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Sheffield Hallam University has teamed up with the historic Stanley Hotel, which inspired horror novelist Stephen King to write The Shining, to launch an international internship program.
The unique 'live-learn-earn' partnership between the University's Sheffield Business School (SBS) and the hotel in Estes Park, Colorado got underway this week.
Sixteen International Hospitality Management and International Hotel and Resort Management students from Hallam flew out to America this week to begin their semester-long placement with the hotel chain.
As part of the experience, the students will study and live at the hotel as well as working in various positions giving them a chance meet and engage with guests and work on a number of projects.
Unique to the program is the integration of real-world, hands-on learning in conjunction with onsite classroom teaching, delivered virtually by academics at Sheffield Hallam, and a full semester of academic credit.
Students will also receive a living wage, campus housing, meals and a range of exciting Colorado outings and excursions. Students will also have the opportunity to connect with local host families to help them feel more at home.
Dr Emma Martin, head of the Department of Service Sector Management at Sheffield Hallam, said: "This is more than a traditional internship opportunity, it is a pioneering way we are working with the hospitality industry to break down the traditional boundaries between the classroom and the workplace.
"This partnership presents an innovative and flexible degree meeting the needs of and drawing on the strengths of business and academic learning.
"The difference is that the students will be leveraging what they learn on the job in a virtual classroom over 4,000 miles away from their peers.
"This new partnership also highlights Sheffield Hallam's ambition to be a university for the real world that is operating on a global stage, just as many of our students will be in their future careers."
Gregg Rosenstetter, who will oversee the student program for the Stanley, said they were placing a part of the University itself at the hotel not just students.
Stanley owner John Cullen added: "We're going to be as inspired as much from these students as they are from us."
"It's a win for the hotel, the students and our guests."
The hotel was the inspiration for Stephen King's iconic novel, The Shining, after he and his wife stayed a night there in 1974.
For press information: contact Joanne Beattie in the Sheffield Hallam University press office on 0114 225 2811 or email email@example.com


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TROY - Veteran journalist Jason L. Riley will address Troy University students in a Manuel Johnson Center for Political Economy-sponsored lecture.
Free and open to the public, Riley's address is scheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus and will focus on his most recent book, "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed."
Riley, a Buffalo, N.Y. native, is a member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board and a Fox News contributor. He joined the WSJ staff in 1994. He served the newspaper in several editorial positions, and, in 2000, was named senior editorial page writer. In 2005, he was named to the Editorial Board. He has also worked for "USA Today" and the "Buffalo News."
He completed his undergraduate degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, majoring in English.
In "Please Stop Helping Us," Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs become massive barriers to moving forward for the poor and poor minorities specifically.
"History, in other words, provides little indication, let alone assur¬ance, that political success is a prerequisite of upward mobility. The black-white wealth gap has widened under President Obama, and black employment has fallen both in absolute terms and relative to white employment on his watch," said Riley in a piece written for "Forbes Magazine."
"Even so, civil rights leaders today in cahoots with well-meaning liberal elites continue to focus attention on black political power as a means of addressing these outcomes. The reality is that a re-evaluation of such efforts is long overdue," he wrote.

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Mississippi 60, Louisiana-Monroe 38
Terrance Henry scored 15 points as Mississippi won its eighth
consecutive season opener with a 60-38 win over Louisiana-Monroe on
Friday night.
Nick Williams added 13 points and Dundrecous Nelson had 12, as
the Rebels limited their opponent to its lowest scoring output
since a 71-38 win over Arkansas Pine Bluff in December, 2002.
Fred Brown led Louisiana-Monroe with seven points, but managed
only 2-of-12 from the field. The Warhawks finished 14-of-49 (29
percent) from the field and had only four field goals in the first
Louisiana-Monroe led only once, 3-0, on a three-point shot by
Brown in the opening minute. Ole Miss answered with a 16-2 run in
the next four minutes, capped by a layup from Nelson, which built
what turned out to be an insurmountable lead.
Ole Miss led 33-11 at halftime, led by Williams with 10 points.
Louisiana-Monroe never got closer than 16 points, 49-33 with 5:14
left. R.J. McCray, in a reserve role, finished with six points,
four rebounds and a steal for the Warhawks.
Murphy Holloway and Reginald Buckner helped dominate the boards
for the Rebels, who finished with a 48-34 rebound edge. Holloway
grabbed 17 rebounds and Buckner added 10. The duo also added two
blocked shots apiece.
The contest marked the return of Holloway to the Ole Miss
lineup, after being ruled eligible last week by the NCAA. Holloway
started two seasons for the Rebels before transferring to South
Carolina, where he spent last season as a redshirt. Holloway
returned to Ole Miss after last season.
Ole Miss forced 18 turnovers, compensating for a 19-of-57 (33
percent) shooting performance. The Rebels struggled from
three-point range, hitting 5-of-26 (19 percent).


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Theresa May and her husband Philip are set to appear in their first ever joint broadcast interview on BBC One's The One Show on Tuesday evening.
Whilst the Prime Minister has been unable to avoid the spotlight since taking office last year her spouse has kept a low profile, quietly continuing with his career in finance.
Who is Philip May?
May was born in 1957 in Norwich, the son of a sales rep and a French teacher.
The pair met while studying at the University of Oxford - he at Lincoln College and she at St Hugh's.
They were reportedly introduced by future Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto while at a Conservative Party student disco.
The pair are said to have bonded over a love of cricket and were married at 23 in 1980.
Just a year later the future PM's family was plunged into tragedy when her father, Rev Hubert Brasier, was killed in a car crash. A few months later, her mother, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, also died.
While Theresa May has rarely spoken about her experiences at that time, when appearing on Desert Island Discs in 2014, she told Kirsty Young that Philip had been a "huge support".
She said: "That was very important for me. He was a real rock for me."
Do Philip and Theresa May have children?
No. The Prime Minister has previously said she and her husband were "affected" by discovering they would not be able to have children.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, she added: "You see friends who now have grown-up children, but you accept the hand that life deals you.
"Sometimes things you wish had happened don't or there are things you wish you'd been able to do, but can't. There are other couples in a similar position."
During the Tory leadership campaign following David Cameron's resignation, the issue was brought to the fore by Andrea Leadsom.
Leadsom faced a huge backlash after appearing to suggest that being a mother meant she had a bigger stake in the future than May.
What does Philip May do?
May is a relationship manager for financial group Capital International, having worked in the City for decades.
He began work as a fund manager at stockbroker de Zoete & Bevan, followed by Prudential Portfolio Managers UK and Deutsche Asset Management, before joining Capital in 2005.
The financial services company is among the world's oldest and largest investment management firms. It manages more than £1 trillion in assets around the globe.
According to the Sun, May is understood to work as a pension fund expert.
According to the Financial Times, one senior executive said his extensive experience in his field means he is able to give his wife valuable insight.
The source said: "He is very much a back-channel to City sentiment.
"He does understand business in a way that [Theresa May] has not experienced herself. You could say he comes across as a translator for the PM."
He has also briefly tried his hand at politics, including a brief stint as chairman of the Wimbledon Conservative Association.
These days, however, he can often be found campaigning for his wife.
What can we expect from the Mays' interview on The One Show?
According to the Telegraph, Philip May has received no media training ahead of the interview and the couple will not be briefed on what they will be asked.
Many watching may be hoping for a repeat of David Cameron's infamous appearance on the programme back in 2011.
Right at the very end of the interview, host Matt Baker slipped in one final, devastating and very un-BBC question, asking: "'Just very quickly - how on earth do you sleep at night?"
After an audible gasp from co-host Alex Jones, Cameron, to his credit, recovered quickly and launched into a quick overview of his sleeping habits.


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FC Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas says he has not requested to leave Camp Nou for either Manchester United or Arsenal.
Cesc Fabregas says that he has not given any thought to leaving FC Barcelona, despite transfer rumours regularly linking him with Manchester United and former club Arsenal.
Reports in both Spain and the UK have suggested the 26 year-old may return to the Premier League due to ongoing frustration at Camp Nou.
Despite plenty of domestic appearances, Fabregas does not always gain selection in the big games. He was regularly shifted position and also substituted in nearly half his La Liga matches.
However, the Spain international playmaker told the Sun – who he used to write a column for – that he has not told either his agent, family, friends or press that he is looking to leave Barcelona.
"I've always said that I'm happy at Barca," said Fabregas.
"Whoever says that I'm leaving doesn't know me and has never spoken with me.
"Nor have they spoken with my agent, because he knows I don't want him to talk with other people about me.
"I'm very private and I don't even talk about these things with my family.
"If someone says anything that isn't that I want to play at Barca, it's completely absurd."
The rumours will likely persist for the foreseeable future, with Tito Vilanova yet to confirm Fabregas as part of his plans for next season, and the 26 year-old hasn't exactly won over the fans either.
A poll in Barcelona based publication El Mundo Deportivo revealed that almost 80% of supporters would sell Fabregas for €47 million Euros (approximately £40m), and with Neymar joining the club it is likely that Andres Iniesta will drop back into midfield on a more permanent basis – putting Fabregas' place in the team even more under threat.
Fabregas' future will likely continue as one of the biggest transfer sagas of the summer, regardless of the Spaniard's words.


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New Delhi: The Pathankot terror strike has once again reinforced centrality of terrorism in Indo-Pak ties and it will be hard for India to treat the relations as normal unless Pakistan addresses the issue effectively, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
"Until we are able to address the issue (terrorism) effectively, obviously it is hard for us to say that the relationship is normal. Because this is what puts Pakistan in a different category than our other neighbours," he said during an interaction.
However, the Foreign Secretary maintained that given the "challenge" of the relationship with Pakistan, India has "fared well" in keeping the focus firmly on the central issue of terrorism.
"If you see the interactions, I think, one change has been the centrality of addressing the issue of terrorism to dialogue... That was reflected when the two Prime Ministers met in Ufa. It was underlined when the two NSAs met in Bangkok.
"If you see the reconstituted dialogue that we have, the comprehensive bilateral dialogue, the salience of terrorism (is there). Because this is not a point of argumentation. It is taking into account about what is happening on the ground," he said.
He was asked about the Modi government's policy towards Pakistan, particularly in the aftermath of the Pathankot attack.
Talking about India's ties with neighbours, Jaishankar said "Pakistan, of course, is a category by itself.
"But given the challenge of the relationship we have fared well in keeping the focus firmly on the central issue of terrorism in maintaining an engagement that factors in the complexity of that polity and in enhancing the global understanding of our approach.
"That said, we also look beyond to a more normal relationship featuring economic cooperation and people-to- people ties."


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A couple perspectives on testing common scenarios
One Perspective
Suppose we have a Rails ActiveRecord model for a book:
class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_presence_of :title
Some people suggest testing the validation of the title by just checking to see if either A)
validates_presence_of(:title) was called or B) whatever the side effect of
validates_presence_of(:title) is present in the object (e.g. creating a method, adding an object to an array of validators, etc.) I believe their objective is to both DRY up their tests as well as not worrying about testing
validates_presence_of, since that should already be tested by the framework.
I tend to disagree with this approach, and would much rather we test the behavior of a book. Let's instantiate a book without a title, and assert that it is in fact invalid.
# for test/unit
def test_books_should_require_titles
book = Book.new(:title => nil)
assert !book.valid?
assert book.errors.on(:title)
# for rspec
describe Book do
it "should require titles" do
book = Book.new(:title => nil)
book.should have(1).error_on(:title)
While I do think the other approach is better than not testing at all, I believe testing the behavior in this case has a higher expected value. In other words, I feel that divorcing the test from the particular implementation will make our test more robust than the former. The prime example I can see for this scenario is that testing the behavior will encompass both using
validates_presence_of and any other form (in case our implementation is a bit more complex).
I can respect trying to DRY up the tests and not wanting to duplicate it for every attribute. For that I would suggest creating a helper that tests a series of attributes for you. Something like:
describe Book do
should_require(:title, :author, :published_at, :copyrighted_at)
Backpedaling a little
I actually use the first approach often when I'm testing my controllers. Usually when I want to focus on a testing an action in my controller, and I want to test it in isolation. However I do want to assert that a filter is assigned to that controller.
Suppose we had a controller for library on a college campus that only allowed Students and Faculty in:
class LibraryController < ApplicationController
before_filter :requires_students_or_faculty
def checkout
... implementation of the action ...
First I would assert that the library checks people, but I don't want to worry about it when I want to test
# Staying with RSpec
describe LibraryController, "filters" do
describe LibraryController, "something to do with checkout" do
it "should redirect the patron outside after checking out a book" do
... implementation of the test ...
Minor Note -
stub_all_filters! runs through all filters and stubs them out so they all return
true, making them irrelevant.
I'm not doing this in order to remove the responsibility of testing the the filter itself. I whole heartedly believe it should be tested too, but separating the tests can help avoid clunky tests with a lot of noise.
Another way to look at it, is to consider this perspective of "behavior". While I do agree that the filters contribute to the overall behavior of a controller, when I want to test a specific behavior (in this case,
checkout), I don't want my tests to have to satisfy preconditions
requires_students_or_faculty. For example, checking if a user is a student or faculty could be complex, and there's no reason to care about that when testing


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Have you ever wanted to create your own games? The Gaming industry is huge so this is a great app that allows you to create games for your iPad, without the need to understand Coding or anything complex.
This brief tutorial will have you creating a game in minutes, and before long you will be able to recreate your favourite games similar to Angry Birds to Mario Bros. You can also download other peoples games and explore how they were created before you edit them yourself and tweek them to make the games that you want!
Before you know it, you will be as addicted to creating the games as you would be playing them!
Make use of GamePress to teach students about logic, engineering, maths and science. Or simply to put your kids pictures into the games!


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Foster Farm is the best in country living with broad views of rolling meadows and mountains, just outside Weston village. The completely renovated 5-bedroom residence is a c1804 farmhouse with exceptional finishes, clean classic lines, open floor plan, in turn-key condition. The attached c1840 barn has a cathedral ceiling spanning the kitchen and a great room with a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace. The living room also with a cathedral ceiling, has views over the valley and is centered by a brick fireplace. The outdoor gathering area for friends and family is a screened house perfect for dining, on a large stone terrace that connects a sauna hut and hot tub with Vermont views (cows) over the meadows. The Bank barn, built in 2007 for antique cars, includes a 3-bay garage that can store 8 cars and is outfitted with a car lift, heated shop with a 4th bay access, and on the lower level a well-appointed 4-stall stable with a center aisle that opens to the pastures. The most unique feature is the 48' engineered cement silo with a professional astronomical observatory dome (the professional world class half meter fully robotic telescope, operable from anywhere with internet access, is sold separately). A solar array powers the property. Foster Farm is located just 1 mile from the Weston Playhouse and Village, 12 miles to Okemo and Bromley, and 20 miles to Manchester.
Fecha del aviso: 11/12/2017


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Puzzle Strike is a gem-smashing deckbuilder game featuring the characters of the Fantasy Strike universe. It draws its gameplay inspiration from the video game Puzzle Fighter; which is unsurprising as the lead developer was the lead designer on Puzzle Fighter HD Remix.
Puzzle Strike has recently been given a digital release on Steam and iOS after a successful run as a physical tabletop game. We love both digital card games and tabletop games, and are a little bit crazy over how fun deckbuilding games are — so this title is an irresistible combination for us!
For the full review, click here.


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The Carron Valley Loop
It's become a new part of my routine that I will meet John, occaisionally, in a new location and by train before heading off on new or far away rides. It's a great habit and keeps my local rides from getting boring (an easy turn off for cycling). After bitching about the cost of the train we headed on busy, aggressive and cut up roads to Denny where everything changes as you start climbing gently up to the reservoir. It's a truly lovely start to the Highlands - Fife's white topped mountains behind, Perthshire's tall snowy peaks to the right, and Ben lomond and all the rest ahead. The day was clear and cold and a bit icey. If nicey. The old climb over the crow road back to Lennoxtown was gruelling then constant without pain followed by the lovely descent with Glasgow in the back ground, blinded by the winter sun that had taken most of the frost and light ice of the road. We had satisfying baked tatties before going our separate ways, me fighting to get back to falkirk before my off-peak ticket was invalid. The carrot and stick to any penny-pincher.
Continue reading "The Carron Valley Loop"
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text: At 11:34 AM 2002-11-26, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote: >On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 07:19:53PM +0000, Kurt Zeilenga wrote: >> fixed in HEAD, please test. -Kurt > >Actually there are other problems, like the snprintf replacement in >liblber not working on Solaris 2.5.1 or Tru64 UNIX 4.0D. You should report specific problem separately (if not already reported). >The snprintf replacement is gross so I replaced it with the trio library: > http://daniel.haxx.se/trio/ Thanks for the pointer.


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Teaching Hospitals Are Safer For Lung Cancer Surgery
Patients cared for by hospitals with residents in training have a 17 percent less chance of dying after lung cancer surgery compared with patients undergoing surgery at non-teaching hospitals, according to results of a Johns Hopkins study published in the March issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
"There is a public perception that teaching hospitals can be dangerous places because of training issues, and concerns are frequently voiced by patients and echoed in the press regarding a fear of physicians-in-training practicing on them," says the lead author of the paper, Robert Meguid, M.D., a surgical resident at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "The data from our study help refute these fears."
The Johns Hopkins investigators looked at data from 46,951 patients, ages 18 to 85, who underwent surgery for lung cancer at hospitals across the United States between 1998 and 2004. Operations ranged from small lung-segment removal to total lung removal.
The researchers tracked discharges and deaths, and compared patient outcomes at three different types of hospitals - those with any type of physician specialty training program, those with general surgery training programs and those with thoracic surgery training programs. They took into account factors such as age, gender and other illnesses of each patient, and they also took into consideration the number of each of the different types of lung cancer surgeries that each hospital performed.
"It has been well studied and reported that for complex procedures for high-risk patients, the more surgeries a hospital performs; the more likely the patient will survive the operation and hospitalization. This is the first study we know of which shows that teaching hospitals are factors associated with good patient outcome, independent of volume," says Meguid.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both males and females in the United States. In 2007, there were an estimated 213,380 new cases of lung cancer in the United States and 160,390 deaths related to the disease. Management of lung cancer has greatly improved over the past several decades. As a result, an increasing number of patients become eligible for lung resection procedures every year.
"Considerable efforts have been made to identify factors that may improve the quality of surgical care and associated outcomes for these high-risk patients," says Meguid. "Surgery for lung cancer at teaching hospitals may provide one source of quality improvement."


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News and Video: U.S. and China to Focus on Environmental Cooperation
According to the Paris-based International Energy Agency, China exceeds the U.S. as the world's largest energy user and leading emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. One of Hillary Clinton's missions during her visit in Asia is to reach an agreement with China to fight together against the environmental crisis, as the New York Times reported.
An article in USA Today also reports that climate change is on the table for Clinton in China:
"The new team in Washington, D.C., is really starting to give the international community some hope in dealing with climate change challenges," says Wu Changhua, the China director for The Climate Group, an independent advisory group. "It's crucial for the U.S. to start to demonstrate the leadership that's been missing for the past eight years." U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu co-produced a study released this month that urges Washington and Beijing to collaborate on climate change. "If these two countries cannot find ways to bridge the long-standing divide on this issue, there will literally be no solution," the report said.
The Brookings Institution carries a summary of a past event "U.S.-China Climate Change Cooperation: Overcoming Obstacles" and a transcript of chair of the Brookings board John Thornton's speech during the event, via brookings.edu:
China and the United States have many shared interests and extensive area for cooperation on energy and climate change. China is the biggest developing country in the world. The United States is the biggest developed country with advanced technologies and the rich experience in energy efficiency and the clean energy. (Inaudible) cooperation between all two countries, energy and environmental issues will enable China to respond to energy and the climate change issues more effectively while at the same time offering enormous business opportunities and a considerable return to American investors. There has been effective cooperation between China and the United States under the mechanisms of the strategic, economic dialog, the (inaudible) Science and Technology Commission, and other climate change-related dialogs, and within the frameworks of the China-U.S. energy efficiency and the renewable energy protocol and the fossil energy protocol…
China Dialogue posted an open letter from Greenpeace to urge the two countries to "cooperate on reviving the global economy without sacrificing human health or the environment."
Most importantly, it is the year in which the international community, meeting in Copenhagen in December, must agree on urgent and dramatic action to avert the looming climate disaster and define the path toward a more sustainable, more survivable future. Strong leadership from the US and China, acting together, is essential to reaching an agreement in Copenhagen. We are writing to respectfully urge you to demonstrate that leadership. Already, we have seen positive signs. In recent weeks, the US has developed an economic stimulus package that includes substantial investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy, demonstrating that economic recovery and environmental sustainability are mutually supportive goals. At the same time, China has begun work on a new energy law that places strong emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, demonstrating that greener development is not only possible but also desirable.
In the Chinese media, Xinhua News Agency reports on the issue with confidence in the cooperation between the two countries:
Zhang Haibin noted that the governments of the two countries can establish a sustainable dialogue mechanism on energy and climate change. The United States should provide related Official Development Assistance as well as preferential treatment on loans, financing and technology transfer to China.
"At the early stage, it is important to launch some large pilot projects. The experience of successful cases can be drawn upon and introduced gradually. Both determination and patience are essential for bilateral cooperation," he stressed.
The video clip below is a discussion about China's growing impact on the global environment during Aspen Idea Festival 2007, between James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly National Correspondent and Orville Shell, China expert and former Dean of Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, via Youtube:
Another video carried by Youtube with the title "China's Environmental Crisis Is Spreading" tells that about 30 percent of China's land mass is covered by desert, and the desert is growing. See more video introduction here.
– Please also see James Fallows' comment on this issue yesterday posting on theatlantic.com, along with an introductory video from Asia Society "A Roadmap for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change."


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The idea of expansive government and greater spending to prop up a still flagging economy has gotten little support this election year.
But two economists issued a warning Monday of a renewed recession if the government continues to restrict spending — particularly with the sharp tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for early next year.
"American austerity is precisely the wrong policy at precisely the wrong time," Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Greg Hannsgen wrote in their paper comparing American economic strategies with those in Europe. "Austerity policies can only make a recession worse, as government layoffs and wage cuts undermine already-weak consumer demand, investment and tax revenues."


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Lately someone special has been on my mind. After reading coincidental blogs about praying for your husband, reading captivating, and looking back on past relationships, I've just been thinking about my future husband more than usual.
I'm getting to a point where I would really enjoy things to be moving in that direction. Im falling in love with the concept of being a mother. I desire being a home-maker while pursuing my own career. I long to support my husband in every way possible. Everything from laundry and house cleaning to emotional support and affirmation. I long to discover more of God with him. I miss him.
I know that if any married women read this they'll either laugh at my immature and blissful desires thinking I know nothing of what I want to get myself into, or they'll think I'm absolutely ridiculous and comment with "that's what I thought when I was your age."
Really I know that there are many aspects to marriage that are difficult. It's one of the biggest challenges in life. But I want it. I desire that challenge. For some reason God has instilled such a passionate want for serving and living in that capacity. For being a life long companion to someone I love with all my being, as he represents God to me, and I to him, each in our own way.
I need to be praying for him nore. I need to be seeking God's direction in finding him. Or rather, allowing him to find me. The very thought of the day when I swear myself to him for life just thrills me ^.^ I wait for that day patiently, and anxiously.


text: rick wrote: > "In article <email@example.com> you wrote:" > > Greetings, > > > > I'm having bizarre troubles with the base 2.1 system (2.0.36-scsimod) on > > an Abit BP6 dual-celeron system with Triton IDE DMA chipset and twin > > 3C905 ethernet cards. After my first net access (via eth0), be it ping > > or apt-get update or whatever, the next disk access causes an IRQ > > problem: > > > > hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > > hda: disabled DMA > > hdb: disabled DMA > > [same for hdc and hdd] > > ide1: reset: success > > ide0: reset: success > > > > so IDE-DMA gets dropped and the interfaces reset, after which the net is > > inaccessible! > > I was getting the 'DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest' error and > related hard drive problems after I selected the 'use DMA when > available' when configging the kernel source. Although I don't > have the flakey chipset mentioned in the help for this option, > deselecting the option fixed the problems. I'm using the 2.0.36-scsimod kernel which comes with the base_2.1. I don't think this uses DMA by default. Even the newer .config files don't come with that config flag set, from what I've seen. William T Wilson wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, rick wrote: > > > I was getting the 'DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest' error and > > related hard drive problems after I selected the 'use DMA when > > available' when configging the kernel source. Although I don't > > I get this all the time when I try to access a drive that is in sleep > mode. It takes it a minute or two and then it comes back to life and > works normally. I have an old '96 era Intel Triton motherboard. Okay, but why would my drives be sleeping? This happens during the first disk access after a net access, could the net driver be putting the drives to sleep? And why does resetting the IDE interfaces kill my networking ability? Example: I cold boot, login as root, and can ping to my heart's delight, then I dselect-> update, and it manages to download the first 20K or so with no problem, then this IDE error, and the net dies! Freaky, eh? Thanks, -Adam P.


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The 6th Busan Motor show showcased a variety of concept cars by local and international car manufacturers. The motor show is organized every two years and has been a good venue for showcasing upcoming vehicles and highlighting new technologies used inside new vehicles.
Held in Sounth Korea, the 6th Busan Motor show commenced on 24th May, 2012 and lasted till 3rd June, 2012. South Korean car lovers got a good chance to look at futuristic concept cars of the twenty first century.
The show also unveiled one of the most awaited vehicles from Hyundai Motors. The eight-passenger car called Hexa Space (HND-7) was presented at this show. This car features state of the art technology. I-oniq, which is another concept creation from the Hyundai company, was also presented in the Busan motor show.
It can be recalled that the Hexa concept from Hyundai was first seen at the Auto Expo 2012, which was held in New Delhi, India. On the other hand, i-oniq concept was first unveiled at the auto show in Geneva earlier this year. Both cars were presented to the South Korean car lovers for the first time.
Besides the mentioned vehicles, Hyundai also showcased several other cars including the 2013 Santa Fe crossover, Veloster Turbo and the new Azera sedan at this motor show. The stylish creations from Hyundai were the centre of attention for the attendants of the show.
Meanwhile, Kia, Hyundia's sister concern also participated in the Busan motor show. The company introduced GT concept car which was first seen by the public during last year's Auto Show in Germany. The GT is nothing but a glimpse of the much awaited Kia's K9 luxury car which is powered by Hyundai's Genesis platform. It also comes equipped with Hyundai's V6 engines and 8-speed AT.
Hyundai and Kia have been able to attract attention of the masses as well as elites in recent years. The companies have provided some of the best cars during the time of recession. Both Kia and Hyundai were able to make the most out of the time when some of the big names of car industry were reluctant to offer anything new to its customers.
Both the companies are poised to attract even more customers in coming years as the reviews of its recent creations are very positive. The company is said to be providing the features of luxury cars at extremely competitive prices.


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Statement by State Services Commissioner
Press Release – State Services Commission
30 August 2014 "The State Services Commission was contacted by the Prime Minister's Office over the last 24 hours on this issue." Any activity that undermines, or has the potential to undermine, the trust and confidence in the public service …Statement by State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie regarding former CE of SFO
30 August 2014
"The State Services Commission was contacted by the Prime Minister's Office over the last 24 hours on this issue."
"Any activity that undermines, or has the potential to undermine, the trust and confidence in the public service to impartially serve the interests of the government and New Zealanders is a matter of concern to me."
"It is important that Chief Executives and Ministers mutually support each other to carry out their respective roles, in order to work together to serve the best interests of New Zealand and New Zealanders. Ministers are entitled to hold public servants to high standards of trust and performance and, in turn, should respect the role the public service plays."
"I am therefore extremely concerned by an allegation that a Minister has associated with third parties to discuss influencing my assessment of a Public Service Chief Executive. If true, this would be wholly unacceptable."
"I told the Prime Minister's Office that Judith Collins had a positive view of Mr Feeley's performance through her time as Minister responsible for the Serious Fraud Office."
"The Commission has reviewed its documentation and sought the recollections of staff responsible for the SFO portfolio at the time in coming to this view. This includes the period following the date of the email in October 2011 released today by the Prime Minister. Earlier in 2011, Judith Collins had raised with me the appropriateness of Mr Feeley's consumption of a bottle of champagne following a media inquiry.
"It was appropriate that she spoke to me about this matter and my view on the matter was released publicly at the time."
"Any campaign to undermine my confidence in Adam Feeley's performance was entirely ineffective and unsuccessful. He was a strongly performing Chief Executive through his tenure for his work in transforming the SFO and vigorously pursuing criminal conduct in respect of finance company collapses."
I would be very happy to consider Mr Feeley's return to the Public Service in the future."
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Colby-Sawyer College Signs Contract for Green Energy as Part of Climate Action Plan to Create a Sustainable Campus
Colby-Sawyer College announces a new utilities package that features a three-year electricity contract combined with an additional component that will power the college with renewable energy sources and reduce the college's carbon emissions by 43 percent.
The contracts, which begin Aug. 1, include the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs), a positive, short-term solution that allows Colby-Sawyer to make significant progress toward its long-term goal of becoming a carbon-neutral campus by 2050, according to President Tom Galligan. Both deals were brokered by World Energy Solutions, Inc. of Worcester, Mass.
The college is extremely excited about this new contract because it helps us make huge positive strides in our goal to reduce our carbon footprint and live more sustainably, says President Galligan. We dream about someday creating our own renewable energy right here on campus and this contract is a significant step toward our long-term goals.
The electricity contract is based on a winning bid from TransCanada that beat out others made in an online auction held at Colby-Sawyer. Notably, the electricity bid was less than the college's present contracted annual price for electricity, representing an annual savings of $4,500. With electricity rates expected to rise, the college hoped to lock in rates that were both reasonable and environmentally responsible through the online auction. There's value in being able to budget based on a sure thing, says Colby-Sawyer Treasurer Doug Lyon. The electricity purchased from TransCanada was not renewable, which is why the college also purchased renewable energy certificates.
At present there is a limited green power network available in New Hampshire and New England. The college's new electricity arrangement is considered green because of the annual purchase of 3,400 Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) over the World Green Exchange®. The RECs were obtained from Virginia-based Got Green Energy. The $10,000 annual cost for the RECs, when combined with the cost savings for electricity, yields an annual net increase of just $5,900 to purchase renewable energy for the campus.
Got Green Energy is a Green-e certified provider. The most reliable renewable energy certification organization in the United States, Green-e certifies that products meet environmental and consumer protection standards, developed in conjunction with environmental, energy and policy organizations.
RECs, according to Got Green Energy, can be traded and sold to represent proof that electricity was generated from a renewable energy source. That is, a provider creates actual renewable energy which is then integrated into the power grid, at which point it becomes physically indistinguishable from other electricity sources available on the grid and distributed by utility suppliers. By purchasing RECs, the buyer effectively buys green power. The purchasing of RECs helps institutions achieve carbon neutrality the point at which an institution is no longer contributing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and supports the future growth of the renewable energy industry. Colby-Sawyer's investment in RECs will help lead to more development and use of wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources.
"RECs can be sold as bundled with the electricity purchase or, in our case, unbundled as a separate product," says Sustainability Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Jennifer White '90. "In either case, these certificates are the primary means for selling and tracking the environmental benefits of renewable energy in the industry."
The purchase of RECs is a temporary option to assist Colby-Sawyer in reaching its environmental sustainability goals. As local renewable energy alternatives become more available, and as the college continues to reduce emissions at their source on campus, the college will shift from RECs toward more locally produced green power and electricity.
Keeping a Promise
Colby-Sawyer's goal of achieving a carbon-neutral campus by 2050 was established in its Climate Action Plan and approved by the college's Board of Trustees on May 7, 2010. The plan is a living or flexible document designed to guide the college toward two related visions: the quantitative achievement of climate neutrality and the qualitative embodiment of whole systems sustainability. This will require collaborative action across the college in six interconnected areas: energy; transportation; water and biodiversity; food; waste and consumption; and culture, curriculum and investment. Milestones along the way include a 50 percent reduction in emissions by 2015 and a 70 percent reduction by 2020.
In 2007, President Galligan first committed the college to reducing its global warming emissions and accelerating efforts to educate its community about ways to stabilize the earth's climate. The pledge was formalized with his signing of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment, making Colby-Sawyer a charter signatory institution. There are now 685 signatories.
Climate change and global warming are among the defining issues of our time, President Galligan said then. We believe human activities have significantly contributed to the problem and we are committed to working together to solve it. Creating a culture of concern for the environment, including a commitment to sustainability, is critical to our success. Colby-Sawyer College is proud to be among those leading the way.
GreenROUTES A Student-Driven Initiative Redirecting Our campUs Towards Environmental Sustainability
The culture of concern for the environment and sustainability that President Galligan hoped for three years ago has grown and taken root as GreenROUTES, a campus-wide, student-driven initiative with a mission to reduce Colby-Sawyer's environmental footprint; minimize waste; reduce the need and usage of gas, electricity, paper and food; and improve the quality and efficiency of buildings on campus. During the 2006-2007 academic year, nine Environmental Studies students, as part of their third-year project, conducted the college's first campus sustainability assessment and established an action plan for reducing the campus's environmental impact.
In 2008-2009 another group of students continued the GreenROUTES project with a focus on meeting the requirements of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. To do so, they completed a greenhouse gas inventory using Clean Air-Cool Planet's Campus Carbon Calculator and developed a comprehensive set of policy recommendations to reduce the college's carbon footprint. Both student reports serve as a foundation for the college's Climate Action Plan.
Looking Forward to a Deeper Shade of Green
Colby-Sawyer College views the purchase of RECs as a stepping stone in an integrated long-term approach in which it will take advantage of energy conservation opportunities, high efficiency equipment, and where possible, renewable energy sources on campus. Since there are currently few commercial options in the region for renewable energy sources, this alternative allows the college to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 3,300 metric tons as it waits for more locally available opportunities. This is equivalent to removing the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 631 passenger vehicles from the atmosphere or the CO2 emissions from 371,204 gallons of consumed gasoline. The college's GreenROUTES Climate Action Plan also sets an intention to integrate sustainability into the college's curriculum and overall learning environment, as well as reduce the environmental impact of its food, transportation, water and energy consumption.
Looking Back at Accomplishments
The GreenROUTES Climate Action Plan includes a partial list of the actions the college and its community members have taken to practice social, fiscal and environmental responsibility. These actions include the installation of high-performance windows and tray-less meals in the dining hall that reduce food waste and energy demands. The college has also updated its strategic plan to include a commitment to creating an environmentally sustainable campus community, increasing recycling efforts, and the replacement of incandescent lights with more energy efficient compact fluorescents across campus.
To learn more about Colby-Sawyer's sustainability efforts:
Read the entire GreenROUTES Climate Action Plan for Colby-Sawyer College.
Learn more about sustainability at Colby-Sawyer.
Learn more about Colby-Sawyer's Environmental Studies Department.
Read about President Galligan's Commitment to a Climate Neutral Campus.


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