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With the doors locked shut at NHL arenas, the best hockey players on the planet are turning their focus to a new world of opportunities.
Every player on a NHL roster as of Sunday morning became free to seek other work for the duration of the lockout, and many started doing so immediately. Reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin (Magnitogorsk) and Pavel Datsyuk (Ak Bars) were among those who signed deals to play in the Russian-based KHL while Jaromir Jagr (Kladno) agreed to return to the Czech Republic and Jussi Jokinen (Karpat) inked a deal in Finland.
Teams from Switzerland, Sweden and Germany will come calling as well. Depending on the length of the lockout, it could result in a massive displacement of players throughout the hockey world.
"The scary part is I think you'll see some of the best players in the game (going over)," said Calgary Flames forward Mike Cammalleri. "Let's hope they come back when they're going to get paid the dollars they're going to get paid in some of these leagues to go play now."
The NHL locked out its players at midnight on Saturday and released a message to fans on its website the following day, saying "this is a time of year for all attention to be focused on the ice, not on a meeting room." Meanwhile, the NHLPA sent out a video montage with players talking about what they'll miss about not playing and ended with the statement: "This is an NHL owners lockout."
Nearly 400 NHL players suited up in 19 different European leagues during the lockout that cancelled the entire 2004-05 season. It was a migration that came with a fair bit of controversy as the NHLers pushed others out of jobs.
The debate around that topic has already restarted again, but it's unlikely to deter many of the 750 locked-out members of the NHL Players' Association.
"I'm a hockey player and it's a competitive business," said Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. "Would I look forward to that opportunity of taking someone's job? No. But at the end of the day I'm a hockey player."
If the NHL's most recognizable player ends up signing in Europe at some point, he's most likely to head to Russia or Switzerland. Malkin, Crosby's Penguins teammate, is already believed to have started lobbying No. 87 to join him.
The KHL has established guidelines for its teams to follow during the lockout. Each is permitted to sign a maximum of three NHLers for a salary worth no more than 65 per cent of what they were due to earn in North America this season.
For the 20 teams based in Russia, only one of three spots can be used on a foreigner, and that person must have played at least 150 NHL games over the past three seasons, suited up recently for his national team or won the Stanley Cup or a major individual award. The six located outside the Russian border can sign players who don't meet any of those criteria.
Now in its fifth season, the KHL believes it is in a position to capitalize on the availability of so many elite players.
"Mainly I think it's going to be a lot of additional marketing potential for the league and hockey itself as a game," KHL vice-president Ilya Kochevrin said recently. "The stars bring additional attention … to a lot of people who probably don't consider hockey the sport of choice.
"I think as a marketing tool it's a great opportunity."
There has been some debate in Swedish hockey circles about how best to approach the lockout. The top division, known as Elitserien, has said all players must sign a contract for the entire season—not one that would terminate if the NHL reaches a deal in collective bargaining.
However, the second-tier Allsvenskan is willing to take on NHLers and currently includes past Swedish champions Djurgarden, Leksand and Malmo. Some believe the Elitserien will reconsider its policy when lower-division teams seeking promotion start bringing in reinforcements.
Swedish teams are restricted to having just two players born outside of Europe on their rosters.
Contract offers will also arrive from less traditional hockey countries as well. Teams in Italy, Austria, Great Britain and Norway were among those to sign NHLers during the last lockout.
The biggest issue for players is making sure that they're properly insured in case of injury—a relatively straightforward process for those who are healthy and on short-term details, but much more complicated for a player like Crosby, who has a concussion history and is owed nearly US$112 million over the next 13 seasons.
European teams will pick up the tab for a player's insurance premium, which one agent estimated will range between $2,500 and $20,000 per month.
The topic of playing in Europe was covered during a union meeting of more than 275 NHL players in New York last week. The NHLPA advised on situations players will want to avoid and stressed the importance of following all the proper steps.
"We asked a lot of questions," said New York Islanders forward John Tavares, one of those ready to closely examine his options.
In recent weeks, the prospect of playing abroad became a popular topic of discussion among players.
"A lot of guys went over last time and played and enjoyed it," said Ottawa Senators forward Jason Spezza. "And I think that message has kind of trickled down."
It remains to be seen how warmly the KHL will be received by NHL stars. Cammalleri called it a "no-brainer" for Europeans, in particular, to sign contracts in Russia and believes some players will consider staying in that league even after the NHL is back in business.
"You can go over there and make millions and millions and millions of dollars to play hockey," said Cammalleri.


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iRiver E10 said to sport TV remote control
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iRiver will ship its latest hard drive-based MP3 players, dubbed the E10, into the South Korean market later this month, pitching the machine's 6GB capacity, 1.5in colour screen and 32-hour playback period against Apple's iPod Nano. It's claimed the device also operates as a TV remote control.
The company hasn't officially launched the E10 yet, but fansite MisticRiver [sic] has got hold of the basics. The player is controlled with a four-button layout that'll be familiar to anyone who's used the U10. The device has an FM radio, a photo slideshow facility, the ability to play videos and a Macromedia Flash engine for games.
The most curious feature is the alleged TV remote control facility, which implies the E10 not only has infra-red and either the software or links to iRiver's website to allow you to tell it which of the zillion TVs that have shipped around the world that you own.
But why stop at the TV? What about DVD players, hi-fi separates, CD units, PVRs, set-top boxes et al? We're sceptical - even supporting a sufficiently broad range of TVs is hard enough, but all these other boxes too? That's one reason why Logitech charges so much for its Harmony all-on-one remotes.
Of course, the claim could be nothing more than a garbled reference to a TV-out port - we shall have to see when iRiver launches the thing. The E10 is said to be set to cost KRW234,000 ($247/£141/€203) when it ships on 28 April. ®
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5-megapixel camera phone developed
South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it has developed the world's first mobile phone equipped with a state of the art five-megapixel camera.
The latest model, called the SCH-S250, has a charge-coupled device camera and high-sensitivity flash which allow users to take high-quality pictures. It can also function as a camcorder.
Built-in cameras are considered basic features in mobile phones but most camera phones have picture resolutions of less than one megapixel, meaning the pictures can sometimes be poor quality even if the technology is improving all the time.
"Our development of a five-megapixel camera phone will boost the competitiveness of the South Korean mobile phone industry," Samsung president Lee Ki-Tae said in a statement.
"At the same time, I would like to see our technological advances contribute to the growth of the global mobile phone industry," he said.
Samsung said it had co-operated with Japan-based Asahi Pentax to develop a camera module customised for the mobile phone.
The phone's 92MB onboard memory can store up to 100 minutes of video while 32MB auxiliary memory is included as a standard feature.
Shutter speed is as fast as 1/1000th of a second and permits the user to photograph landscapes as well as subjects as close as 10 cm.
Samsung, the world's third-largest handset maker, said the new phone would help the company maintain its leadership in the high-end of the market.
The SCH-S250 phone also features an MP3 player, a TV function and mobile banking. Its price will be announced next week.
"It will help us consolidate our brand as a leader in the worldwide camera phone market," Cho Byung-deok, head of Samsung's development team, told reporters.
South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce 10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.


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Christina Aguilera Would Turn Her Chair for Gwen and Blake's Relationship
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After the Cloud allowed Gwen Stefani to see Gavin Rossdale for the cliché that he is, she has since gotten together with fellow The Voice coach, Blake Shelton. Moreover, they've gotten the approval of their co-worker Christina Aguilera! "I do know what it's like to go through a divorce myself, and it's tough!" Christina Aguilera said to Perez Hilton. Christina said that she's known Gwen for "a really long time" and that they go to each other's kids' birthday parties. She continued, apparently shouting, "I keep telling them both to stay strong and have fun! Divorce and life is hard enough! If you find someone who makes you happy, you gotta go for it. So they deserve it and they deserve to be happy!" With such excitement, it's as though she were on a game show where you press a button and spin around in a massive red chair when you hear something you like.


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Bulldogs No. 1 Overall NCAA Seed
The Yale men's hockey team (27-6-1), coming off last night's ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship win over Cornell, has secured the No. 1 overall seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs take on No. 16 Air Force (20-11-6) in the East Regional at Webster Bank's Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn., this Friday at 6:30 p.m. The tournament bracket was announced at 11:30 a.m. today on ESPN2. The Bulldogs, winners of four straight games, are making their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The winner of the Yale-Air Force contest takes on the survivor of Friday's 3 p.m. Union (8)-Minnesota-Duluth (9) game. The regional final is Saturday at 6:30. The Elis are looking to avenge their first loss of the 2010-11 season back in November at Colorado Springs, Colo. Air Force used a third-period comeback to capture a 4-3 contest before Yale went on a 10-game win streak that landed it No. 1 in both Division I polls and in the PairWise. The winner of the East heads to St. Paul, Minn., for the April 7-9 Frozen Four.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-1346?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13278733#comment-13278733 ] Matt Hurne commented on IVY-1346: --------------------------------- No problem, Maarten. I'm sure you're busy! Thanks for the update. > Unnecessary warning when parent ivy.xml is located using resolvers rather than a location attribute on the extends element > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: IVY-1346 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-1346 > Project: Ivy > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 2.2.0, 2.3.0-RC1 > Reporter: Matt Hurne > Priority: Minor > Attachments: IVY-1346.patch, IVY-1346.zip > > > When using an {{<extends>}} element without a {{location}} attribute an unnecessary warning is output stating that {{../ivy.xml}} could not be parsed (unless there is in fact a file {{../ivy.xml}} relative to the {{ivy.xml}} that contains the {{<extends>}}). > For example: > {noformat} > ... > <info organisation="foo" module="bar" revision="1.0" status="integration"> > <extends organisation="foo" module="parent" revision="1.0.0" /> > </info> > ... > {noformat} > {noformat} > [ivy:resolve] Unable to parse included ivy file ../ivy.xml: D:\project\component\ivy.xml > (The system cannot find the file specified) in file:/D:/project/component/ivy.xml > {noformat} > {{XmlModuleDescriptorParser.extendsStarted()}} is the source of the warning. If no {{location}} was specified on the {{<extends>}} it uses a default location of {{../ivy.xml}}. It then attempts to find and use the {{../ivy.xml}} location, and only falls back to resolving the parent descriptor if {{../ivy.xml}} doesn't exist or if its {{ModuleId}} is not what is expected. > The behavior is sensible and I do not suggest that it be changed. However, it would be nice if the warning that {{../ivy.xml}} could not be parsed were suppressed when that file is being used as a default. The warning would still be appropriate if {{location="../ivy.xml"}} were explicitly included in the {{<extends>}} element. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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While developers are getting red limited edition BlackBerry Z10 devices for their work on the app front, it looks like creative influencers are being treated to limited edition blue models.
Lil'E, the hip hop artist that has branded himself as Mr. BlackBerry 10 over his lastfewsongs, has posted a picture of a blue Z10 on Twitter and Instagram. Though it could be a well-done aftermarket paint job, it looks like this Z10 is fresh out of the box.
We're still poking around for details on who BlackBerry is giving these ones out to and where Lil'E got his, but we'll be sure to keep you posted.
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Five factors influence nurse turnover, report suggests
Researchers at New York University's College of Nursing surveyed 1,933 newly licensed nurses, asking what influences their decisions to stay at a job or leave for a new position. The top five deciding factors, according to the survey results, are satisfaction, organizational commitment, autonomy, opportunities for promotion, and fewer outside job opportunities. By keeping these factors in mind, report authors suggest facilities can reduce the rate of nurse turnover. This would save the facility money and limit disruptions to patient care.
Other positive factors many newly licensed nurses said would increase their likelihood of remaining at a job include variety, support from supervisors and making sure facility rules apply equally to all employees. High workload, organizational constraints and mandatory overtime were all cited as factors likely to result in turnover. The NYU study appears in a recent issue of Nursing Economics, and is discussed at length in the June issue of Oncology Nursing News.


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OBAMA STEPS UP SYRIA SALES JOB - President Obama today will enlist Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in his effort to convince skeptical members of Congress to back the president's call for attacking Syrian government forces. Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry says McCain's visit to the Oval Office is part of an effort to "flood the zone" in a bid to win congressional support, with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and others banging the phones to convince lawmakers to back the plan.
[Ed Henry wants to know: Tuesday night, President Obama heads to Sweden and Russia until late Friday. How many minds can he change in the next 36 hours?]
Obama targets GOP in political push - Lawmakers of both parties are leery of Obama's plan to punish Syrian strongman Bashar Assad for the use of chemical weapons two weeks ago in that country's civil war. But with Republicans forming the backbone of opposition to Obama's planned strike, McCain's highly publicized huddle is a clear effort to ratchet up pressure on Republicans to get behind the war plan.
[From @repjustinamash: Obama admn insists this won't be Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Next time, admn will insist this won't be #Syria, Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan.]
Cornered into congressional pitch - The WSJ reports that the all-out push for congressional approval came "abruptly" on Friday night and "confounded" White House insiders. But what's so confounding? After the president failed to win support for air strikes on Syrian government forces from the UN or with key NATO allies Britain and Germany, there was no chance for international authorization like that touted ahead of the bombing campaign that toppled Libya's dictator in 2011. With lopsided public opposition to a Syria strike, Obama was forced to approach Congress as a last resort.
[@David_Cameron: I understand and support Barack Obama's position on #Syria.]
Dems fall in line - After a Sunday conference call, more Democrats are lining up behind the White House war plan, touting the superiority of Obama's strategy to the war planning from President George W. Bush ahead of the invasion that took down Assad's former Ba'athist ally in Iraq, Saddam Hussein. But as the Washington Examiner reports, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled public hearings this week and a vote no later than next week. While there will be many defections, as was the case in the post-facto vote on Obama's Libya air campaign, Democrats seem to be falling in line, especially given the promise of a narrower, time-limited authorization of force.
[Hillary Clinton's former top Syria hand rips Obama's Syria stutter-step in a think-tank think piece.]
GOP needs convincing - With the backing of hawks like McCain and an endorsement from Bill Kristol in an NBC appearance on Sunday, the interventionist wing of the GOP seems to be getting behind Obama's strike, albeit begrudgingly. But not so for the new-look, libertarian-leaning Republican Party. Sen. Rand Paul and other conservatives are calling the punitive strikes potentially dangerous to U.S. interests and express deep skepticism about the Islamist rebels Obama aims to aid with the bombings. The "better than Bush" pitch from the White House is unlikely to convince these holdouts to back the war.
The takeaway - Obama will hope to exploit the existing feud in the GOP between the old guard and the newcomers over foreign policy and other issues in a bid to shove undecided conservatives away from Paul et. al., and toward the more hawkish establishment.
KERRY'S SYRIA SHOW CAVALCADE - Fox News: Despite apparent disagreement with President Obama, whochose to seek congressional authorization for military strikes against Syria rather than take an immediate action, Secretary of State John Kerry dutifully took to the airwaves on all five talk shows Sunday. A sampling of Kerry's comments…
On evidence of chemical attacks - "The fact is that, yesterday, we have now learned that hair and blood samples that have come to us from east Damascus, from individuals who were engaged as first responders in east Damascus, I can report to you today they have tested positive for signatures of sarin." - from"Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace."
On Assad - "Assad has said a lot of things in the course of this [conflict]… I think the more he stands up and crows, the more he will help this decision to be made correctly."- from ABC's "This Week."
On Congressional authorization - "I can't contemplate that Congress would turn its back on all of that responsibility. … I don't believe Congress will do that." from"Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace."
No pressure, Mr. Secretary…WSJ: Takes a deep dive into how Secretary of State John Kerry's "…campaign against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad likely will define his diplomatic legacy…[Kerry's] aggressive stance has placed [him] at the center of Syria policy in successive U.S. administrations, despite President Barack Obama's tendency to dominate the development and execution of American foreign policy, say current and former U.S. officials. Many Middle East analysts say they believe a division between the two men emerged after Mr. Obama announced on Saturday his decision to seek congressional approval before launching strikes on Syria… Mr. Kerry, in appearances on all five television interview shows on Sunday, said he believed a congressional debate on military action in Syria would only strengthen U.S. policy and build greater international support for a military strikes aimed at degrading Syria's chemical weapons capabilities… [Kerry's] predecessor, Hillary Clinton, also advised Mr. Obama to intervene militarily, according to current and former U.S. officials. But Mr. Kerry seems to have more leeway to pursue foreign-policy initiatives than Mrs. Clinton, possibly because the White House doesn't view him as a political rival."
SYRIA: INTERNATIONAL DRUMBEAT - Syria asks the United Nations to stop U.S. strike - Reuters: "In a letter to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon…Syrian U.N. envoy Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari called on 'the U.N. Secretary General to shoulder his responsibilities for preventing any aggression on Syria and pushing forward reaching a political solution to the crisis in Syria', state news agency SANA said on Monday."
US and Russian Ships on the move - Reuters reported, "…the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria, if needed"…and in a separate report, "Russia is sending a reconnaissance ship to the eastern Mediterranean, Interfax news agency reported on Monday."
China: don't attack - AP: "China on Monday urged the U.S. not to take unilateral action against Syria in response to last month's chemical weapons attack against civilians. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Washington had briefed Beijing over the matter and China was highly concerned about any use of chemical weapons."
UK report: Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria - The Independent: "The [British] Government was accused of 'breathtaking laxity' in its arms controls last night after it emerged that officials authorized the export to Syria of two chemicals capable of being used to make a nerve agent such as sarin a year ago…The disclosure of the licenses for potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride, which can both be used as precursor chemicals in the manufacture of nerve gas, came as the US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States had evidence that sarin gas was used in last month's atrocity in Damascus.
Seven million Syrians displaced in conflict - AP: "Seven million Syrians, or nearly one-third of the population, have been displaced by the country's civil war, but international aid to them has been a 'drop in the sea' of humanitarian need, a top UN official said Monday."
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2016 CANDIDATES ON SYRIA - WaPo reports on how "…[t]he forthcoming congressional debate over whether the United States should respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria with military force will serve as a critical test for several lawmakers who are mulling presidential campaigns in 2016. There is agreement among the top GOP contenders — Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — that Congress should debate whether to authorize U.S. military action in Syria. But none of them have said how they would vote. Ditto for potential Democratic candidates, with the exception of Vice President Biden, who was with President Obama in the Rose Garden when the president made his surprise announcement Saturday."
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Home Education in the Early 1970s
There is something of a mythology associated with home education in this country. It runs like this. In the early 1970s, there were a tiny handful of home educating parents who were mercilessly pursued by the authorities. They were threatened with the loss of their children and attempts were made to force them to send their children to school. Just look at poor Iris Harrison. Then, a handful of brave parents got together and formed an organisation dedicated to protecting the interests of home educators and fighting to make the practice acceptable. Slowly, they did so; until today we can all enjoy the fruits of their struggle. Key court cases in the early 1980s established the right of parents to home educate.
Like all myths, there is a bit of truth in this, but precious little. In fact home education was an accepted educational option long before legal decisions such as Harrison and Harrison v Stevenson 1981 or Phillips v Brown 1980. I have in front of me several Penguin Education Specials from the early 1970s and they shed an interesting light upon how home education was viewed by local authorities at that time. I can thoroughly recommend School is Dead, by Everett Reimer and Free Way to Learning, by David Head. It is at the latter book that I wish to look, because it tells us a good deal about home education forty years ago.
Parents who did not wish to send their children to school in the early 1970s had various options. Setting up their own schools was a lot easier than it is now and quite a few were established in disused buildings. Freightliners in Camden was one such, as was White Lion Free School in Islington. Up in Manchester there was Parkfield Street in Moss Side. I was on the fringe of a couple of these 'schools'. I use quotation marks, because these were really just groups of home educating parents who clubbed together and found a place where their children could learn. Local authorities were not at all opposed to this. They even provided premises for such home educating groups to use.
In addition to communal setups of this sort, there were plenty of parents who simply taught their children themselves. Luckily, we have a snapshot of local authority attitudes to such parents, because in Free Way to Learning, David Head interviewed some local authority inspectors and asked them what they thought of home education and how they got on with home educators. Now according to the popular mythology, they should at this time have been bitterly opposed to home education and determined to get the kids back into school. In, fact they were all, without exception, well disposed towards home education. Also, and this again goes against the what many people now seem to believe, all of them knew home educators; there were plenty around. We cannot do better than to look at what these local authority inspectors said;
We used to ask to see timetables, but with the changes in child education today that could be embarrassing. We also ask for samples of work, and again, changes could mean we'd be satisfied with, for example, tape recordings. The interviews are friendly.
The great thing we'd look for used to be some sort of programme, kinds of books read etc. Usually we found that parents' approach was way-out reactionary and they had no idea of modern methods.
In fact we couldn't these days really ask that a child covered a particular subject regularly.
These inspectors were speaking in 1972, five years before Education Otherwise began and almost ten years before the judgment in the Iris Harrison case. One thing stands out and that is that they are talking a lot in the past tense. They used to ask for this and that, but now things are a lot more free and easy. One of them is worried that parents tend to be too reactionary in their teaching methods; he says elsewhere that he does not like to see homes being run like schools! It is clear that these local authority officers have had a good deal of experience of home education and are absolutely fine with it. They are also becoming pretty laid back about the type of evidence that they might want to see and they are no longer interested in timetables.
None of this really ties in with the idea that local authorities forty years ago were dead against home education. They were not only familiar with it, but were pretty much in favour of it. In some ways, things were even better for home educators forty years ago than they are now! Can anybody imagine a local authority today leasing a building to home educators at a nominal rent, as Islington did for the White Lion Free School? Even home visits were not the norm. Here is an inspector for ILEA, the Inner London Education Authority;
The practice is for the District Inspector to see the parent at the divisional education offices and inquire into the details of the arrangements that had been made for educating the child.
Parents meeting the LA, without the child being seen and on neutral ground, away from the home! Evidence in the form of tape recordings, rather than written work, providing premises; things certainly seemed to be going pretty smoothly for home education forty years ago. Yet within ten years, there was confrontation, legal cases and all sorts of trouble. What went wrong? It is at this that we shall be looking in a day or two.
Why should I wish to delve about in the past in this way? What possible relevance has it for today's home educators? It will show how we moved from a situation where local authorities were by and large happy to see parents educating their own children to the position today, where there is a good deal of animosity and tension between the two groups. Those who wish to believe that this has nothing to do with the past, may of course simply not read this. I would not wish to shatter too many illusions!
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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced today that CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett is recommending to the Board of Education this Wednesday the expansion of its Safe Passage program to include 19 new community-based vendors. These vendors will hire an additional 600 Safe Passage workers for the 2013-2014 school year as part of the program's expansion to 51 Welcoming Schools this fall in order to provide a smooth and safe transition for the 30,000 students at all Sending and Welcoming Schools.
"Student safety is among our top priorities," said CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. "Expanding the successful Safe Passage program to include next year's welcoming schools is one of several steps we're taking to create safe environments in and around our schools. Safe Passage workers are the eyes and ears of their communities and will be our partners in providing safe routes to and from school every day for students."
CPS launched the Safe Passage Program in 2009 to help improve safety for students traveling to and from school. The program engages community organizations as vendors that hire community-based watchers who provide an adult presence along pre-defined safe routes. These organizations have demonstrated that they have a strong working knowledge of the communities they serve.
For the upcoming school transitions, CPS and fellow City sister agencies have enhanced the Safe Passage program even further by launching a new Safe Passage working group that will oversee improvements along these safe routes in the area of addressing issues that may exist such as troubled hotspots, abandoned buildings, vacant lots and traffic concerns. This group meets regularly to review the required work orders and ensure they are being handled.
In addition, CPS and CPD have held 50 school-specific parent safety planning meetings for the parents of students who attend both Sending and Welcoming schools. These meetings have allowed school officials and CPD to gain valuable feedback from parents on the proposed safety plans – feedback that is being incorporated into each individual plan.
These partnerships and ongoing parent engagement will only further improve upon the successful Safe Passage program which has led to a 20 percent decline in criminal incidents around Safe Passage schools, a 27 percent drop in incidents among students, and a 7 percent increase in attendance over the past two years in high schools that currently have the Safe Passage program.
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The new community-based Safe Passage vendors are being recommended to the Board by CEO Byrd-Bennett after an extensive and competitive request for proposals (RFP) process. If the Board approves the new vendors, they will begin hiring 600 workers to staff the new routes, which are currently being developed and will be finalized before school starts in August. This and all board items will be posted today at 10:30 AM to the Board's web site: http://www.cpsboe.org/.
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Summer officially starts this week. And if you're looking for the right wine to celebrate the season - all season - look no further than Vinho Verde, a light, refreshing Portuguese white wine that goes down easy and often costs less than some single pints of beer.
I'm astounded at what some younger white and rose wines cost in our country. Often, they cost well over $10 a bottle. Last year, my wife and I were on vacation in Europe buying great bottles of French rose and Greek white wine for two or three Euros (less than $4) a bottle that were absolutely delightful. Every time we did, we kept saying, why can't we buy nice, everyday wine like this back at home for this price? Well, the answer is you can - thanks to Vinho Verde.
Certain brands of Vinho Verde often cost less than $5 a bottle. And yes, I know you can find some beers for under $5 a pint. But you can just as easily pay far more for a single glass of beer in certain bars in certain places.
Vinho Verde does not refer to a particular grape variety. Rather, the term means "green wine" in Portuguese and refers to a wine growing region in the northern part of this country. All you need to know is that wines from this region in Portugal - particularly the white wines - have a clean, crisp taste rare for many wines this young at this price.
Table & Vine in West Springfield currently has three Vinho Verdes for sale for less than $6 a bottle. One is Gazela ($5.99 per bottle). The other is Casal Garcia ($4.99 a bottle). The third one is Aveleda ($4.98 per bottle).
My personal favorite is Casal Garcia. Table & Vine offers a 10 percent case discount, which drops the price down even lower to $4.49 a bottle. Now that's what great, light, young wine should cost!
The Casal Garcia is blend of four grapes: Trajadura, Loureiro, Arinto and Azal. I'll be honest. I'm not familiar with these grapes. Then again, wineries in some countries call one grape one name and they're a completely different name somewhere else. Sort of like "Shiraz" versus "Syrah."
What I can say with some degree of certainty is that the Casal Garcia strikes just the right blend year in and year out. So there's no need to worry about particular vintages. Just simply open and enjoy. And unlike some inexpensive white wines, the Casal Garcia is not super sweet. Rather, the Casal Garcia goes down smooth and easy and light as an early morning ocean breeze. If you like Tanqueray and tonics with a twist of lime, you'll love the Casal Garcia.
And while part of me can't believe I'm saying this, I will add that adding an ice cube or two sometimes makes these wines even more delightful on a scorching, hot summer day.
And best of all, if you decide Vinho Verde isn't your wine of the summer, you still have plenty of time - and money - to try out other delightful, refreshing drinks.


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Alannah Rosenberg
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Office: LRC 114 (Honors Program Office)
Ph.D., New York University, 1994 (Economics)
Major Fields: Monetary Theory, History of Economic Thought
Honors: Distinction in Macroeconomic Theory
Dissertation: Discriminatory and Unequal-Ability Tournaments: Essays and Experimental Results
M.A., University of Southern California, 1980 (Economics)
Major Fields: Comparative Economic Systems, History of Economic Thought
B.A., Immaculate Heart College, 1977 (History and Government)
Thesis: My Adversary's Book: Upton Sinclair's 'End Poverty In California' Gubernatorial Campaign, 1934
A.A., Los Angeles Valley College, 1976 (Anthropology)
Professor Rosenberg joined Saddleback College in Fall of 1990 as an instructor in economics but soon became involved in the Honors Program, which she chaired from 1992 to 1998. She returned to that position in 2007 and now also serves as advisor to Saddleback College's honor societies Alpha Gamma Sigma and Phi Theta Kappa. She is a Past President and is currently a Co-Chair of Transfer Relations for the Honors Transfer Council of California, a consortium of 60 community college honors programs (http://www.htcca.org). She is a member of the American Economic Association, the American Historical Association, and the National Collegiate Honors Council.
Prior to coming to Saddleback, Professor Rosenberg worked as a Research Fellow at the C. V. Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University and as a research economist in various legal cases involving antitrust, patents, and other business issues. She has also taught on either a part-time or full-time basis at the University of Southern California, New York University, Dowling College (NY), Orange County (NY) Community College, Rockland County (NY) Community College, Long Island University, and the City University of New York.


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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday left Ghana for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum.
The forum brings together Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the largest African and international companies and political decision makers from more than 40 African countries and investors on the continent.
President Akufo-Addo will hold meetings with Michael Sidibe, the Executive Director of UNAIDS; the Swiss Minister for Economic Affairs, Johann Schneider-Ammann and the Ghanaian community in Geneva.
The theme for the 2017 Africa CEO Forum is "Rethinking Africa's business model."
The President is scheduled to return to Ghana on Thursday, March 23, 2017, a statement issued in Accra and signed by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, has indicated.
Storms Owusu Bempah's Church
However, ahead of emplaning to Switzerland, President Akufo-Addo attended a thanksgiving service at the Glorious Word Power Ministries International presided over by Prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah for the spiritual role he played to ensure an NPP victory in the 2016 general elections.
President Akufo-Addo expressed profound gratitude to the prophet for his support that saw him emerging victorious in the keenly contested election.
Sounding biblical, the president said the election was fought against principalities and powers of darkness but he was convinced that the battle was the Lord's.
Nana Akufo-Addo said the victory could only have come through the power of prayer and intercession by Rev Owusu Bempah and other spiritual leaders.
"I am too happy to be here. I should have been here earlier, but God ordained it for me to come at this time. You should know it was God who made me come here at this time as the President of Ghana…It is important that we fervently pray for the change we desire. I know one of the religious leaders who will champion this cause of change is Rev Owusu Bempah," he underscored.
He visited the church to thank the prophet and urge him to continue praying for him and his ministers to succeed.


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Odd, strange, peculiar, weird, disconnected, unrelated, kinda hinky, embarrassing, and cute. But enough about my wedding night. Here are some pictures!
In the 1970s Marvel Comics joined up with Topps Cards to produce cards and stickers of favorite superheroes. Most of the stickers had blank balloons for the kids to fill in. This was after Marvel writers proved unacceptable for the job.
I'm a fan of the underwater view of Erika Craig's paintings. I hope you will be too.
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The INPEACE logo was designed by Dr. Alice J. Kawakami.
The puakenikeni was chosen as the INPEACE flower because of its distinctive characteristics. This flower is found throughout the Pacific Islands and is valued as a special lei flower to adorn those held dear. Its color changes from a subtle pale ivory to a warm, deep golden color. This delicate flower offers a pervasive, compelling, and enduring fragrance.
Our sincere desire is that INPEACE will continue to evolve and change over time, embracing the values of our culture and becoming a cherished part of our communities.
The logo also includes peace symbols, a reminder of the 1960s era that, in part, influences the idealism and optimism of the three founders.
INPEACE Began Active Operations in 1994.
In 1994, three visionary community-minded educators from Kauaʻi and Honolulu came together to create INPEACE. As Native Hawaiians, both Sherlyn and Alice brought their unique perspectives to the work. Together with Kathy, who had been working in Native Hawaiian education for years, they all had a strong commitment to community and culture-based education. Sharing food, traveling together, and having extensive conversations led to the following core principles and beliefs that ground the agency to this day:
- Education will improve quality of life.
- Community partnerships are essential to the educational process.
- Communities have resources and assets.
- Communities have the right to self-determination.
- Culturally grounded experiences are essential to the educational process.
- Cultural strengths support education.
The marriage of these ideas, along with relationships in the funding world, led to the birth of the first program Ka Lama O Ke Kaialulu. This program is a "grow-your-own-teacher" model, where community members are recruited to become teachers in their own community schools. Among the first graduates include Larrilyn Tamashiro, a Waiʻanae Coast resident and teacher who later became INPEACE's board president, and Marci Waiʻaleʻale Sarsona, who went on to become the second CEO of INPEACE and is now at the Department of Hawaiian Homelands.
Another flagship program, Keiki Steps was conceived by Michelle Mahuka, who saw an ad on television about early childhood programs and wanted something for her child in her own community. Compelled by a passion to ensure that her son would be ready for school, Michelle approached the principal at Nānākuli Elementary about space to house a preschool program. She purchased supplies from local thrift shops and was willing to start her very own program with little else. Fortuitously, Michelle's story was heard by then-CEO, Sherlyn Franklin Goo, who learned money was available from Office of Hawaiian Affairs to run educational programs. Together they started the first parent participation preschool at Nānākuli Elementary, where Michelle was also the first Keiki Steps teacher. Keiki Steps has grown from one site under a tree to thirteen sites statewide. The first growth spurt came from the parents and grandparents at the Nānākuli site. Joy Stevens went on to open a site at Waiʻanae Elementary, while Pat Mersberg opened Māʻili. Joy then went on to open Kamaile and Mākaha, along with NaLei Arsiga-Faurot. Incredibly, each of these coast community members remains with our INPEACE ʻohana, working at many of the same sites.
Funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) for Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) began a new chapter in the life of INPEACE. This grassroots effort to help children prepare for school and schools to prepare for children was born out of a relationship based on a presentation Kathy and Sherlyn gave during a pre-session on native peoples at the Council on Foundations here in Hawaiʻi. Three entities in Hawaiʻi were asked to submit proposals to WKKF, and after lunch in Nānākuli, Program Officer Val Johnson saw exactly where the hearts and minds of our founders were when it came to community. SPARK jettisoned INPEACE statewide and allowed us to quadruple the numbers of participants we served and multiply our partnerships one hundred fold.
Starting with one employee and $450 in the bank, INPEACE has grown statewide, serving more than 2,000 annually with seven programs, while maintaining 155 employees and an annual budget of over $4 million. Over the last seventeen years, we have employed more than 400 individuals, the majority of which have been Native Hawaiians from the community they serve.


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Excel posted June 17:
Hello anglers, Today we had a full tackle seminar after breakfast. Everyone spent the day rigging , tying knots and connections. We were able to swing by the Benitos Islands for a handful of yellowtail for dinner. We will be arriving at our destination tomorrow morning. Heres Dave with a 40-pound yellow.
Something For The Effort
Independence posted June 17:
We looked at some different water today and hoped to run into those beauties from a few weeks ago, but no sign of them. On the other hand, we had good action on 18 to 28 lb. tuna, and made a day of it. Good weather for the most part, and we are going to start somewhere different tomorrow. We have a few yellowtail planned for the morning, and then upward.
Wild Fishing
Intrepid skipper Kevin Osborne wrote for June 17:
Another action packed day here for our JRI gang. The Yellows put on a wild show for us at times, then the Yellowfin would come in and take over for a bit, but only to have the tails shove them out of the way again. We had a couple Striped Marlin join in as well. The long run to get down here definitely paid big dividends for our group, but now it is time to make up some miles and head north. We will have a few hours both tomorrow and Friday to stop and wet some lines along the way home.
Spirit Winners
Jackpot winners from the Spirit of Adventure trip that returned June 15 were posted in this fashion:


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Far Cry 3 is the latest iteration in the Far Cry series. Released in the US in early December 2012 the it uses the Dunia 2 game engine and is published and developed by Ubisoft. This Action Adventure First Person Shooter offers both single player and multi-player modes.
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Weber rejected both the positivist contention that the cognitiveaims of the natural and the social sciences were basically the same andthe opposing German historicist doctrine that in the realm of Kultur andGeist (that is, in the domain of history) it is impossible to makelegitimate generalizations because human actions are not subject to theregularities that govern the world of nature. Against the historicistsWeber argued that the method of science, whether its subject matter bethings or men, always proceeds by abstraction and generalization. Against the positivists, he took the stand that man, in contrast tothings, could be understood not only in external manifestations, thatis, in behavior, but also in the underlying motivations. And againstboth these approaches Weber emphasized the value-bound problem choicesof the investigator and the value-neutral methods of social research.
According to Weber, differences between the natural sciences and thesocial sciences arise from differences in the cognitive intentions ofthe investigator, not from the alleged inapplicability of scientific andgeneralizing methods to the subject matter of human action. Whatdistinguishes the natural and social sciences is not an inherentdifference in methods of investigation, but rather the differinginterests and aims of the scientist. Both types of science involveabstraction. The richness of the world of facts, both in nature and inhistory, is such that a total explanation in either realm is doomed tofail. Even in physics it is impossible to predict future events in alltheir concrete detail. No one, for example, can calculate in advancethe dispersion of the fragments of an exploding shell. Predictionbecomes possible only within a system of conceptualizations thatexcludes concern for those concrete facts not caught in the net ofabstractions. Both the natural and the social sciences must abstractfrom the manifold aspects of reality; they always involve selection.
The natural scientist is primarily interested in those aspects ofnatural events that can be formulated in terms of abstract laws. Whilethe social scientist may wish to search for such lawful abstractgeneralizations in human behavior, he is also interested in particularqualities of human actors and in the meaning they ascribe to theiractions. Any scientific method must make a selection from the infinitevariety of empirical reality. When the social scientist adopts ageneralizing method, he abstracts from random unique aspects of thereality he considers; concrete individual actions are conceived as"cases" or "instances," which are subsumed under theoreticalgeneralizations. The individualizing approach, in contrast, neglectsgeneric elements and concentrates attention on particular features ofphenomena or concrete historical actors. Both methods are defensible,provided neither is alleged to encompass phenomena in their totality. Neither method is privileged or inherently superior to the other.
Whatparticular problem attracts a scholar, and what level of explanation issought, depends, Weber argues, on the values and interests of theinvestigator. The choice of problems is always "value relevant." "There is no absolutely 'objective' scientific analysis of culture or .. . of 'social phenomena' independent of special and 'one-sided'viewpoints according to which-- expressly or tacitly, consciously orunconsciously--they are selected, analyzed and organized for expositorypurposes." What is considered "worthy to be known" depends upon theperspective of the inquiring scholar. Hence there is no insurmountablechasm between the procedures of the natural and the social scientist,but they differ in their cognitive intentions and explanatory projects.
When the objection is raised that rational knowledge of causalsequences may be attained in the world of nature, but that the humanworld in not susceptible to rational explanation because of itsunpredictability and irrationality, Weber counters by turning thetables. Our knowledge of nature must always be, as it were, from theoutside. We can only observe external courses of events and recordtheir uniformities. But in regard to human action, we can do more thanwrite protocols of recurrent sequences of events; we can attempt toimpute motives by interpreting men's actions and words. With thismethod, he of course opposes the positivists as well. "Social facts arein the last resort intelligible facts." We can understand (verstehen)human action by penetrating to the subjective meanings that actorsattach to their own behavior and to the behavior of others. A sociologyof the chicken yard can only account for regularities of behavior--inother words, for a pecking order. A sociology of human groups has theinestimable advantage of access to the subjective aspects of action, tothe realm of meaning and motivation. Hence Weber's definition ofsociology as "that science which aims at the interpretativeunderstanding (Verstehen) of social behavior in order to gain anexplanation of its causes, its course, and it effects."
Thenotion of interpretative understanding did not originate with Weber. Itwas first advanced by the historian Droysen and was used extensively bysuch scholars as Dilthey. But for them the method was meant to extolintuition over rational-causal explanation. Weber, in contrast, saw init only a preliminary step in the establishment of causal relationships. The grasping of subjective meaning of an activity, Weber argued, isfacilitated through empathy (Einfuehlung) and a reliving (Nacherbleben)of the experience to be analyzed. But any interpretative explanation(verstehende Erklaerung) must become a causal explanation if itis to reach the dignity of a scientific proposition. Verstehenand causal explanation are correlative rather than opposed principles ofmethod in the social sciences. Immediate intuitions of meaning can betransformed into valid knowledge only if they can be incorporated intotheoretical structures that aim at causal explanation.
Againstthe objection that this manner of interpretation is subject to thedanger of contamination from the values held by the scientificinvestigator, Weber countered that interpretations can be submitted tothe test of evidence. This, he argued, is to be distinguished from thefact that the choice of subject matter--as distinct from the choice ofinterpretation--stems from the investigator's value orientation, whichmay be the case with the natural scientist as well.
Weberinsisted that a value element inevitable entered into the selection ofthe problem an investigator chooses to attack. There are nointrinsically scientific criteria for the selection of topics; hereevery man must follow his own demon, his own moral stance, but this inno way invalidates the objectivity of the social sciences. The questionof whether a statement is true of false is logically distinct from thatof its relevance to values. Wertbeziehung (value relevance)touches upon the selection of the problem, not upon the interpretationof phenomena. As Parsons put it, "Once a phenomenon is descriptivelygiven, the establishment of causal relations between it and either itsantecedents or its consequences is possible only through theapplication, explicitly or implicitly, of a formal schema of proof thatis independent of any value system, except the value of scientificproof." Hence, the relativity of value orientations leading todifferent cognitive choices has nothing to do with questions ofscientific validity. What are relativized in this view are not thefindings but the problems.
Value relevance must be distinguishedfrom value-neutrality, since they refer to two different orders ofideas. In the first place, ethical neutrality implies that once thesocial scientist had chosen his problem in terms of its relevance to hisvalues, he must hold values--his own or those of others--in abeyancewhile he follows the guidelines his data reveal. He cannot impose hisvalues on the data and he is compelled to pursue his line of inquirywhether or not the results turn out to be inimical to what he holdsdear. A geneticist of liberal persuasion, for example, should not abandonhis line of inquiry if his findings suggest that differences inintelligence are associated with biological traits. Value neutrality,in this first meaning of the term, refers to the normative injunctionthat men of science should be governed by the ethos of science in theirrole as scientists, but emphatically not in their role as citizens.
In addition, value neutrality refers no less importantly to anotherorder of considerations; the disjunction between the world of facts andthe world of values, the impossibility of deriving "ought statements"from "is statements." An empirical science, Weber contended, can neveradvise anyone what he should do, though it may help him toclarify for himself what he can or wants to do.
Thescientific treatment of value judgments may not only understand andempatically analyze the desired ends and the ideals which underlinethem; it can also "judge" them critically. This criticism can. . . beno more than a formal logical judgment of historically given valuejudgments and ideas, a testing of the ideals according to the postulateof the internal consistency of the desired end. . . . It canassist [the acting person] in becoming aware of the ultimate standardsof value which he does not make explicit to himself, or which he mustpresuppose in order to be logical. . . . As to whether the personexpressing these value judgments should adhere to these ultimatestandards is his personal affair; it involves will and conscience, notempirical knowledge.
Weber was fundamentally at oddswith those who argued for a morality based on science. In this respecthe was as opposed to Durkheim as he would be to those psychoanalyststoday who claim they have a scientific warranty to counsel "adjustment"or "self-actualization," as the case may be, to their patients.
Thescientist qua scientist can evaluate the probable consequencesof courses of action, Weber believed, but he cannot make valuejudgments. Weber had an austere view of science. "Science today," hewrote, "is a 'vocation' organized in special disciplines in the serviceof self-clarification and knowledge of interrelated facts. It is not thegift of grace of seers and prophets dispensing sacred values andrevelations, nor does it partake of the contemplation of sages andphilosophers about the meaning of the universe." The realm of moralvalues, Weber believed, was a realm of warring gods demanding allegianceto contradictory ethical notions. The scientist qua scientist,therefore, could have no answer to the Tolstoian question, "What shallwe do?" "Academic prophecy . . . will create only fanatical sects,"Weber believed, "but never a genuine community." The scientist shouldnot hanker after leadership over men; he finds dignity and fulfillmentin the quest for truth. When Weber was once asked why he undertook hiswide-ranging studies, he replied: "I wish to know how much I can take."
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Professor Barry Pogson
Barry Pogson undertook his study in Australia completing his B.Sc. (Hons) at the University of NSW and his Ph.D. in 1991 at Macquarie University. He undertook a postdoctoral fellowship with CSIRO Division of Horticulture, which involved exchange visits with New Zealand Crop and Food Research. He moved to the USA in 1994 working as a postdoc with Dean DellaPenna at the University of Arizona and University of Nevada, Reno, before taking an Assistant Professorship at Arizona State University in 1997. His current appointment at The Australian National University commenced late 1999. He was promoted to professor in 2008.
Barry has received three prestigious awards in recognition both of the impact of his research into carotenoids, photosynthesis and drought research, and for his leadership qualities in supervision of research students and postdoctoral fellows:
- The Fenner Medal by the Australian Academy of Science
- The Goldacre Medal by the Australian Society of Plant Scientists
- The ANU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Supervision
He is a co-editor at the Plant Cell, the most highly cited research journal in plant biology and is the Australian representative on the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC).
His research focuses on two major areas: 1. carotenoid biosynthesis and 2. chloroplast signaling and plant responses to high light and drought.
- Barry and colleagues were the first to identify and characterise the gene encoding the key biosynthetic enzyme that produces the most abundant plant carotenoid, lutein. A key result was the demonstration that lutein is not an essential structural component in the main light-harvesting complex, as had been assumed (Plant Cell 1996, PNAS 1998). Subsequent research published in The Plant Cell in 2002 on the discovery of a novel enzyme in carotenoid biosynthesis, the carotenoid isomerase, is in the top 1% in its field for citations. Current research on carotenoids is targeted at defining novel roles for carotenoids, namely, the interactions between carotenoids and plant developmental processes, investigating their regulation by epigenetic processes (Plant Cell 2009) and studying the role of novel genes in carotenoid biosynthesis.
- The major area of the research into organelle signalling is identifying the mechanisms by which plants perceive and respond to drought and excess light. The approach utilizes genomic technologies in the model plant, Arabidopsis. Mutations that perturb or enhance chloroplast nuclear communication have been found (Plant Journal 2009). Drought tolerant mutants in Arabidopsis have been studied and collaborative projects to transfer this technology to crop plants, such as wheat and rice have commenced. A related project has demonstrated the extent and speed by which plants communicate the perception of light stress from one leaf to another distal, non-stressed leaf, a process known as Systemic Acquired Acclimation (Plant Cell 2007). This paper was in the top 60 most read articles at the Plant Cell in 2008.
Current Research Interests:
The overarching theme of our research is to determine the controls and regulators of chloroplast function. This includes discovery of genes and metabolites involved in epigenetics, RNA metabolism, chloroplast-nuclear signalling, carotenoid biosynthesis, photosynthesis, drought and chloropolast biogenesis.
1. Organelle biogenesis and Photoprotection. Investigations into chloroplast biogenesis, photosynthesis and photoprotection have revealed new insights into the mechanisms used by plants to produce chloroplasts and how they function in stressful environments.
2. Drought and High light signalling. We are studying the mechanisms by which plants perceive and respond to drought and excess light. This requires signals from the chloroplast to the nucleus, a process known as retrograde signaling. We are applying this knowledge to the development of drought tolerant wheat and canola in collaboration with CSIRO and Pacific Seeds respectively.
3. Epigenetic Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis. Carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, are essential in photosynthesis and are the source of vitamin A and as antioxidants offer protection against certain cancers and age-related blindness. The goals are to elucidate the epigenetic mechanisms that control carotenoid accumulation and identify novel signals produced from carotenoids that regulate nuclear gene expression and plant development.
A key to our research is to apply cutting edge molecular and biochemical techniques in combination with whole plant physiology to build a picture from gene to crop. The approach utilizes deep sequencing, microarrays, promoter-reporter gene fusions, HPLC and GC-MS to identify novel genes and signalling pathways in Arabidopsis (related to Canola), wheat, avocado and canola.


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