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Periodic Reporting 2nd Cycle: Asia & Pacific (2012)
The second cycle of Periodic Reporting for the Asia and Pacific was launched by the World Heritage Committee at its 34th session in Brasilia, Brazil in August 2010. All 41 State Parties to the Convention in Asia and the Pacific actively participated in this cycle and worked together on this vital component of the Convention.
Results from the Questionnaire for Periodic Reporting
The results of the second cycle have been presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2012 at the 36th session in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, in June - July 2012.
Final report
on the results of the second cycle of
the Periodic Reporting exercise
for Asia and the Pacific
These results were achieved through the active participation of the States Parties of Asia and the Pacific. All requested 166 SOUVs were submitted, all of these statement, bar one were reviewed as complete. From 41 States Parties of Asia and the Pacific, all 41 States Parties submitted the Periodic Reporting questionnaire Section I; of the 198 properties, all 198 properties have submitted the Section II. From the 96 properties, 68 properties have submitted cartographic information for Retrospective Inventory.
The second cycle of Periodic Reporting has provided all States Parties of the Asia and the Pacific region an opportunity to assess the progress and challenges that have occurred since the first cycle of Periodic Reporting, to allow for a review of the current situations in all the States Parties and the World Heritage properties in the region for the first time in the history of the Convention.
Periodic Reporting provides four main purposes
- To provide an assessment of the application of the World Heritage Convention by the State Party;
- To provide an assessment as to whether the Outstanding Universal Value of the properties inscribed on the World Heritage List is being maintained over time;
- To provide up-dated information about the World heritage properties and to record the changing circumstances and state of conservation of the properties;
- To provide a mechanism for establishing and enhancing regional co-operation and exchange of information and experiences between States Parties concerning and implementation of the Convention and conservation.
Periodic Reporting process is important for more effective long term conservation and management of the properties as well as for further strengthening the credibility of the Convention.
The World Heritage Committee invites States Parties to submit periodic reports every six years, and requests the Secretariat, the World Heritage Centre in collaboration with the States Parties and the Advisory Bodies, to develop regional strategies as an outcome of the periodic reporting process. These Strategies should be designed to respond to specific characteristics and needs of the regions and should promote regional cooperation between State Parties.
The States Parties of Asia and the Pacific were requested to submit the following documentation:
- Draft retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value (SOUV) of the World Heritage properties inscribed from 1978 to 2006;
- Periodic Reporting online questionnaire: The Responses are comprised of the
- Section I (Implementation of the World Heritage Convention at national level) for all the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
- Section II (State of conservation of each World Heritage property) for the World Heritage properties inscribed from 1978 to 2010;
- Requested cartographic information on the World Heritage properties inscribed from 1978 to 1998 for Retrospective Inventory
Information required for Periodic Reporting
- 166 properties were requested to prepare draft retrospective SOUVs;
- 41 States Parties were requested to answer Section I and 198 properties in 31 States Parties were requested to answer Section II for the Periodic Reporting online questionnaire; and
- 96 properties out of 106 properties inscribed from 1978 to 1998, which are located in 19 States Parties, were requested to submit cartographic information for Retrospective Inventory.
Implementation Strategy
Periodic Reporting was coordinated by the World Heritage Centre in close cooperation with the national focal points, site managers, international resource persons, the three Advisory Bodies and the– International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and UNESCO Field Offices.
In order to facilitate the successful implementation of Periodic Reporting, all the States Parties were invited to designate national focal point responsible for coordination at the exercise at national level before the launching of the exercise. A system of "mentoring" was introduced to accompany the focal points and site managers throughout the process to ensure the provision of technical support and close guidance especially in drafting retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, in addition to assistance offered by UNESCO. The World Heritage Centre appointed five "mentors/international resource persons" to this effect.
Key Actors involved in the process
- National focal Points: Answering Section I and coordination for the submission of both Section I and Section II together.
- Site managers: Drafting retrospective SOUVs of the properties of their responsibilities; respond to the questionnaire Section II, prepare cartographic information for Retrospective Inventory.
- Mentors/International resource persons: Provision of technical support and guidance
- Advisory Bodies: Provision of technical support and guidance
- UNESCO Field Offices: Provision of technical support and guidance to States Parties in close consultation with the World Heritage Centre;
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Provision of technical support and guidance to States Parties, coordination between the States Parties and the Advisory Bodies for the finalisation of the draft retrospective SOUVs; compilation of the Periodic Report.
The Periodic Reporting questionnaires were translated into various languages (Russian, Persian, Thai, and Vietnamese) by UNESCO Field Offices to assist site managers.
Workshops and Activities
Periodic Reporting 2010-2012 Workshops and Activities Asia and the Pacific
The Second cycle of the Period Reporting two year exercise was first established through the preliminary workshops, which were held in three regions of Asia and the Pacific
Pacific region - Maupiti, French Polynesia, November 2009
- East and Southeast Asia - Taiyuan, China, April 2010
- West, Central and South Asia - Dehradun, India, June 2010
The objectives of these workshops were to "train the trainers", where the guidance and explanation on the preparation of draft retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, Periodic Reporting questionnaires, and Retrospective Inventory were provided to national focal points.
Sub-and national regional workshops and other types of activities and assistance
Throughout 2010 and 2011, there has been a whole range of national and sub-regional workshops initiated by the individual or groups of State Parties, which have been organized in conjunction with the UNESCO Field Offices. These meeting in the form of workshops were vital in the beginning stages for explaining the process to site managers, and to jointly work on the Periodic Reporting questionnaire. Also informal meetings took place throughout the two year period and were very productive and have been fundamental to the success of this whole process. The active engagement at the national and regional level that has taken place must be recognized as highly important for the successful implementation of Periodic Reporting. The collaborative effort and their ultimate achievements are the product of everyone involved, focal points and site mangers in particular.
List of national and sub-regional workshops
- National workshop for Nepal (Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2010)
- National workshop for Iran (Tabriz, Iran, September 2010)
- National workshop for the Philippines (Vigan, Philippines, October 2010)
- National workshop for Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2010)
- National workshop for Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2010)
- National workshop for natural properties in Thailand (Khao Yai, Thailand, January 2011)
- National workshop for Viet Nam (Ha Noi, Viet Nam, May 2011)
- National workshop for natural properties in Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia, June 2011)
- National workshop for Sri Lanka (Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 2011)
- National workshop for Iran (Shiraz, Iran, September 2011)
- Sub-regional workshop for Central Asia (for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 2010)
- Sub-regional workshop for natural properties in South Asia (for Bangladesh, India, and Nepal: Dehradun, India, November 2010)
- Sub-regional workshop for Southeast Asia (for Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Viet Nam: Jakarta, Indonesia, December 2010)
- Sub-regional workshop for South Asia (for Maldives and Sri Lanka: Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2010)
- Sub-regional workshop for South Asia (for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, and Nepal: Kathmandu, Nepal, April 2011)
- Joint meeting for Mongolia and the Russian Federation for the trans-boundary property of Uvs Nuur Basin (Ulaangom, Mongolia, May 2011)
Overview of World Heritage properties in Asia and the Pacific
As of 2012, in Asia and the Pacific there are 962 properties on the World Heritage List, 205 (22%) of which are located in the region. These 213 properties consist of 148 cultural (70%), 55 natural (26%), and 10 mixed (4%) properties, formulating an essential part of global cultural and natural heritage that World Heritage Committee holds as having Outstanding Universal Value.
Summary of outcome
The key issues for the Asia and the Pacific region that have been highlighted in the Periodic Reporting process have been found to focus on four main areas: management plans, sustainable funding mechanism, community involvement and benefit sharing and regional cooperation.
Management plans/systems
All the States Parties in Asia and the Pacific agreed that the development or improvement of a management plan of a World Heritage property is a priority. A management plan needs to focus on the safeguarding of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, and it needs to be implemented with a time bound action plan and monitoring of the plan be maintained. Management plans/systems should be legalized or endorsed by the States Parties and actively and effectively implemented in all properties.
Sustainable funding mechanism
Throughout the region, a large portion of the allotted fund comes from the national governments; though, international funding also plays an important role in various sub-regions. It has become increasingly clear; however, that this funding is inadequate. Funding from governments can never meet the growing financial demands in the conservation and management of properties, and it is also not realistic to keep relying on international funding. This means that the establishment of a more sustainable funding mechanism for properties urgently needs to be devised. Also strengthening partnership with the private sector and the effective use of financial returns from tourism should be further explored in the entire region.
Community involvement and benefit sharing
Communities must be involved in all areas of activities for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention – from the preparation of inventories, Tentative Lists, nomination dossiers, to the conservation and management of the properties. Awareness-raising, education and capacity-building are essential in order to give adequate knowledge and skills to communities, and to engage them in all related activities. The higher a communities' awareness is the more they will contribute to the management of properties. Communities could also be involved in monitoring of properties, complementing the available human resources, which are commonly insufficient. Undeniably, communities are crucial in all aspects of activities discussed throughout the Periodic Reporting exercise.
Regional cooperation
Through the implementation of Periodic Reporting, national focal points and site managers worked together in various workshops. These workshops provided them with an opportunity to exchange information and experience on various issues related to the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. All participants, particularly site managers found this exchange useful. Meeting together several times facilitated the gradual development of a network of focal points and site managers. Many States Parties expressed their wish to maintain this network, which could enhance their day-to-day work on the conservation and management of World Heritage properties. An exchange of information and experiences is highly useful for the addressing of factors affecting properties. Some of the factors, especially non-human factors, often lack immediate solutions.Areas of cooperation can also be found in a commonality to approaching heritage. The establishment of databases on studies and conservation will be a useful tool, as well as the development of a network of focal points and site managers.
Follow-up to Periodic Reporting
Actions Plans
Based on the outcome of the second cycle of Periodic Reporting, the States Parties in Asia developed the Suwon Action Plan in Suwon, Republic of Korea, in December 2011, and the States Parties in the Pacific reviewed and adjusted the Pacific Action Plan 2010-2015 in Apia, Samoa, in September 2011, based on the outcomes of Periodic Reporting to reorient the efforts to address their identified factors and specific needs.
The lack of resources will be the significant challenge for the implementation of the Action Plans. To date, some State Parties have pledged to organise sub-regional workshops on various topics, whilst State Parties have already organized national workshops or developed national plans.Periodic Reporting has provided an opportunity to know about the most updated information on what is happening with the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and the state of conservation of all the properties in Asia and the Pacific. The outcome of the Periodic Reporting must be fully utilized to ensure the action plans are implement during the near future.
i. The Suwon Action Plan
The Suwon Action Plan identified the priority issues for entire Asia region, as well as the sub-regions:
- All States Parties unanimously agreed that the development, review, and implementation of effective management plans/systems is of paramount important and these should correspond with Outstanding Universal Value of the individual properties, and where possible time bound action plans for implementation should be established.
- All States Parties in Asia agreed that the issue of disaster risk reduction and risk preparedness is among the top priorities for attention in the region.
- States Parties in Asia all agreed that regional cooperation is currently lacking and needs improvement; this is to be achieved through the establishment of network for all focal points and site managers.
- Most sub-regions in Asia expressed the importance of greater community involvement and benefit sharing.
ii. The Pacific Action Plan
The States Parties in the Pacific agreed that actions that will be taken under the Pacific Action Plan 2010-2015 should be oriented to address five major factors that are adversely affecting all properties in some aspect; (invasive/alien species, climate change and severe weather events, service infrastructure, loss of social and cultural use of heritage, and transportation infrastructure) and five training priorities (conservation, education, risk preparedness, visitor management, and community outreach).
See Also (2)
Decisions (3)
Events (11)
- Workshop on "Heritage/Environmental Impact Assessments for the Pacific Island States" 20-Nov-2017-28-Nov-2017
- Pacific Heritage Workshop 30-Aug-2017-01-Sep-2017
- Regional meeting on the Pacific World Heritage Action Plan 2016-2020 01-Dec-2015-04-Dec-2015
- Pacific World Heritage Workshop 27-Nov-2013-30-Nov-2013
- Capacity-building Workshop for Cook Islands 11-Mar-2013-15-Mar-2013


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — New Yorkers Friday began to dig out of a storm that dropped more than nine inches, sent wind chills below zero and closed the city's public schools.
The snow — expected to stop falling later Friday morning — also canceled more than 500 flights across the area, leaving some roads throughout the region impassable Friday morning. State and city officials urged people to stay home unless travel was necessary.
Six inches fell in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service, while reports ranged from 8 to 12 inches throughout Long Island, the weather service said. Temperatures were expected to remain below 20 degrees Friday, leaving difficult conditions for thousands of plows and salt spreaders across New York City streets.
Wind chill in Manhattan was about -2 Friday, meaning exposed skin can start to freeze within 15 minutes.
"This has been and remains a dangerous storm. It is going to be bitter cold today, and New Yorkers need to be extremely careful going outdoors," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
De Blasio went on NY1 Friday morning and gave New Yorkers a few tips on shoveling snow. "Get low, get low," he said, scooping snow in front of his home. He urged New Yorkers not to lift with their backs.
City workers were plowing streets and spreading salt to remove the snow. About 2,100 plows are on the road, along with 450 salt spreaders, said a spokeswoman for the sanitation department. The workers had a difficult job, because temperatures are likely to stay below freezing for much of the next 48 hours. The department said all the major thoroughfares were passable but that commuters are not going to see "black top" because of the frigid temperatures and wind.
Garbage and recycling collection are delayed until the storm is under control. The sanitation department is using a calcium chloride liquid because it helps the salt to melt the snow and ice.
Flights were suspended at John F. Kennedy Airport because there is "no visibility," said a spokesman for the Port Authority. More than 500 flights scheduled for Friday have been canceled, including 190 at La Guardia, 120 at JFK and 274 at Newark. Tunnels and bridges are open, the spokesman said, but speed restrictions are in place for the George Washington Bridge and at Staten Island crossings.
David Wally, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, expected visibility problems to continue for several hours Friday because of "blowing snow."
New York City subway trains continued to run on local routes only, as the system shifted trains that had been stored on express tracks overnight, out of the snow. Express service was expected to resume during the morning, according to the MTA and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Long Island Rail Road was operating on a weekend schedule, the governor said, with buses replacing trains on some lines at the eastern end of Long Island. Metro-North was running a Saturday schedule, or about 60 % of its usual capacity for a weekday.
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Welcome to Upperchurch National SchoolWelcome to our website. Scoil Iosagáin is a mixed vertical rural school located in the picturesque village of Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary. We have five mainstream classes from junior infants to sixth class. The school promotes the catholic ethos under the patronage of the Cashel and Emly Diocese. We hope you enjoy our website and please contact the school if you have any queries.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona 500 champions Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are among the drivers that will appear at NASCAR Preseason Thunder Fan Fests at historic Daytona International Speedway on Friday, Jan. 15 and Saturday, Jan. 16.
Race fans can get their sneak peek of Speedweeks 2010 with numerous activities with their favorite drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series in the Sprint FANZONE located in the heart of the "World Center of Racing."
Among the activities planned for both days include:
• Interactive fan forums
• Autograph sessions
• Show cars, displays, music
• Online auction
• Blood drive
• Richard Petty Driving Experience
Drivers currently scheduled to make appearances on Friday, Jan. 15 beginning at 6 p.m. are 2009 Daytona 500 champion Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Paul Menard, Travis Kvapil and AJ Allmendinger,
Scheduled to appear on Saturday, Jan. 16 during the noon - 4 p.m. session are Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., David Reutimann, Morgan Shepherd, Michael Annett, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Colin Braun. In the 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. session on Saturday, Jan. 16, drivers scheduled to appear are Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Todd Bodine and Sam Hornish Jr.
Tickets, which are available for $15, are on sale now at 1-800-PITSHOP or online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com with autograph session availability limited to 250 people per driver in advance. To request access to the special autograph sessions, race fans can call 1-800-PITSHOP or visit the Daytona International Speedway ticket office beginning on Monday, Jan. 4 at 9 a.m.
The only drivers with advance reservations for the driver autograph sessions will be Earnhardt Jr., Newman, Kenseth, Busch, Gordon, Harvick and Martin. The remainder of the driver autograph sessions will be done by a first-come basis.
Additional drivers and more details about the NASCAR Preseason Thunder Fan Fests will be released in the coming weeks.
"The NASCAR Preseason Thunder Fan Fests are going to provide a great opportunity for the fans to interact with the drivers and get pumped up about the upcoming Speedweeks events and the 52nd annual Daytona 500," Daytona International Speedway President Robin Braig said.
Speedweeks 2010 is highlighted by the season-opening 52nd annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 14. Other events include the Camping World 300 Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Feb. 13, the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Camping World Truck Series race on Friday, Feb. 12, the Gatorade Duel At Daytona qualifying races on Thursday, Feb. 11 and a racing tripleheader on Saturday Feb. 6 with Daytona 500 Qualifying Presented by Kroger, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and the Budweiser Shootout.
Tickets for all Speedweeks 2010 events are available online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP and fans can stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter (www.twitter.com/disupdates) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DaytonaInternationalSpeedway)
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Junior Dylan DelaCruz and sophomore Cody Brown earned weekly Northeast Conference awards on Monday. The pair were honored following a 3-1 series victory on the road at Quinnipiac over the weekend. The Blue Devils are 24-24 overall and 13-15 in league play, still alive for the fourth and final playoff spot in the upcoming NEC Tournament.
DelaCruz was named the Player of the Week while Brown earned Pitcher of the Week honors for his fifth win of the season.
DelaCruz had the best weekend of his career as the Blue Devils took three of four at Quinnipiac over the weekend. DelaCruz batted .526 with 10 hits in 19 at-bats, to go along with four home runs, seven runs scored and an amazing 13 runs batted in. He started the weekend going 4-for-6 with three doubles, a home run, three runs scored and six runs batted in in a 17-4 victory.
In Saturday's doubleheader he went 4-for-8 with three runs scored, two more home runs and two RBI in a split vs. the Bobcats. He capped off his weekend by leading a big comeback in a Sunday 13-12 extra-inning victory. He was 2-for-5 with a grand slam, sacrifice fly and five RBI in the series finale. His gtand slam came in a nine-run ninth inning and his sacrifice fly scored the game-winner in the 10th.
Brown pitched eight innings and picked up his fifth win of the season in a series-opening win at Quinnipiac on Thursday afternoon. Brown went eight innings allowing just four hits and striking out six Bobcats on the way to his team-best fifth win. Brown retired the final six batters he faced and nine of the last 10.


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El Dorado Hotel & Kitchen on the Sonoma Square
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Our 27-room contemporary boutique hotel offers comfortable accommodations and highly-acclaimed dining at our restaurant, El Dorado Kitchen. Additional hotel amenities include an award winning bar, a solar-heated, salt water pool with cabanas and of course a location that just can't be beat.
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(Held on bond at Morgan County Jail unless otherwise noted.)
••Daniel Dulohery, 31, Fort Morgan, third degree assault, child abuse, domestic violence at 14298.6 Highway 34 on June 14 at 8:45 p.m. Held without bond.
•Daniel Dulohery, 31, Fort Morgan, fictitious plates at 14298.5 US Highway 34 on June 14 at 10:47 a.m. Summons issued.
•Howard Underwood, 51, Fort Morgan, Ryan Hays, 30, Fort Morgan, Paige Ritter, 23, Fort Lupton and Jeremy Lopez, 33, Fort MOrgan, burglary, trespassing, theft, possession of dangerous weapon on June 15 at 12:19 p.m. Held without bond.
•Edgar Jacobo, 20, Fort Morgan, warrant arrest for failure to appear for driving under the influence and careless driving; warrant arrest for failure to appear for DUR for express consent of alcohol at 801 E. Beaver on June 15 at 5:30 p.m. Held on $2,000 Surety Bond and $5,000 Surety Bond.
•Ismael Hernandez, 19, Brush, DUID, possession of drug paraphernalia, and careless driving on MCR S/MCR 25 on June 16 at 12:16 a.m. Held on $1,000 bond.
•Ronald Sheffer, 36, unknown address, third degree assault at 19309 Highway 34 on June 18 at 3:03 p.m. Held on $1,000 bond.
•Jose Flores, 21, Fort Morgan, warrant arrest for failure to appear on driving under restraint and fictitious plates at 801 E. Beaver on June 18 at 5:30 p.m. Held on $1,000 bond.
•Idonia Garcia, 32, Milliken, CO, harassment at 29250 MCR R on June 19 at 9:03 p.m. Open case.
•Daniel Darbin, 36, Wiggins, warrant arrest for failure to comply on DWAI and drove with excessive alcohol content at 801 E. Beaver on June 20. Held without bond.
•Alexander Hendrickson, 26, Fort Morgan, warrant arrest for failure to comply on driving under the influence of drugs at 801 E. Beaver Avenue on June 21 at 3 p.m. Held without bond.
•Veronica Guerra, 29, Fort Morgan, DUI, vehicle had (no/defective) stop lights at Euclid and Beaver on June 22 at 1:47 a.m. Released on summons.
•Luis Vasquez Rodriguez, 31, DAcono, criminal impersonation, driving under suspension, violation protection order, violation bail bond conditions, expired registration at 14000 block of MCR 19 on June 22 at 12:54 p.m. Held without bond.
•Roy Mendoza, 51, Fort Morgan, violation of protection order, violation of bond conditions at 19866 MCR R.7, Fort Morgan, on June 22 at 4:39 p.m. $1,000 bond.
•Julie Teter, 51, Brush, warrant arrest, at 18987 MCR 24 on June 22 at 9:40 p.m. Held on $10,000 bond.
•Durwood Darbin, 60, Wiggins, reported criminal mischief at 4526 MCR O on May 25 at 6:19 p.m. Property marker valued at $5. Case open
•Will McBride, Wiggins, reported theft and second degree criminal trespass at 5751 MCR M between June 12 and June 17 at 7 a.m. 4.5 spans of sprinkler wire, valued at $9,000. Open case.
•Excel Well Service, Fort Morgan, reported third degree criminal trespass at 16185 MCR 20 between 1 p.m. June 14 and 3 p.m. June 18. Double axle orange pipe trailer piping, valued at $5,000, was stolen. Open case.
•James Potts, 57, Fort Morgan, reported ID theft and forgery in Fort Morgan. Value is $692.93. Open case.
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1)†Sponsor describes 'God story' behind latest sponsorship
"My latest child sponsorship has its own God story. I had read about othersí experiences in many countries where people make a living in city dumps and live in the slums. These break into the silence of my soul, and I cannot shut out the images."
2)†Organic vegetable gardening takes root in CFCA Filipino community
Rapid urbanization has brought many problems, including garbage, malnutrition, poverty and food insecurity. CFCA helps secure food for sponsored friends and their families while encouraging them to develop creative, sustainable solutions. For example, parents of sponsored children in the Philippines are cultivating vegetable gardens.
3) Preacher witnesses the miracle of sponsorship
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Since The Cleveland Orchestra's founding in 1918, it has proudly upheld a commitment to music education. The Orchestra offers not only opportunities for students to hear concerts tailored to their individual ages, but also to participate in making music through several instrumental and vocal youth ensembles.
While a resident conductor of the Orchestra, Jahja Ling founded the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in 1986 to provide talented young musicians with a pre-professional orchestra training experience of the highest artistic standard. Since that time, more than a thousand young musicians have benefited from the unique musical experiences that COYO offers – weekly coachings with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, rehearsals and performances in historic Severance Hall, and opportunities to work with internationally renowned guest artists and conductors, including Pierre Boulez, Yo-Yo Ma, Kurt Masur, Gil Shaham, and Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra presents a three-concert subscription series in Severance Hall each season, and has also performed on several local, national, and international stages.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus was founded in 1991 to help raise awareness of choral music-making in the schools of Northeast Ohio and to encourage more students to continue their choral activities through college and into adulthood. More than 120 students in grades 9 through 12, representing more than 40 schools and communities in Northeast Ohio, belong to the Youth Chorus. Like their colleagues in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, members of the Youth Chorus are chosen through auditions.
The Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus was formed in 1967 to provide a high-quality choral group for the many orchestral works written for children's voices, and to offer choral training to schoolchildren in the Cleveland area. Today, the 50-plus members of the Children's Chorus perform annually with The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus at Severance Hall and occasionally in the summer at Blossom Music Center.
The Youth Orchestra is supported by generous grants from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and many other donors. Endowment support is provided by The George Gund Foundation and Christine Gitlin Miles.
The Youth Chorus is supported by the Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation.
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It's been a tough week so far for Ludlow Street. Last night, we spoke with Francesca Romeo, co-owner of Motor City Bar, who confirmed reports that the beloved Lower East Side spot will be shutting down. Yesterday a reader tipped off EV Grieve about the closure. Romeo, who runs rock-in-roll accented "Motor City" with partner Teresa Farnell, said their lease was up and the landlord did not give the option of renewal.
"Motor City" opened in 1996 when few businesses (other than pioneering LES haunt "Max Fish") dared to make a go of it in the pre-gentrified neighborhood. Romeo said the lease expires at the end of the month but it's possible they'll be able to stay in the space a little bit longer, and they're keeping open the possibility of opening another New York bar. Romeo, by the way, is an alum of our My LES series. In addition to her title of "bar owner," she's a filmmaker and photographer and has been living in California, while making frequent trips back to NYC, in recent months.


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Increasing numbers of directors acknowledge that overseeing risk is part of their role, and that evolving legal developments make a robust enterprise risk management oversight process more important than ever. But although oversight processes have improved, directors may be operating under a false sense of security about risk. Almost 90 percent of directors say they fully understand the risks of their current strategy, but that number drops when they are asked more specific questions about their risk tolerance levels, risk rankings, and risk/return trade-offs. Directors need to improve their ERM oversight processes rather than burdening their overworked audit committees.


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Volvo Car Corporation and China Development Bank Corporation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership. Under the intent of the MoU, the parties will evaluate a possible cooperation related to China Development Bank's financing of certain Volvo Car Corporation research and development programs in the area of efficient energy technology, as well as production facilities in China.
The main purpose of the intended partnership between Volvo Car Corporation and China Development Bank is to safeguard Volvo's long-term competitiveness in the global automotive market and to further develop and intensify cooperation within the Sino-Swedish automotive industry.
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Michael Schur aka Ken Tremendous:
The thing that always drove our faux-righteous anger on the site was how gosh darn common-sensical this stuff is. You don't have to be a genius to understand why OBP is a better measure of a hitter's worth than BA, or why OPS+ is more valuable than OPS. You just have to care enough to learn why. Which takes about eight seconds.***
Also, I wanted to write a post about how Kevin Youkilis was probably more valuable (to the Sox, in the AL, in general) than Dustin Pedroia, but I never found the time. Tony Massarotti "goes there" in his Globe column, though he uses far fewer numbers than I would have.


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What drives closed process and misinformation?
Last updated 4/3/2013 at 9:57am
The town of Coulee Dam recently held a meeting regarding the problematic sewer treatment plant project. The meeting was closed to the public and the mayor directed that "Greg Wilder was not to be admitted." When I asked what would happen if I just showed up, I was told that I would be kept away by physical force if necessary. The meeting was held in the basement of Town Hall — tucked away from the eyes and ears of the public. The town schedules these meetings with virtually no meaningful notice, they schedule them on national holidays, and they schedule them in other communities and post the mayor at the door to block access, and now in the basement of town hall under guard and the threat of "physical" intervention! And I thought they worked "for" us … sometimes I'm underwhelmed by my own naiveté!
On the other hand, the town of Coulee Dam was recently invited to attend an important meeting sponsored by the Indian Health Services (IHS) in Spokane wherein the discussion of Tribal/IHS funding assistance for the project was on the agenda — Mayor Snow refused to attend or to even send a town representative. Elmer City, the Tribes, the Washington State Department of Ecology, the IHS and I were all there. All were welcome, including the press. To some, fresh and different ideas help make a project better – to Mayor Snow and his engineer, they are viewed as an intervention to their wisdom!
There have been a number of other meetings that Mayor Snow has refused to attend because he would lack the control over the agenda, the venue, and the participants. The town is only now involved in a serious search for "grant" funds because of community activism. The town heretofore has discounted virtually every other source of funds (other than borrowing the money) and documented those excuses in the Facility Plan as "too difficult," "too uncertain," "too time-consuming," or requiring "the uncertainty of public involvement!"
Last Wednesday at the Town Council meeting, even more misinformation was being tossed about by the Town Council as part of their efforts to avoid the promise they made to review "alternatives." As one council member put it, "We's been looking at this for a long time and I know them engineers and such with the IHS already looked this design over and agreed with it two and a half or three years ago." Personally, I was dumfounded by the comment. All that I can say is that you've just got to wonder about the magic of time travel — for as it actually is, the IHS got their first look at the project on August 14, 2012, about seven months ago!
Add to all of this, the recent efforts of Mayor Snow and Councilman Hjorten (among others) to "look into Wilder's background," replete with a "whisper campaign" and you just have to wonder about the frightened mentality. I challenge any one of them to compare resumes, work, or personal histories … or for that matter, publically debate the issues.
What is it that's driving the misinformation, closed meetings, the reluctance to consider or even look for alternatives? Is it simply inept management and leadership (an unwillingness to admit a mistake)? Is it the greed (or pride) of an engineer? How much do we have to pay because they insist on being unreasonable … at least $4,000,000 and likely more!
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FIFA Street 3 - PS3
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FIFA Street 3 on the PlayStation 3 is the third chapter in the FIFA Street series which creates a hyper-real world that merges the game's biggest stars with environments that pulsate to the music in exotic locations around the world. Featuring over 250 of the world's best players representing 18 of the top international teams, each player has been rendered into a stylised caricature with heroic features and skills to match. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player boasts their own, distinctive style of play and unique abilities.
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When talking about FIFA, all you normally think about is soccer played in big stadiums. This game is all about the sport of soccer, but in places other than official grounds, and in a style unique to the streets and parking lots. But to add a new ingredient to it, they have added extra styles to play the game. With FIFA Street 3, soccer is not just about scoring goals. This isn't just the same soccer game, though.
The soccer action of this game is fast-paced and fun, and not really for beginners; you should have your skills ready when you decide to play it. It has a single player mode and multi-player mode. For the single player, movements and game plan are limited. There are different new locations that you will be playing in. The fun part of the game is that you get to play real famous names from the soccer world. The street locations are made up of such places as beachside, parking lots, playgrounds, rooftop and an oil rig, seven in all. The skills needed in these new locations are not the orthodox ones and vary with from place to place.
I do like how each stage is vastly different. However, some of the moves are kind of unreliable. The ball actually seems to have a mind of its own and your players will sometimes just fall down for no reason at all. There are, unfortunately, no points for performing tricks which is a strange omission.
When it comes to the movements of the players, there really is nothing new to it. You still get those familiar moves that are used in soccer The winner is determined by the goals scored in a game just like a regular soccer game goes. The way you score and how many goals you make is what is important in this game, obviously. This is when a game plan will be needed. You can use this much in the multi-player mode. You can play the street challenge mode and of course, the multi-player competition. You can play with eight players online and compete with or against each other. If you play online, you may also join a world competition where you compete with national teams of different countries.
The graphics are better compared to other soccer games. I like the cartoon style characters. The audio and sounds also appeared clear and crisp. The presentation is very good making the game even more interesting and prevented it from becoming too conventional. And the changes done to the locations have given more challenge to the gamers. Now, they do not just have to play in their usual soccer field. Skills will vary as they play on different locations.
I would have to say this game is just alright, but nothing great. There are a lot of missed opportunities and new plays that could have been dreamed up for soccer in the world outside of stadiums. I would rate it 6.5 out of 10
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Let's say a large corporation is planning to replace it's existing version control system. Let's say it is only considering systems from major vendors that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars because they have "support."
Does version control in an enterprisey environment have to be expensive? Does your medium/large corporation use a FOSS VCS such as SVN/Git/Mercurial? What has the experience been?
I have to think it doesn't need to be expensive since there are so many free options, and there are probably companies that provide paid support for FOSS VCS if that is the main concern.
I don't intend this question to compare VCS or decide which is best, rather just understand experiences with VCS in a corporate IT environment.


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Thursday, January 27, 2011
I'm in the D.A.R.!
What is D.A.R?
It's a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children.
How does one join?
Any woman who is 18 years or older and who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution, is eligible for membership. I have several ancestors on both sides of my family who fought in the American Revolution, but let me tell you, it's TOUGH proving these lines with documentary evidence.
My patriot: Nathaniel Brittain
I finally managed to prove one of my lines all the way back to Nathaniel Brittain, my GGGGG grandfather who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War. Nathaniel was born in 1734 in Chesterfield, Virginia, to James Brittain, an immigrant from Wales, and his wife, Mary Whitty. Nathaniel married Elizabeth Parks in 1760 and they raised eight children.
Not a lot is known about him, but we do know that Nathaniel enlisted and served as a Private in Captain Jonathan Clark's Company, 8th Virginia Regiment, on March 4, 1776. He died while in service on October 17, 1776.
How did I prove this ancestry?
Well, it took a long time and a lot of online searches, phone calls and letter writing to find all the documents needed to prove that I am, indeed, descended from Nathaniel Brittain. My search started with my Grandma Edith's records. She had already laid out the path for me, and I just needed to follow it to gather the documents I needed to prove, generation by generation, her theory about Nathaniel. Ancestry.com and Footnote.com were invaluable online sources, as was good old Google. I also made many phone calls to various county courthouses, libraries and historical societies. A very nice woman named Kandi went to an Iowa courthouse to make a copy of a marriage record I needed. Another helpful woman took the time to scan and email a copy of my great great grandfather's cemetery record to me. And, I found a fifth cousin, Jennifer Woods, over at Climbing My Family Tree, who is also trying to join D.A.R. through Nathaniel Brittain. She and I put our heads together and managed to break through some solid brick walls. She's getting her application together and we're both excited about joining this great organization this year. And my friends in the Knitting Genealogists group at Ravelry offered advice, tips and much encouragement. See, genealogy is a team sport!
What's next?
Now, I bask in my glory! Actually, I'm still not completely IN the organization. My application has been verified, but I have to wait until February 5, when the D.A.R. holds it's national meeting and officially accepts my application. I'm told this is a formality. Then, I get to take my oath at my local chapter meeting in San Francisco. I'll have to wait until April to do this since I have prior commitments in March.
I'm proud of my ancestor and proud to be part of a family that played an important role in the founding of our country. I have a good five or six more patriots, on both sides of my family, that I'm working to prove. I hope that my participation in the D.A.R. will help me with that quest, and I also look forward to working with the La Puerta de Oro chapter to give back to our country and community through their many volunteer efforts. I'll be sure to blog any interesting happenings with the D.A.R. and how it relates to genealogy!
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So, so happy for you!!!!ReplyDelete
Good job Wendy! It's easy to say, 'yes let me show you in my Grandma's papers'...but it's whole 'nother thing actually proving it with official dove. Way to go cousin.ReplyDelete
Ok my iPad does some weird corrections...that would be 'docs' not dove in the above comment. =\ReplyDelete
Thanks, Jen and Vikki!ReplyDelete
Hey, Jen -- keep an eye out for tomorrow's post. =)
Awesome! You must feel a huge sense of satisfaction. You have also opened many eyes to the possibility of ever considering trying to do likewise; very inspiring.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Elizabeth and Amy! It's been a really fun process.ReplyDelete
I'm related by way of the same person, Nathaniel Brittain. I think I would like to join D.A.R. too!! My path to Nathaniel is:ReplyDelete
my dad
his dad, my grand father, Gerald Dean Brownawell
his dad, my Ggrand father, Frank Lee Brownawell
his mom, my GGgrand mother, Laura Etta Brittain
her dad, my GGGgrand father, Robert Brittain
his dad, my GGGGgrand father, Francis McGuire Brittain
his dad, my GGGGGgrand father, Parks Brittain
his dad, my GGGGGGgrand father, Nathaniel Brittain
I assume you know Nathaniel's dad was in the Revolutionary War too. What was the major stumbling block to proving your ancestry?
Hi DilbertGirl! I believe there are a few ladies who have joined that are descended from Francis McGuire Brittain. I'm descended from his brother, Milton Price Brittain. My stumbling block was proving that Milton was Parks' son, and I was finally able to prove that with a marriage record that showed Milton getting married on the same day as one of his sisters -- there was a link to Parks there. I also used a history of Parks Brittain that was written by one of Francis McGuire's sons (James Grason Brittain). It took both documents to prove that one link!ReplyDelete
I'm now working on proving several other patriots and running into issues such as lost documents due to burned down courthouses. It's a never-ending search, but it's fun.
Feel free to email me if you need help with your application! I have some basic documentation from Ancestry.com on your family down to Frank Lee Brownawell, and am happy to share if you don't already have it.
Cheers, -wendy
Wendy, I sent you an email and would welcome any insight into the process. THANKS!!!!ReplyDelete
I also noticed you had quiet a lot of information on your James Grason on ancestry.com. The pics, the 92nd birthday letter from his son... all so sentimental. I had stumbled across the article in the Chillicothe paper last week and sent it to my dad to see if he recognized any of the names and he did not.
Congrats, I have been doing some online searches, and recently discovered tonight that Nathaniel Brittain is also my GGGGG Grand Father. I guess that makes us distant cousins somehow, but either way congrats on all the work you did. I'm a guy so obviously I can't join the DAR LOL, but I know how exciting it is to know part of our family goes back that far in this country.ReplyDelete
Good luck in the DAR
Thanks, Charlie. You might be able to join Sons of the American Revolution! I agree that it's exciting to find our own family roots in America's history. I'm compelled to continue looking for more, and I'll write about it here!ReplyDelete
Thanks much for your comment, and I look forward to hearing from you again. =)
Oh, Wendy we are distantly related! My 3 or 4 great Grandfather was his Son Elder William Brittain buried in Texas. My sister and I want to join the DAR after finding out just tonight we had a grandfather who died in the revolution.ReplyDelete
According to the "Bicentennial History of Lee County Virginia 1792-1992", Parks was never mentioned as the son of Nathaniel Brittain and Elizabeth Parks. I do believe that his father was Nathaniel and an unknown woman. Perhaps he was a quadroon, and that his father gave him the name of Parks to cover it up. Just a theory.ReplyDelete
A distant cousin here, Parks Brittain does indeed descend from Nathaniel and Elizabeth Parks, genetically speaking of course, i have several DNA connections to Parks and his siblings as well as his parents ancestors. If you descend from Parks Brittain and one of his 3 wives then you should be seeing the surname's Russell, Adams, Ramsdell etc in your matches on ancestry.
My connection- Martha Brittain born 1835 either Indiana or Kentucky not sure yet, Most of my matches that surround the area of Indiana she lived are matches to Parks Brittain and his brothers that moved from the east into Kentucky and Indiana. Although Parks removed to Iowa to be near his dtr some of his children remained in Indiana.
I would love to share information as in my research I have confirmed through DNA matches that Nathaniel and Elizabeth are indeed Martha's ancestors either grandparents or great grands.
Your cousin Heather


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This cosy cottage has recently been redecorated and refurbished throughout and boasts a wealth of tartans and tweeds and work by local artists to really give you a hebridean home for your holiday. Seaside House is a cosy crofter's cottage which sleeps up to 8 guests in 3 bedrooms. It sits in an outstanding location set back from the road with beautiful views over to the Isle of Taransay and up the Luskentyre Estuary which at low tide has a plethora of colours with the white sands and turquoise waters - a living watercolour.
The house has a large stone built and glazed porch leading into a hallway from which leads the stairs and doorways into the sitting room one way and dining room the other. There is a sumptuous plaid carpet laid throughout. The sitting room is decorated in colours to tie in with the sands and sea and has an open fire. The dining room has tartans and greens and is double aspect with a multi-fuel, glass fronted stove. A door leads from here into the newly refurbished kitchen with all appliances including a substantial fridge freezer, large oven with ceramic hob and dishwasher. The kitchen is also double aspect and the rear window gives you views literally straight up Beinn Dubh and over to Beinn Luskentyre, where golden eagles can be seen swooping over the summit.
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Wheelchair Barbie-Making Big Circles in this Journey we Call The Circle of LifeTuesday, July 21st, 2015
The last couple of months have been such a roller coaster, filled with extremely high peaks and equally low valleys. Dealing with an illness is a constant battle, because each day, and sometimes, even each hour, is unpredictable. This being said, I'm so grateful for the support I have from friends who are more like family, and the community as a whole, particularly my spiritual community made up of friends/clients and everything in between. So often, people are concerned and tell me to rest or put myself first, and while I know the intention is coming from a good place, often, doing the readings is, in a way, putting myself first, because it allows me to rise above the physical experience, and connect to that ever-present love energy where perfection is not only present, but becomes attainable during the readings. The other aspect to putting myself first is the readings help to pay for transportation to get to my doctor's appointments. The readings helps me to afford to eat healthfully. For example, Bison Bone broth which helps build my blood count and aid in a healthier digestive tract, is $11.99 a jar, and one jar is equivalent to one bowl of soup, of which it's been recommended that I have at least on a day. While $11.99 daily, may not seem like a lot of money, the broth is the same as medicine for me and adds up very quickly. And of course, insurance will not help with the cost for the broth because it is considered a holistic approach to wellness.
The other thing that keeps me going is my effort to find a cure for childhood cancer. It is easier to attack the cousin to your illness, rather than face the need for a cure to your own illness, because the need to survive on a day-to-day basis, outweighs the need to find a long-term cure. Therefore, my plan of attack is to wear the best armor to attack the monster of cancer, as it encroaches on children who are the least deserving of a childhood filled with pain, medication and repeated hospital visits. I get strength to be victorious in my own battle from helping these littlest fighters. The month of July is extremely important to me because it tis the month that the world lost one of the most beautiful, brave, intelligent, talented warriors I have ever known, Talia Joy Castellano. One of her last Instagram posts, was a photograph of Talia;s nails and those of her mom and her friend, Tammy, painted in mint. So, for that reason, Talia's Mint Manis was started in July, to raise awareness for childhood cancer and for fundraising efforts to raise money for Glam Wars, a program that Talia started where now her mom and sister, go into children's hospitals, and do makeovers for little girls undergoing chemo. Talia's foundation is growing every day and making its mark against the war against childhood cancer. However, travel expenses, supplies, and various other costs add up, so in order to continue growing and spreading Talias's Legacy, donations are a must! Please go to www.taliaslegacy.org. Go to the tab marked Glam Wars, and donate, even a dollar, to help this program. If you can't donate, treat yourself and your loved ones, to a mint manicure, and help spread awareness about childhood cancer and Talia Joy. Currently, Talia's Legacy foundation is selling "I Love Glam War" T-shirts. To see these awesome T-shirts, please go to taliastore.com, and check them out. Talia at her young age, taught me how to apply make-up, to appreciate the art of make-up, and inspired a passion for make-up that gave me confidence as someone in a wheelchair, and now, someone in a wheelchair with no hair. It is because of her, that I have the courage and confidence to embark on a new journey, being a representative for the amazing company, Younique Cosmetics. This brand is cruelty-free and organic in nature. The philosophy is to empower and uplift women worldwide. If you are in need of new mascara or any make-up or skin care product, please check out my new website, www.wheelchairbarbie.com, and as soon as I am a little bit more consistent with my work schedule and my physical strength improves, I will be using part of the money I make from selling and promoting Younique, to make regular donations to Talia's Legacy and Glam Wars. For this you have my word, because the Castellanos are like family, and when you take care of family, through the circle of life, you're taking care of yourself.


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Precor launched an upgraded version of its Experience Series cardio equipment and its Preva networked management system last week at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association trade show in San Francisco. Club operators now can choose from three console options for the Experience Series—the P80, P30 and P20.
All three consoles offer new aesthetics and functionality. The P80 features a robust, commercial-grade capacitive touch screen—similar to screens used for other high-use commercial purposes, including bank ATMs and airport check-in terminals. The capacitive screen also allows users to perform "gesture motions," such as sweeping across different screens in the same way that users can control high-end phones and entertainment devices.
The P30 and P20 are not touch screens. However, the P30 features elements of the P80, including the new motion controls that enable exercisers to perform frequent functions, such as adjusting speed and incline. The P20 offers an entry-level console that is suitable for operators who want only the essential functions.
"Seventy percent of users use quick start, which introduces no variety to their workout," says Brent Brooks, vice president of networked fitness at Precor, Woodinville, WA. To combat the tendency to simply hit the quick start button, Precor has included a workout of the day on the P80 console, which has already been in use at several clubs in the Woodinville area. The majority of those users are no longer hitting quick start but the workout of the day instead, he says.
The P80 console features an Ethernet connection, which allows for a networked fitness experience. Certain connected benefits are now available on the products, but Brooks says that Precor will continually develop and launch additional applications to benefit users and club operators.
The new consoles are the culmination of more than three years of research and development by Precor. In late 2007, Precor established a Seattle-based research laboratory where a broad range of exercisers were analyzed and consulted on exactly what they desired from their workout experience.
Out of that laboratory also came Precor's Preva networked fitness platform, which works behind the scenes so club operators can view the status of their equipment online. Club operators not only can see which equipment is in use and which equipment needs attention, but they also can view the odometer reading for each, which allows them to better manage placement and maintenance.
Preva also allows operators to put messages on the machine—perhaps about limiting usage time during peak hours or promoting group exercise classes.


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Nanoplasmonics helps explain the unusual electrodynamics of nanostructures
|(Nanowerk News) Nanoplasmonics the study of light manipulation on the nanometer scale has contributed to the production of novel devices for chemical and biological sensing, signal processing and solar energy. However, components at such small scales experience strange effects that classical electrodynamics cannot explain. A particular challenge for theorists lies in isolating so-called nonlocal effects, whereby the optical properties of a particle are not constant but depend on nearby electromagnetic fields.
|Now, Joel Yang and colleagues at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore, with co-workers in the United Kingdom and China, have used both simulations and experiments to investigate the nonlocal effects displayed by electrons in metal nanostructures ("Electron-Energy Loss Study of Nonlocal Effects in Connected Plasmonic Nanoprisms").
|Transmission electron microscopy image showing a very narrow connective bridge (around six atoms wide) between two gold nanoprisms, forming a bowtie. (Image: A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering)
|The team developed three-dimensional simulations of electron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) spectra. EELS is a powerful laboratory technique that can provide information on nanostructure geometries, but also gives rise to nonlocal effects. An EELS device is used to fire energetic electrons at a metal nanostructure and then to measure how much energy the electrons lose when they excite plasmon resonances in the sample. Previously, it had been difficult for experimentalists to correctly interpret EELS spectra because the nonlocal effects are not considered in current theory the relevant solutions of Maxwells field equations.
|Yang and co-workers present the first full three-dimensional solution of Maxwells equations for a sample being probed by an EELS source. Our theoretical configuration mimics the experimental setup and the equations were, for the first time, implemented and solved using commercial software, says Yang.
|The researchers applied their theory to triangular gold nanoprisms and concluded that significant nonlocal effects occur when the side length of the prisms is smaller than 1050 nanometers, causing a spatial dispersion of electromagnetic fields. They then examined real EELS results for gold bowtie nanostructures each gold bowtie was created by joining two nanoprisms at their peaks using gold bridges as narrow as 1.6 nanometers (see image).
|The real bowties exhibited a similar spatial field dispersion to that anticipated for single prisms, but with greatly reduced high-frequency conduction at the narrow connective bridges. The researchers speculate that the field reduction is caused by two factors not included in their model quantum confinement in the narrow bridges as well as electron scattering from grain boundaries. These factors help to explain the interplay between nonlocality and geometry.
|Existing models tend to treat metals as having homogeneous optical properties, says Yang. Our results suggest that at the nanoscale we need to take account of quantum confinement and granularity.
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Rounding up the JLeRN Experiment
We have reached the end of the JLeRN experiment, at least the end of the current JISC funding for Mimas to set up a node on the Learning Registry and examine its potential. One part of the process of rounding up ideas and outputs generated through the experiment was a meeting of those who had engaged with it, held on 22nd October. This post providers pointers to two sets of resources associated with that meeting: the blog posts etc. that people who attended it wrote after the event, in order to summarise what had been discussed, but first a quick round-up (mostly from Sarah Currier) of posts that describe what the people who attended had been doing with the Learning Registry.
The Story So Far? – by David Kay
A summary of some of the "headline 'findings'" of a series of conversations that David has been having in an attempt to pin down the nature of the Learning Registry and its potential.
Understanding and using the Learning Registry: Pgogy Tools for searching and submitting – by Pat Lockley.
Pat has been very involved in the Learning Registry from the start. This blog post gives you access to all four of his open source tools that work with the Learning Registry, set up to work with our JLeRN node. They are very easy to install (two of them plug very easily into Chrome) and try out, plus Pat has made some brief videos demonstrating how they work. The tools use the Learning Registry to enhance Google (and other) searching, and support easy submission of metadata and paradata to a node. There is also a sample search you can use with the Chrome tools that should show you how it works pretty quickly.
Taster: A soon-to-be released ENGrich Learning Registry Case Study for JLeRN – by the ENGrich Project.
The ENGrich project are working on a case study on why and how they have implemented a Learning Registry node to enhance access to high-quality visual resources (images, videos, Flash animations, etc.) as OERs for engineering education at university level. Their work has involved gathering paradata from academics and students; this taster gives you an overview. A really interesting use case. Please pass this one on to anyone working with engineering resources too!
Taster: some ideas for a use case on paradata and accessibility opportunities –by Terry McAndrew
Terry is an accessibility expert from JISC TechDis, he came to our first Hackday and got us thinking about how the Learning Registry model for capturing and sharing paradata might be useful for people to share information about how accessible resources are. We commissioned him to write up a use case for this; look here to see his beginning thoughts, and add any of your own.
How widely useful is the Learning Registry?: A draft report on the broader context – by David Kay
The JLeRN team have been keeping half an eye from the start on the potential affordances the Learning Registry might offer the information landscape outwith educational technology: what about library circulation data, activity data and activity streams, linked data, the Semantic Web, research data management? And what if we are missing a trick; maybe there are already solutions in other communities? So we commissioned a Broader Context Report from David Kay at Sero Consulting. This is his first draft; we're looking for feedback, questions and ideas.
I reported on some information about the current status of the Learning Registry in the US and some other related initiatives (slideshare) based on information Steve Midgely had sent me in reply to an email.
Summaries/reflections from after the meeting
Registrying – by Pat Lockley
Pat's summary of his presentation on how the Learning Registry affects the interactions between developers, service managers and users.
Experimenting with the Learning Registry – by Amber Thomas
A round-up of the meeting as a whole, pulling out a couple of the significant issues raised: the extent to which the Learning Registry is a network, and the way some real tricky problems have been pushed out of scope…but are still there. Some really useful comments on this post as well, notably from Steve Midgley on increasing adoption of the Learning Registry in the US.
JLeRN Experiment Final Meeting – by Lorna M Campbell
Another summary of the meeting, summarising the uses made of the Learning Registry by projects represented at the meeting, mentioning some subject areas where the use of the Learning Registry to store information about curriculum mapping may prove useful and questions from Owen Stephens about alternative approaches to the Learning Registry.
At the end of the JLeRN experiment – by Phil Barker
My summary of the meeting, covering the issues of whether the Learning Registry is a network or just isolated nodes (-not much of a network, yet), whether it works as software (-seems to) and why use it and not some alternative (-it's too early to tell).
Watch this space for more information and case studies from some of the people mentioned above, and for the official JLeRN final report.


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As the poster session chair, I've been watching poster proposals come in for PyCon over the past several weeks. I was very happy with the posters last year, but this year we have a truly amazing collection. Since the submission deadline has been extended until Tuesday, January 25, (which is also the Early Bird registration deadline) I won't name specific posters yet, but the submissions cover the spectrum.
There are posters on Python in the sciences and bio-informatics, on Python for education and citizenship, on new packages and uses of Python, and even a couple of posters that showcase Python as a tool for hardware hacking "makers". And every single one of them looks great. Every. Single. One.
As I recall the excitement in the room last year for the first PyCon poster session ever, I can only smile as I think of what the reaction will be to this collection. I promise you, people will be wishing that the poster session could last all day to give them enough time to inspect each poster and chat with every presenter.
Better yet, you still have a chance to join this impressive company. If you want to submit a poster, just swing by the poster session CFP on the PyCon site by Tuesday to submit a poster proposal.
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That's me! Our buddy Chris Hardwick (the Nerdist, the Web Soupist) was nice enough to invite me on to Attack of the Show to talk about iPhone rumors.
And here's a behind the scenes take on how TV is made: I drank too much water in the green room and really had to pee. [G4TV]


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It doesn't matter how much money you have, when the price of gas blows by $3 a gallon, it grabs your attention. Even in the most elite circles, interest in high-mileage alternatives is growing. So Lexus, which scored a PR coup, as well as a sales success, when it launched the world's first luxury hybrid-electric vehicle, the RX400h, last year, is back with a second HEV. It's a very different animal from that first gasoline-electric people mover, however. While the RX crossover emphasizes mileage, the GS450h sedan is being billed as the world's first performance hybrid.
Hybrid is, of course, what the little "h" stands for. And the basic technology starts out the same on both vehicles: each captures energy that is typically wasted during braking or coasting and stores it in a battery pack. When you need extra power, that energy drives a pair of electric motors. In the GS, they're capable of punching out 197 horsepower and incredible amounts of on-demand torque. Add that to the 270 horsepower delivered by the sedan's 3.5-liter V-6, and you're talking serious performance.
During some aggressive driving around the Big Island of Hawaii, we were promptly impressed by the GS450h's "electric supercharger." With 0-to-60 times estimated at 5.2 seconds, the car gets off the line as quickly as a Porsche 911 with the Tiptronic transmission. Since electric motors deliver instant torque, acceleration is quick and smooth at just about any speed.
Heading down to Kona, we had a chance to check out the other side of the hybrid system's programming. Creeping through traffic, we ran for several miles on purely electric power—though it was a challenge to tell for sure when the gasoline engine kicked back in. The GS450h has little of the "rubber-banding effect" you feel in a Prius or RX as the engine revs, seemingly independent of actual road speed. It's even better with the transmission in manual mode, where it does a reasonable job of emulating a six-speed manual.
What about fuel economy? The definitive answer is that it depends. Drive hard and you'll see your mileage plunge on the GS450h's slick video display. Drive gingerly in stop-and-go traffic and you'll do a lot better. Based on the way other hybrids perform in real-world conditions, we doubt you'll get the rated mileages of 25 mpg city/28 mpg highway. On the other hand, you'll likely do better than comparably powered turbo and supercharged V-8 sedans.
You'll also get that uniquely quiet ride that is a Lexus hallmark, along with near bulletproof quality. The GS sedan is arguably the most handsome sedan Lexus has yet brought to market. It's roomy and comfortable, with a distinctly sporty flavor. And the 450h is the most lavishly equipped model in the GS series. So even if you're skeptical of Lexus's save-the-earth claims, the GS450h is certainly worth checking out.
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Larson, Susan. "New Orleans students give Rowling a rousing welcome." Times-Picayune, 18 October 2007.
She came, she read, she enchanted.
Writer J.K. Rowling held 1,600 New Orleans public school students in a state of rapt attention Thursday as she read and signed copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" during a promotional appearance at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Entering to a standing ovation, Rowling made her way to a throne-like chair, centered on a carpet, next to a reading table with red flowers. It was the archetypal image of the reading moment -- a woman, a book, a circle of light.
Rowling read a scene of farewell from the third chapter of the book, when Harry bids adieu to the Dursleys, his Muggle family. She elicited laughter from her young audience when she mimicked the voices of her characters -- Aunt Petunia, Daedelus Diggle -- but most seemed content merely to hear the familiar words in the creator's voice.
Rowling's rare public appearance in New Orleans followed a reading in Los Angeles on Monday; the tour moves Friday to New York, where she will read twice, once for public school students and later for an audience of sweepstakes winners, including five from Louisiana, at Carnegie Hall.
The decision to include New Orleans in her three-city U.S. tour is part of an ongoing commitment by her publisher, Scholastic Inc., to help fund the Gulf Coast Recovery effort for schools and libraries. In addition to providing books for the students in attendance, Scholastic donated 10,000 copies to area public schools and 100 sets of the books to the New Orleans Public Library.
There may not be many children left who haven't already read it: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in the record-breaking series, was released July 21 and sold 8.3 million books in the first 24 hours.
Following her brief reading from the book, Rowling answered pre-selected questions from a dozen local students who were as familiar with her life story as they were with the adventures of the boy wizard.
The question topics ranged from the personal -- her childhood experiences, the first piece of literature that inspired her ("The Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Grahame, read to Rowling when she was 4 and suffering from the measles) -- to the political.
"I very consciously wanted to show what is one of the great evils of war, which is that totally innocent people are slaughtered," Rowling told the children. "Another great evil of war is that children lose their families."
"Do you believe that good always overcomes evil?" asked Naresha Dumas of Warren Easton High School.
"That depends on what you mean by 'overcomes,' " Rowling said, referring to Harry Potter's battle against the evil Lord Voldemort. "But as long as people are prepared to keep fighting ... it's amazing how small acts of kindness can add up, just living in a moral way, treating other people kindly."
Students also asked about the fate of favorite characters. Rowling told them that she thought Luna Lovegood, one of her favorites, became a great naturalist, "though I don't knew whether she ever found any Crumple-horned Snorkacks."
Cho Chang? "Cho married a Muggle."
Dwayne Lockett, of Alice Harte Elementary, asked what advice Rowling could give students who wanted to write, especially if their grades weren't the best.
"If you'd seen my grades in chemistry. . ." Rowling said. "That's why Snape teaches Potions."
Then, after the audience groaned, she said, "Don't say awwww! He deserved it! We can all think of teachers we'd like revenge on."
"What did you personally learn from writing these books?" asked Emily Chen of Lusher Charter School.
"We could be here for three hours," Rowling said. "This has been 17 years of my life. I had three children during the time I was writing these books."
At one point in the question-and-answer period, a student spoke for the entire audience, shouting out, "I love you!"
"Thank you for that," Rowling said.
The question and answer period was followed by a book-signing, with Rowling signing specially stickered editions for each student in attendance.
The limiting of the audience to Orleans Parish students angered some suburban Potter fans who felt Scholastic should have reached out to young readers from the entire metropolitan area. But inside the Convention Center, the lucky Orleans Parish students -- 20 each from 80 public schools, including charter schools -- were beaming over their good fortune.
"I'm going to go home and write about this on my blog in MySpace and post a picture of my book," said Dominique Devezin, a junior at Algiers Technology Academy.
"I'm going to read, read, read. My kids will read all these books," said Kari Fleming, a sophomore at Walter L. Cohen High School. "And someday, I'm going to call my great-great-grandkids and sit them on my lap, and I'll say, 'Let me tell you about the time I met J.K. Rowling.'¤"
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Source: http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/10/new_orleans_students_give_rowl.html
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January 3, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
As the Northeast is battered by "Winter Storm Hercules"—a nor'easter all but destined to enter Wikipedia's list of notable nor'easters—one public library has provided succor, sort of. In Hopkinton, Massachusetts, a redditor came across this sign; to its great credit, it suggests neither burning books, nor reading erotica aloud, nor any other heat-generating gimmickry. Rather, it stands as a stark, charmingly blunt reminder that though literature may warm the soul, it will never warm the body.
Curl up with a good book today, but don't try to be a hero: curl up with a blanket, too.
Amen to the above. Be safe, everybody! Then again, of course there's always this ...


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Financial services firms in the Asia Pacific are refreshing information security governance and strategy documents to reflect technological change and regulatory pressures, according to Deloitte.
The refresh is high on the list of IT security initiatives being progressed by banks and insurance firms this year, according to topline results from the forthcoming Deloitte 2012 Global Financial Services Industry Security Survey.
"We were a little surprised [about] information security governance and ... strategy because companies have had these in place for a long time," Deloitte Australia's security and resiliency services partner Tommy Viljoen said.
"But what we're seeing is that companies are having to refresh these documents in light of the technological changes that are happening as well as regulatory pressures."
Viljoen said that regulatory pressure to keep security governance and policies up-to-date was "massive" overseas.
"From a business perspective, the regulators have become much more engaged in terms of ensuring security is at the level that it should be," he said.
Deloitte found that Australian banks were driven to focus on IT security as they sought to make greater use of mobile channels.
Financial services firms were generally highly engaged when it came to IT security, the survey found.
"Whereas years ago it was seen as an IT solution and IT were told to go and fix it, we're seeing business far more engaged," Viljoen said.
"We've also seen a lot more integration of security into the business risk frameworks, the operational risk frameworks as well as the enterprise risk frameworks.
"I think this is really important because you don't want security out on a limb on its own. It really needs to be owned by the business."
Financial services firms in Asia Pacific were generally not as constrained as their global counterparts when it came to IT security budgets.
More than 70 percent of banks globally dedicated at least one-to-three percent of their IT budgets to information security, the survey found.
About half of respondents in Asia Pacific saw IT security budgets increase year-on-year.
"I'm actually quite encouraged by that," Viljoen noted. "If I compare it to global [figures], I'd rather be in Australia."
Unlike other parts of the world, there was no one clear attack vector that dominated the security threats experienced by financial firms in Asia Pacific.
Espionage, online platforms, fraud and third-party security breaches were equally threatening in Asia Pacific, while hacktivism was a distant equal fifth.
The dispersed threat meant IT security spending had to be similarly diverse.
"Obviously that means ... we can't focus our spending on any one area," Viljoen said.
"We've got to continue to be broad in the way we attack and manage security."
Viljoen was happy to be combating a broader base of threats, rather than see the threats concentrated in a single area.
"[Otherwise] the danger is we focus on one particular type of threat vector and we really tie that one down, but you're always going to find security is about the weakest link so you cannot focus on only one area," he said.
The full survey results are expected to be released later this year.


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What did this thing do in the vintage days with its "new fangled" electronics. Never owned one as a kid, though I do have a vintage one with non-working electronics. I know there's no lights, so was it the wings that folded up and down??
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