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How Will MSL Navigate to Mars? Very Precisely
Getting the Mars Science Laboratory to the Red Planet isn't as easy as just strapping the rover on an Atlas V rocket and blasting it in the general direction of Mars. Spacecraft navigation is a very precise and constant science, and in simplest terms, it entails determining where the spacecraft is at all times and keeping it on course to the desired destination.
And, says MSL navigation team chief Tomas Martin-Mur, the only way to accurately get the Curiosity rover to Mars is for the spacecraft to constantly be looking in the rearview mirror at Earth.
"What we do is 'drive' the spacecraft using data from the Deep Space Network," Martin–Mur told Universe Today. "If you think about it, we never see Mars. We don't have an optical navigation camera or any other instruments to be able to see or sense Mars. We are heading to Mars, all the while looking back to Earth, and with measurements from the Earth we are able to get to Mars with a very high accuracy."
This high accuracy is very important because MSL is using a new entry, descent and landing guidance system which will allow the spacecraft to land more precisely than any previous landers or rovers.
"It is very challenging, and even though it is something similar to what we have done before with the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission, this time it will be done at an even higher level of precision," Martin-Mur said. "That allows us to get to a very exciting place, Gale Crater."
On Earth, we constantly can find exactly where we are with GPS – which is on our cell phones and navigation equipment. But there is no GPS at Mars, so the only way the rover will be able to head to –and through — a precise point in the Red Planet's atmosphere is for the navigation team to know exactly where the spacecraft is and for them to keep telling the spacecraft exactly where it is. They use the Deep Space Network (DSN) for those determinations from launch, all the way to Mars.
The Deep Space Network consists of a network of extremely sensitive deep space communications antennas at three locations: Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia. The strategic placement approximately 120 degrees apart on Earth's surface allows constant observation of spacecraft as the Earth rotates.
But of course, it's not as easy as just getting the rocket from Point A to Point B since Earth and Mars are not fixed positions in space. Navigators must meet the challenges of calculating the exact speeds and orientations of a rotating Earth, a rotating Mars, as well as a moving, spinning spacecraft, while all are simultaneously traveling in their own orbits around the Sun.
There are other factors like solar radiation pressure and thruster firings that all have to be precisely calculated.
Martin-Mur said even though MSL is a much bigger rover with a bigger spacecraft and backshell than the MER mission, the navigation tools and calculations aren't much different. And in some ways, navigating MSL might be easier.
"The Atlas V vehicle provides a much more precise launching and can put us in a more precise path than the MER, which used a Delta II,' Martin-Mur said. "This allows us to use less propellant, proportionally per pound, to get to Mars than the MER rovers did."
The MER rovers and spacecraft weighed about 1 ton, while MSL weighs almost 4 tons. MSL is allotted 70 kg of propellant for the cruise stage, while the MER rovers each used about 42 kg of propellant.
Interestingly, for the MSL spacecraft to descend through Mars' atmosphere and land, the spacecraft will use about 400 kg of propellant.
Additionally, Martin-Mur said more precise planetary ephemeris and Very Long Baseline Interferometry measurements are available, enabling the navigation to be able to deliver the spacecraft to the right place in the atmospheric entry interface, so the vehicle finds itself in the range of parameters that it has been designed to operate.
Navigation at Launch
It all starts with years of preparations and calculations by the navigation team, which must calculate all the possible trajectories to Mars depending on exactly when the Atlas V rocket launches with MSL aboard.
In some cases there are literally thousands of launch opportunities and all the possible trajectories must be calculated precisely. The Juno mission, for example, had two-hour daily launch windows with 3,300 possible launch opportunities. For MSL the daily launch windows contain liftoff opportunities in 5 minutes increments. Across the 24 day launch period the team has calculated 489 different trajectories for all the possible launch opportunities.
But ultimately, they will end up using only one.
"This is not something you do on the fly – you prepare all this well in advance so you have time to sit back and assess it and check it," said another member of the MSL navigation team, Neil Mottinger, who has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1967. He's worked on navigation for many missions like Mariner, Voyager, the MER, and several international missions.
"The initial function of navigation at launch is to determine the actual spacecraft trajectory well enough so the spacecraft signal will be well within the beam-width of the DSN antennae," Mottinger told Universe Today.
The Mars Science Laboratory will separate from the rocket that boosted it toward Mars at about 44 minutes after launch, with the navigator's tracking the spacecraft's every move.
Mottinger added that without the DSN's communication capabilities, there are no planetary missions. "The Navigation team does whatever it can to make sure there aren't any gaps in communication," he said. "It's crunch time during the first 6-8 hours after launch to be able to determine the exact position of the spacecraft."
From the recent problems with the Phobos-Grunt mission, it is evident how difficult it is to track and communicate with a just-launched spacecraft.
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Again, the navigation team has modeled and calculated all the maneuvers and thruster burns for the mission. Once MSL is on its way to Mars, the navigation team will revisit all their models and design the maneuvers to take the spacecraft to the right entry interface at Mars.
"We'll keep doing orbit determination and re-designing the maneuvers for the spacecraft," said Martin-Mur. "MSL has 1 lb thrusters – the same size as the MER spacecraft — but our spacecraft is almost four times heavier so the maneuvers we do take a long time – some will take hours."
For interplanetary navigation, the engineers use distant quasars as landmarks in space for reference of where the spacecraft is. Quasars are incredibly bright, but are at such colossal distances that they don't move in the sky like nearer background stars do. Martin-Mur provided a list of nearly 100 different quasars that could be used for this purpose, depending on where the spacecraft is.
"It is interesting," Martin-Mur mused, "with quasars we are using something that is billions of light years away from us, from the very early universe, which are so old that they might not even be there anymore. It is really cool that we are using an object that currently may not exist anymore, but using them for very precise navigation."
The navigation team also needs to model the solar radiation pressure – the effect the Sun's radiation has on the spacecraft.
"We know very well, thanks to our friends from the Solar Systems Dynamics group, where Mars is going to be and where the Earth and Sun are," said Martin-Mur. "But since this spacecraft has not been in space before, what is not known precisely is how solar radiation pressure will affect the surface properties of the spacecraft, and how it will perturb the spacecraft. If we don't have a good model for that, we could be hundreds of kilometers off as the spacecraft goes from Earth to Mars."
Arriving at Mars
As the spacecraft approaches Mars, it is very important to know precisely where the spacecraft is. "We need to target the spacecraft to the right entry point," said Martin-Mur, "and tell the spacecraft where it will enter, so it will be able to find its way to the landing site."
The MSL Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation, or MEDLI, will stream information back to Earth as the probe enters the atmosphere, letting the navigators — and the science team – know precisely where the rover has landed.
Only then will the navigation team be able — maybe — to breathe a sigh of relief.
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This pending voyage of the Science vessel "Curiosity", about to raise anchor for a distant shore, is a quantum leap from the wooden deck of old ships of sail, in enterprise of discovery to new lands to explore.
A fascinating look into the complex details of what is involved in "steering" a spacecraft from port Earth, through launch window of favorable "tides", and through a journey's course corrections before Solar Winds in space, to a successful harbor-site entry, upon arrival at another world (one veiled in intriguing mysteries, and beckoning from afar with challenging possibilities).
"It is interesting, with quasars we are using something that is billions of light years away from us, from the very early universe, which are so old that they might not even be there anymore. It is really cool that we are using an object that currently may not exist anymore, but using them for very precise navigation." — MSL navigation team chief Tomas Martin-Mur
Anciently, the North Star was one guide of a sailor's navigated way to his destination of maritime passage; now, it appears (though may have disappeared), phantom "stars", distant in time's early light, serve to orient real-time automated crossings through open seas of planetary night.
It sounds like you might enjoy (or maybe have enjoyed ;)) Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne.
He does an excellent job of making almost every aspect of the Voyager mission (and each leg of its journey) a metaphor for some similar aspect of that Age. The book is as much about what caused and enabled the Age of Discovery as it is about the science and technology of the Voyager mission.
It was not at all what I expected – but was a brilliant read in its own right. As someone who is usually completely ignorant of history, I found it very enlightening.
Hello. Actually, I have not read the book, though I have long been fascinated by Western Man's Great Age of Exploration. It does sound interesting. The "Three Ages of Exploration" is a somewhat new concept for me: Renaissance, Enlightenment, and in our time, the Space Age. From oceans crossed to lands explored, then, with accomplished global reach, out into continental realms of ice, and down to Inner Space of ocean depths. Now, we venture into Outer Space through interplanetary "voyages". As the first two Ages changed our sense of place on Earth, so the "Third Age" of the robotic seafarers has "changed our sense of … place in the universe." — Book description at Amazon.
(Thanks for the suggested reading.)
"Voyager may be one of the purest expressions of exploration in human history."
Wow, quite well put! Your analogue to the great virgin days of transoceanic sailing really captures the isolated sense of the vastness of far flung fairing (be it sea or space) that I was feeling as I read Nancy's article! What a lonely yet highly scrutinized trek the dear lass has to her next port…
Lets hope a fair wind brings her to a soft landfall on a scenic shore of red sand.
Wow, at this point I cannot even imagine how tricky the navigation of interstellar probe would be, especially when it would be dealing with relativistic speed.
The landing system as conceived appears quite complicated… I wonder why it takes 10 steps from final orbit to land? Anyone, can you let me into the reasons for this?
Briefly, in haste:
– I think you will find 5 more EDL steps from orbit in the Curiosity video before the descent image here. With: entry burn; initial entry attitude; release of weights to adjust attitude; rocket assisted descent attitude; another weight release for chute attitude; [release of the chute and so on].
– An article (here on UT, I believe) describes this as the generic ED approach developed for Viking.
— The supersonic chute was costly to develop with many iterations of rocket tests. They seem to know how to scale it for different loads.
— The heat shield and backshell profile is a fairly generic development for the Mars atmosphere as well, I take it.
— Presumably the added precision comes from knowing Mars atmosphere better and a better control of the rockets during the descent stages.
– The new bit of landing (L) starts with the rover separation. From the massive Viking rocket descent to earlier lighter rovers balloon bouncing, the mass was up to Viking class again. Hence rockets.
It would seem that a four satellite "bare bones" GPS system could be placed around some of the planets. In particular Mars and Jupiter, where with Jupiter it could double as a set of tests for general relativity. A spacecraft which reaches the environs of a planet could be guided in for a pinpoint orbital insertion or landing.
That suddenly makes me think of a question – how do the GPS satellites themselves determine their exact position? Do they use each other or do they use ground-based beacons?
In two dimensions the surveyor needs two theodolites at a known distance from each other to measure a third point. So you need two instruments to measure the relative position of a third point. If one is to measure the distance to a point relative to other points in three dimensional space you need three instrument. Again you need some ruler system which sets the distance between the three instruments. Similarly, in spacetime you need four. The baseline distances are determined by laser or EM radiation ranging.
Sending MLS across space to a tiny window at Mars during a once-in-a-hundred-years, Carrington effect, solar storm is probably going to be a waste of taxpayer money. Coronal mass ejections are certain to occur and likely to damage the fragile sensors and computers on MLS and there is a high probablility they will damage the electronics in satellites and earthbound computers, or at least damage the grid. Yet the mission is going on. Why?
MLS is already old technology with a Russian hitchhiker. It is seeking to prove what we already know. And MLS is already two years past the target launch date. The devoted scientists — actually geologists for the most part — who designed the experiments back in 2005 could not justify sending these outdated experiments, on a subsequent mission.
I hope I am wrong. You will get a chance to see when you read the book Dr. Gilbert Levin and I have written about the 60 year search for life on Mars.
Rick Eyerdam
Minor nitpick: are geologists not scientists?
Huge applause from Australia #CSIROTweetup when the clock started to count down for #MSL. We are at the Canberra Deep Space Tracking Station and will follow the rocket track on its path over Australia.


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Matching Heights
In web development, there are standards and then there are some things that you can do just to make your site look a little nicer. Matching row heights is one thing that will make your site look less sloppy and more professional. Surprisingly it's not that hard to do!
So you want to match the height between two different objects? There are several ways that you can accomplish this. You could do it all in JavaScript or in jQuery yourself (which is a little bit more complicated, not too hard though) or there are a few different libraries you could use. Those being matchHeight.js, Zurb Foundation's equalizer and Flexbox.
MatchHeight.js is a jQuery library you can include on your project. Once you have added the file and called the file to be run on your page, all you need to do is call the function on the items you want to match the height. For instance, if you want four objects in a row with the same class to be the same height, you would call the function like this:
You can also match the heights between multiple objects by calling them in a comma-separated list, which is really handy. You could do something like:
$('.profile-picture, .bio').matchHeight();
Zurb Foundation is a css/scss framework similar to the Bootstrap framework. They have built-in functionality that essentially does this called Equalizer. One way to use this, you will need the ability to add a data-attribute to your markup. The container around the elements you want to match heights will need the attribute "data-equalizer" and each child element you want to match heights will get the attribute "data-equalizer-watch". The child elements will all be resized to the same height. You can also specify which media query to match heights on based on Foundation's built-in grid system. You will just add the attribute
'data-equalize-on="medium'" or small, large, etc. This will make sure the equalizer is only run on that screen size.
You can also trigger the Equalizer in javaScript. You would simply call:
Var elem = new Foundation.Equalizer(element, options);
Where "element" would be the object to add the trigger to and "options" overrides to the default plugin settings. More information on the different plugins and methods that can be used alongside equalizer, can be accessed here.
Flexbox is a css layout mode that is very versatile and can help with a lot of things. Thankfully browser support is finally catching up and it can be used on most projects. By default, flexbox will match the heights of the child elements of the container that flex is declared on. To initiate flexbox, you would call
display:flex; on your wrapper and each of the 1st child elements will have matched heights. It's as easy as that!
In review, if you need to match the height of several elements, whether it be a grid or several objects that look messy being different heights, you could use javascript and build out all the logic yourself or you could use a library or framework that has already built the logic out for you. Whatever method you choose, your work will look cleaner and more professional in the end!


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Christopher Casey, age 34 of West Olive, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 29, 2017.
He is survived by his son Jaxon; his parents: Nina and Reese Kelly and Tim and Marcy Casey; his brother Tim and Corie Casey and his step-brother Chris Hunter.
Chris was a 2000 graduate of Summerville High School in Tuolumne, CA. and worked in the IT department at Holland Christian High School. Chris loved golf, music, kayaking, and snowboarding, but most of all he enjoyed spending time with Jaxon.
A time of visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday, June 5, 2017 at Langeland-Sterenberg Funeral Home, 315 East 16th Street, Holland. www.langelandsterenberg.com
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My work has been recognized by the Royal Family, NPAC National Photographs of the Year Awards, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, and InFocus Photo Exhibit and Award. I am a graduate of the studio art program at University of Guelph and the photojournalism program at Loyalist College. My work has appeared in publications such as The Globe and Mail, Bloomberg, VICE, Photographers Without Borders, PhotoEd Magazine, Play Magazine, and The Waterloo Region Record.
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High-throughput sequencing technologies are currently revolutionizing the field of biology and medicine, yet bioinformatic challenges in analysing very large data sets have slowed the adoption of these technologies by the community of population biologists. We introduce the 'Simple Fool's Guide to Population Genomics via RNA-seq' (SFG), a document intended to serve as an easy-to-follow protocol, walking a user through one example of high-throughput sequencing data analysis of nonmodel organisms.
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Patenting Movement: The Case of Surgical Robotics
Like many other animals, humans have extended the functional reach of their bodies by inventing tools to achieve their goals. At the most fundamental level, progress in the useful arts can be measured by the extent to which humans can make and use these tools to produce the results and effects they desire. Patent claims properly demarcate this progress when they define these tools (or methods of making or using them), not merely where and how far the tools reach. Kinematic properties, which describe the geometric motions of structural elements without regard to the forces that cause them to move, should therefore not be considered sufficiently concrete to delineate the scope of a mechanical patent claim.
I will begin by surveying the practice of kinematic patent claiming in the U.S. surgical robotics industry. Drawing on insights from fields ranging from classical geometry to the special theory of relativity, I will show why many kinematic claims logically fall under the longstanding and recently reinvigorated doctrinal exclusions of mathematical theorems and abstract ideas from patent-eligible subject matter. I will then examine the patent-eligibility of a claimed surgical manipulator whose design incorporates kinematic data captured from procedures performed by kinesthetically skilled surgeons. Finally, I will identify some of the urgent questions raised by surgical robotics patents regarding the kinds of progress and skill that fall within the patent system's ambit, with consequences for the political economy of labor and downstream innovation in the age of automation. (This paper is available upon request)
Andrew Chin is a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina. He obtained his BS in Mathematics from the University of Texas, his DPhil in Mathematics and Computing from the University of Oxford, and his JD from Yale Law School. He clerked for Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where he also assisted Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the drafting of the findings of fact in United States v. Microsoft Corp. His patent law scholarship bridges such disciplines as software engineering, mechanical engineering, bioinformatics, analytical philosophy, linguistics, information science, microeconomics, and industrial organization. He has also made substantial contributions in the fields of antitrust law, cyberlaw, securities law, administrative law, Asian American studies, and computational complexity. He was recently selected as the only law professor to participate in the Geometry of Redistricting Workshop's national expert witness training program at Tufts University.
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So it's official, Summer is here. A time we all look forward to. Time to take our yearly vacations, get some gardening and yard work done. Sunlight is good for our general health, has healing properties and produces a feel good factor.
As we spend much more time outside during the Summer here are a few tips to help avoid sunburn.
Many times we don't stop to think while we are out enjoying ourselves in the sun the potential for sunburn.
- Be sure to keep sunblock handy and apply regularly
- Consider wearing a hat, that can help with avoiding sunburn and heatstroke
- When your planning to be outdoors for an extended period of time be sure to have water with you to keep you hydrated
- Avoid midday sun, usually from noon to 2pm
- Wear cotton fabrics, they are cooler. Avoid loose weave fabrics that allow penetration of the sun's rays
- Children should wear long sleeved shirts, hats and sunscreen
- Babies under 9 months should be kept out of direct sunlight
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- Fair skinned people who often have red or white hair and blue eyes
- Those on certain medications such as diuretics
- People with certain skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema
- Elderly, babies and young children are more more sensitive
If you take the proper precautions while out in the sun, you can prevent sunburn and still have an enjoyable time. Summer is only here for a short time, so get out there, hit the beach, do some gardening, but do it safely.
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End to end design, build, rollout and ongoing support for a virtual desktop solution to merge IT services across three local authorities Thanet, Dover and Canterbury now known as East Kent Services saving a total of £2.7M
Design, built and rolled out the Citrix virtual desktop solution for all staff in UK and Channel Island staff.
Provided Citrix Expertise to build out a Citrix virtual desktop solution for 1,500 users on HP Left Hand SAN and VMWare.
Built Citrix Netscaler solution for COLT Internet in UK and Germany.
End to end design, build, rollout and ongoing support for a virtual desktop and remote access solution for all 1,500 users at the Cobra Group.
Provided consultancy to perform Citrix Health Checks to rectify performance related issues.
Part time Senior Citrix Consultant, part of Citrix Consulting team.
Provided Citrix Expertise to get Care Fusion's USB attached Spirometer software working in a Citrix Environment as many of their customers use Citrix.
Provided Citrix expertise to upgrade Care International's Citrix XenApp farm and remote access with Citrix Netscaler
Acting as TDA on large VDI tenders and provided Citrix Expertise and resource on including London Borough of Merton, Bolton and Wigan, Barnet Council, Telefonica and Barton Willmore.
Provided Citrix expertise to build a pilot virtual desktop solution.
Ongoing relationship, engaged to provide application packing skills for British Medical Association's Citrix environment and support services
Ongoing relationship. Build and rolled out Citrix virtual desktops to all Barton Willmore staff and support services including remote access with Netscaler
Ongoing relationship in providing Citrix technical resources for a number of Azlan channel partners.
Ongoing relationship in providing Citrix technical resources for a number of Azlan channel partners.
Ongoing relationship in providing Citrix technical resources for a number of Assured Networks key clients including GDF Suez and Greenergy.
Provided Citrix expertise help the Arts Council with their Citrix XenApp design.
Long standing client with XenServer Virtualisation for all of Areen's servers spread across two data centres for 450 users and Dell Equallogic SAN. Pilot VDI project with XenDesktop with ongoing support.
Thomas Eggar LLP, a top-100 U.K. law firm, simplifies IT management, lowers costs and delivers a secure and stable mobile workspace with Citrix XenApp.
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across its six offices.
The challenge: simplifying complex software requirements Thomas Eggar was typical of many growing, multi-site, multi-discipline law firms. It had evolved a complex estate of often incompatible software applications to support the needs of different parts of the firm. As Paul explains, "Often the legal profession appears to be behind the times when it comes to technology and that's largely because of the difficulties in integrating essential applications."
Typically, a law firm runs a large document management system that must interoperate with a practice management system and separate case management systems, each highly specialised to meet the specific needs of different areas of law. Data must flow freely between these systems. Centrally held documents must be accessible by the practice and case management systems. The vendors of these systems are often at different stages of upgrading their products so that different systems may have different desktop requirements. Paul explains, "One of our practices needed a special case management system that would only work with a certain version of Adobe Reader. The rest of the firm's systems required a different version. That's typical of the level of complexity we have. When you multiply that up by Tax and Trust and Property and all the other unique requirements we have, desktop management gets very fragmented and messy."
As a consequence, Paul's team had to manage a wide variety of PC desktops, each tailored to specific needs, across the firm's offices and employees. This placed a considerable overhead on the IT team.
To complicate matters further, Thomas Eggar was about to merge with another law firm. Overnight, on the evening of the merger, Paul's team would need to provide 74 new staff with a fully integrated Thomas Eggar desktop, while also merging the two firms' practice management, finance and other administrative systems.
Security, of course, was a critical concern. While Paul and his team needed to simplify IT management, they had to maintain the security of confidential documents and records.
The solution: delivering a single, centrally managed desktop to any device
|Case StudyThomas Eggar LLP is a top-100 U.K. law firm operating across the south of England. Founded in 1881, the firm offers an award-winning private client practice, a property practice and a commercial practice with specialisation in sectors including retail, financial services, manufacturing, sports and leisure, and technology, media and telecoms (TMT). Thomas Eggar has an annual turnover of £37 million. Head of IT Paul Serkis is responsible for providing effective IT systems and services to the firm's 500 employees, partners and directors
Paul and his team started to explore ways to simplify the firm's desktop software
"Perhaps the biggest benefit has been showcasing what's possible. The Citrix solution has enabled us to look forwards. I can't express how much this solution has opened our eyes to different ways of working."
Paul Serkis
Head of IT
Case Study requirements. They evaluated a number of potential partners before selecting Citrix Gold Solution Advisor Thintech Ltd. Thintech proposed using Citrix XenApp to deliver a single, secure desktop image to all users, on any device and in any location. With XenApp, applications and data could be centralized securely in the data centre and a single desktop image delivered to all users. System administration would be managed centrally, reducing cost and improving security. Applications with specific platform requirements (like the case management systems) could be run on separate virtual machines and delivered seamlessly to any user with the appropriate access rights.
"Thintech was very good," says Paul. "The team came in, held our hand and helped us through the period of change in a controlled manner. They helped us establish the necessary processes and policies in advance so that we avoided problems. Essentially, what we have now is a single 'fat build' of a desktop image that we can deploy anywhere."
Key benefit: enabling simpler IT management
Just as Paul's team had the Citrix desktop ready,
Thomas Eggar's imminent merger with Pritchard Englefield was announced. The IT team had just one evening to provide Pritchard Englefield's staff with a working Thomas Eggar desktop. "The timing was perfect for us," explains Paul. "Our Citrix desktop was ready and we deployed it immediately to Pritchard Englefield's existing desktops and laptops. It went very, very well."
Since then, the XenApp virtual desktop has been rolled out to almost everyone in the expanded firm. It gives users secure access to their familiar Windows apps and desktop while vastly simplifying support and management needs. "If we had continued with the individual desktop approach, we would need another couple of staff by now," explains Paul.
Key benefit: reducing IT costs using existing
PCs and new thin-client terminals Thomas Eggar has extended the life of existing desktop and laptop PCs by delivering the virtual desktop. Because applications now run in the data centre instead of on the user's device, PC hardware does not need upgrading to meet system requirements of updated or new applications. Paul explains, "In 2012/13, my PC replacement budget was around £90,000. In
2013/14, it was down to just £40,000 and in
2014/15, we've spent nothing!"
As well as breaking the PC hardware replacement cycle, Paul's team has been deploying costeffective Wyse thin-client terminals into hot-desking areas. "A PC and docking station costs us around £650 to £750 each, but a thinclient terminal is only £150," explains Paul. "And management is simpler, too."
Key benefit: providing worker flexibility with a secure mobile desktop "Perhaps the biggest benefit has been showcasing what's possible," says Paul. "The Citrix solution has enabled us to look forwards." Particularly in the London office, Paul has seen employees handing back their laptops, preferring instead to use thin-client terminals in the office and secure, two-factor authentication to access their virtual desktop from home. "They don't like carrying laptops around. Now, they simply carry their security fob and log in wherever they like."
With Citrix virtualisation, users view and work with their apps and data over the network rather than having them installed locally. Sensitive case notes, client data and other
Case Study information are secured in the data centre and employees can access them from home, a client's office and even in court. If a laptop, tablet or other device is lost or stolen, sensitive data remains secure.
Looking Ahead
"I imagine in the next two years, we won't have any corporate-owned laptops in the firm. Everyone will access the Citrix desktop from a personal or thin-client device," explains Paul. "Virtualisation also puts us in a good position to look at full cloud-computing solutions in the future. It gives us a lot of flexibility."
The success of the XenApp solution has encouraged the firm to consider other ways of extending flexible working. Thomas Eggar is evaluating a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. Paul's team is considering Citrix XenMobile® for mobile device and app management, and Citrix XenDesktop® for delivery of other types of virtual desktops, to further extend the staff's mobile capabilities. Paul can also see the potential for lower real estate costs in the future, as more employees work flexibly from home or in a hot-desking environment. "I can't express how much this solution has opened our eyes to different ways of working."
The London Borough of Merton has announced that itis deploying Citrix technology to reduce costs and provide staff with a flexible working environment. Implemented by IT consultancy Thintech,the UK Citrix Partner for Capita, the solution not only allows staff to access critical applications from any location via any device, but will also enable the Council to potentially become a shared desktop provider to other London councils.
Merton Council's workforce is greatly dispersed, with many individuals either being positioned offsite or moving from location-to-location as and when needed. With the UK Government pressurising the public sector to meet efficiency quotas and reduce costs, the Council approached Citrix technology as a solution to the costs associated with maintaining a PC estate spread across various locations.
As such, Merton Councilis deploying Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop technology, supplied by Thintech,to offer a range of desktop virtualisation technologies via the Citrix FlexCast model, including hosted shared desktops and client-side virtualisation. Used in combination with Citrix Receiver, XenApp and XenDesktop willallow Merton staff to benefit from Bring-Your-Own-Device schemes, using Android, iPhone and iPad devices to access work applications, documents and rich-media on the move, as if they were in the office. The Council's use of Citrix NetScalerwill also allow employees to access a cloud-based internal network where server-based resources and personal desktops can be securely stored.
The project, currently in its advanced stages, is being deployed across a PC estate of 1,750 users. Once the project is complete, the benefits will extend to a 2,000-strong user base. The Council then plans to become a shared services provider, allowing other councils to merge theirIT infrastructures with that of Merton's to reap the benefits of virtual computing technology.
Richard Warren, Head of IT Service Delivery at London Borough of Merton said: "Since implementing Citrixsolutions through Thintech, we've been able to ensure that our staff haveaccess to the information they need wherever they are, whatever the device they use. We have also achieved significant efficiency savings through the initiative by consolidating office resources, meaning that we now needfewer office buildings available for our staff to hot desk from. By consolidating our sites, not only have we saved money on office space, we've also been able to reduce the management overheads associated with running the PC estate.
"The flexibility this technology provides truly allows Merton to become a forward-looking local authority at the forefront of innovation, and allows us to subsequently share our technology with other authorities."
"The challenges Merton were faced with – high administrative overheads and a dispersed workforce – are not uncommon within the public sector but are easily solved by the flexibility of virtual desktops," said DavidBibby at Thintech."The solutions are easily managed and will also allow the Council to simplify their existing network infrastructure so that the IT department can focus on the core network."
"Desktop virtualisation is a technology that provides much more than vital cost efficiencies in a time of economic pressure," said James Stevenson, Area Vice President, Northern Europe at Citrix. "Merton Council can now provide its employees with the tools they need to get the job done, wherever they are. The flexibility, mobility and productivity experienceoffered via cloud services technology means that the Council can run a slicker, streamlined operation that other authorities can follow."
About London Borough of Merton
Visit Merton Council's web site for further information http://www.merton.gov.uk/
About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
East Kent Shared Services has issued Citrix mobile workspace technology to organisations to reduce operational cost and increase collaboration.
The organisation provides shared services to Canterbury city council, Dover and Thanet District Councils, and organisations such as East Kent Housing and East Kent HR Partnership. It has around 1,500 IT users…
Medway Council serves a population of 270,000 in Kent, United Kingdom. The council's geography is 50 per cent rural, 50 per cent urban and embraces a wide demographic range. Like most local governments, Medway has faced financial constraints following a reduction in central government funding. Head of ICT Moira Bragg runs a team of 60 that supports the council's estate of over 100 separate locations. She explains, "Most local authorities are looking for ways to transform their services. At Medway, we have a programme that is looking for ways to drive efficiency: doing things better, but more efficiently. That includes working more flexibly to reduce the number of properties occupied by staff."…
Three councils in East Kent have agreed to replace their CRM systems with one single shared platform.
The three systems will be replaced by a transactional platform for online forms and integrated digital services, which is being provided by UK-based digital services firm Jadu…
Three Kent councils have opted to share services, deploying Citrix as they try to save £2.7m over four years.
Canterbury, Dover and Thanet District Councils will share Citrix mobile workspace technology via East Kent Services (EKS), their shared services provider for customer services, income and payments, to boost IT savings by 42% more than originally conceived
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"Since implementing Citrix solutions through Brett, we've been able to ensure that our staff have access to the information they need wherever they are, whatever the device they use. We have also achieved significant efficiency savings through the initiative by consolidating office resources, meaning we now need fewer office buildings available for our staff to hot desk from. By consolidating our sites, not only have we saved money on office space, we've also been able to reduce the management overheads associated with running the PC estate. The flexibility this technology provides truly allows Merton to become a forward-looking local authority at the forefront of innovation, and allows us to subsequently share our technology with other authorities,"
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Featured App — Baby First Math: Math Village (Android apps for kids)
Looking for a quick little math app for your child/student to practice his number-object correspondence? This app is for you! It has been designed for toddlers beginning to grasp early numeracy skills and could be used with preschoolers or first graders who are working at a lower level than their peers as it provides extra practice and reinforcement. It won't cost you a lot of money, tablet memory space or time to invest in Baby First Math: Math Village.
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The handful of mini-games included in this app each focus on a slightly different skill, but all revolve around the numbers 1, 2 and 3. By the time your child has completed all the mini-games, he will probably have a good understanding of these beginning numbers and how they relate to real objects. Baby First Math: Math village has been developed as a systematic learning process moving from the concrete to the more abstract to help children make the connection between digits and objects.
The various learning activities require the player to match the number of animals to the corresponding number of animals/dots/digits displayed at the bottom. Every time, the animals come out in order, first one snake (or hedgehog or turtle), then two snakes, then three snakes. Beginning with matching animals to animals, then moving onto matching animals to dots, and finally matching animals to digits, this repetition reinforces the skill of the counting order of 1, 2, 3.
In between each learning activity is a filler game. There are three different types of these: memory match (again, matching animals to animals/dots/digits), a matching grid (matching the peripheral squares to the central square), and a block busting game to clear a path for an animal to travel across the screen (more like an arcade game than a learning game). Upon completion of each activity, whether learning or filler, a bird flies across the top of the screen and drops a key which is used to unlock the next level.Once all the mini-games are completed, and all levels unlocked, the whole app repeats from the beginning.
So, if you have a little one at home who wants to do math like her big brother or sister, this app is worth checking out. Or if you have a child with special needs who needs a lot of repetition to grasp the one-to-one correspondence of counting, then this app may be helpful to him/her. If you would like to download this app, please support Smart Apps For Android by using our link. Ready to download? 1, 2, 3 — go!
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WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Joblessness is a global
crisis, the head of the World Bank's private sector lender, the
International Finance Corp, said on Monday, as the group
examines ways its investments in developing countries can help
generate more jobs.
"As the world's largest development institution focused on
the private sector, we believe that job creation offers the
surest path out of poverty," said Jin-Yong Cai, IFC's vice
president. "Promoting it in developing countries is a top
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"Coziest Most Magical Place in the West Village? In the world?"
That's what Madeline said yesterday as we were heading out for lunch. Real pro-photos (not like mine) coming soon! If you are interested in basking in all the glory of C. Love and her cozy townhouse, as we have been lucky to do this week (and still are -- she hasn't kicked us out yet, so...). xo


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Because nutrition plays a critical role in health and well-being, a fundamental understanding of nutrition is essential for students pursuing careers in the health sciences. This background is also useful to anyone interested in living a healthy life.
As a student pursuing a minor in Nutrition at UNE, you will engage in interdisciplinary study that provides you with expert knowledge about human nutrition, food science and related physiologic principles.
You will study topics and issues such as: what constitutes a balanced diet; the impact of nutrition on exercise and sport performance; the social relationship of food, health and culture; and the environmental impact of the foods we grow and eat.
The minor also encourages you to take responsibility for your own nutrition, health and well-being by applying these concepts to your own life, thus enhancing your sense of competence and personal control. The Nutrition minor is offered through the Department of Nutrition in the UNE Westbrook College of Health Professions, and involves interdisciplinary coursework in the College of Arts and Sciences. It represents a rich and collaborative interdisciplinary minor, with food and nutrition examined from multiple perspectives and contexts.
To learn more about the program, see Curriculum or visit the Catalog.


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Hello Regiment!
Take a look at this weeks information. There have been some changes for this week so PLEEEEAAAASE Read on!!!!! Thank you to everyone who came out Friday night to the raceway. I know it was not ideal to all drive there and then get sent home, but I really appreciate it. The owners of the raceway and I thought we could get it in before the storm came by, but it just didnt happen. The owners of the raceway and I have been planning and scheduling that for at least 6 months and they do have a daughter at James River so I wanted to try to get it in. I hope everyone made it home safely in the storm! It was fierce!
Tag Day Envelopes:
-Every student received a large envelope on Friday with 10 smaller envelopes in it. This is part of our most important Tag Day!! We ask that all students address at least 5 of the 10 envelopes inside the envelope. This are called our 'Friends and Family' Letters. We send them out to as many family members as we can get and ask if they will support our band. If you can return 5, GREAT....if you can return more than 5...even BETTER. We also ask that you put a stamp on the envelopes that you do return. Later this week, the students will stuff the envelopes with letter from them! Whatever you can do as a family will benefit the group. Please return those envelopes on Monday!!
Anyone who can Sew or Paint out there?
-We are in need of a few painters and sewers to help with this years props. If you can help out, Im asking you to come to the booster meeting on Monday night at 7pm in the band room so we can start the process and schedule some times that we can get a group of parents together to make this happen!
Band Camp Picnic: THIS FRIDAY!!
We are excited about the upcoming marching band season and our kick off picnic on August 25, 2017, at 6:00 pm. We need every band family to use the Sign Up Genius link to do the following (there are separate Tabs for each on the Sign Up page):
1. Picnic RSVP - Let us know if you can make it!
2. Volunteers Needed! - We need your help decorating, grilling, serving, etc.
3. Food Needed! - This year's picnic is potluck, so let us know what you will be bringing.
Here's the link - http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c45ada82aaafd0-jrhs2. Don't forget to select options under each tab.
Cruise Information
-I have attached all the information regarding the cruise. Please let me know if you have any questions! JRHS_2018_Spring_Trip_Permission_Slip_-_Bahamas_Cruise.pdf
This Weeks Schedule:
Mon. Aug 21:
-Band Camp 7:30am-3:30pm
-Band Photos have been moved to Wednesday
-Band Booster Meeting 7pm in the Band Room. All parents are encouraged to come to our first meeting of the year! We have lots to discuss and this is a great way to get involved and help out. We cant run this band without parent support!!!
Tues. Aug 22nd:
-Band Camp 7:30am-3:30pm
-Students will be able to sign up to order Chik-Fila for Thursday
Wed. Aug 23rd:
-Band Camp 7:30am-3:30pm
-Band Photos will be taken at 8am.
-Chik-Fila money due if students are ordering
Thurs. Aug 24th:
-Band Camp 7:30am-3:30pm
-Chik-Fila for lunch for those students ordering.
Fri. Aug 25th:
-Band Camp 7:30am-3:00pm
-Band Camp Picnic and Performance will start at 6pm. More details coming! CLICK HERE for the Sign-up Genius for RSVP, Volunteers and Food
Next Week's Schedule:
Tues Aug 29:
-Rehearal 6-9pm
Thurs Aug 31:
-Rehearsal 6-9pm
Fri. Sept. 1:
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|Potentials of adult stem cells
Judgment for employing adult stem cells
The investigation has been going on now for years as scientists have tried to resolve whether stem cells from adult tissues have the same potential like embryonic stem cells. Studios are constantly illuminating new information and it is anticipated that the therapeutic uses will be developed from both sources. There remains the question; however, perhaps which source has the advantage?
Potential of development
The adult stem cells are generally less stretchy and multitalented than the embryonic stem cells. The embryonic stem cells have a potential much larger of discrimination than the adult stem cells just because the embryonic stem cells can develop in almost each type of cell in the human body. Reciprocally, the adult stem cells can only develop of limited number of types of cells, thus their potential applications are not as large as the embryonic stem cells. Moreover, newer studies, suggest that the adult stem cells can have a greater plasticity than it was conceived in the beginning, thus it means that they will be able to distinguish in a greater range from the types of specialized cells. It is presently proved that the embryonic stem cells always have the advantage in their capacity of discriminating more easily than the adult stem cells.
Is it improved?
In the case of the stem cells, more stem cells means that they are more feasible and quality is uncompromised. The embryonic stem cells are capable of almost unlimited division, or proliferation, are once placed in a culture while the adult stem cells do not develop so much easily. The level of intricacy fluctuates as well; embryonic stem cells can be developed rather easily in the laboratory while adult stem cells are not easily developed after filling in ripe adult tissues. The therapies of substitution of stem cells necessitate a great number of cells and the current difficulty by elevating a great number of adult cells means that their use for the therapy is currently inadequate.
Effect on the recipient's immune system
The adult stem cells hold a divergent advantage because a patient's individual cells are recognized, insulated, developed and relocated again in the patient. The recipient's immune system never rejects the cells because they are attuned to the person's body. With the embryonic stem cells, the potential for the immunized rejection would require strong drugs of suppression immunized with the rejection of combat of the new cells. This then endangers a patient for all the microscopic diseases which can be present in the transplanted cells, as well as of other diseases which could be present in the environment of hospital.
A question of youth cells
The adult stem cells are to have anomalies of the changes of DNA, which can take place because of any number of factors. Young embryonic cells of stem mean that they are less likely to bear changes and redevelop much more quickly than the adult cells of stem.
Since adult stem cells are consequential of adult tissues and, naturally, with the assent of the patient, there is little, if necessary, principled dilemma with the adult therapies of stems cells. The embryonic stem cells, on the one hand, started the gigantic discussion due to the destruction of an embryo after cell removal. Moreover, the destruction of embryo primarily became entwined in the discussion of abortion, producing a mass of politics between the religious leaders, the politicians and the public.
The judgment
In spite of the moral problems faced, the embryonic stem cells show a prospective primordially higher to treat the disease. However, research should still persist on the adult cells of stem. It is possible that the researchers will determine that the manners of developing the adult stem cells with more success and find means of improving how they function once they are relocated in the human body. The recent research indicates that the adult stem cells can have more potential than what was conceived earlier and so, adult stem cells should continue to be used besides using the embryonic stem cells. Finally, both the stem cells should be able to present the human life with prolongation and security.


text: Hi all,i've been a member in BHW for a long time, but i have a little problem and would like to ask if im the only one. I see a lot of posts with awesome ways to make money, then i think of them a lot, and end up doing nothing, where the hell did you guys get the motivation to start such a project without having the fear to invest to much time in something that might not even give you any money? Im just curious and i actually want to start doing money somewhere on the internet. guess i just need to find whats right for me. P.S: Congratulations to BHW for all those great members you have.


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Can't wait to see you Eastbourne!!!
Scarlet by the Sea - retro acoustic jazz at the Days Bay Pavilion! We've been working on some new tunes and we're really excited. Word to non-locals - do yourself a lovely favour and come along- you'll feel like you are one! Immerse yourself in the friendly vibe & do as the eastbournies do...table hop, eat drink, talk merry and dance absolutely anywhere!
Always a great night here - can't wait to be back. #dustyspringfield #nancysinatra #retroacousticjazz #theverve #nina #billy #ella


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ComForcare Senior Services UK Master FranchiseDownload our prospectus and/or Ask us a question
Leading US care franchise looking for master franchisee in the UK
ComForcare is a major international provider of home-based care services, and our mission is to improve the quality of life and level of independence for every client and family receiving our services.
We were founded in 1996, with the vision of establishing a new standard in the quality of home care services by providing dependable, knowledgeable and compassionate caregivers to every client served. We began franchising in the USA in 2001, with the goal of creating a viable business opportunity for each new owner that joins the ComForcare system.
With substantial market penetration in the United States, Canada and a successful franchise in Peterborough, UK, ComForcare wishes to award its UK Master Franchise to a well-financed partner, who shares its vision and values.
What we do
We provide non-medical assistive services primarily to elderly clients in their own homes.
- ComForcare is a franchised business that provides affordable and efficient non-medical home care
- Each office employs caregivers to provide services to clients in the comfort of their own homes
ComForcare provides a wide range of daily personal services including:
- Bathing, grooming and hygiene - respectful hands-on or stand-by assistance
- Transfers - assistance in and out of a wheelchair, bathing chair or bed.
- Meal preparation - individual preferences, dietary restrictions and the importance of nutrition are always considered.
- Transportation/errands - caregivers accompany clients to medical appointments and assist with shopping and other local errands.
- Chore services and light housekeeping - we will perform basic everyday household chores upon request.
- Safety supervision - caregivers provide general supervision and transfer assistance to ensure client safety and well-being.
- Medication reminders - safe compliance with prescribed drug dosages is monitored by trained caregivers.
- Family respite - ComForcare makes it possible for family caregivers to take time off - worry-free.
The market for our services
The prospect for future growth in the number of potential customers is truly amazing!
The primary consumers for long-term health care services are persons over sixty five. This age group is the fastest growing segment of the population. People are living longer and life expectancy is growing annually.
- In the UK currently, there are just over 10M people aged 65+; by 2025, this number will have increased by 25% to 12.5M
- The very old (age 80+) is the fastest growing population
- Almost two-thirds of home care recipients are women
- Almost two-thirds of home care recipients are over age 65
ComForcare franchise advantages
- Largest protected territories and trademarks
- Extensive ongoing support
- HealthManager Software
- Multiple revenue possibilities
- Extremely competitive franchise fee and management service fees
- High revenue potential
- National marketing
- Local Service Advantages
UK Master Franchise partner requirements
The following criteria are Indicative of successful Master Franchise partners:
- Significant demonstrable business experience in the UK
- Compassion for assisting the elderly
- A team building orientation
- An ability to coach and mentor others
- A franchise sales focus
- An ability to follow a proven plan
- A very long-term business focus
- Adequate financial resources
Partners in business
ComForcare will provide significant support to its Master Franchisee through:
- An attainable development schedule for growth
- A two week pilot-office training program in our US based home office
- Ongoing field visits by US based staff
- Comprehensive assistance in adapting home country laws and customs
- Daily support by our US home office staff
- A one week franchisor training program near the mid-point of the first year of operation of the pilot office
- All operational manuals, and a fully functional website
Master Franchise partner advantages
- Extremely competitive master franchise fee and royalty structure
- Cooperative and strategic approach to country specific development
- Proven operational business platform
- Successful "pilot" office operating successfully in Peterborough
- Highly effective franchise sales process
- Excellent ongoing us and international field support
To receive a copy of our brochure, please fill in the form below or if you have a question to ask, click here to send us an email


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Tom Hardy will star in Andrew Dominik's "War Party" for Netflix.
The "Dark Knight Rises" actor plays a SEAL – no, not as in one you have to charter a boat to see! – in the film, a true lifer about a group of real Navy SEALS. Aussie Dominik ("Chopper", "Killing Them Softly") will direct and co-write with Harrison Query; Ridley Scott's crowd is producing.
Hardy will next be seen in Christopher Nolan's war epic "Dunkirk".
Via 'The Hollywood Reporter'


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Student Fellowships
ND Energy offers competitive fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students to conduct energy-related research at Notre Dame. These fellowships support new advancements in energy technologies, while broadening the educational experiences for students receiving these awards.
Student Scholars are selected annually through a competitive application process. Awards are used to support student stipends, research supplies, or travel for students to present their research projects at a national conference or meeting. These programs are made possible through the generosity of Notre Dame alumni who support energy research and education at Notre Dame.
The Vincent P. Slatt Fellowship for Undergraduate Research in Energy Systems and Processes
Est. 2006 by Christopher ('80) and Jeanine Slatt in honor of Vincent P. Slatt, Notre Dame Class of 1943
The Forgash Fellowship for Solar Energy Research
Est. 2009 by John ('00) and Karla Forgash
The Patrick and Jana Eilers Graduate Student Fellowship for Energy Related Research
Est. 2012 by Patrick ('90) and Jana Eilers


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Police received a call at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday reporting that a man had been shot in the face at the Golden Star Market at 44 W. 10th St.
When they arrived, officers found 25-year-old Oakley resident Ehab Ahmed dead from a single gunshot wound.
Police believe that Ahmed had been showing a co-worker his gun in a backroom of the store when the co-worker, a 21-year-old Pittsburg man, accidentally shot him, Addington said.
Ahmed had taken the magazine out of the gun and turned it around to hand to the co-worker. As the co-worker was adjusting the grip in his hand, he accidentally pulled the trigger, firing a bullet that had been left in the chamber, Addington said.
Ahmed's two brothers were in the store with him, along with two customers and one other employee when the shooting happened, Addington said. Ahmed's father owns the store.
The co-worker has been cooperating with police and is distraught over what happened, Addington said.
Police plan to present the case to the district attorney's office, but Addington said it is unlikely that prosecutors will file charges against the co-worker.
No alcohol or drugs were involved and the case "looks like it's just a tragic accident," Addington said.


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I love my heels. I think every girl does! You can never have too many shoes, and the best thing is, you never grow out of them :)
You make these shoes look so SEXY!
My second best friend is YOU :)
ermm....my first best friend is dunc and second is lauren the cutie pie... hehe! :-)


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All staff employed at the Nursery have been carefully chosen and have a genuine interest in the children's well-being. They are all fully qualified, are committed to achieving high standards and have a wealth of experience in the childcare field. The staff continuously up date and expand on their qualifications so as to provide the best possible care for the children.
Staff welcome discussions with parents/carers to enable improved relationships to develop with families.
Our Nursery Manager who oversees the day to day running is:
Mrs Kerri Phillips
Our Deputy Manager is: Mrs Lynn Saunders
Our SENDCO is: Miss Laura Simnett


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Intelligent Send allows documents scanned directly into the iR2010F for distribution to multiple destinations, to individual or groups of email addresses, to network or host folders and files, to document management applications as well as to other networked iRi's. This eliminates the expense of printing, forwarding and filing hard copies and the associated labour intensive tasks.
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Category Archives: Documents
Critical Perspectives on Teacher Education by Lars Dahlstrom and Brook Lemma
This article combines analysis from teacher education in Ethiopia and Namibia with recent examples of neo-liberal influences on national education sectors. The article describes the national teacher education reforms and analyses the forces and damages of the 'liberal virus' by looking at the plasma teacher phenomenon in Ethiopia and the travel and traverse of critical practitioner inquiry in Namibia. Our findings show how neo-liberalism when entering the education arena reduces teachers to technical caretakers and transforms what was once introduced as progressive and critical practices of education into separated entities following technical rationalities. Teacher education is also silently transformed to develop students and teachers alike into consumers in the educational marketplace through the neo-liberal governmentality that turns people into tightly controlled individuals who persist in claiming to be free in a globalised world. This article does not only bring out the damages inflicted by the liberal virus but also makes its exit by recommending the practice of contextualized critical thinking at all levels of education as proposed in Critical Practitioner Inquiry practices.
Critical Intellectual Work – an endangered tradition under neoliberal regimes
The study attends to the influences on broad policies, conceptions and practices of education from the present neoliberal regimes of thought. The aim is to analyse these influences from a critical and global perspective by looking at how national situations are changing according to the neoliberal governmentalities. The study looks at the developments both in the Global- North and the Global-South through influential international powers like the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA-agenda) in the North and the Education for All (EFA-agenda) in the South. The study claims that schools and universities are being reconfigured to fulfil their role as producers of a new type of person called the neoliberal being with certain characteristics that fits the neoliberal ideas of surveillance and individualism. The EFA-agenda influences almost all countries in the Global-South through its close connection to external and international economic support and through a doublespeak that talks the language of human rights but is operative through neoliberal surveillance powers. There is a need to question this neoliberal global hegemony that is operating through false promises.
Critical Intellectual Work – an endangered tradition under neoliberal regimes
Critical Educational Visions and Practices in Neo-liberal Times (published by Global South Network Publisher)
This publication is based on the CPI Masters course carried out in Ethiopia 2003 – 2005. An international seminar was organised in May 2004 to further the ideas involved in the Master course with the participation of international as well as national tutors from the Master course. The publication includes papers presented during the seminar.
The publication is edited by Lars Dahlström and Jan Mannberg.
1. Forces and Counter-forces by Lars Dahlstrom & Jan Mannberg
2. Is there an epistemological place for agency by Luiza Cortesao
3. Language, educational and (dis)empowerment by Carol Benson
4. Critical Practitioner Inquiry by Lars Dahlstrom
5. Plasma television teachers by Brook Lemma
6. Global trends on local grounds by Jette Steensen
7. Reflections on teacher education overhaul by Temechegn Engida
8. Practitioners opinions on teacher education reform by Nigussie Kassahun
9. Looking back, but not in anger by Staf Callewaert
Action Research in Teacher Education by Ken Zeichner
In this chapter I revisit one of the major themes I addressed in the keynote talk that I gave at the 1992 CARN conference in Worcester in the UK. In my 1992 talk, "Personal transformation and social reconstruction through action research"(Zeichner, 1993), I explored the idea of what it means for action research conducted by primary and secondary school teachers to contribute to greater social, cultural, political and economic justice in a society, and I criticized both what I saw as an uncritical glorification of action research because of the alleged personal and social benefits that were often implied to be inevitably associated with doing it, and criticisms of teachers by academics for not directly seeking to change the structures of schooling and focusing their efforts mainly within their classrooms. I argued that while educational action research does not necessarily promote a more humane and just school or society and can (and has been) used to legitimate ideas and practices that are harmful to individuals and societies, that it is possible for teachers to do "socially critical" action research (Tripp, 1990) at multiple levels – in their classrooms, in their schools, and in the society at large.
Action Research in Teacher Education as a Force for Greater Social Justice
This text was also presented as a keynote address in the annual meeting of the Collaborative Action Research Network, Umea University, Sweden, November 2007.
The liberal virus and false opportunity promise in education
The liberal virus and false opportunity promise in Education
This article places third world education in a historical-political imperialist perspective. It draws on the conception of imperialism as a decisive hegemonic force that has penetrated third world societies through different historical stages. The present form of informal imperialism characterised by global neo-liberal capitalism and market expansions will move education in third world societies down the technical rationality and market-oriented lane and away from an emancipation terrain of education with severe consequences for the populace of Africa, unless a strategic counter-force is organised.
Consequence of Pedagogy
This narrative tells a story of an individual's travel as an educator and the concequences of his educational choices along the road that led up to Critical Practitioner Inquiry.
Position Paper for The Global South Network
This position paper explains the educational ideas and considerations behind the Global South Network and its pedagogical approach called Critical Practitioner Inquiry (CPI).