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IT at Aveiro will be part of the consortium INFANTE, a project for the development and demonstration in orbit of a precursor satellite for microsatellite constellations. To be launched in 2020, the research goal is to observe the Earth and build communications, with a special focus on maritime applications. With an investment of 9.2 million euros and a team of 150 researchers, engineers and technicians, INFANTE will establish the basis for new lines of business in the space sector, helping to strengthen Portugal's position in the international panorama.
The project, led by the TEKEVER group – that gathers nine well-known companies in the sector – will include 10 highly recognized R&D centers, as well as the support of organizations such as the National Maritime Authority or the IPMA, along with national and international companies. IT will develop radio solutions, namely the integration of radio heads for 5 GHz to 30 GHz bands, which will later be integrated with the communications and radar component.
The "space" segment of INFANTE includes a modular and low-cost microsatellite, equipped with a software-defined radio with air and maritime surveillance functions, propulsion system for orbit maintenance, solar panels, among others. The "ground" segment includes the development of a new system for rapid assembly, integration and testing - adapted to small satellites and frequent launches - and a data hub to aggregate, process and disseminate information.
INFANTE is the most recent step on a path to space that has been covered by Portuguese companies and institutions over the last 20 years.
IT is also involved in the ISTsat1 cubesat project at the Lisbon site, expected to be launched in 2019.


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MLB report: Indians catcher Yan Gomes out with broken wrist
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C Yan Gomes will miss six to eight weeks with a broken right wrist, likely ending his injury-plagued season.
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Notice and request for comments.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for the National Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Programs.
Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 21, 2000 to be assured of consideration.
Additional Information or Comments: Contact A. Lee Cliburn, Program Appraisal Staff, Cotton Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Rm. 2633-South Building, Washington, DC 20090, Telephone (202-720-2145) and Fax (202-690-1718).End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Title: National Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Programs.
OMB Number: 0581-0093.
Expiration Date of Approval: Current expiration date is 11/30/00.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: National research and promotion programs are designed to strengthen the position of a commodity in the marketplace, maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets, and develop new uses and markets for specified agricultural commodities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture the responsibility for implementing and overseeing programs Start Printed Page 32074for a variety of commodities including cotton, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, soybeans, honey, potatoes, watermelons, mushrooms, kiwifruit, popcorn, and olive oil. The enabling legislation includes the Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1966 [7 U.S.C. 2101-2118]; the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 [7 U.S.C. 4501-4513]; the Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 6401-6417]; the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 4301-4319]; the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 2901-2911]; the Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 4801-4819]; the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 6301-6311]; Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 4601-4612]; the Potato Research and Promotion Act [7 U.S.C. 2611-2627]; the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act [7 U.S.C. 4901-4916]; the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 6101-6112]; the National Kiwifruit Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 7461-7473]; the Popcorn Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 7481-7491]; and the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 [7 U.S.C. 7401-7425].
These programs carry out projects relating to research, consumer information, advertising, sales promotion, producer information, market development, and product research to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and utilization of their respective commodities. Approval of the programs is required through referendum of those who would be covered. Industry boards administer the programs. These boards usually composed of producer, handler, processor, and in some cases, importer and public members, are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the programs. The funding for such programs is from assessments on designated industry segments. The appointed boards are responsible for collecting assessments from the affected persons covered under these programs.
The Secretary also approves the boards' budgets, plans, and projects. These responsibilities have been delegated to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The applicable commodity program areas within AMS have direct oversight of the respective programs.
The information collection requirements in this request are essential to carry out the intents of the various Acts authorizing such programs, thereby providing a means of administering the programs. The objective in carrying out this responsibility includes assuring the following: (1) Funds are collected and properly accounted for; (2) expenditures of all funds are for the purposes authorized by the enabling legislation; and (3) the board's administration of the programs conforms to USDA policy. The applicable commodity programs within AMS have direct oversight of these freestanding programs. The forms covered under this collection require the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements of the respective orders, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intents of the Acts as expressed in the orders. The information collected is used only by authorized employees of the various boards and authorized employees of USDA.
The boards administering the various programs utilize a variety of forms to carry out the responsibilities. Such forms may include reports concerning status information such as handler and importer reports; transaction reports; exemption from assessment forms and reimbursement forms; forms and information concerning referenda including ballots; forms and informaiton concerning board nominations and selection and acceptance statements; certification of industry organizations; and recordkeeping requirements. The forms and information covered under this information collection require the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements of the programs and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the applicable authorities.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .0792943 hours per response.
Respondents: Producers, processors, handlers, and/or importers of a variety of agricultural commodities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Total respondents are estimated to be 354,690.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Number of responses per respondent is estimated to average 12.389776.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: Estimated total annual burden is 348,461 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to A. Lee Cliburn, Program Appraisal Staff, Cotton Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Rm. 2633-South Building, Washington, DC 20090. All comments received will be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the same address.
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My wife suddenly decided she likes the Truvis soccer pattern, so her and my son divided the stash I bought from lostgolfballs last year. No problem, I also bought some ProV1, ProV1x, and Srixon Z and Q Stars in the same order. Look through my stash and it was mostly ProV1x, so I took them on my round yesterday. Bottom line is I played a whole round with them and hated them. Good drives and irons were considerably shorter than either the standard ProV1, or the Srixons and Chromesofts. Hated the harder feel too. I'm sure it is a good ball. I guess my swing is just ill suited or allergic to the x for some reason.
Swing speed too slow for that X ball is the issue,imo.
johnnydoom Hated the harder feel too.
Based on what you've said, I'd suggest: Chromesoft, Q Star Tour, Bridgestone E6 Soft (discontinued but
replaced by the E12) or the B330RX, Titleist AVX. All feel very good and as long as anything. IF they feel
good off the putter, I'm good.
Spuzz I agree.
Spuzz Swing speed too slow for that X ball is the issue,imo.
Not according to MyGolfSpy, they found the Pro V1x to be the longest ball at 90 mph. I found I to be long for me,too. I can play the V1x but not the V. The Titleist Velocity is the longest ball for me that I've found so far.
I also what may be similar issues with my irons and the Z Star I was using last Tues but it could have been shaft issues or excessive spin issues (shorter yardages.)
A change to Bridgestone E5 helped.
Shafts now pulled. LOL
Spuzz I am right on the edge with Z-Star. I also don't like the feel of it (hard), but when I catch it solid it goes as good or better than anything else I've played.
Spuzz Haven't tried the Z Star but am trying the Q Star, and finding it a very surprising ball. Distance, spin when it hits the green(more of a stop, no backing up for me), nice flight, and durable. Softer feel when hit with irons, but not spongy.
Also found an E7 last time out and played it several holes. How I missed this ball when it was in full production is beyond me. Extra distance plus a nice feel off irons and driver. Seemed to have the stop/roll I prefer on greens. (it was a birdie ball also, btw).
Funny thing, had an email the next a.m. with an offer of 4 dozen, brand new, E7 logo balls for $32 shipped. They arrived Sat.. 😜
And, I've always hit the Pro V1x much better/farther than the V1, and we all know I'm no beast with the bat.
I will tell ya about my Golf Ball OCD.
Thought I would try Callaway SuperSoft on a recommendation from a friend. I have tried both the orange matte SuperSoft and the larger SuperSoft Magna-yellow. Both are decent low compression around 35 I believe. Decent distance. Easy to see. I seem to spin the SuperSoft more than a Srixon Soft Feel off driver.
Have a sleeve of left over white Srixon Soft Feels 2018 version 60 compression. Soft Feel for me way better off all clubs. Driver distance quite a bit of difference, irons a bit more and "feel" OK.
Driver SS 85, mid-iron SS 69-70. Age 70.
I think the MGS study on golf balls of higher compression getting more distance is viable. The trade off is "feel". The Soft Feel being 60 compression doesn't "feel" like rocks, Isonomer cover, 2 piece straighter but OK around the greens knowing what they are. I don't expect urethane spin but SF's at 60 aren't any harder for me than a 35 SuperSoft. It's the best ball for me with both factors and don't cost an arm and a leg new doz. $20.
garyt1957 Not according to MyGolfSpy they found the Pro V1x to be the longest ball at 90 mph.
I don't believe that at all.
Spuzz I don't believe that at all.
Yea, I guess it depends on what you think of MGS. I do find the X1 pretty long for me,though. I've also played some really low compression balls and they are definitely shorter for me.
Both of those balls don't spin enough for my liking or the conditions here.
Q Star Tour will be my next 3 piece to try so get yours now, because if I like it, it will be discontinued before long
Spuzz Q Star Tour
That is the version I got last year. It performed well and felt good to me. I was getting better distance and spin with the Chromesofts, but now that they've been taken from me, I'll be playing the Q-Star Tours for a few weeks.
These are the ones I played, the ones I mentioned in my other post, sorry. I did play the Q Stars also, and they are nice balls too, but the Tour is better yet.
Have also played the ERC Soft, which I found to be a hard ball, not soft. The Super Soft is better, and softer, of course. My findings, and I don't hit much out of the sweetspot any more....I'm too slow to miss it! 😞
Never liked prov and x. Always sell or give them away when i get them as prizes.
Past several years have really liked the Kirkland 4 piece, Zstar and Qstar but past 2 years have played the TP5x and its definitely my fav and best ball out there IMO.
Callaways are decent, supersoft, chrome soft and i like them in the wind and on cooler days
johnnydoom Q-Star Tour
You didn't mention Tour in your original post.
The Q Star is a 2 piece distance ball.
Tour has urethane cover.
There are too many choices. I don't know what I like or will work for me anymore.
candukid I don't know what I like or will work for me anymore.
Anything pink is good for you...
That pink Vice ProPlus was the bomb. It is a really good ball.
Just got a dozen Chromesofts (playing card pattern) and also a dozen ERC's. First time trying the ERC's, but should be fine with a 60 compression. My cut off (compression wise) seems to be 75 which is the Chromesoft compression. Anything higher feels too hard. The Chromesofts are a little bit longer for me probably because of the slightly higher compression.
I thought the Pro V1x was the best ball on the planet. Only thing I didn't like about the V was I spun the hell outta them on full short iron shots.


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The third video of the Tomb Portable's theory has finally arrived! And I can't wait to watch the entire video! Being at work makes this somewhat challenging. If you are a fan of the franchise I highly recommend watching these video's!
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Inside The Modern Wellness Retreat (Where Wine Is As Vital As Yoga)
I'm sitting next to a garden, where earlier, a bearded man walked me through the raised rows, plucking leaves and flowers directly from the earth for me to sample. Above me, there are white fairy lights, strung between rustic, tented logs; above that, a wide expanse of star-studded Tennessee sky. I'm drinking a glass of Viognier and listening to a master biodynamic winemaker explain the thought process behind the cultivation of the grape. There's a fiddle player, but she's momentarily paused, as enamored with the winemaker's sensual description of soil as the rest of us. A lavender-scented breeze tickles my neck as I pluck another grape-sweet heirloom cherry tomato from my plate. If this is what a wellness retreat is like, I'm all in.
I've long pictured wellness retreats as somewhat grueling exercises, designed to isolate you from the world to focus on your health in a way that seemed moderately effective and less than sustainable. You'd hear about movie stars slipping away to desert havens where they'd drink juice for every meal, go on vigorous 5 a.m. hikes, and partake in colonics to whip their intestines into pristine shape. They reinforced the notion that wellness was a full-time job (a hard assertion to stomach, given that many of us have—and need—other full-time jobs).
In recent years, though, wellness has shifted. Instead of restrictive diets, more and more industry leaders are coming forward and applauding the basic and revolutionary notion of listening to your own, personal body. Self-care as the root of wellness is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the spotlight, with Instagram stars showcasing their flower-filled baths to the likes and lauds of thousands looking for permission to exhale in an increasingly chaotic world.
Blackberry Farm, tucked into rolling pastures and shady woods on the edge of the Smoky Mountains, has long been a celebrity favorite (Kelly Clarkson even got married there), but the feel is anything but pretentious. The property is family-run, and the owner, Mary Celeste, will often join guests for dinner (on our retreat, she did so twice, as well as tagging along on a bike ride/hike/stand-up paddleboard yoga challenge that was the closest thing to a triathlon I'll ever do); her children can often be seen scampering across the grassy knolls. The celebration of connection—to the land, to each other—seems to be the guiding principle of the farm, and the Summer Splash event, held annually in June, elevates this concept even further.
There were 10 of us in my group: a few couples, a few singles, guided by a yoga and meditation instructor and general camp counselor extraordinaire named Hope. Along for the journey were the aforementioned biodynamic winemaker Annie Favia, a woman whose world-class wines highlight the amazing results of working in symbiosis with the nuances of the earth, and Wendy Bazilian, a registered dietitian and best-selling author, there to answer any food questions we had (how does she stay healthy when she travels? Can dessert be part of a healthy diet?) and lead a nutrition workshop.
We began the first day with a team-building activity that took us around the different parts of the farm to canoe across a lake, slack-line over a river, and more. It was more challenging than I'd expected (the slack-line, particularly, was a palm-sweat-inducing activity), but it reawakened my sense of adventure, reminding me of the benefits to shaking up my daily routine. At dinner after, over pastured chicken and Jerusalem artichokes grown 50 feet away, we discussed the place of wine in wellness—which broadened into a conversation about the place of pleasure in wellness in general. This became the theme of the three days: doing things that were healthy (bike riding, stand-up paddleboarding, partaking in a healthy cooking class) but definitively pleasurable at the same time.
The food especially exemplified this philosophy: The dinner rolls were free of gluten but bursting with the flavors of caramelized onions and fresh herbs; vegetables dominated the plate but were prepared to mouthwatering perfection; the wine was complex and rich and warranted a moment of quiet reflection on the ability of the earth to produce. The farm itself, with its lack of cellular service, encouraged truly disconnecting. Instead of checking my phone constantly, I'd sit on the lawn, listening to symphonic birds and cicadas, feeling the sunshine on my skin. Without the constant distraction of a computer in my pocket, I was free to fully, mindfully engage in every part of the day's activities, from eating to conversations. My antsiness rose like a wave during the first day (Was I missing out on important emails? Why was sitting still so boring?), but by the middle of the second, it had gently crested, sweeping in a new feeling of preternatural calm. That I was in an environment designed with utmost intentionality—from the original farmhouse décor to the winding paths through the property to the fire pits that were always lit, as if by magic, at the first approach of dusk—only offered that much more stimuli to savor.
The best part? While the retreat was a concentrated reminder of what wellness can look like, and, while I'd love to stay at the farm forever, my three days there imbued me with the confidence and desire to take a more intentional approach to self-care at home—an experience that's easily replicable. When you make your daily green smoothie, instead of shoving your same five staples in the blender, think about what flavors you could add to make drinking it an awakening, exciting experience for your taste buds (some fresh basil maybe? A new in-season fruit from the farmers market?). Swap your soul-sucking workout for one you look forward to going to. Set your phone aside for an hour and go for a casual stroll around your neighborhood (no pounding the pavement allowed!), letting yourself soak in the sounds and smells of the season. And don't forget to indulge in a delicious glass of wine—preferably with friends, outside, on a perfect end-of-summer day.
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Value, art, experience, politics
Though science might take front and centre stage quite often in Svalbard, art certainly plays some interesting roles up here. There are long-standing artists residency programmes (for both Longyearbyen and Ny Alesund) and expedition trips (like The Arctic Circle or Cape Farewell) specifically for artists and art-science collaborations, which have attracted many to these shores, searching for meaning, inspiration, difference, peace, ways to communicate climate change...other things I'm sure. I've found inspiration and ideas from talking with some of them myself. Now art has been ramped up a step in Longyearbyen...
Making is Connecting and Making Connections: Post conference thoughts of the RGS
At the end of August I attended the Royal Geographic Society (with IBG)'s annual conference in London. In preparation for, during and after the event I did a fair amount of reflecting on what the purpose of taking part in conferences are. I think it's fair to say that academics put a fair amount of time into deciding which conferences to go to, which sessions to apply to contribute to, what we should actually say when we get there and then what to do with it afterwards, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts on that sort of thing before the moment passes.
12th June - Into the mountain
We log in via the visitors book, pass the security guy, don hard hats with the Statsbygg logo (the state construction arm of the Norwegian government) and file into the dank corridor (which must be the bit outside the mountain) and through the second metal door that has been unlocked for us. We descend as we walk down the rounded tunnel, which feels like a pedestrianised version of road tunnels which go through mountains. Melt water steadily runs down the sides of the corrugations....
31st May - Trying and research
I've had a day focussed on tourism today, one way or another. It's actually 'low season' at the moment, between the busy snow-scooter, skiing - filled March and April and the summer season proper, although there are still visitors about here and there. So, like the tourist operators and service providers, I have been gearing up for the next round coming in...There are actually quite good statistics on what kind of people come from where for Svalbard, but not so much qualitative information on why they come and what they take away from their visit. So I am going to attempt to get a bit of an insight into value in Svalbard from this perspective as well, and am part-way to setting up a survey system. In fact, the most observant of you will perhaps notice there is a link to it at the top of this very website as well as the posters and forms I'm slowly getting around the town with. I say attempt as I really don't know what kind of response, if any, I will get from this approach, but sometimes research is about it being worth a try, right?
This evening I was very much looking forward to going to a cultural show from the people of Barentsburg visiting Longyearbyen, but due to one of my classic dispraxia-type blunders, I managed to miss it entirely (why do evening activities start so early here?!). Very trying, but ultimate failure. So instead, I ended up reading some more about tourism, which was actually quite well-timed, as some of the chapters were calling very strongly for more research into Arctic tourism...
28th May - Everything's political
(For anyone not of the right age and taste in music to get the Skunk Anansie reference, this blog title needs screaming loudly and with passion!)
As mentioned last week, Environmental Protection is a big talking point in Svalbard, as is the future of coal mining here. The 'paradox' between the two, is perhaps no different to other nations calling for more international action on climate change which have not maxed out on national efforts. However, in Svalbard these factors are drawn together in stark relief visually: coal - black - bad; ice/snow - white - good (especially when not melting!). Coal mining and scientific research (especially into climate science) makes up two of the three main 'pillars' of activity here (the third being tourism), so throw in a long cultural history and attachment to mining here, energy challenges, the issue of reinforcing sovreignty rights and the desire to be an environmental flag ship, and we have a very interesting melting pot which is not as simple as it might at first appear.
Today a 3 day conference that the research base and Norwegian Ministries had organised to stimulate internation action on climate change in Ny Alesund drew to a close. After her visit to Svalbard, the UN Executive Secretary on climate change, Christiana Figeures came out of that meeting with a message to Norway and Svalbard - stop mining coal, it doesn't fit with the climate research goals and image, though from her statement she clearly understands the challenges such a move would bring, insisting on needing to pull out in a responsible, fair and planned way that could set a good example.
From my perspective, this is all about value, values and how these input into the future strategies for Svalbard. If Norway is going to continue to push hard for positive environmental action, perhaps it will no longer be able to do so without re-evaluating how it's environmental 'flagship' is run both on and offshore (I might return to Grenpeace action off the coast another time!)...
24th May - time for tourism
Takes one to know one, so they say. In that spirit we booked ourselves on a guided walk up a glacier and into an ice cave as an exploration into tourist mode and a bit of a day off. Of course it wasn't, but it was heaps of fun in the sun! Along the way we talked history, politics, climate change, environmental protection and, erm, popular Swedish/ Norwegian TV shows... Though the concept of paying to go for a walk in the countryside is very odd in the UK, here it makes a lot more sense to follow someone who knows the good snow from the bad, the crevasses and avalanche sites and where the best bits are. This is not countryside as we know it! It's quite understandable why many are drawn to Svalbard to access this kind of stunning surroundings and winter sport activities, either as tourists or residents, especially on a really sunny day like today! Lots to think about value-wise along the way: silence vs adrenaline, legislation vs freedom, location and data (e.g. Svalsat satelitte company), landscape, local knowledge....
From 2 -9th July I joined the KTH (Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology)/ Illinois University field course: Environment and Society in a changing Arctic on their trip to Petunia Bay (we named our camp 'Avangostad' in honor of the course leader/ benevolent dictator, Dag Avango). What an incredible and magical week this was! Coming into a group of 35 Swedish and U.S students and leaders as a stranger, to join them in their field camp in a relatively remote location in Svalbard; well, it was a leap of faith from both sides…
Iced up Imagery 2
The next installment of icy films and TV
The Polar Bear Family and Me
So, polar bears. They have been fascinating to me from the point where they started being flag ship species and campaign motives for action on climate change (which I'll come to shortly). However, since starting this project, they have started to haunt my dreams (nightmares) in a rather different sense, given getting eaten by one is a possibility when I head out to Svalbard! Don't worry, I'll be taking all the necessary pre-cautions to minimise the risks, but I think it's good to have a healthy respect for these arctic residents, and watching this series has been useful in cultivating this.
Iced up Imagery
With there being some snow around (although not much in Aberystwyth), along with a flurry (sorry!) of documentaries popping up featuring one hell of a lot of ice, I thought I'd start a little series of posts about the ones I've been watching.
First up: Chasing Ice
If you haven't heard about this one, it's a documentary about the Extreme Ice Survey, a time-lapse photography project led by James Balog. About 30 cameras were installed (no mean feat!) to take time lapses of glaciers in the Arctic. That climate change is happening, is not something I need much convincing of. One can easily point to the many many variables this visual imagery cannot take into account (despite media headlines of course of 'irrefutable truths' etc). Nonetheless the retreat of the glaciers these cameras record, over just a few years, is quite staggering. Yes, this was over a short time period, but for me, watching such massive chunks of ice calving off into the sea and thinking about the long term trends and predictions at the same time, made for some scary and quite emotional viewing. Which, I presume is the main point of the project: giving people something real and happening to visualise when scientists talk of sea level rise, melting ice caps.
Just before attending this event [1] I remember questioning why I was going. Sure it sounded interesting, but I had umpteen assignments, marking, supervisions, all sorts that were looming, should I really be going to a conference that I'm not presenting at? Well, I'm really glad I did, it was an inspiring day full of interesting people and perspectives, lively cross-disciplinary discussions and I have to say I learnt a lot about what I need to learn more about! I won't mention all the speakers, but here is a round up of the discussions and questions that sparked particular interest for me.
Thinking about temporality
The centre's director, Graham Dawson got the day off to a good start by getting my brain ticking over the ways in which understandings of the past can be useful, not just interesting. Apparently this quote's famous, but it was a first hearing for me: 'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there' L. P Hartley: The Go Between (1953) – into which he interjected that the same could be said of the future. But how to do we 'go' to the past or future? These are key ponderances for me as I am thinking through the different temporalities my proposed case study sites invoke. Indeed climate change as an entity has time woven into it in every strand.
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This article investigates the queer feminist Swedish media projects HallonTV andDYKE HARD in order to argue that media production is constitutive of political movements as such. Particular attention is paid to an integral dimension of the constitution of such a political collectivity, namely its affective features. It is concerned with how a sense of 'community' comes to be 'experienced' by those who are involved, first-hand, in the development and extension of its messages to a wider public. Theoretically, the article proposes that these features will be better appreciated through both a harnessing of the discourse theoretical framework of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe as well as a reworking of the anthropologist Victor Turner's idea of communitas.
Citizenship is fast emerging as a central concern for transgender politics. This article approaches the topic of transgender citizenship by investigating empirically how the practice of blogging has served as a way of claiming, or practicing, intimate citizenship for transgendered people. Theorization of intimate citizenship helps us to further our understanding of the ways in which our most private decisions and practices are inextricably linked with public institutions, law and state policies. Significantly, this development is also tied up with other characteristically late modern technological advancements, ranging from new reproductive technologies to new Information and Communication Technologies. In the case of transgender politics, such interlacings become particularly perspicacious, not only due to modern discourses concerning diagnosis and treatment, but also because the presence of social media resources affords new possibilities for the sharing of personal and political narratives about 'being transgendered'. In this article, I investigate an event in the Swedish blogosphere, namely the way in which the national celebration of Swedish Mother's Day became a site for the contestation of the current limitations of the reproductive legal rights for transgendered people, providing an opening for a more general debate on transgender reproductive rights.
Third party conception is a growing phenomenon and provokes a burgeoning range of ethical, legal and social questions. What are the rights of donors, recipients and donor conceived children? How are these reproductive technologies regulated? How is kinship understood within these new family forms?
Written by specialists from three different continents, Transnationalising Reproduction examines a broad range of issues concerning kinship and identity, citizenship and regulation, and global markets of reproductive labour; including gamete donation and gestational surrogacy. Indeed, this book seeks to highlight how reproductive technologies not only makes possible new forms of kinship and family formations, but also how these give rise to new, ethical, political and legal dilemmas about parenthood as well as new modes of discrimination and a re-distribution of medical risks. It also thoroughly investigates the ways in which a commodification of reproductive tissue and labour affects the practices, representations and gendered self-understandings of gamete donors, fertility patients and intended parents in different parts of the world.
With a broad geographical scope, Transnationalising Reproduction offers new empirical and theoretical perspectives on third-party conception and demonstrates the need for more transnational approaches to third-party reproduction. This volume will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as Gender Studies, Health Care Sciences, Reproductive Technology and Medical Sociology.
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Tillämpad kulturteori ger en introduktion till teorier och perspektiv som är viktiga för etnologisk kulturanalys och kulturforskning i stort.
Genom en bred presentation av olika kulturteoretiska perspektiv får läsaren en god grund för att förstå likheter och skillnader samt influenser och kontroverser mellan olika teorier. Boken ger en intressant inblick i teoretiska synsätt för olikheter i sätt att förstå och definiera begreppet kultur. Varje kapitel har en introducerande översikt av ett perspektiv och har dessutom konkreta exempel på hur teorierna har tillämpats i kulturvetenskaplig forskning. Kapitlens lästips guidar läsaren vidare på vägen till fördjupade teoretiska studier och egna tillämpade analyser.
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Tillämpad kulturteori vänder sig till studenter i etnologi och andra kulturvetenskapliga utbildningar vid universitet och högskolor.Den ger en god orientering även för dem med ett mer allmänt intresse av kulturteori
As a pervasive historical construct that is both foreign and familiar, the USA has a looming presence in Swedish media discourse. Swedish journalists' views of the USA can best be described as ambivalent - critical of a unilateral or too passive US foreign policy, while at the same time being heavily influenced by many aspects of the American economic model and culture. This article presents the results of an analysis of Swedish editorials, debate, commentary and cultural articles about the USA in time periods between 1984 and 2009. During these three decades USA actions are broadly framed against the backdrop of Cold War, globalization and cultural contestation paradigms respectively. The USA is seen as a formidable power, one that should be checked by others on the international stage. Cultural symbols based on historical European narratives about the US are called upon to illustrate reckless unilateralism ('Space Cowboy' Reagan) or the future-oriented entrepreneur as a role model for Sweden (during the Clinton years). The final decade under the cultural contestation paradigm is also ambivalent - the role of religion in the USA appears foreign to Swedish eyes, whereas the USA's cultural misunderstandings with others appear familiar.
There have been a lot of studies dedicated to investigating nation branding as a set of political discourses and practices deploying analysis of objects of symbolic nature: logotypes, brand books, slogans and commercials. The present thesis aims to study nation branding as a form of communicative labour through investigating volunteering as a form of media work that is used as a tool of the nation branding campaign in Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. By using the theoretical concepts of nation branding, values and motivations of free labour in media industries, the thesis analyses the role of volunteers in the nation branding campaign during ESC 2017, volunteering as a specific form of media work and the motivation tools employed by the organisers and volunteers themselves to make sense of their involvement in the event. The analysis suggests that the roles assigned to volunteers as bearers of the nation brand are of great importance but the volunteers' understanding of this process is rather confused and blurred. Another point highlighted in the thesis is how is volunteering was organised in terms of training and motivation on the side of organisers and what kind of motivations were of the crucial significance to volunteers themselves.
This anthology utilizes the concept of encounters to investigate the linked constructions of identity and difference in modern European history. The articles use representations of others to ask basic questions about identity: how is the encountered group described, and what does this description say about the observer and about the cultural group and discourse that the observer represents?
The studies span 150 years and a wide geographical area (Germany, the U.S., Sweden and Russia). Importantly, they also demonstrate how descriptions of the "other" vary according to the media used. The form in which the representation is placed – in novels, travel literature, web sites, newspapers or World Fairs – affects the way in which its messages on identity and otherness are conceptualised and conveyed. These articles, thus, not only present insights into how the discourses of, e.g., race, Orientalism, educational, gender and class hierarchies affect concepts of "us and the others". They also show how the medium functions as an integral part of that message.
The book is written by a range of authors ranging from advanced students to professors. It is, accordingly, aimed not only at experts in the field, but also those starting out in identity and cultural studies – serving both as a textbook, and as a work for seasoned scholars looking for recent and innovative investigations in the field of identity studies.
This article takes at its point of the departure the practice of transracial adoption of children and adults. During the colonial period, it was not only non-white native children or adults who were adopted by white colonisers and settlers; the opposite also occurred. The existence of these 'inverted' transracial adoptions is well-documented in literary and autobiographical texts and historical documents, as well as in art and visual culture. At that time, the white transracial adoptee who had been transformed into the Other was stigmatised and even demonised as something of an ethno-racial monster transgressing the boundaries between Europeans and non-Europeans. This article aims to re-conceptualise transracial adoption within the framework of the fundamental inability of Europeans to attach to the lands and peoples outside Europe by making use of the concepts of indigenisation and autochtonisation.
In this text we introduce this special issue of Kulturella perspektiv that addresses the relationship between ethnography and fiction. Could ethnographic fiction serve as an alternative way to communicate research results? Can it help us to reach other audiences outside of academia? How can fantasy and fiction help us in the quest for new knowledge? These are the main questions posed and answered in this introductory article where we highlight some important contributions to this field in ethnology and anthropology. Revisiting concepts such as Clifford Geertz 'thick descriptions' and 'faction' the article suggests that ethnographic fiction is part of a tradition in ethnographic work that problematize the division between fact and fiction, reason and affect, as well as objectivity and subjectivity. Scholars that work in the ethnographic tradition has long since acknowledged researchers' interpretations and subjectivity as a part of our knowledge production. Qualitative research in general, and ethnographic research in particular, would be impossible without an active research subject that thinks, feels and engages in the field of research. The article discusses examples of ethnographic research that engages with alternative ways of writing up the results and communicating the findings. We suggest that a creative approach to writing might reach a new and larger audience and help establish the importance of ethnographic work
The information society, as an ideological formation, has previously been identified as celebrating speed and ephemerality: overcoming of boundaries, destabilization of identities and the dissapearance of distance (Mosco 2004). This paper however analyzes an ideological shift within digital culture. The paper identifies this shift as accompanying new business models, associated with what is often referred to as cloud computing. The success of this computing paradigm, we claim, is dependent on the construction of a new ideology, in which information is not only identified with speed and ephemerality but also stability and durability.
Empirically the paper concerns data centers: large, dedicated buildings in which interconnected servers are used to store and process digital information, utilized for commercial or administrative purposes by governments, organizations, and companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Data-centres are what Lisa Parks have called "obscure objects of media studies" (Parks 2009:101). They are hidden, out of sight, inconspicuous and often placed far from population centres. But at the same time they are "material imaginaries" comparable to the houses of large media corporations (cf. Ericson & Riegert 2010). They are conciously inscribed in a number of symbolic and ephemeral geographies. They are discursively – and not only materially – constructed as stabile, durable, lasting and safe. The purpose of the paper is to analyse how, by whom and with what purposes.
This paper presents an ongoing research project investigating how the Internet is impacting on music use in contemporary society. The backdrop to the project is the digitalization of society and culture, where the music industry has undergone profound changes, and where the Internet, for young people in particular, is changing listening modes and, potentially, meanings of, music in everyday life. Our objective is to shed light on what these transformations mean on the user level, and how their adaptation is situated specific geo-cultural settings, through a qualitative study of how young music users in Moscow and Stockholm experience and discuss music in relation to the Internet. Drawing on preliminary research findings, we aim to discuss and develop questions around how the Internet integrates with daily experience within contemporary society; what this means for music as a form of communication; and how adaptations of Internet technologies are shaped by geo-cultural frameworks.
Previous research has shown that uses of media technologies (Gray 1992, Lally 2002) as well as music consumption (DeNora 2000) are gendered practices, while scholars have also emphasized how national context and ideas about nation, ethnicity and race play into the uses of media technologies (Miller & Slater 2000) and music cultures (Roy 2010). Drawing on such analyses, this paper investigates contemporary practices in music use from an intersectional feminist perspective. It takes as its starting point the Internet as a core music platform, which is transforming listening modes and potentially also meanings of music.
Posing questions about how to understand emerging trends in music use in relation to music as a gendered and place-bound practice, the paper presents one part of a larger study of music use online among young adults in Stockholm and Moscow. The study is ongoing and is conducted by the presenters and their colleagues. Analyzing focus group interviews with young adult men and women, the paper explores how – primarily – gender and nation is articulated (Hall 1996) in the talk about music and online media technologies. Through discussions about their favorite music as well as their favorite media to use when listening to music, and how music is intricately intertwined in their social networks, the participants display ideas about themselves in a context of gender, place, ethnicity and race. We argue that the way they listen to music and use media technology such as Spotify and Last FM can be understood as interplaying with the process of articulation of gender and nation, and that this articulation may differ between different places.
The article seeks to explore the common ground between biopolitics, fashion, patriotism and nostalgia. Taking off from the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics as a control apparatus exerted over a population, I provide an insight into the modern construction of the Russian nation, where personal and collective sacrifice, traditional femininity and masculinity, orthodox religion, and the Great Patriotic War become the basis for patriotism. On carefully chosen case studies, I will show how the state directly and indirectly regulates people's lives by producing narratives, which are translated (in some cases designers act as mouthpieces for the state demographic or military politics) into fashionable discourses and, with a core of time, create specific gender norms–women are seen as fertile mothers giving birth to new soldiers, while men are shown as fighters and defenders of their nation. In the constructed discourses, conservative ideals become a ground for the creation of an idea of a nation as one biological body, where brothers and sisters are united together. In these fashionable narratives, people's bodies become a battlefield of domestic politics. Fashion produces a narrative of a healthy nation to ensure the healthy work- and military force.
The article seeks to explore the common ground between bio-politics, gender, patriotism and war nostalgia. Taking off from the Foucaldian notion of biopolitics as a control apparatus exerted over a population, we provide an insight into the modern construction of Russian nation, where personal and collective sacrifice, traditional femininity and masculinity, orthodox religion andwar become the basis for patriotism. On carefully chosen case studies we will show how the state directly and indirectly regulates peoples lives by producing narratives, which are translated into media discourses and with a core of time create specific "gender norms" – women are seen as fertile mothers giving birth to new soldiers, while men are shown as fighters and defenders of their nation. In the constructed discourses nostalgia for a war plays one of the central roles and becomes a ground of a creation of an idea of a nation as one biological body, where brothers and sisters are united together. In these popular culture narratives people's bodies become a battlefield of domestic politics. Popular culture hence produces a narrative of a healthy nation to ensure the healthy work- and military force. The authors tackle the above-mentioned aims by conducting visual analysis of several films, where the main characters are women in contrast to the majority of films about war. (Batallion (2015), A zori zdes' tikhie (2015)).
This article examines the appropriation and redirection of the Gothic in two contemporary Native-centered feature films that concern a history that can be said to haunt many Native North American communities today: the history of Indian boarding schools. Georgina Lightning's Older than America (2008) and Kevin Willmott's The Only Good Indian (2009) make use of Gothic conventions and the figures of the ghost and the vampire to visually relate the history and horrors of Indian boarding schools. Each of these Native-centered films displays a cinematic desire to decenter Eurocentric histories and to counter mainstream American genres with histories and forms of importance to Native North American peoples. Willmott's film critiques mythologies of the West and frontier heroism, and Lightning attempts to sensitive non-Native viewers to contemporary Native North American concerns while also asserting visual sovereignty and affiming spiritual values.
Nowadays Eurasianism is gradually transformed from a philosophical doctrine known only to experts into cultural and political practice. The attempts of reintegration of the former Soviet Union made by Kremlin encourage population to reflect on the historical mission of Russia and its 'civilizational' identity. Vladimir Putin in his article published in "Izvestya" in October 2011 made clear division between the supporters and opponents of the Eurasian Union. Russia's contemporary Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, warmly supports the idea of the Eurasian integration and even called it the major "macro-task" of Russia. In his writings and documents of his ministry, Medinsky actively entertains the idea of Eurasian union and considers Eurasianism one of the most fruitful doctrines aiming at Russian inner and foreign politics. In my presentation I am going to analyze the recent documents and statements of the Ministry of Culture concerning Eurasianism as a force of cultural and political re-integration of Russia with former Soviet territories and other neighboring countries.
This paper analyzes the phenomenon of classical opera used (and abused) by the Soviet officials as an instrument to re-build imperial common consciousness on a new, Soviet ground, and, thus, create the transnational political space of a very special character.


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A lot of us have heard of how 3-D Printing and Robotics are changing the future of construction, and we are excited about how those innovations are making an impact already. However, there are even more up-and-coming new technologies that have some significant benefits, including big cost savings, energy conservation, and helping the environment. Here … Continue reading "Futuristic Construction


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It's volunteers week, and while we are hugely grateful to our volunteers all year round, it seems timely to give them a special shout out this week. We have over 85 volunteers who are supporting the mission to empower our Supermums spread over three roles: mentoring, training and content development.
Our volunteer mentors support our Supermum trainees through their learning journey; encouraging, motivating and sharing their Salesforce skills. Trainers deliver excellent live webinars to share their expertise with our Supermum cohorts and the curriculum team is doing fantastic work helping us to develop new courses, such as the new Developer course and another for Pardot / Marketing Solutions.
Those of you who are part of the Salesforce community will already know that it is just that: a great community of people ready and willing to share their knowledge to benefit the wider ecosystem. Cyrill, one of our mentors and trainers sums it up nicely:
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Very nice, apart from some of the lighting effects, it looks and sounds convincingly old school. Difficulty is old school too, at least you need some respawns to learn the tricks of some new places. The slow browser version actually helps a beginner, since you have more time to react, although otherwise it makes the game less exciting.
I'd like to invite this game (and/or maybe some other games you have made recently) to our Game Development World Championship!


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June 29, 2009: Morning Call
Fair Value: SP500 – 915.24; NDX: 1479.73; DOW: 8385.67
Technical Levels:
SPX: 765, 788, 832, 875-880 support/ 935-943 resistance
04:00: Euro-zone Consumer Confidence (June): -30; Economic Conf: 71.0
04:00: Euro-zone Industrial Confidence (June): -32
08:30: Chicago Fed. National Activity Index (May): 33.10
17:00: APOL earnings call
Post-market EPS: APOL (1.12/1.04B); HRB (2.05/2.5B)
Foreign Market Summary/Key Macro News/Commentary:
The S&P and NASDAQ futures are both trading 2 points above fair value at 7:30am ET. The futures are trading 10 points above the overnight session low (907.40) in very light volume. Asian markets closed lower (Japan down 0.95%, Hong Kong down 0.39%, Australia down 0.43%, Shanghai up 1.65%, Taiwan down 1.1%, India up 0.14%). Japanese Industrial production came in weaker than expected (5.9% vs. consensus 7.0%). Daiwa Securities (8601.JP) fell after announcing a $2.5B share sale and Mizuho Financials (8411.JP) also traded lower on talk of share sale. European markets quickly reversed small opening declines and are currently trading up between 0.50% and 1.2%. Euro-zone confidence numbers came in stronger than expected. Deutsche Telecom is up 2.5% on chatter that VOD is considering a bid for DT's UK wireless division. ELN traded up as much as 8% before pulling back on chatter that NVS is in talks to buy part of the Elan. Reports are saying that an agreement is "some way off."
Research Calls/Market Moving News:
AAPL (142.44): Collins Stewart says iPhone shipments are well ahead of consensus, according to their channel checks. " Final June Production Well Above Our Prior Estimate Our AAPL supply chain checks indicate that total iPhone production (3G/GS) for the June quarter will come in close to 7 million or well above our earlier near consensus expectations of 4.6 million. The late ramp was attributed to production bottlenecks. Legacy 3G iPhone shipments would have increased over 15% sequentially to 4.4 million and the residual 2.4 million representing 3GS shipments. Overall shipments are almost 2x the levels in the June quarter. Conservative Production Forecast: AAPL current iPhone production forecast for the September quarter calls for total unit shipments to modestly exceed 6 million units. This would be a high single digit decline both sequentially and year-on-year. If these production levels hold, it would represent modest sequential increase for the 3GS phones and a 15% decline for the 3G platform. It appears that AAPL will sunset the legacy platform by year end. n Model iPhone contributes to about a fifth of top-line revenues. An incremental 2+ million iPhone shipments translates to an additional $150 million based on subscription accounting, or a 2% upside, to our revenue estimate of $8.1billion.
WSJ says PPIP has lost momentum and shows the difficulty of getting the bad debt off the banks' balance sheets: Cites the well known causes: "Big banks worried about having to sell at fire-sale prices while small banks feared they would be shut out. Potential buyers balked at the risk of doing business with the government, concerned that politicians might demonize them for making big profits." Some officials say the banking environment has improved and there is not as much of a need for the program, as demonstrated by the recent capital raisings. The FDIC effectively ended the prong that would buy bad bank loans earlier this month while investors are reluctant to participate in the effort to buy troubled securities. Some claim that the announcement of the program generated the confidence to allow the bank to raise private capital.
AAPL (142.44): Barron's Follow Up is still positive on Apple: The shares are trading for 25x forward earnings compared to a 5 year average of 30x. Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi has a target of $155 and believes the near term performance will be good enough to merit a higher stock price. COO Cook has performed ably while CEO Jobs was absent for medical reasons.
AAPL (142.44): NY Times notes the popularity of gaming on the Apple iPhone: Games are the largest section of the App Store and the largest number of downloads. The gaming industry is starting to pay attention to the casual gamers who use the iPhone to play, about 79% of iPhone users have downloaded games vs 31% for smartphone users in general. Electronic Arts is now bringing titles to the iPhone, including some of the bigger franchises. Some developers say the sophisticated level of play possible is starting to cut into the market of devices like the PSP and DS.
GOOG (425.32): Google argues size shouldn't matter because it is a click away from obsolescence reports the NY Times: Google is waging a public relations campaign to convince regulators and lawmakers that despite its size, Google is still vulnerable to competition and industry disruptive technologies. Google has not been accused of anticompetitive practices but is involved in three separate governmental investigations and some analysts say government opposition is the biggest threat to the company's continued success.
DELL (13.68): Bernstein comments on Dell, acquisition strategy: The firm believes DELL is focused on acquiring small to medium sized enterprise related companies with strong margin profiles and higher levels of recurring revenues and says a PC or consumer/handset related acquisition appears unlikely. Bernstein does believe DELL should consider a deal to acquire another PC company with Acer mentioned as a possibility. A large acquisition in the services area such as CSC or ACN is seen as highly unlikely though Perot (PER) could make sense. With regard to the storage area, Compellent (CML) and CommVault (CVLT) are both seen as appropriate targets.
STT (48.33): State Street receives Wells notice from SEC: On 25-Jun, the staff of the SEC provided State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street's principal subsidiary, with a "Wells" notice. The notice relates to an ongoing SEC investigation into disclosures and management by State Street Global Advisors of certain active fixed-income strategies during 2007 and prior periods. The Wells notice informs State Street that the SEC staff intends to ask the SEC Commissioners for permission to bring a civil enforcement action for possible violations of the securities laws.
Barron's summaryCover: Examination of the asset allocation of the large university endowments. Interview: Joe Dear, chief investment officer of Calpers, is counting on a 7.75% rate of return long term. Lead Articles: Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN) looks worth buying after a recent selloff; Henry Schein (HSIC) and Patterson (PDCO) look overextended; cautious near term on Asia; Other Voices is a contribution from Joe Queenan; Editorial questions the wisdom of the proposals for increased regulating of the financial markets. Columns: The Trader is cautious on the markets and dollar, looks at potential commodity M&A and is positive on Accenture (ACN); Commodities Corner says corn bulls may suffer if not as much farmland is left fallow as originally planned and the shift away from corn does not materialize; Current Yield notes the backing away from risk lately and the risk to the larger market if California starts paying obligations with IOUs on 1-July; Asia Trader notes the strength of the Indonesian market; Euro Trader is positive on Allianz (AZ) and AXA Group (AXA); The Striking Price notes the time it takes for a calming of volatility to be priced into longer term options and that some traders are seeking to profit from that; Follow Up is still positive on Apple (AAPL) and packaging stocks; Up and Down Wall Street considers the latest economic and political news; Streetwise notes that if the credit markets are correct, then conditions should remain supportive of stocks generally; D.C. Current notes the secretiveness surrounding the Obama administration's auto task force; Technology Trader criticizes Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) for their lack of candor, Apple about CEO Jobs' health and Palm about sales of the Pre; Plugged In notes the attack of NetSuite (N) against SAP (SAP) on SAP's home territory with the coming release of NetSuite's applications for German companies and others doing business in that country.
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He was a visionary dude who brought a lot of great music to a higher place. From the dance moves and 70's soul of James Brown and Marvin Gaye to the amazing crossover into elecro and funk that was S.O.L.A.R. records. Don Cornelius and Soul Train did MTV first.
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Dovecote Green Primary School
Dovecote Green Primary School, located at Dubai Investments Park, provides a primary education to a very small community of 170 pupils. A relatively new school, it should be inspected by Dubai's education regulator, the KHDA, for the first time in the 2016/17 academic year.
The school is currently the only UK curriculum school within the Dubai Investment Park area – home to The Green Community, The Palisades, Ritaj, Dunes Village, Dubai Lagoon and the EWAN Residences. The school serves the Green Community particularly well with a footpath linking the two "enabling children to walk from their homes… We encourage families to walk and cycle to school."
See the Q and A with Dovecote Green Primary School here
The school is managed by Evolvence Education, part of Evolvence Knowledge Investments – owners of Repton (just rated Outstanding in the latest KHDA report round) and Foremarke.
The school opened with just 40 pupils and was initially and in its own words, was a "little quiet". Over the last two years it has grown substantially however and is now home to some 170 pupils.The school now describes itself as "a wonderfully small British school with a fantastic community spirit".
The school provides an Education based on the National Curriculum for England with students from FS1 to Year 6. The school has a capacity of 560 children by expanding the number of classes for each year group. Dovecote Green streams subjects for different abilities to tailor material and teaching for those who may need more time, as well as for those talented and gifted children within a subject that grasp the concepts more quickly.
The school covers "all National Curriculum subjects and set high standards in all."
The school's teachers are predominantly recruited from the UK, and have both a BA with PGCE (a post graduate certificate in education) or equivalent. At the time of our first look at the school class sizes had an average of 10 children and the largest classroom had 20. The smallest has 9 pupils.
In the last set of figures we had from the school was that one in two students came from the United Kingdom, 40 percent were European, and 10% from "other" nationalities. A total of 10 nationalities were represented at the school. However, we believe the school has evolved significantly from its first cohort and its student demographic more broad based.
Dovecote Green is closely linked to Repton senior school. Its aim is to teach the children to finish year 6 at the required standard to pass the Repton entrance exam.
Facilities at the school are very good, offering an attractive and 'bright' environment for learning. The school is set on a large plot of land, part of which was initially earmarked for a full sports field, and may still be – however part of which is now described as "ripe for further development and expansion".
The school is essentially an inverted T shape with the main reception area located at the front of the building and the three teaching blocks located behind. The corridors are wide and bright – unlike many schools, there is natural light throughout the building.
To the side of the main block is a very spacious indoor sports hall, and a multi-purpose dance studio. There are two outdoor swimming pools – a 20m meter pool and a Toddler pool. Currently, there is a green area with play equipment at the front of the building, a large covered, shaded area with rubberized flooring at the back of one teaching block and a third area under development as a garden/play space.
Extra-curricular activities offered by the school include football, swimming, dance, martial arts and yoga. Of these the teacher led extra-curricular activities are free to all pupils.
Dovecote Green believes its strength lies in it "catering firmly for the 'whole child', developing each child's thinking skills in order to become a successful 21st century learner. Even when it reaches full size it will much smaller school than many found in Dubai which will appeal to parents seeking a smaller, more homely environment. Class sizes will be set at around 20 students, and the focus of the school will be on educational quality and sports activities whilst developing strong links to the local community.
The school is in a good location for growth – just watch the area as Expo 2020 approaches, and with a very defined set of objectives, it is a school to watch.


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I sat in the lobby of the Nissan dealership that Saturday morning, looking up at the decorative clumps of balloons clumped together by a string, hanging from the ceiling. They were a mix of white, red and black, and were covered in a layer of dust, which gave me the impression that they needed a better cleaning service. The large lobby was nice. Wood paneling surrounded the room with large windows above them, showing office spaces beyond them. Those balloons did not do the room any favors.
I looked around. People sat around the tables and chairs that were scattered about, all of them, glued to their cell phones. My guess was they were all getting their cars serviced, as was I, and all of them had no intention on making any kind of human interaction. Fucking humanity! So selfish and self-centered, not willing to exchange a friendly smile or greeting. But Who can blame them, I have to include myself in that observance. I laughed as I flipped through the bullshit political posts on Facebook thinking 'look in the mirror my friend'. Fuck it. What are we supposed to do? Who gives a shit, let it all fall apart.
I glanced at my watch – 9:30am. Its been over an hour and a half. Way longer than I was told I'd have to wait by the mechanic for an oil change on my Rogue. I was growing impatient, the weekends were my only days to relax and recoup from the tireless routine of an eight to five during the week. I should be home relaxing, playing on the Xbox or binge watching the shit out of The Sopranos. The overhead speaker came on, a name was announced to head to the back counter. Their vehicle was ready. It wasn't my name.


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Post Florence Update – 9/20/18
Post Florence Update – 9/20/18 at 7:30 p.m.
As most of you are aware, we had an uninvited guest roll through our area recently named Florence. We are still picking up the pieces from the mess she left, but we are working diligently to be able to welcome our invited guests back. We just don't know when that will be exactly. All check-ins remain suspended until further notice and we cannot say with any certainty when those will start again.
Guests who are scheduled to check in over the next week that purchased travel insurance are encouraged to contact Red Sky with any insurance questions.
For all guests scheduled to check in over the next two weeks, we are hopeful that we will have more information available to you early next week once property assessments are completed.
We ask that you continue to watch for updates on our website and Facebook page. Any guests due to check in to a property that would necessitate a move because of damages will be contacted by phone early next week. An email will be sent out to guests due to check in over the next two weeks once assessments are complete with further information.
We ask for your continued patience as we have a skeletal crew in place on the island currently. Our phones remain off at this time so we can concentrate on getting our office up and running.
We have been so impressed with the progress that has been made by linemen to restore power quickly and by the efforts of the local government officials and staff to get basic services up and running again. Here are some of the factors at play as of this posting:
- The Town of Caswell Beach has not lifted its mandatory evacuation order for visitors and has stated they will not do so before Monday, September 24, 2018.
- The Town of Oak Island, while no longer under a boil water advisory, still does not have adequate sewer service to large portions of the island.
- Areas outside of Oak Island remain under a boil water advisory as well as a nightly curfew.
- The city of Southport remains under a state of emergency.
- Groceries and gas remain in short supply, with provisions being flown into the Cape Fear Regional Jetport and South Brunswick Middle School for the population that is currently in the county.
- Though roads on the island have improved greatly, state officials are still discouraging people from driving to southeastern North Carolina because of flooded and damaged roads, including large sections of Interstate 40 and 95. Road conditions will continue to change through the weekend as rivers continue to rise. According to reports from the News & Observer:
- S. 74 is closed from I-95 east into Columbus County and then again in several places after its merger with U.S. 76 through Columbus and Brunswick counties to Wilmington.
- Several sections of U.S. 17 that had been closed in Brunswick County reopened Wednesday morning, but dozens of other roads in the county, including sections of N.C. 130, N.C. 133, N.C. 211, N.C. 87, N.C. 904 and N.C. 906 remain impassable.
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Saxitoxins are potent neurotoxins that produced by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and dinoflagellates in both freshwater and marine environments.
Saxitoxins are a group of carbamate alkaloids that range in molecular weight from 256 to 491 and have a net charge of +2, +1, or 0. [1268] Saxitoxins and neosaxitoxins were identified for the first time in a species of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. [1282]
There are well-documented human and animal sicknesses and fatalities associated with consuming saxitoxins derived from toxic marine dinoflagellates. [1278, 1282] Saxitoxins display a wide range of toxicities and may affect the nervous system via a range of mechanisms. [1268] Saxitoxins have a high affinity for binding to voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve cells and preventing neurotransmission at both neuronal synapses and neuromuscular junctions. [1268] If consumed in sufficient quantity, they will ultimately cause respiratory paralysis and death. [1268]
Saxitoxins are not regulated in drinking water by USEPA.
Saxotoxins have been identified in several cyanobacterial species in the United States, South America, and Europe. [1268, 1280, 1298] Several detection methods are currently in use, including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), cell culture bioassays, immunoassays, and protein phosphatase inhibition assays. [1282]
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1280 Rositano, J., Newcombe, G., Nicholson, B. and Sztajnbok, P.; 2001; Ozonation of nom and algal toxins in four treated waters; Wat. Res.; 35:1:23
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History of Mekelle University
Mekelle University is found at the town of Mekelle in Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia , at a distance of 783 Kilometers from the Ethiopian capital.The merger the two former colleges: Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College established the University in May 2000 by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution. The two colleges have their own historical developments after beginning from scratch, and have also experienced exhausting ascends and descends, with voluminous relocations from place to place.
Mekelle Business College
Mekelle Business College was first established as a school of Economics in 1987 by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in one of the then liberated areas of Tigray- Dejena (in Western Tigray). The main objective of the school was to train middle-level experts who could assume the financial and administrative responsibilities of the public in the then liberated areas during the armed struggle. After the downfall of the Derg regime, the School assessed the demand in the different parts of the country and designed a new curriculum to meet the demand. And, in 1991, the school was upgraded to a college offering diploma level programs and renamed Mekelle Business College, marking the establishment of the first higher institution in Tigray at the very end of the last decade of the 20th century.
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