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San Francisco, CA, February 19th, 2013—Nearly 200 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) undocumented young people have either received or are in the process of receiving two-year work permits and reprieves from the threat of deportation, thanks to a fund made possible by over three-dozen LGBT organizations, including Gay-Straight Alliance Network.
Late last summer, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to enable people who came to the United States as children—commonly known as "Dreamers"—to apply for work permits and relief from deportation.
In response, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, and the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund launched the "LGBT Dreamers Fund" at the Liberty Hill Foundation to help LGBT Dreamers pay the $465 in fees required to apply for relief under the DACA program (a list of organizations contributing to the fund appears at the end of this release). The $465 in fees poses a steep hurdle for most Dreamers because neither they nor their parents are able to obtain lawful employment due to their undocumented status.
"Young people start and lead Gay-Straight Alliance clubs because they dream of a country where all LGBT youth can grow up without fear. This fund will empower youth to continue working toward that dream," said Carolyn Laub, Executive Director of Gay-Straight Alliance Network, one of the organizations contributing to the fund.
To date, more than $100,000 has been raised and 160 LGBT Dreamers have received financial assistance. At least another 40 will get help from the fund. LGBT Dreamers who would like assistance from the fund may apply at www.LibertyHill.org/LGBTDreamersFund.
"These young people are part of the LGBT community and we knew we had to find a way to give them a hand," said NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell, one of the fund's co-founders. "We are thrilled that so many LGBT organizations across the nation stepped forward."
One of the recipients of aid from the fund, Jose Mendoza, recently received his work permit. Jose's dream is to become a nurse and he is now taking classes that will allow him to apply to a nursing program. "Getting this kind of support and help means so much, and it's great to see the gay community stepping in and saying that what I am doing is important," he said.
Marco Quiroga, who wants to be a surgeon, said he was "thrilled" to have the support of the LGBT Dreamers Fund so that he could submit his DACA application. "Immigrant and LGBT issues have always been separate in my mind, and it is wonderful to see these two communities come together to work on a common cause," he said. "Receiving these funds creates a sense of community with other gay immigrants who are in my situation."
"In spite of having to deal with the stresses of being both undocumented and LGBT, these young people have persevered and emerged as leaders of the national reform movement," said LA Gay & Lesbian Center CEO Lorri L. Jean, another fund co-founder. "All of us are so pleased to be able to show our support and gratitude to them."
There is widespread agreement that the DACA program is only a temporary fix and that creating a direct pathway to citizenship for Dreamers is one of the key elements of comprehensive immigration reform. The framework for reform recently announced by President Obama as well as the one put forward by the bipartisan "Gang of 8" in the U.S. Senate specifically included Dreamers. On February 5, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who helped sink the federal DREAM Act in 2010, also endorsed citizenship for Dreamers.
Current contributors to the LGBT Dreamers Fund:
• Aaron Belkin, Executive Director of the Palm Center
• Center on Halsted (Chicago)
• The Center/GLBT Community Center of Colorado
• Cream City Foundation
• The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada
• Centerlink
• Equality Federation
• Equality Maine
• Family Equality Council
• Freedom to Marry
• Gay City Health Project (Seattle)
• Gay Community Center of Richmond
• Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
• Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
• Greater Palm Springs Pride
• GSA Network
• Horizons Foundation
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Immigration Equality
• Paul Kawata, Executive Director of the National Minority AIDS Council
• L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
• Lambda Legal
• LGBT Center of Central PA
• LGBT Center of Raleigh
• LGBT Project of the ACLU
• Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
• MassEquality
• Mautner Project Board and Staff
• Metropolitan Charities
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• National Coalition for LGBT Health
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund
• National Stonewall Democrats
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York City)
• One Colorado
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
• The OUTreach Center (Madison, WI)
• Pride Foundation
• Pridelines Youth Services (Miami Shores, FL)
• Q Center (Portland, OR)
• Rainbow Community Center (Contra Costa, CA)
• Ruth Ellis Center, Inc. (Detroit)
• San Diego LGBT Community Center
• Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
• San Francisco LGBT Community Center
• Transgender Law Center
• The Trevor Project
• True Colors
• Several Anonymous Donors
You can learn about other fund recipients at www.LGBTDreamersStories.com.
LGBT Dreamers who would like assistance from the LGBT Dreamers fund may apply at www.LibertyHill.org/LGBTDreamersFund.


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Exponential Decay Functions
Lesson 6 of 15
Objective: Students will be able to write functions for and graph exponential decay models.
I include Warm ups with a Rubric as part of my daily routine. My goal is to allow students to work on Math Practice 3 each day. Grouping students into homogeneous pairs provides an opportunity for appropriately differentiated math conversations. The Video Narrative specifically explains this lesson's Warm up-Exponential Decay which asks students to write a scenario given an exponential function.
I also use this time to correct and record the previous day's Homework.
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This lesson begins with the statement: "By now, humans are starting to get smart. The military begins a campaign to get rid of the zombies." We look at a scenario where there are 1,000,000 zombies and one half of them are exterminated each night. This will probably be a struggle for some students. Once some start to get it, I bring the class back together to discuss the model. I ask the students for figure out how many will be left in one week.
They then look at a model where only one fourth of the zombies are exterminated each evening. This may seem like an obvious question, but I ask the students to predict whether the zombies will disappear faster or slower than in the last scenario. Many students will want to make this model: Z(x)=1000000(1/4)x. While this seems to make sense, it is not a correct model. By this model, you start with 1000000 and then go to one quarter of that in the first night. If only one fourth are destroyed, then there should be three quarters left the first night. This would change the model to Z(x)=1000000(3/4)x. I have the students work on this problem individually or with their partner. When we discuss it, I either ask some leading questions or find someone who did the problem correctly and have them present their reasoning.
The general exponential model is now be reintroduced to include decay models.
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Now the students are asked to find the number of remaining zombies from the first three nights of the zombie extermination campaign that kills off half of the remaining zombies. Once these are graphed and the function equation is written or recalled, the students extend the graph into the negative exponents. The domain and range is noted as well as the asymptote. The next task is to perform the same procedure with the scenario where only one quarter of the zombies are exterminated each night. The third task deals with a general exponential decay function. Students will identify the major features of a decay function and compare it with a growth function.
The final goal in this lesson is for students to determine two points that will make a reasonable sketch of an exponential function (Math Practice 7). I have the students work with their partner and decide what points are needed. I list several options on the boar, and as a class, we will narrow it down (Math Practice 3). My goal is for the students to get down to two points, the intercept and one other point to give the shape. This will vary depending on whether it will be a growth or a decay function. They will then practice this skill with a couple of exponential functions.
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The Home Work asks students to graph exponential functions by choosing two points, has them determine the steepness of exponential functions and has them use the graph of an exponential function to estimate the solution to an exponential equation. This is a skill that has been practiced throughout the year and shouldn't be brand new. The final question is a decay modeling question to make sure they understand how to find the base properly.
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Exit Ticket
I use an exit ticket each day as a quick formative assessment to judge the success of the lesson.
Today's Exit Ticket evaluates student knowledge of the exponential decay by asking them to write a scenario to represent the function: f(x)= 5000(0.4)x.

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The Tiffen Dfx v 3, a new generation digital filter suite package that offers users a full range of filters and image editing manipulation tools that surpasses any Photoshop tool you've ever used.
The Tiffen Dfx v 3 offers a standalone license option for Apple Aperture, or a plug in option that allows the Tiffen Dfx v 3 to be used with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom.
Even though I do as much as possible in other digital image rendering tools, such as Snagit or Picasso, I still need Photoshop for some tasks and knowing that I can use the same plug-in with both is convenient.
I've been impressed with Tiffen's Dfx v3 software from the time the company launched the very first version, because of the extensive collection of effects and especially filters—digital versions of many of Tiffen's photographic filters that we used to use so commonly with film cameras.
The Tiffen Dfx version 3 has over 2,000 different optical filters and effects incorporated into the software. There's so much that you can do with this software, and could conceivably replace a many separate plug-ins for B&W conversion, masking, adding lighting effects, adding blur/changing depth of field of an image, and color correction, as well as debanding, deblocking, reducing noise.
That's a lot of power in one plug-in/stand-alone software title. And what makes this software so unique is it's availability in versions for both still images and film/video editing as well. And like most plug-ins, you can tweak the strength of the filters. One of the cool things is that you can save filters as favorites, and when you're looking for filters to use on an image, all of your favorites are in one location.
There are so many different things that you can do with digital images these days, that sometimes you can find yourself at a loss as to exactly what a particular image might need until you begin to browse within the filters, seeing the effect on the image you're working on. And I also think that once you use such an extensive program like Dfx, and get more familiar with the many things it can do, the extensive amount of choices becomes less overwhelming.
I love being able to use one program, stand-alone or plug-in, for a lot of the effects I like to use on my images. It makes your workflow quicker if you don't have to keep switching from program to program. And with Tiffen's Dfx plug-in for Lightroom, all I have to do is 'Edit in' Dfx 3.0, and I can browse as many filters as I desire. Dfx is very quick when you're working within it, you see changes instantly on the fly when browsing among the filters and effects. When you're done working with a filter or effect, rendering is just as fast.
Fore more information on Tiffen Software: http://www.tiffensoftware.com


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The good news is: The U.S. corn crop and drought in Midwest are no worse than is being reported by the media. Television and print media news reports seem to have found the worst fields to broadcast from. I suspect the fields in the news have other yield challenges besides drought, like compacted or sandy soils, late planting, etc. I saw a news report where the (Iowa?) farmer was disking up standing corn, which made no sense. If the corn crop was not worth harvesting, at least let it stand and break the wind to prevent a dust storm.
I like to report good corn news so I took my camera and headed to one of those "good looking" cornfields. What I found was bad news.
The biggest and best-looking corn ear I could find was missing kernels at the base, middle of the ear, and at the tip. The ear had 14 rows of kernels, ouch. Ears of corn with 16 to 18 rows are what we raise most years.
Seed company agronomists are estimating yields as low as 40 bu./acre in fields that were also planted to corn in 2011. I think these estimates are too low and the seed company agronomists are being careful not to get growers' yield expectations too high. Even if their yields are doubled to 80-bu./acre yields, corn will be scarce in the coming year. Most ears of corn are small and poorly pollinated.
I will have some corn to sell this fall, but it will be scarce and likely expensive. My drought strategy is: Feed less corn silage and harvest a planned silage field as grain. My other forage crops like alfalfa and rye silage have been very productive. I should have plenty of winter feed for our cattle. Of course, we have crop insurance.
Farmer attitudes are upbeat. Cash corn is $8/bu. for July delivery. Our windshields are not corrupted with corn borer moth carcasses, which is common this time of year. I suspect the heat killed the corn borers before vehicle impact could kill them.


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Glogg Concentrate Drink Mix
In ancient times, the festive Romans drank a spiced wine that is similar to what we call gl�gg. Saturnus has over a hundred years experience guaranteeing the taste of all its gl�ggs, no matter the level of alcohol. Gl�gg served as a welcome drink has developed into entire gl�gg parties where snacks and appetizers are served. On these occasions, it's nice to be able to offer guests different varieties of the warm drink, especially with different amounts of alcohol. This drink mix is non-alcoholic.
Gl�gg drink mix can be made with one part water for a non-alcoholic concoction or with rum or red wine for those who prefer a little kick to their gl�gg!


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Ristorante Ecoli is a restaurant located in Fort Staunton, Staunton Island, Liberty City in 1998, the setting of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. After the mission Bringing the House Down, the restaurant is destroyed.
The restaurant's name has the word Ecoli, which is a form of bacteria, where different strands do drastically different things. One strand is a cause for food poisoning, meaning that the name 'Ristorante Ecoli' is a comical name used by Rockstar Games, implying that the conditions are unsanitary within the restaurant.


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My students sum up what Arabs want in one word: dignity.
I'm writing from the American University of Sharjah where I'm teaching for the semester. My students and colleagues are a fair cross section of the region and of the population of the United Arab Emirates of which Sharjah is a part: Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis, and Africans from various African states. They all desire dignity. Who doesn't ? The "foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world" is, according to the universal declaration of human rights, the "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.
Dignity encompasses all the slogans and goals of demonstrators from Tunisia to Iraq: the dignity conferred by freedom of speech and thought; the dignity conferred by being listened to; the dignity conferred by education and health care; the dignity conferred by work; and finally, the dignity conferred by courage. By facing down rulers who show no respect for citizens' voices, demonstrators across the region have certainly shown courage.
Refusing to listen is the ultimate mark of disdain. Middle Eastern governments don't want to hear so they turn down the volume of individual expression at its source. Mohamed Bouazizi, the 26-year old Tunisian who set himself on fire, turned the volume up. He tapped into a broad and deep vein of frustration across the region. Deeper than frustration, however, lay a well of shame; shame that Arabs had allowed themselves to be controlled for such a long time by venal and rapacious governments.
By projecting a voice that could no longer be ignored, Tunisians unleashed voices across the region and beyond. The Tunisian, and then the Egyptian example of unarmed civilians facing and defeating a highly armed government gave the rest of the region courage. Demonstrators across the region turn out in ever larger numbers in the face of great danger. They speak of their needs and express their contempt for rulers who do not dare to listen and respond. There is a certain rhythm, with rulers, participants, and audiences alike tuned to Fridays when the volume increases. Although this rhythm is created by the timing of the chief congregational prayer of the week, the demonstrators do not use religious slogans or chants.
The United States has been remarkably absent from demonstrators' rhetoric even though the U.S. is implicated in supporting many of the authoritarian rulers that are their focus. My students express ambivalence about U.S. intervention in Libya. They regard Qadhafi as an embarrassment and they abhor the very idea of a government shooting its own citizens. But they wonder about an opposition that depends on help from the U.S. and NATO. They also fear that intervention will lead to a renewal of constraint on political expression and process. The example of Iraq is front and center. Some students seek refuge from the dilemma posed by intervention by constructing principles. In principle, all states in the region, Arab or otherwise, should solve their own problems without help/interference from the U.S. Others remember with gratitude that the U.S. led the effort to get Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, or saw for themselves that the U.S. gave by far more aid to Pakistan during the floods of August 2010 than any other state.
Students at AUS greeted the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death with immense curiosity, skepticism, relief, fear, and resentment. For myself, I cringed at the sight of American youth dancing in the streets (see previous blog by David Mednicoff). Lacking evidence of a body, many sstudents here questioned the story. But dead or alive, they expected no change in American policy towards Arab states. They did think that there could be changes with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The killing of OBL provides the U.S. with a chance to withdraw from Afghanistan, but will it? Most think it should. As for the Pakistani government, they felt things looked grim. It will now be judged as incompetent in pursuing OBL or complicit in hiding him; either judgment bodes ill. Will the U.S. punish Pakistan and, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, destroy civilian life in the process? At home, the Pakistani government has lost credibility. By allowing the U.S. military to violate Pakistani sovereignty both in regard to killing OBL and in regard to allowing U.S. drones to bomb Pakistan, the government looks cowardly and weak. My students see permitting drone attacks and the consequent killing of Pakistani civilians as akin to Arab governments killing their own citizens in response to current waves of protest.
One of the most striking answers my students came up with to the question, what do Arabs want, was "understanding", not to be understood, but to understand. This desire speaks to the control of information exercised by the governments of the region. Lack of information and complete distrust in the information made available leads directly to the conspiracy mindedness prevalent in the region. Weaving explanations based on conspiracy distracts minds from the rigorous thinking needed to address problems and suggest solutions. This is true of citizens and governments alike. Every ruler in the region has resorted to conspiracy to explain the current opposition each one faces. Bashar al-Asad, president of Syria, points to armed criminals of unspecified provenance, the King of Bahrain and other rulers in the Gulf like to finger Iran, Ali Abdullah Saleh the president of Yemen also points at Iran, Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi in his isolation points at just about anyone. None of them acknowledge publicly that they face real, homegrown, opposition bred of their own policies. Do any of them think privately and soberly about their responsibility for the present crisis they face or what, beyond the use of force, is to be done? Judging from their actions, the resounding answer is no.
Are my students' opinions important? As a very small sample of opinion, no they are not. But, insofar as the median age of the population in Middle Eastern states ranges from 20 (Iraq) to 30 (UAE, Bahrain, Israel), the opinions and understandings of their age group matter greatly. And the question that puzzles my students is not, what do Arabs want. Rather, what puzzles them is what does the United States want. U.S. policy is totally mysterious to them thanks to the dissonance between words and actions, to the evocation of 'principle,' and to its selective and cynical application. Are they anti-American? No, they are adept at distinguishing individuals and cultures from governmental policies. But they certainly are critical of the effects of American policies in the region. And here it is the United States that refuses to listen.


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MILWAUKEE -- Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart each hit a three-run homer and theMilwaukee Brewers pounded the Houston Astros 10-1 on Wednesday night.
Ramirez had three hits and four RBIs, including his 13th homer of the season in the third inning. Hart hit his three-run shot in the fifth, his 20th homer.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo (9-8) went seven innings, giving up one run and three hits with a walk and five strikeouts. And this time he wasn't betrayed by the team's leaky bullpen, as Jim Henderson got out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth.
Home plate umpire Brian Knight ejected Brewers manager Ron Roenicke and bench coach Jerry Narron in the ninth.
Gallardo was coming off a rough outing in which he gave up seven runs in five innings against the Washington Nationals.
Chris Snyder hit his fifth home run of the season for Houston.
Astros starter Dallas Keuchel (1-4) struggled, and was charged with seven runs and seven hits in four-plus innings with six walks.
Ryan Braun returned to the lineup after missing Monday night's game with blisters on his hand.
After Norichika Aoki led off the first with a single and Braun took a one-out walk, the Brewers used a double-steal to put runners on second and third. Aramis Ramirez singled to score Aoki and give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.
Neither the Astros or Brewers pulled off any last-minute deals before Tuesday afternoon's non-waiver trade deadline. Both team, however, pulled off selling-minded trades earlier in the month -- Houston made a series of moves, while Milwaukee sent ace pitcher Zack Greinke to the Angels last week.
With runners on first and third with one out in the second, Gallardo laid down a perfect squeeze bunt, allowing Weeks to score from third for a 2-0 lead -- and the Astros weren't able to throw Gallardo out at first, leaving runners on first and second with one out.
But Aoki hit into a double play to end the inning, and Snyder led off the third with a homer to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Brewers broke the game open in the third, when Carlos Gomez doubled, Braun walked and Ramirez hit a three-run homer. Keuchel issued another pair of walks before gettingCody Ransom to hit into an inning-ending double play.
Milwaukee ended its first three innings on double plays but still led 5-1.
Keuchel gave up singles to Braun and Ramirez to start the fifth, and was taken out of the game. Reliever Chuckie Fick then gave up the three-run homer to Hart and the Brewers led 8-1.
Fick hit Gomez with a pitch in the left wrist in the sixth, and Gomez briefly looked like he was going to charge the mound. But Gomez -- who also was hit Monday night -- quickly calmed down and took first base.
Brewers reliever Jim Henderson loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, then struck out Brett Wallace to end the inning.
Pinch hitter Nyjer Morgan added a two-run single in the ninth.
After trading away Greinke last week, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said things weren't active at the trade deadline Tuesday. "I didn't have any phone calls at all from a general manager all day," Melvin said. Melvin did not rule out potential activity in August, when players have to pass through waivers to be traded. ... Astros manager Brad Mills said before the game he doesn't intend to formally name a closer for now, but wants to giveWilton Lopez get a shot at the role.
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One of the sources of disconnect between vendors' perception of the advisory analysts (e.g., Forrester and Gartner) and the reality is how very differently vendors and end users (usually enterprise IT managers) make use of the phone-based inquiry that comes with annual subscriptions.
IT managers frequently use analyst inquiry to manage the risk of buying a technology product or service. In addition, IT managers will call upon the analysts to give them intelligence and insights when they are negotiating a contract with a vendor. Often this information and advice is provided over many short phone calls touching on very specific topics, e.g., "Vendor X came to present to the team yesterday and said they could…" or "Vendor Y appears to have better support and should I….." As a consequence, IT managers see the analysts as allies when it comes to making the best purchasing decisions and paying the right price. In fact, many IT managers think that rather than an expense, a Gartner or Forrester contract is an investment because they end up saving so much on their vendor contracts.
Vendors just do not have the same experience with analysts. First, vendor clients of analysts rarely use inquiry with the same frequency as end users. Furthermore, the typically vendor client never calls an advisory analyst to get advice on how to save money on purchase. So for the vendor executive, the only thing s/he sees is an expensive contract that is rarely used and provides no tangible value. No wonder vendor executives are befuddled by why end users continue to sign up for advisory analyst contracts.
We bring this up because a SageCircle strategist was talking to two senior and savvy vendor executives who normally understand the analysts. The executives were completely amazed to hear about Continue reading
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News that Liverpool may be forced to sell Daniel Agger should Manchester City match their valuation of the player seems to have been met with a chorus of disapproval from the Anfield faithful, after Brendan Rodgers admitted the Danish defender was not certain to stay on Merseyside this season.
The Reds boss is understandably keen to retain the services of the 27-year-old, despite two inquiries from City's football administrator Brian Marwood about Agger's availability this summer.
Having indicated they would be willing to bid around ¬£18million for the centre-back, Liverpool are believed to be holding out for a fee closer to the £22million the Citizens paid Everton for Joleon Lescott in 2009.
"Every player has a price. But no manager wants to lose his best players," conceded Rodgers. "Top centre-halves are at a premium. Take Thiago Silva - he left AC Milan to go to Paris St Germain for £40million. So it has to be a big valuation.
"Daniel is one of the leading players in European football at centre-half. Is he a player I want to lose? No he's not. But like any club, if an offer comes in that is in the best interests of the club, of course you have to look at it.
"From a football perspective, do I want to lose Daniel Agger? Not really. He can be a really pivotal player for me, he understands how I want to work. But I am a realist. And the reality is that if a club comes in with a massive bid then the club may have to look at it. You can never say never."
There's no doubt that Agger - when fit - is one of the best defenders in the Premier League, but Liverpool fans needn't worry, he is hardly irreplaceable. £20million should be regarded as a very generous offer for his services, and with that money it wouldn't take too strenuous a search to find a suitable successor. If Rodgers' past transfer dealings are anything to go by, the club may even find itself with change left over.
Reports linking them with Wales international Ashley Williams will do little to restore confidence, even if the Swans stopper is a considerably better player than he is given credit for. But there are a number of other more viable options to consider.
Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan defender Diego Godin is available for ¬£9million, and would fit in with a growing contingent of South American stars at Anfield. Alternatively, Montpellier's Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - who can operate anywhere across the back line - also attracting interest from Arsenal, would cost even less than that, around £7-8million.
Celtic's Charlie Mulgrew is another name to have been mooted, as is Lyon's Croatian stopper Dejan Lovren - both players at good ages, and still with their best years ahead of them. Agger's international team-mate, Simon Kjaer could also fill the prospective void left by his compatriot at Anfield.
After an impressive showing for Denmark at Euro 2012, the 23-year-old has already made clear his intentions to leave Wolfsburg this summer, and would cost only a fraction of Agger's price.
That's not to say that City would be wasting their money on Agger, either. The formation of a central defensive partnership between himself and Vincent Kompany would be great, and a considerable improvement on Roberto Mancini's other first-choice option of Lescott.
The England international has come on leaps and bounds at the Etihad Stadium, and had a strong second half of 2011-12, carrying his form into the European Championships. But, in terms of where City are now, and where they want to go in the future, Lescott's ability falls just short.
The fact that he commanded a fee even close to the £30million Manchester United paid to sign Rio Ferdinand from Leeds United in 2002 - a record transfer for a defender - reflects the inflated market price three years ago, as opposed to his true quality and potential.
If Liverpool need to sell to buy, the reality is that Agger will be sold. You just have to hope that Rodgers gets it right when identifying a replacement. After all, transfers - both incoming and outgoing - send out a strong message to players, and fans about a club's aspirations moving forward.
Agger is a strong personality at Melwood, regarded as one of the Reds' star players, so Liverpool will need something up their sleeves, if they choose to cash-in.
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Area and the Distributive Property
Lesson 17 of 20
Objective: SWBAT: • Define product, sum, and distributive property • Represent the area of a rectangle whose sides may be variables • Identify and create equivalent expressions by using the distributive property • Use area models to help factor an expression
Big Idea: The area of a rectangle is x^2 + 10x. How can you represent this area as a product? Students apply their knowledge of area and the distributive property to expand and factor algebraic expressions.
Do Now
See my Do Now in my Strategy folder that explains my beginning of class routines.
Often, I create do nows that have problems that connect to the task that students will be working on that day. Today I want students to review the work students did with equivalent numerical expressions in the first unit of the year. I want to see if students can apply their knowledge of area and order of operations to identify the correct expressions. A common mistake is for students to think that the two expressions in problem 2 are equivalent. I push students to use their knowledge of order of operations to prove that they are not equivalent.
I call on students to share their ideas. I call on other students to share whether they agree or disagree with their classmates and why. Students are engaging in MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
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Vocabulary Review
We fill out these notes together. I ask students how the picture connects to perimeter and area. I want students to realize that the amount of fence represents the perimeter of the yard while the amount of grass represents the area of the yard.
We review the distributive property. I want students to be able to see that the distributive property says that the product a(b+c) can also be represented by the sum of ab +bc. In the past, students have been able to add the two values inside the parentheses and then multiply it by the outside factor. Today we are working with variables, so students will not be able to do this.
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We work on these problems together. I ask students how we can represent the area of a rectangle that is 3 units by a units. If students struggle, I remind them of their work with the algebra tiles. When we tripled x, the result was 3x.
Students complete the rest of the problems independently. They participate in a Think Pair Share to share and compare their work. I present the answer to problem four as 2x. This is a common mistake and I want students to recognize that x times x results is x squared, not 2x.
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Group Work
- Before this lesson, I use the data from the previous lesson's ticket to go to Create Homogeneous Groups.
- I use a Group Work Rubric with each group to give students feedback on their cooperation and behavior.
- I Post a Key so groups can check their work as the complete problems.
I explain that they are going to be working with their group to apply the distributive property to finding the area of figures. This work is not easy, but their work with algebra tiles and number tricks will help them. I explain that when their group completes a page they need to raise their hands and check in with me before moving on. Students move into groups and I pass out the Group Work Rubrics.
As students work I walk around and monitor student work and behavior. Students are engaging in MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them and MP7: Look for and make use of structure.
Some students may initially say they are confused and that they don't understand the problems. I tell them to look at their notes and use their group members to help them. I want students to use the resources that they have to help them reason through the problems.
If a group successfully completes a page, I briefly scan their work and send them to the key. If students successfully complete all of the work, they move on to the challenge problems.
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Closure and Ticket to Go
I ask students to flip to challenge problem 3. Students participate in a Think Pair Share. I want students to apply their knowledge of the distributive property to factor this expression in multiple ways. If students struggle, I encourage them to draw their own rectangle to model the problem. I call students up to share their ideas and show their work under the document camera. Students are engaging in MP3: Construct viable arguments and MP7: Look for and make use of structure.
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Photo documentary. I want to capture the moment in an ordinary life. Visit the place, see the life, meet the people and feel the air, light and shadow... There is always something beautiful about the everyday life without any production staging.
Up until the day I met the X-Pro1, I shot with a SLR for work and my personal works with Leica M. Why? There are many, but the main reason being that it was an direct optical viewfinder. You cannot see the focus or bokeh. There is only the bright frame in the glass. Unlike the SLRs, where you can see everything, rangefinder tries to capture what is not seen. You focus on the subject and press the shutter button. You do not get concerned about details of the composition or bokeh, but rather you focus solely on the scene that you see through the finder. I believe that is the essence in photography. Hybrid Viewfinder started with X100. I believe Fujifilm chose this style of combining the OVF and EVF, because they know it was the essence in photography.
When I first held the X-Pro1, I was not only drawn into the camera for the unique finder and the shooting style that it offered, but also for its brilliant image quality.The low-pass less provided not only the resolution, but also a sense of freshness in the picture. The JPEG straight out of camera was top-notch, but I believe the real value was with the RAW. The RAW file offered silky-like images. If JPEGs were the reversal films, then the RAW would be the negative film. The RAW files of X-Pro1 were exactly that. The fresh high quality image data had wide tonality and you could tweak the photo further like the negative films. The data consisted the special ingredient of photographic expression that filmmaker FUJIFILM had nurtured over the years. Camera is not just a tool. It is a pen, a brush.... X-Pro1 was definitely the camera that made you want to take a piece of work.
I met with X-E1 and traveled Morocco with it. A travel camera is better if it's compact and casual. X-E1 was just that, a perfect travel companion. It fitted in my hands comfortably. People smiled when I looked through the viewfinder. From impressive blue alley Chefchaouen to labyrinth Fes, I sensed their unique atmosphere. X-E1 captured the feel of atmosphere just the way I sensed. The children I met in Fes at sunset. One by one, they gathered and smiled at the camera waiting to be photographed. I could never forget their smiling faces.
When I visited Sicily, I brought Carl Zeiss 12mm and 32mm along with the X-E1. I've always liked the Zeiss T coating since the film days. The X-Trans CMOS sensor captured the Sicilian blue sky and sea brilliantly with the high contrast and good colors. It brought me back to the film days.
With the X-E2, the E series became fast snap shooter's camera. From finding the moment in the street to focusing, and then releasing the shutter, the photographic motion became pretty much seamless with the X-E2. The Phase detection AF was really fast that I almost felt not lag time with the wide angle lens such as 23mm and 14mm. When you no longer get frustrated with the focusing, then you can focus on the subject. Your will to photograph synchronizes with the photograph. People passing by do not even notice that they are being photographed. I was able to capture the life in Italy just the way it is.
The evolution of the X Series never stops. The SLR-like X-T1 came on the scene. The EVF had really wide field of view. I felt as if I were looking through an optical SLR viewfinder. The dials at the top assured me of the precise operations. With the X-T1, I started to use the X Series for work more and more. Of course, photograph is not complete with a camera alone. Without good lenses, a good camera is a waste. And by then, the XF lenses covered pretty much all range. The entire lens range depicted brilliant high image quality. And prime lenses were particularly attractive for its high image quality. I especially like the XF56mmF1.2. It depicted the subject razor-sharp and produced very creamy bokeh. The picture took me to fantasy world.
The hybrid viewfinder saw a huge advancement with the X100T. Little EVF window is now displayed at the bottom right corner of the OVF to check focus. The usability of OVF improved. The X-Pro2 comes with the version that is even more advanced. For example, the magnification can be changed in the OVF. There is so much technology put into the viewfinder. What is the fuss about OVF? Because nothing beats the OVF. You look through the finder and compose with the bright frame to take picture. And there needs to be a best tool to assit this simple practice.
X-Pro2 also saw a huge advancement in other areas. X-Pro1, one and only camera, only realizes its perfection when it sees an improvement in focus speed and such. X-Pro2 looks the same, but it is a completely different camera. Sometimes you only notice when you hold the camera as it is not shown on the spec sheet. The "click" of the dials and switches, I sense the work by the artisans. I especially like the feel of the shutter. It feels so good. The shutter sound whispers in low volume in my hands. Is a camera all about image quality? I think not. Camera is not just a tool. It is part of the body that create the artwork. It should uplift your motivation just by holding it. X-Pro2 also feels nostalgic.
I want to travel with this camera now.
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After working at a design production, established the TAKAHASHI TOSHIMITSU DESIGN OFFICE in 1994. Alongside being an art director, designer, and photographer, committed in photographic creativity works focused on daily lives.
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This is either going to be the greatest weekend ever or the worst weekend ever.
Late on Sunday night, Curiosity — the next great Mars rover, one ton of scientific-instrument-packin' laser-shootin' Mars-rollin' machine — will, one way or another, arrive at the surface of Mars. If everything goes well, it'll be on its wheels and ready to roll. If one thing goes wrong, it'll be just one more crater, and the end of many peoples' careers.
I wrote a lengthy set of blogs explaining what exactly has to happen right over the span of seven terrifying minutes for Curiosity to enter Mars' atmosphere, descend by parachute and then retrorockets, and finally skycrane to a landing. For the TL;DR, Let William Shatner explain it all to you.
I will be at JPL, Tweeting away (@elakdawalla) and probably having an anxiety attack, occasionally updating my blog. The confirmation of a landing — or not — should reach Earth at about 10:31 p.m. Pasadena time (having spent 14 minutes traveling across the space separating Earth and Mars). For those of you not lucky enough to be at JPL, you can follow everything at a number of Web feeds, including NASA TV, or JPL's Ustream, or The Planetary Society's PlanetFest webstream. (Planetfest is a physical event that you can attend in Pasadena, California tomorrow and Sunday).
Between now and then, on Saturday night, August 4, I hope that any of you in Southern California will come to our MARS PARTY!! In the spirit of such geektastic affairs as W00tstock and LeetUp, the Mars Party will feature DJ's, drinks, dancing; rovers, spaceships, and rocket scientists; lots of swag; free T-shirts; Bill Nye the Science Guy; me; and an electric LED floating octopus light show of some kind. Tickets here! Children invited! (Parental guidance suggested.)
Curiosity is an enormous rover whose science mission involves figuring out if Mars was ever hospitable to life — at least to our kind of life. In the short term, after landing, the most exciting things to look forward to are the first pictures from its landing site. All previous Mars missions have had to land in extremely flat (and therefore visually a bit dull) landscapes. Curiosity's landing next to a mountain, so the view will be breathtaking. And then — after a few months of instrument checkouts and traversing the Martian plains to its base — the rover will climb that mountain! I recently made two videos explaining where all its cameras and other instruments are and describing what they do.
You'll be able to follow it every step of the way, because as with the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, JPL is going to publish the images returned from the spacecraft on their website very soon after they receive those pictures on Earth. Curiosity's science cameras have color HD capability and can capture video at 4.5 frames per second. There's even a camera called MARDI that will take an HD movie of the descent, watching the ground rise up toward the rover. It's going to be spectacular.
If it works. *gulp*


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Following Elon Musk's Twitter announcement that he's taking Tesla private at $420/share, the SEC is now making inquiries to Tesla to find out if this is true, and why he revealed the plan on Twitter.
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Policy Prep Session: A Webinar for AUCD Trainees attending DPS2018
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Join us for a chance to learn about what to expect during the 2018 AUCD Trainee Summit and the Disability Policy Seminar. You'll get tips around setting up your Hill visits, and hear first hand from a previous attendee who is also a trainee! Lastly, we'll be available to answer any questions you may have as you prepare to join us in Washington, D.C.
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This workshop will introduce trainees to the various challenges associated with assessing, monitoring, and effectively serving deaf / hard of hearing children who have additional disabilities from a systems perspective. It is a unique, interactive learning opportunity that brings together trainees and faculty from across the country. This workshop's focus is on intersectionality of culture and diversity.
Mark Your Calendars for AUCD 2016!
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The Importance of Plain Language Summaries for Publications
An Early Career Professionals Guest Blog from Carli Friedman and Kate Caldwell of the University of Illinois at Chicago
In this blog, Kate and Carli share their goal of creating plain language summaries for research publications. This approach to knowledge translation is to break down complex concepts into the most essential form by using plain language and universal design so that the widest possible audience will be able to understand it -- including people with I/DD.
The ECP June Guest Blogger is Julia Nelson
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Have a Strategy for Impromptu Speaking
A key demand in business is the ability to speak off-the-cuff. Whether it's giving an unexpected elevator pitch to a potential investor or being asked to quickly defend a proposal to sales, many of us have had to speak with no preparation. Next time, don't panic. The worst business speeches are those that ramble on. If forced to speak, quickly draft a structure of your main argument on a notecard (or napkin). Jot down an introduction, two or three supporting points, and a conclusion. Use extra time to fill out any examples or data you want to address. Always state your thesis up front so listeners can easily follow your supporting comments. Focus on key stories and statistics, rather than your delivery. If you know your topic, the words will come. Finally, keep it short. When in doubt, say less.
10 Principles of Effective and Authentic Leadership
There is a great amount of definitions and theories about effective leadership. Each leader chooses their unique formula of success, but still there are keys to authentic leadership that can't be ignored. Read 10 important principles each leader should know.
The Best Negotiators Plan to Think on Their Feet
You can't script negotiation. Instead, you need a supple strategy you can adapt to the situation at hand. Opportunities pop up. So do obstacles. Power ebbs and flows. Talks that seem to crawl along can suddenly race forward or veer off in another direction. After all, negotiation is a two-way street.
The Non-Boring Way To Show Off Your Soft Skills In Your Job Search
Have you ever described yourself on your resume or in your cover letter as a "hard worker" with a "positive attitude" who is able to "learn quickly?" Let guess - did your job application seem to disappear into the HR black hole? Here's why. While the prevalence of applicant tracking systems, which match up job applications with the skills listed in the job description, has grown, in the end there's still a human doing the final screening. And humans don't connect with a series of keywords - they connect with good stories. In other words, don't sell yourself short by just throwing in flat, overused words to describe your soft skills.
Senator Harkin Announces New 6x15 Campaign
Six organizations commit to six goals by the end of 2015
At the Disability Policy Seminar on Monday night, Senator Harkin announced a new campaign led by six national disability organizations to achieve six national goals by the end of 2015, marking major anniversaries of the ADA and IDEA.
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The Importance of Plain Language Summaries for Publications
An Early Career Professionals Guest Blog from Carli Friedman and Kate Caldwell of the University of Illinois at Chicago
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1/2 cup Minnesota Wild Rice
2 cups cooked chicken, diced
4 slices bacon, diced
1 cup milk
4 cups chicken broth
2 carrots, diced
1 Tbsp. flour
2 medium onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1/4 cup butter, halved
salt and pepper to taste
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
Using Basic Soak Method , prepare rice for recipe. In a stock pot, saute'
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Swift Key Tablet X £3.10
A tablet is so nearly a laptop replacement, but it falls down when using the on-screen keyboard. Swift Key Tablet X for Honeycomb tablets uses a split-screen layout to let you type with fingers and thumbs even if you're all thumbs. Advanced language and correction software mean the only thing slowing you down will be your puny humanoid brain.
Apparatus £1.25
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Studies point to a need for better physician-patient communication
Patients are more likely to take their medications if their doctors talk to them about how those medications work, when they should be taken and what the possible side effects are, a study has found.
That might sound like a no-brainer, but the study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, adds weight to efforts to get physicians to walk patients through the drugs they prescribe, making patients more likely to take their medicine as directed. If doctors throw in an informational packet, so much the better.
The findings support an emerging picture of on- and offline patient behavior, suggesting that when it comes to information, sometimes, more really is better.
Health consulting firm Altarum came upon similar findings when it homed in on patient behavior from an insurance perspective this fall. Among its findings: 61% of patients polled two years ago wanted control over their healthcare decisions, regardless of salary, income and plan design. At the same time, Altarum found that 43% of patients polled said they stopped taking their medications without professional guidance and that 72% asked physicians for medications beyond what was being recommended.
It's here that the reasons for the gap between what doctors want—adherence—and what patients end up (not) doing—taking their medications—begins to surface. For example, Altarum found that the majority of patients do not ask about lower-priced options because they "do not appear to be confident that they actually can reduce their costs by shopping for health care." This communication barrier is costly—the Congressional Budget Office said back in December that rising co-pays drove down prescription fills only to trigger a cycle of more cost-intensive conditions. Richard Lockey, the director of allergy and immunology at Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL, has seen the impact of higher prices first-hand, and recounted his experience of price-linked non-adherence among anaphylaxis patients in the April 2012 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Lockey's group only found out that cost was coming between patients and their medications after asking them why prescriptions weren't being filled, and it was only then that they were able to offer a cheaper, more accessible solution.Further supporting the informed patient perspective is Monday's report from the info crunchers at the Pew Internet and American Life Project which showed that patients with chronic conditions are highly engaged with tracking at least one component of their health. The top attention-grabbing categories are weight, diet and exercise. Pew said that although almost 50% of the surveyed patients said they update their records occasionally and 46% said they record updates regularly, just over a third of them actually shared their notes with anyone, and yet 34% of trackers said this highly guarded information has affected how they handled their conditions.


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Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeleine Roux. Published 2010
This book is a little different from what I usually read, but I like to read books that have a Wisconsin connection. The author Madeleine Roux went to Beloit College and started a fiction blog which is the basis for this book. The main character Allison is a graduate student in Madison and working at a bookstore when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. She is able to connect to the Snet—a secret military emergency Internet—when she can find electricity to recharge her laptop computer and write her blog. Each blog posting is a chapter, and comments on the blog from other people are at the end of each chapter. Allison and her co-workers and two customers take refuge in a back room. This is the best part of the book. At one point Allison makes a run for food and just can't help from grabbing a couple of books too! She has an ax which she found with emergency fire supplies and uses it to dispatch zombies. Later, Allison makes it to the arena on campus where she meets Collin who is leading a group of survivors. Allison wants to find her mother and eventually takes off for "Liberty Village" where she believes her mother was headed. Most of the characters are in their twenties and so use the kind of language that is common among that age group. I enjoyed this book but it is not for everyone—lots of people die, get wounded, or are overtaken by zombies. But then again, people who want to read books about zombies have different expectations than people who want to read cozy stories, historical fiction, or gentle romances. So with that said, I liked Allison's determination and witty sarcasm, the blog form of the book, and the references to Madison, and I enjoyed the book!


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Washington Semester Program - Transforming Communities Semester at American University, Washington D.C. Teaches the actual conditions of communities and the possibilities of change in those communities. Also provides many Transforming Communities Internships. Visit www.washingtonsemester.com or contact the career development center for more information.
Institute of Philanthropy and Voluntary Service - A dynamic summer program for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and careers in the non profit sector. The 2008 institute will be held from June 7 - August 2, at Georgetown University. Volunteers can earn up to 9 credit hours and live in furnished on-campus apartments. Over half of the volunteers receive full or partial funding! For more information, contact Ms. Shane Goldsmith at 1-800-741-6964 or email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit their website at www.dcinternships.org/ipvs
Summer of Service - Summer of Service is a program sponsored by the Board of Global Ministries of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. This program matches people who have completed high school who want to serve in the Christian Ministries for 8 weeks in the summer. For more information, contact Tina Rockwell at (717) 252-2795.
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The photography offered by the website is from a variety of sources and much of it only exists on original film. Although we are doing what we can to get as much as possible scanned, it is a huge, costly undertaking.
Why is the delivery time and pricing different for many of the photographs?
As discussed above the photography is sourced from different archives and due to this they command different prices and take different amounts of time to gain access to. We will endeavour to deliver any order ASAP though and would hope to get your product to you before the time stated in many cases.
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What is an aerial photograph?
There are basically two main types of aerial photograph, oblique and vertical. Both are taken from an elevated position above the ground, usually from an aeroplane or a helicopter. However other methods are used such as masts, balloons and kites for example.
As you might expect an oblique photograph is taken at an angle looking sideways out of the aircraft, which gives a 'landscape' view. Whereas a vertical aerial photo is taken looking straight down from the aircraft to the ground, giving a 'map' view. Traditionally oblique aerial photographs are used for pictorial purposes to give the viewer an idea of what is around a particular location and are not used to measure from, until recently. The vertical photograph is used for more technical purposes, i.e. mapping, and the cameras and lenses have to be calibrated to give accurate measurements.
There is a whole science behind aerial photography, known as photogrammetry, which is the practice of obtaining information about physical objects through the process of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images. More recently it has been used in the fields of architecture, archaeology, engineering, geology, underwater, and forensic work as well as aerial survey. It is a complicated mathematical subject and we will not go into it any further here!
For an example of a vertical aerial photo please click here
For an example of an oblique aerial photo please click here
For a brief history of aerial photography please click here
Vertical aerial photographs have been used for many years in the map-making process. Until very recently aerial photographs were taken using special film and cameras mounted in aircraft, usually a fixed wing aeroplane. There is a standard size for an aerial photo that is used globally, which is 9 x 9 inches. In the early days there was a variety of film sizes (eg 5 x 5 inch and 8 x 7 inch). The majority of photos on oldaerialphotos.com are the standard 9 x 9 inch. The films themselves are up to 35 metres long enabling 500 exposures to be taken on one film.
Aerial photos are taken at different scales (for example 1:10,000 scale). This known as the nominal scale, and is often approximated. The scale is a function of the size of the negative (9 x 9 inches or 22.86 cm), the flying height and the length of lens. Most lenses are either 6 inch (15cm) or 12 inch (30cm). For example flying at 10,000 feet with a 12 inch lens will give a 1:10,000 scale photograph.
Much of the historical aerial photography is black and white as colour film was only adopted more recently and even then some surveyors still preferred black and white.
What size area does the photo cover?
When you search the database on OldAerialPhotos.com you will be shown a map with a series of icons, which depict the centre point of each photo. If you select one of these icons it shows you a grey box, this shows the approximate coverage of that photograph on the ground. Please note that this box is approximated and may not be exact. So please choose a photo where the centre point is nearest to your area of interest. The table below shows
Table showing coverage (for a 9 x 9 inch negative)
Scale Approximate Distance covered on the ground (km)
1:3000 0.69 km
1:5000 1.14 km
1:10000 2.29 km
1:12000 2.74 km
1:15000 3.43 km
1:20000 4.57 km
1:25000 5.72 km
What is a vertical aerial photo?
A vertical aerial photo is taken looking straight down from the aircraft to the ground, giving a 'map' view. Example.
What is an oblique aerial photo?
An oblique photograph is taken at an angle looking sideways out of the aircraft, which gives a 'landscape' view. Example.
What are aerial photos used for?
The applications for aerial photography are vast. In any circumstance where one might use a map, an aerial photo could also be used.
Land Issues and Boundary Disputes - This is a surprisingly common issue in the UK. The ability of being able to clearly see where a boundary was several years ago can be irrefutable evidence in boundary or right of way disputes. This is exactly what aerial photography gives you.
Legal - As well as boundary disputes, there are a host of other uses for aerial photography in legal cases for example scene of crime or incident, route taken, evidence of land cover.
Planning Applications and Property - when buying or selling land or property it is important to know what the lie of the land was decades before your property was built, for example was there a factory, or a quarry nearby? Either may have in impact on the environment and possibly the resale value.
General Interest - With growing interest in genealogy and family history, an aerial photography shown a family's home ground is always fascinating, as well as being a fantastic catalyst for reminiscing! They also make a great gift.
Environmental - It is key to know the history of an area in order to plan the future. Knowing what was there aids the decision making process, ensure a safe and sustainable world.
Insurance Companies - Knowing what was in an area over the previous decades helps with decision making during risk assessment and claim. Deforested areas can cause subsidence; paint factories may have contaminated the land. There may even be unexploded bombs in the area.
Local and Central Government - Planning our environment requires every tool available. A view of history can enable Government to learn from the past and make the correct decisions now.
Archaeology - The older the photo, the better! Aerial photos of a pre-built environment can reveal a lot about the previous inhabitants of the area, making aerial photography and invaluable tool.
Exhibitions, Visitor Attractions, Visual Media - People are always fascinated by an aerial photo, it is a totally different perspective of a place they are often very familiar, and can act as a great focal point for an exhibition or visitor centre.
Why do we charge for the search?
We might make a small charge for requesting a detailed search report in order to cover the cost of the ongoing maintenance and updating of the aerial photo database which is at the core of the website.
However the price we charge is a fraction of the cost of searching each archive individually or commissioning an expert to conduct a search on your behalf.
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You can use your photo in accordance with your licence agreement, which will be sent to you for your review and acceptance before your image is supplied. Please let the supplier know if you wish to use your image for anything other than personal use. There may be additional fees for non-personal and commercial re-use.
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Cacajao hosomi
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Cacajao hosomi Boubli, da Silva, Amado, Herbk, Pontual & Farias, 2008
Common Name(s):
Cacajao melanocephalus ssp. melanocephalus (Humboldt, 1811)
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The taxonomy of this newly described species follows Boubli et al. (2008).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2d ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Boubli, J.-P. & Veiga, L.M.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Vulnerable as there is reason to believe the species has declined by at least 30% over the past 30 years (three generations) mainly due to hunting.
|Range Description:
|The range of this species is delimited to the south and west by the Rio Negro (Brazil, Venezuela), by the Rio Marauiá in the east (Brazil), and the Canal Cassiquiare and Rio Orinoco to the north (Venezuela). The absence of C. hosomi north of the Canal Cassiquiari is speculative at present.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|There are no precise data concerning total numbers. Boubli (1997) estimated a crude density of 7 animals/km² at his study site in Pico da Neblina National Park, Brazil. However, this is probably an overestimate given that these animals are seasonal vagrants (i.e., they move to different areas in times of food scarcity). Thus, overall densities are probably lower than one individual/km².
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Black-headed Uakaris are found in a variety of habitat types, including terra firme, chavascal, flooded forests (igapós), campinarana or "Rio Negro caatinga" (white sand forests), and montane forest. They are seasonal vagrants and move to different areas of the forest tracking the seasonal variation in availability of preferred fruits. They forage at different levels from the understory to the canopy, but they have never been seen descending to the ground. All uakaris are specialized seed predators and the majority of their diet is made up of immature seeds. The diet can be supplemented by fruit pulp, leaves and arthropods. Group sizes range from 35 to >100 individuals; fission-fusion was never witnessed in this species.
|Major Threat(s):
This species has a limited distribution and is heavily hunted for its meat, particularly by the Yanomami Amerindians from the Maturacá, Nazareth, Xamatá, Pohoró villages, but also by caboclos along the road from São Gabriel da Cachoeira to Cucuí, Amazons, Brazil. Although the consumption of primates and other game by the Yanomamis might have been sustainable in the past, the advent of permanent (missionary encouraged) settlements, and subsequent population increase and use of shotguns are now drastically affecting primate numbers near indigenous villages. Once abundant along the Canal Maturacá (a natural channel that connects the Cauaburi River in Brazil with Canal Cassiquiari in Venezuela), Black-headed Uacaris are now a rare sight in this area. Lehman and Robertson (1994) reported that Black-headed Uakaris were hunted heavily by both illegal Brazilian goldminers and local people and may have been eliminated from much of their range in southern Venezuela. They claim that surviving populations may be restricted to forests in the Rio Baria and the Rio Manipitari interfluvium.
The threat of goldmining present during the 1980s and 1990s is no longer present in the region.
|Conservation Actions:
|It is listed on CITES Appendix I. Presently, the Pico da Neblina transboundary conservation area protects the species. The Neblina transboundary preservation area consists of one of the largest protected areas in South America with a total of 3,560,000 ha (2,200,000 ha in Brazil and 1,360,000 ha in Venezuela). The Brazilian Pico da Neblina National Park and the Venezuelan Serranía de la Neblina National Park were created (in 1979 and 1978, respectively) in order to protect the Pico da Neblina massif, its endemic flora and fauna, as well as a large area of the surrounding lowlands (Huber 1995). The Black-headed Uakari is possibly the only medium-sized mammal restricted to the Neblina transboundary area and could be used as a flagship species for the conservation of the area.
|Boubli, J.-P. & Veiga, L.M. 2008. Cacajao hosomi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T136640A4321414. . Downloaded on 21 August 2018.
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