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Ken tells the story of how he started his career to become one of the foremost environmental writers today. As the eldest son of environmentalist, David Brower, Ken developed an early love of wilderness and was able to convey his thoughts eloquently in writing. In this video, Ken talks about his writing, some ideas concerning wilderness, and reminisces about his famous father. Among Ken's published environmental works are two very unique biographies: one about the scientist Freeman Dyson and his son, George (The Starship and the Canoe) and the other, a biography of his father (The Wildness Within), which kicked off a one-year celebration of David Brower's 100th birthday.
Ken Brower is a well-known environmental writer and is known for his many books about wilderness and parks. One of his most famous books, Yosemite, is found in over 1,200 WorldCat libraries. He is also known for being the author of The Starship and the Canoe, a true story about the lives of the scientist father and his son, respectively, Freeman and George Dyson. Ken, the son of environmentalist David Brower, was a gifted writer from a young age and his father encouraged him to write and edit many Sierra Club Books. These books helped raise public awareness about the destruction of various wild places, they brought a rapidly increasing flood of new members to the Sierra Club and to the environmental movement in general, besides reinventing the photography book and helping to establish color landscape photography as a fine art. His latest book, published in 2013 is called Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake.
Huey Johnson: Ken Brower, welcome.
Ken Brower: Thank you.
Huey Johnson: Good to see you again. Tell me about your — how you started to be a writer and editor.
Ken Brower: At the end of my freshman year at Cal, my dad had a book he was doing on the Big Sur Coast that a poet was putting together and the poet didn't do a good job. So at the end of my freshman year, my father said, "Well why don't you try this?" you know. So I did this book. I took 6 months off and for my father, edited the book putting Robinson Jeffers quotes with the photographs of the Big Sur Coast. I lived down at Ansel Adams house for a couple weeks. Ansel was an old family friend and colleague of my father's, so I would go out into the Big Sur countryside from Ansel's house and collect pictures and bring them back to Ansel's house and show them to Ansel. And one of my great experiences then was watching him crop them. They were photographs from really great photographers on the coast, the Weston's and people like that, and Ansel would improve them. And I still remember looking over his shoulder and watching him just with pieces of paper, frame them up, a little off this edge, a little off that edge, and all of the sudden, bing! Suddenly there's the inevitable image because he was such a composer. And so anyway, that's how I started, and I did this book and it became one of the best sellers. I found I could do it.
Huey Johnson: Something that I admire in your work is your love of wilderness. How is wilderness surviving?
Ken Brower: I am worried that we are losing the idea. It was always a hard sell, this idea, well just leaving this land alone for the American approach to life, that wasn't the way we did it. We exploited, and this was for us to make products out of. And so I'm aware of what a hard sell it was in the beginning. I think we need to sell it over again.
Ken Brower: One of the basic ideas behind the Wilderness Act was this recognition that natural systems manage themselves better than we do. And there was a sense in the '60s, '70s, of a history of how badly we managed every time we try to improve on nature, every single time. I think the sense that we can't do this well is being lost, and I think there's a rebirth of the idea lately in technological fixes.
Ken Brower: One of the things I think that's really important is this attack on the idea of wilderness. I actually think this school of academics who are sort of questioning the wilderness idea, Bill Cronin and J. Baird Callicott — people like this — this idea that they've advanced is that wilderness is just a construct, it's a fantasy, it's – Indians didn't have the name wilderness. It's an introduction from Europe and it's elitist, only rich people can go in the back country. It's misanthropic because it sets up this man versus nature dichotomy — that wilderness is just something we project on these places. These places have all been used by humans, there's no such thing as pristine, and it's nonsense. Anybody who's been in wilderness knows it's the opposite of a dream. This is a dream, skyscrapers and traffic, and all these things. The thing I come away from wilderness always is: this is the real thing. I'm touching something universal that's been here for a long time. It's not a fad, this is real. And we're told by the wilderness deniers, the deconstructionists, that wilderness deconstructionists Foreman calls them, we're told that we're just imagining all of this. But anybody who's been there knows, this is real. Yes, the Indians were here. Yes, they burned some meadows, but don't try to compare that to what industrial civilization has done to the planet.
Huey Johnson: Boy, that's right. I would argue that the issue of creative conflict, of purposely asking for the impossible dream; that you want a new wilderness, you want to expand it, you go after it even if there's a chance that you're going to lose because in the conflict, in the discussion, in the interviews, in the press stories, that is where you educate the public.
Ken Brower: This idea of risking, of taking, of taking on city hall, it's always been a problem in the Environmental Movement. People say, "Oh you can't. How can we fight the Bureau of Reclamation?" And for example, they want to build this dam in the Grand Canyon, well they're our government, we can't beat them. This is what my — what was my father's specialty was — to say, "Yes we can. We can fight city hall." But this is the big thing people have to get over, oh my god, the forces are already against me. They forget all the examples of the people who have succeeded at fighting city hall.
Huey Johnson: You've had an unusual opportunity to meet a lot of people that the rest of us didn't meet because of your father's connections. Who did you remember meeting? And what books were particularly instrumental in inspiring you in your career?
Ken Brower: I backpacked once with Justice Douglas in the Devil's Post Pile in the Sierra when I was about 14, and he was a great — he was a great wilderness advocate, a Civil Rights advocate too, of course. He was one of our great liberal justices. He had a wonderful quote about a Bill of Rights and humans having a right to this; he said, "A right to know what sphagnum moss is like, a right to bare your face in cold water in the morning in the mountains." There are many others, Wallace Stegner was a family friend, and Stegner wrote really one of the best appreciations of the wilderness idea that we've ever had, this famous wilderness letter, and this idea of geography and hope. These wild places have value to us even if we only drive to the edge and look in. So those are the people. And the books, it's like the four legs to the stool. One's, one is Sand County [Almanac]. One is Walden. One is Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, and I think the other would be Man and Nature by George Perkins Marsh, which was way back. But first, nobody knows anymore, but sort of set out these ideas of what we had done to the world. Marsh went back to Greece and these other places where they had that experience that we're having now, where they used it all up and they cut down all the forests, and it all fell apart. That's what we need to retell for people who think that human intervention in nature isn't almost always a bad thing because the history is that it's a bad thing and it goes way back to the beginning of history.
Huey Johnson: It's kind of fascinating, the father and son relationship. The fame of your father is unprecedented in the Environmental Movement, and it would be awfully hard to be courageous enough to start out in a similar direction, but you know it's worked. And your father, literally for many, as being forgotten, and your books are just being recognized. In a sense of history, the advantage of being an author is, in the end, you win.
Ken Brower: It's interesting.
Huey Johnson: They're some great books.
Ken Brower: Thank you.
Ken Brower: It's interesting, I looked at my father's career, I knew I wasn't going to be as good an activist as he was. He was really a one of a kind and had a – So I didn't, he signed me up in his movement but I didn't see myself as an activist, but I did see that this writing would be a way to further the cause without trying to be him again. His set of skills, he was a very, very high IQ, totally driven man, humorous man, so he could leaven some of this grim stuff we've been talking about. It was a mix of skills that nobody else had, but I could write, so I thought this was a way I could do it. And it's a question I often got asked in my career, did you feel in your father's shadow? And you know, I never did.
Huey Johnson: That's wonderful.
Ken Brower: And I think it was partly because I thought I saw route for me to go, and also it has something to do with him. For one thing, he was a tremendous fan of my writing, and in fact to the point it was worthless. He was worthless as a critic because he liked everything I did, but it was great. It's great to have that kind of encouragement from your old man. When you're young, you take your parents for granted. Its funny, after his death he continued to grow for me and I'd began to see more and more how unusual he was, probably because nobody else came up to fill the void. But that particular brand of eloquence, total passion, lack of compromise with the enemy, it's a rare package and yeah, I miss him a lot.


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She hurries along the well-beaten path, shielding her face from the sharp rays of the sun. Many have walked these steps—earlier this morning and for generations before, seeking the water so necessary for every part of life. The family tree has splintered, but the roots stay connected here at Jacob's well. In the stories she knows, wells always hold promise—where Isaac and Rebekah's love story began, where Jacob first loved Rachel. Places of new life—not just survival, but life the women who frequent this well dream of…
She shakes her head to clear the thoughts. Those are stories for an earlier time, nothing like the reality now, living in this place called Samaria, a place that's God-forsaken, at least according to the Jews. This well might have meant something before, but not now. Not for her.
She shrugs her shoulder to lower her bucket, letting it land heavily in the dirt. The light is so blinding in the noonday sun, so she's startled when her eyes rest on a dusty foot in a worn sandal, so close to her bucket that she almost smashed it. Despite the heat, a cool prickle shivers up her spine. She was totally alone just a moment ago—she had taken the longer journey to Jacob's well this day, feeling inexplicably compelled–perhaps needing some moments away from the eyes and ears of her village, needing a chance to feel free of the words and the truth that has defined all that she knows and all that she is.
And now—this foot. She breathes in and looks up, into a tired face and smiling eyes. He's a man—Jewish, too, she can tell. He looks for a moment at her. Really looks. And then asks a simple question.
Something drew her to this well, on this day, at this moment. Later she'll look back on this day and call it the day that changed everything.
Friends, when we come together, when we come seeking life—fullness of real life, forgiveness and freedom in real life—we should expect the unexpected.
When we gather together in just a few days, we come to be undefined—set free from the burdens and the chains that so easily bind us—set free to the One who has invited us to His presence. We come together to place our lives into the stories in the gospel of John that tell the Big Story. I am praying that you will find yourself in the story—the story of burden, the story of cleansing, the story of sight. Together, we will discover the promises of life anew—ready to step into the new year not as we were, but as God sees us—full of life, truth, freedom, purpose.
Come expectant.
"We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,
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TV Online - Internet Television - IPTV
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- IPTV in Finland
- Subscriber Internet TV
- Finnish Internet TV Channels
- YouTube TV
- World News Channels
Internet television and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) deliver live, catch-up and on-demand TV via a network such as the Internet or a LAN instead of traditional terrestrial, satellite or cable signals. These rapidly expanding media sectors will probably replace traditional TV 'channels'. Finland started using this media almost 15 years ago but it wasn't great because internet transmission speeds were too low for smooth video delivery, and most people could only view it on a computer connected to the Internet - to watch IPTV on a 'regular' television you need to connect a streaming device.
There are now numerous streaming devices available, as well as 'smart TVs' with integrated Internet. Additionally, broadband access is guaranteed Finland-wide. As such, Internet television / IPTV have become thoroughly usable and provide a visual feast!
Finnish IPTV
The popularity of IPTV is growing rapidly in Finland, though Cable / Pay TV packages also remain prominent. Packages in the Finnish IPTV market include:
Elisa Viihde: www.elisa.fi/viihde/
Numerous equipment and entertainment packages you can watch through your set-top box, tablet or smartphone.
You can now watch Netflix through Elisa's set-top box!
Sales: 0800 464646
Customer Service in English: 010 190 262 Mon-Fri 08:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-16:30
- Maxivision Viihde: www.maxivision.fi Finnish only
- Telia TV: www.telia.fi Telia has advised that visitors to Expat Finland do not fit their marketing profile
Foreign residents in Finland have encountered obstacles with certain Finnish telecoms. For example, in 2016 Telia (formerly Sonera) published a short-lived 'Finns Only' policy for purchase of mobile devices by instalments. The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman indicated such a sales policy appeared to contravene Finland's anti-discrimination laws. Source: Yle News
Subscriber Internet TV
Some services which deliver films & TV over the internet to your streaming device, or to your TV via a streaming device, are gaining in popularity. See the following sites for details of program catalogues and system requirements:
- Netflix: www.netflix.fi Netflix has "thousands of films and TV episodes", for about €8 per month
- HBO Nordic: www.fi.hbonordic.com Most of the HBO series as well as other programming streamed to your computer, tablet or smartphone for about €10 per month
Free Finnish Internet TV Channels
All the main Finnish broadcasters now provide comprehensive 'netti-tv' services for their main channels as well as their sister channels. They are completely free, and quite simple to use even if your Finnish is limited. It's possible the first time you use them you will be told you need to download a free plug-in such as Microsoft Silverlight if it's not already on your system. See the FAQ's after this list for more information.
- Areena: YLE TV1 & Sister channels www.areena.yle.fi/tv
- Katsomo: MTV3 & Sister channels www.katsomo.fi
- Ruutu: Nelonen & Sister channels www.ruutu.fi
- TV5: TV Viisi & Sister channels m.tv5.fi Not available @ 04.05.18; Site being rebuilt
See Also Finnish Newspapers with Video:
- Ilta-Sanomat: www.is.fi > IS TV
- Iltalehti www.iltalehti.fi > IL-TV
Are there only Finnish programs available?
No, there are also foreign programs in their original languages. Due to copyright / intellectual property rights, locally produced programs are often allowed to remain online longer, so the available shows are predominantly Finnish.
How long are programs available?
Some programs may only be available for 7 days after initial broadcast, for others it may be 30 days. It depends on copyright and the rights purchased by the channel.
Can programs be seen abroad?
Some programs are available abroad. Again, it depends on the channel and the program's intellectual property rights.
I don't speak Finnish - can I use netti-tv?
You can certainly try!
1) Click Kaikki Ohjelmat, which means All Programs, at the above sites - It's quite possible you'll recognise some shows on the list or
2) Here are some words you can search in the site's 'Haku' box:
- Elokuva - Movie
- Sarjat - Series
- Dokumentit - Documentaries
- Urheilu - Sports
- Viihde - Entertainment
- Lastenohjelmat - Children's programs
- Ajankohtaisohjelmat - Current Affairs
- Komedia - Comedies
- Draama - Drama
- Uutiset - News
- Kulttuuri - Culture
- Taide - Arts
- Reality, tosi-tv - Reality TV
- Kotimaiset - Finnish
- Ulkomaiset - Foreign
YouTube TV
YouTube is of course not a TV channel. However, it's mentioned here because people missing shows from their home countries will be pleased to find an increasing amount of foreign TV showing up on YouTube - not just 2 or 3 minute clips but complete episodes of TV shows, and movies too! So if there is something in particular you've been missing have a search at YouTube; you may be surprised.
YouTube: www.youtube.com
Top Tip: In your YouTube search add the term full episode or full version. Also, when searching use the Filter Long (20~ minutes)
World News Channels
Numerous free, live online news channels are available in many languages, including English, Arabic, German, French, Russian and Iranian. Check the following links for other language options.
- Al Jazeera in Arabic: aljazeera.net/broadcastschedule
- Al Jazeera in English: aljazeera.com/live/
- Bloomberg Business & Financial News: bloomberg.com/live/europe
- Deutsche Welle, multi-language: dw.com/en/media-center/live-tv/s-100825
- EuroNews Live, English: euronews.com/live
- France 24, English: france24.com/en/livefeed
- Press TV, Iranian news: presstv.com/Default/Live
- RT, Russian news, English: rt.com/on-air/
- Viestintävirasto: Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority
The Viestintävirasto site provides detailed technical, legal and consumer information about all forms of regulated communications in Finland. The main sections of interest are Internet & Telephone, TV & Radio, Post, and Information Security.
- Internet & Telephone section: Acquisition, use, availability and functionality of telephone and broadband services. Includes .fi domain name info.
- TV & Radio section: Operations and networks, receiving TV broadcasts, radio programmes
- www.viestintavirasto.fi En, Fi, Sw


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If you're thinking about hunting the elk shoulder season in Region 6, double check your license.
Unlike many other regions where a general elk tag or B license can be used, hunters had to apply by June 1 for a Region 6 B tag to participate in late elk hunts in northeastern Montana.
The tags awarded by drawing are either a 699-00 elk B license, valid in HDs 620, 621, 622, 630, 631 or 632 on all public and private lands, not including CMR National Wildlife Refuge; or a 696-00 elk B license, valid in HDs 680 and 690 on all public and private lands. The season runs from Dec. 15 to Dec. 31.
FWP suggests that hunters contact private landowners as early as possible, and to be respectful during the holiday season. Shoulder season licenses are also valid on legally accessible public lands (except CMR Wildlife Refuge), and on participating block management lands.
Block management cooperators were given the opportunity to opt out of the shoulder season, and three BMAs in the shoulder season areas are not participating: #1 Springer, #21 Thorstad, and #48 Burke Ranch. These BMAs are, however, still open for upland bird hunting through Jan. 1.
Region 6 will not have any shoulder season hunt information coordinators. The FWP website contains a wealth of information at fwp.mt.gov/hunting/seasons/elkShoulder/, or contact the following:
• Questions about the 699-00 license can be directed to the FWP R6 office at 406-228-3700.
• Questions about the 696-00 license can be directed to the FWP Havre office at 406-265-6177.


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Who We Are?
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria is a Non-Governmental, Non-Profit Organization made up of women lawyers which was formed in 1964....
What We Do?
-To enhance and promote the welfare of women and children, realizing that on women and children's well being depend the happiness of the home and strength of the society.
Documentary on FIDA Nigeria Projects & Activities
FIDA Nigeria's membership is drawn from all over the country, with over 2,500 members who are female lawyers.
FIDA Nigeria Task Schools, Govt on Children's Rights
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- Written by Ugonna Bestman Elerueanya
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has called on schools to enlighten children about their rights and responsibilities.
The chairperson of the FIDA Abuja branch, Mrs. Theresa Ngozi Ikenga, who spoke during her team's visit to the Junior Secondary School, Wuse Zone 1, said children were a precious gift and future leaders that should be taught their rights at a young age.
She said FIDA, having understood this, enlightened the children and distributed copies of the Child Rights Act to catch them young and put them on the right track.
"It will be better for the society if they grow up knowing that violence should not be encouraged. If it becomes their lifestyle and they live with it, the society will be at peace," she said.
The school's assistant head girl, Peace Bako Owolabi, who commended the FIDA for the initiative, said the students would put it to good use for the benefit of the society at large.
The school's principal, Mrs. Ibrahim Aisha Yaman, said the visit of FIDA Nigeria would awaken the school's child rights club.
She said the documents donated to the school would be used to teach students to eschew crime, violence, sexual and drug abuse and other illicit acts.


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Robert Hanisch is well aware that many of his friends aren`t as lucky as he.
They`ve built businesses from the ground up only to have their children reject the idea of joining the company.
``Just imagine all the time, all the effort, all the love, and no one to pass it on to,`` said Hanisch, president-owner of Western Slate Company, a small Elmhurst fabricating company that he and his father, Clarence, built from a three-man shop.


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The test takes about a minute, two minutes, tops.
Perched on a stool, face supported on a chinrest, the patient looks into the optical coherence tomography (OCT) machine. A white cross on a black background is in her field of vision, with red lines that move up and down, back and forth.
Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn, clinician investigator at the Krembil Research Institute and a retinal surgeon at the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute's Retina Clinic, directs a laser into the patient's eye. He's using light waves to take cross-sectional pictures of the patient's retina and optic nerve. It's painless, it's simple and it's over very quickly.
OCT has been used in optometrist's and ophthalmologist's offices to diagnose eye diseases like glaucoma for years. But researchers like Dr. Mandelcorn are hoping this simple test could be used someday to help doctors diagnose neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), even before patients show symptoms.
"We have very good technology to look at the eye," explains Dr. Mandelcorn. "You can look at what's called the retinal nerve fibre layer, which goes right to the optic nerve.
"It is a direct connection from the eye to the brain – a window to the brain."
The Krembil Research Institute and the Globe and Mail have teamed up for a special content project designed to highlight the tremendous accomplishments of our scientists and research programs at Krembil. The first of three magazines in this series looked at the brain and spine program and was released in the spring. A second magazine highlighting the vision program is now available online and a the third in the series will explore the arthritis program later this year.


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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- With his presidential candidacy at stake, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton last night denied on national television that he had an affair with a woman who claims he did.
"That allegation is false," Mr. Clinton said on CBS' "60 Minutes."
Mr. Clinton appeared tense as he repeatedly refused to say whether he had ever had an extramarital affair. He and his wife, Hillary, drew a firm line of privacy around their personal lives and criticized the news media for intruding.
Asked whether he believed he had put the issue behind him by appearing on TV, Mr. Clinton said, "That's up to the American people."


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I mean all this in the nicest way possible......
I judge you if you don't like the skin on fried chicken---(Matt, Im sorry & I love you, but you gotta learn to like the skin for me.)
I'm really sick of the word "decorated" being use to describe all olympians. Can't we get creative and think of some other adjective?
Im offended that not everyone's favorite color is purple.
Sometimes the things I see on Pinterest actually make me mad because I HATE it so much. (Again, I mean this as nicely as possible.....Im a "love it" or "hate it" type person...ALMOST NEVER IN THE MIDDLE)
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No Longer Romantic?
Report of Ross Maynard on his 12 days visit with Jim Harries in Western Kenya, June/July 2013
Challenging is the word I would use to describe my time with Jim. It was not a time of relaxation and safari trips; tourist attractions where not on the cards. My time with Jim was spent ministering to his people. I had the privilege of entering into the joys and difficulties of Jim's vulnerable ministry in Africa.
I came to Kenya with a very romanticised understanding of African people. I expected great hospitality, joy despite great poverty and an example of what it is to follow Jesus. Now I must stress that I met many, hope filled, joyous Christians whilst cycling with Jim. However, our adventure smashed my romanticism out the window as I witnessed first hand the real difficulties in ministering in African context.
All of my experiences led me to be convinced of two things. Firstly, the importance of Vulnerable mission (see vulnerablemission.org). I am not saying this to appease Jim. I am saying this because I experienced first hand the difficulties of ministering in an African context and how Vulnerable Mission theory, when practiced, combats these difficulties. I am so convinced of this that I am choosing to do one of my Masters essays on Vulnerable Mission.
My final discovery was this and the last thoughts I want to leave you with. The work Jim does in Kenya is vital and a challenge to us all! May God continue to bless and use him as he ministers to the Luo people!


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This feature highlights how the 2016 Bishop's Annual Appeal will support seminarians and help build vocations in the Diocese of Tyler. "I started thinking about my life: "What am I going to do? What do I need to do?" And eventually it came down to what God wanted for me." "I said, "God, I want what you want. I'm …Read More »
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In 1986, St. John Paul II gave us a mission. A mission to build the Catholic Church in East Texas, to develop the Diocese of Tyler. A mission to give all of God's flock a shepherd's care. Many said it couldn't be done, but today that mission is alive. And one of the greatest resources we have to continue it …Read More »


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I'm beyond excited that all these college ball preseason videos are coming out. This might be one of my favorites. Credits to Hanna Floyd for the Wright State Softball 2016 Promo vid.
I've seen a lot of these videos already this offseason but this has to be one of my favorites. I'll always have a soft spot for these bad-ass looking softball players, ya know? Complete with fog machines under the lights? Yes, yes, I like.
However I'm still more than confused at the whole Wright State nickname / mascot / logo mix up. It looks like there's a wolf of some sort on their website, yet nicknamed the Raiders. Whatever. Softball on. Enjoy the video.


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2016 Mock Presidential Election
Sponsored by Travis County Tax Office; Travis County Clerk Office; and the League of Women Voters of Austin.
With your help, primary and secondary school students throughout Travis County will pick the next President of the United States! This Mock Presidential Election is being held before the real Presidential Election in November so that students can see how their selection holds up against the real election results in November. These students will be the "first" to decide and we expect plenty of media coverage. But this is far from a publicity stunt. This Mock Presidential Election is a hands-on learning process.
Before the election, students will register to be voters, receive faux voter registration cards, become members of the electoral college, be reporters covering the story, receive "I Voted" stickers and more. Due to Voter ID, students will be instructed they must bring their voter registration card to the polls to vote. Working together we can excite students about the civic process and energize them to look forward to the day they can really vote!
The Austin Independent School District has graciously volunteered to collect the results from all schools participating in the Mock Presidential Election. Each participating school will submit their results to AISD's Central Counting Center, which will be operated by the school district, the University of Texas' Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and the Travis County Tax Office's Voter Registration Division.
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- Mock Presidential Election Curriculum Booklet (Blueprint for holding a mock election.)
- Sample Posters – Mock Presidential Election
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Disk-Drive Makers Provide Backbones of New Gadgets But Miss Out on Rewards
The TiVo video recorder, the iPod music player and the Xbox game machine all owe their existence to the same high-tech innovation: smaller, denser, cheaper disk drives. For nearly 50 years the disk-drive industry has driven advances in computers and gadgets by supplying new ways to store data.
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Torkwase Dyson
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
6:30am - 8:00am
Please visit www.kossakpainting.org for information about the Kossak Painting Program.
Torkwase Dyson merges ideas such as site and built environments, nature and culture under the rubric of environmentalism. Fascinated with transformations, ambiguities and environmental changes that place these subjects in relationship to each other, her work revolves around investigating our connections to imagination, materiality, geography and belonging.
Torkwase Dyson received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1999 and MFA from Yale School of Art in painting/printmaking in 2003. Her work has been exhibited at Franconia Sculpture Park, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Corcoran College of Art and Design, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. She has been awarded the Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists, Spelman College Art Fellowship, Brooklyn Arts Council grant, Yale University Barry Cohen Scholarship, the Yale University Paul Harper Residency at Vermont Studio Center, Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practices, FSP/Jerome Fellowship and Yaddo. Dyson's work has also been supported by the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, The Laundromat Project, the Green Festival of New York, Obsidian Arts and Public funds of the City of Minneapolis, Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia, The Kitchen and Dorchester Projects, in Chicago Il. Dyson is based in Brooklyn, New York and is a lecturer in painting/printmaking at Yale.


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We're actively seeking to accelerate the growth of our business into Europe through business partner and customer opportunities at UNITI... our technical quality, range, automated depth and accuracy of our IP is genuinely unmatched.
Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) June 14, 2016
Leighton O'Brien, a leading fuel software and field technologies company, is showcasing its suite of wetstock management, leak detection and fuel restoration and tank cleaning technologies at the upcoming UNITI Expo. Demonstrations will be available for visitors to Leighton O'Brien's stand (Hall 5, booth #A18).
UNITI is Europe's leading trade fair for the fuel retailing industry which takes place on June 14 – 16 in Stuttgart, Germany.
CEO of Leigton O'Brien Reed Leighton said, "We're actively seeking to accelerate the growth of our business into Europe through business partner and customer opportunities at UNITI. We've made substantial IP and IT investments and are now scaled for even faster growth through our enhanced software and service partnering model.
"We believe we have the smartest wetstock management platform on the market," he said. "The technical quality, range, automated depth and accuracy of our IP is genuinely unmatched. For example, our automated software recently recently examined more 1 billion hose to tank possible permutations for a large site and correctly identified the right combination.
"For ATG accuracy we can re-strap an inaccurate ATG to 0.3% accuracy in only 4 fills of the tank. We can also identify in real time when a dispensing meter starts to drift greater than 0.3 %, and we can validate the accuracy of a delivery to 0.3% and hold transport companies accountable for short deliveries.
"For our other technologies, we can test a product line in 3 minutes and clean a gasoline tank to 2 microns in 4 hours with the product remaining in the tank," he said.
Leighton said environmental regulation, oil company imperatives for real time leak monitoring, and the impact of modern fuel formations on the health of tank systems, maintenance programs and product quality is driving significant market growth of its technologies.
"We're very keen to engage in conversations with potential Europen business partners to deliver our technologies 'glocally'. We provide the technology and they provide the local relationships and infrastructure," he said.
More information on becoming a prospective Leighton O'Brien partner can be found at http://www.leightonobrien.com/distributors/ or visit Leighton O'Brien in Hall 5, booth #A18 at UNITI Expo, Landesmesse Stuttgart Convention Centre on 14-16 June 2016. Visitors will also have the chance to win 1 of 2 Apple watches.
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Leighton O'Brien is a leading software (Wetstock Live™) and field technologies (tank and line testing; fuel polishing and tank cleaning) company operating in 19 countries through 45 distributors. Our technologies enable customers to achieve the tightest storage systems, lowest fuel losses and most accurate wetstock management. Customers benefit from optimal pump speed, more precise re-strapping of gauges (in 4 deliveries), the highest compliance and cleanest fuel (2 microns). We are always seeking to expand our distributor network – go to http://www.leightonobrien.com/distributors.


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With her conservative styling and quality construction, the Tiara 2900 Open has long appealed to those seeking a dual purpose express capable of serious fishing as well as comfortable family cruising. Shes built on a modified-V hull with cored hullsides and a wide 11'4" beam, and anyone whos spent any time aboard the 2900 Open will attest to her excellent finish and solid construction. The interior is simple and efficient. An angled double berth forward and a convertible dinette will sleep four, and the galley comes with an electric stove, Corian counters and a refrigerator. While the cabin is very comfortable for a 29-footer, its the large, unobstructed cockpit that draws the attention of serious anglers. A transom door and coaming bolsters are standard, and the entire bridge deck of the 2900 rises electrically to reveal the engine compartment (although its a tight fit getting down). Twin 320hp 5.7L gas inboards cruise the 2900 Open at 20 knots and reach a top speed of 30+ knots. Note that the interior was slightly revised in 1997. A popular boat, resale values have remained strong over the years. (2016 PowerBoat Guide)
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Volume 80, Number 2 | June 9-15, 2010
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Eldridge St. Synagogue anticipates Kiki Smith-designed window
In these final days of spring, New York quietly showcases the work of the highly influential contemporary artist Kiki Smith. Though Smith (who has enjoyed major international recognition since the 1990s) frequently has her works included in museum exhibitions and collections, it is unfortunately rare to find comprehensive installations in her own city. Thankfully, three current projects provide a fragmented but enticing mini-survey of her work.
Smith was born in 1954, as the daughter of the famous American sculptor Tony Smith — but in many ways, she has remained as mysterious as her work. Over the years, she's explored a large variety of mediums to express a wide spectrum of ideas — but ultimately, Smith explores the world by exploring herself. This thought lingers after visiting and thinking about her current New York projects, two of which are rather personal meditations on the interior and exterior lives of women.
"Kiki Smith: Sojourn" (through September 12th, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.)
The Brooklyn Museum is the final destination for "Sojourn" — after having traveled to museums in Germany and Spain. It is situated in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, bordering on Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party." The content was inspired by an 18th Century needlework by Prudence Punderson. In "The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality" (1776-83), Punderson addressed various stages in a woman's domestic life. Though Smith traces similar chapters, she adds a focus on a woman's need for creative expression. Not far from the exhibition on the same floor, the museum displays its collection of 18th and 19th Century homes and interiors. These historic rooms are often intimately scaled — and so are the segments Smith establishes in "Sojourn." Her installation consists of so-called "rooms," which are dedicated to different facets of a woman's life.
In the first "room," several drawings feature versions of the same woman as she is seated near a window. The figures are rendered in black and white. Rare hints of color only accentuate the ordinary, such as shoes and shirts. These scenes are followed by images dedicated to motherhood. Mothers are shown with young children or while holding babies — but the most striking image portrays a pregnant woman holding her belly in an expression of protection and awe. They are intimate scenes that also contain a blend of conflicting sentiments. The obvious sense of tenderness is infiltrated with the weight of motherly duty.
There is imagery that recurs throughout the exhibition, including light bulbs and flowers. Rather than posing a riddle, Smith's symbolism appeals to our imagination and individual interpretation. While the light bulb might be synonymous with enlightenment, the flowers could be a reference to Punderson's time, when the arranging of flowers was one of the few everyday creative outlets a woman could enjoy in the context of her home. On one wall, several works feature collections of flowers painted on reflective silver surfaces. As visitors observe each still life, they become part of the work, emphasizing the individuality of the self and of the reflected flower arrangement.
"Sojourn" ends with what is the final stage for all — death. A wooden casket culminates the exhibition. Set on a table, it is only slightly open. Upon close inspection, one realizes that instead of holding a figure, it contains something more surreal and poetic: a group of delicate flowers made of glass. One is reminded of symbol of the blue flower in Romanticism, a symbol of love and desire, which only grows in the most remote places and can only be discovered by those who are gifted and inspired. Smith's flowers of glass also grow in the shadow of our conscious. They are fragile and yet determined signifiers of the creative spirit.
"Kiki Smith: Lodestar" (through June 19th, at The Pace Gallery, 545 West 22nd St.)
"Sojourn" inspired Smith's exhibition "Lodestar" at The Pace Gallery — which is comprised of one sole work, "Pilgrim." A lodestar is a bright, easily found star that can be used to find direction, and in the context of Smith's recent body of work this exhibition indeed does provide us with such. The works in "Sojourn" and "Lodestar" are intertwined and their narratives often seem to run parallel — but despite the obvious cross-references they also stand apart. Consisting of nearly thirty hand-painted stained glass panels that are each held by a standing steel frame, "Pilgrim" makes for a very different viewing experience.
Installed cohesively in one open space filled with natural light, the panels are arranged in a large field. Through the panels' translucence, Smith's drawings can be seen frontally, but also in a more faint version from verso.
While Smith's focus is again on the cyclical journey, some of these compositions are outlandish. One of the most disturbing scenes shows a woman giving birth — her belly painfully swollen and her child appearing between her legs, its eyes still closed. It is a blatant depiction of the mother-child connection, which is rooted in intimacy and pain. Grimmer subjects are balanced with scenes of hope, including scenes of group support and mutual empowerment. As in "Sojourn," the themes of birth and death function as the definitive bookends for the female experience — but the storyline in "Pilgrim" is less linear. If "Sojourn" unfolds like a book, "Pilgrim" suggests the structure of a jazz song.
Eldridge Street Synagogue (12 Eldridge St., btw. Canal and Division Streets)
Contemplating the spiritual aspects of Smith's works, it seems fitting that one of her creations will be permanently installed at the Eldridge Street Synagogue. Since the fall of 2009 — when the Museum at Eldridge Street commissioned Smith to design a new monumental east window for the synagogue — magazines, newspapers and online sources have been abuzz with anticipation. The installation of the window, which is scheduled for October 2010, will mark the final component of this organization's 20-year restoration project.
Built in 1887, the Eldridge Street Synagogue, which is one of the earliest, surviving synagogues erected in the United States by Eastern European Jews, is a testament to New York's history of immigration. It was not only a haven for Jewish immigrants, but a point of reference in a new world. As a central focus point, Smith's window will have a significant impact on the overall mood inside the space. She has envisioned an array of five-pointed stars — an existing motif painted on the sanctuary's wall, swirling toward a central Star of David.
Smith's take on spirituality is of an independent and creational nature. Considering the Eldridge Street Synagogue's diverse cultural program, which includes musical performances and lectures, Smith's window design avoids literalism and instead evokes a wide spectrum of cultural and spiritual references, ranging from the Queen of the Night in Mozart's "Magic Flute" to Van Gogh's "Starry Night."
It is Smith's strength to create works that appear contemporary but timeless. It is her gift for emotionally evocative storytelling that makes her work shine. The more thoroughly one explores her work, the more obvious it becomes that Smith sets the stage, establishes the tone, leaves the room and then lets us explore her realm — one body of work at the time.
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How can Equity Investment can save your Income tax with Good Return ?
The investment domain is generally divided into two portions; long term and short term investment. Both the terms are self explanatory by the fact that they are distinguished by the extent of time by which the investment is done. Long term investment entail that the amount put into the business acts as a capital investment and does not return in the due course of business but allow the investor to hold a stake in the company i.e. equity.
Equity investment is one of the measures of generating long revenue and has the ability to provide the investor a relatively safely kept investment in the duly dynamic economic stratum. This is based on the fact that over the longer tenures of time, the value of money and stake do not deteriorate but usually ends up generating positive returns.
The income tax calculations too are in favor of equity investment as the system has been devised in a way that it takes into account the money that sits virtually idle in the form of the equity. This allows the investor to avail certain tax benefits by the money invested in equity. Let us take a look at these benefits attached with equity investment.
- Dividends: The Company in whose equity the investor owns the shares releases its profits and distributes it amongst the shareholders on the basis of the amount of equity This distributed amount is called dividend. The dividends earned off the domestic companies are totally tax-free in the bracket of 10-15 %. For the individuals in 25-35%, the tax is calculated at the rate 15 % while exceeding this income group the person is liable to pay tax at the rate of 20 %.
- Capital gains: There are transactions amongst fellow share investors as well. When another person buys your share by paying a higher price than the regular market price, then this gain is called as capital gain in the economic terms. The government of India protects this amount gained by the investor from income tax, giving the share investor some extra The taxation for this is done at the rate of 15 %.
- Capital loss: There are provisions that if an equity investor loses some money in the form of capital loss than this loss can be carried forward to utmost 8 This amount is shown in the form of debts and therefore reduces the payable taxes.
- ELSS: Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act allows a citizen to invest in the Equity Linked Savings Scheme. The amount invested in these schemes can be even from the other sources of income. This amount can border to Rs 1.5 lakhs in a financial year. It can be used to get tax deductions over the income earned.
- Set off capital gains: The investor can set off capital gains i.e. the short term capital gains can be set off instead of any short-term capital loss by the investor. This allows the taxable income to go further down, and hence the investor saves money in the form of income tax deductions.
Equity investment is usually meant for the monetary gains on the longer side of the timeline, but the additional tax benefits that come enclosed with this makes the deal all the more lucrative. It allows the investor to get some tax free income as well as helps in reducing the taxes on the other income sources by the present taxation modules.


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Board Meeting with Minister Jeanie Dendys and Executive Assistant Jessie Stephens
Peter Menzies (President)
Peter Menzies has served seven years on the Board as President. His main hobby is community based music with a focus on fiddle, square dancing and song writing. Peter represents DCAS on the YSOVA Governance Council. He is the Robert Service School Applied Skills instructor and is active in Music Yukon, CFYT FM and the North Klondyke Highway Music Society. He recently released a new song entitied "My Truck is an Electric Truck" as part of the 2017 RPM Challenge proving that in, Dawson, anything is possible in the arts!
Gail Calder (Vice President)
Lured north of 60 from Vancouver for a three-week visit in 1987, Gail quickly became involved in the music and arts scene as a volunteer and board member of various cultural groups in Dawson. Now, almost 30 years later, she still enjoys that she can stay involved in so many arts and cultural events, all within walking radius of her home. Recently retired, but never bored, Gail spends time doing mosaics, collecting beads during her worldwide travels and catering. All with a flair to the artistic. Downtime is spent camping under the midnight sun surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Pat Habiluk (Treasurer)
Pat Habiluk has lived and worked in the Yukon on engineering, architecture and restoration projects for more than 30 years, most recently in Dawson City.
Nicole Becker (Secretary)
Kerry Barber (Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Representative)
Kerry Barber has been Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in all of her life. She recently graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she received a BFA in Film, Video + Integrated Media. She won two awards for her grad film "Dear Hatetts," the Saralee James Award, and The President's Media Award for Best Live Action Film. She is currently serving a one-year internship in the Yukon Government as a Multimedia Producer for the Communications and Engagement Department. She developed a strong sense of community in Dawson City, where she was born and raised. She can't tell you how many transient piano and cello teachers she has had, and knows how important a consistent piano and cello teacher is. She used art to express herself in her early years, when she was too shy to talk as child and teenager. Music and art were her outlets. She wishes that KIAC was present while she was growing up.
Charles Sheppard
Charles Atlas Sheppard is a freelance journalist writing primarily about the arts, First Nations, and social topics. He is worked for art galleries such as Soil Digital Media Suite, paved Arts and New Media. His work has been shown at The Mendel Art Gallery, A.K.A, and Urban Shaman. He is also a professionally trained chef and tournament Scrabble player.
Veronica Verkley
Veronica Verkley is a contemporary artist based ins Dawson City who's practice spans regularly between installation, animation, film, & animatronics. Her work explores the experiences of animals within our contemporary landscape, that are themselves built from scavenged elements of that landscape. Veronica has a strong exhibition record including a range of public art commissions, solo and group exhibitions, guerilla installations, and screenings both nationally and internationally.Veronica is on the board of the Dawson City International Film Festival; past founding faculty at Yukon SOVA; past member of the KIAC gallery committee; a founding member of the Symbiosis Collective; recipient of a New Media research & production grant from the Canada Council; was nominated for a Dora in Costume Design; featured in a CBC Ideas program on Bioregionalism; and past chair of the Subtle Technologies Festival of Art & Technology
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Chris Healey
Chris is an artist, filmmaker and communications consultant.
Priska Wettstein
Born July 11, 1970 in Switzerland. Married, one son, born 1998. Education (Apprenticeship) as a Visual Merchandiser, working in that field for more than 20 years. Immigrated to Canada Sept. 2011 to own and run a hotel in Dawson City. February 2017 focusing on my artwork and therefore self employed


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The Kunjali Marakkar Memorial erected by the Indian navy at Kottakkal, Vadakara. Ancestral Home of Kunjali Marakkar at Iringal, Kottakkal, Near Calicut, now preserved as a Museum. The Kunhali Marakkar or Kunjali Marakkar was the title given to the Muslim naval chief of the good place for tourist to visit Kunhali Marakkar Memorial, Iringal in picnic as well as in holidays.
Taxi: visit Kunhali Marakkar Memorial, Iringal tourist place from Vatakara by bus or car.
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Explore the article to check out information on Lokanarkavu Bhagavathy Temple, which is in Vadakara/Vatakara, in Kerala. place for picnic and holidays to visit Bhagavathy Temple by tourist.
Taxi: visit Bhagavathy Temple tourist place from Vatakara by bus or car.
Map from Vellikulangara to Vadakara. ... The map driving distance from to is 204 Km ... How far is Vellikulangara from Vadakara? tourist place to visit Vellikkulangara in picnic or in holidays.
Taxi: visit Vellikkulangara tourist place from Vatakara by bus or car.
he Moorad River flows into the Arabian Sea at a point close to the town. Sand Banks, a sunset spot and a place of tourist interest, are at the river mouth. mainly consists of 2 commercial hubs. The first hub is; centering the old bus stand with commercial establishments as old as hundred years. place for holidays to visit Vadakara Sand Banks by tourist or in picnic.
Taxi: visit Vadakara Sand Banks tourist place from Vatakara by bus or car.


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At North Shore Family Dental, we offer a variety of surgical services from root canals and tooth extractions to implants. Find out a little about each procedure below.
Root Canals: A tooth that is badly decayed or infected may require a root canal. A "root canal" is the natural cavity within the center of a tooth. When a tooth's nerve tissue or pulp is damaged, bacteria begin to multiply, which can lead to an infection or abscessed tooth—a pus-filled pocket at the end of a tooth's roots. During a root canal, your dentist will remove the nerve and pulp, and clean and seal the inside of the tooth.
Extraction: When a tooth is damaged beyond repair, it may need to be removed. Tooth extraction is the removal of the tooth from its socket.
Implants: An implant serves as an alternative for replacing missing teeth. Dental implants are titanium posts that are placed into the jawbone and topped with realistic replacement teeth. This provides the security and usability of permanently placed teeth.
Additional information from the American Dental Association


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Does Quality Matter?
Many factors can affect the quality of an online or blended course. These factors include course design, course delivery, the learning management system,
faculty readiness, student readiness, infrastructures, etc. Course design is critical to the quality control process as it affects the course delivery and overall success of online and blended learning programs.
Quality Matters (QM) is a process and a tool to help institutions continuously improve online and blended learning course quality (Shattuck, 2012). The Quality Matters Rubric is a set of 8 general standards and 43 specific standards used to evaluate the design of online and blended courses. The Rubric is complete with annotations that explain the application of the standards and the relationship among them. A scoring system and set of online tools facilitate the evaluation by a team of reviewers.
All UT online courses should meet Quality Matters standards. Instructional designers, who are also certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewers, work with faculty and teaching assistants to apply QM standards in online and blended learning course design.
QM Rubric Standards
The Fifth Edition (2014) of the rubric standards consists of 8 general standards with 43 specific standards. These standards were developed and revised based on research and established standards in the fields of instructional design and online learning. The standards can be used to evaluate the design aspect of online and blended courses. They also can be used to guide the design of online and blended courses.
QM Professional Development
UT Online works with QM and the Ohio QM Consortium to offer professional development workshops. These workshops include, but not limited to Introduction to Quality Matters, Applying Quality Matters Rubrics. Throughout each academic year, UT Online also awards a $200 professional development grant for experienced online instructors to complete a certificate course so that they can serve on Quality Matters review teams. This certificate course provides substantial knowledge and experience for participants to learn Quality Matters standards and review process to equip faculty to review their own courses and certify them to become peer reviewers for QM official review. For more information please visit our training schedule.
Benefits of Adopting QM in Course Design
For instructors the QM rubric can be used to evaluate their online and blended courses. It can also be used as a guide to design and revise their online and blended learning courses. Peer recommendations from unofficial and official reviews can provide helpful insights for continuous course improvement to ensure course quality. Courses that meet QM standards in official review will be recognized on QM website. Check out the benefits of Quality Matters training from an instructor's perspective.
QM Self-Review
The University of Toledo is a subscriber to QM and faculty can benefit by using Quality Matter's self-review system to conduct self-reviews of their own courses. The system contains QM standards and annotations for you to refer to when conducting self-reviews. Once completed, the results can be emailed to you or viewed in the system. You can conduct as many self-reviews as you want. Refer to this short video for a tutorial of the system.
Subscriber-Managed QM Official Review
Faculty are encouraged to submit their online courses for official review. Priority will be given to courses that 1). are recognized as general education courses, 2). large enrollment courses, 3). master courses, 4). required courses of fully online programs, and 5). faculty who have completed QM training. If you are interested in having your course reviewed, please contact your instructional designer.
Watch the video below to learn more about the official Quality Matters Peer Review process from UT faculty who have had their courses reviewed and recognized by QM.
Quality Matters Resources
- UT Online Guide to the Quality Matters Review Process
- Quality Matters
- The Ohio Quality Matters Consortium
- Quality Matters YouTube Channel
- QM Research
- QM Recognized Courses
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Before I explain the title of this post, let me set up this video.
This last year, Rich Mullins, the late singer-songwriter became one of my heroes. Yes, I'm referring to the guy who wrote "Awesome God." Growing up, I was never a huge fan of his music, but after I read his biography, I realized he embodied nearly everything I'm chasing after.
He was a humble man who encoutered the fierce and fiery love of God and from that place he produced great art (for his time). He loved his neighbor deeply and was never concerned with impressing people. He was a man that could not fit easily into categories.
With that said, this video clip is Rich talking in a moment of vulnerability just before he sings his song "Step by Step". Here, he talks about the love of God and the kind of art God makes.
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United States of America vs The Russian Federation in War
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4th round - Conclusion.
allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918"1920). They lost and USA was part of the allied intervention
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961). The USA was defeated in Cuba, s small country near its border
In Vietnam War (1965"1973), The USA lost against a tiny country.
In Syria and Iran, the USA cannot invade because Russia warned it of a war if the USA did. So wisely and fearing that the USA has backed down.
In terms of Army > Main battle tanks
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States8,725
Ranked 1st.
In terms of Navy in numbers and technology Russia wins
In terms of Paramilitary personnel
Ranked 1st. 41 times more than United States11,035
Ranked 1st.
For these reasons, it is evident the USA would not win a war against Russia, in fact reason why it choose an economic war. Because military it has no chance of winning.
Second, in Total Naval Strength the USA is ranked 3rd, Russia is ranked 5th
While Russia may hold a higher number of tanks, the USA has about 10,000 more aircraft than russia. No matter how many tanks Russia has theres no way they would be able to compete with the united states air force and after the russian air force was annihilated tanks would be sitting ducks for american attack planes.. " aww look at your Russian tanks. well here is a f 16 to play with them"
The number of anything doesn't detirmine who win, it's who has a better trained army. Besides the UK, the US has some of the best Trained Units in the world.
In Sept 2015 the Russian strategic bomb near Canada was a practice cruise missile to strike USA and caused concerns.
Russian spies infiltrate the USA and bomb 2012. Not the other way round. If the USA was sure to win a war why did it not fight Russia after Ukraine's invasion? After Georgia's invasion in 2011; why it mess not with Syria protected by russia? Simple because the USA knows it cannot win a war against russia. Not military war just economic war.
The United States has much more fertile land than the Russian Federation, our troops would be well supplied and fed (not to mention they are trained).
Now, look at the Annual Defense Budgets, the US has more than the next 5 countries Combined.
Last part of round 3 - An invasion of the US is near impossible, the United States is known for having the Most Powerful navy in the world, While Russia can attempt and invasion, the Air power of the USAF will easily outnumber that of Russia's, and will begin Bombing, Torpedoing Russia's ships and Bombing Air base's, Factories, Etc.
Russia would not invade the USA for fear, nor USA wants to invade Russia to avoid wars?
So what next now? Even?
At the beginning of the debate your argument was: 'In such war the USA would win...' you were persuaded.
In your closing remarks you now are more moderate and wrote: ' But, i believe the USA would win ' More of a wishful thinking. Because based on the facts you learned from the debate you are now more moderate and less persuaded.
It was glad debating you and see you moved slightly positions. Take care.
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Rain has closed the inland road to Kaikōura and prompted a reminder for people to stay out of the hills surrounding the quake-hit coastal town.
Hurunui District Council says people should stay out of Kaikōura and North Canterbury rivers north of the Waiau because of a risk of landslides, particularly after the recent rain.
A convoy north from Mt Lyford on the inland route on Friday morning was cancelled as was a southbound convoy that was due to leave Kaikōura at 2pm.
A helicopter was unable to do the pre-convoy road inspection and rain means there are likely to be additional slips on the road.
The next convoys are planned for Monday.
There was a public meeting in Cheviot late Friday morning and one is scheduled in Mt Lyford during the afternoon.
On Thursday 12 residents at Goose Bay on a higher plateau were told they could return to their properties.
But owners of properties lower down and on the coast still have to wait until more research is done by scientists on a dam that has formed behind a landslide. The research is expected by the end of next week.
Goose Bay, which is 7km south of Kaikōura, has about 35 houses but several are holiday homes.


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Adam C. Solander is a Strategic Advisor for EBG Advisors, Inc. Mr. Solander advises clients on regulatory compliance issues, health policy, ERISA preemption, obligations of plan fiduciaries and breach of fiduciary duties, prohibited transactions, denial of benefits, and issues related to managed care laws and self-funded plans. Mr. Solander also has experience advocating to the legislative and executive branches on behalf of health care trade associations and disease-specific patient advocacy groups.
Representative Experience
Mr. Solander previously served as Health Policy Counsel at the ERISA Industry Committee in Washington, DC, where he counseled Fortune 500 companies on health care legislation, including PPACA, the HITECH Act, ERISA, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; analyzed federal and state rulemakings and their potential impact on companies; prepared and submitted comment letters and position statements to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of Labor; and led committee meetings examining the impact of health care legislation on employee health benefits and related employer obligations.
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