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The Post-9/11 GI Bill encourages veterans to go to college by paying for part of --and in some cases all -- tuition costs. The bill has a series of rules and maximums and not all veterans can claim full benefits. The bill figures its contribution to a given veteran's college education by looking at the state in which the school is located and giving her either an amount equivalent to the highest in-state tuition of any public university in the state or an amount that covers her full tuition, whichever is lower. The bill does not consider out-of-state rates, though veterans can apply benefits to out-of-state tuition.
Out-of-State Tuition
The GI Bill does not consider out-of-state tuition when figuring the benefits that a veteran can receive, regardless of if the veteran pays out-of-state or in-state rates. The Post-9/11 GI Bill only pays out benefits calculated from in-state tuition rates. However, if the veteran pays out-of-state rates, he is eligible to receive the highest benefit amount for the state that the school is located in, which is equivalent to the highest in-state tuition of a state-run university or college. For example, if a veteran pays out-of-state rates of $10,000 a semester at a public university where in-state rates are $5,000 a semester, the veteran is eligible to receive the highest in-state rates of any school in that state, not just that school. If the state's flagship school charges $8,000 for in-state students, the veteran is eligible to receive $8,000 to apply to out-of-state rates at the cheaper school.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs publishes a table every year with the maximum tuition rates for each state. The VA calculates each state's maximum rate by looking at the highest tuition for any program at any public university or college, such as a flight school course or a nursing program. Most states' maximums fall between $2,000 and $12,000 per term, with some states in the hundreds of dollars; note that some states waive tuition for veterans. A few states top the charts with extremely high maximums, such as Utah ($85,000 per term), Kansas ($50,000) and Colorado ($45,000).
The Bill awards veterans benefits according to a tier system. Veterans with 36 months of active duty and an honorable discharge are eligible for 100 percent of the possible benefits (in other words, 100 percent of the maximum award in their chosen schools' states). For every six months under 36 months of duty, a veteran's eligibility is reduced by 10 percent: 30 months of active duty comes with eligibility for 90 percent of the maximum awards, 24 months with 80 percent and so on.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill 2.0, which gives veterans more choice in their programs, starts on Aug. 1, 2011. Under the 2.0 Bill, a veteran can choose between all public school in-state tuition and fees or up to $17,500 for a private school each academic year. Some schools may also participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which helps veterans cover extra costs. Only veterans with 36 months of active duty can enroll in the program.
Related Articles
- Department of Veterans Affairs; The Post-9/11 GI Bill; December 2010
- Department of Veterans Affairs; 2010-2011 Maximum In-State Tuition and Fees for the Post-9/11 GI Bill; August 2010
- Department of Veterans Affairs; Benefits of the Yellow Ribbon Program; December 2010
- Military.com: New Post-9/11 GI Bill Overview
- Department of Defense: Special Report on the Post-9/11 GI Bill
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Best known for winning America's Got Talent in Season 7 and stealing the hearts of America, the Olate Dogs are more than just a dog show.
Now, they are coming to the State Theatre in Modesto, with a special show on Sunday, May 27 at 2 p.m.; doors open at 1 p. m.
Indeed, Richard and Nicholas Olate and their team of amazing dogs do stunts and tricks that will amaze and delight. But they have taken their talents to another level. They are now presenting this fantastic variety show with more than just dog tricks to theatres around the country, drawing capacity family crowds and rave reviews.
Nicholas Olate is a performer in his own right, a singer and outstanding emcee. Richard Olate is a great actor and personality, and the dogs are stars unlike any others. The show includes comedy, slapstick and acrobatics, music, original film and of course amazing dog tricks in a touching blend that has met with standing ovations.
Tickets include VIP for $55, which includes premium seating and after-show meet-and-greet or regular seating for $35 and $25. There is a $10 discount per ticket for kids 12 and under.
For online ticket sales go to www.thestate.org. To purchase your tickets by phone call The State Box Office at 209-527-4697 from noon to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. If still available, tickets may also be purchased the night of the event up to the start of the presentation.
The State Theatre is at 1307 J St., Modesto.

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The Care Index
Explore the state of child care in the U.S.
Introducing the first comprehensive report on the state of paid child care in the United States based on cost, quality and availability of nannies, childcare centers and family daycares.
Stories from four states
Finding, paying for and providing quality child care: Hear from families, care providers and advocates about the challenges they face.
This Isn't The Baby-Sitters ClubLearn about the near impossibility of finding and affording high quality infant care in GA, despite great progress on universal pre-K. Learn more
Financial Chaos Means Family CrisisA cautionary tale from IL in which inadequate and unpredictable government funding can dismantle early learning resources and leave both parents and caregivers in the lurch. Learn more
Can't Give Care Without CaregiversHear about staffing shortages in MA and the movement to improve caregiver pay and working conditions. Learn more
The Cost of the High Cost of CareSee how caregivers and families alike struggle in NM when caregivers aren't paid enough and families find it hard to afford quality care and maintain jobs in a weak economy. Learn more
About the numbers
The Care Index draws on unique proprietary data from Care.com member job postings and caregiver reviews, as well as publicly available data from other organizations including the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC). A survey conducted by Care.com in October 2015 provides additional data on paid child care arrangements in each state among households with children. Survey questions include detailed information about the primary childcare arrangement for each child, time to find a caregiver, and reasons for changing child care providers.
For the purposes of the Care Index, cost refers to the cost of 40 hours per week of care for 52 weeks for one child. Cost data for nannies is based on Care.com hourly rates offered in jobs posted by families seeking full-time child care. Child care center rates are drawn from rate cards for child care centers on Care.com. The cost is normalized using U.S. Census, state-level data on median household income.
The quality component of the Care Index combines quality data for in-home child care providers (nannies), family child care providers (typically defined as sole proprietors taking care of a small number of non-related children inside of the home of the sole proprietor) and child care centers. For in-home child care providers, the data comes from parent reviews of caregivers on Care.com. For family child care providers, quality is measured as the percentage of family homes in a state accredited by the National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC). For child care centers, quality is measured as the percentage of centers in a state that are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Availability ratings are based on unique proprietary data from Care.com on the number of active child care provider profiles on the Care.com website in a given state. For child care centers, data on availability comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which tracks the number of child care providers employed in day care centers. Each metric is calculated as a ratio of the number of child care providers to the number of children under 5, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau. By combining individual providers and family day cares and child care centers, the availability index considers the number of paid child care options relative to the number of children under 5 by state.
Overall ranking
The Care Index is a ranking of all 50 states based on the cost, quality and availability of paid child care in each state, combining both in-home caregiving and child care center data. Each of these three components is given equal weight when ranking states in the Index.
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music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by John Caird
Period: Biblical // Approx. largest cast size: 50 // Age group: High school
From musical theatre greats, Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith… not to mention centuries of unresolved family business! An expansive and ambitious musical, the original production used a cast of sixty.Adam, Eve, Noah and the "Father" who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet. but inspiring. message: that "the hardest part of love… is letting go." A large cast is needed to take on the story of the Old Testament in this moving, foot-stomping musical. Children of Eden is a wonderful show for faith-based groups looking for a large-scaled pageant with sweeping music.


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This article originally was published on iDigitalTimes.
A Chilean government agency within the civil aeronautics directorate, the Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (CEFAA), released a video taken by a Navy helicopter of a mysterious craft in 2014.
The footage was captured by two naval officers on a helicopter-mounted Wescam infrared camera, typically used in covert, aerial surveillance. If you've seen Predator drone footage, you've seen these cameras in action. Captured west of Santiago at an altitude of approximately 4,500 feet (far lower than commercial airliners), the Unexplained Aerial Phenomenon (UAP, the new preferred term for UFOs) was first observed with the naked eye from an estimated distance of 35 to 40 miles.
Described by the captain as a "flat, elongated structure" with "two thermal spotlights-like discharges that did not coincide with the axis of motion," the object can be seen discharging a chemical plume at approximately eight minutes into the video. The darker color indicates high heat, as captured by the infrared lens.
A complete play-by-play of the video can be read at Huffington Post, where Leslie Kean, author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record, provides an in-depth analysis of the event.
During the encounter, the pilot contacted two separate radar stations who were unable to track the object (their on-board radar also failed to pick up the object) and confirmed that there was no other air traffic in the area. Multiple attempts to contact the craft received no reply.
For the past two years CEFAA has been sharing the video with experts, including a nuclear chemist, astrophysicist and video and image experts.
So far the only mundane explanation offered came from the French UFO organization GEIPAN, whose video analysts proposed the possibility of a "medium-haul aircraft" dumping cabin wastewater before landing. The Chilean researchers and witnesses pointed out a number of reasons this would be unlikely, including the lack of radar corroboration, the unlikelihood of an experienced pilot failing to recognize an airplane and the lack of any nearby flight path scheduled for a landing at either of the two nearby airports.
"This has been one of the most important cases in my career as director of CEFAA because our committee was at its best," General Ricardo Bermúdez, former CEFAA director, told Kean. "The CEFAA is well regarded partly because there is full participation from the scientists of the academic world, the armed forces through their representatives, and the aeronautic personnel from the DGAC, including its director. I am extremely pleased as well with the conclusion reached which is logical and unpretentious… the great majority of committee members agreed to call the subject in question a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) due to the number of highly researched reasons that it was unanimously agreed could not explain it."


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Comments on Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition W3C Working Draft 9 December 2003 http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-webarch-20031209/ The comments below address only one substantive, fundamental issue in the document. I have other issues with the document (for example, authoritativeness of metadata) but these are all subsidiary to this one issue. I actually generally like the idea of having this sort of document. It is a very good idea to delimit some of the principles of the World Wide Web. (In fact, a similar document for the Semantic Web would also be very useful - perhaps one that abided by the third architectural basis of the World Wide Web.) The major issue that I have with the contents of this document concerns the related notions of ownership and authoritativeness. I find that the document neither adequately defines nor uses these fundamental notions and that this problem undermines much of what the document is trying to do. The document defines a resource as an ``item of interest''. This is a very broad definition, which includes things like 1/ the Oaxaca Weather Report from WeatherExample, 2/ the Oaxaca weather report, i.e., some idealized representation of the Oaxaca weather, and 3/ the Oaxaca weather. The document also uses URIs, as they are normally defined. The document then talks about resource owners and URI owners. However, unfortunately neither resource owner nor URI owner is well defined in many situations. Some URIs, notably many URIs in the http URI scheme, have authority components, which can be used to define a notion of ownership. However, even for such URIs, the authority is often not the owner. (For example, dl.kr.org is probably assigned to MIT, but doing a get on http://dl.kr.org/ does not return a page that is owned by MIT. In fact, the true owner of this page is Carsen Lutz. This situation is actually quite common, where the owner of an html document is best determined by looking for the ``maintained by'' text.) Many other URIs (e.g., http://weather.example.com, xxx:yyy) simply do not have any authority or owner. Even if a URI has an owner, this owner does not, in general, ``enable the URI owner to serve authoritative representations of a resource.'' Certainly there is no way that the owner of http://weather.example.com/oaxaca, if there was one, is in any special relationship to the Oaxaca weather or even the Oaxaca weather report, as this owner is not also the owner (or creator or controller or ...) of the Oaxaca weather or even the Oaxaca weather report. (Well, I suppose that it might be possible for some owner to actually control the Oaxaca weather, but this is highly unlikely.) Even for resources that are created as documents on the World Wide Web, it is not necessarily the case that the owner of a URI that identifies a resource that is a Web document also owned by this owner will necessarily serve authoritative representations of this document. There are many cases where better information about a Web document is available from other sources. (Consider the caches maintained by Google, leaked versions of documents that are only available in censored form from their owner, documents that are only available in summary form but which can be reconstructed by others.) Given all these problems I don't see how the architectural principles of the World Wide Web can be so dependent on resource ownership. Many of the uses of ``resource owner'' in the document do not make sense at all and need to be removed from the document. Peter F. Patel-Schneider Bell Labs Research
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Investigation of the influence of different bracing of automotive pouch cells on cyclic liefetime and impedance spectra
Martin Wünsch, Jörg Kaufmann, Dirk Uwe Sauer; Journal of Energy Storage, vol 21, 02, 2019 pp. 149-155
Lithium-Ion pouch cells are types of cells with great potential regarding energy and power densities to design of battery systems and battery modules in electromobility. These cells pose a high demand on their placement and bracing in the module to compensate their expansion and therefore guarantee a long lifetime. The challenge is to identify optimal bracing for the individual pouch cells. Thus, this work studies the cyclic aging of four identical automotive pouch cells under different bracing conditions while measuring cell-specific force, distance and impedance parameters. This measurement shows an improved mechanical integration of this type of battery cell in modules. Furthermore there is a recognizable correlation between the different conditions of strain and the impedance spectra along different states of aging. From this results a specific parameter is identified which can be used for rapid test procedures.
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Have you been meaning to update your LinkedIn profile and just haven't gotten around to it? You're not alone, and I hope this article will lead you to rethink that position. That's because the seemingly harmless act of ignoring your profile can cost you, especially in the area of new business opportunities.
Read on to see what happened to three professionals who didn't update their profiles.
An inaccurate profile
Barry is a partner in a Tier 1 accounting firm. He's been there nearly two years. He hasn't bothered to update his LinkedIn profile since he joined the firm. It just doesn't seem important.
When potential new clients check him out on LinkedIn (as 59.9% of them will do), they become confused. Barry says he's a partner at Company A, but LinkedIn says he works at Company B. Which is true?
Doubt = risk = lost opportunity.
An incomplete profile
Rebecca is a partner at a top 500 law firm. Her LinkedIn profile is incomplete. No picture. No details beyond a list of jobs. She knows she needs to do something about it but she's working her butt off and can't give it the time.
Meanwhile, Austin is GC at a pharmaceutical company. He saw Rebecca speak a few years ago at a conference. He remembers enough to find her LinkedIn profile, but it's practically blank. Although she works at a firm with a stellar reputation, he finds other attorneys with Rebecca's experience who share their backgrounds. He's more comfortable contacting them. He never gives Rebecca a second thought.
An invisible profile
Roger is a transfer pricing economist in New York City. There are 183 attorneys in New York on LinkedIn who might need his services. But Roger's profile does not show up on a LinkedIn search. Instead, anyone looking will find 21 other people who can do the job. Roger never even gets a first thought.
Inaccuracy, incompleteness, and no search optimization. How much new business are you missing because of any of these?
The LinkedIn profile has become an essential tool for getting new business.
Not too long ago, Barry, Rebecca and Roger might have been able to ignore LinkedIn without too much ill effect. Client recommendations, a few speaking engagements, and publishing some articles were enough to meet most new business needs.
But the world has changed, and now more than 30% of professional services buyers find providers with an online search. In today's market, even client-recommended future clients are checking out references on social media (source).
If you're not putting yourself forward in the best possible light, providing relevant details, and allowing potential new clients to get to know you before committing to a phone call, you're putting yourself at a great disadvantage.
4 reasons why buyers are making LinkedIn a key part of their decision-making process
Multiple studies have included questions to determine why buyers rely on social media in general, LinkedIn especially, to help them find solutions to problems and make buying decisions. The answers tend to fall into the following categories:
- Access: Social media provides buyers access to a much broader network of peers and experts than they can otherwise tap into. Think about it: let's say you're in the US and you need a consultant to help you determine why your employee churn is so high and to fix the leak. By running a quick search on LinkedIn you can identify a large portion of management consultants with experience in handling employee retention issues. From there you can reach out to any one of them for help. Where else can you do that?
- Trust: 58% of buyers say they go to social media to learn from trustworthy peers and experts. Buyers feel more confident they can identify true experts and get trustworthy information, especially on LinkedIn. I believe this is at least partially due to the transparency of the network. It's much more difficult to claim false experience or accomplishments when those claims are easily viewed and disputed by people who know the truth.
- Efficiency: There once was a time when buyers had to shoot out email messages and call around to find out who might be able to help them. Then they had to contact each person individually to ask about solutions. Sometimes they had to go to conferences just to ask their questions. All this before even being sure of what they were looking for. Today, with the use of social media, buyers can connect with experts, get answers, and vet solutions quickly and easily from the comfort of their office, home or even the kids' soccer match.
- Relevance: Buyers also like social media because it provides context in which to connect with providers. This is like attending an offline networking event or conference, except they don't have to go anywhere. This is especially true of LinkedIn, which is a business-to-business networking site uncluttered with cat videos or other distractions.
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For most of us, wealth accumulation is essential for living a life of tranquility, even if we don't dream of becoming multimillionaires or owning a Lamborghini. It's essential to learn the basic laws of money.
Unfortunately, there are lots of misconceptions regarding this topic.
I'll be outlining the primary lessons I've learned to address some of the misinformation out there. Hopefully, they can help you develop a better understanding of your finances!
This one might sound obvious, but in my experience, most people fail to grasp it. We often say "money is the root of all evil" or that desiring wealth makes us terrible people; these types of beliefs are unhelpful.
Money isn't inherently "good" or "evil" — it's a tool we can use to achieve good, evil, or anything in between.
It's up to you whether you use your money to build a homeless shelter or buy yourself a mansion. If you're spending your life living paycheck to paycheck, you probably won't have the mental energy to help anyone.
Since money is a means to an end rather than an end itself, anyone who hoards money also doesn't appreciate this rule. Focus on why you want to accumulate wealth.
Call me weird, but I enjoy learning about taxes. I appreciate that I'm in the minority here, but even if taxes aren't your idea of a fun subject, you shouldn't dismiss their importance.
Educating yourself on this will help you save a non-negligible amount of money. There are many (legal) loopholes you can take advantage of, including rebates and deductions.
It can seem daunting when you're starting from a knowledge base of zero, but it doesn't take long to get your head around the basics. Put one day aside for learning this stuff and I guarantee your future self will thank you!
We all know that money is useless to us once we die, so why do we act like we want to leave the world with a healthy bank account? Okay, maybe you want to leave something behind for your loved ones, but that's hardly the point.
Finance "gurus" are always complaining about frivolous spenders, yet they don't mention that money hoarders are almost as bad.
It's great to be frugal, but it can become an addiction. Once you've built a financial safety net, you need to draw the line somewhere. Instead of squirreling away every last penny, why not enjoy it?
Money is a tool, after all. Whether you want to use it to build that homeless shelter or to buy yourself an expensive vacation, I'm not here to judge.
In simple terms, there are two types of capital: human and physical. We spend a lot of time thinking about physical capital, be it gold, real estate, or something else.
What about human capital? Most people don't value it at all.
We'll choose a higher-paying job that doesn't give us any skills so we can make more money in the short term, forgetting that expertise and career capital will help us earn more in the future.
Or, we'll buy a plane ticket with a long changeover to save a few bucks, failing to realize we sacrificed time spent increasing or exercising our human capital.
Investing in human capital is a significant shift in thinking. How can you start?
One of my favorite — and arguably the most simple — is by reading books. 27% of Americans haven't picked up a book in the last 12 months, meaning you can easily build a knowledge advantage this way.
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Forget everything you thought you knew about debt. Contrary to popular belief, it's not all bad.
Many entrepreneurs successfully use debt as leverage and make money. Real estate investment is a prime example — unless you just so happen to have millions of dollars sitting idle in your back pocket, you'll probably need to use loans.
As a general rule, I'd define "good debt" as anything that will increase your human capital or give you good returns. Student loans come under this category as they grow your earning potential — on average, a college degree has an annual return of 15%.
Anything that generates returns, like real estate, is also good debt. Of course, you have to know what you're doing, or it could all go horribly wrong — housing bubbles can burst.
Bad debt is anything that has a high interest rate or isn't secured. This includes personal loans, payday loans, and any kind of consumer debt.
Even if you find a loan with a good interest rate, you should still be mindful of what you're using the money for. If you want to buy a television, you'll receive no returns on your investment, so proceed with caution.
Even though I'm an advocate of good debt, I'd advise anyone who has a bad history with debt to be more cautious.
No matter how much money you make, it's impossible to accumulate wealth unless you live within your means. The numerical value of your salary is nothing but bragging rights if you spend it all.
Many professional athletes and lottery winners go broke because they make huge sums of money but never learn this crucial law. These tales of rags to riches might sound extreme, but lifestyle creep can be even more pernicious if you start off with a modest salary that grows over time.
Just because you get a raise at work, it doesn't mean you have to buy a new car or rent a more expensive property. Besides, it's unlikely to make you happier, thanks to hedonic adaptation.
There's some nuance here — no need to live like a broke college student for the rest of your life. It's fine to enjoy your money once you have a safety net, and sometimes spending money can help you save time or earn more. Just don't waste everything on frivolous items.
I've increased my spending along with my income to a certain extent, but I try to avoid lifestyle creep where possible.
Knowing the difference between good and bad debt isn't all you need to know. Most people have a few distinct types of loans and they're not sure what to prioritize, so it's essential to understand loan structures too.
The size of your monthly payment might be the most alarming part of your loan, but it's not the most important. Focus on your interest rate.
If you're paying $500 toward your student loan each month and your interest rate is 5%, and you have a monthly credit card bill of $50 but the interest rate is 25%, most people would advise you to prioritize your credit card.
However, there are different approaches you can take. Two of the most popular are the debt snowball — made famous by Dave Ramsey — and the debt avalanche. I've outlined them both in the video below.
Above all, choose a game plan and stick to it.
Combat impulse purchases you'll regret later with the 24-hour rule. It's the simplest idea on this list: when you come across something you want to buy, wait 24 hours before you buy it. That's it.
This rule works best for big-ticket items. You don't need to apply it every time you go grocery shopping unless you want to make your life difficult.
Another money law involving numbers. Don't say I'm not good to you.
The Rule of 72 illustrates how long it will take to double your initial investment (as long as you know interest rate). Take the number 72 and divide it by your interest rate to find out how many years it will take you to have twice the amount of money you started with.
Let's look at an example. If you're hoping to get a return of 9% (the average return of the S&P 500 over time), it would take you eight years to double your money since 72/9=8.
Is that quicker than you expected? If this doesn't motivate you to get saving your money I don't know what will!
Of course, it's not always that simple. If you invest a lump sum in the markets a few weeks before a recession hits, it will take longer for your money to grow.
If you're still unsure whether you want to buy something after implementing the 24-hour rule, here's another heuristic for you.
Avoid buying anything that will rust, rot, or depreciate.
Some results might seem counterintuitive. We often think of jewelry and handbags as frivolous expenses, yet certain items keep their value well. For instance, Birkin bags increased in value by 13% in 2019 and Rolex watches always remain valuable.
Conversely, the value of cars depreciates depressingly fast.
So, before you make a big purchase, ask yourself what its value will be in five years' time. At times you'll need to buy things that break this rule, but it's still helpful to think about.
Bottom line
Wealth accumulation isn't a secret reserved for a few people "in the know" — it's a path available to us all if we dedicate some time to learning about how money works.
These laws of money should leave you feeling empowered and in control of your finances.


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Brandon Raub, the Chesterfield, Virginia marine, who was detained and committed to a psychiatric facility for 30 days simply because he said negative things on his Facebook account concerning the present regime, brought suit against a number of defendants in a federal lawsuit in tandem with the Rutherford Institute. Raub was held against his will, in a facility away from his family and his lawyer, until another judge released him stating that there had never been enough evidence to detain Mr. Raub. This case brought to the fore evidence that the present federal administration monitors the internet activities of its former soldiers, even if the Facebook or other account is open only to the user's friends. Soldiers who have spent multiple tours of duty have often been disillusioned by the government who made decisions which seemed bizarre to them. This was true in Korea, Vietnam, and anywhere since. In the past, the FBI didn't make a habit of coming to see anyone who expressed disapproval.
Initially, the suit brought by Raub and the Rutherford Institute named a number of defendants. A judge hearing the case this week narrowed the number of defendants to only one. This means that most of the players in the Raub case will escape punishment, as they will never even be tried.
This is a landmark case for many reasons. One, it's about free speech. Secondly, it concerns the present regime's collection of our political views. It also concerns the use of federal agencies to monitor our soldiers, and particularly our marines. It also tests our involuntary commitment laws and how flimsy a basis could be used for involuntary commitment. This case also demonstrates how federal agencies in tandem with local authorities can overstep their authority and make someone "disappear". It also speaks to an evolving picture of a lack of accountability for federal and local law enforcement. Lastly, if only one defendant will be tried in this case, it speaks to a system in which individuals who have been wronged have no recourse against a power hungry and aggressive regime. The case is also about intimidation, and a message to keep quiet, most especially if Mr. Raub is an articulate man who is likely to influence fellow marines, and other Americans.
The assertion that "Mr. Raub said negative things" and needed to be locked up was absurd especially when it was found on searching his home, that he didn't own even one handgun or firearm.
Please watch this case carefully. If this case passes into obscurity without jobs lost on a federal level or without a change in the way the federal government operates, in similar cases, then there is no longer justice in the United States. Tyranny would be broadly ensconced and here for the next fifty to one hundred years.
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Week 2 1 assignment | ece
Assessment Description
Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.
A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is defined as a group of educators that meet regularly to share expertise and work collaboratively to improve the learning of all students. Most school environments implement PLCs to provide an opportunity for grade level teachers to work together through the assessment cycle, analyzing student performance data, and determining strategies to improve instruction for students. It is critical for this collaborative analysis to include all students, including those who are above, at, and below grade level, to ensure instruction is stimulating and challenging.
For this field experience, interview a K-3 teacher with PLC experience who has worked collaboratively with a team of teachers to analyze student data, determine appropriate intervention strategies to support all learning levels, and monitor learning progress to demonstrate growth during learning.
In addition, interview an instructional coach or administrator who has facilitated a PLC. While some states may refer to this community in a different way, the goals are similar.
In your interviews, ask the following questions:
- How does your school implement PLCs?
- What do you focus on during the PLC meetings?
- How do PLCs support collaboration with colleagues to identify common curriculum goals and evaluate progress towards the goals?
- How would you change or modify PLCs?
- What is the biggest change you have seen in student learning since you started collaborating with other educators?
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
In a summary of 250-500 words, describe your interviews and reflect on how the information you learned might be applied in your future practice.
APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.


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Benjamin F Rockhold
Benjamin Rockhold played a unique role in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. During his Civil War service he fought in the Army of the Potomac in several notable encounters.
Discharged in 1864, he returned home briefly but reenlisted in the Hancock Corps and arrived at Union Depot in Washington at 9 p.m. on April 14, 1865. An hour and a half later, Lincoln was shot.
Rockhold was the commander of the detachment of guards placed at the prison where Mary Surratt and the conspirators accused of aiding Booth were imprisoned and eventually hanged. He was also in charge of the guard protecting Secretary of State William H. Seward, after he had been attacked by one of the Lincoln plotters at his home the same night as the assassination.
In 1888, Benjamin and his brother, John, were persuaded to come to Riverside by positive reports from their old friends, the Dyers, who had earlier gone west. They opened Rockhold Brothers General Store on Main Street. Eventually the store was sold and became the A. M. Lewis Company.


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Rise of the Kafka Heroes! Join the Data Streaming Revolution | Read the Comic
Building a real-time pipeline from scratch that is able to handle billion+ transactions per day, store, analyze and visualize it all in real-time has never been easier. In this build-as-we-go talk, we'll create a front-to-back architecture that does exactly that.
* we'll start with a simple producer emitting a few messages and publishing them onto a Kafka queue
* on consuming end of the queue a Spark-based Streamliner process will pick them up and store in MemSQL
* ZoomData will connect to MemSQL for real-time visualization where we'll be able to ask various questions and see answers change as data is flowing through the system
* we'll quickly make the entire pipeline more complex by increasing the amount of data as well as complexity of the data, until reaching 100K transactions per second
As we walk through this demo, we will touch on cross data-center Kafka and MemSQL set-ups, speed limitations if any as well as echo back to real-life use cases of a similar set-up used in Goldman's Asset Management division for the purposes of Portfolio Management & Trading.


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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country's largest formula manufacturing plant.
The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill those orders before other customers. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly overseas formula supplies that meet federal standards to the U.S., in what the White House is calling "Operation Fly Formula."
Supplies of baby formula across the country have been severely curtailed in recent weeks after a February recall by Abbott Nutrition exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers, leaving fewer options on store shelves and increasingly anxious parents struggling to find nutrition for their children.
The announcement comes two days after the Food and Drug Administration said it was streamlining its review process to make it easier for foreign manufacturers to begin shipping more formula into the U.S.
In a letter Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, Biden directed the agencies to work with the Pentagon to identify overseas supply of formula that meets U.S. standards over the next week, so that chartered Defense Department flights can swiftly fly it to the U.S.
"Imports of baby formula will serve as a bridge to this ramped-up production," Biden wrote.
Regulators said Monday that they'd reached a deal to allow Abbott Nutrition to restart its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, the nation's largest formula plant, which has been closed since February due to contamination issues. The company must overhaul its safety protocols and procedures before resuming production.
After getting the FDA's OK, Abbott said it will take eight to ten weeks before new products begin arriving in stores. The company didn't set a timeline to restart manufacturing.
Abbott's voluntary recall was triggered by four illnesses reported in babies who had consumed powdered formula from its plant. All four infants were hospitalized with a rare type of bacterial infection and two died.
After a six-week inspection, FDA investigators published a list of problems in March, including lax safety and sanitary standards and a history of bacterial contamination in several parts of the plant. Under Monday's agreement, Abbott must regularly consult with an outside safety expert to restart and maintain production.
Chicago-based Abbott has emphasized that its products have not been directly linked to the bacterial infections in children. Samples of the bacteria found at its plant did not match the strains collected from two babies by federal investigators.
But FDA officials pushed back on that reasoning Monday on a call with reporters — their first time publicly addressing the company's argument. FDA staffers noted they were unable to collect bacterial strains from two of the four patients, limiting their chances of finding a match.
"Right from the get-go we were limited in our ability to determine with a causal link whether the product was linked to these four cases because we only had sequences on two," FDA's food director Susan Mayne said.
Fixing the violations uncovered at Abbott's plant will take time, according to former FDA officials. Companies need to exhaustively clean the facility and equipment, retrain staff, repeatedly test and document there is no contamination.
As part of the FDA's new import policy, regulators said companies would need to provide documentation of their factory's inspections.
Swiss conglomerate Nestlé said Tuesday it had already increased production and moved up planned shipments to the U.S. to alleviate the shortages. Nestlé is also rushing the shipments via air.
Nestlé said it prioritized the shipment of two products that it was already importing — Gerber Good Start Extensive HA from the Netherlands and Alfamino from Switzerland — because they serve a critical need. The products are made for babies who are allergic to cow's milk.
Nestlé said it is reviewing the new guidance from the FDA, which temporarily relaxes import restrictions on baby formula, and it might start importing more varieties.
"We are reviewing the guidance and assessing where we may be able to tap into the Nestlé global nutrition network to help," a company spokesperson said in a statement.


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The growth of the world's population will increase demand for water by 55% by the year 2050, placing even further strain on freshwater reserves.Rivers are the arteries of the earth. Seen from above, the earth's creeks, lakes, rivers and wetlands form natural networks which sustain nature.
Rivers and lakes account for 90% of the world's freshwater stocks.Rivers have been the cradles of human civilization from time immemorial. The earliest civilizations were nurtured along the banks of rivers – including the Euphrates, the Indus, the Nile and Yellow rivers.
Rivers remain vital today.
Rivers will be essential for all eternity.
Rivers are indispensable to human well¬-being.
The waters of rivers are used for cooking, drinking, fishing, recreation, transportation and washing.
Rivers also provide water for irrigation for farming, mining, manufacturing and other economic activities.
Rivers are important for the security of states.
The management of transboundary watercourses must promote cooperation and collaboration rather than confrontation and conflict.
Rivers must be protected from pollution, including that caused by environmental degradation and the discharge of effluent from industry, mining and agriculture. River pollution impacts adversely on water quality, on health and the economic and social well-being of citizens.
The protection of the sources of the world's freshwater sources is essential to ensuring:– citizens' entitlement to water;
– communities' access to safe and sanitary water; and
– countries' and the continent's water security;
The adverse effects of climate change – droughts, flooding, rising sea levels and extreme weather events – are exacerbating water quality and environmental security. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has forecasted that climate change will result in reduced surface and ground water in most sub-tropical regions.
The protection of the world's freshwater sources, therefore, is essential to global water security.
World Water Day reminds us of our shared responsibility to protect the earth's water resources.WE have, therefore, calls on this World Water Day to take action to protect water for future generations.
We recommend to this World Water Day, a three-point action agenda to enhance:
– Commitment to pay continuous attention and unceasing action, not only to occasional conferences;
– Collaboration among states, especially neighbors which share the waters of rivers; and
– Conservation of water resources and the protection of the environment everywhere in order to maintain the integrity of the earth's rivers and lakes.
I wish success to the celebrations marking World Water Day.
I thank you.


text: Breyden Products, LLC employees, family members and friends worked together to run a booth to raise money for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Almost every member of the factory either manned the booth or contributed baked goods or donations. Over $550 was raised along with food and supply donations. The money was used to pay for shipping the 18 boxes of supplies and food that was sent to Puerto Rico.


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The Eastern States Cup Sugarbush Showdown series this past Sunday, July 16, featured both enduro and downhill mountain bike races with a combined cash and prize purse of $3,200. The enduro race saw 154 competitors with the downhill race including 112 racers. Sugarbush sponsored rider, Isaac Allaire, placed first in the enduro event and third in the downhill event. Other Sugarbush-sponsored riders included Steve Estabrook who finished fifth in the enduro and fourth in the downhill and Dylan Conte who finished sixth in both the enduro and downhill.
Pro Men:
1. Isaac Allaire
2. Antoine Caron
3. Jason Memmelaar
Pro Women:
1. Lauren Peterson
2. Rachel Pageau
3. Mel Hershey
Pro Men:
1. Mauricio Estrada Pulgarin
2. Benjamin Despres-Morin
3. Isaac Allaire
Pro Women:
1. Mazie Hayden
2. Ella Skalwold
3. Rachel Pageau
For full results, visit www.rootsandrain.com/organiser50/eastern-states-cup/.
Sugarbush Resort, home to 37 lift-served mountain bike trails, is hosting a number of bike-related events this summer. Along with more than 40 miles of cross-country terrain throughout the Mad River Valley, Sugarbush is a must-visit destination for mountain bikers.
Later this month the resort teams up for the second year in a row with the Vermont Mountain Bike Association, Mad River Riders, Waterbury Trail Alliance and Green Mountain Trails to host the Vermont Mountain Bike Festival Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 23.
Open to the public and to riders of all abilities, the festival will have guided rides throughout The Valley as well as a base of operations full of vendors and other activities at Sugarbush's Mt. Ellen. The festival will also have a free kickoff party Friday night open to the public with music, cornhole, food trucks, mountain biking skill games and drink.
Sugarbush is also hosting several female-focused mountain bike events throughout the summer. SheJumps Women's Downhill Day on July 30 has group rides focused on both beginner and intermediate skills and includes tickets, rentals, group rides and lunch. The resort is also hosting Damsels in Dirt – a free recurring clinic designed to bring the female riding community together. Led by former professional downhill racer, Ali Zimmer, beginner and intermediate clinics are available July 14, July 28, August 11 and August 25.
For more information on mountain biking events, visit www.sugarbush.com.


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There is something about the way a brush creates a smooth, painted line and how you are the one in control. Have you ever noticed how quiet kids become while coloring? It's because art is therapeutic, and now it's been developed into a form of therapy used in treatment centres, schools and in homes.
Art therapy is a way for people with mental health disorders to explore their feelings, manage behavior, develop social skills, reduce anxiety and increase self-esteem through a creative process. It is an alternative form of therapy that patients can use if they are uncomfortable with or don't see results with traditional therapy.
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Art therapy can be beneficial for anyone with depression, addiction, anxiety, behavioral and conduct disorders, poor social skills, or individuals who have experienced trauma. It is especially beneficial for children and teens, as it is a non-threatening way to express oneself, according to Art Therapy Blog.
Benefits of art therapy include:
- Increased self-expression
- Reduction of stress and anxiety
- Mood improvement
- Reveals patterns of behavior, thoughts and internalized anxieties
- Improves self-observation
Art therapy is used in hospitals, schools, wellness centres, schools, crisis centres and forensic institutions to help people improve their emotional, mental and physical well-being. Studies show that creative expression improves personal growth through self-reflection.
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Archive for 2016
June 28: More in the Heart (Utpal's blog)June 28, 2016
In all the many years I have chased after Ashprihanal Aalto while he has been running a multi day race I have never ever gotten even close. Whether it be dashing around a one mile loop in Flushing Meadow or even now while he runs the short easily accessible half mile block in Jamaica Queens. It is not that he is unapproachable, or that he runs too fast (which is still plenty fast for me). It is just that there is something particularly elusive if not incomprehensible about this 45 year old running phenom from Helsinki. Who will without question set a new record this summer when he completes the Self Transcendence 3100 mile race for the 14th time.
Day 10, StutisheelJune 28, 2016
June 27: My Inner Thrills (Utpal's blog)June 27, 2016
In 2004 Stutisheel first started running around Thomas Edison High school. 12 years later he is still going around and around the block each day. It should be pointed out that he stops running when he reaches 3100 miles.
*editors note* This does also have to occur before the end of 52 days each summer, so the major portion of the year remains without him endlessly running there.
June 26: Your Soul's Voice (Utpal's blog)June 26, 2016
"I spoke with Shamita yesterday and she did not even know what day it was." Atmavir is now running the race for the 9th time. Today is his 8th day on the course and with such an incredibly long road ahead for all the runners, it is very easy to loose track of time. The direction each is going is of course a given…..straight ahead. The obvious simple strategy that Atmavir and nearly everyone else who is running here tries to follow, is to inhabit the moment as much as they possibly can. There is only the precious now.
Day #8, StutisheelJune 26, 2016
June 25: This is Paradise (Utpal's blog)June 25, 2016
"It is my 5th time." At age 50 Vasu Duzhiy has only been getting better each and every time he runs the 3100 mile race. Last year he surpassed his personal best by almost 3 days. He is one of those incredibly unique individuals who probably looks more at home running around this hard little block in Queens than he does strolling through the forests outside of St Petersburg Russia.
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Tata Open Maharashtra: In New Year, Pune ready to move from Challenger to ATP 250 eventJanuary 1, 2018
Reference: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/tata-open-tennis-new-venue-new-league-5006391/
Organisers for India's only ATP event had an additional responsibility this year – arrange 'first class' transportation for players from Mumbai to Pune. For the past 22 years, the tournament has been associated with the big metro cities, New Delhi hosting the inaugural edition in 1996, and Chennai becoming home to it for the next 21 years. Yet this time, as the event moves to the tier two city Pune and is rechristened Tata Open Maharashtra, for the foreign athletes, travel arrangements hit an experimental stage.
"Most players came into Mumbai and then travelled three-hours south to get here," says tournament co-director Tom Annear. "I flew into Pune, which is preferable, so hopefully a lot of players will catch on to that. But that's just the experience that needs to take place."
That was just one of the prerequisites required for moving the event to Pune. The venue itself, the Balewadi Sports Complex, needed to provide the feel of an ATP 250, and for that, a change in colour was in order.
For the past four years, the biggest tournament the stadium has hosted was an ATP Challenger. And the green colour associated with the logo of the lower-level event had long decorated the venue. Now it's all been replaced by the blue of a tour event – from the new banners of branding that cover the pillars outside and hang under the centre court roof, to the arching structures that cover each entry to the venue.
"Pune definitely has a Challenger mentality, but we've been pressing on them that the standard has to be much higher," says Annear. "We've been delivering to them forms and details and expectations that comes from the ATP tour. And they're meeting those expectations."
Construction work began shortly after Yuki Bhambri, India's highest ranked singles player won the latest Challenger last month. The recent installations are the commentary box and an enclosed station for the Hawk-Eye team at the top of the north stand. The 2500 bucket seats don new covers and the aisles have been washed and painted with a large crowd expected to come and watch the biggest tennis tournament Pune has hosted, though the venue itself is on the city's outskirts.
Over the years, Chennai had struggled to bring in the bigger names in tennis. "We've always been after the same top 10 players, and it's a very competitive week with Pune, Doha, Brisbane, and the Hopman Cup. So they're all vying for the same players," says Annear, who has served as tournament director for five Chennai Open events.
One of the attractions in the Tamil Nadu capital however, was that the climate and court conditions were similar to the Australian Open. Pune meanwhile is situated at an altitude of 560 metres, providing more bounce. "We aren't used to playing at an altitude at the start of the year, so it's going to be crucial in the first round to adjust and keep the rhythm going," says Bhambri.
Annear too recognises the change in conditions. "It was a leap of faith so we had to make adjustments in the way the tournament is held," he adds. "So we're going to hold a Saturday final rather than a Sunday to give players time to make their way down to Australia. Those are just things we need to recognise."
The tournament hasn't disappointed though, as a similar field to what was seen at Chennai last year will be competing. The top seed is 2014 US Open champion, and two-time Chennai Open winner Marin Cilic, with defending champion Roberto Bautista Agut returning as the third seed. The second seed is 2017 US Open finalist Kevin Anderson who had travelled to Chennai in 2016, but had to pull out due to a recurring knee problem.
As expected, the home event has garnered a large Indian contingent. In the singles draw, Bhambri plays local lad Arjun Kadhe, while India no 2 Ramkumar Ramanathan plays world no 106 Roberto Carballes Baena. Should Ramkumar win that match though, he will play Cilic in the second round. 20-year-old Sumit Nagal too will feature in the main draw after making his way up through the qualifiers.
Meanwhile, as many as nine Indian players will feature in the doubles draw, with the likes of Divij Sharan, Bhambri, N Sriram Balaji, Vishnu Vardhan and Kadhe competing. But the doubles draw will present an interesting clash between veteran Leander Paes and Purav Raja, and defending champions Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and India's highest ranked doubles player Rohan Bopanna.
Despite the new venue though, the world no 18 had spent five years in Pune while growing up. Yet that was long before Pune had been recognised as one of the sport's breeding grounds in India. But there was never any shortage of inspiration.
Nandan Bal, one of the more prominent names to have emerged from the city, remembers the Davis Cup tie against the Soviet Union of 1974. "That one was held at the Deccan Gymkhana and I was a ball-boy for those matches," recalls the former Davis Cup coach. "Opportunities like that to be so close to players, watch them and learn from them, that's the motivation you need."
The big events didn't come that often thereon, till the Balewadi Stadium was renovated in 2008, becoming the focal point for the sport in the city. "Earlier, tournaments were confined to clubs, which had restricted access to the public. But the Balewadi stadium is open, and we've organised 22 international events in the last 10 years here," says Sunder Iyer, honorary secretary of the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA).
That number included a numerous Futures events, four Challengers, and the Davis Cup tie last February. But the new ATP 250 event is the crowning jewel.
Pune has long been unheralded as a tennis city, behind the likes of Chennai and even Calcutta. For the past 21 years, New Years and the new tennis season was celebrated in Chennai. This time onwards, the party has shifted to Pune.


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Koh spoke to a packed room of Annual Meeting attendees as he released the 12 leading health indicator topic areas to resounding applause and cheer. The indicators are high-priority health issues included in Healthy People 2020, the nation's health objectives for the current decade. The indicators are intended to help health and public health professionals assess the health of the nation, facilitate collaboration and action, and help motivate entire communities to action.
So, ladies and gentlemen, here are your new leading health indicator topic areas: Access to health services; clinical preventive services, environmental quality; injury and violence; maternal, infant and child health; mental health; nutrition, physical activity and obesity; oral health (which made this list for the first time); reproductive and sexual health; social determinants (a theme that Koh said has galvanized decision-makers); substance abuse; and tobacco.
The new leading health indicator topic areas are a call to action, Koh said as he urged attendees to integrate the indicators into their public health policies and programs. He also announced that starting in the new year, the U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion will launch a new monthly series highlighting those who are addressing the leading indicators in innovative ways.
"Shoot for the stars," Koh said. "If you only land on the moon, you are still out of this world."
Session presenter Gail Christopher, vice president for programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, asked the session audience to give a round of applause for the social determinants having made it onto the leading indicator list. Christopher noted that education and closing graduation disparity gaps will be a critical focus as work moves forward.
"These indicators are also uniting us as one profession in the sense that the clinical and social determinants come together," she said.
Todd Park, chief technology officer at HHS, jumped to the mic next (and when APHA's Dr. Georges Benjamin, who moderated the session, told audience members to fasten their seat belts as Park stepped up to speak, he wasn't kidding. Park was pumped for public health!). Park excitedly announced a new challenge for attendees to tackle, calling on "you public health ninjas and princesses" to team up with techies to help solve priority health problems. The challenge involves developing innovative apps that can be used to make positive progress on the leading health indicators. An example of such a tool would be an app that social workers can offer to their clients that would help connect them to preventive services and allow them to keep track of their progress. The deadline for the challenge is March 9, 2012. For all the challenge details, visit www.challenge.gov.
"May the force be with you," Park said. "We can't wait to see what you'll build."
For more on the new leading health indicators, visit www.healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/default.aspx.


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IEEE ITSC 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IEEE ITSC 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1 – 4 de Novembro de 2016
The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference is the annual flagship conference of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. IEEE ITSC 2016 welcomes articles in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems, dealing with new developments in theory, analytical and numerical simulation and modeling, experimentation, demonstration, advanced deployment and case studies, results of laboratory or field operational tests, under the general theme of Intelligent Transportation for Smarter Societies. IEEE ITSC 2016 is organized by the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) and Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas da Universidade de São Paulo (ICMC/USP).
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BABSON PARK, Mass. -- First-year Joey Flannery scored 20 points and Babson opened the game on a 24-4 run en route to a 71-62 victory against WPI in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action on Saturday afternoon at Staake Gymnasium.
With its third consecutive victory Babson is now 16-5 overall and 7-3 in the league, while WPI, which has dropped two consecutive games, falls to 18-3 overall and 8-2 in the NEWMAC.
Senior Kenny Ross added 13 points, a game-high seven assists and four rebounds for the Beavers. Juniors David Mack and John Wickey each chipped in with 10 points, while classmate Eric Dean had eight points in his return to the lineup. Wickey also pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.
Junior Domenick Mastascusa posted a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Engineers, going 12-for-12 from the free-throw line. Senior Ryan Kolb and junior Sam Longwell each had 12 points, and sophomore Zach Karalis dished out a team-high four assists.
No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan 80, Elmhurst 68
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Six players scored in double figures as Illinois Wesleyan put away a stubborn Elmhurst team 80-68 at the Shirk Center on Saturday.
The Titans improved to 18-3 and 8-2 in the in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, one-half game behind 9-2 Wheaton, and the Bluejays fell to 5-5 in conference play and are 13-8 overall.
The game was tied at 17-17 with 7:11 to play in the first half before a three-minute stretch that saw Illinois Wesleyan go on a 16-0 run to claim a 33-17 advantage with 4:04 left. IWU led by 15 at 40-25 heading into the locker room.
Despite falling behind by as many as 22 at 56-34 with 12:19 left in the game, the Bluejays refused to go away, closing to within eight points at 61-53 with 7:25 to play but could get no closer.
No. 6 Wesley 66, Christopher Newport 63
DOVER, Del. -- Wesley bounced back after dropping Thursday's game with a thrilling 66-63 victory against Christopher Newport in Capital Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon. The Wolverines improve to 18-2 overall and 10-2 in the CAC while the Captains now stand at 14-7 on the year and 6-6 in league play.
Sophomore Anthony Bowers, who scored just nine points on the day, tallied the team's final seven points and hit a pivotal 3-pointer from way downtown with the shot clock expiring to give Wesley a 64-60 lead with 1:12 left in regulation.
Christopher Newport's Mike Cherry, who tallied a game-high 24 points, responded with one of his five triples on the day, cutting the deficit to a single point with 38 ticks left. Bowers was then fouled with 17 seconds remaining in the game, hit both free throws and the Captains attempt for a tie came up short.
Trailing by as many as 11 points with 11:17 left in the first half, Wesley fought back tooth-and-nail to get back into the game and faced just a 37-35 deficit at the break. The Wolverines got their first lead of the game with just more than 10 minutes left in regulation as Quincy Pettiford's 3-pointer capped off a 7-0 run, giving Wesley a 52-49 lead.
No. 7 Wisconsin-Whitewater 77, Wisconsin-Superior 44
SUPERIOR, Wis. -- Wisconsin-Whitewater went on the road to defeat Wisconsin-Superior 77-44 on Saturday afternoon in Mertz Mortorelli Gym.
The UW-W defense held Superior to 34.8 percent (16-for-46) from the field and caused 19 turnovers. Whitewater's offense capitalized on the turnovers, scoring 24 points on their following possessions.
On the offensive side of the ball, Eric Bryson led all scorers with 18 points, going 6-for-7 from the field and 5-for-6 behind the arc. KJ Evans racked up 16 points and seven rebounds for the Warhawks. Quardell Young assisted on nine baskets and Reggie Hearn and Cody Odegaard cleaned up on the glass with a combined 15 rebounds. As a team, UW-W shot 45.3 percent (19-for64) from the field and 55.6 percent (10-for-18) from long range.
No. 9 Amherst 81, Wesleyan 56
AMHERST, Mass. -- Leading from end-to-end, Amherst extended its win streak to four with a decisive 81-56 victory against NESCAC rival Wesleyan at LeFrak Gymnasium.
Winners of 13 of their past 14 outings, the Jeffs (20-3, 8-1 NESCAC) have now picked up victories in each of the past four meetings against their Little Three rivals, dropping the Cardinals to 10-12 on the season and 3-5 in NESCAC play.
Aaron Toomey helped pave the way with a game-high 24 points, hitting seven of his 12 shot attempts, including a 4 of 9 showing from 3 and 6 of 6 clip at the charity stripe. Tom Killian finished with 14 points, five rebounds and four steals, while David Kalema tallied 10 of his 12 points in the second half.
No. 10 Williams 93, Tufts 70
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mas. -- Williams gave its seniors a senior day to remember Saturday afternoon against the Tufts Jumbos (11-11, 2-6 NESCAC) with a 93-70 victory.
Leading the way for the Ephs was Duncan Robinson with 25 points on 9-for-12 shooting. He also pulled down 10 rebounds and added six assists in a double-double performance. Michael Mayer also had a double-double tonight with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Daniel Wohl added 13 points for the Ephs, who shot 53.1 percent from the field
Kwame Firempong led Tufts with 23 points. Stephen Haladyna added 20 for the Jumbos, who were 34.6 percent from the floor on the night.


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In April 1946, Capt. Bill Lesley accompanied a train with at least 27 cars tightly packed with art and artifacts heading home to Krakow, Poland.
Among its treasures, the train carried a beloved altarpiece and a Leonardo da Vinci painting of a lady holding an ermine, both dating from the late 1400s.
Lesley was one of the so-called Monuments Men, a group of Western Allied soldiers who were given the assignment of finding, cataloging, restoring and, in many cases, returning thousands of artworks that the Nazis had stolen during World War II.
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Though Lesley isn't a character in the movie, his actions and legacy helped shape the big-screen story.
By the late 1950s, Everett Parker "Bill" Lesley Jr. had settled in Norfolk, where he taught art history for about two decades at the Norfolk division of the College of William & Mary, which became ODU.
Later still, he would reflect on his time as a soldier dealing with looted art as "the most vivid, strenuous and enterprising years of my life," as he wrote to a friend.
The 1946 train trip from Nuremberg, Germany, to Krakow was a highlight of those years.
"The welcome we received by the Poles was equivalent to the return to the U.S. one would get after the liberation of the Liberty Bell, Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," he told a Norfolk reporter in 1959.
What happened was more complicated than that.
Another book about the Monuments Men, Lynn Nicholas' 1994 "The Rape of Europa," quoted a report from Lesley:
"No more inept time of year for the return could possibly have been chosen. The arrival of Poland's supreme treasures, brought by the U.S. Army as a gesture of democratic friendliness, happened to coincide with the workers' celebration on the First of May and the Polish National Independence Day" on May 3.
The coming home of the great altarpiece, elaborately carved by Bavarian artist Veit Stoss, prompted "demonstrations of solidarity and resistance" toward the current government, which was dominated by Soviet-backed Communists.
It all began nicely enough, with greetings from city officials, performing choirs and bands, decorations and flags. But at some point, an American soldier was accused of shooting two members of the Polish Communist militia; the soldier was held by the Poles and later released.
The incident was "exquisitely embarrassing," Lesley reported.
Like most of the Monuments Men, Lesley already was in the Army, had an art background, and volunteered for the post.
After about two years his service ended and Lesley ventured into the art world. He was a curator at museums in New York and Chicago.
He first came to Norfolk in the summer of 1958 as acting director of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, now the Chrysler Museum. The following year he accepted the ODU job.
Lesley impressed students and colleagues with tales from the war. Seated in the back of the art history classroom, cigarette smoke curled around him as he paused at the slides of Chartres Cathedral, a famous French Gothic structure about 50 miles southwest of Paris.
The way Lesley told it, he and another soldier from the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) Service traveled by jeep in late 1944 to survey the French landscape as the war wound down. "He would tell the students that when they went into Chartres it was very light because the (stained glass) windows had been removed," said Linda McGreevy, who began teaching art history at ODU in 1978, and spoke with Lesley about his MFAA days.
The cathedral was open and "they could see all of the structural ribs and support systems," she said. "Probably that had not been seen since the windows originally were put in in the 1200s."
Later that year, he was the first Monuments Man to follow behind the Battle of the Bulge into Belgium.
As a Monuments officer, he ended up cataloging incoming artworks at a collecting station in Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state Hesse. His title was chief of the restitution branch in the office of military government for Greater Hesse, Edsel said by phone on Wednesday.
There, another controversy arose.
The art experts who made up the Monuments Men were opposed to a new direction. American officials wanted to bring legitimately German-owned artworks to Washington, D.C., for safekeeping during the postwar transition.
In protest, Lesley penned the Wiesbaden manifesto. He pointed out the irony, that the Allied nations were about to prosecute Nazis for holding the cultural treasures of German-occupied countries. Though the Nazis were ordered to do so, the reasoning was that a higher law should have prompted them to refuse the order.
In the end, the protests did not work. Some of the German art came to Washington and was even exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, but it was returned to Berlin in the 1960s, said McGreevy, who was inspired by Lesley to incorporate the Monuments Men stories in her 20th century art history courses.
By the MFAA's end in 1951, about 350 men and women from 13 Allied nations had rescued millions of cultural treasures, Edsel said.
Lesley died in 1982 at age 68. For his work as a Monuments Man, he received a Bronze Star and other honors. He also escorted the Dutch royal archives back to The Netherlands and was given a medal in 1947 for that by Queen Wilhelmina.
Lesley's Monuments Men experiences influenced his decision to spend so much of his life teaching. "What this has demonstrated to me is that art is never really important, and is taken for granted, until it is lost. Then it becomes the most important thing in life," he said in 1959.
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4.17 Moving to the Yocto Project 3.1 Release (dunfell)
This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto Project 3.1 Release (codename "dunfell") from the prior release.
4.17.1 Minimum system requirements
The following versions / requirements of build host components have been updated:
gcc 5.0
python 3.5
tar 1.28
rpcgenis now required on the host (part of the
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Due to the expiration of upstream support in January 2020, support for Python 2 has now been removed; it is recommended that you use Python 3 instead. If absolutely needed there is a meta-python2 community layer containing Python 2, related classes and various Python 2-based modules, however it should not be considered as supported.
4.17.4 Reproducible builds now enabled by default
In order to avoid unnecessary differences in output files (aiding binary
reproducibility), the Poky distribution configuration
DISTRO = "poky") now inherits the
reproducible_build class by
4.17.5 Impact of ptest feature is now more significant
The Poky distribution configuration (
DISTRO = "poky") enables ptests
by default to enable runtime testing of various components. In this
release, a dependency needed to be added that has resulted in a
significant increase in the number of components that will be built just
when building a simple image such as core-image-minimal. If you do not
need runtime tests enabled for core components, then it is recommended
that you remove "ptest" from
DISTRO_FEATURES to save a significant
amount of build time e.g. by adding the following in your configuration:
DISTRO_FEATURES_remove = "ptest"
4.17.6 Removed recipes
The following recipes have been removed:
chkconfig: obsolete
console-tools: obsolete
enchant: replaced by
foomatic-filters: obsolete
libidn: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe
libmodulemd: replaced by
linux-yocto: drop 4.19, 5.2 version recipes (5.4 now provided)
nspr: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe
nss: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe
python: Python 2 removed (Python 3 preferred)
python-setuptools: Python 2 version removed (python3-setuptools preferred)
sysprof: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe
texi2html: obsolete
u-boot-fw-utils: functionally replaced by
4.17.7 features_check class replaces distro_features_check
distro_features_check class has had its functionality expanded,
now supporting
CONFLICT_COMBINED_FEATURES. As a result the class has now been
renamed to
features_check; the
distro_features_check class still
exists but generates a warning and redirects to the new class. In
preparation for a future removal of the old class it is recommended that
you update recipes currently inheriting
distro_features_check to
features_check instead.
4.17.8 Removed classes
The following classes have been removed:
distutils-base: moved to meta-python2
distutils: moved to meta-python2
libc-common: merged into the glibc recipe as nothing else used it.
python-dir: moved to meta-python2
pythonnative: moved to meta-python2
setuptools: moved to meta-python2
tinderclient: dropped as it was obsolete.
4.17.9 SRC_URI checksum behaviour
Previously, recipes by tradition included both SHA256 and MD5 checksums for remotely fetched files in SRC_URI, even though only one is actually mandated. However, the MD5 checksum does not add much given its inherent weakness; thus when a checksum fails only the SHA256 sum will now be printed. The md5sum will still be verified if it is specified.
4.17.10 npm fetcher changes
The npm fetcher has been completely reworked in this release. The npm
fetcher now only fetches the package source itself and no longer the
dependencies; there is now also an npmsw fetcher which explicitly
fetches the shrinkwrap file and the dependencies. This removes the
slightly awkward
NPM_LOCKDOWN and
NPM_SHRINKWRAP variables which
pointed to local files; the lockdown file is no longer needed at all.
Additionally, the package name in
npm:// entries in
SRC_URI is now specified using a
parameter instead of the earlier
name which overlapped with the
name parameter. All recipes using the npm fetcher will need
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An example of the new scheme:
SRC_URI = "npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=array-flatten;version=1.1.1 \
Another example where the sources are fetched from git rather than an npm repository:
SRC_URI = "git://github.com/foo/bar.git;protocol=https \
devtool and recipetool have also been updated to match with the npm
fetcher changes. Other than producing working and more complete recipes
for npm sources, there is also a minor change to the command line for
devtool: the
--fetch-dev option has been renamed to
--npm-dev as
it is npm-specific.
4.17.11 Packaging changes
intltoolhas been removed from
packagegroup-core-sdkas it is rarely needed to build modern software - gettext can do most of the things it used to be needed for.
intltoolhas also been removed from
packagegroup-core-self-hostedas it is not needed to for standard builds.
git-submodule, and
git-request-pullare no longer perl-based, so are now installed with the main
gitpackage instead of within
ldconfigbinary built as part of glibc has now been moved to its own
ldconfigpackage (note no
glibc-prefix). This package is in the RRECOMMENDS of the main
glibcpackage if
ldconfigis present in DISTRO_FEATURES.
libeventnow splits each shared library into its own package (as Debian does). Since these are shared libraries and will be pulled in through the normal shared library dependency handling, there should be no impact to existing configurations other than less unnecessary libraries being installed in some cases.
linux-firmware now has a new package for
bcm4366cand includes available NVRAM config files into the
harfbuzznow splits the new
libharfbuzz-subset.solibrary into its own package to reduce the main package size in cases where
libharfbuzz-subset.sois not needed.
4.17.12 Additional warnings
Warnings will now be shown at
do_package_qa time in the following
A recipe installs
.desktopfiles containing
MimeTypekeys but does not inherit the new
A recipe installs
.xmlfiles into
${datadir}/mime/packagesbut does not inherit the
wic image type now used instead of
live by default for x86
conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc (inherited by most x86 machine
configurations) now specifies
wic instead of
live by default in
IMAGE_FSTYPES. The
live image type will
likely be removed in a future release so it is recommended that you use
wic instead.
4.17.14 Miscellaneous changes
The undocumented
SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSESvariable has now been removed in favour of a new
AVAILABLE_LICENSESvariable which is dynamically set based upon license files found in
The tune definition for big-endian microblaze machines is now
microblazeinstead of
newlibno longer has built-in syscalls.
libglossshould then provide the syscalls,
crt0.oand other functions that are no longer part of
newlibitself. If you are using
TCLIBC = "newlib"this now means that you must link applications with both
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