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The Sun rises again
Our nearest star has woken up for real and for sure. After several years of stubborn silence, the Sun has unleashed several fairly big explosions of material. Called Coronal Mass Ejections, or CMEs, these gigantic events blast out hundreds of billions of tons of matter into space. They create vast interplanetary shock waves, and when they reach the Earth can cause all sorts of havoc. They are different from solar flares, but have similar origins in the Sun's magnetic field.
NASA's recently-launched Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the action mid-eruption. This image shows million-degree-hot gas blasting off the surface, entangled in the Sun's strong magnetic field. The most recent CMEs probably won't do much more than give us pretty aurorae — they've already been spotted — which is good (worse effects are the loss of satellites and potential blackouts on Earth). In fact, if you live in the far north or south you may be able to see the light show.
You can read more about this at Orbiting Frog, SpaceWeather (with pictures!), Universe Today, and pretty much every other space blog on the planet. I'm probably too far south and in far too light-polluted skies to see, but give it a try if you can. Aurorae can be quite spectacular.
But if you miss it, don't fret: I'm sure we'll get lots of other opportunities. The Sun is gearing up for the peak of its cycle in the next three years or so, and there will be plenty of chances to watch as our sky reacts.
Image credit: NASA/SDO
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- Solar storms coming our way this week? | Bad Astronomy | October 27, 2010
Against all odds – and detailled predictions on the usual space weather tracking web sites – last night's aurorae were seen well from Northern Germany at quite some distance from the regular auroral oval. Right now the (mostly cloudy, though) sky over the Baltic Sea is glowing again, I hear …
Have a cellphone ready to contact power plants in case of a solar induced overload and blackout. Immediately call and say: "This is General Zod. Just a small sample of my powers."
I was cruising my RSS feed of the Internet Archive and came across some "woo" about this
@ Chip:
Yeah. And then prepare to run like hell before the FBI helicopters land in your front lawn!
"The Sun rises again …" well it would do that wouldn't it? 😉
I think I can safely predict it will set again too! 😉
Seriously, good news and images – good to see the SDO working well.
Am I the only one who sees the torso with its right hand outstretched ? At first I thought the picture was posted as another example of human images that our brains trick us into seeing.
You sound so dismissive! Here in northern Washington our air is chockfull of particulate from forest fires but it's not keeping me from a steady buzz of excitement. It's been fun watching all the dials and bar graphs at the Space Weather Prediction Center spin and gyrate.
I gather the last solar minima was unusually prolonged and the current cycle slow to get going. I'm wondering how the overall current solar cycle is going & whether predictions are for it to be a low quiet one or whether its going to start really building up now and how typical of past patterns the current cycle 24 is being.
This :
Both methods give larger than average amplitude to Cycle 24 while its delayed start and low minimum strongly suggest a much smaller cycle. Ohl's method now indicates an amplitude of about 70 for Cycle 24. The smoothed aa index has reached its minimum (a record low) of 8.4 in September of 2009. Using Ohl's method indicates a maximum sunspot number of about 70 ± 18 or less for cycle 24.
From "Solar Cycle Prediction" from the NASA Marshall SpaceFlight Center (link will be given in a separate comment below to avoid a long "awaiting moderation" hold up for this comment) sounds interesting but very technical.
Can somebody please "translate" that into plain english for the scientific layperson & put this in a bit of context? I'm struggling to grasp what it actually means relative to past solar cycles & I'm not sure if I'm grokking it correctly.
OTOH, this part from the same source :
We find a starting time of July 2008 with minimum occurring in November or December 2008 and maximum in June 2013.
I *do* understand. We've much more to see sunspots & hence aurora~wise as things pick up towards 2013. I'm looking forward to that!
Here's the link to the material I quoted above :
& this link (from the Marshall Centre also) has some interesting background info on solar cycles and sunspot numbers too :
Including these graphs of previous cycles :
If that's helpful or interesting for folks here.
PS. A suggestion for the Marshall centre and a few other such sites – it might be a good idea to have a glossary and perhaps even a separate "For the non-scientist" page version available there to help members of the public who find some of the technical stuff really hard to comprehend.
I love science and astronomy, I read widely in the area (I even write astronomy articles myself!) but some of the specialised items and jargon can get very hard to follow and off-putting at times.
One of the best things about Phil's blog is how accessible he makes the science and how he shares the wonder of it in a way non-scientific people can easily follow and enjoy.
But we won't be here in 2013!! (lol)
Without looking at the page, and trying to 'mentally round some of it' – the methods they refer to would be some form of predicting how lively things will be in the current cycle which I presume is 22 years..
A larger than average amplitude means there'll be more sunspots 'this 22 years' than on average.
The smoothed aa index I assume means a method used to average the values (when doing a line chart, you'd have the odd spike – say an aberrant day where you had 20 bonus spots) so if you average the next, current and previous figures into a "rolling average" and chart that instead you can sometimes remove spikes in the data.
@ Dan Fisher
Nice pictures!!
I live at about 53 degrees N. and I can testify that it was a nice light show Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. It's been a while since we had some good Aurora. These were far from the best ever but they were the strongest in some time.
Start building your Faraday cages to store all your delicate electronics in. 😀
Will this have any affect on global temperatures? I had read a while back (probably on this very forum) that because of the lack of sun activity over the past years it has actually reduced some of the effects of AGW.
What I am worried about (besides the warming thing!) is that this will just give the deniers another excuse to ignore/deny for a few more years. They will now say that the reason the temps are rising is because of sun activity. Well, yeah, I guess many of them have always been saying that. But the difference now would be that the rest of us won't be able to just say that they are dead wrong. . we'd need to explain that the upswing in the sun cycle AND greenhouse gases are increasing the global temperatures. Nuance doesn't play well with denialists.
Anyway, is it true that the sun cycle can affect global temperatures? I want to be able to explain it correctly if it comes up.
NASA has assured ISS FUBAR asstronaughts that they will not be fried like pork skins in boiling lard by the first active sun cycle in 12.5 years. OTOH, we don't see any NASA management volunteering to rise above a yard-equivalent thickness of lead radiation shielding (without pair formation!) to earn their chicharrónes certificate.
Gorgeous! Watching videos of CMEs always give me tingling feeling down my back as I think of the energy required to lobby these billions of tons of matter into outer space. A paltry human arm can hardly lift up a few pounds of iron, toss it up a few feet in the air, much less hurl it all the way into orbit.
It's millions of nuclear bombs going off at once!
How do I put this thing into shameless-plug mode? 😉
I recently released an application called Solaris for Android phones – Solaris will notify you when geomagnetic storm level increases, or when the aurora might be overhead at your location (based on your phone's GPS position). My phone buzzed a few times yesterday when the CME hit! The app displays electron and proton particle flux into the upper atmosphere, projected onto a 3D Earth globe (ala "Google Earth"). Also includes UV images of the Sun from STEREO and SDO spacecraft. You can download Solaris for free from the Android Market. Also see http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/entertainment/solaris_gbnv.html
@9. Yeebok : Thanks.
The :
"larger than average amplitude …" vs "its delayed start and low minimum strongly suggest a much smaller cycle"
bit still sounds a touch contradictory & confusing to my ears although I'm possibly misunderstanding and confusing two separate things – am I?
That thing has got to be stopped!
@13. Joseph,
Hey, all we need to do to protect all those satellites is to build a giant Faraday cage around the Earth!
Oh, I've got it. First, we make it magnetic, not metallic. Saves material, money and energy. OK, the best way to do that is… to make the Earth a magnet, yeah, that's it! So we put a magnet at the Earth's core and envelope the entire planet in a protective magnetic field. We could name the field structure after someone like, I don't know, Ann Vallen or something.
What's that? Been there, done that?? Oh man…
Wow – that's an enormous storm. That's got to be one of the largest I've seen photographed over the past 50 years.
Dang, I'm not in the North so I guess I'll miss the light show (unless I'm lucky enough to see one this far north in the S. hemisphere – I could see one if I traveled much further south).
@messier – Yes you have the terms a bit mixed. The amplitude it's referring to is the "height" of the data. The cycle is the length of the period (solar cycle in this case).
I assume you know of a bell curve ? Imagine one showing sunspot quantities covering one entire solar cycle – a 'perfect bell curve' for argument's sake. (see : http://tinyurl.com/m2gx6 – Wikipedia) The first chart on that page (here : http://tinyurl.com/yfcn7wq – also wikipedia) – the 'normal' period would be the green line. The incoming period would be the blue one – it is narrower but higher – a shorter cycle with higher amplitude.
Hope that helps.
I am amazed at the 3 dimensional stucture of the CME, coming from the surface toward the point of view.
Awfull it is, in a terrible beauty
Its grasp a thousand times a thousand wide,
Reached for me.
And in my wonder, I felt the hand of God
Captn Tommy
Why are these detailed pictures of the sun always so cool? Is it something to do with a "hidden in plain sight" angle? Seeing the familiar in an unfamiliar way? New light, so to speak?
@22.Yeebok : Yes that helps indeed. Thanks for that explaination.
You know, in Assassin's Creed II the over-arching story is supposedly a magnetic pole shift, but given the clues I thought it would be more interesting if it was predicting a giant CME for 2012. So I was wondering could a truly unprecedented enormous CME in a time when the Earth's magnetic field as week, lead to massive radiation hitting the living things (plants animals) on the ground?


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I wrote about the first half of my trip to Vietnam in this post that covered Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi; however, I thought Hoi An should be its own post. Hoi An is a relaxing, charming stop that shouldn't be missed on any trip to Vietnam. We didn't stop in Hue, so I can't make a comparison between the two destinations although I have heard both have their merits.
The whole town of Hoi An is considered a Unesco World Heritage site. It was previously a bustling trading post town in the 16 and 17th centuries although much of the business has now moved to Da Nang which is the only place you can fly into to get to Hoi An. The town--with a population of about 80,000--is perfect for taking some cooking classes, lying on the beach and strolling through the shops and has an almost beach or resort town feel, which is very fitting as the name translates to "peaceful meeting place."
You can rent bikes or motorbikes from any hotel for cheap and ride around the Old Town and to the beaches. We stayed about halfway between the main beaches and the Old Town at the Sunflower Hotel. Accommodation prices are extremely reasonable everywhere in Vietnam, so even the most budget travellers can stay in three or four star hotels. This was a nice, basic hotel that also provided a shuttle into the Old Town although we walked the 10-15 minutes ourselves most of the time.
I would say I am more of a gritty traveller who likes to feel the sand in my toes, the salt in my hair and bashed and blistered feet from walking for hours on end. I generally don't go on trips to shop or buy clothes--except for the odd souvenir or the time I was freezing cold in Scotland and had to buy a sweater. Maybe one day I will be a traveler who enjoys staying at resorts, shopping for expensive things and flying first class. Or maybe I won't and continue how I am, really trying to see and experience different and sometimes not so pretty places.
In Hoi An, you can feel alright for being a typical tourist and not a gritty "experience traveler." This particular spot in Vietnam is a little quieter to leisurely walk around, sip a coffee and do some souvenir shopping--keyword is quiet--and feel alright for being a resort town tourist. Popular attractions include the Japanese covered bridge pagoda (first photo), various museums, old houses and more clothing shops than you can shake a stick at. I wouldn't say there is a lot to do. The point is to take a breather from the rest of Vietnam for a few days and spend your days walking around, sitting in cafes, lounging by the hotel pool or beach and shopping at night.
Of course, the food is one of the main attractions of Hoi An. There are many modern and French-inspired cafes on the riverfront and scattered throughout the Old Town, as well as many street stalls and the central market for a quick snack. When it comes to a sit down meal, the options range from fine dining to the usual cheap tourist fare. If you're scoping out a restaurant in town, the name Ms. Vy will most likely be on your radar. Restauranteur Trinh Diem Vy, also known as "Ms. Vy," owns an impressive selection of well known restaurants in Hoi An, including Morning Glory, Cargo Club, Market Kitchen and Mermaid. From other posts I have read about Hoi Ann, you could eat at only Ms. Vy's restaurants during your trip and still be satisfied with your food options.
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The site used to encompass more than 70 temples and dates back to the 14th and 17th centuries. Most of the ruins were heavily damaged during the Vietnam War. There are impressive carvings, remnants of temples, sculptures and gives you a bit of insight into spiritual and political life at the time in Southeast Asia. All of the buildings were built without mortar or any agent; they are simply brick on brick.
Preservation efforts are being made, but not with any extreme haste. It is not an extreme temple trekking tour like Angkor Wat. All you need is a few hours to walk around with a guide and you'll be back in Hoi An by afternoon. What is left is a serene and quiet space of a few striking pieces of architecture.
My idol Anthony Bourdain had this to say about Vietnam in the Financial Times a few years ago: "A few years from now, I plan to live here. I will move to a small fishing village in the coastal area of Vietnam near Hoi An. I have no idea what I'm going to do there other than write about the experience. I plan only on being a visual curiosity, the lone Westerner in a Vietnamese community; to rent a house, move in with few, if any expectations and let the experience wash over me. Whatever happens, happens."
I didn't know what to expect when I went to Vietnam. And it was near the beginning our 6-week trip to Asia before I had experienced Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Lonely Planet calls it a "nation going places." It is a vast and varied country that is fun treasure box of cultures, visual landscapes and the important part of every trip--food.
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The Easy, Super-'90s Way I Keep Grown-Out Bangs out of My Face
Bangs, fringe, breakage — whatever you call it, it'll fit in some butterfly clips.
One day, as I was scrolling through my Instagram, I came across a picture of the actress who plays Cece in The New Girl. Immediately, I fell in love with her face, specifically her bangs. They were bold and striking, yet still feminine and somewhat understated.
But of course I couldn't just admire them from a distance. I decided I had to have them.
At the time, I was enjoying a fun stage in my hair. Due to being a broke college senior, I hadn't gotten it cut in almost a year, and it was grown out almost down to my bum. I have this terrible habit, however, of taking good situations in my life, and crapping all over them.
Cue me making an appointment with a hairstylist I'd never met before, since the one I regularly go to was completely booked for the following two weeks--which, had I waited, probably would've been enough time for me to change my damn mind about the bangs in the first place.
So I resorted to Yelp, which, I've since decided, I can rely on for things like good burritos or coffee, or anything else that's relatively inconsequential, but hacking ten inches off the front of my head? Ugh, what I would give to go back in time and just shake myself.
In my defense, though, if you include my childhood and early adolescence, I've had bangs for more than half my life. They suit my heart-shaped face. So when the stylist was finished cutting them and they looked like dog food, I was surprised and confused.
She had taken her time, and started out conservatively as far as the length. I don't really know much about cutting hair, so it seemed as though she had taken what was already a seemingly simple cut, and done it as carefully as anyone could. To make the bangs as full as Cece's, though, she kept having to start further and further back on my head. So by the time she was done, my bangs, instead of being a triangle beginning maybe two inches back from my hair line, started pretty much in the middle of my head.
The second thing that made them look awful, and what I sometimes notice on other people's bangs that I don't find particularly flattering, is that they are cut too far out on each side, meaning they don't lie flat on the outer edges.
After waiting a few months and going to my original stylist to see if she could fix them, she explained to me that in order to have a full blunt bang that isn't bulky on the edges, the stylist should stop cutting at about the ending point of the eyebrow. Mine are cut all the way across my temples.
If you're thinking about getting bangs, I encourage you to first comb the front section of your hair forward, and see how far back your bangs will have to start to achieve your desired thickness. If you're going for blunt bangs,make up some story (you can use mine) and tell your stylist hat you've had your bangs cut too far out across your temples before, and that you'd like to avoid that. I learned the hard way that the technique of cutting blunt bangs has less to do with cutting a straight line across the forehead, and way more to do with the "triangle" shape the bangs take. Cut too far back and far out, and you'll get the front half off a bowl cut, which is pretty much what I have.
It goes without saying that there are far worse things that can happen to a person, but in the context of beauty and hair, a botched bang job is pretty high on the list. People will tell you, "Don't worry, they'll grow." Yeah, in a year! (Though the growing out process has been significantly slowed down by my insistence on trying to "fix" them and having them trimmed, and essentially re-botched. The fastest and best way to fix them is to leave them the hell alone!) But hey, it is what it is, and there's no going back now.
Here are some hairstyles I use to disguise my mullet.
(When my bangs were a little bit shorter, I'd use the bun to "create" my own bangs by pulling only some of them back into the bun, and leaving a flattering amount out. You can see what that looks like in my "Beauty Lessons from Guys I've Slept With" article.)
xoVainers, when was your last bad haircut? Are you sporting one now? Misery loves company--make me feel better!


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North County athletic director Mike Baker announced the hiring of Brad Wilson yesterday as boys basketball coach.
Wilson replaces Dick Hart, 53, who is undergoing treatment for a cancerous brain tumor and cannot coach the Knights' first season.
Wilson, 30, served as an assistant the past eight years to Meade head basketball coach Butch Young while also serving as head coach of the junior varsity squad. He is currently the head defensive coordinator of the North County football team.


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Apple picking is one of our favorite family adventures, and happily, Darien is located quite conveniently for quick trips to local orchards and other hotbeds of apple-centric activities. Here are some of our favorites:
1) Beardsley's Cider Mill is about 45 minutes away in Shelton, but it's a simplified operation–just apples and a market (with amazing cider doughnuts–get them fresh and hot!). Generally, they are only open on Saturdays and Sundays, but will be open on Monday, Columbus Day.
2) Silverman's Farm is your one stop shop for all your autumnal needs: apple picking, hayride, pumpkin patch–plus a petting farm, occasional music, and a farm market with all manner of pie. It's quick, convenient, and extremely family friendly, but it can also get very crowded. We recommend going early. Open 7 days a week.
3) Ellsworth Hill Farm in Sharon is farther still up in Litchfield County (about an hour and a half), but the drive is worth it for the views alone. In addition to the apple picking, they have a pumpkin patch and a corn maze. Stop off for lunch in Kent–either at one of the fabulous cafes in town or plan to picnic at the banks of Kent Falls–and make a day of it.
4) Lyman's Orchards in Middlefield, CT is a bit like Silverman's: a one stop shop that offers apple picking, a corn maze, and a fully stocked Apple Barrel market and cafe (where it's easy to pick up sandwiches and eat on site). It's about an hour's drive and is only about 15 minutes from Kid City, one of our favorite children's museums specializing in the under-8 set.


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Poly Van der Glas is an Australian silversmith, who won the Craft Victoria Fillipo Raphael Fresh Award, in 2006. She had a unique vision of utilizing human teeth and hair in making silver jewelry. Undoubtedly, her creative handcrafted pieces of jewelry won her acclaims throughout the world. Many believe that Poly Van der Glas has given the world of recycling a new perspective.
The process is undoubtedly very tedious in which firstly, teeth are collected from around Melbourne and then hair samples are collected from china and India. These are first sterilized and then hand crusted in silver to make earrings and rings. Hair is creatively painted in silver or simply artistically designed in silver chains to look appealing.
Some people find it awkward to wear pieces of stranger's bodies like the teeth and hair as ornaments, however people agree that parts of loved ones could be accepted as tokens of affection. The fashion industry in all its eccentrics has accepted this jewelry and considered it as a new trend.
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Spring and summer are the seasons for iced tea, but who wants to stand over a stove to heat up steeping water when the weather's warm anyway? Instead, make sun-brewed tea with this super-simple, four-step method that lets the sun do the work for you!
[1] Find a half-gallon glass jug and fill be container up to an inch from its top with cool water. (Orange or grapefruit juice bottles work fine, but any vessel will do as long as the bottle's neck is wide enough to admit tea bags and the glass is clear, rather than frosted or tinted.)
[2] Hang five regular-sized tea bags (or an equivalent amount of leaves in a teaball) in the water. Then cap the jug tightly, letting the lid hold your bags in place. (if you prefer weaker "sippin's," use only four of the little leaf holders. If you want your infusion "too thick to drink and too thin to plow," try six tea sacks.
[3] Place the brewing flask outdoors in direct sunlight. Take a peek at the beverage every half hour or so to make sure ol' Sol's diurnal movement hasn't left your drink in the lurch (i.e., shade).
[4] Come back in two or three hours (or a bit later if the day's a tad cloudy or cool), and grab your juice. 'Tain't no more to it! The finished brew will be ready for drinking (if you serve it with ice). Or you can refrigerate the sun's "shine" until the next time a parching thirst scrapes the sides of your tonsils.
How does this solar brewing process work? Simple! The water in the glass stops and absorbs the sun's radiant heat. Then this closed "heat collector" starts the tea flavor to leaking out of the bags, which in turn makes the water darker, which—in turn again—makes the whole mix absorb more sunlight ... and so on and so on until your tea is deeply steeped.
And, once you've got the hang of this operation (that should, indeed, take no more than one try), you can do some experimenting to spice up the flavor a bit. Substitute a bag of green or herb tea for one of "traditional" orange pekoe, for instance. You could also throw in some sassafras bark, mint leaves, dried lemon or orange rind, cinnamon, or create your own savory invention!
Whatever tangy combination you settle on, though, you'll find—as I do—that the gentle heat of solar brewing gives your "sunshine tea" a much smoother and less bitter taste than that ol' 'biled water" residue has
So the next time you're planning to fix up some refreshing iced tea, don't you do it. Let the sun brew it!
EDITOR'S NOTE: A fine collection of sun brew ideas and recipes can be found in the article, "Sun Tea: Brewing Tips and Herbal Tea Recipes" (although the herb pennyroyal mentioned in one of the recipes should, according to more recent research, be used with caution).
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There is some interesting news to share: For 2015 Ziften has been chosen as a Top 100 North America award winner. There were around 1200 businesses from the USA and Canada assessed in the yearly competition and our Endpoint Detection and Response system managed to lift us into the leading 100.
It is well recognized that the Red Herring 100 Awards are widely understood to be among the sector's more prestigious acknowledgments. Those that reach the finals have to go through an extensive selection procedure which is based on over 20 requirements that includes technological development, addressable market, business model, client footprint and level of specialty. Alex Vieux, CEO and Red Herring Publisher, felt that the competition was very strong this year and the procedure of selection was difficult:
"However after much thought, extensive reflection and conversation, we narrowed our list down from large numbers of candidates from throughout North America to the North America winners. Our company believe Ziften embodies the vision, drive and innovation that specify a successful entrepreneurial endeavor. Ziften ought to take pride in its achievement, as the competition was really strong."
Here at Ziften we are extremely proud to be selected as a Red Herring award winner. It's always gratifying to have our work validated and be recognized, especially when you think about the renowned list of finalists. Our dedication to helping companies safeguard themselves from the advanced threats that exist today stays strong, and this award will work as an inspiration moving on as we continue to strive to be the leader in endpoint security and defense.


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"Can You Hear Me, Hanoi?" Compensatory Mechanisms Employed in Synchronous Net-Based English Language Learning
Cunningham, Una; Fagersten, Kristy Beers; Holmsten, Elin
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, v11 n1 p161-177 Mar 2010
At Dalarna University, Sweden, modes of communication are offered at many points of Kenning's continuum with a web-based learning platform, including asynchronous document exchange and collaborative writing tools, e-mail, recorded lectures in various formats, live streamed lectures with the possibility of text questions to the lecturer in real time, textchat, and audiovisual seminars in Marratech[TM] or Adobe Connect[TM]. Their online students live in many countries around the world and come to their online learning spaces from profoundly different physical realities, so the synchronous seminar is a shared experience that is quite separate from the physical environment in which the students find themselves. Many of the net-based English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students experience that their limited English language proficiency, compounded by technical difficulties and the constraints of the online spaces available, will sometimes cause problems in synchronous seminars. On the other hand, the rich environment of Marratech[TM], the desktop videoconferencing system used, offers multiple modes of communication. This study examines the use of the multiple modes available in the seminar tool Marratech to support communication by students and teachers in a synchronous online learning environment. The authors describe the communication problems experienced in this kind of education and the compensatory strategies employed by students and teachers. They consider situations where communication is disturbed because of: (1) technical problems, such as the system expelling a student, or the purchased Internet time in a public Internet cafe having expired, or poor connectivity; (2) students not understanding the teacher because of poor sound conditions, poor perception skills in English, the teacher speaking an unfamiliar variety of English, or a combination of these; (3) students not understanding fellow students usually because of limited proficiency on one or both parts, possibly in combination with the technical issues mentioned; and (4) the teacher not understanding the student often because of the student's unintelligible pronunciation, in combination with less than optimal sound conditions. (Contains 10 figures and 1 footnote.)
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We regret to announce the death of Brendan O'Reilly which occurred in Florida, U.S.A. recently. Brendan was formerly from Drumhowra and was aged 69. He emigrated at an early age but never forgot his native Loughduff and visited regularly. He was pre-deceased by his sister Mary Joe Donnellan a few years ago. We extend our sincere sympathy to his wife and daughter, brothers Oliver in Drumhowra and Paddy U.S., sisters Winnie and Annie, U.S. and members of his extended family circle at home and abroad. Funeral took place in Florida. May he rest in peace.
The long-awaited senior championship got off to a poor start for the locals and it was a disappointed band of supporters who left Breffni Park on Sunday evening following a defeat by Ramor. Mullahoran trailed all the way in the game missing some great scoring chances and never looked like getting the all-important goal needed to rev up the match. Next up is Redhills when it will have to be all systems go to stay in the game!
Young Farmer of the Year
The Cavan FBD Young Farmer of the Year county finalist has been announced as Annieka Cadden from Oldcastle, Co. Meath and we wish her the best of luck in the competition. She will go on to represent her Macra county at the semi-final of the 15th annual FBD Young Farmer of the Year Competition, run by Macra na Feirme in partnership with the IFA. County finalists will compete against 23 of the country's other top young farmers in the national semi-finals, which take place in a number of locations on the 27th and 29th August. Six finalists will then be chosen to go through to the national final on the 3rd September in the Dunraven Arms hotel, Adare, Co. Limerick.
GFC Lotto
Draw took place in Micsin's, Kilcogy on Tuesday night 13th last, numbers drawn 5,9,14,15 jackpot €15,000. No Jackpot winner; €100: Helen & kathleen, c/o Fay's, Granard; €25: Miss Mary K Sheridan, Granardkill; Kevin Murtagh, Bruskey; Frank Smith, Drumhowna; Thos O'Reilly, Aughakilmore, Ballyheelan.
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To post-Leaving Certificate students contemplating their future at present. For all who might not have got the perfect result there are many options which may not all be apparent just now.
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Re-opening as follows; Tuesday 22nd August – 1st year students only, full day. Wednesday 28th August; 1st, 3rd, 5th and LCA students. Thursday 29th August, all students.
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in Newtowngore Hall on Friday 6th September 2013 , doors open at 9pm with music by Paul Corrigan & Michael Donohoe, subscriptions voluntary, donations can be made directly through Ballinamore & Carrigallen Credit Union, Account Name: Danika McManus Medical Expenses Fund, Account Number: 9332-7
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Cannot encrypt data on network drives at present and relatively small encryption key size (128 bits) by modern standards.
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DESlock+ is designed to encrypt files, folders, email messages and email attachments. It uses a choice of 112-bit 3DES, 128-bit Blowfish or 128-bit AES encryption algorithms and works with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.
The software integrates very tightly with Windows - for example, to encrypt a file or folder, simply select its icon and right-click to open the standard Windows pull-down menu, which will now have DESlock+ encryption options added to it. An encryption wizard offers a choice of up to 64 encryption keys, which are stored in a USB token. Once authenticated, using a password, a key can be selected to be used with the token. A key-generation wizard creates these keys as required. An administrator can control or limit the folders that may be encrypted and users may be prevented from using an encryption key that is not also securely held in escrow by the administrator.
Once a folder is encrypted, anything put inside it will be automatically and transparently encrypted. Individual files can also be encrypted in an unencrypted folder. The next release of the software will support encryption of folders on network drives - at present, if an encrypted folder is copied to a network drive, it is automatically decrypted. This restriction applies only to folders, however, as files remain encrypted when copied across a network.
There is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook for encrypting emails and attachments easily from Outlook's menus. Integration with Outlook is very good - messages are stored encrypted in Outlook folders and even unencrypted messages can be encrypted within Outlook.
Users can share and exchange keys easily but the administrator still retains overall control of the process.
The key management facilities are the strongest feature of DESlock+, because the user can never lose control of the distribution of keys. Keys can be forwarded to a user but the application prevents that user from forwarding them to anyone else. Or, forwarding can be permitted but restricted to tokens within the same workgroup.


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The Sydney Metro is the NSW government's new metro rail project that would privatise two lines on the Sydney Trains network and fail to expand access to new areas of the city.
You can read Mehreen Faruqi's Sydney Morning Herald opinion piece on Sydney Metro HERE.
You can read Mehreen Faruqi's Guardian Australia opinion piece on transport privatisation HERE.
The Greens' Transform Transport campaign is available HERE.
Archived Information on the North West Rail Link (now Sydney Metro Northwest):
The NSW government is finally building the long-awaited North West Rail Link. This is an overdue public transport project, and the Greens are supportive of building a rail connection to the north west.
However, there is an enormous 'catch' that could make the whole $8.3 billion project redundant:
The government is proposing to spend the money constructing a single-deck, driverless "metro-style" train system, instead of standard double-deck Sydney Trains that have the capacity to integrate with the rest of the network.
In addition, the existing Epping-Chatswood line will have to be retrofitted to support single-deck trains, meaning less seating and an unnecessary change at Chatswood for city-bound public transport users from the north west.
Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian has tried to justify the single-deck decision as a way of cutting "dwell times" and increasing capacity. But what's the whole story?
- Even if metro-style trains cut dwell times (which is doubtful in itself), their inability to integrate with the existing network will mean that this line will operate separately and isolated .Similar to the failed Sydney Monorail, the North West Rail Link would exist as an independent infrastructure experiment.
- If the new single-deck trains are to run all the way to Chatswood, the new Epping-Chatswood line, only opened in 2009, will have to be retrofitted for the metro-style services. The government has not yet announced how the existing Epping-Chatswood services will be replaced while the line is being "converted", which could take up to 12 months.
- Travellers from stations north of Epping (Normanhurst to Cheltenham) will no longer be able to go directly into the city via Chatswood, instead having to change at either Epping or Chatswood. Only a flexible, integrated double-deck line could enable direct trains from both the North West and Hornsby into the City via Chatswood.
- Single-deck trains have less space for seating, meaning commuters will have an uncomfortable journey over long distances. This also disincentivises people from using rail, which will only be an attractive transport option so long as it is reliable, frequent, and pleasant.
- Independent Fairfax Media analysis has shown that the City-bound change-over at Chatswood will be chaotic, crowded, and potentially inoperable without increasing peak-hour double-deck services coming down the North Shore Line. The government has not yet released plans for how Chatswood will handle thousands more commuters changing trains every day before the mythical second harbour crossing is built.
- The line is being constructed as a public-private partnership: a business model that over the past decade has resulted in such overpriced, underutilised infrastructure fiascoes such as the Cross City Tunnel, the Lane Cove Tunnel, and the Airport Rail Link.
- The entire project has been shrouded in secrecy. Transport for NSW has refused Freedom of Information requests for government documents concerning the interchange at Chatswood, subsequently coming under fire from the NSW Information Commissioner.
All of this wouldn't be a complete disaster if the government were building tunnels big enough for double-deck trains to be installed in the future. But currently, the plans are to drill tunnels 40 cm too small for standard Sydney Trains rolling stock.


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Start: TBA Type: Evening / Weekend Classes Duration (hr): 140
This comprehensive course provides solid knowledge in Project Management. Through a combination of lectures and exercises, students will learn the key techniques and approaches necessary to be an effective professional. Students will learn Project Management Fundamentals, Foundations of Information Technology and Software Delivery, Agile Methodology and Scrum, Quality Assurance Fundamentals, Project Tracking and Collaboration Tools (JIRA, Confluence), PM Microsoft Office Tools (Advanced Excel, Visio, Project). Also, students will practice creating PM Documentation and learning Effective Communication Skills.
1. Project Management Fundamentals – This module provides fundamentals of Project Management, including management standards in according to PMI PMBOK, execution of projects in different organizational structures, project management processes (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, verification of completion), PM knowledge areas (integration, scope, time, cost, quality, HR, communication, risk, procurement).
This core module teaches following subjects: 1. Project Integration Management: Project Charter, Project Plan, Project Execution, Project Monitoring and Control, Change management, Project Closeout. 2. Project Scope Management: Project Scope and Product Scope (product content), Requirements, WBS Work Breakdown Structure, Scope control. 3. Project Time Management: Relationship between activities, Resource estimation, Activity duration, Schedule. 4. Project Cost Management: Cost estimation, Budget planning, Budget control, Earned Value Measurement. 5. Project Quality Management: Quality planning, Quality assurance and Quality control. 6. Project Human Resources Management: Staffing management plan, Set the project team, Development of the project team, Management of the project team. 7. Project Communications Management: Project participants, Planning communications, Information distribution, Managing expectations of project participants, Reporting. 8. Project Risk Management: Risk Management Planning, Risk identification, Qualitative risk analysis, Quantitative risk analysis, Risk management plan, Risk monitoring and control. 9. Project Procurement Management: Tender procedures, Types of contracts, Contract closeout.
2. PM Documentation Writing Workshop – in this module students will practice creating essential Project management documentation, including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Project Proposal/Initiation, Project Budget, Project Plan, Project Charter, Project Status Reporting, Quality Management Plan, Project Risk Assessment / Risk Management Plan, Profit and Loss, Project Closure Documentation and other. Students will create projects in Microsoft Project.
3. Foundations of Information Technology and Software Delivery - in this module students will be introduced to the basic concepts of Information Technology (IT), including: Software, System, Application, Product, Platform, Database; Hardware, PC, Server, Data Center; Input/Output devices; Project, engagement; Project Manager, Business Analyst, Programmer, Quality Assurance, Dev Ops; Current & Future State, Scope, GAP Analysis; CSM (Software Configuration Management); CI/CD (Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery).
4. Agile Methodology and Scrum – The agile methodology of software development marks a considerable departure from traditional sequential development ("waterfall"). In fact, many aspects of agile are so drastically different from waterfall that it is often helpful for individuals who are new to agile to take a small course to better understand its principles and practices.
5. Quality Assurance Fundamentals – This section is designed to impart expertise on manual testing. It teaches the fundamentals of organizing the project and preparing the test plan and will cover Introduction to QA and SDLC, Goals of QA and Documenting Processes; Types of Testing, Web vs. Client/Server testing. After completing this part of the course, students will be able to design the test cases, execute the test scenarios and create test status reports.
6. Microsoft Office Fundamentals – this module reviews Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio and Project. Students will learn Excel advanced techniques, including Math Functions, Logical Functions, Statistical Functions, Lookup, Sort/Filter Data, Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts. They will learn how to create and update a project plan in Microsoft Project; in Microsoft Visio students will study how to build flow charts, network diagrams and business processes.
7. Effective Communication Skills Workshop – in this module students will polish their communication skills for business environment: presentation skills, conducting effective meetings, effective listening, and other communication techniques.
8. Project Tracking and Collaboration Tools Fundamentals: JIRA, Confluence – This module includes basic concepts of JIRA and Confluence from Atlassian. JIRA (issue, project and workflow): JIRA Workspace, JIRA Dashboard, and crucial elements of work with Issues, Searching and Reporting. Confluence: Collaboration, Customizing, Managing attachments and images, Using links and labels, Search.
9. PMP Certification Preparation – in this course students will review PMI PMBOK and practice PMP test. Exam structure and procedures, Types of questions and topics included, Approaches to test taking, Common mistakes to avoid. This is an optional module, and it will be conducted with students' requests.
*140 instructor-led hours
Bachelor's degree, industry experience working with projects
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Diana, I love you!!! You are sick, but I still love you!!!!
Diana, Oh my gosh....you know when I had my twins, it some times seemed there were this many children in my life.LOL. Especially once they started walking. Hope you are enjoying this weekend. Even though I am retired...weekends are fun. Blessings, xoxo, SusieReplyDelete
He needs to the build an army for the Galactic RepublicReplyDelete
Yes, when I was keeping the grandkids, it was constant diaper changes and I sometimes felt that the 3 of them had been cloned.
Can you imagine that many babies! lol Have a great weekend! sandieReplyDelete
Babies with red Koop-Aid in a carpeted library? Really? This is a nightmare to me. I'm having a panic attack!ReplyDelete
I'm with The Sketchy Reader. Love the babies, lose the red Kool-Aid!
Could you even imagine that many kids?! So much work! Ha! Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
Oh how funny - made my day. Have a wonderful weekend dear friend.
How funny! You have just made my day.ReplyDelete
That's a lot of bottles!!!ReplyDelete
Bum bum bum bum!ReplyDelete
Haha, good one.ReplyDelete
Haha! I BET the neighbors are curious about the "lab work".ReplyDelete
So glad even the grandchildren are out of the diaper stage! You are one crazy lady Di. Have a great weekend wherever you are these days.ReplyDelete
Wasn't Doc Severnson some late night show's music guy....maybe Johnny Carson?? The doctors name struck me funny. Not sure what the advertiser was proving in that ad.....but it is funny. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Thanks for a good laugh this morning!ReplyDelete
Girl, you are SO funny. You're a delight, you know?
Have a wonderful weekend!
LOL!!! I hope you had a great weekend Diana! :)ReplyDelete


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PaySr Bulletins - State Police
|New Deduction Code For
PBA Disability Insurance Program
|Bulletin No. SP22
|Date: 4/6/99
|A new insurance program has been added for the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers. This insurance program will have a deduction code of 302, PBA Disability Insurance. This program is valid for agencies 01060 and 01069 with employees in Bargaining Units of 07, 17, 18, or 62. Entry will be done on the General Deduction (Agency) Panels. This Panel can be found using the following path: Start, Compensate Employees, Maintain Payroll Data U.S., Use, General Deduction (Agency) and Update/Display All. To initiate this deduction, agencies should first click or highlight the DEDUCTION CODE field and then either press the F7 key (insert row), or click on the INSERT ROW button on the top tool bar, and enter deduction code 302 and tab to the EFFECTIVE DATE field. To change this deduction code amount, scroll on the outside scroll bar until you locate the deduction code 302 and then press the F7 key, or click on the INSERT ROW button found on the top tool bar of your screen, tab to the EFFECTIVE DATE field. For adds and changes, enter the first day of the payroll period in which the deduction should take effect. Tab to the DEDUCTION CALCULATION ROUTINE field and click on the FLAT AMOUNT, tab to the FLAT/ADDL AMOUNT field and enter the amount of money the employee designated to be taken over a two-week period and SAVE the Panel. To cancel this deduction, scroll on the outside scroll bar until you locate deduction code 302. Once deduction code 302 is appearing, tab to the EFFECTIVE DATE field, press the F7 key, or click the INSERT ROW button on the top of the tool bar, and enter the first day of the payroll period you wish to stop the deduction. Tab to the DEDUCTION END DATE field and enter the same date you entered in the EFFECTIVE DATE field and SAVE the Panel. This new deduction is effective immediately. If you have any questions regarding the input of these transactions, please call the PAYSR Help Desk at (518) 486-1213.


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This Motions of the Sun Lab is an interactive applet from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Astronomy Applet project.
This animation demonstrates the changing declination of the sun with a time-lapse animation. It shows how the shadow of a building changes over the course of a year as the declination of the sun changes.
This classroom activity is aimed at an understanding of different ecosystems by understanding the influence of temperature and precipitation. Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems, ranging from near-equatorial to polar, and spanning both hemispheres to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.
In this activity, students use datasets from both the Northern and Southern hemispheres to observe seasonal and hemispheric differences in changes to atmospheric C02 release and uptake over time.
This NOAA visualization on YouTube shows the seasonal variations in sea surface temperatures and ice cover from 1985 to 2007. The visualization is based on data collected by NOAA polar-orbiting satellites. El NiÃo and La NiÃa are easily identified, as are the trends in decreasing polar sea ice.
An interactive simulation of Earth's seasonal dynamics that includes the axial tilt and other aspects of Earth's annual cycle.
This is part of a larger lab from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/motion1.html
Hands-on laboratory activity that allows students to investigate the effects of distance and angle on the input of solar radiation at Earth's surface, the role played by albedo, the heat capacity of land and water, and how these cause the seasons. Students predict radiative heating based on simple geometry and experiment to test their hypotheses.
This activity develops students' understanding of climate by having them make in-depth examinations of historical climate patterns using both graphical and map image formats rather than presenting a general definition of climate. Students explore local climate in order to inform a pen pal what type of weather to expect during an upcoming visit. Students generate and explore a variety of graphs, charts, and map images and interpret them to develop an understanding of climate.
In this hands-on lesson, students measure the effect of distance and inclination on the amount of heat felt by an object and apply this experiment to building an understanding of seasonality. In Part 1, the students set up two thermometers at different distances from a light bulb and record their temperatures to determine how distance from a heat source affects temperature. In Part 2, students construct a device designed to measure the temperature as a function of viewing angle toward the Sun by placing a thermometer inside a black construction paper sleeve, and placing the device at different angles toward the Sun. They then explain how distance and inclination affect heat and identify situations where these concepts apply, such as the seasons on Earth and the NASA Mercury MESSENGER mission.
This video features University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher John Magnuson, who studies the ecology of freshwater systems. He explains the difference between weather and climate using data on ice cover from Lake Mendota in Madison, WI. Analysis of the data indicates a long-term trend that can be connected to climate change.


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There are several reasons behind the name of this new Saturday Worship Service of Illumination. The term lantern is used to describe many types of portable lighting, but lanterns originated as a protective enclosure for a light source – usually a candle – from being extinguished by the gusty wind. This service will help worshippers to be conscious of the importance of protecting the light that we carry inside of our souls from gusty winds of life. Lanterns may also be used for signaling. Our Saturday service will serve as a beacon of light for our community inviting people from different religious and cultural backgrounds to worship together. Our local Islamic Society leader Ramadhan Washington will participate in worship to start a dialogue between Christians and Muslims. Religion should not divide people but bring them together in a new way through education and fellowship with people from other cultures. Let's bring and share the light of God with love, mutual respect, and care for all people.
Lantern Reflections: Service of the Light
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August 25, 2018 @ 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Francis Street First UMC
Rev. Lydia Istomina