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Every once in a while, a business or an employee will get a positive mention in a newspaper or magazine.
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Your business will benefit a great deal if you take the time and trouble to frame newspaper articles that mention the company in a positive way. Whether it is corporate or individual recognition, it shows where you company is on a certain date. It marks an important event in your company's history and gives you bragging rights for years to come.Framing newspaper articles is a smart business move that will pay off with your employees, customers, and even the competition.
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Sri Lanka's telecommunications sector entered the 4G era recently with the launch of Commercial LTE Services in the city of Colombo by Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN), the fixed telecommunication services arm of the Dialog Axiata Group.
Dialog's cutting edge broadband network is based on 4th Generation TD-LTE technology, and represents quantum advancement in Fixed Broadband services delivered to Sri Lankan Homes and Enterprises. Commencing with the City of Colombo at launch, Dialog's LTE network will be made available across all major cities and towns in Sri Lanka in the immediate future.
Powered by the very latest in High Speed Wireless Broadband technology, Dialog's LTE network facilitates a simplified Home or Office Broadband experience for Sri Lankan consumers. The LTE Home/Office device provided by Dialog enables "Plug and Play" connectivity to the LTE network and comes complete with in-built Wi-Fi, 4 Local Area Network (LAN) Data Ports, an USB port and the option of 2 Voice (Telephone) lines.
With Home/Office Wi-Fi coverage built in as a standard feature, connectivity to Dialog's LTE network enables the transformation of connected Homes and Offices in to High Speed Wireless Zones supporting a wide range of wireless devices such as Tablets, Smart Phones and Laptops. The LTE terminal also supports connectivity to Smart TVs and Local Area Network (LAN) connected devices such as PCs and Printers.
Commenting on the Launch of the country's first Commercial LTE Service, Anusha Pelpita Director General of the TRCSL said "The smooth introduction of the latest generation of telecommunication and broadband services requires consistent forward planning by the TRCSL and I am happy that our efforts have resulted in Sri Lanka's telecommunications sector delivering high quality and affordable services to Sri Lankan consumers."
Dialog's LTE service features entry level home and office packages starting at Rs. 1,400/- for a 4Mbps connection with a 25GB Data Allocation. Subscribers would be further facilitated with a simple and convenient process to upgrade entry level packages to higher capacities depending on their specific broadband service requirements. Customers of the service would also enjoy "Burst" Speeds well in excess of the nominal 4 Mbps connection speed at no extra cost.
It is an honour and privilege to lead Sri Lanka's ICT sector in to the LTE era, said Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya Chairman, Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN) & Group CEO Dialog Axiata PLC. "The aggressive advancement of Sri Lanka's Telecommunications sector has been made possible by the progressive policies of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, and the enabling environment which has been created which encourages investment in the latest technology to the benefit of Sri Lankan consumers. Carrying this lead forward, our LTE network will expand rapidly to cover most towns and cities of Sri Lanka in the near future, and consistent with the revolution we delivered in the mobile telecommunications sector over the past decade, we will deliver the benefits of LTE technology in a form which will be available and affordable to a vast majority of Sri Lankan citizens and businesses" he added.
Dialog launches SL'S 1st commercial 4G-LTE service

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NASA plans to crash a space probe into the moon in 2009. The collision, so violent it will be visible on Earth through a telescope, should excavate a hole about a third the size of a football field and hurl a plume of debris into space.
The moon crash is a quest for ice, as water is the key ingredient for future human outposts on the moon.
After the crash, the mother ship that released the probe will fly through the plume and look for traces of water ice or vapor. The lunar spacecraft will target the south pole, releasing its SUV-sized impactor probe in January 2009 on a suicide plunge at about 5,600 miles per hour toward a frozen crater believed to contain hidden ice.
If ice is found, it could be melted and the water used to help make rocket fuel or oxygen.
Thanks Jonah.
Via CNN.
Now that we got used to the idea of having one day space elevators, Gianmarco Radice and Prof Matthew Cartmell at the University of Glasgow have come up with plans to develop a giant slingshot to replace rockets and catapult material from the earth to the moon.
The study will explore whether it is theoretically possible to create massive cables then use the power of the earth's orbit to catapult raw materials for mining, food, water and aerospace equipment into space.
The cables could be up to 250,000km long and made of extra strong materials.
"These 'tether' systems are an extremely attractive possibility for space transportation as they don't need any fuel. The cargo is transferred from one orbit to the other using the orbital velocity of the system, explained Radice. "There are issues that have to be addressed, as the cables are very long and have to be highly resistant, but this could provide an efficient method of transporting goods between the earth and moon."
Via The Scotsman.
Players of Operation Cntrcpy[tm] have to navigate a space ship to Mars as fast as possible and to land there, by using a web interface and a mobile phone. Throughout the whole mission the pilot is responsible for the space ship and crew.
The journey is impeded by aliens, black holes and fields of asteroids. When the spaceship heads towards one, the cosmonaut is immediately informed by SMS – at unpredictable times, day or night. The pilot has to log into the "Virtual Mission Control Center" via the internet as fast as he can, and avert the danger. The quickness of reaction and the quality of solving a problem decide the course of the journey.
More images.
A work by Rainer Prohaska together with Martin Sägmüller, Konstantin Demblin and Eva Grumeth.
On Feb. 3rd, astronauts onboard the International Space Station will hurl an empty spacesuit overboard.
The spacesuit is the satellite -- SuitSat for short.
"Some Russian partners in the ISS program had an idea: Maybe we can turn old spacesuits into useful satellites," explains Frank Bauer of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Scientsits have equipped an outdated Russian Orlon spacesuit with three batteries, a radio transmitter, and internal sensors to measure temperature and battery power. As it circles Earth, it will transmit its condition to the ground.
To listen to SuitSat, all you will need is a big antenna and a radio receiver that you can tune to 145.990 MHz FM. "A police band scanner or a hand-talkie ham radio would work just fine," added Bauer.
Use Science@NASA's J-Pass utility to find out when the ISS is going to orbit over your area.
Via Eyeteeth and The Raw Feed. More information and images.
I've uploaded on Flickr the images i took at the retrospective dedicated to Antwerp-based artist Panamarenko. Funky aeroplanes, air balloons, inflatable vehicles, flying saucers, weird cars and backpacks that Daedalus could have engineered...
Be quick if you want to check the show, it closes on January 29, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels. More images in Pixagogo.
Extremes of temperature can cause small cracks to open in the superstructure of spacecraft, as can impacts by micrometeroids. Cracks build up, weakening the spacecraft until a catastrophic failure becomes inevitable.
To replicate the human process of healing small cracks before they can open up into anything more serious, the team replaced a few percent of the fibres running through a resinous composite material with hollow fibres containing adhesive materials. Ironically, to make the material self-repairable, the hollow fibres had to be made of an easily breakable substance: glass. "When damage occurs, the fibres must break easily otherwise they cannot release the liquids to fill the cracks and perform the repair," says Christopher Semprimoschnig, at the European Space Technology Research Centre.
In the airless environment of space, the mechanical "veins" have to be filled with resin and a hardener that leak out and mix when the fibres are broken. Both must be runny enough to fill the cracks quickly and harden before it evaporates.
"We have taken the first step but there is at least a decade to go before this technology finds its way onto a spacecraft," says Semprimoschnig.
Via ESA.
Related: Self-healing paint for cars.


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And when WordPress developers turned in on in WordPress 3.5 they returned
the hole back to the masses. Earlier for WP 2.6 - 3.4.2 only those web sites
were vulnerable, which had turned it on, then since WP 3.5 all web sites
would be vulnerable again.
First of all I am impressed that you MustLive have studied this issue so much and given valuable information to this
mailing list. Thank you. I'll bet you can give lot to the community if you start to find vulnerabilities from important
software and don't waste time to non-issues (not saying that you haven't done this already in some level).
Could you give me references where WordPress developers enabled XML-RPC again? In my opinion this is not wise decision.
The interface should have at least some kind of ACL enabled. I have no idea what is now allowed or is there possibility
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Birthday Happens.. Or what happens on your birthday!
So, it starts atleast a week before the actual birthday. The excitement of the day when everyone treats you nicely, even abuses are sprinkled with bittersweet flattery and people trying to be all for you, deserves the week of importance. It's like you suddenly start seeing the brighter side of everything. Reaching late, working less, sleeping more than the 'stipulated' 8 hours and so on, all seems ok. You even try to make others around you to notice that it's your birthday week and so they be all nice and excited enough to overlook all that you don't do right in that week. Basically, you want to be a lazy dog relaxing at the poolside.
Now, cut to the immediate previous day before your birthday. You go about the daily chores and boring routine for almost the entire day until one of your close friends starts with "What do you want to do to bring in your birthday?" on the Whatsapp group of those close friends. Then starts a wave of messages to make plans which certainly creates the buzz but also puts some decision making pressure on the man of the moment. If you don't handle the situation tactfully, you'll end up with a crappy plan, failed birthday buzz and friends who'll call you a 50 year old bored oldie for atleast a month. So you decide to go with the flow and make a perfect plan without realising the beauty of the plan's perfection (It was a great outing with super people).
The plan's set, friends have been informed, you're hungry (ofcourse) and you go all stud-mode to look for the last bought new shirt in your wardrobe. The shirt's not ironed. Hunger takes a backseat now. You realise that the shirt being in that condition is just a metaphor of all the things lying unattended in the past week of being the lazy dog at the poolside. Whatever it is, being in stud-mode makes you want to the make the best of available options and you end up with a decent looking, several occasions old shirt and you again start focussing on hunger. Hunger pangs are quintessentially the state of living in the present. Deep thought.
You meet friends, go to the restaurant, find a table immediately, order food, have fun and it's all great. And there's even more excitement when your people start the reverse countdown..30 minutes to go..15 minutes to go.. Then, at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, you wake up to the new year of your life (Sounds like Mr. Nehru's birthday.. :P). And without fail, Mom's the first caller. Has to be. She's the messenger who delivered the message which the world reads (Haha.. I know it sounds like BBM Human Version!). I was a tick mark with a 'D' and now I'm a tick mark with an 'R'. Haha. Okay, break over. So, now you attend calls of friends, old friends, new friends, friends of friends and so on. Then there are Whatsapps and SMSs and all. You don't want to reply with just a thank you in one buck costing sms, so you even talk a little more and catch up with long lost buddies. On Whatsapp, you'll even share this note..cos it's free. So, ya you chill and have a good time. In all this bustle, to literally count your blessings, you always want more and more people to wish you. But, being an introvert, you aren't exactly comfortable with the sudden flood of calls. When a call drops or is missed, at first you feel, "Wow!" And this keeps flashing in your mind - "Introversion - expert level unlocked!" But then, deep thinking mode is activated and you correlate increasing years with decreasing number of well wishers. You want to bring about a change in your attitude and more so in making yourself a better social animal.
In this backdrop of 'quality' thoughts, you go home expecting everyone to be fast asleep, cos you aren't exactly entering at a good time (2.30 a.m.). But, life as we know it, is full of surprises. Just when you go to change, your family appears with a cake for you. It is such a wonderful gesture because they're indefinitely waiting without asking you to come back early or anything. You immediately realise that, there are friends and family who like the way you are and probably like the introvert-expert level too. The 'quality' thoughts don't hold much ground now. This is the beauty of speed of thought, that you go from introspective thinking to being grateful for everything and everyone you have, in no time.
All in all, the birthday is brought in with much happiness and you are always surrounded by great people who'll do everything to make it a special day for you. So go all 'Game of Thrones' and declare - "Brace yourselves, birthday is coming!"
Thank you family and friends for a wonderful birthday.


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We have made a film with Lydia Plowman, Professor of Education and Technology at Edinburgh University, who has conducted research into the benefits of playing CBeebies games online. Here she looks at some of the worries parents have about letting their young children play online and what key benefits playing online can have for your child. She also looks at some CBeebies online, mobile and tablet games that are ideal for younger players and advises on how best to support your child when they're playing.
Her advice for helping your child get the most out of playing online is to:
Share the experience: Choose things that you both like doing so you can enjoy sharing time at the computer when you can.
Talk about what you're doing and why: Think aloud when you play. 'Let's click on this one because…' or 'We've got two choices here. Which one is best?' Encourage your child to think about what will happen if they choose a particular action or element of the game.
Involve other members of the family: Older brothers and sisters may love being the teacher and showing them what to do, or grandparents may enjoy the opportunity to share the experience and spend some time on a one-to-one activity.
Aim for a mix of activities at and away from the computer: such as dressing up, singing songs or painting pictures relating to the game they've been playing.
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Lately, I've been feeling overwhelmed and worn out. It seems there are so many things I want to get done in a day and never enough time to do it.
I know all the answers to this problem. Learn to delegate, cut back where I can, the art of saying no, etc.
This weekend I was looking forward to going to a dance with my husband. After a day at work, appointment with our accountant and submitting our tax return, I really wanted to spend some time with nothing to do other than enjoy our friends, some good music, food, and dancing.
My husband came down with a really bad head cold and the last thing he wanted to do was stay up late and have the pulse of a live band match the pounding in his head. Disappointment settled in my gut.
But on the way home from town (we live in the mountains so it's an hour drive one way) the top 20 Christian music countdown came on the radio. Song after song flooded our car and my heart.
The message of God's love, His sovereignty, and grace lifted my spirit. I sang and worshiped Him all the way home. A full hour of praise between me and my Father.
That's when it hit me, my tired wasn't physical, it was spiritual. I needed to be refreshed in a way that only Jesus can give.
When you feel spent, spend an hour with Jesus and you'll feel more refreshed than eight hours of sleep.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. NIV Ephesians 6:12
I've been struggling with what I thought was tiredness of the flesh, and while we do need sleep, I firmly believe we need refreshment of our spirit more.
My plans involved an evening out, but God knows what we need far better than we do. He knew I needed time with Him.
If you're feeling tired, consider some one on one time with Jesus, the lover of your soul. [Tweet this]
Have you been feeling tired lately? How has God changed your plans for the better?


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Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
is a unique course of study that complements an existing degree-producing
program. By taking the Military Science courses, in addition to their
regular major, MSU students are offered the opportunity to receive a Presidential
Commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. A graduate of the program may
elect to serve as an officer in either the active Army or in the National
Guard/Army Reserve as a part-time soldier (one weekend a month and two
weeks in the summer).
ROTC enhances a student's education by providing unique leadership and
management training. The experiences provided by Army ROTC have proven
to make a significant impact in the graduate's endeavors with many large
businesses and corporations actively seeking this qualification for potential
professional employees. Army ROTC provides leadership experience.
The four-year Army ROTC Program is divided into two parts called the
Basic Course and the Advanced Course.
The Basic Course is usually taken during the first two years and covers
such subjects as management principles, national defense, military history,
and leadership development. In addition, a variety of outside social and
professional enrichment activities are available. All necessary ROTC uniforms
and other essential materials are furnished at no cost. After completing
the Basic Course, students who have demonstrated the potential to become
an officer and who have met the physical, medical, and scholastic standards
are eligible to enroll in the Advanced Course.
The Advanced Course is taken during the final two years of college. It
includes instruction in organization and management, tactics, ethics,
professionalism and advanced leadership development.
During the summer between the junior and senior years of college, Advanced
Course students attend a fully-paid five-week training session called
the Leader Development and Assessment course. The Leader Development and Assessment
course gives students the chance to practice what they have learned in the
classroom, and apply their leadership skills.
The two-year program is designed for a student who did not take ROTC
during their first two years of school, or for students who have prior
military service to their credit. The two-year program is also available
to National Guard and Army Reserve college students that are participating
in the Simultaneous Membership Program.
Several options exist for students to enter the Two-Year Program. For
students with no previous military experience, a summer introductory military
orientation session called the Leaders' Training Course is most often
required. This is a fully-paid four-week course.
After successfully completing Leader's Training Course, students who
meet all the necessary enrollment requirements continue in the Advanced
Army ROTC scholarships for two, three and four years are awarded on a
competitive basis to the best qualified students who apply.
Four-year scholarships are awarded to students who will be entering college
as freshmen. Based on the availability of scholarships, three- and two-year
scholarships are awarded to students already enrolled in college.
Each scholarship covers tuition and fees, a specified amount for textbooks,
supplies and equipment, plus an allowance of $2,500 to $4,000 for every
year the scholarship is in effect.
Special consideration for an Army ROTC scholarship is given to students
pursuing degrees in nursing, engineering, the physical sciences, and other
technical skills in demand by the Army. Students who receive a scholarship
must earn an undergraduate degree in the field in which the scholarship
is awarded.
Today's Army offers students the opportunity to learn valuable cutting-edge
technology skills. Army careers in such fields as aviation, advanced electronics,
laser technology, and computer programming are available to students who
can accept the challenge of working within a rapidly changing technological
environment. In the Army, students learn from experts and gain first-hand
experience working with some of the most sophisticated equipment available.
Students who complete ROTC training and receive a degree in a high-tech
area can look forward to an important career experience in the Army and
a solid future in the world of rapidly expanding technology.
The minor in Military Studies is offered to any student completing the
courses of study listed below. The minor not only prepares cadets for
active duty service but also provides them the opportunity to study one
of our country's major instruments of power, the United States Military.
In addition to studying Air Force & Army organization, missions, and operations,
the student will gain a broader perspective of the military in general
by completing a course in American Military History & a cross-service
curriculum emphasizing our country's focus on "Joint" military operations.
**If a student is not accepted into MAS 309 or MSG 303 by the respective
military service, the student can substitute an additional upper division
course along with MSG 470, physical fitness training.
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Management Action Plans Follow-Up for Internal Audit
prepared by the
Audit and Evaluation Directorate
April 2010
This follow-up report on the implementation of management action plans concludes the internal audit process and outlines the measures taken by the various entities concerned in response to our findings and recommendations. As part of the follow-up process in effect, management action plans are to be reviewed annually until they are fully implemented, and the extent of implementation is to be assessed and reported to the Departmental Audit Committee (DAC).
This annual report contains the follow-up findings as at March 31, 2010, for ten audit projects and for which reports and management action plans have been submitted to and approved by the DAC. The following charts give an overview of the implementation status of the management action plan elements.
The following pages set out in detail the progress of the action plans for each of the audit projects.
Audit Project: 01/02 01-04
Audit Project Objective
In the framework of Financial Information Strategy (FIS), the establishment of opening balances as of April 1, 2001, was the starting point for recording and accountability under the new accounting standards. The purpose of this project was to ensure that the opening balances had been correctly established and recorded in compliance with the new accounting conventions.
Nature of Recommendations
It was pointed out in the audit report submitted in November 2002 that the opening balances as at April 1, 2001, as reviewed and corrected with the participation of the Receiver General and the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), complied with requirements. However, we submitted recommendations to the Finance Directorate to the effect that the accuracy of audit balances could be guaranteed throughout the year by validating the balances of certain accounts, setting up periodic account analysis procedures and making effective policies available to staff.
Implementation Status
The value of the CSA's inventory has not been determined yet. Accounting principles require this to be done in order to evaluate the inventory in relative terms and include its value in the financial statements if appropriate.
Management has informed us that determining the value of the inventory is part of its action plan for the preparation of the CSA's audited financial statements. The Contracting Administration Division will help establish the CSA's inventory.
Management intends to follow up on its action plan by December 31, 2010.
Audit Project: 04/05 01-03
Audit Project Objective
The audit project objective was to evaluate the extent to which governance, operations and information system elements in the David Florida Laboratory (DFL) Directorate's management framework allow the DFL to fulfil its mandate, carry out operations effectively, efficiently and economically while complying with requirements prescribed by acts, regulations and policies, and protect and account for the use of resources.
Nature of Recommendations
Observations and recommendations to management focused on improving financial information quality, demonstrating transparency and equity when levying external user fees and managing accounts receivable more rigorously.
Implementation Status
The development of the Agency investment plan continued last fiscal year in cooperation with the TBS to ensure it meets the requirements of the Policy on Investment Planning – Assets and Acquired Services. The objective is to submit the CSA's investment plan in March 2010 for Treasury Board approval.
DFL services provided for other Agency sectors must be accounted for under the relevant activities in terms of actual costs. The Finance Directorate has nearly finished establishing the billing rate following the update of actual costs.
Practices related to invoicing and collecting accounts receivable are still being reviewed in keeping with policies and procedures, which should be revised. Also, staff concerned will be reminded of their roles and responsibilities.
An analysis is still under way concerning a review of accounted expenditures since 2001 to find payments with erroneous coding. The asset accounts are expected to be corrected taking into account the results of a physical inventory.
Audit Project: 05/06 01-03
Audit Project Objective
The objective of this audit project was to evaluate the extent to which elements of the Space Operations Branch's management framework (excluding DFL) concerning governance, operations and information systems allow the Branch to fulfil its mandate, carry out its operations effectively, efficiently and economically while complying with requirements prescribed by acts, regulations and policies, and protect and account for the use of resources.
Nature of Recommendations
We reported in September 2007 that management needed to exercise more control over its expenditures and revenue collection, while some practices needed to be rethought to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Even though the audit project was specifically concerned with the Space Operations Branch's management framework, we reported that the Agency also needed a management framework more in line with TBS requirements, in particular as regards planning and program performance measurement.
Implementation Status
Although instructions to departments on how to prepare a Management, Resources and Results Structure (MRRS) and TBS recommendations regarding evaluation of the CSA's (Management Accountability Framework (MAF) are clear, we still find that the Program Activity Architecture (PAA) programs and expected outcomes are, to a great extent, not up to the standard of the MRRS. The CSA is currently developing a new PAA that will be in line with a new long-term space plan, and it should not have any non-compliant elements, since it is being developed in keeping with TBS instructions. Development of the PAA is going well. It should be effective April 1, 2011.
In keeping with the principle of results-based management, we recommended that management ensure that the performance of each program be subject to an official and regular review. This task has not been done yet, in spite of the commitment to take care of this matter as part of the financial planning cycle.
The CSA's governance is currently being reviewed and will take this responsibility into account.
Audit Project: 06/07 01-01
Audit Project Objective
The objective of this audit project was to evaluate the extent to which elements of the Space Sciences Branch's management framework concerning governance, operations and information systems allow the Branch to fulfil its mandate, carry out its operations effectively, efficiently and economically while complying with requirements prescribed by acts, regulations and policies, and protect and account for the use of resources.
Nature of Recommendations
In February 2008, we were of the opinion that the Space Sciences Branch had a management framework which, generally speaking, enabled the organization's objectives to be met.
We drew management's attention to observations and recommendations intended to bolster and enhance the effectiveness and compliance of certain elements of its management framework: integrate the PAA components into its work environment, better manage universities' claims, review performance and funding modes, and better identify expenditures for accounting purposes.
Implementation Status
The two pending elements in the action plan have been completed. Finance Directorate staff, in cooperation with TBS representatives, have agreed on a solution for the use of the right appropriations and accounting for expenditures made when the CSA pays postdoctoral scholarships as part of a grants and contributions program administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
Audit Project: 06/07 01-03
Audit Project Objective
The objective of this audit project was to assess to what extent CSA's project management processes and practices (Phases 0 to E inclusive) enable it to make informed decisions as to the choice of projects/initiatives to be financed, to follow up appropriately, to implement the approved initiatives in line with the principles of effectiveness, efficiency and economy, to attain the planned results as set out in the main planning documents, to comply with all relevant policies, regulations and guidelines issued by CSA and the central agencies, and to report on resource use.
Nature of Recommendations
We reported in October 2007 that CSA had developed good project and risk management frameworks but did not make proper use of them in day-to-day management. We also observed that cost/benefit performance problems, missed deadlines and cost overruns were endemic in the projects conducted by the Agency. Our findings concerned the decision-making process, obtaining financial authority, information integrity, the Project Approval and Management Framework (PAMF), project planning, changes in project scope, cost estimates, technology maturity, project follow-up, risk management and performance evaluation.
Implementation Status
We recommended that a strategic and implementation plan be developed, priorities be established to reduce the number of projects under way and the project approval method be reviewed. Elements related to the development and implementation of the next long-term space plan and to CSA's ongoing governance review are still pending.
To clarify the roles of the team responsible for implementing the PAMF, management had made a commitment to review the team's roles and responsibilities. This exercise is currently under way as part of the reorganization announced by the President in November 2009.
Audit Project: 07/08 01-01
Audit Project Objective
The overall objective of this audit project was to determine whether the management framework in place for travel, conference and hospitality expenses was satisfactory and in compliance with the Treasury Board Secretariat Travel Directive, the TBS and CSA Hospitality policies, and the Financial Administration Act (FAA).
Nature of Recommendations
In March 2008, we reported that we were of the opinion that management had introduced a satisfactory control structure for travel, conference and hospitality expenses.
We drew management's attention to observations and recommendations that were mainly intended to enhance the compliance of practices, policies and procedures, and the effectiveness, efficiency and internal control of certain elements of its management framework.
Among the elements management was asked to pay special attention to were proper financial coding of certain travel expenses, correct completion of the Travel Authority and Advance (TAA) and Travel Expense Claim forms, accurate disclosure of travel and hospitality expenses on the Agency's Web site, and the maximum acceptable error rate in account verification.
Implementation Status
Only one recommendation, regarding account verification, had still not been acted upon at the beginning of the year. Management has put measures in place to reduce the number of errors in travel and hospitality expenses.
Quality control by sampling now enables the Agency to identify errors made by the sectors' financial clerks. Recurring errors are recorded in a database and included in travel training to inform the clerks. One-on-one meetings are also organized. These detection controls have brought down the error rate and enable the Agency to compile information, thereby reducing errors on an ongoing basis. This measure completed the implementation of the action plan.
Audit Project: 07/08 01-04
Audit Project Objective
The objectives of this audit were to evaluate the extent to which the recommendations of the Public Service Commission (PSC) audit report of May 2006 had been implemented and to determine whether the management framework for staffing activities and transactions were consistent with the new Public Service Employment Act and with PSC policies, regulations and orders.
Nature of Recommendations
In August 2008, we reported that although there was still some work that needed to be done, our view was that management had responded with due diligence to the recommendations in the PSC report.
We also drew management's attention to the challenges in store for CSA with respect to its workload and succession planning. We indicated that measures would be required to manage the workload with a view to filling vacant positions within a reasonable time frame and to cope with the massive departures expected in a number of key groups over the coming years.
Implementation Status
Major progress has been made on the implementation of all the recommendations in the report. The Integrated HR Plan has been updated and has identified corporate HR priorities. Also, most of the performance measures identified in the Staffing Monitoring Framework have been implemented and the Departmental Staffing Accountability Report was drafted for 2009-2010.
A number of tools have also been developed to help managers manage their staffing activities. A toolbox that includes reference documents is now available on the intranet site. An automated reminder is sent to managers two months before a staffing action, such as an assignment, acting appointment or term employment, is over and a decision is required. Finally, learning and professional development programs have been developed for succession purposes to find candidates for a number of positions, including HR officers, mission controllers and engineers.
To complete the implementation of the action plan, management will have to draft a strategic HR management plan, finalize the peer monitoring and control mechanism and complete the deadline tracking system. The new long-term space plan will provide guidance for the strategic HR management plan.
Audit Project: 08/09 01-01
Audit Project Objective
The audit objective was to assess the design and operation of the monitoring system developed to identify high-risk operations for review and validation.
Nature of Recommendations
In October 2008, we reported that management had implemented a sampling plan that allowed the identification of high-risk operations for audit purposes.
We also made recommendations to management aimed at improving the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the design and operation of the sampling plan in order to make better use of resources.
Implementation Status
We recommended that, every year, the sampling plan be revised, the level of risk of operations categories be reviewed, periodic reports on identified errors be produced and a corrective and follow-up mechanism be implemented for staff of the various sectors.
Efforts focused on developing the Central Accounting Verification System (CAVS) so that it produces periodic reports to support the review of the sampling criteria and the level of risk of each operations category. Management intends to settle a few technical issues by June 30, 2010, with the help of IT staff so as to finish developing the CAVS. Pending, for reasons of prudence, most payment claims are still subject to account verification because the claims are all codified as high risk.
Until the time when the automated production of reports with the CAVS will be in effect, certain data on the number and nature of errors are compiled manually. These reports have enabled the Accounting Services to consolidate information, identify error rates by sector and inform the staff concerned. A more formal process will be implemented when the CAVS reports become available.
Audit Project: 08/09 01-02
Audit Project Objective
The purpose of this audit was to evaluate the compliance of the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Program, whose purpose is to maintain essential operations in the event of a disaster at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Nature of Recommendations
In January 2009, we reported that management had implemented a governance framework and plans in keeping with the Policy on Government Security and Operational Security Standard on Business Continuity Planning.
However, we recommended that the implementation of the CSA BCP Program be completed.
Implementation Status
We recommended that the corporate policy be finalized, replacements for the corporate coordination cell be designated, training sessions be organized and business continuity plans related to essential services be finalized. Management had submitted an action plan according to which it intended to carry out some of the recommendations by March 31, 2010, and others by March 31, 2011.
Management still has not started implementing its action plan because efforts were redirected to the coordination of a business continuity plan in the event of pandemic influenza (H1N1 virus). In addition, in keeping with the new Policy on Government Security, the corporate policy will become a corporate directive.
Management informed us that it would start carrying out the recommendations as soon as possible to meet the deadline of March 31, 2011.
Audit Project: OCG-01
Audit Project Objective
This audit was carried out in 2009 by the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) as part of its Horizontal Audit Plan. The audit objectives were to provide reasonable assurances that:
Nature of Recommendations
In May 2009, the OCG's audit report recommended that a variety of measures be taken to ensure that the CSA has reliable information, implements operational monitoring mechanisms and defines reporting requirements.
Implementation Status
To date, management has not carried out any of the OCG's recommendations. It should be noted that management's action plan covers only some of the recommendations made by the OCG, including:
Reliable information
Relevant information
Management is presently working on improving its action plan in order to fully respond to recommendations from the OCG report.


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My car has more doors than most busses.
Unless your car is… busted
My car has more doors than most busses.
Unless your car is… busted
How do you accuse someone of being a witch if they turn you into a witch?
This is me.
I never reblog but this is always worth it.
I have a statistics midterm tomorrow I should be studying for.
It's clearly time for the return of Bat-Quinn.
When I realized the main reason I wanted time travel was so I could catch some extra sleep…
I never understood people who talk about college stealing all the important things away from you until tonight.
I have to choose between watching Tina Fey be on Jimmy Fallon live or studying for two big tests tomorrow.
It just got personal, college.
I looked in the mirror and saw an adult. I blinked and it was gone. It was a weird moment.
I'm not in a habit of playing self identity peek-a-boo so the whole event took me by surprise. I wasn't sure whether I should celebrate my oncoming maturity or lament my passing immaturity.
Not able to reach a conclusion, I just shaved. Badly at that. I never shave well. I shave so I don't have a beard, not to be clean shaven. I like to think this gives me a rugged look that drives the girls wild, but it really just looks patchy.
While shaving, I stared myself down in case my adult self decided to come out again. He didn't. I put the razor down and gave myself a hard look that I hoped the adult in me would find penetrating. He didn't.
It reminded me of a moment in my high school academic decathlon team. We were all getting lectured about how to behave in public and how the grown ups like Mr. Finley would be carefully watching us. Mr. Finley, a balding middle aged man, cried out "a grown up? Say it ain't so!" The lecturer, amused, responded "I'm afraid it's far too late for you, Mr. Finley."
That's how I looked at myself then. "I'm afraid it's far too late for you, Mr. Campbell." Even calling myself Mr. Campbell was weird. But, then again, not that weird. I had heard it in enough doctor's visits and telemarketer calls that I had stopped being thrown by the term and started responding to it like the good functioning member of society I am. I didn't want to be one of those 60 year olds that still says "Please, Mr. White is my dad. Call me Roger."
There's a certain point at which it is better to just accept you're no longer a kid. Mr. Finley had hit it. Mr. White had hit it. Perhaps I had hit it.
I stared at the mirror a bit more but finally decided that was enough self reflection for one day. I went out into the world and acted just like normal. Not quite an adult. Not yet. But not a child either. Caught in a swirling world of possibilities.
I can't wait to see what happens next.
I am an adult man but I cannot successfully work a soda fountain without my Dr. Pepper fizzing all out of the cup.
Every now and then, I throw up smoke signals to my celebrity crush to see if she wants to get coffee.
Results have been hazy.
I'm at a party that I need to stay at for another hour or two. Help
I never thought a menu could change my life. I was mistaken. When in Nashville, I came across a menu that featured several hamburgers. That wasn't the important bit. The important bit was on the side where it noted that I could at any time, free of charge, employ the chicken switch.
Meaning, of course, that they would swap out the boring old cow meat for chicken meat in the hamburger. But I loved the sense of drama inherent in the phrasing. The Chicken Switch. Just saying it makes me feel important, like I'm a secret agent about to throw the communists off my tail by employing… the chicken switch.
When it came time to order I actually wanted certain other items but the possibility of saying it was too fantastic to pass up. I ended up getting the cheeseburger with the chicken switch. When I ordered, you could hear the italics in my voice. I even winked at the waitress right afterwards to make sure we were all on the same page.
Her reaction disappointed me. Namely, the complete lack of reaction. I was hoping I could get some response along the lines of "NOT THE CHICKEN SWITCH." But even an exasperated eye roll would have been better than her completely ignoring the fact that I had done something utterly ridiculous.
Undeterred, I have gone on to use the chicken switch all the time. Going to the cafe one more boring time? This time, use the chicken switch. Suddenly, eating is an adventure again! But why stop at eating? When a class gets boring, I start to imagine how the entire process would be different with the chicken switch. A lot of physics problems involve a lot more poultry. That's all I'm at liberty to say.
It's a reminder of how much life depends on our perception of it. The exact same event takes on a completely different light just by a slight nudge of the imagination.
So if we're choosing how we perceive life, I choose to take it with the chicken switch.
I did theater in middle school and early high school. This tends to surprise my college friends who have never met the more desperate for attention, rougher around the edges middle school me. I learned lots of valuable lessons from my thespian phase, none of which actually carried on to be useful later on in my life.
Chief among these lessons: never trust the set. I learned this for the first time during a 7th grade show of Peter Pan. The whole production was ridiculously overdone. It was one of those moments that somebody needed to reconsider exactly how much to expect from 13 to 14 year olds. Really, I think we should be proud if everyone remembers their lines and delivers them in a halfway convincing fashion.
The set was done in lavish style with lots of fancy painted fold outs. One side would serve as plain old Victorian England and then the set would be flipped during the intermission to turn into Neverland. I played the role of John, one of Wendy's brothers. It was decided that, instead of going through the trouble of having an actual intermission for the set change, Peter, Wendy, and the brothers would just run around the audience, pretending that we were flying to Neverland. Doubtless, the set change would take a maximum of five minutes and we could just ad lib for a little while.
Clearly, this plan was so fool proof that trivialities like practicing changing the set in a timely fashion just showed a lack of confidence in the plan. So on the performance night, we set off flying to Neverland. We ran around for a little while, trying our best to achieve a nice witty repartee and halfway succeeding. At least for the first five or ten minutes. But the signal we were waiting on to go back and restart the play just never came. We kept running, circling the audience, because what else were we going to do? In the background, we kept hearing lots of muffled bumps and hushed curse words so clearly the set was still a work in progress.
I prided myself on my acting prowess at this time. I had gone to all the trouble of understanding John's motivations. It became clear to me about halfway through this session, John was not motivated to run for more than five minutes. John's motivations had a convenient tendency to line up with mine, particularly when it came physical activity.
My repartee gradually became more pointed. It started out with relatively benign questions like "are we there yet?", but I gradually upped the ante. "Shouldn't Neverland be just around the corner? It feels like we've been flying for hours!" Around the thirty minute mark, my respect for the fourth wall completely broke down. "How hard is it to set up Neverland? It's practically the same place as our house!" The audience, restless themselves at this point, ate up my commentary but, strangely enough, the crew did not appreciate it to quite the same degree. The crew afterwards gave me much more convincing death glares than Captain Hook ever managed.
The issue came up again in the next years play, Annie. I played the role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a much smaller role involving only five lines. In retrospect, this casting choice may have been influenced by my rather obnoxious complaining the previous year. Of course, this never crossed my mind at the time.
As FDR, I would be in a wheelchair. Which was fine. Historical Roosevelt wouldn't have really liked to be seen in a wheelchair but he wouldn't be walking upright either, being paralyzed and what not. My entrance involved coming in between a couch and a dresser. This posed no problem during rehearsal, but naturally, when the actual day of the performance came and I tried to make my grand entrance, the couch and the dresser were too close together for the wheelchair to pass through. I had no idea what to do. I was stuck behind all the action and giving my big presidential address, while my head was barely poking above the couch. But I had no choice and tried to make my delivery extra convincing to make up for the fact it was obscured by a sofa.
I got my lines done with and went backstage, glad to be over with the nightmare. I didn't consider that the problem would come up again when I was supposed to go out for my bow. I had been instructed to stay in wheelchair, to maintain the illusion of theater. Of course, the set hadn't moved between my lines and the final curtain. So as I tried to come out, the wheelchair got stuck between the couch and the dresser again. I was paralyzed, and not just because I was playing the part of someone who was paralyzed. Should I take my bow behind the sofa? Should I just go backstage and not bow?
I eventually decided, once again, to be an iconoclast about maintaining the illusion of theater and violently got out of my wheelchair and walked up to take my bow, nearly knocking over the wheelchair over in the process. Surprisingly, this action got as much applause on it's own as the main characters did later on.
My time in theater may be over but I still remember the lessons. I will never trust the set again.
Roommates who loudly watch the Lion King when I made it clear I need to study for a test are evil.
My topology teacher is crazy. Don't take that wrong. He's a brilliant guy. But he's also crazy. He doesn't believe in grades. He believes in learning. Grades are what's gone wrong with higher education. I sympathize with him to a point. But he actually carries out this belief to the extent of not giving out any real grades.
Instead, all our homework assignments and midterms receive either an Unsatisfactory, Satisfactory, or Good, with pluses and minuses. This makes it hard to interpret your results. Exactly how good is a "Good minus?" When do you stop being merely satisfactory and break into the good? Is an "unsatisfactory" just a comment on the current assignment or a broader statement about your life?
On my midterm, I got a "Satisfactory Plus Plus." What does that even mean? Shouldn't that be a good minus? I don't know. I have no clue. It's made worse by the fact that it's unclear how all this affects my final grade, which presumably he'll have to give in traditional A, B, and C format.
But, odd as the system is, I've been realizing we treat life the same way. Someone comes up to me and says "how you doing today?" and I reply "not too bad." That's a satisfactory minus.
I discover that peppermint ice cream is finally back in season. That's a Good. And so on.
And like in topology, these individual feelings about days have an unclear impact on the overall semester rating. So far, I think this has been a Satisfactory minus semester. But there's still time left for it to improve on that.
So I think I'm going to do that. Satisfactory plus plus, here I come.
About halfway through my freshman year of high school, I fell for a girl. Hard. I was 100% convinced that she was my soulmate. This might be related to the fact I never really had a good starter crush in middle school like most people. As far as amorous intent goes, I was what those feel-good kindergarten book politely term "a late bloomer." To be fair, I had one mild middle school crush, but it was nothing compared to what I felt toward this new girl in high school. She was the love of my life. Nothing could stand between us.
Except, perhaps, for me. Every interaction with her was a like trying to play 3D chess with everyone watching. I couldn't mess up. My entire future rested upon getting each little conversation right.
And I actually did pretty OK. I was funny or, at least, I thought so and she was kind enough to laugh. It even got to the point where I had reasons to believe that she liked me. I started to consider asking her out. But I couldn't bring myself to actually do it. What if she said no? My world would end. At the tender age of 15, I would have missed my one chance at true love and doubtless spend the rest of my life reading about physics and computer programming on the weekends (I still do this but I don't feel ashamed about it anymore).
I even planned it out several times. I would wake up and say "Today is the day. The rest of my life begins now." Inevitably, even if it was a decent enough moment, I would get scared and put it off a little bit. And a little bit became a little bit more. And a little bit more. And suddenly my freshman year was almost over. Finals were coming up. I had to do something.
Eventually, I announced my affection on a message board for our entire friend group to see with only one or two days left of the school year. That is one of the most mid 2000's 15 year old behavior I can think of.
The next day at school I saw her at school in the morning. She said hi while walking by and hurried to talk to her friends. And that was that for the day.
A few days later, she messaged me that she thought she did like me but couldn't do a relationship. I don't know exactly what I said but I what I do know is that I didn't get it. I still really liked her and thought something still might happen.
But it didn't. We barely talked the entire summer. But I'm nothing if not persistent (arguably stubborn is the better word here), and when the homecoming dance came around my sophomore year, I asked her to it. Again, online because actually talking to people was so 20th century. She said no, because of some drama with her friends that I don't remember the details of anymore.
I went to the dance anyway. It was the only one besides prom I went to. I didn't really enjoy it. It's not the type of thing I enjoy. There's not enough books. I left early. The next day I got a long voicemail from the girl complaining about how I hadn't stuck around for the slow dance with her. She had to slow dance with this other icky dude. It wasn't right apparently.
I was distraught and frustrated and too young for this shit. The end result was that I got really angry at her. Absurdly so. I tried not to let her know, but the anger lasted a stunning amount of time. After I graduated from high school I unfriended her on facebook. Yeah. That bad. Nothing makes a dislike more clear than the click on that unfriend button. And then for a good while I forgot about her.
What strikes me about the situation now is that we never bothered to just sit down and talk about the whole issue. It probably wouldn't have changed much but it would've been good to do. I probably wouldn't have became so angry at her.
I'm not anymore. Even if something had happened with us, it wouldn't have worked out. She had too much expectations on her. I wanted her to complete my life and basically be perfect in a way that no one really can be.
But, ignoring my portents of doom, life got better. It has a tendency of doing that.
Thank goodness.


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The Closure Evaluation System (CES) is a decision support tool developed by EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory to assist reviewers and preparers of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Part B permit applications. CES is designed to serve as a checklist for identifying potential design problems in the vegetative cover, final cover, and leachate collection components of RCRA landfill closures, as set forth in 40 CFR 264 and 40 CFR 265. It is not intended to be a complete automation of the evaluation process.
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Clip Art
Celtic Artwork Links
The following provides a list of links I've found interesting and/or useful in working with Celtic art. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the Web, I can't guarantee that these links are still active. Sorry.
Knotwork and Construction:
Marc Wallace's
Celtic Knots
Robert Sharein's
The KnotPlot Site
Steve Abbott's
Computer Drawn Celtic Knotwork
Drew Ivan's
Draw Your Own Celtic Knotwork
Dan Isdell's font-based
Celtic Knot Font
Christian Mercat's free-form
Celtic Knotwork - the ultimate turtorial
Peter Suber's definitive
Knots on the Web
Also see the
Celtic Knotwork Construction Class Bibliography
General Celtic Art and Information:
Cari Buziak's
Celtic Art and Illumination
Drew Ivan's
The Celts
Stephen Walker's
Celtic Interlace; An Overview
Susan Zalusk's
Celtic Art by the Celtic Lady
William Rowe's
Celtic Graphics
Peter Oostervink's
World of Celtic Art
Andy Sloss'
Celtic Art - Illustrations and Examples
Lynnes' Celtic World:
Knotwork Wood Carving Instruction
Other Celtic and Artistic Sources:
The Book of Kells--Trinity College Library
Art Work from the Book of Kells
The Lindisfarne Gospels
CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts
Pat Fish's Celtic Tatoo Art
News & Updates
Site Awards
Knotwork Tutorial
Image/Clip Art Collection
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"What you decide to create should have its own life outside of what strangers think about it." ~ Merlin Mann
"Wherever you travel, the old you comes along in the suitcase." ~ Merlin Mann
Quote from RODERICK ON THE LINE | Episode of 86 The Junius Issue
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"You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge." ~ Merlin Mann
"Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality." ~ Merlin Mann
"Stupid's not allowed to stick to me." ~ Merlin Mann
"The upside of getting your butt kicked is that you learn not only a certain kind of humility but you learn that you'll survive. " ~ Merlin Mann
"Workflow is understanding your job, understanding your tools, and then not thinking about it any more." ~ Merlin Mann


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Hometown: Seattle
November 12, 2008
I need some Republican friends!! :) I do a lot of theater around Seattle so ALL of the people I know, besides my family, are liberal, and I am going crazy. Plus, my left leaning, independent fiance needs me to find some conservative friends too...
Meeting and working with like-minded young people keeps me sane!
So where's this blog? I'm ready for some rabble rousing
I just read your intro and it's the same for me!!! excetp i'm not in theater and i don't have a fiance
Is the the Keri that did hosted on the stage at Westlake? If so, great job! As well as everyone else that participated in setting this up!! Thank you :)
I was one of the last guys you spoke to (long hair, moustache and goatee, black vest, etc).
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One Chaser brings up the new controversial app for android that
allows people to mark a home where it's believed the owner has a gun. The app GPS's your location and if someone
thinks you have a gun they can mark it on the app for anyone to see.
This technology stirs up a big debate in the studio. Do you have the right to legally know who
owns a gun in your neighborhood? Is this app putting families without a firearm
in danger by exposing that they're not protected?The maker is currently getting
death threats and we get to hear just how outraged some people are.
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Anyone who thinks TV isn't trying hard enough to raise the bar this midseason should check out tonight's most distinctive shows. With the official series launch of Fox's fantastical Touch (9/8c) and another fascinating episode of NBC's mystifying Awake (10/9c), I imagine some will maintain that they may be trying a little too hard.It's probably fair to wonder if Fox is touched in the head for going forward with a show as out-there as Touch. This hasn't been an easy time for truly offbeat shows to gain traction, as risk-takers including Smash, The River and Awake have struggled in the ratings, with critics eager to point out their obvious flaws while often undervaluing the ambition it took to put them on in the first place.Touch could buck that trend. The dazzling pilot episode was sampled by an impressive 12 million viewers in a January sneak peek. And with an American Idol lead-in on Thursdays, this emotionally uplifting and cosmically manipulative drama could defy skeptics as it unravels a weekly crazy quilt of seemingly random connections and miraculous global coincidences that percolate within an 11-year-old's preternaturally fecund mind."Sense? Is that what you're looking for?" scoffs a visionary guru (Danny Glover) as he counsels the boy's desperate father, Martin (Kiefer Sutherland in an affecting everyman about-face from 24's Jack Bauer). This single dad wants nothing more than to communicate with and make sense of his son Jake (David Mazouz), a mathematical savant who obsesses on numbers, refusing to speak and screaming when touched.Jake's condition is a mask for a gift allowing him to divine mathematical patterns that predict threads of interconnectedness around the world. It's Martin's job and destiny to follow Jake's bizarre leads and make these numbers add up, hoping along the way to break through the boy's shell. (In next week's episode, Martin encounters a grown man who shares Jake's gift, and it's very poignant.) The more I watch, the more Jake reminds me of The Machine in Person of Interest. He's a device as much as a character, and while we may never truly understand how it all works, we're curious to see where it all leads.There's a wondrously hypnotic quality to Touch's magical unrealism as we watch disparate stories converge each week, often with unashamedly sentimental results. Tonight's threads tie together a runaway dog, a prized baseball and a smattering of characters with serious father-child issues (not unlike Martin and Jake). Sometimes the reveals induce gasps, other times groans. But even when the mind goes "puh-leeze," the heart often finds itself touched and moved.Want more TV news and reviews? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!Even more challenging and provocative, NBC's Awake delivers its best episode since the haunting pilot (also written by series creator Kyle Killen), putting aside questions of conspiracy/mythology for the moment — thankfully, as far as I'm concerned — to focus on the psychological impact of its hero's double dream life. Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs, giving an achingly melancholy performance every bit as powerful as what Sutherland is doing on Touch) is feeling especially helpless in the "reality" where he's trying to connect with his emotionally distant son Rex (Dylan Minnette), who's acting out and pulling away. His shrink in RexWorld (Cherry Jones) nails the underlying issue: "You haven't truly accepted what he's experiencing. Do you believe your wife is dead?"The answer, of course, is no, because Michael has been living between two worlds since a terrible car accident claimed his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) in one reality and Rex in the other. Every time he wakes up, he's with one or the other. As Jones puts it: "How can you expect to help your son with this loss when you're in denial over that same loss?"His other doctor in HannahWorld (B.D. Wong) is even more confrontational, suggesting to Michael, "You've created different versions of everything in order to protect yourself from the discovery that this is reality. ... Every time the answers become real, you try to find ways to cover them up."In this episode, the disorientation becomes even more palpable as the cases Michael is investigating in both worlds put him in contact with Rex's former babysitter. In one version, she's a successful investment banker; in the other, she's a strung-out actress on a downward spiral. We learn that, like Michael, she suffered a terrible personal loss, and her very different but "equally plausible" (in Michael's estimation) outcomes begs another question (courtesy of Jones): "So if you find it just as realistic that a tragedy can strengthen someone or destroy them, what I'm wondering is what you think makes it go in one direction or another?" That, it would seem, is the crux of Awake, and is the kind of existential conundrum that could keep a person awake at night.COMEDY TONIGHT: On a much lighter but equally unconventional note, NBC's cult favorite Community (8/7c) continues its comeback, hoping to sustain last week's promising ratings, helped by the absence of The Big Bang Theory during the NCAA college basketball tournament. The insanity at Greendale Community College is in high gear as Jeff, on new anti-anxiety meds, finds his narcissistic ego running even more rampant, to Britta's dismay. (If you want a good belly laugh, tune in for Dean Pelton's reaction to Jeff's new aviator-glasses look.)Meanwhile, Abed has so overindulged his habit of hiring celebrity impersonators that he's in serious debt to a guy who looks just like French Stewart (because he's played by French Stewart, naturally), and the study group rallies to settle the debt by attending a bar mitzvah in celebrity drag. Those jokes are way too good to spoil here. Let's just say they're all more credible than Katharine McPhee's pinch-hitting at a bar mitzvah on a recent episode of Smash.Wrapping its brilliantly twisted third season, FX's animated spy spoof Archer (10/9c) is lost in space in the conclusion of a two-parter, with the universe's most childishly self-absorbed secret agent taking on mutineers aboard an international space station. This being FX, it's hardly a surprise when his combatively sexy sidekick Lana is reduced to going into battle in her underwear, more or less (mostly more) topless. Which prompts the reliably sexist Archer to wisecrack: "Bet you're glad we're in reduced gravity." To her outraged gasp, he adds, "Well, I didn't invent the ravages of time!"Time is a cartoon's best friend, because the characters never have to age from season to season. Just ask The Simpsons. Archer is still relatively young in duration, but it's definitely young (though cold) at heart, with its inventive irreverence a hilariously nasty joy to behold.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!
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django-class-fixtures revived
Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.
I spent almost two years away from Django after my last job. My interests shifted, and django-class-fixtures, the best Django-related work I'd ever done, became neglected.
But no more! After a series of iOS projects, I took on my first professional Django project since late 2010, and realized that django-class-fixtures still kicks ass. I couldn't bear to use Django's own fixtures in the project, and the other alternatives didn't look that appealing, so I decided to revive it.
I intend to release a proper 0.9 release of it and update the documentation to reflect the new features since 0.8, and likely start making it known for the Django community at large. Python 3 support is the next big item after 0.9.
I can't absolutely guarantee that I won't lose interest in the project again later on, but right now I'm energized to work on it once more, hopefully at least up to 1.0 and keeping up compatibility with future Django releases after that.


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Report by Jerome Kuseh, for Ghana Decides
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has indicated that the results of the general elections tomorrow may be be released within 48 hours.
The Chairman said this while addressing reporters yesterday, 5 December, 2012, on the commission's preparations ahead of tomorrow's poll. The electoral commissioner gave his assurance that the elections were going to be held without any major hitches.
This year's election would be the first in Ghana's history to verify registered voters using biometric data. This system was to allow for a more credible voter's register. The system has however failed, per the EC's own admission, to prevent the registration of minors.
The elections are planned to start tomorrow, 7 December, 2012 at 7:00am and polls close at 5:00pm unless there are people still in line to vote. Over 14 million Ghanaians are registered to vote and turnout is expected to be high.
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Ubisoft confirmed during its earning call today that the Wii U version of Watch Dogs has been delayed significantly, coming out well after the game releases on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.
Those versions of the game will release this spring (the period between April and June), according to Ubisoft, but Watch Dogs for the Wii U will not be released until much later. How much later? Ubisoft was pretty coy about an exact date, saying only that it would be released at "a later date" after the release of other versions of the game.


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If you enjoy reading this blog, how about a little something for the effort - between now and Friday, April 25th? Saturday, May 3rd?
After more than 100 posts here at Innovate Rotary!, it is moving for me to look back on all of the email messages of support that I have received from Rotarians around the world. Mostly, people have thanked me for being an innovative, irreverent and sometimes blunt voice for change and progress in Rotary. Many ask for permission to share my ideas with their club or district (which I almost always agree to, with attribution). Not everyone agrees with me. And that is sometimes what it takes to start a conversation for change. And I have engaged in many conversations, both in the comments here and through private email exchanges.
If you got any value from this blog, derived any inspiration or new ideas from this blog, I would like to ask a favor. This is especially for those of you who ride a bicycle, or know how to ride a bike or who sometimes sweat. Buy some awesome ShelterBox USA cycling gear!
I am a big supporter and volunteer Ambassador for ShelterBox, the Rotary Project Partner focused on worldwide disaster relief. Primal Wear came up with fantastic custom designed cycling wear that is available for purchase through April 25th, 2014. The design features a ShelterBox Response Team member on the front and the smiles of some children whose families received a tent and other essentials from ShelterBox on the back. And on the traffic side sleeve (for those of you who drive on the right hand side of the road), there is the Rotary logo, celebrating our partnership.
I would appreciate it if you would buy a kit for yourself, a friend or family member. If you are going to be riding in a charity event or just plan on pedaling around the neighborhood this year, I wonder if you would add one ShelterBox jersey and shorts to your rotation.
We are offering the gear at cost, with no donation to ShelterBox expected. I hope that if a few more people know about ShelterBox and its Rotary partnership that they will support us when the next disaster comes around.
And if you are going to be riding RAGBRAI this year, and want to join me, please add a ShelterBox cycling kit to your packing list! I will be riding 418 miles across Iowa in support of ShelterBox July 20-26, 2014!
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Tarasenko Stays Put & Other St. Louis Blues Prospect News
Jeff Quirin | May 24, 2011 | Comments 2
Without the likes of Dmitry Chesnokov and Alex Seren Rosso the puckhead masses of North America would be far less knowledgeable of NHL castoffs playing in the KHL and Russian prospects. Their insight provides invaluable background and understanding in to the players that may dress in someone's favorite sweater one day. Sometimes the news is good. In the case of St. Louis Blues and their fans, Tuesday's reports were of the opposite.
As first reported by Seren Rosso on Twitter and then by Chesnokov, Vladimir Tarasenko has elected to stay in the KHL for the 2011-12 season.
Anticipation has been building in St. Louis for the arrival of the captain of the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship's U-20 Gold Medal Russia squad since he was selected 16th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The rare blend of size, speed, power, finesse, deft hands, a high work ethic and will to win have the blue bleeding faithful salivating over the potential gamebreaker to be. Comparisons to top 2 picks Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin only fanned the flames.
Such high evaluation is not a fan creation. The front office has the same feelings, although far less gushy, for the one called "Tank". Former Assistant GM and Amateur Scouting Director Jarmo Kekalainen convinced then GM Larry Pleau (and GM in waiting Doug Armstrong) at the draft to trade their 2009 1st round pick, David Rundblad, to Ottawa to take Tarasenko. A notable shift in personnel philosophy for an ownership era where prospect acquisition had been at a premium. Add in the comments made by Armstrong throughout the the second half of the season pointed to the Blues taking all (legal) means possible to bring Tarasenko over and reading between the lines is very easy to do.
Tarasenko is something special.
Given the organization's desire and the pro-NHL" comments made by Tarasenko around the draft and subsequently throughout the 2010-11 season, his arrival in St. Louis appeared to be a foregone conclusion. Still, confirmation was needed. Last week Chesnokov reported that the decision would be made after a vacation following the World Championships.
Time was taken. The decision was made to stay close to home for one more year.
However, the outcome was not for trying on the part of the Blues. As Chesnokov tweeted Tuesday morning:
Sibir GM tells SovSport the Blues made an "exclusive offer" to Tarasenko "like no other…guaranteeing he'd play."
(*For the record, Armstrong has denied this report.)
While there has been an obvious shift in team building under Armstrong's watch as the Blues transition out of their deep rebuild, such an offer is a 180 degree flip from the standard set with previous highly touted first round picks like Erik Johnson, Alex Pietrangelo and David Perron. Patrik Berglund and Lars Eller were given no such offer, that is known of, to encourage their defection from the SEL. The same can be said of TJ Oshie and Ian Cole from the NCAA ranks. There is really no precedent set for that type of offer
Tarasenko's importance to the Blues off season plans is now very apparent.
Volva was to be a key acquisition. Representing more than just a number of goals and points added to next season's projections. He would bring a high talent level to the depth chart. As injuries showed throughout the 10-11 season, the Blues simply do not have enough NHL level skill in their available resources to compete for a playoff position. Tarasenko offered a cost effective option allowing more payroll dollars to be spent on other areas of need. Putting the Blues in a much stronger position to survive the ups and downs of the 82 game marathon at a critical juncture in the franchise's history.
All worries aside, overreaction is premature and irresponsible. Armstrong likely moves to "Plan B" to address his needs. If any GM in the Blues history has exuded the confidence that he can make a big pitcher of lemonade, Army is that man. What he will do is a discussion for another blog.
No, Tarasenko is not a "bust". Nor is he "Filatov v2.0″. There is no fault for staying for an additional season with Sibir. He agreed to a two year contract with the club his father coaches. The 11-12 season will fulfill that contract and allow him to walk away with clean hands. As for the heavily rumored out clause, there may have such strict requirements that the best decision was to wait for its expiration.
Concern over Tarasenko's development is understandable, but founded in stereotypical misconception. He will continue to compete against some of the top talent in the world. He is no worse off in the KHL than he is taking bus tours across North America in the AHL.
Without more contractual details surfacing, there is just no way to discern if Tarasenko wasn't able to extraicate himself from his contract or if he was "lying" about his dream to play in the NHL.
Chesnokov offers one more nugget of info in a tweet that may shed some light on what may come to pass after next season.
Sibir GM to Sovsport about the Blues' offer to Tarasenko: "We had no idea the Blues wanted [Tarasenko] to come so bad. But it'd be better for him to play 1 more year in Russia before moving to the NHL."
Sounds like an expectation of eventual loss for one hockey club and gain for another across the globe.
In other prospect news
Speculation at the conclusion of the regular season pointed to Colorado College forward and the Blues top selection in the 2010 draft, Jaden Schwartz, jumping out of the NCAA ranks and heading up to the WHL. A definitive answer seems to have come Monday morning. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Schwartz confirmed via text to the Gazette Sunday that he will return for his sophomore year.
Speaking of Tarasenko's club Sibir, they have added another Blues prospect. Finnish playmaker Jori Lehtera.
News of Lehtera's defection from Lokomotiv to Sibir for the final season of his two year KHL contract came just one day after Tarasenko's decision delaying announcement. Fueling tinfoil hat conjecture that Lehtera's acquisition is meant to cover the loss Tarasenko. Tuesday's announcement has proven such speculation false.
Many in St. Louis wrote off the former SM-liiga scoring champion when he chose Russia over the US. While, potentially hasty in hindsight, there is no information suggesting a change of heart. Unless Lehtera has a "break out" season. There doesn't appear to be a Ville Leino scenario to play out.
Thanks for reading. As always you're welcome to follow me on Twitter: @618_STLBlues and @BlueNoteZone.
Filed Under: NHL • Prospects • St. Louis Blues
About the Author: Bleeding Blue from the IL side of the Mississippi, I've been a Blues fan since I can remember seeing the Blues take on the Oilers at the Arena when I was about 5. All I remember is that Brett Hull scored and I was hooked. Now I cheer on the likes of David Backes and TJ Oshie. It's a great time to be a Blues fan as this team rebuilds itself.
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The Bird fancier's recreation : being curious remarks on the nature of song-birds : with proper instuctions [sic] concerning the taking, feeding, breeding and teaching them, and to know the cock from the hen : also the manner of taken birds with lime-twigs, and preparations thereto : with an account of the distempers incident to song-birds, and the method to cure them.
Edition: A new edition.
Publication info: London :Printed for John Smith ...,1770.
Contributed by: Smithsonian Libraries
Subjects: Bird trapping Birds Breeding Early works to 1800 Great Britain Songbirds
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Our favourite song birds ; their habits, music, and characteristics, by Charles Dixon. With illustrations of every species, by H. Stannard.
By: Dixon, Charles,
Publication info: London,Lawrence and Bullen,1897.
Contributed by: American Museum of Natural History Library
Subjects: 59.88,1 Birds England Songbirds
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Pet birds of Bengal. by Satya Churn Law ; with a foreword by Dr. Graham Renshaw ; with illustrations by N. Kushari.
By: Law, Satya Churn.
Publication info: Calcutta :Thacker, Spink & Co.,1923.
Contributed by: American Museum of Natural History Library
Subjects: 59.82(54) Bangladesh Bengal Birds India Songbirds
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A practical treatise on British song birds : in which is given every information relative to their natural history, incubation, &c. : together with the method of rearing and managing both old and young birds /
By: Nash, Joseph.
Publication info: London :Sherwood, Jones, and Co.,1824.
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Subjects: Great Britain Songbirds
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Significance of white markings in birds of the order Passeriformes. By Henry Chester Tracy.
By: Tracy, Henry Chester,
Publication info: Berkeley,The University press(1910).
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Subjects: Birds Color Passeriformes Songbirds
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The song bird fancier : a complete treatise on the canary bird, mocking bird, and other birds of song.
By: Dreer, Henry A. - Henry A. Dreer (Firm)
Publication info: Philadelphia :H. A. Dreer's Seed and Horticultural Warehouse,c1856.
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Subjects: Cage birds Songbirds
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A treatise on British song-birds : including observations on their natural habits, manner of incubation, &c. ; with remarks on the treatment of the young and management of the old birds in a domestic state ; with fifteen coloured engravings / [by Patrick Syme]
By: Syme, Patrick,
Publication info: Edinburgh :John Anderson ;1823.
Contributed by: Harvard University, MCZ, Ernst Mayr Library
Subjects: Birds Great Britain Ornithology Pictorial works Songbirds
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