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LONG BEACH - More than two-tenths of a mile long and more than half a football field wide, the Mediterranean Shipping Co.'s vessel, the Altair, made its way from China's Port of Yantian into Long Beach before the sun rose Thursday.
It's the second time a container ship as large as the Altair had ever called to North America. The first one, the MSC Fabiola - about the same size as the Altair - was lauded when it first came to Long Beach in March.
And while Altair did not get the same fanfare as Fabiola, the arrival of the second ship confirms what industry leaders have already known.
"You look at all the order books coming out with all the different carriers and everybody is ordering these mega container vessels," said Tom Hughes, an executive at MSC. "It's a natural progression in the industry. That's where it's going."
The 1,200-foot long Altair - stacked high with thousands of multi-colored metal containers - required six gantry cranes to unload it Thursday.
Capable of carrying more than 12,000 containers, the Altair dwarfed the smaller industry-standard ships, which at most can carry about 8,000 containers and typically need three or four cranes for unloading.
The growing trend of ships carrying as many as 11,000 to 13,000 containers bodes well for the Port of Long Beach, one of the few ports that can accommodate these mega ships.
"It's a very significant change that's happened with these ship sizes," said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle, adding that his port will start seeing more mega ships call to Long Beach on a regular basis in the coming months as the busier season approaches.
"It's not just that they're bigger ships; the fact of the matter is these vessels are much more efficient on a per-container basis," Lytle said.
The benefits, Lytle said, include fuel efficiency, and they are cleaner burning and have less harmful pollutants or air emissions.
"And what's very appealing to the owners of these shipping lines is the fact that they realize it's literally hundreds of dollars per container saved compared to using a smaller ship," Lytle said.
The mega ship trend also means job growth and a more robust regional economy, said Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, associate economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
"An efficient transportation system helps to draw investment into the region and promote economic growth," she said. "The flow of goods from the local ports, through the warehouses of the Inland Empire and into the wider national distribution system sustains an entire network of local industries."
These industries include not only port activities and logistics and warehousing, but also financial services, professional business services, manufacturing and wholesaling activities, Ritter said.
Trade-related infrastructure developments and existing facility improvements generate immediate jobs, especially in engineering and construction-related fields, she said.
The arrival of mega ships comes at a time when improvement projects at other ports threaten the market share in Long Beach, home to the nation's second busiest seaport.
Lazaro Cardenas, a port city located in Mexico's Michoacán, has a direct rail connection to the Kansas City Southern Railroad, which links at Laredo and would enable cargo to move from Laredo throughout the Midwest. Maersk Lines is making a $1.5 billion investment in the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, with the first phase expected to be done by 2015.
Also on the port's radar is the $5.25 billion widening of the Panama Canal, which nears completion in 2014. The concern is that the project will draw cargo away from Long Beach/Los Angeles to Gulf and East Coast ports.
But ports on the East Coast, Lytle said, simply don't have the equipment, water depth or terminals to accommodate mega ships. The Panama Canal can't accommodate them either, he added.
"Even when the canal is completed, some of the vessels that you see here that are able to call in Long Beach can't even go through the Panama Canal because they're too big," Lytle said.
"This is a tremendous advantage to Long Beach," he said. "Already we feel this is a premiere gateway for Asian cargo. We have the best rail infrastructure and shore side infrastructure, water depth and all those other things that makes us very competitive. But now with these big ships coming in we have the ability to move this cargo forward and get it out of the port."
The competition from other ports is also what is driving the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to plan for the future.
In April, the Port of Los Angeles adopted a five-year plan to stay commercially competitive and financially fit. Some of the port's goals through 2017 call for timely completion of terminal expansion projects, wider use of zero-emission big rigs and bolstering trade with emerging markets such as Latin America and Vietnam.
Long Beach is beginning a 10-year, $4.5 billion capital program that includes the replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge and the redevelopment of Middle Harbor, which fuses two aging terminals into a massive one that Hong Kong-based cargo shipping line, Orient Overseas Container Line or OOCL, plans to occupy for the next few years.
For 2013 alone, Long Beach has budgeted $720 million - almost $2 million a day - on improvements to terminals, rail facilities, roads and bridges.
It's all to maintain a competitive edge, Lytle said.
"By doing what we are doing today, we're going to be prepared as the volume loads continue to go up in the years to come," Lytle said. "We'll be ready.
"Many ports won't be."
Staff writer Art Marroquin contributed to this report.
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Beauty queens have lost their crowns for so many colorful reasons. But for changing their hair color?
Oh yeah. It's possible. Just ask 15-year-old Olivia O'Neil. The New Zealand girl won the Miss Teen Wanganui pageant about three months ago amid frantic cheering and emotional embraces. Everything was fine and dandy — until she posted a new profile photo of herself on Facebook.
Her crime? She dyed her tousled tresses from blond to dark brown.
Pageant organizer Barbara Osborne saw O'Neil's new look and was appalled.
"Is that a wig?" Osborne wrote. "I hope it is, don't give me heart failure. ... Oh my God, I hope it's a demi. ... Please tell me that's a wig."
O'Neil said she was not wearing a wig. She added that if her brown hair wasn't "pageant worthy," then maybe pageants weren't for her.
"Well you better decide, miss," Osborne replied. "Hand over your crown with an attitude like that. I'm sure someone will step into your place with manners."
O'Neil told the New Zealand Herald that Osborne said she "would not go far in this world" when she gave up her crown.
"I don't think you can tell a 15-year-old that they aren't going to go very far in life," O'Neil said. "It's hurtful."
New pageant spokesman Jevan Goulter confirmed to the Herald that O'Neil lost her crown for altering her hair color. "The expectation in holding the crown [was] that she maintain the image she had when she won it," Goulter said.
O'Neil told the newspaper that Osborne was "always really harsh on the girls."
"And when she says things like 'present yourself better,' 'wear lots of makeup,' 'do 20 sit-ups,' it gets to you after a while," O'Neil said.
In the wake of the hairy ordeal, Osborne is no longer associated with the Miss Teen Wanganui pageant. And the local government has even gotten involved in the drama. On Thursday, Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws vowed on a government website to help combat the "Miss Teen Wanganui smear campaign."
Laws called the pageant's treatment of O'Neil "simply horrendous — this is a hate campaign ...
"The organizers of the pageant are actively canvassing alternative reasons in their attempt to deflect responsibility. This is bullying, pure and simple. The pageant's newly appointed spokesman, Jevan Goulter, has directly contradicted statements he made in the Herald ... by suggesting that Olivia's dismissal was for other more untoward reasons.
"I will not stand by and let these blatant lies destroy the character of a young Wanganui woman. I applaud Olivia and her family in choosing to stand up and facing this issue head on."

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Really don't use that app for any reason
Hopefully it's missing because they're working on a better icon. I'm not one of those people that hates all the icons in iOS 7, but a couple (Newsstand, Contacts, Game Center, Safari, Settings) are just terrible. And I've never used a word that derogatory to describe anything Apple's ever designed. Half are almost plain white and the other half are obnoxiously colorful. I know it's a stale topic already but that Voice Memo one shown in the picture is just dreadful.
Game center makes sense to me. Maybe because i have kids. But bubbles in my house represent that we are playing. Together. I have yet to find something that really bothers me with ios 7 even in the first beta.
I amend that. The modmyi app runs terrible. Sorry but it does. Unless im in landscape.
And i cant upload a photo.
So does anyone know if the jailbreak devs found out that exploits still exist? Because if apple has patched them, there wouldn't be any reason for there not to be a jailbreak for 6.1.3.
I thought this was awesome so i wanted to share.


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As mentioned in my other thread, I'm a noob when it comes to linux although I'm trying to figure out what I can.
I picked an rtl8187 based internal wifi card as the well regarded AWUS036H is based on the same chipset.
The laptop it's in has the usual antennae with the screen but it even seems to have a little booster in line.
With the original dell/broadcom and another model dell/broadcom it gets brilliant reception and picks up lots of networks (although the b43 driver seems useless as they both keep dropping).
The rtl8187 really struggles to pick up anything that's not very near.
I've been reading up and apparently there the r8187 driver needed the following settings enabled to enable high power mode:
iw reg set bo
iwpriv wlan0 highpower 1
From what I've read, this may be neccessary to enable the following command:
iwconfig wlan0 txpower 30 (also seen references to 35)
I've tried them all with rtl8187 and it doesn't accept the iwpriv command and changing power didn't really help.
I've read instructions to install the r8187 drivers but I seem to have found two issues with them.
Firstly, when making the driver, it errors trying to find /user/src/linux-source-3.2.6/Module-symvers
I installed the linux headers, then I realised that the drivers and patches are for olders kernels such as 22.214.171.124 and there doesn't seem to be a patch for 3.2.6
Anyone got any ideas on how to install the old drivers or any locations of newer drivers/patches?


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I've been a teacher in inclusion middle and high schools since 2005. I've taught ELA Yearbook, Drawing, Literacy, Digital Art, College Advisory, and English for 9th, 10th, and 11th Grades, always in inclusion settings and always through an anti-racist lens. My classes have always had an ethnically and academically diverse population of students, from students with special needs to students in GATE, and everything in between, all under one roof.
My own experience with elementary and high school informs my teaching style. Like many of my students, I have a low tolerance for boredom. I will go to the ends of the earth to find an exciting way to teach a rote topic (Greek and Latin roots, for example.) I totally understand if a kid doesn't want to do something because it's BORING. (I still give him or her a bad grade, though. That's the breaks, kid.) If one of my lessons or chosen topics is turning out flat or uninteresting, I'll go back to the drawing board and find a new way to teach it, or try a different topic.
Modern Woodsmen of America Public Speaking Award
Upon graduating from high school, I wasn't planning to go to college. Besides, my high school grades weren't good enough to get me into any college. However there had been one set of classes that I had excelled at - art, drawing, drafting and computers. So after a brief stint sweeping floors in a local machine shop, I got promoted to draftsman and spent the next year making pencil and paper engineering drawings of all the various machined parts produced by the shop. Following that, I got a job at a local steel company, again making engineering drawings, only this time on a fancy new thing called a computer, using the latest CAD software. During that time, I started going to the local community college. At some point around 1990, I really started to get the hang of this education thing. I made the community college honor roll and had a few of my writings published locally and won a speaking award for a speech I gave. After completing my AA I transferred to UC Riverside to get a degree in Philosophy. I later changed my degree to Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design. After working in marketing and visual communications in the Bay Area for six years, I decided that the corporate start-up environment wasn't my cup of tea, so I went back to school to get a teaching credential. I have also taken post-credential courses in educational technology from UC San Diego and the University of San Diego.
At the request of a colleague who teaches fifth grade, I started making I can statement posters in 2010. The posters were a hit with her and her colleagues. Teachers from other grades asked me to make posters for them, too. I was happy to oblige. Fast forward to today: I have made illustrated posters for kindergarten through eighth grades - which works out to about 720 individual posters, each with an illustration. Thank you to all the teachers who encouraged me along the way!
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I have found, during the past 10 days, that not too much is accomplished in our house due to the phenomenon we have labeled 'Baby Time Warp.'
One look into that little face, and time has no meaning. Suddenly you look up and notice that 20 minutes have gone by, but it seemed only a moment.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
4 comments:
- Crescent Moon Mama said...
Haha, it's Tuesday. That is quite a Time Warp you are in!
Janel (Mom to Will)
- April 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM
- Sarah Jane said...
Oh, brother. Feel better soon. She's absolutely beautiful!
- April 17, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- Krista said...
I hope it wasn't anything serious! Feel better soon my friend! Give that beautiful baby a hug from her Auntie Krista!
- April 18, 2012 at 8:38 AM
- Chiska said...
I haven't been to visit you for a while, but congratulations! I also have Elderly Pregnant Person status (but I'm only at 4 months) so reading that made me smile. I hope that you're feeling fabulous or at least better by now. Such a sweet little baby.
- April 26, 2012 at 11:59 AM
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text: Home- Academics- Departments and Programs- Asian Studies- Academic Program Menu Menu Asian Studies (For 2016–2017 academic year) Robert Ho Professor Robinson Associate Professors Crespi (Director), Yamamoto Advisory Committee Aizawa, Balachandran, Bien, Crespi (Director), Erley, Godfrey, Graybill, Hirata, Hodges, Hsu, Kaimal, Kato, Khan, Khanna, Murshid, Nam, Palmer, Rajasingham, Robinson, Rotter, Rutherford, Stevens, Sullivan, Wang, Xu, Yamamoto, Yang Asia holds a unique and vital place within the globalizing world of the early 21st century. Home to an extraordinary range of linguistic and ethnic groups, this broad and dynamic region is rich in cultural and environmental diversity. Engaging the many changes taking place in Asian societies today requires a similarly diverse set of intellectual skills. To this end, the Asian Studies Program at Colgate integrates scholarly approaches spanning the arts and humanities and social sciences: from literature, art, and religion to history, politics, economics, and geography. The Asian studies major encourages students to undertake their own interdisciplinary explorations of this region. Major Program Asian studies offers students a flexible set of course options to explore Asia widely while focusing upon one subregion. Nine courses are required for the major, of which four courses must be at the 300 or 400 level. Five courses to be drawn from the list of governed electives below must focus on one of the following subregions: China, Japan, or South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). Alternatively, students may construct, in close consultation with an adviser, a program of five courses that compares two or more subregions. Comparative programs like this may also integrate courses that focus on Korea; Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam); and Asian American, Pan-Asian, and Inter-Asian studies. The major includes one introductory course drawn from the following Liberal Arts Core Curriculum courses: CORE 165C, China CORE 166C, India CORE 167C, Japan CORE 178C, Korea The introductory course may count toward the five courses focused on a single subregion of Asia. Three other courses should be chosen from the list of governed electives below and may address any region of Asia. Other courses may also serve as electives for this major if they are at the 300 or 400 level and if at least 40 percent of the course and of the student's work concerns Asia. Students must gain approval from the director of Asian Studies prior to taking these courses for them to count toward the major. Majors are strongly encouraged to acquire proficiency in one or more Asian languages, although no more than three language courses at any level may count toward the nine courses required for the major. Normally, the nine courses will include courses from at least two of these three divisions: arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics. Majors must achieve at least a 2.00 GPA in the nine courses required for the major. Students completing two majors ("double-majors") may only count two courses toward both of those majors. Major credit will be awarded for no more than two courses taken at another institution. Minor Program Any Colgate study group in Asia, plus its prerequisites; or five courses from the governed electives listed below, normally to include at least two courses at the 300 or 400 level and no more than two language courses. Independent study These courses may be arranged when necessary to supplement the curriculum in any of the six subregions listed above. Honors and High Honors Asian studies majors who have GPAs of 3.30 or better in the major and an overall GPA of 3.00 are encouraged to pursue honors study. A candidate for high honors must have a GPA of 3.70 in the major and an overall GPA of 3.00. Each eligible student undertakes a project, the form of which — a written research paper, an exhibition, a performance — is decided in consultation with the student's honors adviser. To qualify for honors, the project must be judged by a committee of two faculty members to be of at least A quality. For high honors the project must be so judged by three faculty members from at least two different departments, and in addition the candidate must pass with distinction an oral examination conducted by the three-member committee. Often, the project for honors or high honors is begun on a study group, or during the junior year or fall semester of the senior year, in any 300- or 400-level course or any independent study course. The project is continued through the spring term in ASIA 499, Special Studies for Honors. Awards See "Honors and Awards: Asian Studies" in Chapter VI. Study Groups The Asian Studies Program strongly encourages majors to participate in Colgate study groups and in approved programs in India or other locations in Asia. Faculty of the program serve as directors of study-abroad programs in China, Japan, and Korea. For more information, see "Off-Campus Study" in Chapter VI. China Study Group spends approximately four months in Shanghai, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, in intensive language training and firsthand observation of recent cultural, political, and economic changes. Japan Study Group, based in Kyoto, provides lodging with Japanese families; intensive language training; and instruction in Japanese politics, economics, business, religion, art, linguistics, and literature. Korea Study Group, hosted by Yonsei University in Seoul, serves the academic needs of students interested in educational studies and Asian studies. Governed Electives: I. 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Do you think I have charity to bestow, or a morsel of bread to spare?'
Instead, they become fixated on someone unattainable, as if only the love of a highly desirable other can bestow self-esteem.
The rationale for the visit, after all, is explicitly symbolic: the president will bestow the Medal of Freedom on the chancellor.
The question is: why were they about to bestow the award in the first place?
I bestow a wink or a wave, and they tell the story till they die.
To qualify themselves for this they bestow their time, their money and their labor.
What war could ravish, commerce could bestow, And he returned a friend, who came a foe.
I had a hobby-horse, which I rode constantly to fairy-land in quest of treasure to bestow upon my friends.
And humbly accept such countenance as they choose to bestow?
He had all that mere possessions could bestow, but always with a sense that Debrett, round the corner, was keeping an eye on him.


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Groups Sue Ohio State Over Gun Policy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSPD) -- Ohio State University has been sued over their policy to ban the possession of firearms by students, staff, faculty, and others on their campus.
The suit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, has been brought by the Students for Concealed Carry Foundation and Ohioans For Concealed Carry.
"There's nothing in state or federal law that would permit a public university, like Ohio State University, to simply suspend a citizen's firearms rights at the college's front door," said Philip Mulivor with Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
The lawsuit also claims that the rules disarm students traveling to and from campus, leaving them vulnerable to violent crime on their commute in what is historically a high crime area.
While Ohio law permits a concealed handgun licensee to store a firearm in a motor vehicle on OSU's campuses, a student could face administrative sanctions from the university including expulsion due to the certain provisions in the Student Code of Conduct.
"All we want to have happen is to see Ohio State University obey the law," Mulivor said.
Mulivor says that when people have the ability to legally carry guns, crime goes down.
OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said in a statement that the university is taking a look at the lawsuit.
"We are reviewing it and will prepare an appropriate legal response," Lewis wrote in an e-mail.


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Thursday, May 28 2009 - 9/11 A/V Galleries
Richard Gage, AE911Truth.org, on KMPH Fox 26 in Fresno, CA
This is without a doubt one of the most receptive, reasonable pieces of news coverage ever to be aired in the US. Bravo to KMPH Fox 26 for this fair and balanced reporting! A short print article, "Controversial Group Re–Examines 9/11 In Clovis" reporting on Gage's presentation in Clovis was also published by KMPH, here.
– Ed.
PLEASE NOTE: Although supportive notes to the station are a kind thought, and many of us have now sent them, we have been asked by the KMPH Executive Producer to not send anymore. Apparently, they've been so overwhelmed with 'thank you notes' they're missing other important emails like press releases and news tips, necessary to the continuing excellent production of Great Day. We encourage you to mail a thank you, if you feel compelled to do so, to their street address: KMPH FOX 26, 5111 E. McKinley Ave., Fresno, CA 93727. (Once again I find myself feeling proud, as usual, of the 9/11 truth community for giving credit where due. Great job, everyone!--Janice)
See Also:
Richard Gage's 9/11 presentation in Clovis, CA covered by KMPH Fox 26
From AE911truth.rg:
Fresno/Clovis gets a load of AE911Truth
Our first stop on the Southern California Truth Tour at the beautiful Clovis Veterans Memorial Building was quite successful. Before our multimedia presentation on the destruction of the three WTC high-rises on 9/11 we asked for a show of hands of the 101 people in attendance. Eighteen believed in the official story of fire induced collapses at the Twin Towers before the presentation and twenty-seven were unsure. The remainder believed in Explosive Controlled Demolition. After the presentation zero believed the official story and only two were unsure!
This is one of the ways we measure success at AE911Truth. We also encourage our attendees to do follow up research and local activism. We tripled the size of the local hardworking dedicated 9/11 Fresno Truth group led by Dennis, Trevor, Jordan, Steve, Manuel, and others here in Fresno!
But the best is that we got some TV coverage by local Fox affiliate KMPH! We were on two separate shows. For the 10pm News they filmed part of the presentation and an interview – but failed to show any of the evidence that we presented with each (see below). And they brought in their local firefighter hero to cast aspersions upon us. And for the morning show "Great Day" they did an in-studio live interview of us which lasted seven minutes – where I was able to get a lot of evidence out there – including Building 7 on video! Check it out (see above)!
The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author, who is solely responsible for its content, and do not necessarily reflect those of 911Truth.org. 911Truth.org will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article.
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RON HUFSTADERAffiliation:
University of Texas at El Paso
Artist's BiographyRon Hufstader has been Director of Bands at The University of Texas at El Paso since 1976 and served as Chairman of the Music Department from 1990 to 2002. In addition to his duties as Director of Instrumental Studies, Dr. Hufstader teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting classes and conducts the UTEP Wind Ensemble and the UTEP Symphony Orchestra. It is under his direction that the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association and the College Band Directors National Association conventions. Dr. Hufstader's many professional activities also include coordination of halftime shows for some of the major bowl games including the Sun, Alamo, Liberty, Gator, and Sugar Bowls. Dr. Hufstader served as principal trombone for the El Paso Symphony Orchestra until 2006 and played in many others orchestras including the Greensboro Symphony and the Classical Music Seminar Orchestra in Austria.
In 1995, Dr. Hufstader established the El Paso Wind Symphony, a professional concert band composed of music teachers and business people from the El Paso area. This group now has a subscription season of five concerts. Active as an adjudicator and guest conductor, Dr. Hufstader has served as guest conductor for the Costa Rica National Youth Orchestra/Wind Ensemble, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and has conducted/adjudicated other ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America.
Dr. Hufstader holds a Ph.D. in music from the University of Iowa, a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor's degree from East Carolina University.


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MacBook Air has
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Apple is looking into reports that some of its new MacBook Air laptops are experiencing Wi-Fi issues. The latest version of its ultra-thin laptop has a new 802.11ac wireless chipset that is causing some units to drop Internet connections. Apple is asking store workers to report any flawed units.
China central bank
promises more aid
China's central bank said it will keep money-market rates at a "reasonable" level and that seasonal forces that have driven them up will fade. The statement was the first public confirmation of central bank action to ease a cash squeeze that sent China's overnight repurchase rate to a record last week.
Carnival's CEO
steps down
Carnival Corp., the cruise operator beset by missteps at sea this year, said Micky Arison will step down as CEO after 34 years. He will remain chairman. The 63-year-old Arison, Carnival's largest shareholder, will hand the job on July 3 to Arnold Donald, a director for 12 years. Arison said he suggested splitting the chairman and CEO roles to align the world's largest cruise operator with best practices.
Sprint stockholders
OK Softbank deal
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s shareholders approved SoftBank Corp.'s acquisition of the bulk of the wireless carrier company. Softbank had been competing with Dish Network Corp. since April to acquire Sprint. Sprint opted for Softbank's $21.6 billion offer for 78 percent of the company, versus Dish's $25.5 billion bid for all of Sprint.
Late payments
on autos rising
Banks are increasingly extending auto-loan financing to borrowers with less-than-sterling credit, a trend that's contributing to a higher rate of missed loan payments. The rate of payments late by 60 days or more rose to 0.88 percent in the first three months of the year, credit reporting agency TransUnion said. That's up from 0.82 percent in the first quarter last year, but down from 1 percent in the last three months of 2012.
FDA approves
2 tobacco products
The Food and Drug Administration is taking a small step to whittle away a backlog of 4,000 tobacco product applications, some of which have lingered for more than two years. It approved applications for two kinds of cigarettes sold by Lorillard Inc. A 2009 law gave the FDA authority to regulate tobacco.
Walgreen profits
jump 16 percent
Drugstore chain Walgreen said its third quarter earnings jumped 16 percent from the same quarter last year, when a business split hurt its performance. It earned $624 million, or 65 cents per share, in the quarter ended in May, up from $537 million, or 62 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $18.31 billion.


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Is there any way to get pregnant after having your tubes tied? If so what are the chances and risk, I am not looking to have another I am just wanting to know the risks. Thanks
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There is a slight risk of becoming pregnant after tubal ligation. This happens to about 5 out of 1,000 women after 1 year. After a total of 5 years following tubal ligation, about 13 out of 1,000 women will have become pregnant.
Pregnancy may occur if:
The tubes grow back together or a new passage forms (recanalization) that allows an egg to be fertilized by sperm. Your doctor can discuss which method of ligation is more effective for preventing tubes from growing back together.
The surgery was not done correctly.
You were pregnant at the time of surgery.
As far as risk, any surgery comes with added risks. I highly suggest that you do some research online and speak with your care provider to make a informed decision about the elective procedure before hand.
Here is a small over view of the risks. As you do more research you will find quite a bit of information on more risk factors.
Tubal ligation risks:
Minor complications include infection and wound separation.
Major complications include heavy blood loss, general anesthesia problems, organ injury during surgery, and need for a larger laparotomy incision during surgery.
Although fewer complications occur with laparoscopy than with other kinds of tubal ligation surgery, these complications can be more serious. For example, in rare cases, the bowel or bladder is injured when the laparoscope is inserted.
The general risks of surgery are greater if you have diabetes, are overweight, smoke, or have a heart condition.
Tubal implants. There are rare reports of implants causing pelvic pain that doesn't go away. In these cases, the implants were removed 6 weeks after they were placed in the fallopian tubes.2 The risk of pelvic infection is greater with tubal implants. Before you receive implants, you will be tested to make sure that you don't have a vaginal infection or a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Ectopic pregnancy risk
If a tubal ligation or implant fails and you become pregnant, you have an increased risk of having an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancies can occur years after the tubal ligation and are most likely 3 or more years after the procedure. To learn more, see the topic Ectopic Pregnancy.
Hope this information helps, please do take the time to seek out as much information on the subject on your own.


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'Some of those wild tilts where remembered for his ending up half naked on the ice. That was cleverly by design. He would deliberately wear his jersey and equipment in a fashion where he could easily discard the gear so that his opponent had nothing to grab on to. The NHL quickly installed the "Rob Ray Rule" – any player who does not have his jersey tied down and is involved in an altercation is banned for the rest of the game.'
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Friday, November 20 2009 - Other Important News
Wall Street Economic Death Squad Roundup [Reports & Videos]
See also Wednesday's excellent feature story at Amped Status, "The Critical Unravelling of U.S. Society".
– Ed.
November 10th, 2009
As most of you have noticed, we are primarily focused on covering the economic coup. We strongly feel that the theft of Trillions of taxpayer dollars by a small group of men on Wall Street is the biggest story of our time. We understand that these are very difficult times for most people and there are many pressing and vitally important issues confronting us. However, the theft of Trillions of dollars has to be the lead story every day until there are investigations and prosecutions to resolve it.
Many of the news sites that we link to on a daily basis have been covering this issue. However, these sites are not covering the issue sufficiently. There should be blazing headlines on a daily basis: ECONOMIC COUP IN THE US! TRILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS STOLEN!
Think about all the vital issues you care about and then think about the Trillions of dollars that were stolen. How could a small fraction of that money directly affect the issues you care about most? We need to make this connection, and we need to make the theft of Trillions of dollars THE LEAD ISSUE RIGHT NOW!
Just think about how much can be done with this stolen money. The highest quality universal healthcare could be provided to everyone in the US. Every foreclosed mortgage in the US can be paid off, for that matter, it would take a fraction of the stolen money to provide a free house to every family in the US. Thousands upon thousands of jobs can be created with the stolen money. Young people who are shackled with massive student debt can have their loans paid off and we can have free higher education for everyone, not to mention a drastically improved educational system. Think about the social programs across the board that could be funded to improve our societal functions and standards of living, if we could use the stolen tax money for what it was originally intended for.
This money could be used to help combat the environmental crisis. The bottom line is that people seem to be missing the point that this stolen money could be used to actually solve many of the serious issues we are confronted with. This is not a utopian dream, the resources are available, it could be a reality, if we had the stolen tax money.
In our last Economic Death Squad video, we featured Franklin D. Roosevelt talking about an Economic Bill of Rights, he never had a chance to implement them, but if we were to recoup the Trillions that have been stolen from us, we could turn FDR's Economic Bill of Rights into a reality.
So here we are providing you with a roundup of our coverage on the issue. We are a small operation with limited resources, but we have created several reports and two short videos to help drive home the importance.
We will start by featuring two of our videos to get the ball rolling, with more in depth reports below. Please help spread information on this issue in any way possible.
Part I: Meet the Wall Street Economic Death Squad
Part I features Congressional questioning from Representative Alan Grayson regarding trillions of dollars in Federal Reserve "off-balance sheet transactions," with music by NIN and Jay Z.
PART II: The Greatest Theft in History
Part II features audio clips from Dylan Ratigan, Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders and a speech on the Economic Bill of Rights by Franklin D. Roosevelt, with music by NIN and Jay Z.
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My name is Eric Bangerter and I'm the author of this blog. I'm the Vice President of E-Commerce and Internet Services at UW Credit Union. I've worked for UW Credit Union since 2001. My career in Web development started in 1995 just as the commercial Internet was taking shape. I went on to develop interactive and educational Web sites at the University of Wisconsin-Extension prior to joining UW Credit Union.
At UW Credit Union, I lead our development team in the design and support of our online offerings. Our approach is based on making sure the UW Credit Union member is represented in all aspects of what we create. Essentially, we digest the feedback we get from members, identify their needs, monitor the evolution of the technology and look for opportunities to apply it to the financial services industry. All this helps guide the features and functions we add. It is not an exaggeration to say we are passionate about creating a world class online experience for our members. Because we do the development with our own in-house team, we have the ability to customize a lot of what we offer to work best for members. This flexibility helps us be the best we can be for our members, and distinguishes us in the marketplace.
In this blog, I'll be covering upcoming enhancements (both big and small), address member feedback and concerns and invite you to share comments that will help shape the direction of our online services.
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(Cleveland) - Cleveland kidnap and rape suspect Ariel Castro was back in court Wednesday morning for another pre-trial hearing.
Castro is charged with 977 counts after police say he held Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight captive inside his Seymour Avenue home.
Attornies for the 52-year old Castro argued Wednesday they have not received all the evidence they need to put up a good defense for their client, including some from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty refutes those claims saying defense attornies Craig Weintraub and Jaye Schlachet have had 24-7 access to all evidence and facts.
Both sides say they are willing to head to trial Aug. 5 although there is still talk of a possible plea deal in the case, if talk of the death penalty is taken off the table.
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Our mission is to recruit, admit, and enroll students who are the best fit for Utah State University; to maintain the livelihood of the university through programs and services; and achieve annual enrollment goals by keeping the individual student as our focus. We delight in serving as the front door to Utah State University and setting the tone for the unique experience awaiting our future and returning students.
Admissions Office Goals
- Provide superior service and knowledgeable staff.
- Help our customers feel welcome and direct their paths in every way.
- Facilitate prospective students' transition through timely and accurate information, personal advising, and Aggie pride.
- Develop and maintain relationships with students, parents, counselors, campus personnel, and the community.
- Secure the integrity of the University by providing equal opportunity and access for students, preserving fair requirements, and making just decisions.
- Encourage campus involvement in recruitment activities and coordinate the overall enrollment strategies for new students.
- Educate our audiences regarding the University's mission and the benefits of an Aggie experience.
- Support and strengthen all efforts to promote and market Utah State University.
- Adhere to and carry the goals of University leadership.
- Keep the best interests, learning, and development of our students central to all we do.
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Between West 62nd Street and West 63rd Street Upper West Side
This home has been sold
We have 51 similar homes for sale.
Subway Lines
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- Price$4,401,840
- TypeCondo
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4.5
- Rooms6
- Approx. Sq. Ft.2,505
- Exposure North & West
Key Features
- Corner apartment
- Concierge
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- Full river view
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Exquisitely crafted by visionary designers, Roman & Williams, this grand corner 4 bedroom, four and a half bath boasts dramatic Hudson River and George Washington Bridge views. Glass-walled great room with Brazilian cherry floors optimizess light and views. Island kitchen features warm teak cabinetry with Blizzard Quartzite countertops with Caldia Marble chef block, integrated dish racks and paneled premium appliances from Smeg and Miele. Teak-wrapped master bath features Zuma deep soaking tub and separate glass shower, Bianco Dolomite marble double vanity and floors. Secondary bath is crafted with luxurious custom crackle porcelain tile. Elegant powder room features a custom-designed solid teak sink, integrated teak lighting. Brushed nickel Waterworks fittings throughout. THE ALDYN sports over 40,000 square feet of amenities including a LA PALESTRA Athletic Club and Spa, a KIDVILLE, NY and more. With a 75' indoor pool, basketball / squash court, 38' rock climbing wall, bowling alley, yoga, pilates, a club lounge, on-site parking and more, The Aldyn is New York's Ultimate Sporting Experience.
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Upper West, from Central Park West to the Hudson River, 59th Street (excluding Columbus Circle) to 110th Street.
Every ten blocks of the Upper West Side seem to have its own character. The 70s and 80s have their share of "Classic Six" prewar apartments (that's two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and kitchen plus a room for the maid or domestic staff, sometimes used as a home office) as opposed to a "Classic Seven," which has all these rooms in addition to another bedroom. Along Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side, some grand-scale apartment buildings with magnificent river views perfectly match the street's name. Meanwhile, the southern bit of the Upper West Side embraces the Time Warner Center, which has some of the most spectacular luxury condos in the city, along with high-end shops like Coach and Hugo Boss, once-in-a-lifetime eateries like Per Se, and a giant subterranean Whole Foods that seems to have the capability to hold every resident of the Upper West Side at once.
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I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
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Controlled substances are chemicals that have a legally recognized potential for abuse. They include "street drugs" such as heroin or ecstasy and prescription drugs such as oxycodone. Detecting and identifying controlled substances is a critical step in law enforcement's fight against drug-related crime and violence.
Controlled substances present law enforcement and criminal justice professionals with the following problems:
New technology is needed to improve law enforcement efforts to address these issues. To achieve these goals, NIJ seeks to fund research to develop:
See also Forensic Toxicology.
The table below shows NIJ-funded research projects. Select an award title to see details of the award, including any resulting publications.


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By Stacey Plaisance Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is bracing for record crowds as the biggest sporting event of the year, the NFL Super Bowl on Feb. 3, collides with Mardi Gras season in what many locals are calling "Super Gras."
Mardi Gras floats are getting finishing touches, including one float being touted as the biggest the city's Carnival has ever seen. Bakeries are hiring extra hands to decorate the thousands of king cakes, a traditional Mardi Gras treat, being preordered for the Super Bowl.
Carnival season is already in full swing along the Gulf Coast and continues until Mardi Gras on Feb. 12.
The city's hotels are more than 90 percent occupied for the weeks before and after the big game, according to Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"We are ready to give the world a show," Perry said.
Carnival parades will not be held downtown during Super Bowl weekend, but dozens will roll in the city on the weekends before and after the game. Some sports fans are extending their stays to take in the masked riders tossing beads, costumed marching groups and make-believe royalty.
Tourism officials estimate 125,000 to 150,000 people will be in town for Super Bowl weekend, with 75,000 at the game and the rest taking in the fanfare. Another million typically visit New Orleans in the weeks leading up to and including Mardi Gras.
This will be New Orleans' 10th Super Bowl, tying Miami for the city that's hosted the most Super Bowls. It's also the seventh Super Bowl taking place in the Superdome, now named for its sponsor Mercedes-Benz.
But more importantly, it will be the Superdome's first Super Bowl since Hurricane Katrina ripped off its roof and flooded surrounding streets when levees gave way in 2005.
The dome has since undergone more than $336 million in renovations. Though there are no public tours of the dome, anyone can attend the Super Bowl media day Tuesday. For $25, fans can sit in the stands, listen to NFL Network coverage and player interviews with portable headsets, and get a look at the renovated stadium.
As Super Bowl fans leave town, a new wave of revelers will arrive for Mardi Gras weekend. That's when some of the city's largest parade organizations, known as superkrewes, hold their glitzy balls and parades.
Parade groups have been working for months to make this year bigger and better than ever. The Krewe of Endymion is boasting it will have the largest float in city history for its Feb. 9 parade, led by pop singer Kelly Clarkson.
The Bacchus parade and its yet-to-be-named celebrity rider rolls on Feb. 10, and the Orpheus parade rolls on Feb. 11 — the eve of Fat Tuesday known as Lundi Gras — with actor Gary Sinise, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress Mariska Hargitay and New Orleans musicians Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and Harry Connick Jr.
Visitors can also go to Mardi Gras World, the enormous studio and warehouse where floats are made and stored.
This year, Mardi Gras World is also the site of a Guinness World Record attempt by New Orleans artist Stephan Wanger to create the world's largest Mardi Gras bead mosaic. Anyone can help cut and place beads on a 42-foot-long, 8-foot-tall board etched with the New Orleans skyline.
"It's something we want hands from all over the world to be a part of," Wanger said. The first bead was placed in November, and the last will be placed on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, the day after Mardi Gras.
One thing the city won't be short on is music. Dozens of local acts will be performing throughout the weekend on stages along the Mississippi River and in the French Quarter. On game day, Beyonce will be the half-time performer.
Other local attractions include steamboat cruises — many with live jazz — on the Mississippi, the recently-expanded World War II Museum, Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas and New Orleans Museum of Art by City Park. Just outside the city, options include airboat tours of Louisiana swamps and bayous and plantation home tours.
Foodies can indulge in charbroiled oysters, seafood gumbo, fried softshell crab po-boys and shrimp and grits. The city has 52 more restaurants than it did in 2002 — the last time New Orleans hosted a Super Bowl.


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For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Access Board is proposing an update to regulations covering access for disabled people for computer software, Web sites, cell phones and other IT products and devices.
On March 17, the Access Board released a draft proposal for standards for electronic and information technology in the federal sector covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.The draft Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines reorganizes requirements by function, rather than by product type.
The goal of the guidelines is to set standards to ensure that the technologies are accessible for people with a variety of disabilities, including hearing, seeing, physical or speech-related disabilities. Technologies covered by this rulemaking include telephones, cell phones, computer hardware and software, Web sites, media players, electronic documents and other devices.
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Chibombo district commissioner Colonnel Philip Chabakale has said there is need for the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) to embrace an all-inclusive agenda regarding access to make Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) as tools for economic development.
Officiating at a public forum organised by ZICTA in Chibombo on Saturday, Col Chabakale said his district had a large population of physically challenged citizens.These have been incapacitated by leprosy. The current ICT tools and equipment on the Zambian market do not cater for the special needs of these citizens and yet we all know that there are assistive technologies that can enable a person without hands or fingers to use a cell phone and access the Internet, Col Chabakale said. He implored ZICTA to consider the plight of the disabled.
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The partnership between the Ministry of Education and Fundación Omar Dengo in Costa Rica is seen by many as a model for introducing, implementing and evaluating technology use in education. The Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) is a private non-profit organization that has been managing and carrying out national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects have benefitted more than 1.5 million Costa Ricans, including children and young people, students, educators, professionals, people from the community, and senior citizens, contributing to renovation of the national educational processes by introducing and taking advantage of digital technologies. A few programs of ODF are highlighted below. Through http://www.fod.ac.cr/en/institute, the unit responsible for creating proposals for programming and the products and services offered, the organization has gained expertise in education informatics, cognition, programming and learning, digital government, robotics and learning, entrepreneurship and digital productivity. Labor@: Centers for entrepreneurial practice teaches the high school students, office productivity software, logical reasoning and effective use of ICTs in business - by providing a simulation of working in a firm, a part from, business management and entrepreneurial skills. Explor@: Using digital technologies to foster youth talents is collaboration of government with Walmart and Microsoft aimed to target 20,000 youth inspiring them to use ICTs for innovation. The project organizes workshops for electronic game design, digital newspaper editing, web-designing, disaster prevention, data processing packages and software. The magazine http://www.fod.ac.cr/zonam/ is a digital newspaper distributed twice each year over the Internet, prepared by students in grades 7, 8, and 9 who participate in the Digital Journalism Club. CADE program is an educational program designed to promote active citizenship. The program seeks to strengthen and develop deliberative capabilities in children and adolescents using digital technologies as didactical resources. Robotica is an Educational Robotics Program providing a digital environment relying on digital technologies and inspiring innovation, creativity, thought, analysis, design and troubleshooting. The program also includes training for teachers and a discussion blog. The official website states the motive as: The purpose is to use the work done on projects to create a scientific-technological culture where the students prepare significant programming products, build prototypes related to industrial or technological process simulation, or recreate sites and events linked to their socio-cultural setting. New Millennium is a digital magazine for students published on the Internet in two annual editions. This project seeks for Costa Rican students to be creative and active Internet users, using this medium to express themselves and share what they have learned with boys and girls from around the world. In addition, it is an attempt for students to be able to appropriate the technology, i.e, know how to use it and build significant products. Edunov@ explores the use of mobile technology in education. Reviews of Omar Dengo Foundations project can be seen here, here and here.
The partnership between the Ministry of Education and Fundación Omar Dengo in Costa Rica is seen by many as a model for introducing, implementing and evaluating technology use in education. The Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) is a private non-profit organization that has been managing and carrying out national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects have benefitted more than 1.5 million Costa Ricans, including children and young people, students, educators, professionals, people from the community, and senior citizens, contributing to renovation of the national educational processes by introducing and taking advantage of digital technologies. A few programs of ODF are highlighted below. Through http://www.fod.ac.cr/en/institute, the unit responsible for creating proposals for programming and the products and services offered, the organization has gained expertise in education informatics, cognition, programming and learning, digital government, robotics and learning, entrepreneurship and digital productivity. Labor@: Centers for entrepreneurial practice teaches the high school students, office productivity software, logical reasoning and effective use of ICTs in business - by providing a simulation of working in a firm, a part from, business management and entrepreneurial skills. Explor@: Using digital technologies to foster youth talents is collaboration of government with Walmart and Microsoft aimed to target 20,000 youth inspiring them to use ICTs for innovation. The project organizes workshops for electronic game design, digital newspaper editing, web-designing, disaster prevention, data processing packages and software. The magazine http://www.fod.ac.cr/zonam/ is a digital newspaper distributed twice each year over the Internet, prepared by students in grades 7, 8, and 9 who participate in the Digital Journalism Club. CADE program is an educational program designed to promote active citizenship. The program seeks to strengthen and develop deliberative capabilities in children and adolescents using digital technologies as didactical resources. Robotica is an Educational Robotics Program providing a digital environment relying on digital technologies and inspiring innovation, creativity, thought, analysis, design and troubleshooting. The program also includes training for teachers and a discussion blog. The official website states the motive as: The purpose is to use the work done on projects to create a scientific-technological culture where the students prepare significant programming products, build prototypes related to industrial or technological process simulation, or recreate sites and events linked to their socio-cultural setting. New Millennium is a digital magazine for students published on the Internet in two annual editions. This project seeks for Costa Rican students to be creative and active Internet users, using this medium to express themselves and share what they have learned with boys and girls from around the world. In addition, it is an attempt for students to be able to appropriate the technology, i.e, know how to use it and build significant products. Edunov@ explores the use of mobile technology in education. Reviews of Omar Dengo Foundations project can be seen here, here and here.
In March 2010, the Commission on the Status of Women will undertake a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Emphasis will be placed on the sharing of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges, including those related to the Millennium Development Goals. Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations and of UN entities will participate in the session. A series of parallel events will provide additional opportunities for information exchange and networking.
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Source: WomenWatch
The Portuguese government is providing educational PCs to school children receiving basic education -- equivalent to elementary school -- in a memorandum of understanding with Intel Corporation. The Magellan Initiative, a program under Portugals education technology plan, targeted to deliver a half million computers based on the Intel-powered classmate PC to Portuguese children in the year 2009. The Magellan Initiative complements Portugals successful year-old e-School project, which provides educational notebooks and Internet access to teachers and students for the secondary level of school education.
The full-featured student laptop is specially developed by Intel for education. Regarded as the rugged little laptops Intels Classmate PC comes in various versions in various developing countries, with educational softwares and high-speed internet connectivity options, designed especially for school children. The laptop is distributed in more than 50 countries. In addition to the Classmate PCs, Intel will serve as Portugal's technology adviser for the Magellan Initiative and currently plans to create a Competence Centre in Portugal to expand the use of mobile PCs and Internet access and use that knowledge to replicate pilot projects in other countries. Recently, Venezuelan government has also signed an agreement with Portugal that will bring 1 million low-cost Magellan notebooks to the South American country.
Link for Video about Magellan initiative in Portugal
Sources: Intel news release, Technology blog
In many parts of the developing world it is too expensive to lay the fibers and copper cable to deliver a standard internet connection. Wireless technologies also do not reach many remote places. Under United Villages initiative, founded by Amir Alexander Hasson, vehicles equipped with Wi-Fi are being used to deliver web content to remote rural villages in the developing world. In rural India and parts of Cambodia, Rwanda, Costa Rica, Paraguay, the vehicles offer web content to computers with no internet connection.
The buses and a fleet of motorcycles update their pages in cities before visiting the hard-to-reach communities. The offline search system works in a very simplistic way: users search through a standard non-real time browser. Motorcycle drives by and collects all the searches and takes them to the internet connection which sends them to United Villages server. The server conducts search, takes out information from top results and links, edits unnecessary ads and send the compressed information back to the users.
In Cambodia, this approach is serving many rural villages. The Internet Village Motoman was launched for 15 solar-powered village schools, telemedicine clinics, and the governors office in Ratanakiri, a remote province of Cambodia, using five Honda motorcycles equipped with mobile access points and a satellite uplink. The network was implemented for American Assistance for Cambodia, which is funded by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, and operates over 200 rural schools. They had computers and solar panels in all these schools, and teachers teaching English on computers, but no Internet. The teachers learned how to do e-mail, and then they taught the students, and then that got shared with the rest of the village. Telemedicine clinics held by Operation Village Health, give patients access to physicians in Boston, Massachusetts. The patients information including digital photographs is transferred to physicians in Boston via satellite. So, those communities are able to do e-mails, offline Web searches and tele-medicine through this novel approach.
Link for some more information about this project.
Link for interview of Amir Alexander Hasson with Gartner
Sources: BBC news, press release American Assistance Cambodia, Internet Village Motoman network
Plan Ceibal, the education reform initiative that is aiming (most famously) to provide one laptop for every student and teacher in Uruguay. The initial goal was primary education and now its being extended to include the secondary education level. The presentation given by Brechner at IDBs sponsored event describes the pillars of Plan Ceibal as Equity, Learning and Technology (video of presentation available here). The plan targets to provide one laptop per student and per teacher at all public schools, but is not essentially limited to laptops, rather it extends to development of contents and tools for improving education. The plan also includes efforts for provision of wireless internet at school and public places.
Summarizing the results of partnership with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, Bechner stated that, when it came to individual access to personal computing for all students in Uruguay, "What was a privilege in 2006 is a right in 2009". The Uruguayan example, Brechner continued, shows that it is indeed possible to provide a laptop (for free) to every student, and how this can be done. In the case of Uruguay, "costs are manageable", he said, and "impacts are immediate". Uruguay's interest in serving as a global model for educational transformation enabled in large part by 1-to-1 computing for students is laudable. The presentation provides financial data to substantiate all the above claims.
The official portal of Plan Ceibal provides various
news of the subsidiary projects and initiatives of the Plan. The most striking feature of connectivity through laptops is their ability to connect rural and remote areas to the rest of the world, Plan Ceibal is doing the same. The Plan Ceibal Blog covers the latest news and updates on the project. The blog covered the impacts of OLPC on learning of children in schools and lives of children with disabilities through short anecdotes. A book on the Plan titled Ceibal in the society of 21st century was also published in collaboration with UNESCO giving a detailed account of the project and its evaluations.
See the detailed and complete analysis at Trucanos
More information about Plan Ceibal and OLPC in Uruguay:
Cisco is partnering with the government of Portugal under Technological Plan for Education, which aims to bring information and communication technology (ICT) literacy to students and promote the use of new technologies in the educational system. Cisco® technologies will be used to provide high-density local-area network and wireless access in every classroom in every secondary school in Portugal.
Cisco would be working in cooperation with Portugal Telecom, the prime contractor of the 'Internet in the Classroom' project, to equip 1,220 schools with 215,000 Ethernet ports and 15,000 wireless access points. The Portuguese Ministry of Education launched the Internet in the Classroom project as a foundation for the Portuguese government's Technological Plan to bring high-speed fibre broadband access to every school and put fixed and wireless networks in the classrooms to connect all students and staff. The Technological Plan for Education will also see a number of secondary schools establish Cisco Networking Academy® programs to teach key ICT skills to a diverse student population. Five academies are being set up with further plans to increase the number to 200.
With Technological plan for Education, Portugal is on its way to completely digitize the education system with several ICT- related activities. Provision of ICT skills to teachers, computers for schools and laptops for students are among key initiatives of this project.
Source: Cisco press release, Ministry of Education Portugal resources
Australia's primary school students are now being equipped with the skills needed for the digital age. School students are now being switched on to some of the most up-to-date technology available, from laptop computers for students in years 9-12 to interactive whiteboards, video-conferencing equipment and even virtual classrooms.
The West Australian Education Department recently trialled a program that allowed students and teachers to download free information and resources through iTunes U - an area of the iTunes store offering free education content from top institutions around the world.
Schools throughout Australia will be using the technology of interactive whiteboards, which have the capabilities of connecting immediately to the internet so students and teachers can access information immediately. By connecting the whiteboards to a laptop computer and projector, teachers can also convert freehand writing on the whiteboard into text, and then print it for students.
The Victorian education department is now trialing virtual classrooms - a computer accessible, online learning environment intended to fulfill many of the learning facilitation roles of a physical classroom. The Queensland Education Department has a similar concept in the Learning Place - a comprehensive online eLearning environment available to all staff and students with anywhere, anytime access through a dedicated portal.
Source: Sydney morning herald
Text-to-speech (TTS) is an application that converts text on a webpage to synthesized speech so that people unable to read the text owing to their visual impairment could understand the web content with their hearing ability. Over the years, the Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) has been working very hard to provide training in this aspect for blind people.
According to MAB's ICT manager Encik Silatul Rahim bin Dahman: developed countries have made it compulsory through legislation for web content operators to conform to a set of design guidelines called the Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) in order to facilitate the "reading" of their content with the help of TTS technology. For instance, every image on the web page must be tagged with an alternative text so that visually challenged web users could "listen" to the text read out to them by the speech synthesizer. Otherwise, what they might hear could just be jumbled up vocals that do not make sense to them. He pointed out that TTS is not only applicable to personal computers; it could also be applied to mobile phones.
Rahim was the first blind Malaysian to have received TTS training in the United States. He helped set up a training centre in Penang upon his return to the country in 1993, while the centre at Brickfields began its operation in 2005. Another training centre was recently set up in Kuching, Sarawak this July. "I may be 100% blind but the internet has taken away 50% of my disability," says Rahim.
Normally it takes a learner about five days to pick up the fundamental skills of surfing the net with TTS. There are some 30 computers at the centre open for visually handicapped individuals to use. There are currently 20,500 blind people registered with the Social Welfare Department, of whom some 2,000 people or about 10% have received TTS training from the MAB. Other than providing training courses for local blind people, MAB also offers courses for people from other regional countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia. In addition to IT training, MAB also provides a broad range of other services to help the blind people, including rehabilitation, recreational facilities, pre-school programmes, vocational training (woodwork, massage, reflexology, computer programming, etc.) as well as disaster relief.
Sources: MySinchew, The nut graph (image courtesy to nut graph)
The aim of the Digital Education Revolution (DER) is to contribute sustainable and meaningful change to teaching and learning in Australian schools that will prepare students for further education, training and to live and work in a digital world. Through the DER, the Government is providing $2.2 billion over six years to completely revolutionalise the education system. $100 million is exclusively available for the further development of affordable, fast broadband for schools. Also the funds of up to $11.25 million of the total ($22.5 million) provided under the state and territory element of the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program (AGQTP) in 2009 were planned be directed to ICT-related school-based professional development for teachers.Under DER in NSW, the New South Wales province in Australia is on a quest to outfit every Year 9 to 12 students with a customized Lenovo net book by 2012. It is expected that over 200,000 computers will be distributed to students and teachers. NSW Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth says:In a world first, Microsofts Windows 7 has been installed on every laptop which is also equipped with $5,500 of the latest Microsoft and Adobe software and is wirelessly enabled to allow students to access the internet from anywhere within the school. NSW will also employ an additional 400 IT support officers to provide on-site assistance to students and teachers, providing more jobs in the current tough economic climate. The NSW Government has also invested $16 million over four years to provide secondary high school teachers with the same laptops, with another $10 million allocated for professional learning.
Sources: Information extracted from Australian DEEWR, DER
The African Virtual University (AVU) is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization whose aim is to significantly increase access to quality higher education and training through the innovative use of information communication technologies.
As an African organization, the AVU has a mandate to increase access for tertiary education and training using Open Distance and eLearning (ODeL) methodologies.
Over its 13 years of existence, the AVU has trained more than 40,000 students, has established 53 centers in 27 countries, and has acquired the largest of Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) network in Africa. Its greatest asset is its ability to work across borders and language groups in Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa conflict and post-conflict zones. In Somalia, AVU has graduated 4,000 students, 30% of whom are women.
The AVU has more than 50 Partner Institutions in more than 27 countries in Africa. The following orange-colored countries are host to current AVU partner institutions across Africa:
The AVU headquarters is situated in Nairobi, Kenya and a regional office is based in Dakar, Senegal in West Africa.
Source: African Virtual University
Jhai PC, initially designed for Laos, now attracts interest of people in 65 countries. India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ghana are among such countries. It is a project of Jhai Foundation. Founded in 1997 by Vietnam era combat veteran and a Lao war refugee Lee Thorn, Jhai foundation focuses on four key areas: education, technology, health and economic development. Jhai Foundations major funding has come from Cisco Systems, World Bank, Soros Foundations, Sweden, Canada and individual donors. Jhai Foundation has been honored with a "Best Practices" award from the United Nations Secretariat, e-ASEAN, UNESCO (Bangkok), the government of Lao PDR and others.
JhaiPC is a tough, rugged computer, to withstand monsoon rains, humidity and extreme temperatures and linked to web by satellite; comes with Open Office, Firefox, ReMeDi telemedicine proprietary app, and Jhai Networks (at dial up speeds supporting audio, video, whiteboard, text, all file sharing, for peer-to-peer or groups up to 300), with a price under $ 200. When used off-grid, various power options can be chosen, depending on local conditions, including bicycle-generators, solar, wind, hydro, and others. The special thing about the low-cost, low-power JhaiPC is that it is matched to the needs and resources of rural people in clinics, schools or community centers. The JhaiPC supports voice and video conferencing through Jhai Networks, a new communication suite. The computer brings villagers weather reports, current prices for their rice crops and weavings, and contact with relatives living abroad. In collaboration with Schools Online, Jhai Foundation has established four ILCs in high schools since 2000. All, but one, are in rural areas. Each facility contains 10 new PCs linked in a LAN together with a printer, a scanner, four microphones/headsets, and a digital camera.
In 2001, Laotian villagers came to Thorn with a request: phone and Internet connectivity; they asked for a computer for Phonkham. Jhai had done computer projects in schools and hospitals, but Phonkhams remote location demanded a whole new approach. Lee Felsenstein, a pioneer in the personal computer field, designed the first JhaiPC to work on very low power, using electricity generated by a stationary bicycle and connected by Wi-Fi to a relay station on top of a hill and then 11 kilometers [seven miles] to the nearest phone line. With funds from individual donors, the governments of Canada and Sweden, and the US State Department, Felsenstein assembled the first Jhai PC himself. "The Jhai PC is built of 'embedded' circuit boards," says Felsenstein, "of the sort that is used in industrial equipment. These are rugged and devoid of moving parts such as fans or disc drives, made to operate for long periods of time without service or attention.
Link for Interview of Lee Thorn (founder of Jhai Foundation)
Link for video of paddled powered JhaiPC installed in Laos
Sources: Information extracted from Jhai Foundation website, Christian Science Monitor, Wi-Fi Planet
The Intel Rural Connectivity Platform (RCP) is a low cost, low power, low touch long-range Wi-Fi solution designed to bring connectivity to remote areas. The technology behind this research was developed by personnel in the Intel Research Berkeley lab. It is a wireless long distance back hauls solution that operates on non licensed spectrums to provide the perfect product for emerging markets.
"It is an appealing way to connect remote areas that otherwise would go without the Internet", says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel. "Wireless satellite connections are expensive and its impractical to wire up some villages in Asian and African countries. The rural connectivity platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries. And the data rates are high enoughup to about 6.5 megabits per secondthat the connection could be used for video conferencing and tele-medicine, he says.
The demo that was presented at the Berkeley Lab open house had two antenna transmitting video via WI-FI connection. One of the antennas was on top of the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the UC Berkeley campus which is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away from the lab in downtown Berkeley.
Already, Intel has installed and tested the hardware in India, Panama, Vietnam, and South Africa. One of the research projects connected rural villages in India with the Aravind Eye clinic to provide medical eye exams via the wireless antenna relay system. In Panama, it is bringing the internet to a remote village in the rain forest.
More details can be found in RCP product brief and this video.
Sources: Intel blog, Technology review
September 2009 - The Education Department, Government of Punjab, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Pakistan under the Partners in Learning global program. Both parties will work cooperatively to participate in a four-year program from 2009 till 2013.
It was decided under the MoU that Microsofts and the Education Departments associates will provide a joint report to Government of Punjab and Microsoft every 90 days. The report will provide an assessment of the purpose, progress and impact of Partners in Learning Program in Punjab, Pakistan.
Michael Robinson, GM Public Sector, Microsoft MEA, flew down to Pakistan to personally thank the Chief Minster and Government of Punjab to select Microsoft as their partner in this massive reform program. Michael articulated that, Microsoft has always believed that investing in education is the best way to help young people achieve their potential. We are hand in hand in this program with the Education Department, Government of Punjab to ensure that students receive practical education of information technology that can help them get jobs in the market.
According to the MoU, Microsoft will provide four weeks of internship to 4 students suggested by the Government of Punjab every year through Microsofts certified partners in Pakistan. The chief minister said under the agreement, the Punjab government would invest Rs3 billion in three years and Microsoft Rs1.5 billion, and resultantly the government would earn a profit of Rs500 million.
Sayed Hashish, Director Public Sector, Microsoft North Africa, East Med and Pakistan, stated that, Over the past few years, technology has become a need in every field. Microsoft, realizing the challenges that institutions in Pakistan face to implement a quality technology program, came up with a very unique plan. We believe that importance of computer literacy cannot be overstated as technology continues to accelerate globally. Hence, this partnership between Government of Punjab and Microsoft is a worthwhile approach and will help the education system here in the long run.
Kamal Ahmed (Country General Manager) Microsoft aspires to introduce education related solutions which will enable the community of students and educators to realize their potential through the power of technology and to remove the barriers in the effective use of technology.
Source: Link
Singapore is taking massive steps to integrate ICTs into education in a variety of ways. The FutureSchools@Singapore program seeks to develop up to 15 schools with up-to-date teaching and learning methodology through utilization of ICTS in education system. It is a joint project of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) and vendors like Hewlett-Packard (HP), Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics), Microsoft, Singapore Telecoms (SingTel) are also involved actively in this project.
The Ministry of Education has also established its first interactive web-based Education and Career Guidance (ECG) portal for students. ecareers.sg is a project, jointly developed by the Ministry of Education and the Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Pilot-tested in 2009 in 18 secondary schools, 4 junior colleges and Millennia Institute, the portal received positive feedback on its overall user friendliness and up-to-date and comprehensive features. ecareers.sg was expected to be available to secondary and post-secondary schools by August 2009 and to primary schools by early 2010.
Ministry of Education (MOE), the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Microsoft Singapore, are also collaborating on BackPackLive! initiative. This initiative is an expansion of the previous five year IDA-Microsoft BackPack.NET initiative launched in 2003. BackPack.NET was the first education initiative where Microsoft, IDA and MOE collaborated to create a fundamental shift in the way a student experiences learning through the use of innovative Tablet PC (TPC)-based learning applications. The new collaboration will focus on inspiring, exploring and scaling innovative ICT practices among teachers. The Cyber Wellness Student Ambassador Programme, to promote safe and responsible use of Information-Communication Technologies (ICT) among students through peer education, is also a part of the BackPack LIVE! Education initiative. It plans to target students at Primary 4 and Secondary 2 levels, and was planned to kick off with 47 primary and 44 secondary schools in November 2009.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is also working together with NCS Pte Ltd and Google to make available the Google Apps (Education version) suite of online communications and collaboration tools to more than 30,000 teachers and staff in over 350 schools in Singapore by end 2009. The successful implementation of this project would make MOE the first Ministry in Singapore to adopt an open standard cloud computing platform and the first in Asia to provide Web 2.0 communication and collaboration tools to all teachers in the public school system.
From as early as 2010, the Next-Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) would also support education initiatives in Singapore such as Future Schools through high speed connectivity 1Gbps and beyond which would pave way for enhanced web-based interactive features in teaching and learning.
Source:Ministry of Education Singapore Press Releases
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Animal Species:Garden Snail
Generally, snails found in your garden will be introduced species, which have two pairs of tentacles, rather than one pair as in native snails and slugs.
Standard Common Name
Garden Snail
Alternative Name/s
Helix aspersa
Size range
3.5 cm
Widespread in cities throughout the world.
Garden snails are found in urban areas.
Other behaviours and adaptations
The Garden Snail was introduced to Australia from Europe. It is always associated with human populations and rarely encountered away from cities. This edible snail is commercially raised in Australia and exported to countries such as France where it is eaten as 'escargot'. Cantareus (Helix) aspersus is slightly smaller than the French species (Helix pomatia), which does not occur in Australia but apparently has a similar taste.
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- Subclass:
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- Class:
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