue. A rare four-star review in Toronto's Globe and Mail even describes the restaurant's quest to source an obscure fish called "the unknown" from Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, which they eventually bought, served, and ditched a few weeks later—just to keep things interesting. Well, genius has a way of seeming eccentric to you and me. But we trust the results.
We've raved about People's Eatery around these parts before, in our round-up of Toronto's best bars. And while it's true that this newly opened Chinatown joint proudly remains among the hippest places in the city to catch a drink, its dinner menu, designed by executive chef Dustin Gallagher, is worth raving about all on its own. The fried-tongue sandwich, served on a chewy pretzel bun and topped with pickles and mustard, is one of the most satisfying small plates in town; for those inclined to share (or anyone particularly hungry), meanwhile, the deluxe smoked fish platter is delicious enough that we're willing to overlook its rather tenuous connection to the cuisine of the neighborhood. We only wish they'd bring back their standout bao, a greatly missed causality of recent (and otherwise positive) menu changes.
Head chef Ariel Caplan helped found Thoroughbred Food & Drink after stints at acclaimed restaurants in New York, but this relatively new establishment isn't simply modeled on the trends of the five boroughs. Billed as a "contemporary Canadian restaurant," and serving through the evening what are rapidly proving among the best cocktails in the city (with drinks named after both Seinfeld and Infinite Jest), Thoroughbred has already made clear, in its short time on the scene, that it's nothing less than world class. The dishes, like the drinks, are as striking as they are innovative, running the wow-factor gamut from chicken-liver mousse (whose almost dessert-like creaminess is brilliantly cut by pickled sultanas) to kung-pao cauliflower, the restaurant's calling card and signature dish.
Step into Don Don Izakaya and, no matter how thronged with happy diners, the room erupts in cheers—that's just the sort of place this is. Nor does the revelry diminish once you've been seated. An izakaya is a rather unusual Japanese restaurant, more like an English pub in the middle of a Premiership game than a traditional sushi-and-teriyaki joint. The atmosphere has much to recommend it. So too does the food: Don Don's shareable small plates, from superb beef tataki to a burned-hay sashimi platter, are as delightful as the ambiance.


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OV Pulls out Regional win against Raiders Monday
Hagerman leads the way with 25, Still with 23
by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
Early and often Okaw Valley (6-17) got inside on Central A&M (4-22) and used a large rebounding advantage to advance past the Raiders 76-68 in Monday night's Arthur regional opener.
Peyton Hagerman lead all scorers with 25, and Devon Still added 23 for the Timberwolves to go with a game high 17 rebounds. Joe Jeffers also contributed eight points and 10 boards to the cause.
Early on, it was Hagerman's nine first quarter points that largely kept the Timberwolves in the game—including five of the first seven of the game for OV—but the Timberwolves were down 22-19 after one.
"Peyton really asserted himself tonight," Timberwolves head coach Tony Sparks said. "It was a point of emphasis for us to get down low as a team, and he did a good job off the bat and in the third to help us maintain our lead."
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Changing how Subsea Video and Imaging
are Captured, Stored and Viewed.
Cathx Ocean design, manufacture and supply advanced subsea imaging and measurement systems. These include cameras, lighting, lasers, machine vision and data management tools for all deep sea vehicles.
Cathx Ocean's sequential imaging and laser profiling system has recently been chosen by Tecnomare for their Clean Sea programme using a Saab Sabertooth hybrid AUV/ROV for delivery in August 2016. Tecnomare, a technology division of ENI – an engineering services provider in the offshore oil and natural gas industry, developed the Clean Sea project (continuous long-term environmental and asset integrity monitoring at sea) to benefit asset integrity and environmental monitoring of oil and gas installations.
The Cathx system enables Tecnomare to capture high resolution video with sequential white & UV light imaging and 3D laser data for Clean Sea monitoring and inspection.
Cathx Ocean have engaged Pioneer Focus (HK) Ltd as their representative in the Chinese market specifically targeting Oceanographic Institutes. Cathx imaging systems were delivered to a number of Chinese Oceanographic Institutes in 2015 and 2016 for both AUV and ROV operations including the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) and the Institute of Oceanography- Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cathx Ocean's latest lighting product, the Aphos 32, has also been very successful in the Chinese market in 2016. The Dalian Maritime University chose this system for its ultra high 150,000 lumen output which enables high speed high altitude imaging with the benefit of low continuous power consumption from the vehicle.
Following successful sea trials in the North Sea in 2015 using the Cathx Ocean imaging system on the 'Surveyor Interceptor ROV', MMT ordered further Cathx systems for their high speed operations. Deepocean, who also collaborated with Kyst design in 2016 to build the high speed 'Superior ROV', also chose the Cathx Ocean system.
The Cathx system enables high speed ROV's to capture very high resolution imaging at ranges of up to 5m and speeds of up to 5 knots.
Lasers are rapidly finding their way into the subsea industry due to their ability to generate high-quality inspection data. As a result, the latest developments on EIVA NaviSuite include support for Cathx's subsea laser scanner, which offers data of impressive resolution and detail…
The Surveyor Interceptor Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) had its first commercial outing in the North Sea. The Cathx imaging system was used to capture high resolution UHD still images over 8,000 kilometres of pipelines at a range of 5m and at an average speed of 3.33 knots. The data acquired was of very high quality and available for processing and analysis continuously on the Edda Fonn support vessel.
In early 2015 Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden completed successful offshore tests on the new Surveyor Interceptor ROV and has recently completed its first commercial deployment.
Cathx Ocean were commissioned by MMT to provide a full imaging system including a dual mode laser profiler and still imaging system with synchronized lighting, lasers and pilot video camera. This system is capable of capturing UHD still images and high density 3D point cloud while travelling at speeds of 4knots at a range of 5m.
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Is there a formula to find the square root of a complex number? I can't find it anywhere... Thanks.
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The easiest way is to convert the complex number to exponential form, because .
Note that this only gives you one of the square roots, but you can use the fact that the roots will be evenly placed around a circle to find the other.
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Leaked HTC Polaris is now the Touch Cruise
The GPS equipped HTC Polaris will be the latest phone to join the HTC Touch family as the Touch Cruise. The new Touch Cruise will feature a new and improved TouchFlo capabilities and features quad-band GSM radio (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), tri-band UMTS (850 / 1900 / 2100), HSDPA and HSUPA data connectivity, a 400MHz MSM7200 Qualcomm CPU, 128MB of RAM and 256MB of ROM, a 2.8-inch, 320 x 240 QVGA display, 3-megapixel camera (plus secondary, 0.3-megapixel camera), WiFi, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot.
For those of you waiting for something new from HTC, you will not have to wait much longer at the HTC Touch Cruise is expected to hit the streets by the last week of November, just in time for a good Christmas present.
About Nick Gray
Tech enthusiast, Android user and founder of the first HTC blog – Nick Gray has been blogging about HTC phones before most people knew what a smartphone even was. Over the years Nick has owned and tested dozens HTC devices and is constantly flashing new ROMs to his Android phones.


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Just picked up this bike this past weekend. Can't seem to find much info on the net. Anyone have the lowdown on it?
21 speeds, quick release 700 rims, KHS CRMO Forks. It has a signature endorsement on it. can't read the signature but it says "National Country Cross Champion". Strange that it's Country Cross instead of Cross Country?
here is the Signature
Hmmm, not sure about the specifics on that exact frame. I have a KHS full suspension from 1998 and i cant find any info on that either. I do know that these types of bikes gained popularity in the early 90's but died out soon after. They were interesting in concept but never really caught on. It looks like a fun project bike though.
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Calvin Harris is back in his gonch for Armani [ohlala]
The Amber Rose 'Slut Walk' to counter 'slut-shaming' is offically happening — YASSSS – count me in! [pinkisthenewblog]
Ashlee Simpson gave birth to Diana Ross' newest grandspawn [dlisted]
On Mondays we wear pink: Mariah Carey only allows James Packer to have sex with her on Mondays [celebitchy]
Is HGH good or bad for your biceps, bro!? [boy culture]
The Ebola vaccine is 100 percent working ya'll! [joemygod]
Caitlyn Jenner steps out looking gor-juss [socialite life]
Cat MASSEUR! [kenneth]
That guy who does everything and nothing in a speedo, Steve Grand, accuses Queerty of 'slut-shaming' [queerty]
Boring lives matter: The HBO president says it was 'very painful' for him to cancel Looking [towleroad]


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Council, 26 June 2015.
The objective of the policy is to assist owner-occupiers of property to continue living in their home when they do not have the financial capacity to pay their rates or where the payment of rates would create financial hardship.
The Rates Postponement Policy is primarily, but not exclusively, designed for ratepayers over 65 years of age. Younger ratepayers may apply and will be considered on their merits.
For full details please see the Rates Postponement Policy from the Long Term Plan 2015-25 [PDF, 2.2 MB]


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It seems like the chickens just sprouted overnight. Here is an updated profile on each of the girls (hopefully) and my crazy idea to follow these pictures:
Chick #1
Breed: Araucana
Coloring: Grey/White
Egg Color: Blue-Green
Additional: She's a "floater", neither the top nor bottom of the pecking order. She is still the cutest.
Chick #2
Breed: Rhode Island Red
Coloring: Reddish Brown
Egg Color: Light Brown
Additional: She is the leader and wins the curiosity award. The first to jump on the feed and water containers and usually the first to eat from my hand.
Chicken #3
Breed: Brahma
Coloring: White, feathered legs
Egg Color: Brown
Additional: The feathered legs are getting more pronounced. She's a little tall and lanky currently, like the girl in third grade who is a foot taller than everyone else.
Chicken #4
Breed: Plymouth Rock
Coloring: Black/White
Egg Color: Brown
Additional: She is still the smallest, but she is growing and keeping up with the big girls just fine (enter sigh of relief here)
Chick #5
Breed: Araucana
Coloring: Brown
Egg Color: Blue-Green
Additional: She still looks like she is wearing eye liner. She was squawking the most when Chick #2 jumped up on the feeder – I think she has jealousy issues.
I am mulling over a semi-crazy idea for the chickens and I am curious to see if you guys think this is a bad idea. These chickens are going to lay like crazy once they get going, but they will probably be about six months old when they do start laying. I will probably adopt them out when they are around 3-4 months old. My current girls are slowing down a lot in egg production, which I am okay with, but they are in full laying mode for the season.
What if I join the two flocks though? I could wait until they all reestablish the new pecking order and then adopt out half of the joined flock. Whoever I adopted them out to would have two first-season girls (who probably won't be laying yet and might still be a little awkward looking) and two older girls (who would be laying, but not every single day). The adopter would have two already laying chickens and more to start laying in a few months. I would be able to add more years to my flock by mixing in older girls with younger girls too.
Is this cruel? Am I heartless for feeling okay parting with one or two of my older hens? My farmer friend seems to think this would work out well, but I am curious what you guys have to say…


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The Cowboys hope that Teddy Williams' collision with receivers coach Jimmy Robinson doesn't set back his development.
A former UTSA sprinter, Williams tweaked a hamstring when he tried to apply the breaks before slamming into Williams during a punt coverage drill Saturday afternoon. Earlier in the day, coach Jason Garrett talked about Williams' development.
"He's come a long way," Garrett said of Williams, who didn't play college football. "It's fun to see as a coach because he's a very talented athlete, clearly. He's a big, strong guy who can run real well. I always tease him, (saying he's) second to Usain Bolt in the world; second fastest guy in the world.
"(But) I need to see that speed. Initially, we didn't see that speed because he was thinking about playing and he wasn't that comfortable. But the more and more you're around him, he learns quickly. You guys hear me say it all the time, but it goes to approach. And for a guy like that who's come from so far away, to have the physical ability that he has and then he goes about it the right way, it's really fund to see the progress he's made."
Williams was on the practice squad last season. At this point, he's a safe bet to return, especially if the injury he suffered Saturday keeps him sidelined for awhile.


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Baked spicy chicken tacos are PERFECT for a quick weeknight dinner! OVEN BAKED chicken tacos have lots of flavor and none of the stress. This super easy tacos recipe is my favorite!
I've published a lot of posts on this site. Almost 600 to be exact. (UPDATE: These Chicken Tacos are officially the most popular recipe on The Cookie Rookie and have been viewed over 3 million times, and pinned over 2 million times! You have got to try them!)
But this post, this SUPER EASY OVEN BAKED SPICY CHICKEN TACOS post, is one of my favorites.
It's one of the easiest, one of the tastiest, and one that is made most often at our house. Do you see all that melty cheese? What's not to love??
Working with Old El Paso this year has been such a dream. It has been so fun to get creative with their amazing products; they never disappoint.
These tacos are filled with spicy flavor because due to quality ingredients from Old El Paso that are easy to use, totally accessible, and sure to please. What more can you ask for from an easy meal?!
I make these baked tacos so often at our house, and they're one of the recipes Pat asks for the most. When he comes home and sees these babies are ready to go, he's a happy camper. You can make them with so many different flavor combos. Be creative and enjoy! Oh and top them with a heck of a lot of cheese! That's the only way to do them.
I'm pretty sure these are the perfect easy appetizer or meal for New Years Eve. Why slave away in the kitchen when you can have these Chicken Tacos (for a crowd!) ready in around 30 minutes?
This is the MOST popular recipe on The Cookie Rookie and I hope you love it as much as we do!
Baked spicy chicken tacos for the win! Enjoy!!
Serves 10
15 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
30 minTotal Time
4.5 based on 30 review(s)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 pound cooked chicken, shredded (I used cooked Rotisserie chicken)
- 1 (1 ounce) packet Old El Paso Hot & Spicy Taco Seasoning
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomato, drained
- 1 (4.5 ounce) can Old El Paso Chopped Green Chiles
- 10 Old El Paso Stand and Stuff Taco Shells
- 1/2 (16 ounce) can Old El Paso Refried Beans
- 2 cups Mexican Blend Cheese, shredded
- Toppings such as Old El Paso sliced Jalapenos, sour cream, salsa, chopped cilantro, shredded lettuce, or any of your favorite taco toppings!
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium skillet.
- Add onion to skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until the onion is translucent and fragrant.
- Stir in the chicken, taco seasoning, tomatoes, and green chiles. Stir to combine fully. Reduce to simmer and allow to cook for 5-8 minutes.
- Place the taco shells in the baking dish, standing up. I was able to fit 10 taco shells in the dish by adding 2 on each side.
- Bake the taco shells for 5 minutes by themselves to allow them to crisp up. Remove from the oven.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of beans into the bottom of each taco shell. Top with the chicken mixture, almost to the top of each shell.
- Sprinkle each shell generously with shredded cheese, the more the better!
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cheese is fully melted and the edges of the shells are browned.
- Remove from the oven and top with your favorite items such as jalapenos, sour cream, cilantro, and salsa.
- Enjoy!
- ***TIPS: Be sure to drain the tomatoes completely, this will help the taco shells to not get soggy while baking!
- If you prefer your tacos not spicy, just omit the green chilis and use regular Old El Paso Taco Seasoning. Just as delicious!
This post has been sponsored by Old El Paso. All opinions are 100% mine. Thank you SO much for supporting the brands that help support The Cookie Rookie!


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Boyle: My success was a miracle
Susan Boyle has revealed that she believes in miracles, because her own rise to fame was quite "miraculous".
The Britain's Got Talent phenomenon makes her big-screen debut as Eleanor Hopewell in The Christmas Candle, alongside Samantha Barks and Lesley Manville. She also contributed an original song, Miracle Hymn, to the film's soundtrack.
"It's a story that inspires me in that you never give up on your dreams, and you never stop believing in miracles. What happened to me was pretty miraculous - I always believe in miracles," she said.
The Scottish singer, whose festive album Home For Christmas is out now, said she enjoyed her first foray into film.
"It's a much wider audience, more people to work with, more things to take on. It's an entirely different idea," she said.
The period drama, which is directed by John Stephenson, is based on Max Lucado's novel of the same name. It tells the story of the Christmas candle in the fictional village of Gladbury, where the villager who lights it will be granted a wish by an angel every 25 years, until it goes missing.
The Christmas Candle, which also stars Hans Matheson, John Hannah and Barbara Flynn, will be released in UK cinemas on December 13.
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July 8, 2008
G8 Proposes Increasing Oil Extraction, Refining Capacities
TOYAKO. July 8 (Interfax) - The Group of Eight leaders have voiced a recommendation to countries extracting hydrocarbons to increase production and refining capacities.
The G8 adopted a final declaration which expresses serious concern about a sharp rise in oil prices, saying that it is a threat to the world economy.The Group of Eight therefore proposed increasing extraction and refining in the short-term, and making joint efforts to expand investment in the prospecting, extraction, refining and sales of hydrocarbons in the medium-term perspective.
Oil-producing countries should create a transparent and stable investment climate, beneficial for expanding extraction capacities, the declaration says.
In order to strengthen energy security, the G8 leaders proposed convening an energy forum to center on energy efficiency and new technologies.
A forum like this could contribute to the dialogue between energy producers and consumers, the declaration says.
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Fourth of July Oregon Style
I was fortunate enough to spend most of June traveling. I spent nearly two weeks visiting friends and family in Southern California and another week in Oregon. I have to admit, I'm feeling quite spoiled.
Both were perfect vacations with lots of sun and time spent with the family. In addition, there was lots of family to care for Berlin, so I could get some much needed rest.
This was also the first legitimate family vacation we have had since Berlin was born, so it was an extra special trip for us, traveling as a family of three.
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2 accidents at blinking intersection
Published 6:45 pm, Sunday, September 22, 2013
Photo: Terri Rousseau
DANBURY -- Two people were taken to Danbury Hospital after a two-car accident at the intersection of Balmforth Avenue and Osborne Street late Saturday afternoon.
Danbury police had no information about the crash Sunday, but a nearby resident blamed it on a traffic light at the busy intersection that had been blinking yellow all day. There was a second accident at the same intersection on Sunday, but no injuries were reported. The signal was also blinking yellow on Sunday, police said.


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Eyelid Surgery
More than any other facial feature, the eyes have a tremendous impact on your appearance and are the first to show the signs of aging. They tell people whether you are happy, sad, energetic or tired. If you believe your eyes are making you look tired, then eyelid surgery may be right for you.
- Best Candidates for Eyelid Surgery
- What to Expect at Your Consultation
- How Eyelid Surgery is Performed
- Recovery from Eyelid Surgery
Best Candidates for Eyelid Surgery
Men and women, 30's to 60's, with loose skin in the upper or lower eyelids, puffy lower eyelids and/or dark circles. Younger individuals who have an inherited, family appearance may also benefit from the procedure, as this condition is not related to aging. Good candidates for eyelid surgery may also consider BOTOX® or Dysport® to help with excessive frown lines that eyelid surgery does not correct.
What to Expect at Your Consultation
Dr. James Matas, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Orlando, Florida, has extensive experience performing facial plastic surgery. At your initial consultation, he will discuss your goals and motivations for surgery, along with assessing your physical and emotional health and reviewing information you provide about previous surgeries, past and current medical conditions, as well as nutritional supplements, herbal remedies and pharmaceutical medications you take.
He will examine your eyes, assessing the quality of your skin, and may have you make some facial expressions to determine the cause of the problem. He may also review photographs of you at an earlier age to see how the aging process has affected you.
He will recommend the exact procedure, or procedures, needed to bring about the desired result, outlining the techniques and incisions needed, the type of anesthesia, where the surgery will be performed and the risks and possibility of complications. He may also recommend non-surgical injectable treatments to enhance the surgical outcome.
He will advise you to avoid taking aspirin, ibuprofen products, Vitamin E and certain herbal medications before surgery, as these can cause increased bleeding or have undesirable effects with anesthesia.
Once a surgical plan has been decided, you will also be provided with the financial details, along with a suggested plan of action should you decide to take the next step toward eyelid surgery.
How Eyelid Surgery is Performed
Surgery can be performed separately on the upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both the upper and lower lids can be done together. With upper eyelid blepharoplasty, an incision is made to the inside corner of the upper lid and is then extended across the lid along the natural fold, or crease. From this incision, excess skin and fat is carefully removed. This incision line is hidden by the fold, and will not be visible.
With lower eyelid blepharoplasty, an incision is made just below the lower lashes. Through this incision, excess skin and fat are removed. At times, when the muscle is causing too much thickness, a section of the muscle is removed. In some patients, the underlying muscle is also tightened.
When the lower eyelids only need fat removed, a transconjunctival blepharoplasty is performed. In this procedure, the incision is placed inside the lower eyelid so there is no external incision.
Surgery is performed outpatient under intravenous sedation or general anesthesia and takes 1 to 2 hours, or longer, if additional procedures are performed at the same time.
Recovery from Eyelid Surgery
You'll be back to work and most of your normal activities within one week. If necessary, special camouflage makeup can be applied to cover any bruising that remains. You won't be able to wear contact lenses for several weeks, but glasses may be worn instead.
I am so glad that my second opinion consultation brought me to Dr. Matas for eyelid and forehead lift surgery. As soon as I spoke to you I knew you were very skilled and I knew I wanted you to be my doctor. Your office is very sweet and kind and smart! Every time I look in the mirror and smile, I think of you. I will never forget you!
Your New Look
Your friends, family and coworkers won't even know you had eyelid surgery unless you tell them – although many will probably remark that you look alert and refreshed. But you'll know each time you look in the mirror… because there will now be a much younger person looking back at you!


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Scott Weinberg of Minneapolis was out bicycling about three years ago when he had troubling thoughts: What if he got hit by a car? If so, what would happen to all of his social-media accounts?
The accounts "would be flapping out there in the breeze" after he had died, he realized. Under such circumstances, he would prefer that the accounts be promptly shut down.
So Weinberg saw a business opportunity. His online service, Protect Their Memories, is designed to help families in precisely that situation. When someone dies, the service helps survivors promptly wipe the deceased person's accounts on Facebook, Twitter and six other top social networks.
The survivors could do this on their own, and the social networks typically outline the steps — but it can be a complex, time-consuming process, Weinberg said.
For $300 per deceased person, Weinberg takes care of it. This flat fee covers all of that person's social accounts, which can include personas on Google, Tumblr, Foursquare, Reddit, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
This is typically a weeks-long process but that varies depending on the service's level of difficulty. Reddit is the easiest, Weinberg said, and Google is the hardest — he said it has unusually stringent requirements, such as proof of death delivered by postal mail; no online submissions allowed.
Protect Their Memories doesn't need to access accounts in order to do its work, and it never asks for account passwords.
The service partly exists, according to its site, because "dormant social media accounts are sought by internet 'trolls' for identity theft purposes."
Protect Their Memories is a bit of an experiment, he added. He doesn't know if he has the makings of a prosperous business or even a marginally viable one, but he aims to find out while holding on to his day job in software sales.
He wrestled a bit with whether the service is overly morbid, but realized funeral homes, casket makers, cemeteries and other businesses perform valuable services for grieving families.
He has yet to do aggressive marketing, but has contacted estate-planning attorneys to to spread the word and fine-tune his business model.
Protect Their Memories has a narrow niche, and not every family with a just-deceased member is a good fit.
Some families might want accounts kept active permanently for sentimental reasons, perhaps as memorials to the deceased, or at least temporarily to scour them for family pictures, important documents or financial assets, such as Bitcoin currency or PayPal balances.
In some cases, families of the deceased may not even know what social networks and other online services the dearly departed had used, and require someone to help them track down such information. Protect Their Memories isn't the correct kind of service for that, but another service called Webcease claims to handle such matters.
Webcease said it " identifies active online accounts for the deceased and instructs on the different options for retrieval, closure or memorialization in accordance with the policies of each site."
Services of this kind have useful roles, though they "are a little ahead of their time," said Jim Lamm, a Minneapolis estate-planning attorney who owns the Digital Passing blog.
In certain cases, social-media accounts are deleted automatically after predetermined periods of inactivity, Lamm noted. He isn't sure whether identity theft related to such dormant accounts is a big problem, either.
Lamm said he and his wife do fit the Protect Their Memories profile perfectly, though.
"My wife wouldn't care at all about my online accounts" if he passed on, he said, "and would take one shot with this service to shut them all down."


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For the third year in a row, Martin Health System has been recognized as a Most Wired Hospital by Hospitals and Health Networks. The annual Most Wired Survey is an industry-standard benchmark study designed to measure the level of IT adoption in U.S. hospitals and health systems. It has become a useful tool for hospital and health system leadership to map their IT strategic plans.
Most Wired hospitals must meet a set of rigorous criteria across four operational categories: infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, and clinical integration. Martin Health is one of just 20 hospitals in Florida to receive the national recognition.
"Martin Health takes pride in embracing leading-edge information technology that promotes our commitment to high-quality patient care," said Ed Collins, vice president and chief information officer for Martin Health System. "Integrating these technologies into our daily operations provides a more patient-friendly experience and increases efficiency and effectiveness throughout the entire health system."
"The Most Wired data show that shared health information allows clinicians and patients to have the information they need to promote health and make the most informed decisions about treatments," says Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association. "Hospitals, their clinicians and their communities are doing tremendous work to enhance their IT systems in ways that support care and delivery improvement, and patient engagement goals."
This year marks the 16th anniversary of Health Care's Most Wired Survey. The July Hospitals and Health Networks cover story detailing results is available at www.hhnmag.com.
About Martin Health System: Martin Health System is a not-for-profit, community-based health care organization that has served the region for 75 years. It offers a continuum of care including preventive, primary and acute hospital care, as well as cancer and cardiac care, wellness and rehabilitation services. Its approximately 3,700 associates, nearly 375 affiliated physicians and 900 volunteers provide care at 13 different locations serving Martin and St. Lucie counties. To learn more, visit martinhealth.org.
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