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The 30th British Human Computer Interaction Conference will be held between the 11th and 15th July 2016 at Bournemouth University's Talbot Campus in Poole, Dorset (close to Bournemouth). The conference is organised by Bournemouth University's Human Computer Interaction Research Group (BUCHI) in conjunction with the Interaction Specialist Group of BCS (Interaction SG), The Chartered Institute for IT and in partnership with UXPA UK, the User Experience Professionals' Association.
This years theme is "Fusion! HCI across Disciplines". We want to challenge research and practitioners to uncover ways to inspire fusion in lots of different ways; these include fusion between quality & innovation, research & practice, and between different topic areas both within and outside HCI.


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What do you think guys, she looks more wonderful with a red hair and a little had on her. Latest news according to Hollywoodlife August 31 2013, she would attend the eve of fashion week at the star-studded show. I believe she would make a glam performance.
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Looking for the pictures of ariana grande without makeup on and red hair. you come to the right place, Because down below I'll give you what you want. and if you are asking my opinion I'd say she looks lovely, even without make up. Check for yourself!
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Health reform: Done deal? Not yet
At Bon Secours Medical Group in Richmond, Va., Robert Fortini has put in motion substantive changes during the last three years.
Many health systems have as well, in fact, since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law March 23, 2010.
"We have redesigned care delivery to a team model and embedded case managers in the practices," explained Fortini, Bon Secours vice president and chief clinical officer. "In addition we are aggressively using registries for population management." To name just a few examples.
Indeed, there's little question that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ACA for short, has demonstrable benefits already — even if as a Kaiser Poll found this week Americans still don't understand them.
[See also: Obama wins, future of ACA, HIT uncertain.]
What's less clear is how the ACA will fare long-term given this tumultuous political environment. One thing to be gleaned from the budget Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan proposed last week is that the GOP-controlled House is showing signs it will continue trying to repeal the law or certain provisions of it.
Uncharted territory
"Pushing ACA over the finish line on time would be hard enough even if there were a playbook ready for the taking," which of course there is not, according to Claudia Page, co-director of Social Interest Solutions, a non-profit focused on health IT and policy.
That is perhaps more apparent in the health insurance exchange and Medicaid expansion provisions, the two most contentious pieces of the law right now, and the areas requiring the most technological heavy-lifting.
Rattling off a list of associated IT projects, Page pointed to security, identity resolution, program rules, systems integration between existing state and county systems, federal systems, other agencies, new call centers, and more. "IT systems transformation of this scale in this amount of time is like nothing the public benefit world has ever seen."
"I don't think [the ACA] is a settled issue by any means. The big questions are going to be whether this is a sustainable model."
— Karl Rove, GOP strategist
Here's why that matters: If the government fails to stand up the federal exchanges – does not reach those uninsured Americans that both Medicaid expansion and the health insurance exchanges aim to bring into the coverage pool before the end of president Obama's second term, then the law faces the possibility of anti-ACA Republican administration taking over — the less already accomplished, the easier it might be to halt or slow progress.
To borrow an IT cliché, Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges are mission-critical to the ACA's success.
And as early as December 2012, if not before, at least one healthcare IT analyst predicted that the Oct. 1, 2013 and, subsequently, the Jan. 1, 2014 HIX deadlines would have to be pushed back in accordance with the project's enormity.
"My sense is we're going to see enrollment in October and there are going to be lots of bumps. It's not going to be perfect. But it's going to go live and then January 1, benefits will be eligible and people are going to be seeing their doctors, people are going to be using the system, with insurance," said John Criswell, CEO of Pulse8, an emerging big data and analytics company already working with state HIXs. "As time moves along it will get better and smoother."
By no means settled yet
When Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Miliard interviewed Karl Rove at HIMSS13, the long-time GOP strategist said the ACA's survival of a Supreme Court case challenging its constitutionality and the subsequent presidential election settled little more than the matter of the individual mandate.
"I don't think [the ACA] is a settled issue by any means," Rove said. "The big questions are going to be whether this is a sustainable model."
Pointing to potential economic pitfalls, Rove suggested that America has "roughly 10 years of Medicare cuts, eight years of tax increases in order to fund a program that is ramped up for two years and is in full operation for only four out of the first 10 years. We spend over 85 percent of the money on the Affordable Care Act in the last four years of the first decade it's on the budget," and now is the time to look at the other years from a budget perspective.
All of which does not actually mean the ACA won't move forward — but there are certainly a number of knots to untangle for the law to succeed.
"The defiance to the law might further substantiate the law ... The net-net could be exactly what the opposition didn't want: a federal program."
— David Whitlinger, executive director of the New York eHealth Collaborative
"We are likely to see a very divisive debate about whether or not this is sustainable for the long haul," Rove added.
Indeed, look no further than states opting against expanding Medicaid or standing up a health insurance exchange for instances of such polarity.
[See also: They all chant 'ACA repeal' but what could a GOP president actually do.]
Potential for irony
The Supreme Court, in late June, surprised the nation by upholding the individual mandate but limiting the federal government's ability to fine states not participating in Medicaid expansion, a ruling that did not appear to bode well for that particular provision.
Justice Antonin Scalia's Godfather quip about an offer states can't refuse during oral arguments might prove more prescient than snarky as GOP governors follow Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's about-face and accept those federal dollars to ratchet up the number of Medicaid enrollees on the federal dime.
"The defiance to the law might further substantiate the law," said David Whitlinger, executive director of the New York eHealth Collaborative. Since approximately half of U.S. states opted out of building a health insurance exchange and the federal government has to do that for them, "that could ultimately lead to a pseudo single-payer system."
Whitlinger continued that at some point with, say, around 50 or 60 percent of the population in the exchanges or Medicaid, it might start to closely resemble a single system.
"The net-net could be exactly what the opposition didn't want," Whitlinger said, "a federal program."
Forecast: Progress slow but steady
Bon Secours' Fortini, in the meantime, will keep trekking toward implementation of the law.
"We are continuing to redesign primary care and are preparing for rapid growth of primary care services with an emphasis on increasing the number of skilled nursing and nurse practitioners," Fortini explained. "We have signed contracts with three payers for a new payment model — care coordination fee, FFS schedule and gain-sharing in later years. We have just entered into the MSSP ACO pilot and are expecting significant gain-sharing with a risk model in later years."
On the national scale, Pulse8's Criswell and SIS' Page anticipate small but consistent progress over the long haul.
"Whether its Medicare, Medicaid or the health insurance marketplace, yes, there are a lot of things that are very different," Criswell said, but after listening to a senior HHS leader the week before last, he walked away feeling more confident than he previously was that the administration can deliver. "I'm optimistic."
Page echoed that outlook.
"While there is still considerable political jockeying around ACA implementation, and concern about ACA's long-term financing, each day delivers new progress," Page said. "The nation has changed because of ACA, and it will continue to do so even with all the challenges."
Healthcare IT News Editor Bernie Monegain contributed to this article.


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Top 100 Agencies: StoneArch
StoneArch's Jessica Boden pauses for a second before answering a question about her first year as the agency's president. "I'm really glad to be a sophomore," she then says. In 2011, she was elevated from the post of executive creative director to lead the Minneapolis-based firm, taking over from founder Judy Kessel (who now chairs the company board). More than a year into her new role, Boden has done the succession plan proud, driving 2012 revenues to $8.7 million"—up 30% from 2011—and putting StoneArch in line to crack the $10 million mark this year or next.
At the same time, Boden acknowledges the relative uniqueness of her trajectory. "It's not often you see the lead creative person promoted into a job like this. I think I had the support of the team, but I was a little unproven," she admits. To ease the transition, StoneArch rejiggered its hierarchy so that Boden could ease back on her day-to-day responsibilities and take a bigger-picture view of the business. "I learned when to be involved and when to delegate. I started to follow the adage 'trust but verify,'" she says with a laugh.
StoneArch did a mini-rebranding as well, dropping "Creative" from its name and redesigning its logo and website. "We're one-namers now. We're just like Madonna or Cher," Boden deadpans. She's joking, but StoneArch appears to have more organizational self-esteem than at any time in its 29-year history.
Clients agree with the sentiment. Boden says 2012 was "transformative" in terms of new business, with 20% of revenue coming from just-added clients. Hospital bed and surgical equipment manufacturer Hill-Rom and medical-device reprocessing company Sterilmed hired StoneArch for integrated campaigns. Other additions included kidney and liver dialysis specialists Gambro, EHR/records storage firm ProVation Medical and orthopedic product provider Bioventus.
When asked to identify a project of which she's particularly proud, however, Boden points to the agency's first-ever Red Eye Rebrand. StoneArch called on clients, members of the local community and pretty much anyone else who was able to log on to the internet to choose among local nonprofit groups that needed marketing assistance. The winner, with 18,000 votes, was The Bridge For Youth, a Minneapolis organization that supports at-risk teenagers. As part of the pro bono Red Eye Rebrand, StoneArch staffers stayed awake for 24 straight hours, during which they overhauled all aspects of the Bridge For Youth brand. Donations spiked in the months that followed.
"Personally, it was really emotional," Boden recalls. "Professionally, I think it signified our new nimbleness." She makes no promises, but another Red Eye Rebrand will likely be added to the 2013 slate.Beyond that, look for StoneArch to cautiously explore opportunities beyond the medical-device space. "We're always going to be focused in that arena, but I think we're in a position where we can start looking wider and broader," Boden reports. "'See a need, fill a need'—that's how we're looking at it."


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Little Towns with character (Dortmund)
Hello All !
My fiance and i are exploring smaller towns on the outskirts of the Dortmund area... so far we have seen and fallen in love with Unna and Werne because of quaint older apartments surrounding a courtyard and the convenience of being able to walk a short distance to anything we need..
Can any of you recommend other small towns that might also have properties available for rent that would capture this same ambiance? We look forward to exploring these places - hopefully no more than 45 minute drive from the TU Dortmund - Universität.
Thank you in advance for your thoughts...


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Do It Yourself Leaf Birdbath
One of the very best ways to attract birds to your backyard is with a bird feeder. Almost everyone know's this. In addition to the feeders though, what can really set the stage for an amazing number and variety of birds, is adding a birdbath into the mix.
Birds need water all year round, and sometimes it's hard to come by when things are cold and frozen or really hot and dry.
You could go out and pick up a nice looking bird bath of course. There's nothing wrong with that.
But if you really want to create a unique and great looking bird bath you might consider trying this great looking leaf design from Birds and Blooms.
It's pretty easy and simple to do and you can see by the result that what you end up with is really attractive to people almost as much as the birds.


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I have taken off this blog for awhile. Life gets in the way very often, but suffice it to say things are very different for me now. I have a much better job, a 2 year old, and I recently completed a fitness/weight loss program called "Power 90" which has helped me immensely. I went from 232 lbs t0 199 lbs, down a pant and shirt size, and have increased my energy level tenfold. I have unwisely taken more than a month off from this. My hope is to start the next level, P90X, at the beginning of September.
This blog will be come a daily fitness journal hopefully complete with photos and video to document my journey.
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The Peninsula Shanghai is honoured with a total of three Michelin stars at the launch of The Michelin Guide Shanghai 2017, the 28th edition of the world-famous Michelin restaurant guides and the first in Mainland China. Yi Long Court was awarded two Michelin stars and Sir Elly's received one star – making The Peninsula Shanghai the only hotel in Mainland China with two Michelin-starred restaurants simultaneously.
The awarding of Michelin stars to Sir Elly's, which serves modern European cuisine, and Yi Long Court, which specialises in refined Cantonese dining, represents a significant milestone for The Peninsula Shanghai. Under the overall guidance of Executive Chef Terrence Crandall, The Peninsula Shanghai has established itself as an acclaimed dining destination in town since opening on the Bund in 2009.
Diners at Yi Long Court can enjoy Michelin-starred Executive Chinese Chef Tang Chi Keung's exquisite Cantonese dishes and modern adaptations of classic Chinese dishes. Hong Kong-born Chef Tang, who opened Yi Long Court in October 2009, returned to The Peninsula Shanghai in April 2016 after spending five years catering Cantonese inspired menus at Hei Fung Terrace at The Peninsula Tokyo, which earned a Michelin star during his tenure. Yi Long Court's signature dishes include organic tomato soup with giant grouper fillet, barbecued Jiangsu Kurobuta pork, and fried rice with king crab, Jinhua ham and fresh vegetables.
Please click http://shanghai.peninsula.com/en/fine-dining/yi-long-court-chinese-restaurant to book a table.
At Sir Elly's, French-born Chef de Cuisine Hans Zahner teams up with his fellow countrymen, Executive Pastry Chef Lucien Gaultier, plus French-speaking Can Erikan, Manager of Sir Elly's and formerly part of the pre-opening team at The Peninsula Paris, to create contemporary European cuisine in a modern setting combined with breathtaking views of the Bund, Huangpu River and the Pudong skyline.
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Like you guys, I was guessing that Sissel was an alternate universe Yomiel, but I loved, LOVED, that he was the cat! Partly because I had really been wondering about the Missile/Sissel rhyme. There had to be some relationship, right? And that they were a dog and a cat! Awesome. And Missile waiting TEN YEARS?! TWICE!
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Joe Newby at The Washington Examiner has found a real doozy of a "comedian." Her name is Laura Levites – with obviously no connection to the priests of the Old Testament. (She's an atheist with a fondness for Ricky Gervais.)
"I would personally like to castrate every Male Conservative Christian so that they have NO reproductive rights," she wrote on Twitter, using the hashtag "#HobbyLobby." She certainly knows how to draw attention to herself. Newby said that's not all.
I would personally like to castrate every Male Conservative Christian so that they have NO reproductive rights #HobbyLobby
— Laura Levites (@LauraLevites) March 26, 2014
She also expressed her hatred of Christians in a tweet calling conservative Christians "scumbags," claiming they are "really trying" her patience. "Why can't Agent Orange be legal?" she asked.
In another tweet, Levites said she would pay for Hobby Lobby's David Green to be castrated.
She went so far as to advocate violence on Green, proclaiming she would purchase a saw from Home Depot to cut off Green's male organ so she can "shove it up his a**."
Pls #Boycott @HobbyLobbyStore I'd rather shop at Home Depot for a hacksaw to chop off David Greens dick just so I can shove it up his ass
— Laura Levites (@LauraLevites) March 26, 2014
Like the rest of the feminists, Levites wants complete sexual autonomy, which somehow includes insisting that everyone buying an insurance policy must agree that "women's health" includes her contraceptives: "I will fight with every bone in my body to be the only owner and operator of my vagina."
In January, after Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) delivered the GOP response to Obama's State of the Union, Levites also went into Hulk-smash mode. "I want to rip out the uterus of that pro life C**t Cathy McMorris Rodgers and eat it, so I can see the surprised look on her frigid face," she tweeted.
Her Twitter profile says she "teabagged the Tea Party" and features her wearing an "I [heart] Haters" T-shirt:
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I like almost all pieced blocks, but Bow Tie is not a favourite. That diagonal square for the bow tie knot? All the other pieces have to be set in around it. It takes a long time to get it right and mine never quite lay flat when I'm finished.
I went to Carrie Hall's "The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America" (1935) to find a Bow Tie. It wasn't listed in the index so I searched through the black and white plates to see if I could find it. I did find it in Plate XVI - Hall calls it Necktie. Her description is of the pattern is not especially helpful.
"This shows that the Colonial women were very considerate of the men-folk of their families."
I'm not quite sure what that statement means. The photo of the block in the book is 1/2 inch square so I went online to find a better picture.
In 1938 Carrie Hall donated all her quilt blocks to the Spencer Museum of Art in Kansas, and the museum has the whole collection available for online viewing.
There are two Necktie blocks in the Hall collection. This is the first one.
Now have a look at the second one.
There are two Necktie blocks in the Hall collection. This is the first one.
Now have a look at the second one.
Turning the bowtie blocks create a range of settings. If you check the Facebook page this week I will attempt to share a different layout every day.


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[Barry Gardiner Speech To Annual Conference 2016]
[Barry Gardiner:] Source: LYBIO.net
Barry Gardiner proud to be a member of a union for forty-years. Proud to have been a Labour Member of Parliament for 19 years. Proud in about 19 minutes to have been a member of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet for 3 months.
Conference; we are a proud trading nation. But leaving the EU will profoundly change how we trade.
45 per cent of our exports and 53 per cent of our imports are with the EU. And this level of trade comes with a balance of costs and benefits.
The British people decided the current balance is wrong.
They didn't, nor could they be expected to establish, what the correct balance might be. That is the job that now Government and Parliament must determine.
The trouble is this Government won't tell us how it wants to rebalance the system.
"Leave the EU. Take back sovereignty." That was what Captain Boris and First mate Fox were shouting from the imaginary deck of the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Now they are denying You the right to know what sort of deal they're proposing about your future. It's one thing not to provide a running commentary. It's quite another to take a vow of Trappist silence. [Applause] Surely, you have the right to know what the red lines will be?
We know what they promised: continued access to the single market, no more £350 million a week to Brussels, restricted immigration, and no more laws handed down from Europe. But they know they cannot achieve all this.
And they won't tell us what their priority is because they disagree amongst themselves.
Even if they get market access and end immigration, they'll still have to pay into the budget and accept EU legislation without a seat round the table when the decisions are made. That is not to regain sovereignty. It is to become a vassal state meekly paying tribute to Europe. [Applause]
Conference, this is why we must set out what we want from our future trading relationships. Because British businesses need clarity and certainty. They need to plan on a stable base that this Government is simply not providing.
The Tories' vision of trade is all about deregulation. They want Free Trade Agreements, like TTIP and CETA, that undermine labour standards and environmental protections; that give foreign investors special rights to undermine our laws, by-passing our courts and claiming compensation from our country because we have the cheek to pass laws to protect the public that might damage their future profits. [Applause]
What sort of sovereignty is this? [Applause]
Every law made to improve your children's environment or extend our workplace equality challenged by a foreign business? If TTIP existed in Dickens' day we might still be sending children up chimneys.
It's time to wake up to the irony, that the very people who claim to be fighting for our sovereignty are in fact doing most to undermine it. [Applause]
Conference, this Government won't even let you see the text of TTIP. Germany, Ireland, the European Parliament, even the US, have given elected representatives access to the documents. But this is how Tories conduct trade negotiations. Secret deals behind closed doors, no parliamentary scrutiny and no democratic control.
[Barry Gardiner:] Source: LYBIO.net
This isn't sovereignty. It's the rule of the oligarchs. [Applause]
Today, Labour maps out a different way. A progressive Labour trade policy that puts you in control. Labour will negotiate trade agreements that work not just for the big multinationals, but for our small and medium-sized businesses – the dynamic backbone of our economy. They are the innovators and inventors.
They employ 60 per cent of all people in the private sector and we know that businesses that export are businesses that grow.
Under Labour new trade deals will incorporate an obligation on all partner countries to create an SME access strategy stipulating industry contact points, regulatory support, market intelligence and translation services.
A Labour trade policy though is not simply about developing market access. It is about developing markets.
We don't want to export so we can get rich and keep others poor. We want to raise income and standards in our partner countries too – so they can buy more of our goods.
We are an internationalist party and we believe in the dignity of Labour, not just in the UK but everywhere in the globe.
So today I'm announcing an international partnership called Just Trade. Sister parties and like-minded legislators working to create a progressive new 'best in class' free trade agenda based on dignity, sovereignty, high quality jobs and the public good.
Just Trade will be exactly that – a community agreeing trade deals based on Just relationships and our shared values.
And if anyone doubts our ability to galvanise such progress on the international stage I ask them simply to look at the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Labour's 2008 Climate Change Act is the international standard upon which the Paris Agreement is founded. But last week's leak to the Guardian newspaper shows that here, too, our Government is negotiating the secret text of a Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) that would undermine our ability to tackle climate change.
You know, the irony is that this Government doesn't need a secret deal to stop our progress to a low-carbon high-skilled future. They've been managing very well without one. Last year they cut support for solar and their own figures show deployment has fallen by 93 per cent, losing 12,000 jobs.
They've walked away from onshore wind, attacked biomass tariffs without consultation and scrapped two world-leading carbon capture and storage projects at the last minute.
In fairness, not everything has been cut. Before he was sacked, George Osborne managed to pass what he proudly referred to as "the most generous tax regime for Shale gas anywhere in the world". Well that will change under Labour. [Applause]
You see, there are technical problems with fracking. And they give rise to real environmental dangers. But technical problems can be overcome. So on their own they're not a good enough reason to ban fracking.
The real reason to ban fracking is that it locks us into an energy infrastructure that is based on fossil fuels long after our country needs to have moved to clean energy.
So today I am announcing that a future Labour government will ban fracking. [Extended Applause]
And we will consult with our colleagues in industry and the Trade Unions about the best way to transition our energy industry to create the vital jobs and apprenticeships which we are going to need for the UK's low-carbon future.
Energy is the cornerstone of our industry, our economy and our daily lives. Clean energy and low carbon technologies now employ more people in the UK than the entire teaching profession.
They represent just 6 per cent of our economy but are responsible for 30 per cent of its growth. We got to unlock the full potential of this sector.
[Barry Gardiner:] Source: LYBIO.net
It means skilled jobs, it means growth, it means clean air and a healthy secure future for our children.
Britain is at the beginning of an incredible transformation of our energy system. The next Labour government will launch a new programme called 'Repowering Britain' that puts you in control.
It will build on the innovation and leadership of 70 Labour Councils who have already committed to run their towns on 100 per cent clean energy by 2050. Because we need to localise the way energy is produced and stored.
I want people earning from the energy they produce on their rooftop solar or their community wind turbines, not just consuming what the Big Six sell. [Applause]
We need to create smart networks and local grids to make energy work to pay people rather than people working to pay their energy bills.
How can it be right that when the Government found out that we were being overcharged by £1.4 billion a year on our energy bills they said, 'it's all you the customers fault – we should shop around more'.
Well we do. We need to shop around for a new government. [Applause]
A new Labour government will legislate to force the energy companies to put you on their cheapest tariff and to tell you if you can get a better deal any other company.
More people die from cold each winter here in the UK than in Finland. We have four million people in fuel poverty and yet heat is escaping through draughty walls and windows.
We will train a skilled workforce to retrofit insulation in Britain's older housing stock to help vulnerable people keep warm and safe and free from fuel poverty. [Applause]
That is why today, Clive Lewis and I are announcing that the next Labour government will roll out a 'Homes Fit For Heroes' programme that will insulate the homes of our disabled veterans for free. [Applause]
Conference, true sovereignty does not come with nationalistic Tory slogans. True sovereignty comes when, as ordinary people, we take extraordinary control over our own lives.
[Barry Gardiner:] Source: LYBIO.net
Internationally, Labour will create Free Trade Agreements that allow people all over the world to take real control of their own future.
And here, we will Repower Britain to take back control in our own homes. Thank you. [Applause]
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Sailing started to attract sailors with a disability in the 1980s and the first international sailing competition for athletes with a disability was held in Switzerland.
In 1988 the International Handicap Sailing Committee (IHSC) was founded and began working to organise competitions and forums to promote sailing for persons with a disability. Two years later, in 1990, sailing made its debut as an exhibition sport at the World Games for the Disabled.
In 1991 the International Sailing Federation recognised the IHSC, which was renamed later that year as the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing (IFDS).
Sailing appeared as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Atlanta Games and in 2000 gained full Paralympic sport status at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. It was included in the Paralympic Games Competition programme as a medal sport with events for the Sonar (three person keelboat) and the 2.4mR (single-person keelboat).
The same events were on show at Athens 2004 before the SKUD18 was introduced for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Games as the equipment for the two-person dinghy outlining the evolution of sailing at the Games.
Paralympic Sailing is open to athletes with a limb loss / limb deficiency, cerebral palsy / brain injury, vision impairment, spinal and nerve injuries and other physical impairments. Athletes must navigate a set course in a faster time than their opponents.
Athletes compete in three events, which are non-gender specific: The single-person and three-person keelboats are open to most impairment groups. The two-person keelboat event is specifically designed for athletes with a severe impairment.
Sailing has been discarded from the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020; however, the sailing community is working to have the sport reinstated for the Paralympics in 2024.
Paralympic Boat Classes
- Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR)
- Two-Person Keelboat (SKUD18)
- Three-Person Keelboat (Sonar)
About the Paralympic Boat Classes
International 2.4mR
2.4mR boats are single-handed keelboats and are designed under the same rule as the 12m America's Cup boats. They are 4.1m long and weigh 260kg. Their design allows the helm to sit amidships holding all the instruments for controlling the boat craft and navigating, at a distance roughly equal to that of the arms when outstretched.
For Paralympic competition the SKUD18 will be a strict one design class with two sailors seated on the centreline. The SKUD18 is 5.8m in length and weighs 380kgs. This boat has been designed from a performance basis, to offer scintillating, crisp and snappy response to sailors regardless of their ability/mobility.
Three-Person Keelboat (Sonar)
To ensure the participation of athletes from all classes of impairment, there is a maximum point count, which a crew of three persons must not exceed. The total crew is allowed a maximum of 14 points.
The Sonar class has a fixed keel, a length of 7m (23 feet), and a weight of 950kg. Sonar has three sails - main sail, jib, and spinnaker, but when used for Paralympic sailing, the crew uses the mainsail and jib only.
The Sonar provides the option of sailing together with a crew of various impairments and, because of its size and flexibility, allows many different adaptive aids to be incorporated into the boats to assist those sailors with more severe impairments.
Who is eligible for Paralympic Class Sailing?
Athletes with a vision impairment or physical impairment such as e.g. spinal or nerve injury, limb loss or limb deficiency, cerebral palsy or other similar impairment.
What are the classes?
Athletes are classified into classes depending on their functional ability in classification points 1 – 7
Athletes with a vision impairment: Classification points 3,5 or 7.
Athletes with a physical impairment: Classification points 1 to 7.
Sailors may also be given a classification of TPA or TPB if they compete in the Two-Person Keelboat (SKUD18).
Classification Rules, Forms, Policies and Procedures: View International and National Sailing Classification resources.


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The Brothers Bin Laden: Khaled Shot Dead Protecting His Father, His Brother Allegedly Captured By SEALs (Photo)
Putting the pieces together…
Today we found out that Osama Bin Laden died a coward.
FOX News reported:
Sources involved in the operation that took down Usama bin Laden told Fox News the terrorist leader acted "scared" and "completely confused" in his final moments, "shoving his wife" at the Navy SEAL who ultimately shot him.
His sons were more courageous.
Khaled Bin Laden died protecting his father who was hiding upstairs.
As the SEALs moved through the compound, bin Laden's son Khaled rushed down from the third floor to the second floor and confronted the SEALs, who killed him.
Of the photos released yesterday, one shows a young man who has a striking resemblance to Osama Bin Laden. This most likely is Khaled Bin Laden.
An unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by US Navy Seal commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad. (Guardian)
Pakistani authorities today also reported that the US took one of Osama's son back with them alive.
Dawn reported:
Osama bin Laden's teenage daughter witnessed her father's death in the compound in Abbottabad according to an ISI official. The girl is now in Pakistani custody together with Bin Laden's wife. The wife, who speaks only Arabic and who was injured in the attack, said on regaining consciousness that she was Yemeni and that she had been in the compound for a few months.
The official said there were 17 or 18 people in the compound at the time of the attack and that as well as taking Osama bin Laden's body away the Americans took one person alive — possibly one of his sons.
Four dead bodies were left in the compound. It is believed they are of another son, 2 brothers and a guard.
Those who survived the attack included the wife, the daughter and 8 to 9 other children — not apparently Bin Laden's but possibly those of his brothers. All those being held in Pakistan will be returned to their countries of origin.
When the Pakistan authorities found the surviving women and children in the compound their hands were bound with plastic tags and it is believed that had one of the American helicopters not malfunctioned then they too would have been taken away.
Of course, since there are about 27 different stories now on what happened and no proof we can't be sure if any of this really happened.
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Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that has significant impact on the quality of life of an estimated 500,000 Americans. Recent studies have taught us that earlier, more intensive therapy with immunomodulator and anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) medications soon after diagnosis and before complications occur lead to better patient outcomes. However, these drugs have serious risks including life-threatening infections and an association with lymphoma. There are two major barriers in initiating these medications early in the disease course before patients have proven to have severe disease: (1) we need to choose appropriate patients who will need these drugs without over-treating those destined to have mild disease, and (2) based on fears of side-effects, patients are hesitant to use these medications until they believe their disease is severe enough to deserve them. To address these concerns, we have developed two tools. First, we have created novel statistical models using system dynamics analysis to predict an individual patient's Crohn's disease course based on clinical, serologic, and genetic factors. Second, we have produced a web-based decision aid to help patients understand and weigh the benefits and risks of available treatments for Crohn's disease. The proposed project will link these two products together to create a personalized shared decision making program explaining what is known about the risks and benefits of Crohn's disease therapy, and predicting how an individual patients'disease will behave over time with or without therapy. The goals of this project are to validate this currently available prediction model, to optimize the shared decision making program, and in the setting of a randomized controlled trial study the impact of these tools on patients'choices for therapy, adherence to chosen medications, decision quality, cost of care, and clinical outcomes of Crohn's disease. Our overall hypothesis is that this shared decision making program will help patients understand which treatments are right for them, which will lead to a higher acceptance of appropriate therapy, improved persistence with chosen therapy, lower costs and improved clinical outcomes. We expect that we will be able to operationalize this product by integrating it into the clinical encounter leading to improved patient communication and a change in the paradigm of how we communicate complex data to patients. This proposal responds to the AHRQ health information technology (IT) portfolio priority area of using health IT to improve health care decision making, and an NIH top priority to advance personalized medicine. Specifically, it focuses on communicating the best available individualized evidence to patients so that they can make an informed decision based on their expressed treatment preferences.
To help patients make an informed decision about their treatment choices for Crohn's disease, we have created a personalized shared decision making program. The program explains the risks versus benefits of therapy, asks patients about their personal preferences for treatment, and then a computer model predicts how that individual patient's disease will behave over time. In this project, we will improve and test the accuracy of this prediction tool, and work with patients and physicians to make sure that the program is easy to use. We will then perform a clinical trial to test our belief that this shared decision making program will help patients make better, more confident decisions that will lead to persistence with appropriate therapy, and therefore lower rates of disease complications and an improved quality of life.
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|Jacobs, Jonathan P; Goudarzi, Maryam; Singh, Namita et al. (2016) A Disease-Associated Microbial and Metabolomics State in Relatives of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2:750-766
|Chuang, Ling-Shiang; Villaverde, Nicole; Hui, Ken Y et al. (2016) A Frameshift in CSF2RB Predominant Among Ashkenazi Jews Increases Risk for Crohn's Disease and Reduces Monocyte Signaling via GM-CSF. Gastroenterology 151:710-723.e2
|Li, Dalin; Achkar, Jean-Paul; Haritunians, Talin et al. (2016) A Pleiotropic Missense Variant in SLC39A8 Is Associated With Crohn's Disease and Human Gut Microbiome Composition. Gastroenterology 151:724-32
|Siegel, C A; Horton, H; Siegel, L S et al. (2016) A validated web-based tool to display individualised Crohn's disease predicted outcomes based on clinical, serologic and genetic variables. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 43:262-71
|Guerrerio, Anthony L; Frischmeyer-Guerrerio, Pamela A; Huang, Chengrui et al. (2016) Increased Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Patients with Mutations in Genes Encoding the Receptor Subunits for TGF?. Inflamm Bowel Dis 22:2058-2062
|Cleynen, Isabelle; Boucher, Gabrielle; Jostins, Luke et al. (2016) Inherited determinants of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes: a genetic association study. Lancet 387:156-67
|Siegel, Corey A; Lofland, Jennifer H; Naim, Ahmad et al. (2016) Novel Statistical Approach to Determine Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Patients' Perspectives on Shared Decision Making. Patient 9:79-89
|Volkmann, Elizabeth R; Chang, Yu-Ling; Barroso, Nashla et al. (2016) Association of Systemic Sclerosis With a Unique Colonic Microbial Consortium. Arthritis Rheumatol 68:1483-92
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This post isn't about super-secret ssh sorcery, but a collection of frequently used and easily forgotten *ssh tricks. Mostly a reminder for myself.
SSH Public/Private Key Authentication
One of the neat features of
ssh is support for key-based authentication, which not only comes handy for automatically trigging remote scripts and such.
The basic idea is that you have a key identifying yourself (your private key) and a set of matching locks distributed to the machines you want to connect to (public key). No passwords or other user interaction is necessary to log into a remote box. And it's no problem if somebody gets control over your public key -- you can even put it on your website, if you like. But be sure to protect your private key, as it can easily open all the locks you distributed around the net.
Using public key authentication is pretty simple, as it is the preferred login method in default
sshd installations. You only need to create a pair of keys (public and private) and copy them to your remote machines.
Client Installation
The basic configuration on the client side just requires you to generate your public/private key pair. Only one public key is required, even if you're accessing multiple boxes.
ssh-keygen -t dsa
Make sure that your private key has the right permissions, especially if you copied it from a different machine.
chmod 600 .ssh/identity
Finished! You may also add a passphrase (an extra secure password) to that key. Otherwise anybody who has access to this key (stolen laptop, hacked machine, Debian) can easily gain access to all your remote boxes.
Server Installation
Append the freshly generated public key to the
.ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote box. Here's the long version:
ssh email@example.com # Login to the remote box
Password: ******** # funny, I have the same password :)
mkdir -m 0700 .ssh/ # create .ssh config directory
# copy public key to remote machine
scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub firstname.lastname@example.com:.ssh/id_dsa.pub.localbox
ssh firstname.lastname@example.com # relogin on remote site
Password: ******** # last login with password
# add to authorized_keys file
cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub.localbox >> .ssh/authorized_keys
In many cases the short version also works:
scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub email@example.com:.ssh/authorized_keys
Just make sure that the
.ssh/ directory exists on the remote box and that you append to the
authorized_keys file in case you have multiple private keys.
ssh email@example.com
should now log you into the remote box without a password.
ssh can easily tunnel remote services through your secure connection (or local services to the remote site).
So in case you need to access a remote
mysql-database, just add an entry like this to your
.ssh/config (you can also add this as a parameter, but this soon gets messy):
Host database # "database" is the name for this entry
Hostname database.example.com
Compression yes # Trade bandwidth for latency
User dbuser
LocalForward 3306 localhost:3306
After logging into the remote machine with
ssh database connections to your local port 3306 are forwarded to port 3306 on the remote machine, thus connecting to
localhost:3306 on your local box will magically beam you to your remote site.
Funny things can be accomplished with this:
Need to access that intranet web-server? Try
LocalForward 80 intrawww.example.com:80 and connections to
localhost:80 on your local machine are tunneled over your ssh gateway machine to your intranet web-server.
You can also bind the local end of this tunnel to something different than
localhost, thus allowing everyone on your network to share the tunnel. A security hole can't get much bigger, but there may be cases were this might come handy.
You might also consider using
ssh as a local SOCKS server. Calling
ssh with the
-D 1234 parameter establishes a SOCKS server on port 1234 on your local machine that can be used with every SOCKS-aware application.
A simple backup solution
Of course you can combine
ssh and the powerful
rsync command to build a small online backup solution.
rsync -e 'ssh' -avz --progress --delete-after $SOURCE $DESTINATION
If public key authentication doesn't work for you (
ssh is asking for a password, although the keys are in place) make sure that the permissions to your home directory (
~/) and your
.ssh/ are correct:
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Dance, Somatics and Spiritualities
Contemporary Sacred Narratives
Dance, SomaticS and Spiritualities: Contemporary Sacred Narratives, A. Williamson (ed.) (2014) Bristol: Intellect 489 pages Print ISBN: 978-1-78320-178-5 Price: 47.00 BP
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"A tremendous gift for somatic practitioners, artists, teachers and all who seek to illuminate the subtle nuances of embodied life. This collection reaches wide and deep to trace the diverse contours of somatic knowing in its fullness."
Reviewed by Maria Luise Oberem, Dance/Movement Therapist, Psychologist, Independent Researcher
When I first heard this book being announced, it was with great anticipation that I awaited its publication. The book's title and sub-title deeply resonated in me, and I was wondering how these fields, experiental and intensely personal realms for me, would be addressed in the form of a written book. Since four decades, I have been actively engaged in dancing, moving between cultures (artistic, academic and clinical), countries and continents. Researching the living, sensing and moving body in this 'process of becoming', we call individuation and life, is close to my heart. When I finally held this anthology in my hands and began reading each contributor's article, I found myself immersed in different universes, each offering tremendous richness, wisdom and knowledge articulated from somatic experience. I knew in my bones that this comprehensive body of work has the potential of becoming a classic and standard work of assigned readings in the future.
This anthology offers a comprehensive body of written work, documenting a wide array of somatically informed scholarship; it comprises twenty chapter contributions by 27 women and six men men engaged in the field. The voluminous book is divided into three parts; each part is introduced and contextualized by one of the editors. The first part, titled Moving Spiritualities, introduced by A. Williamson, offers six chapters by leaders of the field. Its topics range from embryology, alchemy of the body and Jungian thought, dance in the natural world/environment, to philosophical reflections. The second part, introduced by S. Whatley, addresses the Intersection of Spiritualities and Pedagogy. In nine chapters, various approaches of the spiritual dimensions of somatic dance education are presented, covering topics from embodied spirituality, the making of consciousness, inner dances, meditations on language, to contemporary wisdom keepers and shamanic somatic approaches. Part three is dedicated to Cultural Immersions and Performance Excursions and is introduced by Glenna Batson. It offers five contributions on topics such as the dancing Kalahari bushmen, dancing with the Divine in Bali and America, outdoor performances in sacred sites in Java, the role of meditation in dance performance and spirituality and Akram Khan's performance.
What makes this anthology so unique and fascinating to read is not only the tremendous open-ness with which the editors have approached the subject, thus inviting and allowing for such a diverse collection of individual sacred narratives to emerge, but it abounds with multi-faceted gems. It is also the variety of presentation styles, ranging from personal narratives interwoven with articulated scholarship, philosophical reflections, various research approaches, imaginary dialogues and interview conversations, that turns this work into a rich and colourful fabric woven by the hands and hearts of its 33 contributors from across various cultures.
The framework of storytelling and the spirit of sharing personal narratives of lived experiences with others is reminiscent of the original ways women have traditionally passed on their knowledge and wisdom, which was orally, rather than in written form. The bodily aware scholars of this volume have taken on the challenging task of moving from direct physical experience, from sensing the soma and spirit to written words, well aware of the fact that some things cannot be translated to the pages of a book. Writing cannot do justice to the physicality of the experience, and it is understood that gaps will remain between experiental knowledge and the written word. With this in mind, this anthology is a tremendously important work, holding particular significance in the intersecting fields of dance, somatics and spiritualities for several reasons. For the first time, an impressive array of unique voices of movers, dancers, performers, somatic movement practitioners, educators, scholars, poets and philosophers is presented, who have been working in these fields since many years. This collection offers insightful views into the multiple possibilites of experiencing the soma and accessing bodily wisdom and the diversity of somatic approaches by successfully interweaving dance, somatics and spirititualities in new scholarly ways. Clearly, a new model of thinking is emerging, a thinking from and through the body, by living consciously and in connection with breath, honouring the ultimate life force through which we are all connected. This anthology is a testimony to the human spirit and particularly to the feminine spirit, which for so long has remained in the shadow, often wounded in partiarchal culture, by its language and its institutions. Often, dance and somatic spiritual work remain on the margins of society and in the academic world. The publication of this anthology marks a departure from this position and advances the field of dance, somatics and spiritualities, moving it from the margins towards the centre, putting this field onto the map of the academe.
The 'slowly emerging revolution', which Don Hanlon Johnson refers to in the preface, is the gradual and continuous building of a somatically informed scholarship, making itself known and turning into a voice to be reckoned with in the future. Knowing that there are many somatic movers, dancers, educators and scholars deeply engaged in their somatic practices and in communion with spirit, offering their work in the spirit of service to humanity, and, ultimately, for a better life on this planet, fills me with great joy.
While immersed in the narratives of this book, I noticed my heart pounding in excitement, my breath deepening, the cells of my body singing and, at times, tears flowing in recognition and resonance to the contributors' journeys. This anthology is a real treasure; its various contributions are nourishing my body/self/soul. I now realize that there are many of us and to whom I feel connected in spirit. With connectivity as the core component of spirituality (Williamson 2009) and 'attentive connection with body-self, to others and to the imagination' shaping somatic practice, it feels reassuring to know that there is a community of like-minded who are dancing-spirits embodied – on the path of conscious embodiment, cross-culturally.
Living one's personal and professional life in a conscious relationship with the body, movement, dance and spirituality in various parts of the world can, at times, be a lonely journey. Yet, it is the only one that feels truthful to me, forever intriguing, challenging and surprising. The best surprise in recent years to me is the publication of this rich anthology, which I can recommend whole-heartedly to all who are interested in the inter-relationship of body, dance, somatic movement and spiritualities. The readers will be rewarded and inspired by the rare, honest, gifted and creative sacred narratives. It is with much appreciation and gratitude to the editors – for their vision and creative conception of this project – and to the contributors – for sharing their courage, insights and wisdom – resulting in the creation of the most significant anthology in this field that I have gladly written this review.
Contributor details Maria Luise Oberem is a dance artist, dance/movement therapist and certified authentic movement practitioner with the Center for the Study of Authentic Movement; a scholar and researcher in dance and somatics; Co-chair of the First International Conference on the clinical application of dance/movement therapy (1994) in Berlin, Germany; lecturer at various universities, among others the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco, California; Rotterdam Dance Academy, the Netherlands; INTAT Vienna, Austria; University of Central Lancashire, UK; formerly affiliated with the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California, USA. Maria Luise Oberem holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, an M.A. in
Dance/Movement Therapy (USA) (BC-DMT) and an M.A. in American Studies and Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Cheryl Pallant, teacher at University of Richmond, Virginia, and author of Contact Improvisation: an Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form
'Finally exists a book that offers a range of perspectives that looks academically at the numinous in dance without belittling or aggrandizing the subject. With a preface by Don Hanlon Johnson, editors Amanda Williamson, Glenna Batson, Sarah Whatley, and Rebecca Weber have pulled together an impressive anthology of essays on a topic often overlooked. Questions considered by dancers, somatic therapists, dance scholars, and anthropologists include the following: What is spirituality? How does it manifest in a body atuned to the nuances of movement? How does a dancer reclaim the sacred from a culture that marginalizes it in favor of secularization? Linda Hartley writes about Authentic Movement. Daria Halprin writes on the body as entry to embodied knowing. Sondra Fraleigh looks at the actions of consciousness. Bradford Keeney discusses N/om and Bushman healing dances. Twenty substantive narratives on embodiment, mindfulness, Balinese dance and more make a juicy collection and a significant contribution to a field largely neglected.' –
Veta Goler, Division Chair for Arts and Humanities and Associate Professor of Dance, Spelman College
"By addressing various notions about forms of spirituality within the contexts of meditative movement, classroom and other directed movement activities, and dance performance, the authors provide an expansive view of somatic experience and spirituality."
Duncan Holt, Lecturer in Dance and Performance, University of Hull
"This anthology shares a fascinating range of ideas, addressing the development of learning and perceptions of self through social, cultural and historical constructs."
Fiona Bannon, Senior Lecturer in Dance in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds
"Academics and practitioners will find stimulation for related research projects in this substantial work, which also provides a basis for literary research for students in this field."


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A heavy-metal hand gesture, in which the subject holds out their hand(s), palm up, fingers broadly curled inward, as if clutching an invisible grapefruit, or an orb of majestic evil power (still invisible).
When the throwing of horns got co-opted by the widespread public to the point where they were often seen from Jonas Brothers fans, Lord Blaspherion G. McSatan decided to adopt a more metal-centric hand gesture: the invisible grapefruit clutch.
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Sebastian Newmann—Hamburg University, Germany
Sebastian Neumann is a senior undergraduate exchange student studying economics at Temple University's Main Campus for one year, who plans to graduate May 2012. Sebastian joins Temple from his home institution, Hamburg University in Germany, where he also studied economics. This is Sebastian's first time studying abroad and he is having a very positive experience at Temple.
"Temple is a very diverse place," Sebastian said. "Interacting with a lot of different people has made me become more open to talk and work with people. First impressions aren't everything. I've learned to give people a second look."
When Sebastian isn't interacting with fellow students, he can be found taking advantage of the many resources that Temple offers to students. Sebastian especially benefits from Main Campus's Tech Center, where he spends a lot of his time studying. In fact, Sebastian is most proud of the excellent grades he's earned. "Temple practically forces you to frequently learn. You are constantly preparing for classes for quizzes, and papers that you have to write," Sebastian said. "In Germany you go to class and get your syllabus. There is no mandatory attendance. You usually do one month of intensive learning before the final and in between you are practically free. Temple teaches you to spread your work so you will remember it for a longer time, which is an advantage."
In addition to the academic structure at Temple, Sebastian benefits from the small class sizes and the connections that his professors offer to their students. Of those connections Sebastian was thrilled to meet with the Pa. Senator Daylin Leach regarding Leach's proposed legislation.
Sebastian is an avid learner of economics. "Economics gives you a complete picture. Business focuses on a company's profit whereas economics is oriented on how society benefits from business decisions as a whole." One of the courses Sebastian is currently enrolled in is International Monetary Economics. Sebastian finds this course very interesting because it's a topic currently covered in current events. Sebastian commented on some of his achievements at Hamburg University. "The School of Business has a board of three student members," Sebastian said. "I was one of them and we were able to achieve longer hours of operation for our business library. It was a major thing that benefited all students."
While at Temple, Sebastian he has had the opportunity to travel to New York City and New Hampshire. Sebastian would like to visit Washington, D.C. and California before he returns to Germany. Upon his return to Germany, Sebastian plans to continue his studies in economics while working toward a master's degree. Sebastian hopes that his university education will enable him to find an interesting job, where he can achieve measurable goals while earning a decent income.


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Dr. Willie Bragg
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Dr. Willie A. Bragg is Assistant Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Director of CCPS at Morgan State University (MSU). Dr. Bragg received her B.S. degree from MSU in Elementary Education, a M.A. in Education/Early Childhood Education from Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Special Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. She completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship on Exceptional Programs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children and Youth with Disabilities at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Bragg's activities at Morgan State include, but are not limited to, directing grants and contracts, serving as liaison for MSU's collaboration with the University of Baltimore School of Law, leading efforts to develop a partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS), and establishing The Center as a Certified Test Administration Site (CTAS) for the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL-iBT). She also expands partnerships with professional organizations, community groups, and extends The Center's membership affiliation with national organizations relative to Continuing Studies. Most recently, in 2011 Dr. Bragg was successful in securing a 1 million dollar endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation to continue the funding of the Osher Re-entry Scholarship Program- a program for adult students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs at MSU. The endowed gift was the first-ever award received from the Bernard Osher foundation for nontraditional students.
During her academic career, Dr. Bragg has authored and received grants from federal agencies and foundations focused on teacher preparation and education, curriculum design and evaluation, and university-community partnerships/alliances in higher education. Federally funded grants include awards from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Bragg has presented at international, national and regional conferences. She holds memberships in several professional and civic organizations.


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TOCA is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters, initially focusing specifically on Touring car racing but more recently expanding to cover a wide variety of motorsport. Since the series began in 1997 with TOCA Touring Car Championship, the franchise has been released on PC, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Microsoft Xbox, with particular success in Europe and Australia where the motorsports featured are most popular. Since TOCA Race Driver, the fourth title in the series, each new game is released under different titles in different regions, such as Pro Race Driver in the US, DTM Race Driver in Germany, and V8 Supercars in Australia.
TOCA Touring Car ChampionshipEdit
The first game of the series was released for the PC and PlayStation platforms in late 1997 in Europe, and in summer 1998 in the United States. Featuring all the licensed cars (not including privateers) and tracks from the 1997 British Touring Car Championship, the game was critically acclaimed by the European games press - especially on console where it was widely considered the best in its genre until the release of Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo several months later.
The drivers and cars featured in the game are:
- Honda Accord - James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini
- Audi A4 - Frank Biela and John Bintcliffe
- Vauxhall Vectra - John Cleland and Derek Warwick
- Volvo S40 - Rickard Rydell and Kelvin Burt
- Ford Mondeo - Will Hoy and Paul Radisich
- Nissan Primera - David Leslie and Anthony Reid
- Peugeot 406 - Tim Harvey and Patrick Watts
- Renault Laguna - Alain Menu and Jason Plato
Selecting a car places the player in the position of the first named driver for each team. That driver's name would then not appear in the race, and the player's name would appear instead.
TOCA 2 Touring CarsEdit
The success of the first TOCA game saw a sequel arrive a year later in 1998. Whilst mainly an annual franchise update of cars and tracks, the game did add more detailed graphics, physics, multiplayer modes and other minor features. Fictional (but realistic) tracks were added, and support races such as Ford Fiestas, Formula Ford and others also arrived. The level of car damage possible during a race was also enhanced, which was a significant selling point compared with the likes of Gran Turismo.
The drivers and cars featured in the main races, (IE - Ones with Touring Cars in them, not the Fiesta support races), are:
- Honda Accord - James Thompson and Peter Kox
- Audi A4 - Yvan Muller and John Bintcliffe
- Vauxhall Vectra - John Cleland and Derek Warwick
- Volvo S40 - Rickard Rydell and Gianni Morbidelli
- Ford Mondeo - Will Hoy, Craig Baird and Nigel Mansell*
- Nissan Primera - David Leslie and Anthony Reid
- Peugeot 406 - Tim Harvey and Paul Radisich
- Renault Laguna - Alain Menu and Jason Plato
* It is worth noting that Nigel Mansell did drive races for Ford during this season, and is also on the drivers page in the in-game options, but does not actually feature racing in the game
Similar to the first game, once you select a car, you replace a driver and partner the other driver. However, unlike the first TOCA game, this time you replace the second team driver, not the first. So at Honda, you replace Peter Kox, at Volvo, you replace Gianni Morbidelli, and so on.
TOCA 2 is also notable for being one of only two Playstation One games (the other being Wipeout 3: Special Edition) to feature a four-player mode using the Playstation's link cable and split-screen at the same time - i.e., four players compete against each other simultaneously using two PlayStation consoles, with two players per console and two television screens.
TOCA 2 for PC also has the ability to edit/download skins for the cars. They can be edited using any paint/drawing program.
TOCA World Touring CarsEdit
As the title suggests, the in the series (released in 2000) made a significant advance in featuring various Touring Car championships from around the world, but despite carrying the TOCA name, the BTCC wasn't included. This upset a lot of fans of the series, but success continued.
Once again the franchise was compared to the Gran Turismo series, and once again TOCA was warmly received by much of the specialist press, most notably scoring 10/10 in the UK edition of Official PlayStation Magazine.
TOCA Race DriverEdit
The series moved onto Playstation 2 in August 2002, with the release of TOCA Race Driver (called "Pro Race Driver" in North America, "DTM Race Driver" in Germany, and V8 Supercars: Race Driver in Australia). The game took a new direction, since the main game mode featured a plot (leading to the game being labelled as a "Car-PG") where the user took on the role of a fictional race driver called Ryan McKane, trying to make a name for himself in a multitude of car championships, all the while under the shadow of his more successful older brother and haunted by the death of his father on the racetrack (as witnessed by Ryan as a child).
Despite this slightly clichéd script, the racing elements of the game continued to receive positive reviews and the game went straight to number one in the UK game charts. Xbox and PC conversions followed in March 2003, with a further Xbox version released several months later at budget price adding Xbox Live support. The game came under heavy criticism because of its inaccurate damage models, in some cases a Mini was able to complete the circuit despite only having 1 wheel and no doors.
Interestingly, the BTCC returned for this game. The real-life championship had undergone a transformation after most of the manufacturers had pulled out, and crowd numbers dropped, so TOCA asked Codemasters to include the series to boost the audience interest. However, the return was short-lived.
TOCA Race Driver 2Edit
Main Article: TOCA Race Driver 2
Race Driver 2 was released on Xbox and PC in April 2004, with a Playstation 2 version following six months later. 2 PSP conversions were released in 2005 and 2006; the first being TOCA Race Driver 2 in Europe and Japan and the second being Race Driver 2006 in the US. The game continued to use a scripted career mode as introduced in the previous Race Driver game, but dropped the Ryan McKane character. Story-developing cutscenes were played out from a first-person perspective, with other characters never addressing the user by name.
The career mode offered a wider selection of championships than previous games, featuring the likes of Supertrucks and Rallycross in addition to the traditional touring car formats. However, not for the first time in the series, the British Touring Car Championship was not included, yet the franchise continued to license the TOCA name in the title. In addition, online play was featured heavily, with support for up to 8 players on Xbox Live. The game entered the UK charts at number one, and maintained the high review scores of the series, including a 9.2 out of 10 from Official Xbox Magazine.
"Featuring brand new content exclusive to PlayStation 2, V8 Supercars 2 will arrive with a whole new circuit, Catalunya, and an expanded Championship structure allowing 99 additional car and track combinations. There's also a super hardcore "Pro-Sim mode" for ultimate realism - if you can handle it! Again, exclusively for PlayStation 2, gamers will also be able to save replays, and really drive that victory home.
31 (32 on the PS2) Licensed and Fictional global Race Locations offering 48 (49 on the PS2) tracks including Hockenheim from the German DTM series and Surfers Paradise from the Australian V8 series." Codemasters
The PlayStation 2 version will also allow up to 8 PS2 on-line players, without broadband Internet service being required, too.
TOCA Race Driver 3Edit
The most recent TOCA game was released in February 2006, and continued to expand on the types of motorsport available. Open wheel, GT, Oval racing, Rallying and Offroad racing were all featured, and can be raced in either a detailed Pro Career mode or an open-ended World Tour. Up to 12 players are supported via Xbox Live and the PlayStation 2 version supports up to 8 on-line. This series is the only current racing simulator that allows PlayStation players to race on-line. It received good reviews, frequently being compared favourably to Gran Turismo 4 and Forza Motorsport, in the aspects of cars on track, damage and AI.
Race Driver Create and Race Edit
- Main article: Race Driver: Create and Race
It is the first game in the TOCA Series that is available for Nintendo DS and was released in September 2007. It includes many licensed vehicles and tracks from across the world. It has also the ability to allow players to create their own circuit either using the stylus(albeit rather simply) or by using the custom made pieces made by the game developers. Then you can also exchange tracks online using a Nintendo Wi-fi Connection. It also has career, multiplayer and single-race modes.
Race Driver: GRIDEdit
- Main article: Race Driver: GRID
Codemasters, previously going under the working title "Race Driver One", will officially be titled "Race Driver: GRID." This will be the full and official title of the long-awaited sequel to TOCA Race Driver 3.
The game will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Games for Windows. Race Driver: GRID is slated for a mid-2008 release.
GRID 2Edit
GRID 2 is a racing game developed and published by Codemasters for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC released in 2013. The game features more cars and updated graphics, only a year later, its next installment came out.
GRID: AutosportEdit
GRID: Autosport, and vagly known as GRID 3 is a racing game developed and published by Codemasters for the usual platforms. The game now features new tracks, karts and more manufacturer's!


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Following the recent purchase of a better spec machine, I have acquired a ribber - essential equipment for knitting in the round, a colour changer, essential to smoothly change colours, a linker, essential to seam, a cone wonder, essential to produce a good feeding yarn for the machine, and of course a table on which to place all these essentials!
What I haven't acquired is the extra space needed to store all these essentials! Plus each of these comes with the ubiquitous manual so necessary for the beginner. Then there are the books that explain in detail what all the levers and buttons do! Don't be fooled by watching someone demonstrate a simple bit of stocking stitch! First you have to get the yarn onto the needles, this requires a lot of jiggery-pokery with cast-on combs, weights and precise selection of the correct levers and buttons, so the books are an essential extra, honest! Thank goodness Mr S is understanding and has hobbies of his own!
These machines are also time eaters, you sit down to play and woosh, it's dinner time and all you have produced is a coaster!


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Kansas City's planned 2.2-mile downtown streetcar line reaches a notable milestone with a formal groundbreaking Thursday morning. This major transit and economic development project is off to a promising start, although big challenges loom to extend the system.
The streetcar line still is on budget and on schedule to start rolling in late 2015. Oversight groups and the City Council have smoothly made recommendations and some final decisions about routes, budgets, ride costs (free), and who's going to install, operate and maintain the equipment.
Proponents point out that that developments announced in recent months — including a hotel and apartment units — either came to downtown because of the starter line or will benefit from it.
The Star has long supported light rail or streetcars for their potential to help spur urban core development. However, we opposed the tightly limited voting and funding processes used for the downtown system.
Since their success at the polls in 2012, city and streetcar officials admirably have focused on keeping promises they made to deliver a first-rate project to Kansas Citians. One pledge was to quickly study and develop extensions of the streetcar system.
But the future for building eight more miles of track, estimated to cost more than $450 million, is far from assured.
In August, voters in a large part of Kansas City south of the Missouri River likely will be asked to approve a transportation district that will define where a one-cent sales tax and higher property assessments close to the streetcar lines could be charged to help extend the system. If that election is successful, the funding plan would go to voters in November.
Supporters cast the elections as ways for Kansas City to improve transit, attract residents, boost business creation and generally help rebuild the urban core. They point out that federal funds could pay for about half the expenses to extend lines south on Main Street and east on Independence Avenue and Linwood Boulevard.
Still, the high costs of this venture will attract deserved attention between now and possible elections in August and November. Residents will have to decide whether the bigger streetcar line is a high priority for them and, ultimately, for Kansas City.


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The police in Lagos State have smashed a syndicate of robbers, which specialises in robbing bureau de change operators in many parts of the country. The gang was led by a son of an Enugu multimillionaire transporter, while a Lebanese woman was said to be the bait the gang used to rob their victims Nigerian Tribune reports.
Seven members of the gang had been arrested by the police, while efforts were ongoing to arrest other members and their collaborators. The suspects were, on Wednesday, paraded before newsmen by the state police boss, Kayode Aderanti, who described the arrest as "the biggest catch of the year."
Aderanti told newsmen that the suspects were arrested by operatives of the state police command Special Anti-Robbery Squad, in an operation led by the officer in charge, Abba Kyari.
He added that members of the gang had been arrested on many occasions in the past and had always found their way out. Aderanti, however, promised to do all within his power to ensure that the suspects were made to face the full wrath of the law.
Leader of the gang, Kingswill Eze, who had been operating under the name "Senator Nwobodo", claimed that he just wanted to break away from the shadow of his father's wealth. "I have been charged to court many times, but my men and I have a way of escaping justice. We are a well organised cartel," he said.
The suspect, while speaking on the modus operandi of the group, narrated that "we take advantage of the bureau de change operators because some of them who don't have licence like to bring the money directly to us when we call them."
The Lebanese woman, Almira Abdallahi, also confessed to be a member of the gang and blamed her involvement on her desire to take care of her five children. Thirty-two-year-old Amira told journalists that she was formally into a thriving interior decoration business before she joined the gang.