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What it doesn't have is a clear point of view, something that would make it of more interest than leafing through a high school yearbook.
Director Amy Heckerling has failed to provide the raunch or poignancy that would interest young moviegoers, all of whom have seen American Graffiti and its 467 imitators. Ridgemont High? A nice place to visit, but who would want to transfer there?
Fast Times will always be remembered for one thing: showing respect for and insight into the members of its core audience, something that was as rare in the 1980s as it is today.
The nice thing is that Crowe and director Amy Heckerling have provided something pleasant to observe in all of these characters though they really are sadly lacking in anything gripping.
Lacks the frenzied energy which allowed Porky's to beat all competitors in its field.
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It's certainly flawed, however, Sean Penn gives a bravura performance and the film has ample nostalgic charm and humor to entertain. It is, however, nowhere as near touching or deep as John Hughes' The Breakfast Club and Pretty Pink which manage to capture the essence of high school not just through classic clichés, but through atmospheric cinematography and messages that transcend the basic "growing up is tough." The film ultimately, despite being relatable, doesn't accomplish a whole lot.
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LOL funny but not terribly memorable. I find young Jennifer Jason Leigh's moonface utterly forgettable (unlike her adult jagged little pill face), but she does well when she tells Damone, "No. Take that back," after he accuses her of wanting sex more than he did. My favorite character would have to be Brad, played by the Honorable Judge Reinhold. He's a doofy but supportive older brother who gets some great dad-ish lines, "Learn it. Know it. Live it."
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Spicoli is great and some of the scenes are funny, yet I found it difficult to get into this film. Maybe it's because it lacks a story. Instead it studies the life of high school kids, and for that it's entertaining. It's similar to "Dazed and Confused", just a different era.
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Velma L. Bowman, 92, Springfield, formerly of Carthage, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at the Culpepper Residential Care Home, Springfield, Mo.
Velma L. Bowman, 92, Springfield, formerly of Carthage, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at the Culpepper Residential Care Home, Springfield, Mo. Velma L. Nunns was born May 18, 1920 in Carthage; the daughter of the late Elbert Nunns and Ruby Jarvis Nunns. She married Kenneth C. Bowman on July 26, 1941 in Carthage; he preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 1981. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Carthage, the Dependable Sunday School Class, the Carthage Extension Club, McCune-Brooks Hospital Auxiliary and the American Red Cross Blood Mobile. Velma loved her hometown of Carthage and while living in Springfield she missed her many friends and attending church at First Baptist. She was very proud of her family and being with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Survivors include her son, Kenneth C. Bowman, Jr., wife, Jan, Springfield, Mo.; three grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and her brother-in-law, Colonel Stutzman, Carthage. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Kenneth, one sister, Elberta Stutzman and one brother, Lloyd Nunns. Visitation will be held from 10–11 a.m. Friday, July 27 at Knell Mortuary, Carthage, followed by her funeral service at 11 a.m. Dr. S. Ray Crews will officiate. Interment will be in Park Cemetery, Carthage. Memorial gifts are suggested to the First Baptist Church, Carthage or the Carthage R-9 Foundation. Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of Knell Mortuary, Carthage, Mo. Online condolences may be expressed through www.knellmortuary.com.


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Lock it or lose it
Or lock it and still lose it? I bought a bunch of expensive locks and watched two burly 'bike thieves' smash into them within seconds. But it's possible to make life difficult for professional thieves: there are locking techniques that will make your precious harder to half-inch. [Note: I produced the video above for Northumbria Police in May 2009. A more hi-res version – suitable for iPhones, smartphones etc – can be found on the Quickrelease.tv podcast on iTunes or as a direct MP4 download].
I'd be a poor bike thief. I'm just not meaty enough. To break into a hundred quid chain you need to be beefy but, critically, you must also "want to bust into the lock like your life depended on it."
This was the advice given to me by Mr X, a very strong, very determined gentleman from Essex (that's him below) who claimed he could breach expensive locks in seconds. I recently bought a load of such locks – you may be using them on your pride and joy right now – and Mr X was true to his word. He used 42-inch bolt cutters to quickly smash into locks that are meant to be able to withstand determined attacks.
Watched by his partner-in-crime Mr Y (that's him above), he took up to 42 seconds to breach locks that Sold Secure, a British security products standards body, claim offer sound protection for at least five minutes.
When I tried to cut into the same locks I failed. I pushed, I grimaced, I jumped up and down and used all my might, but not even with the big, heavy bolt cutters could I make much more than a dent in the expensive chain.
However, I was surprised at how easy it was for a weakling like me to breach a different – but still costly – lock using smaller, less conspicuous bolt croppers. The so-called armour over a thick cable was about as easy to cut through as the plastic casing. Even I could get into this lock within ten seconds. According to Sold Secure it should have held me up for five minutes, but by bending it to expose a joint I cut through this luxury lock like the proverbial hot knife through butter.
Am I giving would-be bike thieves tips and tricks to launch their careers? I don't think so. Pro thieves are already out there using these techniques and 'specialist equipment'. Wannabe thieves could Google themselves some techniques in seconds.
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Locks are there to foil the opportunist thief, and slow down the professional, but nothing (except bikes like this and this, produced for an ad campaign) can offer 100 per cent security.
If your bike is valuable – to a professional thief – the level of protection you'd need to carry to prevent it going walkabouts would make it unrideable.
Yet even with cheaper locks it's possible to make life difficult for professional thieves. There are locking techniques that will make your bike harder to half inch.
But just as professional thieves can get past house security alarms, no bike lock is impregnable. Channel 4 newsreader and CTC president Jon Snow has had bikes stolen from the ITN building, even when they were well locked in a caged compound with a security camera keeping watch.
Ever been locked out of your house? Call in a locksmith and you'll be surprised how quickly he can gain entry. Using a slim, specialist tool and some deft jiggling he can bypass what you thought were super-secure locks.
Professional house-breakers use these secret locksmith tools. Common or garden house-breakers use bricks.
A bike lock – even the most expensive in the shop – doesn't guarantee security, it buys you time. If a bike thief scans your security and sees it will take more than a minute to breach your system, he'll look for an easier target.
Use one or more of the security tactics below and always lock your bike close to other bikes. It allows the thief to see there are bikes easier to steal than yours. Tough on the poor saps who have their bikes nicked but that's not your problem.
There are twelve measures you can take do to reduce your chances of having your bicycle stolen.
1. Don't ride a bike.
This is a very secure option. If you don't have a bike, it won't get stolen. But don't think this is just a bike problem, even £50k cars are stolen. No amount of security systems guarantees immunity from theft.
2. Ride a rubbish bike
Or one that looks rubbish. Thieves are on the look-out for easy touches, bikes they can steal easily. But they are also on the look out for bikes they can shift on eBay or down the pub or on the street market. Branded mountain bikes are the easiest to sell on.
So, keep your sexy MTB for your weekend warrior trips, cycle in town on a hack bike.
This can be a genuinely crap bike – rust is your friend – or a wolf in sheep's clothing. Disguise a good bike with tatty tape on the frame tubes or these clever 'rust stickers', but to go the whole hog you've got to disguise the components, too. Could you really bear to take a rasp to your Shimano XTR rear mech?
If your rubbishified bike still has the basic shape and look of a mountain bike, it could still be nickable. One of the best security devices on the market is the drop handlebar. Thieves, on the whole, give these a wide berth. Nobody down the pub wants a touring bike, even if the front and back racks are state of the art.
However, there are some thieves who know what a good road bike is when they see one so the drop handlebar trick isn't failsafe.
3. Marry your machine
Travel light, forget the lock, take your bike with you wherever you go.
This is a very secure option but can limit the places you'll be welcome in.
A folding bike can increase your chances of slipping under the radar but not everybody appreciates the allure of a grime-encrusted bike, even one that concentinas.
4. Use a lock
Even one you can cut with a Leatherman is far, far better than no lock at all. Yes, blindingly obvious, but thieves are, by definition, sneaky. You can't trust 'em.
Here's a sorry tale, repeated across the land every day: a law abiding cyclist nips into the Post Office "just for a second", keeps a beady eye on his unlocked bike, turns away for a moment and then, poof, his bike is gone.
Locks aren't just for long-term parking. Clunk click every trip.
There's also a good case for locking your bike to an immovable object when it's stored in a secure place such as your garage or shed. Fit a ground anchor and make the local no-goods sweat to get your prized possessions.
5. Use a good lock
This article shows that a determined, professional thief can breach seemingly impregnable locks. Such thieves are relatively rare. They could get into Fort Knox. There's not a lot you can do to thwart a tooled up thief with time on his hands and just your bike in view.
Your bog standard bike thief isn't beefy and equipped with long bolt croppers. He (nicking bikes is a male occupation) is more likely to be in need of a fix, desperate to sell your £400 MTB for a tenner, and will be equipped with basic tools.
This type of thief can be thwarted with almost any lock thicker and stronger than a thin cable.
Nine times out of ten, this would-be bike thief will pass by those bikes locked with meaty chains and u-locks and will attempt to steal those bikes 'protected' with flimsy locks. It's simple to cut a cable lock, even those that look tough. Some have thick plastic sheathes that magnify the thin cable within. It's very easy to open a combination lock, even without tools.
A cheap u-lock is tougher to crack than a thin cable lock. But even some expensive u-locks can be smashed in seconds with a small bottle jack. This is a specialist tool. A five inch hydraulic jack can be extended to ten inches, smashing almost any u-lock after just a few pumps, if there's wriggle room, that is.
6. Be time sensitive
It pays to be security aware at all times but, if you live in a university town, there are certain times of the year when the bike theft figures go into overdrive. Basically, whenever there's a new influx of students, there's a ready market for 'secondhand' bikes.
At these times of the year, bikes are stolen hand over fist and it's best to employ ultra secure methods of securing your bike. If you usually use two u-locks, a motorcycle chain and a Doberman, consider upgrading to three u-locks, another chain, two dogs and a security guard.
7. Think like a thief
Bike thieves don't like a challenge, they're not Pink Panther style cat burglars. They prefer easy meat.
Don't broadcast obvious details such as the time you'll be away from your bike. Locking up outside a cinema is a dead giveaway to a would-be thief. Ditto for railway stations, universities, schools and many workplaces. If you can't lock up in a secure compound, park further down the street, away from the cinema/station/school, somewhere that overlooks a busy cafe, for instance. If a thief thinks you could be one of the patrons in the cafe, your bike is protected by a magic forcefield. Still needs to be locked, mind.
And always lock to a good, solid object. There's a reason why Sheffield stands are hoops. Street furniture posts may look secure but could a thief hoist a locked bike over the top of the post? If they could, they will.
8. Lock everything
Specialist thieves thwarted by good locks attached down low and with few vulnerabilities can strip a bike of its components instead. Specialist tools required? An Allen key and wire cutters. That's for half-inching the handlebars and stuff, for the wheels and seatpost all that's generally needed is a palm.
Components attached with quick releases risk going walkies quickly. Consider switching to Pinhead skewers and seatpost retention devices. These ship with a special key which opens all the devices.
9. Add on the extras
Post-coding your frame (or, preferably, using Bikeregister-style chemical etching, and a visible, tamper-proof seal) or fitting a machine-readable chip the size of a grain of rice adds a modicum of security but, remember, all you're trying to do is buy a few seconds and, as Tesco says, every little helps.
10. Look out for white van man
He's not only a menace to cyclists when driving, he could be watching your bike. Pro thieves often track their targets beforehand. Your bike is especially vulnerable in the two minutes after you first lock it. A team of thieves may employ a target tracker as well as a cutter and get-away driver.
11. Leave your lock elsewhere
Huge meaty chains and beefy D-locks are extremely heavy, a disincentive to carrying. If you lock up your bike in the same place each day, leave a gert big lock in situ. Nobody will be able to take your lock (well, not without a great deal of bovver) and so it's always there for when you need it. Use a lighter D-lock (and cable for the front wheel) for when you're out and about, flitting from place to place.
12. Use two styles of lock
A key tactic – popular with couriers – is to lock with a chain and a u-lock. Even pro thieves may only carry one type of tool (less incriminating, if caught), and will be flummoxed by two different styles of locks.
Want to have a laugh at a thief's expense? Watch this motorcycle nabber falling from a moving van to the accompaniment of the Benny Hill chase music:
A up-to-date u-lock with a 16mm thick shackle will be pick-proof, Bic-proof and largely impervious to hammer strikes, chisel attacks, pipe bending and cutting by anything other than workshop grinding tools.
But a twenty quid bottle jack, easily bought on eBay, can breach many u-locks in seconds. I know, I've seen it done.
The small bottle jacks – known as 'stubbies' – are specialist tools, not much use for jacking up cars. A stubby slips into a coat pocket and can 'open' a u-lock almost as quickly as the key holder.
But the thief needs wriggle room. A bottle jack can only be used on a u-lock where there's space to squeeze in. Fill that space with frame, spokes and security post and the bike thief will choose to breach a u-lock with space. 'Bad Bones' slip on to u-locks to fill space but at only 2.5mm thick they can be easily cut. Kryptonite has a tougher lock stuffer. Quickrelease.tv was given first view of the prototype:
An oil-actuated bottle jack can't work at every angle: a thief will search to find a shackle lock with plenty of space to fit a bottle jack and jiggle it into position. It was instructive to watch our friendly 'bike thieves' at work: Mr Y could open shackles with his bottle jack when the conditions were right, but had to give up when the shackle couldn't be jiggled into an accessible position.
"There, that's how to lock a bike," said a frustrated Mr Y.
So, use a short u-lock, fit it around the bottom bracket, not the top tube. Make it a tight fit every time.
Look for bike racks that make such locking tactics easier. The best Sheffield stands are those in an 'M' shape not a 'U'. Lock at the lowest point of the 'M'.
It's best not to 'fly lock' your bike to post with a small sign on the top, the kind of posts advertising parking restrictions and the like. Bike thieves can wriggle locked bikes up and over these posts.
However, a young designer called Anthony Lau has created the Cyclehoop, a fitting that can turn these posts – and pretty much any slim lamp-post – into secure stands for placing your locks down low. These could be mass-produced and dotted all over cities. London is currently trialling Cyclehoops in some boroughs.
YouTube has lots of bike theft videos which demonstrate a variety of lock breaching techniques. There's a famous one from the Neistat Brothers of New York City. They used a hack-saw, bolt cutters and – hilariously – an angle grinder to snatch their own bike in broad daylight: passers-by didn't bat an eye-lid, allowing even slow and cumbersome lock-breaking techniques to be used at will.
This video has had 580,000 views.
Cheap locks can be breached by cheap tools, as demonstrated on this YouTube video of 'Frits', a Dutch bike thief:
Frits was interviewed for Dutch TV. He's now renounced his former occupation and gave this advice to viewers:
"Buy a more expensive bike lock."
Yes. But, don't forget, spending more doesn't always get you more security. Expensive bike locks tend to be breached with more expensive tools. The bigger bolt cutters can cost hundreds of pounds and have expensive jaws which need replacing every 30 'cuts' or so. Such specialist equipment is a big investment – or can be stolen from building sites.
Some thieves operate in pairs, with one as the breaker, the other the look-out. Motorcycle thieves operate out of (stolen?) white vans and sometimes also turn their attention to bicycles, especially high-value ones. A white van can carry all sorts of heavy cutting equipment and is also useful as a shield to work behind.
Mr X and his mate Mr Y are lovely blokes. They aren't thieves, but they're concerned about motorcycle and bicycle security. Or lack thereof.
They're both meaty and can breach hardened steel chains in just over half a minute.
I bought a box of locks and gave them to the lads. None of the locks lasted very long in their hands. The tabulated results are here.
In fact, on the some of the locks, it took longer to get past the pesky zip-ties on the packaging than breach the actual lock.
To breach the tough, expensive chains Mr X and Mr Y had to work at it, even with the 42" bolt cutters. When the chains snapped after 40+ seconds of hard effort the links shot apart in an explosive fashion.
It's a brutal technique, hard to disguise. To deaden the sound of the 'explosion', and hide some of the tool, some pro thieves use a thick blanket.
Electronic radio indentification tags are the size of a grain of rice, can be hidden inside a bike's frame, and, if advertised to a would-be thief with a sticker, can be a deterrent. In the UK,
many police forces use RFID readers to spot whether any recovered bikes can be easily repatriated with their owners. If you're bike doesn't come with a RFID chip – some do – retro-fit one from a company such as Mobitag. Then register your bike for £13.99. The tag database is linked to the Police National Computer. Bike and owner details are also registered on immobilise.com, a free national database. Even without tagging the bike you can register your bike details free of charge so now bikes stolen in one police area and found in another can be identified.
Cycle theft is a serious disincentive to cycling. According to a French study, only 25 per cent of cyclists re-buy a new bike after a theft, and of these 10 per cent buy a cheaper bike than they had before (20 per cent cheaper on average). A further 23 per cent won't return to cycling at all.
The study reports that 20 per cent of stolen bikes were not protected with any form of locks. 90 per cent of those which were locked were secured with an easily cut lock. The moral is clear.
Many locks now come liberally plastered with 'Gold', 'Silver' and 'Bronze' logos supplied by Sold Secure.
Sold Secure was established in 1992 by Northumbria and Essex Police with the backing of the Home Office and is now an ISO-quality accredited test house for all manner of locks and ground anchors. It's a not-for-profit company owned by the Master Locksmiths Association and charges lock companies a four figure sum for the testing of each lock. Each lock also attracts an annual fee payable to Sold Secure.
Sold Secure says its lock breaching methods are those commonly in use by thieves, with the information provided by police and insurers.
Sold Secure technicians attack locks with a tight-knit selection of tools. Depending on whether it's Gold, Silver or Bronze being tested for, the tools include screwdrivers, junior hacksaw, pliers, stillsons, steel tube, ball-peign hammer, HSS hacksaw, punch set, club hammer, TCT hacksaw, freezing agent, cold chisels, 24-inch wrecking bar, scissor jack, slide hammer and lock picking tools. The tool set does not include stubby bottle jacks or bolt cutters. D'oh.
Sold Secure's Gold standard is awarded to those bicycle locks which can resist a combination of tools for five minutes per attack. I was able to breach a Gold certified product with 36" bolt croppers in ten seconds.
Sold Secure says its tools are those that "a typical burglar would carry."
Following complaints about Sold Secure's testing regime, Trading Standards officers are currently testing a batch of motorcycle locks in an attempt to see whether they can be breached quicker than claimed by Sold Secure.
A Trading Standards spokesman said the "results of the screen testing will determine whether any further formal tests are carried out."
The spokesman said any formal investigation would look at "whether the product is being manufactured to the same standard it was when the approval was given."
From QuickRelease: http://quickrelease.tv/?p=327
Motorcycle security products have to pass the tougher Thatcham standards, and without accreditation many insurers won't insure the motorbikes being locked.
Another standards body you may see on some locks is ART of the Netherlands. Sweden has its locks accredited by SSF and Germany uses VDS.
Lock manufacturers which export worldwide have to pay the testing bodies in each country. However, the better known lock companies have in-house testing rigs and break-in regimes that far exceed the subjective testing of some of the standards bodies, a fact that rankles with these manufacturers, forced to pay for 'independent testing' in order to sell into a market.
Look in to different rating agencies in Europe ("It's a shame that there isn't a unified European ratings agency, the Fahg Mini is certified by the French Classe SRA and Evo Mini by the German VdS (as printed on either lock)"
Sold Secure Gold
Granit Steel O Flex 1000
City Chain X Plus 1060
Henry Squire & Sons Ltd G4/G6 Chain
ABUS 1010/85/110 Padlock & Chain
Kryptonite Corporation
New York Fahgettaboudit (100 +150cm Chain) with New York Disc Lock
Kryptonite Corporation New York Fahgettaboudit (1410 & 1415) with New York Disc Lock
ABUS Granit X Plus 54/160
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Sly Boots wrote:Personally I'm disappointed we didn't go down the same road Germany did a decade or so ago, when they appointed Klinsmann and Yogi Love to transform the nation's football from the bottom to the top... they're now reaping the benefits of redevelopment from the grassroots up, buy-in from the club academies and a coherent, long-term vision set down by the national team management. Every single level of the national setup, from the youth teams to the seniors, is geared around getting them to play the same way as the seniors. These are generations of kids who will grow up used to playing together and totally comfortable with the tactics they're asked to play. We get Stuart Pearce.
France did a similar thing in the years prior to their Euro and WC win (Houllier was heavily involved in transforming youth development in the country, part of the reason we later went for him as manager).
We just won't get that with Hodgson. That's not his fault, the FA were the ones who employed someone to steady the ship in the short-term, rather than just write us off for the next 3 or so tournaments but commit to a long-term vision.
Maybe they're afraid of the backlash if we go through a period of short-term pain for long-term gain, maybe they just don't know where to start with such an approach, or maybe they're quite happy for us to toddle on as we are, eternal quarter-finalists who go out on penalties.
This in a nutshell. The question is why are the FA afraid of the press, why can't they just tell them to go jump? With the press having so many problems themselves this year especially The Sun, that means they don't have the same power they used to, if the vast majority of footy journalism's going to be former players who should understand.
What you're leaving out is the fact that the bloody Premiership's blocking spots for English players, and Spurs is one of the worst offenders, big-arse new training facility down the road in Enfield opening soon, the old one turning out kids that are certainly performing well enough, just always on loan and never in our first team, helping keep Millwall up for example FFS. No first team footy equals no senior International success, say what you like about Pearce, he's taken the kids to a final and we'll see how he does at the Olympics, but then there are other English kids with Turkish parents or other ethnic descent bogging off to play for their heritage countries because they can't get a spot here, who knows what would happen if that talent was given a chance.
If Hodgson took a big axe to the big names he'd have nothing to lose, the opportunity's been lost again to deflate some egos and have a clean slate - they played better in the group without Rooney and this penalty bullshit isn't even a joke anymore, they should be taking and scoring 100 in training to just have this barrier broken down so it's gone for good and the bleedin' goalie should also train for taking as well as saving if that's allowed.


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South Korea-based LG announced the sale of 15.4 million mobile phones during the fourth quarter of 2012, 8.6 million of which were Android handsets.
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International Development Studies
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b) Develop a critical appreciation of historical and contemporary relationships between countries - in particular, between the North (industrialised countries) and South (developing countries)
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Knowledge and Understanding ofThe historical and contemporary relationships between the global North and South
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International Development Studies (IDS) is offered as a Combined Honours degree only, in full-time (3 years) and part-time study modes. All students study six modules (= 120 credits) per degree level. At Level 4 students devote equal time to IDS and the second subject of their combined degree (taking 60 credits in each subject). At Level 5 students take a double (core) module in IDS and can opt to take a module (Researcher Development) focussed on quantitative and qualitative research methods in development studies. All students take a single Work-Based or Experiential Learning module in the summer term. At Level 6 students may pursue an even 3/3 module split between their two subject areas, or can take 80 credits in one subject and 40 credits in the other. Students majoring in IDS are encouraged to complete an IDS dissertation (double module) or an Independent Project (single module) at Level 6. Credits are awarded for the achievement of module learning outcomes. The credit value of all the modules listed below is 20 unless otherwise indicated. Twenty credits equates to 200 hours of study time and 48 hours contact time.
The IDS programme approaches development in a holistic, questioning and multidisciplinary way. Several strands of international development are traced across the three levels of the degree programme, namely the environment and sustainable development; economic, social and political development; and poverty reduction. The Level 4 core modules, 'Introduction to World Development' and 'People, Hazards and Resources' provide an initial overview of issues in development and, as such, consider social, economic, political, historical and environmental aspects of development. They provide a framework within which to understand the progress towards development and many of the defining environment and development issues of the present time. 'Foundations for Successful Studentship' is the final core module at this level and is intended to facilitate an effective transition into the HE learning environment by focusing on key study skills, cartography and field observation. A unique element of this module is the opportunity for independent fieldwork in Liverpool to research the work of community associations from the Global South who support ethnic groups and refugees.
In Level 5 the core module, 'Challenges of Development', explores in depth the themes of economic, political ,social and environmental challenges which need to be addressed in order for development to progress. Students study the nature and origin of challenges at global and regional scales. The economic theme focuses on the roles of business, trade and the global institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organisation (WTO). These are analysed in the context of the dominant discourse driven by rich nations. Global financial institutions have sognificant leverage in some nations and regions. The political theme analyses heightened concerns over global energy and food security, the role of the state, conflict and the agenda pursued by developed nations and institutions. Global climate change is leading to concerns about vulnerability of the developing world to natural hazards. These environmental challenges, and their associated risks, are explored particularly in the context of land degradation and famine, cyclones, flooding and sea level rise. Global social challenges associated with health and urbanisation are also investigated in this module.
The six-week block of time devoted to Experiential Learning at the end of Level 5 represents a very distinctive element of the University of Chester experience. Students choose between a number of 20 credit options including the centrally administered Work-Based Learning module (WB5001), providing the opportunity to gain useful experience in one of a wide range of public and private sector organisations. Alternatively students may use the WBL opportunity to gain direct experience of international development issues with options overseas. It is also possible for students to select an introductory course in teaching English as a foreign language. (This course does not lead to an externally accredited qualification). IDS students with an interest in advancing their field-based skills can select 'Fieldwork Applications' (GE5008), a residential fieldwork based in New York.
For students seeking an element of vocational training in the field of international development, at Level 5 the programme offers the opportunity to undertake Work Based/Experiential Learning in a UK/Europe or non-European context. Students are able to use their international experience to inform the study of development strategies in the core module at Level 6 - 'Development in Practice'.
Development in Practice, the Level 6 core module, seeks to build on Level 5 by analysing the effectiveness of various stakeholders and their strategies in facing up to the development challenges. The Millennium Development Goals, with their ambitious targets for 2015, marked recognition of the need for international collaboration and cooperation to respond to acute poverty, social degradation and vulnerability. Concerns over the impact of vast sums of financial aid given to the developing world have also raised questions about the effectiveness of development strategies. As globalisation intensifies and communities face increased exposure to the risks of global forces, a wide variety of interest groups from both 'North' and 'South' are driving a 'pro-poor' agenda. The strategies employed to deliver this agenda vary in structure and effectiveness. The evaluation is partly reflective of those strategies of the past 25 years and partly investigative of current programmes. The module includes opportunity for students to reflect on any international experiences in Level 5. An integral part of this module is a visit to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva for a series of UN agency presentations about UN development strategies.
Level Credits Components (Minor, equally weighted and major)
Level 4 = 60 credits (completion entitles the student to a CertHE)Note: Students combining Geography and Natural Hazard Management or Geography and International Development Studies also take the 'Tutorial' module (GE4004) at Level 4 as 'Foundations for Successful Studentship' (GE4003) is included in the core modulesfor all programmes within the Department of Geography and International Development.
Level 5 = either 60credits + 20 work based/experiential learning credits, or 40 credits + 20 work based/experiential learning credits (completion entitles the student to a DipHE)
Level 6 = 80 credits =Major Level 6 = 60 credits = EqualLevel 6 = 40 credits = Minor
Credits are counted towards a Combined Honours Degree and need to be supplemented by credits achieved in another subject to gain the qualification.
280 UCAS points, of which 200 points must be obtained from GCE A Levels, including a grade C in one subject. The remaining points may be achieved from GCE AS Levels, or from Level 3 Key Skills. - BTEC National Diploma: merit/distinction profile
- OCR National Extended Diploma/Diploma: merit/distinction profile
- Irish Highers/Scottish Highers: B in 4 subjects
- International Baccalaureate: 24 points
- QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma, Open College Units or Open University Credits.
- The Advanced Diploma: acceptable on its own
Please note: A BTEC National Award, OCR National Certificate or the Welsh Baccalaureate (core) will be recognised in our tariff offer.
The IDS programme welcomes applicants from non-'conventional' (i.e. straight from school/College) pathways into Higher Education. It is hoped that this type of applicant will be particularly attracted by the 'applied' and vocational emphasis of the IDS programme.
The IDS Programme has been constructed with reference to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Benchmarking Document for Area Studies (2008) and Geography (2014). It should be borne in mind that while these provide a good and helpful framework, it is inappropriate to apply both statements fully to International Development Studies. However the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of the IDS programme at Chester does provide "dynamic and diverse opportunities for students to focus their learning on parts of the world for which they feel a strong intellectual curiosity" (Area Studies Section 1.1), and allows students to "work across, as well as interrogate, traditional discipline boundaries in innovative ways" (Area Studies Section 1.6). It also "requires diverse theoretical approaches in order to make available the full suite of analytic and interpretative tools provided by the natural and social sciences, by the humanities, and by information technologies" (Geography 1.4).
The benchmarking documents, therefore, provide an appropriate framework to use for the content of the IDS programme.
The following Area Studies Benchmark statements are relevant for this IDS programme:
1) Students gain parallel and complementary knowledge and skills…learning how to integrate a variety of approaches in formulating and solving problems, and using diverse materials and information sources (Section 1.6);
2) Students are offered valuable educational pathways through programmes giving prominence to the distinctiveness and significance of specific areas, and fostering a critical awareness of diversity across societies, both past and present. A particular contribution is made in the context of the increasingly globalised nature of the world. With globalisation comes new questions about local identity, and the programme is centrally placed to consider the issues that emerge from the interplay between the global and the local (Section 1.7);
3) Students acquire transferable skills that are valuable in many aspects of work (Section 1.9);
4) Students are provided with specialist expertise which is important to government, business and citizenship in a world where international awareness is increasingly important. Graduates are encouraged to develop a strong sense of perspective and flexibility in thinking, and they are attuned to diversity. All of these features have strong employer appeal in a multicultural society (Section 1.9);
6) Students are encouraged to respond to new issues and academic debates with both new and emerging methodologies. (Section 1.7)
The following Geography Benchmark statements are relevant for this IDS programme:
1) the role of fieldwork and other forms of experiential learning in the development of knowledge and understanding (Section 2.2).
2) fostering a range of personal attributes relevant to the world beyond higher education, which promote the ability of students to engage in lifelong learning, to consider ethics and values, to contribute to the wider community, and to gain employment (Section 2.5).
3) demonstrating knowledge of the main dimensions and scales of economic, social, political and environmental inequality and difference; familiarity with a range of interpretations of these processes, and awareness that scale itself can be contested and politicised. A critical evaluation of the concepts underlying development and sustainability is an integral part of the knowledge base of the student (Section 3.8).
Together these benchmark statements have guided the design and delivery of the IDS programme in terms of:
a) the degree of methodological and conceptual coherence, deriving from the understanding and application of different disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches;
b) the overall cohesion of a range of modules focused on a set of geographically, socio-economically, politically and culturally related societies:
Attainment of the aims and objectives of the IDS programme is facilitated through adoption of a wide range of learning and teaching methods, e.g. lectures, tutorials, group discussions, video-based learning, seminars, debate forums, project-based problem solving, presentations and experiential learning. These are also supplemented by self-directed learning including reading, essay preparation, small group work and use of intranet and internet.
The overarching assessment strategy is to encourage and develop independent learning and reflective abilities in each student, and to facilitate the realisation of the student's full potential. This is achieved through a gradual progression towards increasingly autonomous learning and assessment through the three levels. The programme aims to produce graduates that can engage with life-long learning, and who are able to make active contributions to their communities and society at large. The assessment methods used test this, and seek to enhance understanding and knowledge, and to develop students' key skills as well as cognitive and practical skills. They are consistent across the programme. All modules are assessed using more than one method. A wide range of assessment methods are adopted, including short analytical pieces, extended essays, briefing papers, consultancy reports, posters, reflective commentaries, end-of-module exams, oral presentations and dissertations. They are designed to achieve the overarching aims of the programme and its learning outcomes.
Formative feedback is available to all students in order to support their learning and assessment . Feedback on assessed work is an essential element of the learning process and students receive written and / or electronic feedback on all submitted work. Additionally group feedback sessions are provided following the return of substantive work.
The programme has a strong vocational orientation, and is distinctive in providing the opportunity to combine academic training with practical, 'hands-on' experience of development-related work in this country or abroad. It aims to produce graduates who will be attractive to employers because of their broad suite of transferable skills (e.g. communication skills - as manifested in report writing and seminar presentation; research skills, e.g. information searching, gathering and analysis; interpersonal and organisation skills, e.g. team work and project planning and management), their understanding of global-local links, and their rounded knowledge of international affairs. In addition, it aims to equip students who major in IDS with the specialist knowledge and skills base appropriate to employment/further study in the development field. Possible career paths include: overseas development work (e.g. for a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) or government development agency), national/regional development agencies, business, journalism (international affairs), tourism, teaching and development education (e.g. citizenship), local and regional government, postgraduate study and more advanced research.
The University is committed to the promotion of diversity, equality and inclusion in all its forms; through different ideas and perspectives, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are, in particular, committed to widening access to higher education. Within an ethically aware and professional environment, we acknowledge our responsibilities to promote freedom of enquiry and scholarly expression.
IDS can, at present, be combined with several other subjects in the Combined Honours programme. It combines particularly well with Geography, Natural Hazard Management, Languages, History,Theology and other social sciences. Distinctive features of the programme are the opportunities it presents to take specialist modules on Emerging Nations (China and India) and Excluded Peoples at Level 6, and the opportunities at Level 5 for Work-Based/ Experiential Learning in UK, Introduction to teaching English as a foreign language, and overseas development contexts.
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Indian Space research Organisation Chairman G Madavan Nair said on Monday that India would launch a mission to Mars by 2013.
The ISRO has begun the preparations for sending a spacecraft to Mars.
Earlier, on August 13, the government sanctioned seed money of Rs 10 crore for the Mars project, to carry out various studies on the experiments to be conducted, the route of the mission and other related details necessary to scale the new frontier.
On Sunday, ISRO called off its maiden lunar mission, after the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near Bangalore lost control over the ChndrayaanI spacecraft.
Though Chandrayaan- I was slated to be a two-year mission, Nair claimed that ISRO scientists have achieved nearly 95 per cent of Chandrayaan's scientific goals in less than a year.


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You would find it tough to believe that this is a flower garden.
It more looks like a carpet.
But in real, this is the most beautiful tulip garden of Holland, or may be the entire world.
Keukenhof which means, the Kitchen garden, also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens.
It is situated in Lisse, the Netherlands.
According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park which covers an area of 32 hectares Keukenhof is located in South Holland in the small town of Lisse, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam.
It is accessible by bus from the train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol.
It is located in an area called the "Dune and Bulb Region".
Keukenhof is open annually from mid-March to mid-May.
The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April, depending on the weather.
The Keukenhof features a variety of different gardens and garden styles.
For example, the English landscape garden features winding paths and unexpected see-through points (designed by Zocher in 1830, the garden architect of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, among others).
The historical garden is an enclosed garden where you can see many old types of bulbs.
The nature garden consists of a water garden where shrubs and perennials are combined with bulbous plants.
The Japanese country garden is a non-traditional garden in a natural environment.
The Keukenhof doesn't contain the long fields of tulips many visitors expect.
However, there are tulip fields outside the Garden (mostly privately owned).
These fields may have restricted access and are not included as part of the Keukenhof ticket.
Many dignitaries have visited the Keukenhof.
Queen Juliana was a patron.
Her daughters, princesses Beatrix, Irene and Margriet were among the first visitors in 1950.
As a passionate filmmaker Prince Bernhard shot some unique films.
Other members of the Dutch Royal Family also visited the Keukenhof.
In 2001 prince Willem-Alexander and his girlfriend, Maxima, paid a visit to present themselves to the Dutch population.
They planted a Tilia europea, the "Koningslinde".
In the autumn of 2003, Prince Willem-Alexander, together with Olympic medal winners Ankie van Grunsven and Pieter van den Hoogenband, planted the symbolical first bulb for the Olympic rings.
In 2005 the park was opened by Princess Margriet.
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Everybody believes her own friendships are endowed with a kind of secret significance. When we're with our friends, we believe that we are in extraordinary company. Making us feel rare and prized, our friends capture our imagination and offer us perspective. Appearing almost ghostlike as figures from our past or arriving like ingénues in a Broadway play, they serve to remind us not only of who we are, but also why we're significant.
Plus, our friends remind us why fun matters and why good conversation is better than bad sex.
Friendships inspire us. They allow us to express ourselves, even when we can't stand the self we're expressing or when we're so far from our true selves that we turn to our friends to bring us back, as if we'd put our personalities in pawn and gave our friends the receipt for safekeeping.
As if they were the ones we trusted -- more than we trust ourselves.
Perhaps more than anything else, our friendships permit us to feel part of humanity.
On centuries of gravestones you can find inscribed, "She was a Good Mother, a Good Sister and a Good Friend" as if that were the highest possible praise that a woman could be earn; rarely are there gravestones saying "She Remained A Size Four and Had Dazzlingly White Teeth Until Death."
Some friendships go so far back in our lives that we don't have a record of how they first started. Those details are lost in the sandbox, the splash pool or in the talk, literally over our heads, when we sat side by side on our mothers' laps.
Or our great friends can be new additions to our address books, since women's friendships often begin with intimate details about life and then proceed to generalities. It isn't unusual for women to start a conversation with a virtual stranger and, within the first 35 minutes, to know whether the other woman is in a relationship, has children, whether those children are happy, whether she works outside the home, has a good relationship with her parents/siblings/employer/employees/neighbors/veterinarian, as well as knowing whether she believes taking estrogen orally is better than taking it through a patch.
Most men, in contrast, know for certain only two pieces of information about their best friends (two guys they went to college with, with whom they speak maybe three times a year, and one guy from work): they know their nicknames and what kinds of vehicle they drive. If they're very close, they might know the mileage.
Men's friendships are often based on shared activities, which is not necessarily true for women, who have a wider variety of reasons for creating and maintaining connections with other women. And it's one reason men will often list their wife as their best friend. Women very rarely list their husband as their best friend.
In fact, when the researchers who perform these kinds of studies tell women their husbands have listed them as their best friends, the wives look at the names they've written down and ask, "Can I insert my husband as, say, 2A? The first two did more actual child care than he did."
Look, I'm not married to my best friend. I'm married to my husband. He's a man I adore but he's not my best friend. For that I am fantastically grateful.
One of life's great gifts is that there's no taboo against having multiple best friends. You don't have to go into family court to explain or defend yourself. Nobody says "What? You've had 20 friends in 20 years? That's terrible. How could you?"
And that's because friends are people you're supposed to have in your life -- the more the better. Outside of reality television, nobody has ever said that about spouses. Certainly no woman has ever said it.
Ever hear of a show called "Brother Husbands"? I didn't think so.
Lovers, spouses, paramours and crushes are what you get for having vitality, passion and a willingness to overlook issues concerning bodily emissions. Friends are what you get for having generosity, compassion and a willingness to overlook their choice of a wide variety of lovers, spouses, paramours and crushes.
Friends? Friends are life's reward for getting it right.
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Originally published in The Hartford Courant.


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The U.S. Department of Energy has approved Tennessee's appliance rebate program.
This means Tennesseans can get rebates on appliances including air source heat pumps, central air conditioners and room air conditioners with the Energy Star designation. A rebate of $250 will be available for the air source heat pumps and central air conditioners, while room air conditioners will be eligible for a $40 rebate.
The target date for the launch of the program is Earth Day, April 22, 2010.
Tennessee will receive $5.9 million in federal stimulus funds for the program's rebates and administrative costs.
Gov. Phil Bredesen said the funding will help Tennessee families lower their utility bills and have a positive impact on the environment.


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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2013
MyVacationBoat.com, the new self-service yacht listing and rental site, has announced that Sleepafloat (sleepafloat.com), in-slip houseboat rental company in the Boston, Massachusetts Area, has listed its fleet of 35 houseboats and power boats for lease through the online service.
Sleepafloat offers an attractive alternative to hotel rooms, their vessels range in size from 30 to over 60 feet in length, with coverage throughout the eastern seaboard. Cities include Annapolis, Boston, Providence, Key West, Hollywood – Florida, Philadelphia and Washington D.C; all of which are now available for viewing on MyVacationBoat.com. Sleepafloat's business model is such that their boats are used as in-slip rentals only and do not leave the dock. However, many of their rental locations have charter services available in the same marina.
"In only a few months we've started to build our reputation within the yacht charter industry," said Paul Abraham, founder of MyVacationBoat.com. "Clearly this is a concept that yacht brokers, owners, vacationers and event planners continue to embrace."
With the addition of Sleepafloat, MyVacationBoat.com now features vessels from California, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Mexico. MyVacationBoat.com launched its online service earlier this year to take advantage of the growing trend for "peer-to-peer" service websites. Recognizing that the yacht charter industry needed a central, online destination to facilitate boat rentals, MyVacationBoat.com provides charter listings with full details about the vessels, including boat specifications, location, rates, a visual daily/monthly calendar showing availability, and direct contact details. The listings also accommodate videos and make it easier to market boat rentals though online outlets and social media such as Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest.
"We've recently added Key Point Indicators (KPI's) to each of the social media links, which when used are self-promoting to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Share. This will allow visitors to 'Like' or acknowledge the yachts and promote them through these social media connections," said founder Paul Abraham.
An annual subscription allows you to list your first vessel for $199 (USD), and $149 for each additional vessel. Discounts are available for volume yacht chartering inventories. As part of its service launch promotion, MyVacationBoat.com will waive annual subscription fees for the first charter brokers and owners to list their vessels.
About MyVacationBoat.com
MyVacationBoat.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of YouReserveIt Corporation. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, the company facilitates these peer-to-peer transactions by providing websites where customers can list and manage their private property in a global environment. MyVacationBoat.com is the first of these transaction sites, matching vessel owners with renters. For more information, visit http://www.myvacationboat.com.


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An epidemic of hepatitis E is escalating across refugee camps in Maban County, South Sudan. So far, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated 3,991 patients in its health facilities in the camps and has recorded 88 deaths, including 15 pregnant women.
Hepatitis E is a virus that causes liver disease. It can lead to acute liver failure and death, and is particularly dangerous for pregnant women. Its symptoms are treatable, but there is no cure.
"We have been doing everything we can to care for people with hepatitis E, but there is no treatment for the disease," says Dr. José-Luis Dvorzak, MSF medical coordinator in Maban county. "We suspect this outbreak is far from over, and many more people will die."
The first cases appeared in June 2012 and three camps – Jamam, then Gendrassa and Batil – have seen the most so far. Numbers still have not peaked in Batil camp, where death rates have steadily risen from one or two a week in November, to ten a week in January.
Over the past two weeks, MSF has identified a further 41 suspected hepatitis E cases in Doro camp. Two of these people died. This means that none of the camps in Maban County is now free of the virus.
Like cholera, the hepatitus E virus spreads in environments with poor sanitation and contaminated water. This outbreak was able to take hold because of the poor conditions – such as inadequate distribution of safe water, limited access to functioning latrines and too few hand-washing points – in the Maban refugee camps, which host more than 110,000 Sudanese refugees.
"The refugee camps should not only be a place of safety from conflict, but also a place where refugees can stay alive and are safe from preventable diseases and outbreaks," said Laurence Sailly, MSF emergency coordinator in Doro camp.
While continuing to concentrate on the extremely heavy medical workload of caring for hepatitis E patients and treating all the other patients in our field hospitals, MSF teams are also carrying out emergency gap-filling activities, including pumping, treating and distributing around 2.5 million litres of water per week in Doro camp.
The geography of Maban county – a flood plain in the rainy season and a parched wasteland in the dry season – means that the refugees in these camps are completely reliant on humanitarian assistance for the food, water and healthcare they need to survive.
MSF has been working in Maban county since November 2011, and is the main healthcare provider across the four refugee camps, running three field hospitals and seven health posts.