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The pedagogy of Trinity School is based upon the conviction that education—indeed, all of the intellectual life—is a search for truth carried forward by men and women working together in discussion, research and experimentation. Thus, the faculty and the students of Trinity School constitute a community of learners. As the students progress though the program they are expected to contribute more and more to this community.
The Trinity curriculum takes seriously the liberal arts tradition of the West. That tradition clearly recognized that the knowledge of reality was comprehended under certain specific habits of mind. We have built our pedagogy around the three liberal arts known as the trivium: grammar, logic and rhetoric. In a generalized form and as applied to our curriculum, this means that we begin the six-year course of instruction with an emphasis upon the elementary aspects of the subject being studied—the grammar. During the middle years at Trinity the emphasis falls on the relationships among the elements, especially the relationship of logical implication. In the final years of this course of study the students are expected to participate more actively in the search for truth and in the integration of these subject matters—rhetoric. This intellectual sojourn could be described as the gathering of data, the formation of hypotheses and the construction of theory.
We believe that the best way to learn is in the context of an authentic culture of learning—a community of learners. We also believe that the community's order and vitality are dependent upon effective leadership in the classroom. The teacher provides that crucial element. The teacher's dynamism, preparedness, knowledge, intellectual curiosity, and love for both the students and the subject, establish the culture to which the students are meant to respond and against which their performance is measured. Any intellectual or aesthetic habit of mind that marks the school's culture is modeled by the teacher. Any expressed form of pedagogy we use always rests on the primacy of the teacher's leadership.
We believe that all knowledge begins in wonder, and at the core of wonder is questioning. As a pedagogical means, questioning happens at every level of the curriculum. The teacher's question is a key lead—sometimes, the key lead—into the text, phenomenon, topic or problem under exploration. It is also the model for how the student is to ask questions and develop a sense of wonder and depth of inquiry. Finally, it is the chief means by which the student is challenged to press beyond the self-evident, the parochial and the unexamined. The rigor of a teacher's questioning increases as the student matures; thus, the most developed questioning happens in our advanced curricula. In our seminars on literature the teachers use questioning more extensively than anywhere else in the program. We often refer to our seminars as "Socratic," precisely because of the extensive role questioning plays. There, we rely on the teacher's rigorous questioning to spur the students' analysis, and we refrain from didactic instruction.
We believe that learning is largely a matter of trial and error, practice and performance. In the face of that reality, positive and negative feedback from the teacher is vital to the student's development. In the practice of coaching, when a student performs proficiently, the teacher reinforces that performance; when a student makes a mistake or needs improvement, the teacher corrects the flaw or demonstrates the pertinent skill or method and guides the student to better performance. Every aspect of a student's performance is under the direction of the teacher as coach. This requires great attention and energy on the teacher's part; it requires an abiding affection as well: a love of learning and a love of the student experiencing the challenging process of learning. Coaching happens at every level of the program. It is the chief means we use to directly shape student performance.
We believe that all our students should acquire basic ordered knowledge. The principal means for meeting that objective is the presentation of information that is largely factual, narrative and formulaic. In order to convey that information, the teacher relies largely on didactic instruction: lectures, demonstrations and explanations. All three modes of communication are filled out with questioning and coaching. At the same time, the teacher's clear and lively presentation of the three modes of didactic instruction is necessary to a student's adequate engagement in the subject matter at hand. Didactic instruction happens at all levels of the curriculum, but most extensively in seventh and eighth grades. Didactic instruction is the chief means by which we convey the foundational content of basic ordered knowledge.


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So it's hardly surprising that Berlin has evolved into one of the most gay-friendly cities in the world.
Two gay-packed days in Berlin are never long enough, especially if you want to sleep in between. The city's gay nightlife is notorious and it starts after midnight.
Berlin is one of the cheapest West European capitals, so be sure to go shopping. KaDeWe (Tauentzienstraße 21-24) is the second largest department store in Europe after Harrods and is always full of bargains. As it is also in the Schöneberg gay area it is probably the first port of call.
In Schöneberg, at Motzstraße 23, you will also find the Prinz Eisenberg gay bookstore. Although most of the books are in German, there is a large section of LGBT literature in English.
The shopping streets are Kurfürstendamm or (Ku'damm) for luxury brands like Armani, Prada or D&G and Friedrichstraße for smaller brands like ZARA and H&M. For local designer boutiques, go to the Kastanienallee in Prenzlauer Berg where the hip Berliners go shopping.
For gay sightseeing, start with the Schwules Gay Museum in Kreuzberg (Lützowstraße 73; €6; 14:00-18:00; Tue closed). There are special exhibitions, but there is also an impressive permanent exhibition . It contains rare 18th-century pamphlets, 19th-century pictures of drag artists and portraits of same sex couples from the last 200 years.
A very moving exhibit is the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism. It stands in the Tiergarten opposite the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the corner of Hannah-Arend Strasse and Ebertstraße. It consists of a concrete cube with a small window where you peek through to watch a short video of two men kissing.
You cannot really talk about gay restaurants in a city where it doesn't matter who your partner is, but the Ganymed Brasserie at Schiffbauerdamm 5 has been welcoming gay people since the Fall of The Wall (daily 12:00-24:00). It is still one of the best places for a candle-lit dinner for two. (tip: book 3 days in advance.)
After dark, pop in and out of the gay cafés and bars in Motzstrasse, Fuggerstrasse and around Nollendorfplatz that are literally next to each other.
After midnight you have many options. In Schöneberg, most end up at Connection at Fuggertsraße 33. The biggest night is Friday.
In Neuköln, Schwuz at Rollbergstraße 26 has nights with different themes, such as Madonnamania, all offering modern pop.
If you like techno, its cathedral is Berghain (am Wriezener Bahnhof). The entrance stamp allows you to come and go from midnight on Saturday until Monday evening at 18:00 when the club closes.
Sunday afternoons are normally reserved for saunas, but beware; in Berlin, you have to pay extra for a private cubicle.
If you still have stamina, the best night in Berlin is Sunday night: the GMF party at the Weekend Club on Alexanderstraße 7. Popular, wild and the best way to finish your frenetic 48 hours in Berlin.
03-Apr-2014 by Tod TGE | More: Gay Berlin
"In Berlin sauna, you have to pay extra for a private cubicle" - that's not true.
"Sunday afternoons are normally reserved for saunas, but beware; in Berlin, you have to pay extra for a private cubicle.
That's not true anymore. .... in sauna boiler all private cubicles are free. Only in appollo sauna you have to pay for a private cubicle."
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It's rare that my art has a direct connection to current events. However, when the Burns Bog in Delta BC caught fire again this past Sunday, I thought about a series of paintings that were done a decade ago when the same bog was on fire.
Ardbeg 3, Ardbeg 4 by Lori Sokoluk
(each 48"x18", acrylic on canvas, $1700, $2900/pair, available at time of posting)
The idea for this series of paintings started with a postcard created from a box of a favourite, peaty, scotch whiskey. The peat bog was burning at the time, and the ideas merged in my mind:
Ardbeg, mythic hero, sucking on the teats of the earth. Mother Earth granting him the ultimate nourtishment. Full of deep secrets that surface in dark springs and permeate the black earth.
Near here, a vast peat bog burns beneath a seemingly solid surface. One could fall through into another world of darkness and fire, where none of the rules from 'above' apply. This series reflects deep hidden powers that can propel us to unimagined things and maps attempts at navigating through these forces.
Suzanne Northcott, a fantastic interdisciplinary artist based here in the lower mainland and one of my favourite people, did research and paintings inspired by the bog. I love her series statement about this work, which begins "Bog. I love the word, like God, only earthy." Check out more of her work here.
Bog Grass Fall by Suzanne Northcott
Links to articles about the bog fire:
Burns Bog on fire (Monday July 4, 2016)
Social media photos of the fire (Monday July 4, 2016)
Bog restoration efforts aid fire control (Tuesday July 5, 2016)


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Nautical tourism in Vancouver, BC: Canada's maritime metropolis. Or: why my hometown is a boater's paradise.
In This Boating Article You Will Discover:
- Moorage Options in Vancouver
- Tips For Visiting Boaters
- Local Dining & Attractions
Granville Island is the heart of Vancouver's maritime community. Quite literally a stone's throw from downtown, this former industrial park is now a hub of nautical activity and services — as well as conspicuous tourism — year-round. And for boaters dropping sail and puttering under the Burrard Street Bridge, it represents a welcome respite; an accessible full-service provisioning station and tourist hub within British Columbia's largest city.
An obvious no-wake zone from the entrance at English Bay, sailors slipping into False Creek during summer are wise to navigate with assertiveness. Water Taxis, kayakers and fellow yachtsmen clog this already-tight seafaring cul-de-sac. (Once moored, it can be just as difficult to navigate the stuffed-to-the-gills aisles of the Granville Island Public Market, but at least the stakes are lower.)
Navigating the maddening crowds is worth it; the City of Glass simply sparkles in the summertime.
If you are looking for a lively urban port — Vancouver is hard to beat. And it is a simple task to slip in, sample the best of the city, provision then disembark for quieter waters all within day or two stay.
Urban Fares
Once moored in False Creek, there's no need to venture far from your slip. The Granville Island Public Market is your go-to to re-stock your galley. Fresh produce overflows the aisles and Longliner Seafoods will fill your icebox if the Fish Gods have not been kind thus far. Siegel's Bagels and Terra Breads are must-visits, if only for Terra Bread's impossibly delicious brownies and dozen fresh boiled-and-baked bagels from Siegel's.
If you buy bread, stop at Benton Brother's Cheese and Dussa's Ham & Cheese to pair it with something stinky and something salty. You're a five-minute walk from the nearest Starbucks at this point, but do as true Vancouverites do and grab a Java from JJ Bean, located in the market. (I'm sure you splurge on fine grinds for your cruise, but I'm guessing you left the cappuccino machine at home.)
Granville Island is home to several specialty shops the likes of which belong to a different time. The Granville Island Broom Company is Vancouver's only devoted broom store — and it's more interesting than it sounds. Handcrafted brooms from this boutique operator are said to be symbols of good luck — they sweep away bad fortune and evil (Lord know we boaters are a superstitious bunch anyway…). Near the entrance of the island, The Umbrella Shop sells fine 'brellas that won't turn inside out at the first nor'easter. Finally, The Hang Out Place is a specialty hammock store that features their proprietary Chair Hammock, custom built for breezy summer afternoons. Gift shops are too numerous — your stowage space will determine how many you visit.
If you're looking for the largest selection of marine products, a one-kilometre walk southwest from Granville Island takes you to either Steveston Marine & Hardware or West Marine — Vancouver's most well-known and largest marine supply stores. However, most boaters' needs can be serviced on Duranleau Street, located on the Island's west side. Marine shops and services rim the boardwalk — from rigging supplies right up to major repairs and new boat sales.
There's really too much shopping to be found — Liberty Wines and the Granville Island Brewing Company will ensure your following nights are merry. Red Sky Clothing & Footwear can replace your threadbare jacket or fit you with new Tevas. A short jaunt south on Granville Street, to West 8th Avenue, finds a Tilley Endurables shop, or for a more eclectic chapeau, try Edie Hats, in the Granville Island's Net Loft, for everything from handmade Fedoras to floppy sun hats that make sombreros seems modest.
Looming over the Island in an immodest yellow façade, Bridges Restaurant is home to Vancouver's finest patio.
In the warm months, only the seagulls outnumber the people but the sunset view is worth it. If Vancouver's famous liquid sunshine is spoiling your outdoor dining options — and you've stowed a jacket nicer than plaid-flannel — try the Sandbar for some of Vancouver's best seafood. Iconic Monk McQueen's, under the Cambie Street Bridge and accessible directly via Water Taxi, is another classic boater-gourmet destination.
From Granville Island, a few bucks per person hires a Water Taxi to English Bay, and the entranceway to Stanley Park. Despite the metropolis of downtown standing in your way, it's merely a two-kilometre stroll along the beaches of English Bay (perhaps stopping to eat an internationally famous JapaDog along the way) and cut-through Stanley Park to reach Coal Harbour, Vancouver's second nautical hub and home to the city's super-yacht community.
Coal Harbour holds downtown's marinas — featuring transient moorage at three locations. If you choose to tie up here, piloting your craft into this area is done via the Burrard Inlet, a wide-open artery with little of False Creek's shoulder-to-shoulder personality. However, strong tidal currents and frequent use by tankers and cruise ships can present navigational challenges. And if you happen to sail 'round Stanley Park at 2100, don't panic — the navy isn't shooting at you; it's just the Nine O'clock Gun, a 12-pound muzzle-loaded cannon which has been fired from Brockton Point for the past 107 years. Its trademark boom can be heard all the way to Port Moody — historically, it was a method of keeping time so visiting ships could set their clocks when they heard the blast. Nine at night, every night — a living part of Vancouver's nautical history.
The number-one attraction to mooring at Coal Harbour is nearby Stanley Park. A walk, jog or cycle around the nine-kilometre Seawall is perfect to get blood flowing to your sea-legs.
Keep an eye out for 18-metre-tall Siwash Rock — a famous sea-stack on the northwest side of the park. Art appreciators will recognize it from a famous Roy Henry Vickers painting.
The best on-water dining in Coal Harbour is found at Cardero's — located in the Coal Harbour Marina. Try the Pan Seared Cajun Lingcod in the restaurant, or grab a burger and a beer at the pub. Views of the North Shore Mountains are free with your meal. Afterwards, Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl often features summertime outdoor concerts. On a still night, you might even be able to listen for free from your boat…
Moorage Options: False Creek/Granville Island/English Bay
Captain and Surveyor George Henry Richards was disappointed when he sailed into the inlet we know as False Creek in 1859 — he had expected it, frankly, to lead somewhere. It did not — and the insulting moniker stuck. As boaters entering these waters today are looking for moorage, it's safe to say few who venture beneath the triad of downtown Vancouver Bridges — Burrard, Granville and Cambie — will leave disappointed.
The Burrard Civic Marina (604-733-5833), located under the Burrard Street Bridge, is the largest in False Creek, with 423 water berths and 163 on land, along with 69 spaces for canoes and kayaks, as well as a pump-out. There is limited transient moorage at a cost of $1.96 per foot, per day (45-foot maximum). This is also False Creek's only fuel-up location — gas and diesel.
To your starboard when entering False Creek, a small cove holds two more marinas. False Creek Fisherman's Wharf, operated by the False Creek Harbour Authority, welcomes transient boaters and features a full array of services — showers, pump-out, laundry, garbage disposal and the like. Rafting is allowed here as well — and since it is popular with both recreational and commercial boaters, fresh fish is often for sale on-site (604-733-3625).
Blue Pacific Yacht Charters, directly across the harbour from Fisherman's Wharf, also has space for visiting boaters and offers power, water and garbage disposal (1-800-237-2392).
Located at the Granville Island Hotel, on Granville Island, Pelican Bay Marina is a popular choice. Temporary moorage is available year-round — just call ahead at 604-263-5222. Pelican Bay has a complete chandlery service.
A pitching-wedge further into False Creek will take you to Heather Civic Marina (604-874-2814). It has fewer berths than Burrard — but it does feature laundry and shower facilities as well as a pump-out station. Transient rates are $1.42 per foot, per day.
If you're piloting a leviathan power yacht, Quayside Marina, near the terminus of False Creek, may be worthy of a looksee. With slips up to 120 feet, most boaters can be accommodated (unless you're piloting the Nova Spirit). It's also a full-service marina, with 30, 50 and 100-amp power, full hookups, showers, laundry, garbage disposal, pump-outs, security and more. They offer rates for short-term (under 30 days) and long-term (over 30 days) moorage — phone 604-681-9115 for more information. Plus, for there is a gambling house nearby for those who like to play casino games.
False Creek Yacht Club, on the north side of False Creek, has at least one aspect that every visiting yachtsman should take advantage of — the Vancouver Boating Welcome Centre. Operated in a small restored boat under the Granville Street Bridge, a phone call or pop-in (604-648-BOAT; 0900 to 1700) will uncover the answer to just about any boating-related query — such pump-out locations, moorage options or even where to grab a great seafood dinner. It's also the spot to pick up a free anchoring permit if your intent is off-shore mooring. This private club also rents out vacant members' slips on a nightly basis; phone 604-682-3292 for more information. As expected, the FCYC has just about every service — including a pump-out.
Anchoring in False Creek and English Bay is permitted — provided you drop anchor outside of the navigable channel. There are five dinghy docks in False Creek to service short termers. Just remember — anytime you wish to anchor in False Creek or English Bay for longer than eight hours, or between 2300 and 0900, a permit is required.
Finally, Granville Island provides boaters with three hours of free moorage; the dock is located north of the market. This is a first-come, first-serve basis — so you can guess what it's like during summer.
Moorage Options: Coal Harbour
Passing through First Narrows and under the Lion's Gate Bridge is one of the most iconic routes in the Vancouver Area. With mountains to the north, park and urban landscape to the south and that historic Green Giant looming overhead, the view from the entrance of the Burrard Inlet typifies yachting in Vancouver like none other.
Moorage is available to guest boaters at three marinas in Coal Harbour. The first, aptly named Coal Harbour Marina, can host yachts larger than a staggering 200 feet in length, with rates starting at $2.10 per foot (30 to 49 feet), right up to $4.25 per foot for 200-foot-plus yachts. As a posh marina, expect the full range to services — pump outs, Wi-Fi, laundry, 24-hour staff, business services and other luxuries. Phone 604-681-2628.
Your second option is Bayshore West Marina. With berths ranging from 46 to 70 feet, a stable cement float system, pump-outs at every berth and aluminum access ramps, it's an easy spot to moor for the weekend. Transient moorage rates are $2.00 per foot, per night, up to 65 feet. (Larger boat? Give them a call.) Contact the marina at 604-689-5331. Finally, Harbour Cruises, located between the two, has limited guest moorage with power, water and garbage disposal (604-605-6019).
If you're just planning a quick stopover — three-hours or less — tie up at the Harbour Green Dock. Visiting boaters are allowed three hours of free moorage during daylight hours. Also, two floating fuel docks are located at the entrance to Coal Harbour.
Summer Sailing
For the boater, Vancouver's signature summer event is the Celebration of Light. Now in its 22nd year, this event sees three countries in competition for world fireworks domination. Crowds of hundreds of thousands rim English Bay, False Creek, Vanier Park and Kitsilano Beach to watch the sky light up — but boaters have the best seats in the house.
On event days, a flotilla of about 1,000 boats occupy the waters of English Bay and False Creek — some arriving at first light to claim the ultimate fireworks-watching spot.
It's pandemonium to be sure; you'll need a keen eye and a quick sensibility, but with an enhanced police presence on-water it generally goes off without a hitch. This year, the event lights up the skies on three nights between July 28 and August 4. It's a sight to behold — the parade of bobbing navigational lights is nearly as eye catching as the fireworks.
A stay in Vancouver readies one for a quiet anchorage in the Broughton Archipelago or the Southern Gulf Islands in both a literal and figurative sense. Literally, your stocks will be overflowing from a few days' worth of provisioning runs, and figuratively as the million-strong madness of Vancouver has a way of sending boaters to seek calmer waters. However, a stopover in Vancouver is always a pleasant one — with 50 km of shoreline, more than 2,000 hectares of water space, ample opportunity to purchase sailing gear and generous anchoring options, few major cities cater to cruisers so well.
Tomorrow morning, when you bite into a kosher bagel with fresh lox, you'll appreciate your stay even more.
BONUS: Vancouver Maritime Museum
No seaman can leave Vancouver without a visit to the Vancouver Maritime Museum, located in Vanier Park — walking distance from Granville Island. For the past 50 years, this museum has been the premier link to Pacific Canada's maritime history. It currently holds more than 170,000 objects — from artifacts, to books, to photographs and paintings and artwork — all of which illuminates the storied history of the sea.
Until May 21, the museum is featuring the exhibit Chatwilh — The Craft and Culture of the Squamish Canoe. And to recognize the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the News of the Titanic exhibit runs until July 8 — featuring news clippings and other documentation of the world's most famous shipwreck.
(Article originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Pacific Yachting magazine.)


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Not having any mountains doesn't put a stop to Belgium winning medals at the Winter Olympics as this stunning piece of video marketing illustrates.
Shot in arresting black and white and set in the not too hilly pastures of Belgium we see the Olympic snowboard team being put through their paces.
Just as Jamaica somehow managed to produce a bobsled team, with a little help from John Candy, this ad for the Belgians will hopefully raise awareness for a team of competitors from another unlikely place.
Take a look at the clip here:


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University of Illinois alum Tatyana McFadden won her third consecutive Chicago Marathon Sunday in the women's wheelchair race, making her the first person to win three major marathons in a season.
"It really came down to a sprint," McFadden said. "I didn't even know what was happening. My muscle memory was there and I knew I needed to go. The crowd just took me forward. It was extremely tough."
Earlier this year McFadden won marathons in Boston and London. Chicago makes her the first athlete, either disabled and able-bodied, to win three marathons in a year.
Potentially furthering that record, McFadden plans to tackle the New York Marathon next.
McFadden credits her coach and teammates at U of I in Champaign with pushing her to succeed.


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"You know, sometimes I think of the years ahead, when our present civilization has turned to dust, and a new civilization thrives here. They'll probably dig up the past, just like we do. I hope these aren't the artifacts we leave behind for them."
Deputy Peacekeeper San Kepolis stood atop a large pile of pulpy debris, just a few meters from the hole where that debris had just been removed. Even after being buried for at least a century, San could tell that the debris was clearly made up of building materials designed to provide non-load partitions and walls between offices.
Deputy Frank DeJaye walked up behind her, surveying the debris, and the hole. "Oh, I dunno. The archeologists of the future might be unhappy that we're destroying so much of our own archeological history, just to clean things up and provide for our own present." San turned and glared at Frank, who shrugged. "Just offering another viewpoint."
Behind them both, Commander Thomas Beak chuckled. "I don't think our descendants will mind if we tidy up a bit. After all, if we don't, sooner or later our children'll have to do it. And I'm sure they'd mind that."
San and Frank both nodded, and all of them looked down into the hole before them. Actually, it wasn't a hole, so much as it was a pit… roughly twenty meters wide and deep, and nearly a hundred meters long. There were dozens of people, in groups of three and four, spread out along the excavation. One or two of each group used sensory equipment to search the ground around them, while the others used shovels and finer digging gear to sift through the dirt. It was a sunny day, with few clouds in the air, and the digging crews were mostly working in light shirts (or none) and shorts, many with strap-on kneepads. It looked to all the world like an excavation in ancient Egypt, or perhaps an unearthed Roman villa.
In fact, they were on-site of a scientific research laboratory in Namerica, built no more than two hundred and fifty years ago.
It was part of a Peacekeeper's job to monitor activities outside of the cities most people lived in. This site was within the region monitored by the PKs stationed at Midland City, so Thomas had been assigning one of his officers to regular checkup duty on a rotating basis since he had taken command of the station. Normally, the PKs only needed to stop in every so often, make sure no undue risks or liberties were being taken, and occasionally assist in any problems that might arise, rare as they were.
Today had been Frank's day to keep an eye on the diggers, his first day of the rotation. Thomas and San had been outside of the city, taking the opportunity to see some of the frontier Thomas had recently assumed responsibility of, when Frank had radioed them about a problem. So they swung their gyrobikes northward and, within an hour, were standing with Frank at the edge of the excavation.
San was the first to see the man approaching from the side of the pit. "There… that's Dr. Madison. He's overseeing the project," she explained to Thomas. They waited for Dr. Madison to climb the sturdy ladder against the wall of the pit. He had a sec tablet in one hand, and instead of depositing it in a pocket, he took his time and ascended the ladder one-handed. When he reached the top, he looked up at the three Peacekeepers.
"Oh… are you the new Commander? I thought I'd heard… that Cartier left."
"Commander Thomas Beak," Thomas introduced himself and extended a hand. Dr. Madison paused, an action the three Peacekeepers silently noted. Then he wiped his dusty hand on his dustier shorts, reached out and shook Thomas' hand. San and Frank exchanged glances, but Thomas pretended not to notice. "I understand something's wrong out here?"
"Yes, it looks like it," Dr. Madison replied. "I don't know if Deputy Kepolis brought you up to date on our project, but we were looking for a radiation source. Prior excavations revealed low-level radioactivity, and research into the site's cells suggested there was once a radiation storage site here."
"Yes, San did pass that on to me. So, I take it you're having trouble finding anything?"
"No, that's not it," Madison said, in a noticeably curt manner. "We've reached the site specified on the cells, and we do get residual radiation signs from there. We've already begun decon treatments."
Dr. Madison stared pointedly at Thomas, and Thomas glanced at San for help. She seemed to be as confused as he was, so he turned back to Madison. "All right, I give up. Where's the problem here?"
Dr. Madison heaved a sigh of exasperation and thrust the sec tablet at Beak. "Look: Our cells contain the old records for this area, including every source of radioactive material, its amounts, and its status. Everything that was listed in this area was accounted for, years ago. Except at this spot."
"But you found radiation," Thomas stated, and Madison nodded. "If unlisted radioactive material was here, and isn't here now…"
"You're finally getting it," Dr. Madison replied, somewhat condescendingly. "There could be more of this unknown radiation source, somewhere between here and anywhere, and we have no idea where or how much! Someone's screwed up the historical data!"
"All right, all right," Beak said, examining the data on the tablet. "Are you sure there's no sub-level below this one, which you haven't reached?"
"We're looking for one, now," Madison told him. "So far, we haven't found anything larger than a drainpipe continuing below this level. We're still looking, though."
"Fine." Thomas set the sec tablet to copy and download its data, handed it back to Madison, then set his sleeve sec to receive the data from the tablet. "Keep at it. We'll see if we can find anything to help you."
"What do you think you're going to find that we don't already know about?" Madison asked, pocketing the tablet. "A hidden vault under the floor, maybe?"
Thomas regarded Dr. Madison with a cold stare. Then, without replying, he turned and headed back to the parked gyrocycles. San followed in a moment, and Frank moved to block Dr. Madison when he started to follow them. "Don't you have some more digging to do, Doctor?" Frank snapped. Madison glared up at Frank, snorted, and turned back to the pit.
Thomas reached his bike and thumbed the starter. When San reached her bike, parked next to his, he said, "Would you rather stay here and monitor the dig, or are you coming back to Midland with me?"
"Commander," San offered, "I swear, since I've been out here, Madison has never acted that way with me—"
"It's okay, San," Thomas said, cutting her off. "I've dealt with my share of bigots. Funny, you don't run into too many Neanderthal scientists these days." San smiled at that, and visibly relaxed. "I could use your help accessing the cells… you probably know this area much better than I do."
"Sure." San hopped aboard her bike and thumbed the starter. "Frank," she called out, "keep an eye on that idiot. We'll be in touch."
Officer "Teez" Laird was seated at the Commander's desk when Thomas and San walked into the station. "Hey… that was a quick tour," he said. "What happened? You have a problem with one of those bikes?"
"No," San replied, hanging her jacket up on the hook by the door. "We made a detour to the excavation site."
"Something going on up there?"
"Yeah," Thomas nodded. "They discovered unexpected radiation, but they can't find an accounted-for source. We're going to see if we can figure out what the historical cells missed."
"Oh." Teez reached forward to clear the sec on the desk. "Here, let me—"
"No, that's okay, we'll use the conference room," Thomas said, motioning at him to stay where he was. "What are you looking at, anyway?"
"Oh, it's just the news," Teez replied. San had stopped at the mini-kitchen to fix herself a drink, and Thomas noticed Teez surreptitiously watching her as she did so. He seemed to relax when she finished and walked into the conference room. Thomas fixed himself a drink when she was finished, but before joining her in the conference room, he stepped over to Teez.
"How do they look?"
"No problems, so far," Teez said in a low voice. "They're about eight million miles out, reporting no flares or micrometeorites worth mentioning."
"Great, great." Thomas patted Teez on the back, then turned to join San in the conference room. He had noted that, since their former Commander had volunteered for the new Mars mission, that San had pointedly avoided any news on the mission. Thomas hoped that she would eventually forgive Matt his decision to go, but until then, had decided there was little need to bring it up. Still, he couldn't help following the mission, and like most others, he often found himself hanging on every report they sent back.
San had already activated the large sec on the wall, but she was waiting for Thomas before going any further. When Thomas entered the conference room, she said, "You know, some of those old research institutes used to build separate storage sheds nearby the main buildings, so they could keep samples nearby but well-isolated."
"I thought of that, too," Thomas agreed. "But I think if they'd done that, Dr. Madison's people would have found it already. If it was in the plans, it would be the first thing they would have excavated. If it was in the plans but removed, they would have picked up residual traces of radiation in obvious places. So there probably wasn't a shed. At least, not nearby." He turned to the wall sec. "Secretary: Show me—" he stopped and considered a moment, before continuing—"show me the NA(s)5 region map." In a second, a map covering the regions surrounding Midland appeared, with grid references and landmarks displayed. He verbally narrowed the map reference down to the region where the excavation was located, and the sec zoomed in on the appropriate area. "What was the political designation of this region two hundred years ago?"
The sec came back with an answer almost immediately: "Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America."
"Okay, let's see." Thomas stroked his smooth chin. "Search for any cells recorded by public media corresponding to that region, and display description."
There was a pause of a few seconds. Then the screen filled with a list of recordings, at least fifty of them displayed on the screen, and scroll arrows indicating many more to come. Many of the listings included detailed descriptions, but many of them contained no more than a few key words, such as "crime", "budget", "weather", "gun control", "civic event", et cetera.
"Whoops," Thomas said. "I never would have guessed there were that many recordings still intact and in our files. I wonder how specific we can get?"
"What, specifically, are you looking for?" San asked.
"I wanted to find any information on the early recovery period of that region," Thomas explained. "Different areas went about their recovery in different ways. Secretary, eliminate all listings without key words, 'commercial', scientific' or 'relocation'."
The list changed, but it still filled the screen. "Oh, mother," Thomas said under his breath.
"Maybe we'd better just start scanning through some of them," San said. "We may get a clue to speed up the process along the way."
"I guess so," Thomas agreed. Selecting an entry by tapping on the screen with a finger, he said, "Display." There was a brief pause, then the screen went blank. It was replaced by an image of a man in a business suit, standing in an open lot with a silver tube in one hand. It was a television broadcast cell, Thomas recognized immediately. From the attitude of the person standing in the middle of the image, he guessed it was a public information broadcast. The figure began speaking, holding one end of the tube close to his mouth. Of course… a handheld microphone, Thomas realized.
"We're here on the site in contention, the sixty-acre property formerly owned by Congressman Gerard Ryan. As you can see, the surveyors are already on site, as well as the new property owners, Hank Addison and Rayna Evans. Mr. Addison…"
"Increase speed 100%," Thomas requested, and the recording sped up to twice the speed previous. His first choice was apparently not germane to their search, being mostly concerned with the property in question being converted into public housing. After listening for a minute longer, Thomas ended the recording and selected another.
"The damage started in the southwest corner, when the floodwaters weakened the foundation on this side. When the west wall collapsed, the rest of the structure slid into the waters right behind it…"
"We're here waiting for the Mayor and City Councilman to appear, to begin the dedication of the new police headquarters…"
"This is the suburban townhouse where Mrs. Francine Reynolds was attacked by the closet rapist. He broke in while no one was home, then waited in th…"
"Christ," Thomas commented. "What was this, the high crime region of the country?"
"Let's try this," San said. "Secretary, advance recordings fifty years, and continue."
"The east side recycling facility was closed today, for the duration. Until authorities determine whether the facility has been illegally disposing of…"
"This is the new Tulsa Government Mall, now open for business. All city government services have been relocated to this facility, or are in the process…"
The Taylor family support facility, the first of the old government buildings to be converted into temporary housing, is finally seeing some relief in the form of…"
"Tulsa Government Mall has requested assistance from the Federal government to provide support during the relocation of the State Revenue Institute…"
"As more businesses are relocating to centralized industrial parks or malls, the city is discovering how much of its infrastructure must be reshuffled to adequately service these new facilities. The recent electrical outages…"
"Hey, I think we've got something here," Thomas said. "Services were centralized. City services were redistributed."
"And they needed outside support for difficult relocation efforts," San added. "So the research facility may have moved to a centralized location, too. The radioactive matter was probably moved, too."
"And the records were simply lost in the confusion," Thomas concluded. "We're going to have to find the location of the relocated research facilities."
"They've probably been reclaimed already," San pointed out.
"But if a storage vault of radioactive material was accidentally not recorded, it might have been missed." Thomas drained the last from his cup. "We're going to have to find them, and check them all."
"Thomas. Dr. Madison. Come over here."
Thomas and Dr. Madison both heard San clearly, despite the distances between them all. They stood scores of meters apart, on flat dry land lightly peppered with thin scrub and small rocks. There was little for sound to do in such an empty area except bounce along the dry ground and travel to its heart's content. The site was kilometers away from the excavation where Dr. Madison's crews were working, in the middle of a fairly flat, barren area indicated on the cells as the location of an old research complex. Thomas was the first to start toward San when he heard her call out. Dr. Madison, being closer to San than Thomas was, watched him approach and pass by on the way to San. A moment later, he sighed and followed.
When Thomas reached San's side, she was making adjustments to the PRT control on her sec. The PRT was part of the Peacekeeper's standard equipment, and was stowed on a clip attached to the inner sleeve of the PK uniform. The sec was attached to this sleeve, as well, and it not only acted as the control console for the PRT, it functioned as a monitor and recorder for its readings. When she was through tapping new settings through the sec, she pointed the PRT at the ground before her.
The tiny rectangular device, not much longer than San's fingers, made no sound or indication that it was functioning, save a single yellow telltale on its wide face. But on San's sec screen, an image was forming, a reflection of the finely tuned and pulsed radio signal from the PRT. It was cubical, and the imaging circuitry in the sec made it clear that it was large and deeply buried. A moment later, the image was joined by a straight channel, which ran from its side under their feet, and terminated a dozen meters away. The sec began printing further details on its screen, information about the object.
"About twelve meters down," San retranslated the PRT data for Thomas and Dr. Madison's benefit. "Six meters by six meters, about a meter thick. Lead and packed ceramic. There's a corridor that connects to it, that ends in an open shaft…" San turned and pointed along the ground past them… "about there. And I can't get any radiation readings, but I can detect some heavy density objects inside. Shaped like containers."
"That's it." Thomas smiled and gestured at the ground beneath their feet. "There's your vault, Doctor. Complete with what sounds like a radiation storage container inside. It was probably constructed after the rest of the facility to store the materials, and somehow the revisions were lost to the public record… not surprising, considering the problems this area had after the mid-2000s. We'll do a bit more surveying, and post the site of that open corridor for you. It would probably make sense to see if you can get through from there, first. It's likely to be easiest."
Dr. Madison took turns staring at San's sec, San, Thomas, and the ground at their feet. When he finally brought his eyes back up to Thomas, his expression was very different than when the two had first met. "Okay, I'll have my people here in the morning. "I'd appreciate it if you could have this area cordoned off for us, Peacekeeper."
"That won't be a problem, Doctor," Thomas told him.
"That was good detective work you all did," Dr. Madison added. "You saved me from a lot of wasted time and effort."
"You might not want to say that, until you've gotten in there and found what you're looking for," Thomas advised.
"No, I'm sure that's it," Madison nodded. "Thanks again, Peacekeeper."
With that, Madison turned and began walking back to the gyrocab, dictating orders into his sec as he walked. Thomas waited until he was well out of earshot, before leaning over to San.
"I don't remember his thanking us the first time."
San leaned back to Thomas. "Well, that's the way it goes, sometimes. At least he'll find his radiation source. And once his people vacate the other site, we can recommend a total reclamation of the area. One more old site cleaned up. Two, actually, since we found this one."
Thomas glanced over at San. "That's the best part, to you, isn't it? The reclamation of the old building sites… the restoring of the original land?"
"Absolutely," San said, as they started back to the gyrocab. "Anything that advances the reconstruction of this land is a good thing, to me. The sooner, the better."
"Then, I guess we'd better get busy marking the area off for Madison," Thomas stated.
"Oh, no hurry," San smiled. "Go ahead, grab a drink in the cab. Go talk to the friend you just made."
Thomas glanced after Dr. Madison. "You sure he wants to talk to me?"
San grinned mischievously. "What do you care?"


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The Mekong River originates in China, runs through the middle of Laos, then along the border of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, through the middle of Cambodia, and finally enters the South China Sea in southern Vietnam. My first day in Luang Prabang, I sat for a few hours at a lovely, quiet, authentic waterfront restaurant enjoying a couple of drinks and a delicious Lao beef and bamboo shoot soup. Honestly, among the best things I've ever eaten!
Speaking of authentic--I'm not sure, since the menu included English, but I saw loads of locals in this place, across the street from my hotel in Vientiane: Lao chicken rice soup.
Many places in the world have their specialties--Beijing Duck springs to mind, or Georgia barbeque, or Kobe beef ... Lauang Prabang has a particular variety of sausage. Hell, I hear you say, sausage goes back to the freaking Romans, big effing deal! Yeah, you are correct as far as you go, but I bet you've never had Luang Prabang sausage, have you?
You have to trust me on this. Luang Prabang style sausage is the best you'll ever have. The eating street is where you'll find the real deal. There it is in the middle of the table.
You point out what you want, pay your money, and sit down at the nearest table. The side dish that comes with the sausage is Hmong-style pickled vegetables. It's basically Lao kimchi. Be careful! Hidden within my particular serving was a whitish pepper that is the hottest thing I've ever eaten my life. Still, it's absolutely brilliant! I had this dish also in Vientiane at the fine place near the Lamphu fountain I mentioned before, Khop Chai Deu:
No hot-as-fuck pepper hidden in their Hmong veggies. Another delicious meal I had there was Lao beef along with fried green beans. Laos is the only place I've been in Asia which offers string or green beans, like you might get back home. Though they're always stir fried. Which is not a bad thing.
The typical LP eating street experience is to either pick what you want and pay accordingly, or to get the "buffet", one plate, one serving, one price:
As a young youth in Thailand, I remember well street food super-thin pancakes made in woks, filled with Carnation sweetened condensed milk, folded over into cones. Not so much woks anymore, just flat griddles. Mangoes, bananas, Nutella, etc:
And here is coconut "pancake", lovely:
Some snacks:
And as I crack a Korean maekchu, I end my blogging about my trip to Laos! Thanks for visiting my patch, Dear Reader, and Happy Travels!


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The first race of the year is complete. I now know how my training has improved my performance from last year.
The race was not exactly the right one to highlight my strengths but it showed some strengths and some areas of improvements.
It was a 1km loop. 40 minutes + 1 lap. Last year the group split in two almost immediately and I was in the second group. I punctured after about 10 minutes so have no idea how I would have done.
Last night I held the front group through the first two laps – so that was already better than last year. The first lap was the second fastest lap of the race – 43,5km/h average speed. When you consider there is two sharp corners in the 1km of that lap you can get an idea of how fast that was.
I managed to hang on through more than a few rough moments. There were four or five really tough laps during which I nearly got dropped but somehow didn't. Finally, after about 30 minutes the elastic snapped and I left the group. That was after the fastest lap of the race – I simply couldn't recover after it.
The take-home?
I didn't train those sprints.
You can see the 20 and 30 second power intervals where then ones that were outside my trained limits. All others were trained to some degree but they weren't trained in the manner in which they were required last night. I can work on that.
The good part is that I managed to bridge gaps even when I thought I was stretched to my limit. You could say that I found a new limit last night.
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At the time the Great War started, Nevinson was practicing Modernism in a Cubist-inspired manner to which was an added dash of Futurism. He volunteered for ambulance work in the French army zone of operations, returned to England for health reasons, and then went back to France as a British war artist. During this time his style evolved toward traditional realism, but not quite abandoning all of Modernism's quirks. After the war, he drifted from time to time to a Cubism-lite style that was dropped again when he made some World War 2 paintings.
In the present post, his Great War paintings are featured.
Futurist influence is strong here. I can't tell if he is depicting an explosive shell or an illumination shell.
The Taube (Dove) was a type of German airplane.
Probably Nevinson's most famous painting. It shows a French machine gun team in action.
This gives us a notion as to how Nevinson constructed his compositions at that time; a whoosh of Futurist movement along with Cubist segmentation.
Although Cubist elements might be present, to me this seems Expressionist: think of the settings of the post-war (1920) German film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari.
"The Fatherland" depicts a French army evacuation station.
Two takes on tired soldiers. The upper painting shows French soldiers apparently taking a break while either entering or leaving a combat zone. The lower image is of British soldiers behind the lines dealing with supplies (note the bales and boxes they are on and the fact that they are wearing cloth caps rather than helmets).
Modernism is ebbing away a little here.
A British Mark V (Male) tank. Nevinson had it stubbier than it actually was.
This was controversial when it was new, as this Telegraph article explains. The style is more representational than that found in the previous paintings.


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Rather than a volunteering opportunity, the Ohio District Key Club Fall Rally is a sort of gathering for all things Key Club. We will be provided lunch, seeing (or performing in?) the Talent Show, exchanging buttons, and more. The event will take place at the Ohio Union at the OSU Campus on Sunday, October 30th, from 9:30am to 3:00pm. There is a $15 fee to attending. You can see their registration form attached below, or visit their site, ohkc.org.
Registration is due October 11th. If you're interested, definitely come ask about it!


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As the New Year rolls in, we all sigh with relief – the Christmas tree has been put away, presents have been bought and given, and all those family dinners are behind us. Sitting in your warm house, you smile as you imagine the happiness that your $25 donation to the local charity must have been substantial to those who have very little. But is this really fulfilling what Jesus taught in Matthew 25 when He told us to feed the hungry?
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Stadium Training Camp Family Practices and Fireworks Night
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Fans will get to watch the Baltimore Ravens have a real live practice in addition to having a chance to post practice autographs and a firework show afterward. There will also be entertainment throughout the night featuring the Ravens Cheerleaders and more.


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How to Tweak Your Brain and Get Things Moving
Having a tough time getting started this morning? Mondays for me are the easiest probably because I have had a couple of days to think about what I want to do on Monday morning. Tuesday and the rest of the work week gets more difficult as it rolls on.
Check out these quick and easy ways to tweak your brain and get it reignited.
Mens Health offers these tips on how to jolt your brain to peak performance:
- Chew Gum: Chewing gum raises your heart rate and helps with short term memory recall. Why? Either the faster heart rate delivers more O2 and glucose to the brain, or saliva triggers a surge of insulin, stimulating learning and memory receptors.
- Listen to elevator music: The "Mozart effect" refers to the boost in spatial reasoning power caused by listening to one of his piano sonatas.
- Do brain exercises: This will extend your dendrites, the antennae of your brains neurons.
Here's two exercises, one of the right (artistic) and left (logical) sides of the brain.
Right Brain: Arrange 5 toothpicks into the numeral 5. Then rearrange them into the number 16, without breaking any.
Left Brain: find the proverb in this string of vowel-less letters: RLL NGSTN GTH RSN MSS
Answers to the Brain Quiz -- Right Brain: Make Roman numerals, XVI. Left Brain: A rolling stone gathers no moss.


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71st World Health Assembly commits to accelerate action to еnd TB
World Health Assembly adopts a Resolution with commitments to act faster to end TB and in support of the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting on TB.
Efforts to end TB were in the spotlight at the 71st World Health Assembly on 20-26 May 2018. World Health Assembly delegates agreed on the Organization's 13th General Programme of Work designed to help the world achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – with a particular focus on SDG 3 (Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages by 2030). The plan includes key milestones towards ending TB, aiming by 2023 to reduce TB deaths by 50% compared to 2018, increase coverage of treatment for drug-resistant TB to 80% of estimated incidence, and ensuring Zero TB-affected families face catastrophic costs due to TB.
For more highlights from the World Health Assembly, click here.
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Are Dental Implants All They're Cracked Up To Be?
What is all the hype about anyway? Why can't people stop talking about implant dentistry? Let's explore some of the key reasons implant dentistry has become so popular among Crown Council patients with missing teeth.
If you have missing teeth you know how frustrating it can be to try to eat certain foods. Even with dentures eating isn't the same. It becomes difficult to chew and even thinking about taking a bite out of an apple is a pain. This is one of the many reasons implants have become so popular. Dental implants bring back the function and feel of your natural teeth and you'll find yourself enjoying foods you thought you'd given up for good.
How do implants make this possible? The key is that implants restore not only the visible part of the tooth, but they actually restore the root as well. This anchors them into place and at the same time helps to stimulate your jaw bone. This stimulation mimics that of an actual tooth's root and helps prevent the deterioration of bone which happens when a tooth is missing.
Not only do dental implants restore function, and health but another reason that makes them so appealing is their versatility. Dental implants can be used to replace a single missing tooth or a whole mouth full of missing teeth with something called implant support dentures.
If you would like to find out if you're a good candidate for dental implants visit your local Crown Council Implant Dentist for a consultation.


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June 30, 2014
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Everything You Must Know about Real Estate in Noosa
Real estate business is all about having satisfied customers. There can be different categories of customers, buyers of properties, sellers and those looking for properties on rent. In a state like Queensland, whether in a busy Brisbane city or a beachside town like Noosa, the handling of properties is a specialist's job, and the Noosa real estate agencies handle it with aplomb.
Many Local Communities around Noosa
When you look at the map of Queensland, you will find that there are many attractive destinations besides Noosa where one can find properties, which are luring to the avid investor. In fact, the Doonan real estate broker will show you a number of beautiful properties that can get you interested.
Noosaville is another destination that gets many enquiries for properties. Again here, the Noosaville real estate consultant will be the best source to lead you to the best properties. Each of these small townships offers the residents the best of both worlds. These are quiet neighbourhoods and are away from the madness one experiences in the cities. You will find properties, which are quite spacious, large kitchens, parking on driveways and so on.
Among these localities surrounding Noosa, you can count the Tewantin real estate offers also. Properties of different descriptions can be found through the property consultant, and they can arrange for an inspection as and when you desire.
Property as an Investment Option
Among those having an interest in properties as discussed in the beginning of this piece, the ones who are prospecting or the ones who are looking forward to investing in properties in popular destinations form a major part. One can also add to this a set of people who would like to retire to a laid back life away from the cities but still able to drive into the city when needed. The Noosa real estate agency also receives many enquiries from buyers of properties with an interest in investing in them for now and hoping that the property's value will increase and give good returns in the future. Check out at RW Noosa
Noosa itself has Many Attractions
Noosa Heads, as the township is popularly known, is known for its beaches, a river front and is therefore, a favoured holiday destination. This also increases the importance of the properties in the localities close to the beach. Families can drive down to Noosa and enjoy their holidays swimming on the beaches and surfing. Those who can afford might want to purchase a house and use it as a vacation home. Some may buy an apartment and leave it for rentals through the year except the period they are occupying it themselves. This gives the double benefit of owning a property and also earning a rental income. There are enough Noosa real estate agents who will undertake to have the property offered as a holiday rental and manage the property for the owner. There are also seasons when the tourist inflow is at the highest. Typically, the months of March, June, September and November witness huge celebrations and traditionally in these months Noosa takes on a festive atmosphere. All these add to the value of the properties in these parts of Queensland.


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Neighbour's Day - City Centre Neighbours Day an annual free event in March for the locals and by the locals. A daytime bonanza that has includedBBQs, games, music, art, bouncy castle, local information, carving and plenty more. A celebration for everyone who identifies with the city centre as being home, with the purpose of building the sense of identity and new connections that creates neighbourhood. The next Neighbours Day is 24 March 2018 – see you there.
Splice Cuppa - The Splice 'Cuppa' is an informal meet-up for people of the community to talk, listen to speakers, sample music and enjoy free food and tea. Our focus is local - we want to bring people to small businesses, and we aim to host it in a different place each time and make an effort to source catering locally.
Splice BBQ - The Splice BBQ is a self contained sausage-sizzling wagon of connectivity. Used at large and small events around the neighbourhood it adds the dimension of the sharing of food to community building activity. There's no reason why living in an apartment should prevent the cultural expectations of a summer BBQ.
Apartment Champions - Splice recognises the difficulties of getting local, city centre neighbourhood information, heard above the number of larger marketed and regional events, held in the city centre. A process of identifying "apartment champs" to be the conduit for local information to residents within buildings, is proving an effective way to "spread the word" and the assistance of supportive and "splicing" building managers is invaluable in this process.
Feijoa Guild - Responding to apartment dwellers desire to have some connection with gardening activity that they might once have had in suburbia, the Feijoa Guild have planted a small feijoa "forest" in the city centre. Green prescriptions to get out and enjoy the outdoors is an important aspect of city life and the Guild's Feijoa Festival serves as an intriguing annual event to bring everyone together. In time the feijoa crop will become a plentiful bounty for all.
Splice Tuesdays - Splice is programmer and host in residence at the Ellen Melville Centre in Auckland City Centre every Tuesday. Activities are varied and include morning inspiration, city walking groups, cross-cultural activities, evening presentations, social justice hour, and a wide range of activities and community splicing to keep you inspired in the city. All welcome!
Random Acts Of Kindness Day September 1st – Splice's annual 'Random Acts of Kindness' activation involves 5000 Little Pots of Kindness (honey) distributed on the streets of Queen and K'Rd. It invites the recipients to consider the transformative impact acting with kindness can have, on how we feel about, ourselves in the process of giving kindness, on our relationships with others and the environment in which we live, work, study or play. Joined by up to 20 local Cafes of Kindness for the day distributing free coffees, a wave of kindness sweeps the neighbourhood working a special magic wherever it lands. (Check out the Splice Blog for more detail.)
Connecting Isolated Residents Projects - Families in the city; Current programmes focus on Parents of under-5's; retirees; migrants. Activity groups for families of all ethnicities can meet and build supportive friendships: City Walkers Groups – walk, talk and make friends; Yoga playgroup – parents enjoy relaxing exercise while children play; Street Choir - An inclusive group of around twenty which practices and performs weekly; Life drawing group – a committed art group open to all.
Human Library - borrow a person instead of a book; A library made up of human beings who represent groups in the community that may be exposed to stigma, prejudice or discrimination.
Active Citizens - is a social leadership programme which promotes intercultural dialogue and social responsibility as key leadership competencies in the 21st century. Participants will go on a journey which moves them from self-awareness to understanding where their community sits in the world and finally to how their local actions have global resonance. They will develop their skills in dialogue and increase their value for difference. Participants will receive the tools and support they need to set up or adapt the way they run their own social action projects to tackle a social issue within their community.
Public Spaces Collaboration - Apartment living creates a different relationship with the spaces outside of a resident's building. Often this is referred to as the notion of the external "living room". Many of the city's apartments are small in size and this heightens the need to access space away from home without the need to engage in a commercial transaction. An ongoing collaboration with the University of Auckland and a class of Planning students is helping unlock some of the lesser known public spaces in the city.
Street Wisdom - Splice has supported many people in the city who unable to realise their creative vision with advocacy, mentoring, equipment and event support. We value and advocate for many of our City Centre neighbours who for whatever reason are unable to express themselves. Around Xmas 2016 we released an audio journey album recording of buskers, streets and poets in the city to get the perception of the city through the eyes of those who live, work, play and sleep there. Street Wisdom Vol 1 is an album for the street from the street! In 2017 we did it again - Street Wisdom Vol 2 is now available.


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Cell Transplant Recipient Celebrates Decade Without Diabetes
A Georgia man who was once a diabetic, is celebrating his tenth year of being diabetes-free, thanks to experimental surgery undertaken in 2004. Rob Allen underwent a transplant procedure that cured him of type-1 diabetes and hopes it will soon be approved for use to help others with the deadly disease. Ben Gruber reports. Credit to Reuters.


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'Cover Your Acres' Conference set for Jan. 15 and 16
COLBY � K-State Research and Extension is teaming up with the Northwest Kansas Crop Residue Alliance to host the 10th annual Cover Your Acres Winter Conference for crop producers and consultants on Jan. 15-16 at the Gateway conference center in Oberlin.
Cover Your Acres is a producer-driven meeting focused on new ideas and updates in crop production in northwest Kansas.
The conference, which typically draws more than 500 attendees from Kansas and other states, highlights the latest technology, methods, and conservation practices to improve crop production on the High Plains. This year it will feature university specialists and industry representatives discussing issues such as kochia control, cropping intensity and fallow efficiency, pre-season irrigation, wheat fertility: simple and effective, and use of corn residue by cattle. The same programs will be offered both days of the conference.
Registration will begin at 7:45 a.m., with educational sessions ending at 5:00 p.m. followed by a "bull session" on Tuesday evening, where attendees can visit with industry and university specialists.
The cost is $50 per day. The conference fee includes lunch and educational materials. Continuing education unit credits are available for commercial applicators and certified crop advisors.
Mail registration, with a check payable to KSU, to the Northwest Area Office, ATTN: Jeanne Falk, P.O. Box 786, Colby, Kan. 67701. To view the conference flier and for online registration, see: www.northwest.ksu.edu/CoverYourAcres. For questions, call (785) 462-6281.
Major sponsors of the conference include Bayer CropScience, Brothers Equipment, Hoxie Implement, Lang Diesel, Monsanto, National Sunflower Association, Simpson Farm Enterprises, and Surefire Ag Systems.
Registration open for women's ag conference
MANHATTAN � The 2013 Women Managing the Farm Conference is scheduled for Feb. 7 and 8 and will be held in Manhattan at the Hilton Garden Inn.
The popular agriculture conference for women will be the eighth in a series. It began as a regional offering before becoming a multi-day conference held in Hutchinson, and, in recent years, in Wichita.
Moving the conference to Manhattan allows greater access to resources at Kansas State University and K-State Research and Extension, said Janet Barrows, who, with Robin Blume, are serving as volunteers for the educational effort.
Moving the conference also provides an opportunity for adding a pre-conference session, which Barrows dubbed "Blue Jean Basics" on Feb. 6. The session is being planned as a less formal introductory and interactive opportunity for participants to learn from K-State crops and livestock specialists.
The conference is recommended for women who are land owners, farm or ranch managers, partners or employees, absentee landlords, or career women engaged in agricultural careers.
Women new to production agriculture � by inheritance or marriage � find the conference to be informative and reassuring, Barrows said. And, while geared to women, spouses and others appreciate conference topics and time to network with women moving into leadership roles in agriculture.
The 2013 edition of the conference promises a full agenda with featured speakers and more than two dozen breakout sessions considering financial risks; human risks; estate planning and legal issues; insurance; production; drought management; social advocacy; retail agriculture and, yes, even farming in the city.
Jolene Brown, a champion for agriculture and consultant for family-owned businesses will blend humor with tips into two conference presentations.
Her topics, "If We Huff and We Puff Will We Blow Your House Down?" and "The Balancing Act: 10 Ideas to Relieve Stress and Bring Renewal to Our Farm and Family Life" promise a realistic look at agriculture and family life in today's world and offers ideas for moving forward successfully and keeping peace in the family.
The cost to attend the two-day conference is $145 for registrations received by Jan. 23, and $170 for registrations received after Jan. 23. Registration includes conference sessions, materials and packet, two lunches, one breakfast buffet, and refreshment breaks.
More information about the conference and online registration is available at www.womenmanagingthefarm.info.
The conference hotel (Hilton Garden Inn) will offer a limited number of rooms at a conference rate of $104. plus 15.05 percent tax. Reservations can be made online as part of the registration process or by phone: (785) 532-9116. The conference code is WMFC.
The conference typically attracts more than 200 attendees, and early registration and reservations are recommended, Barrows said.
Conference sponsors and partners include the USDA Farm Service Agency; K-State Research and Extension; Kansas Farm Bureau; Farm Credit Associations of Kansas, which includes Frontier Farm Credit; American AgCredit; Farm Credit of Ness City; High Plains Farm Credit; Farm Credit of Western Kansas, and Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas, Kansas Dairy Commission, Kansas Wheat, Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Study showcases Beef Quality Assessment tool
MANHATTAN � A recent study by Kansas State University's Beef Cattle Institute indicated that most Kansas feedlots are handling cattle in a low stress, humane manner and have protocols in place designed to ensure beef safety.
"Last year the Beef Cattle Institute and the Kansas Beef Council partnered to host seven meetings across the state which resulted in nearly 1,200 beef producers and veterinarians becoming Beef Quality Assurance Certified," said Dan Thomson, professor in K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the BCI.
During the sessions, participants were trained in areas of low-stress cattle handling, antibiotic residue avoidance, cattle comfort, food safety, downed animal care, preconditioning practices and other areas of feedlot, cow/calf and stocker cattle production. The participants also took part in a necropsy wet lab which led to discussions on disease control and treatment programs for cattle.
"This program has developed into an annual event and we are already planning the sessions and locations for next summer. We are very thankful for the support and partnership with the Kansas Beef Council and the Kansas Livestock Association," said Thomson, who serves as the animal welfare adviser to McDonald's and the Food Marketing Institute and has chaired the World Organization for Animal Health's Beef Cattle Production and Animal Welfare Committee.
Training of individuals on best management practices in the beef industry is a focus of the BCI. After the training sessions, a team of scientists and graduate students from K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences and Industry conducted a follow-up "on farm" assessment of animal welfare and food safety practices on Kansas feedlots.
The goal of the study, which was funded by the Kansas Beef Council, was to use a new Feedlot Beef Quality Assessment tool developed by veterinarians, animal scientists and producers to assess activities related to cattle handling and comfort, antibiotic residue avoidance, employee training and other areas of cattle feeding in respect to food safety and animal welfare. K-State experts visited farms to assess how they handled those activities, including the condition of feed bunks and water tanks, protocols for emergency preparedness and issues surrounding food safety such as accurate treatment records and drug residue avoidance programs.
Thomson said the BQA program has evolved and encompasses everything from how to prevent antimicrobial residues to making sure cattle producers are producing safe, wholesome beef from cattle raised in a humane manner.
In the study, the research team evaluated feedlots on 18 best management practices, including whether feedlots had protocols in place for such practices as drug residue avoidance; maintaining a veterinary-client relationship; cattle welfare and handling during inclement weather; pen maintenance; personnel training documentation; individual animal health records and others.
The feedlots evaluated have the capacity to provide feed and care for a total of almost 2 million animals at one time, which represents about 85 percent of the entire one-time capacity of all feedlots in Kansas.
All feedlots in the study had a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship, Thomson said. This relationship is important as the veterinarian works daily with feedlot operators in activities such as clinical definition for sick or injured cattle, preventative medicine, proper drug handling, employee training on castration and de-horning procedures, low-stress cattle handling and other food safety and animal welfare practices.
Thomson believes that the kind of assessment done by the team will help reinforce best management practices in feedlots not only in the state, but across the country.
More detailed information about the study can be found on the K-State extension agricultural economics website: www.agmanager.info.


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Administering the Web Server (IIS) Role of Windows Server (M10972)
- Individuals who want to become web server administrators in an enterprise environment or who are assuming a new role requiring skills to manage content served by an IIS web server over the Internet, an intranet, and an extranet
- Web-based applications developers with networking skills who wish to learn more about IIS
Experience with:
- Windows networking technologies and implementation
- Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Windows Client administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Expected Duration
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In this course, you will learn how to configure and manage Internet Information Services (IIS). You will learn the skills that support a broad range of web applications, security, and knowledge to help support other products that use IIS (such as Exchange and SharePoint).
- Redeem five SATVs* for a Classroom, Virtual Classroom, or Virtual Classroom Fit session
- Redeem five SATVs for an individual GK Digital Learning course plus digital Microsoft Official Courseware (dMOC)
- Redeem two SATVs for an individual GK Digital Learning course
*For more information on Microsoft SATVs, click here.
GK Digital Learning is also available with digital Microsoft Official Courseware (dMOC). Click here to purchase.
1. Overview and Installing Internet Information Services
- Understanding a web server infrastructure
- Installing IIS
2. Configuring the Default Website
- Examining the default website using IIS Manager
- Examining the default IIS file structure
- Configuring DNS records for a website
- Creating virtual directories and applications
3. Configuring and Managing Application Pools
- Defining the application pool architecture
- Creating and managing application pools
- Configuring application pool recycling
4. Creating Additional Websites
- Understanding configurations for multiple websites
- Configuring the website bindings
- Creating new websites
5. Configuring Website and Web Application Support
- Configuring common features
- Adding support for web applications
6. Securing Websites and Applications
- Understanding IIS Authentication and Authorization
- Configuring authentication and permissions
- Enabling URL authorization rules
7. Securing Data Transmissions with SSL
- Understanding certificates and SSL
- Creating and Managing Web Server Certificates
8. Managing Certificates in the Central Certificate Store
- Understanding the Central Certificate Store
- Installing and Configuring the Centralized Certificate Store
9. Configuring Remote Administration
- Installing and configuring the management service
- Connecting to remote web servers and websites
- Delegating management access
10. Implementing FTP
- Implementing FTP
- Uploading and Downloading by Using FTP
11. Monitoring IIS
- Monitoring IIS logs with log parser
- Analyzing Performance Counters
12. Backing up and Restoring IIS
- Understanding the IIS environment for backup and restore
- Performing a backup and restore of a website
13. Building Load-Balanced Web Farms
- Understanding load-balancing mechanisms
- Building a load-balanced web farm using ARR
- Sharing content to a web farm using a shared folders
- Sharing content to a web farm using DFS-R
- Sharing IIS configurations in a web farm


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Spectacular, stunning and dangerous - Arjun Majumdar recounts his experience of the Chadar trek on the Zanskar river.
I have often been asked to describe the Chadar frozen-river trek and every time I have only one thing to say: the Chadar is not a trek, it is an experience. First, let me clear some myths. Doing the Chadar trek is not a superhuman feat. A lot of the extreme situations that people talk about are true: temperatures dip to -25°C at night; the frozen river breaks every now and then; and sometimes you have to ford an icy stream. But that's about it. The difficult bits are not hard to tackle. Layered clothing and high-altitude sleeping bags manage to take care of the cold. Trekkers seldom venture near the broken ice-sheets and rubber boots help you cross icy streams.
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Our flight is about to land in Leh and the captain announces it is -7°C outside. I look out of the window and a cold shudder runs through me. If at 11 am on a bright and sunny morning, it is -7°C in Leh, I wonder what it would be like in the dark canyons of the Zanskar river. I look nervously at my trek mates, put on three layers of woollens and step into the sunlight. The temperature doesn't feel any colder than the winters of Delhi. And I know, at once, it is going to be okay.
The Chadar, which literally means sheet (of ice), is essentially a walk on the Zanskar river. Every winter, the river freezes to form a gateway to Leh for the people living in Padum, the largest town in Zanskar. In winter, when snow closes all roads and Zanskar is impenetrable, the frozen river serves as the only gateway to the outside world for Zanskaris. During the trek, it is not rare to see children being dragged on wooden sledges to reach schools in Leh in time for spring classes.
Our trek starts from Chilling, the closest road head and a tiny village and army outpost 62 kms from Leh. The drive to Chilling is spectacular. The inky, dark road snakes through the wide, white frozen flats of Leh valley and climbs to a point just above the confluence of the Zanskar and Indus rivers. We get out of our vehicle to take in the first sight of Chadar. Small ice floes float in a rush to meet the Indus. The Indus carries its own share of floes and together they merge in a triangle of white ice and dark-green water.
The jeep drops us a few kilometres ahead of Chilling. I scamper down the rocky canyon to set my first tentative foot on the Chadar. Our first camp, Tilat Sumdo, is 2 km away. I didn't think it would take me more than half an hour to get there. But I am wrong. Within a few minutes, I am sliding on an icy patch, only to land on my bottom. I learn some quick lessons about walking on the Chadar — you need to choose sections that are dusted with snow. On icy sections (and there are quite a few), it is best to shuffle along. The common sense advice is to follow sledge marks on the snow. We reach the camp in an hour.
The evening sets in quickly and so does the cold — the temperature is -18°C at 6 pm. Our team of porters climbs up a narrow valley to bring deadwood and a fire is soon raging. We settle into our tents after dinner and it seems like my sleeping bag is stuffed with blocks of ice. Mercifully, two layers of sleeping bags and a hot-water bottle lifts the temperature.
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Next morning, a shaft of sunlight torches the bottom of the canyon sending everyone scampering for their cameras. The light bounces off the frozen Chadar on to the canyon walls in a kaleidoscope of colours. The orange is orange but more so; the canyon walls purple and the sky, a blue that could not get bluer. The Chadar experience had begun.
On the way to our second camp, Singra Koma, we decide to walk on the icy ledges of the Zanskar; the river is not frozen enough to form a Chadar. The walls of the Zanskar canyon twist and turn, and sometimes they spread out to make the flat white Chadar seem wider than a football field. At other times, they curve around a corner into a narrow gully. On a long, glassy stretch, I throw a few chunks of ice on the Chadar to see how far they go. They slide endlessly.
On the third day, we wake up to light, intermittent snowfall. The upper reaches of the canyon are now dusted with snow. We get going but not for long. After walking for a kilometre, our guide tells us to stop: the Chadar has broken. The river is flowing over the frozen Chadar. We clamber up the canyon walls and slither on its edges to drop down a few hundred metres ahead where it is firmer. Returning to the canyon walls, team members guide each other to firmer ground. It isn't difficult but a humbling reminder of the ever-changing nature of the river. We camp at Tibb in a section of the Chadar dominated by narrow ledges and not the wide flats that we were used to.
Next day, we set out for Nerak, excited about seeing the famous frozen waterfall on the way. The day is cold and dark. Drafts of icy wind bite into our skin, our breath is frozen in a thick fog and water drips continuously from our noses. It is hellish and we walk faster to warm our bodies. Suddenly, out of a bend, the frozen waterfall leaps into view. It is gigantic and towers over us, rising almost to the height of a seven-storey building. It's difficult to imagine how falling water could freeze. But freeze it did — and in such a magical way that even droplets hung frozen in mid-air.
For the first time on the trek, we leave the Chadar to climb to a small rest house on the trail to Nerak. This is a camping ground and not Nerak village. The village is hidden in the folds of the mountain much higher than us. The switchback climb to the village looks formidable. A few of us make an attempt to get there. With increasing cold, fading light and slippery trails common sense prevails and everyone turns back. That night I record -23°C. It is the coldest night I have ever spent in the open.
The Chadar trek returns along the same path from Nerak to Chilling. The Chadar changes ever so often that the return looks like a new trek. Every hour presents a change in scenery that makes you want to continue for another hour just to see what is next on offer.
The Chadar itself is spectacular. At times, there are patterns within patterns in the frozen ice as if caught in time. At other times, it plays an orchestra of colours. The canyon walls are so high that they rarely let the sun come through, but when it does, the sun sets up a canvas of colours and patterns of unimaginable scale.
The writer, an avid trekker, is a partner at Indiahikes.in, a hiking portal


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So, we did make it to Bequia and we did manage to anchor with pretty dry conditions. That allowed me also to get ashore and to check us in right away.
Here's a view of what it was like when we anchored.
But, it is also the time of the year when we're likely to see more of this….
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Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr Michael Andrew Younghusband
Outcome of a July 2014 hearing. Panel decision and reasons on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.
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|10 July 1983
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|3 July 2014
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Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with The Teachers' Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012, a professional conduct panel was convened to consider the case of Mr Michael Andrew Younghusband, formerly employed in Durham, North East.
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