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Sam and Max Season One Strategy Guide 9: Reality 2.0, Part 1
Go to Bosco's, and see what high priced item. This time it is a biological weapon for 1 billion dollars, but you have to "pay online".
You will also notice a cannon. Jimmy Two-Teeth will try and shoot you with it. While he is reloading, grab Jimmy Two-Teeth. You can now take the rat and his cannon with you.
Go and see Sybil. She has some VR goggles on and is literally in another world. You need to snap her out of it. Go ahead and shoot her with the rat in the cannon. Talk to her about her new Beta Testing job.
Go ahead and leave and go to Lefty's. At any other time in the game, this door is locked. At this time, you will have COPS. The Computer Obsolescence Prevention Society. Talk to them. Eventually you will try this new reality, and it will dispense a new chip. It will also give a pair of goggles for Max.
Head back to Sybil's and use the chip on the goggles. Immediately, Sam and Max will be transported to Reality 2.0. Note the scenes have changed, as well as your items. There isn't much in Sybil's office that you can use now, so head out.
There is a cop guiding a mailbox named Auntie Biotic. She keeps any virus getting in. You will have to face her later, but you need a few things first.
Go ahead and go to past your Virtual Office and stop by the Hugh Bliss/Internet Wizard. Ask him to do a "Magic Trick", and he will give you some rainbow paint for your car. You will need that later.
Stop by and see Virtual Bosco's. Talk to him about what to buy, and he will offer the "Wooden Long sword". It will be for 5 gold coins. You will need to find the coins.
Go into the Control room where you will encounter the Cops. You might as well turn off the Control Computer by selecting it. The Pop-ups will now be disabled, which will help you later.
Go ahead and stick the Virtual bug on the talking computer, and you will become two-dimensional. Go into the Virtual Sybil, and you are thin enough to slide underneath the closet door and get the first coin.
Go back to the Control Room, and take the Computer Bug off the talking computer. Go ahead and put the bug on the phone. You will shrink in size. Go ahead and leave and head to the office.
You won't be able to get up the step to your office, so switch back into reality and go into the real office. Put on your Virtual Goggles, and your small size will be enough to get you into get into the rat hole and you can grab the coin that you need.
Leave the office and go back into Reality 2.0 when you are back on the street. Go back to the control room, and get the bug from the phone. You will return to normal size, so go ahead and put the bug on the video arcade machine. Gravity will be lost, but this will come in so handy.
Go outside and select the coins. You will have the coins in one long jump. Go back to Virtual Bosco and give him the coins.


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PRIMEd Principal Blog
Assessment Leadership – It's Time: Systemic Change – The School Improvement Plan and Classroom Instruction: MACRO vs MICRO
PRIMEd Principal
May 2015
Math Leadership Team ( central office and building administrators with teachers and community members)
- School Improvement Plan- Strategy Implementation Guide
- Classroom Instruction That Works – professional development
- PLC – Focus: Looking At Student Work
Within every complex organization, just as within a school district or school, there seems to be a tug-of-war between emphasis at the macro level vs the micro level. The School Improvement Plan (MACRO) is elaborate and necessary to establish a vision: goals, expected outcomes, timelines and funding are put in place to move the system forward. On the other hand, if the classroom instruction does not change, if teachers do not understand the content and best practices, there will be no evidence of improvement in any data in the school improvement plan that measures student growth. The system is stymied. Balance is necessary.
In the perfect school system, both the macro and the micro move forward at the same time, orchestrated by a skillful leader (principal or central office person) who is the keeper of the vision. If an institution waits until they have the perfect plan (MACRO) in place to work on instruction, student growth may be a long time in coming. If the system waits until each teacher in each classroom (MICRO) has had the job-embedded professional learning necessary, knows their content and the connections within it, and is equipped with a battery of pedagogical practices that are research based, student growth may be a long time in coming as well.
In It's TIME: Themes for Imperatives for Mathematics Education, the authors' site three imperatives necessary for systemic change: 1) ongoing job-embedded opportunities for professional learning, 2) diverse structures and adequate time for professional collaboration, and 3) opportunities for coaching*.
Strategies for Implementation
1) District-Wide Math Leadership Team Writes School Improvement Plan (MACRO)
In one school district north of Detroit (8 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, one large high school), a math leadership team was put in place to create a vision of what experiences they wanted each of their students to receive in the area of mathematics. Five evening meetings were held including superintendents, business directors, teachers and community members. School Improvement Plans were put in place complete with Action Plans around each of the five focus areas that the team designated as areas that they felt contained that vision and timelines and persons responsible were put in place. Their five areas of focus are: 1) change the mindset of math inside and outside the school community, 2) more collaboration in K-12, 3) move beyond math as a series of steps to understanding the purpose and connections, 4) implement the mathematical practices (particularly 3 & 4 to start), and 5) educate our community about mathematics and the CCSSM and SMPs.
2) District-Wide Professional Learning "Classroom Instruction That Works"
Classroom Instruction That Works was selected for three days of professional learning for all teachers and administrators. In this course, teachers honed their skills on: 1) creating the environment for learning (setting objectives & providing feedback, reinforcing effort and providing recognition, and cooperative learning), 2) helping students develop understanding (questions, organizers, summarizing and note-taking, homework and practice), and 3) helping students extend and apply knowledge (identifying similarities and differences as well as generating and testing hypotheses). The course was interactive and teachers were able to role play and practice new ideas. Days were staggered across the school year.
3) PLC – Looking at Student Work (MICRO)
Part of the work of the team was to put in place a formative assessment for each of the four card markings throughout the year for each grade level or course (high school). All teachers at all grade levels and courses were to implement the formative assessment and collect student work. After this was done, a schedule was put in place for each grade level to meet in PLCs where the teachers would bring student work to their learning community and analyze the results and discuss what implications these results will have on instruction. The groups were led by math content specialists from our regional service center with the intent that leadership committee members will eventually take over. This stage is ongoing and continuing. It ties in well to the professional learning CITW on identifying learning targets, providing actionable feedback, and re-engagement tasks. Norms and a safe environment for teachers are a must. Collaboration has been incredibly helpful in planning for "next steps" in the classroom.
The process of determining the areas of focus for the large group was powerful and energizing. Some groups made videos for their district website to inform their constituents of their work. Once the teams were established, the writing of the goals and action plans began to bog the groups down (particularly the groups focused on curriculum and instruction) (sample plan). This is when it was decided to put formative assessments in place and look at student work simultaneously to the planning work. It really seemed to give all the work a "shot in the arm" because it seemed more purposeful. The work continues. Ideas of going to Standards Based Grading in the long run have come up and the group itself now seems to be a means of carrying out future initiatives.
*It is the intent of this district to eventually use coaches in mathematics.
Guest Blogger
Marianne Srock: NCSM Member and mathematics consultant at Macomb Intermediate School District, Clinton Township, MI. In previous careers I was a middle school principal and math teacher.


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Difference Between Google Android Phone Nexus S and Nexus One
Nexus S vs Nexus One
Recently, Google launched Nexus S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Already various Nexus models have been launched in the market by Google. Before choosing the right product, Try to understand the Difference Between Nexus S and Nexus One.
Google Android Nexus S
- Display: A 4" Screen with 800×480 Resolution
- Processor: ARM Cortex A8 1GHz Hummingbird processor
- Camera: 5 MP camera with autofocus, LED flash, secondary camera for video calls
- Internal Memory: 16GB of internal memory
- Battery: 1500 mAH Lithum Ion
- OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Sensor: Gyroscope sensor support
- Micro SD: Not available in Google Specifications
Google Android Nexus One
Which one will you choose Nexus one or Nexus S?
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Bleak House Quotes - Page 3
Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her. ~ Bleak House
One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound - strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow. ~ Bleak House
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. ~ Bleak House
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. ~ Bleak House
The plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground. ~ Bleak House
The father of this pleasant grandfather, of the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant, was a horny-skinned, two-legged, money-getting species of spider who spun webs to catch unwary flies and retired into holes until they were entrapped. The name of this old pagan's god was Compound Interest. ~ Bleak House
"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing." ~ Bleak House
"The universe," he observed, "makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid." ~ Bleak House
"We thought that, perhaps," said I, hesitating, "it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them." ~ Bleak House
"A word in earnest is as good as a speech." ~ Bleak House
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History of the City
The City of Minneola is nestled in the stunning rolling hills of Central Florida. The City was originally part of the land area of Sumter County and Orange County. In 1887, parts of Sumter County and Orange County were combined to form the new Lake County. Minneola later became part of the newly formed Lake County in 1926. The City's name is derived from a Dakota Indian word meaning "many waters." With over 1,000 named lakes in Lake County, the City is aptly named. The City is located on the highest elevation in Florida's peninsula at 312 feet above sea level and covers 10.37 square miles.
Minneola was predominately a farming community with citrus being the primary crop. Citrus production continued until the 1980s, when unusual freezes began to systematically eradicate local groves. As the citrus industry faded, property was rezoned for residential development. Recognizing its natural beauty as one the most spectacular in Florida combined with a low crime rate, low property taxes and fees, accessible and responsive elected officials, and great schools including two new elementary schools and a brand new state of the art high school, citizens from Orange and Seminole Counties as well as citizens from the northeastern United States are drawn to the new subdivisions and now enjoy the hometown atmosphere with big city conveniences close by. The City has grown to 9,733 residents*. Just miles from the City of Orlando, Minneola is part of the Orlando Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Minneola has one of the highest household income levels in Lake County, the City's residents have one of the highest levels of educational attainment among all the municipalities in Lake County, and has a Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council that are business friendly. Moreover, the citizens have overwhelmingly supported incentives that will make opening a business in Minneola a great opportunity.
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Foods that are low in salt include fresh fruits and vegetables, dry beans, white rice and fresh meat or fish. Fresh and frozen foods tend to have less salt than canned or boxed versions of the same foods because sodium is often added during the canning or packaging process.
Packaged foods list a sodium count in the nutritional information on their packages, making it easy for consumers to compare products to find the version that is lowest in salt. Some foods with high sodium levels, including many baked goods and canned soups, do not taste especially salty, which can deceive diners into thinking they contain less sodium than they actually do. Cured or smoked meats, salted nuts and frozen prepared entrees often have high levels of sodium and should be avoided by individuals on a low-sodium diet.
Foods with up to 140 milligrams of sodium per serving are considered low-sodium foods, as defined by the National Labeling and Education Act. Foods with 5 milligrams of sodium or less are considered no-sodium foods. The Cleveland Clinic recommends restricting sodium intake to under 2,000 milligrams per day for general health and recommends that individuals at high risk for cardiovascular problems reduce sodium intake to below 1,500 milligrams per day. Excess sodium in the body can lead to or exacerbate high blood pressure and water retention.


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Meeting in Detroit ― which is emblematic of the social and economic malaise affecting both the United States and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ― the Assembly Committee on Mission Coordination of the PC(USA)'s 221st General Assembly will address a number of issues related to racism, employment, compensation and how to revive the nation's urban areas and the churches in them. The Assembly meets June 14-21.
Among the matters being considered:
The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) ― in a report entitled "The Gospel from Detroit: Renewing the Church's Urban Vision" (08-08) ― asks the Assembly to commend Presbyterians who "embody an urban Christian vision" and to encourage presbyteries to study their histories of city congregations in order to "renew their own urban strategies in response to existing racial and economic inequity and to new urban demographic, economic and transportation dynamics..."
That report also calls for the re-establishment of a metro/urban ministry staff position within the Presbyterian Mission Agency, with funding through 2020; for a series of regional conversations on "Race, Class, and the Current Challenges of Urban Ministry"; and for a comprehensive review of the church's social teachings on urban mission.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency is proposing revisions to the Churchwide Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action (18-03), which was developed in 1985 and has not been updated since 1994. Worked on by human resources representatives of the six national agencies of the PC(USA), the revisions reflect their conviction that the plan must be updated to fit today's employment law, General Assembly structure and the Book of Order without losing the PC(USA)'s historic commitments.
A proposal from the Advocacy Committee on Racial Ethnic Concerns (18-06) calls on the Presbyterian Mission Agency to develop an anti-racism policy, to create and implement a churchwide anti-racism training program, recommend that all mid councils and congregations provide anti-racism training and dialogue.
ACSWP is also bringing a response (18-07) to two referrals from the 2012 General Assembly that sought a review of ministerial compensation in the PC(USA), particularly the lowest paid pastors.
In both 2010 and 2012, the Assembly encouraged presbyteries to establish voluntary salary equalization or enhancement funds, but "none are reported," the report states.
In the report of its Special Offerings Task Force (08-13), the mission agency is recommending that the annual Peacemaking Offering be "transitioned" to a Peace and Global Witness Offering, with the 50 percent of offering receipts historically designated for the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program going to the agency for "peace and global witness ministries." In its rationale, the task force states that the offering has a loyal support network but participation has been stagnant for the past 20 years.
The task force is also recommending that the next Special Offerings Review Task Force review progress toward the goal endorsed by the 2012 Assembly of raising $20 million through the four special offerings ― One Great Hour of Sharing, Pentecost, Peacemaking and Christmas Joy ― by 2020, about a 40 percent increase from their current levels; and "align offering recipients with the strategic objectives of the Presbyterian Mission Agency."
The mission agency is recommending General Assembly Mission Budgets (08-15) of $73,671,744 for 2015 and $78,226,389 for 2016. Both budgets will likely be adjusted due to the cost of actions the Assembly takes. The revised 2014 mission budget is $79,946,530.
And the PMA is asking the Assembly to confirm its election of PMA Executive Director Linda Valentine to a third four-year term (08-16). No previous executive director has served more than two terms.
These and other mission coordination issues will be considered by Assembly Committee 8 — Mission Coordination. Jerry Van Marter and Rachel Shussett, summer intern in the Office of Communication, will cover Committee 8 for the General Assembly Communication Center.


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An electronic mail encryption mechanism must be compatible with the transparency constraints of its underlying electronic mail facilities. These constraints are generally established based on expected user requirements and on the characteristics of anticipated endpoint and transport facilities. An encryption mechanism must also be compatible with the local conventions of the computer systems which it interconnects. Our approach uses a canonicalization step to abstract out local conventions and a subsequent encoding step to conform to the characteristics of the underlying mail transport medium (SMTP). The encoding conforms to SMTP constraints. Section 4.5 of RFC 821 [2] details SMTP's transparency constraints.
To prepare a message for SMTP transmission, the following requirements must be met:
Although SMTP specifies a standard representation for line delimiters (ASCII <CR><LF>), numerous systems in the Internet use a different native representation to delimit lines. For example, the <CR><LF> sequences delimiting lines in mail inbound to UNIX systems are transformed to single <LF>s as mail is written into local mailbox files. Lines in mail incoming to record-oriented systems (such as VAX VMS) may be converted to appropriate records by the destination SMTP server [3]. As a result, if the encryption process generated <CR>s or <LF>s, those characters might not be accessible to a recipient UA program at a destination which uses different line delimiting conventions. It is also possible that conversion between tabs and spaces may be performed in the course of mapping between inter-SMTP and local format; this is a matter of local option. If such transformations changed the form of transmitted ciphertext, decryption would fail to regenerate the transmitted plaintext, and a transmitted MIC would fail to compare with that computed at the destination.
The conversion performed by an SMTP server at a system with EBCDIC as a native character set has even more severe impact, since the conversion from EBCDIC into ASCII is an information-losing transformation. In principle, the transformation function mapping between inter-SMTP canonical ASCII message representation and local format could be moved from the SMTP server up to the UA, given a means to direct that the SMTP server should no longer perform that transformation. This approach has a major disadvantage: internal file (e.g., mailbox) formats would be incompatible with the native forms used on the systems where they reside. Further, it would require modification to SMTP servers, as mail would be passed to SMTP in a different representation than it is passed at present.


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GUMBALL 3000 Rallies are some amazing car events. This year's race will include something quite unique. Team Galag will be racing a real life, fully functional Batmobile.
The Batmobile was created by Swedish company Caresto, as you can see based on detailed designs from the version of the iconic car from the Batman video game Arkham Knight.
It is a truly gargantuan piece of machinery, run by an internal Lamborghini Gallardo V10 engine. Homage to the Caped Crusader is placed on the inside of the vehicle as well, with the bat symbol being placed on the steering wheel and internal compartments.
Watch the video below for a behind-the-scenes-look at the Batmobile's creation.


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Jessica Alba really knows how to glow, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is glamourgoals and Lily James makes her look seem effortless.
Jessica Alba at the premiere of Mechanic: Resurrection: Any bride would love to have skin as radiant as Jessica Alba's, but even if you don't have it naturally, here's how you can fake it with your makeup. First, prep the skin with a radiant finish primer, before buffing a full coverage foundation into place. Give your cheeks a flush with a rosy cream blush and use plenty of highlighter in that 'c' shape around your eyes. Brush your brows up and out to give them a full, natural look before filling in any sparse places and locking them into place with a wax. Add some depth to the look with a deep purple eyeshadow and amp up the glam with faux lashes. A glossy burgundy lip is the perfect finish.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the premiere of Mechanic: Resurrection: If you're looking for classic glamour, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley always serves up perfect inspiration. To recreate her look, use a full coverage foundation and any concealer you need to make sure your complexion looks flawless. Use some classic contouring to warm up the face, and bring out that gorgeous glow. Use a rose gold colored eyeshadow on the upper lids and under the lower lashes and apply a strip of faux lashes. Shape and define your brows, and then complete the look with an attention-grabbing bright pink lip. And by using a gloss, you can still get that bright pop of color on your lip without looking too fussy.
Lily James at the "My Burberry Black" launch event: If you want effortless beauty, Lily James is your girl. To channel her look, think shades of nude and brown. Start with a matte-finish foundation and accentuate your cheekbones with a matte-finish bronzer. Create a low-key smoky eye by blending shades of brown around the eyes, and make sure you use the darkest shade underneath the lower lashes at the outer corner and out into a slight cateye shape on the top. Layer on several coats of mascara. To create natural-looking thickness to your brows (unless yours are already as full as Lily's!), create hair-like strokes with a brow pencil. Pop on a nude lipstick and add a bit of radiance back into the complexion with a powder highlighter down the center of the face, and you're ready for your close-up.
See More: 50 Pre-Wedding Skincare Products For Every Complexion Type


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Someone posed a great question to me which has turned into a suggestion and now a new blog thread. She wondered if there was or could be a "best of" quotes from patriocentrists for those who are overwhelmed at the huge amount of information online regarding the patriocentrists. (This blog alone has nearly 21,000 comments, many of which address this issue and it is only one of many commenting on the same topic.)
To that end, I am beginning a new thread on this blog that is for direct quotes only, along with links to the quote in context if online or a few lines surrounding the quote along with a reference if it is not available on line. I believe this idea is a good one. The most effective way to refute wrong teaching is with the real words of real patriocentrists.
Let's also refrain from discussing those quotes on this thread and instead if you want to discuss them, bring your comments back over to the current running thread on here, listing the quote number you are talking about. I am in the process of going back through all the comments myself and will be posting quotes that fit the criteria. Please feel free to do likewise.
Another note: I will be removing any attempts to discuss the comments on this thread and if there is an error, please drop me a note and I will correct the original post. I want to make this as easy as possible for wanderers who want to understand all the uproar over patriocentricity!


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Making a will
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French education minister Luc Ferry has told universities to attract more foreign students, and to use their increased powers to strengthen their public-service ethos. He said they had to resist American-style globalisation and construct an alternative European model of higher education.
Marking the start of the new academic year, Mr Ferry said that 38 European education ministers had recently reaffirmed higher education as a public service and responsibility.
But he said there were neither the resources nor the wish to prohibit the private American universities already establishing themselves in European countries.
Mr Ferry said the problem was to make sure public-service institutions were "capable of taking up the challenges of competition".
Looking ahead to the introduction of legislation to give universities more autonomy, Mr Ferry said the institutions had to have more initiative and freedom of manoeuvre "not to adapt or surrender to American globalisation, but to be capable of resisting this globalisation and to construct a European model, which will truly be an alternative to the American model".


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Not doing the step in a list is sometimes important, either because this time it's a little bit different case or because it's too late to do this particular step or for any other reason. But marking incomplete step as done is not fair to yourself as you don't want to fool yourself and want to see the real picture.
On the other hand, leaving it incomplete is not a very good idea either as coming back to the list will make finding next steps to do too hard – you'll need to go through the list of unchecked steps again and decide whatever you did or did not think about doing already and if you need to finish it this time.
So now in HowDoable, you can mark a step as skipped – just click complete check box one more time and it'll strike it out in red.
Want to mark it as incomplete again, just click it one more time.


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'Little Bunny' Comic Has A Big Heart
Move over internet cats and doges, it's bunny time!
Kitt Santos draws Little Bunny. Big World., an adorable online comic about an itty bitty rabbit in a complicated and overwhelming world. They may be simple drawings, but they are hilarious and heartwarming and sometimes even give good advice.
"I started using my own experiences and observations to bring the character to life, often making fun of my own shortcomings and little achievements. Just mundane stuff," Santos writes. Mundane, but highly entertaining we say!
Foto: littlebunny-bigworld: Touch the sky. #pleasedtomeetyou, Chelsea. Chelsea is a 19 yr old uni student… http://t.co/BeYcw7TDLC
— Iron Pam (@pp_hrico) June 29, 2015
Bookmark the page and start your day off with a giggle or an "Awwww!"
Now this is a daily inspirational we can get behind!


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We believe in the importance of learning both internally and externally. Whether through our internal Learning and Development programs or by sharing our knowledge as industry experts, we encourage an ongoing commitment to learning and leadership.
Learning at work
All our employees create personal development plans that focus on how to succeed in their current role and plan for the future of their careers. IV complements their goals by providing the tools and programs to support their development, such as:
- IV University lectures—hosted by our own team members or guests from other organizations—cover topics that range from nuclear fission to beekeepers and from planet exploration to patents.
- Bimonthly book clubs focus on business-oriented topics and feature global discussions made possible by video conference.
Leading in the community
Intellectual Ventures encourages learning and leadership within our local communities, too. For example, each year several IV women lead hands-on workshops for Expanding Your Horizons—a nonprofit organization giving middle and high school age girls the opportunity to nurture their interest in science and math.
Learn more about IV's support of Expanding Your Horizons youth and STEM-focused programs. »
Sharing our knowledge
As leaders in the IP, legal, and education sectors, we're committed to sharing our knowledge.
- We sponsor justice fellowship programs, such as Equal Justice Works.
- Our experts share their ideas with global audiences at university lectures, TED Talks, conferences, and other IP-, tech-, and patent-focused events.


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Chapel City, is an arm of City Chapel Church that aims to be a platform, network and movement expressing everything that happens within the church and beyond. With the launch of this newsletter we want to present a platform that will eventually expand beyond the church and reach the wider community.
Within our family, there is an environment of very interesting overlapping lives that touch all aspects of society. Just like the concept of an actual city, within our gathering you will find a fine blend of artistes, artisans, professionals, students, authors, inventors, producers, entrepreneurs, CEOs, ministers and several more. We are on a mission to raise a million-man army of boys, girls, men and women in all spheres of life who honour God with their gifts and dreams. Everyone is welcome.
This autumn, for the months of September and October, we will be focusing on Health and Wellbeing along with the biblical concept of Love. In light of these themes, City Chapel's Pastor Abbiih Oloyede shares her word on Love and challenges you to dig deeper, while Tosin Oyelakin, physiotherapist, recording Artist and blogger encourages us to take control of our well-being in her article on health.
Our September is filled with events. We kick things off with our Health Day followed by teachings, resources and information on living a life that honours our physical bodies. You are what you eat!
So we will unpack ways that show how you can take proper care of your body, easy tips on what to drink and what not! We will also let the Bible speak to us along with scientific and professional sidebars to bless your health tremendously.
In this first edition, check out all the juicy attractions, invitations and activities that might interest you. Remember you can connect to our website www.citychapel.org.uk for some extra information. Why don't you download the City Chapel Fact Book to give you a bird's eye view of the entire church?
Welcome to the city of dreams and destinies!
Pastor Jonathan Oloyede
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Bishop Moore's girls volleyball team is the best in the nation, according to MaxPreps' Xcellent 25 rankings.
The Hornets (15-0), which had been in the website's top five for the past couple of weeks, moved to No. 1 after the top three teams — No. 1 La Vista South (Papillion, Neb.,) No. 2 Assumption (Louisville, Ky.) and No. 3 Torrey Pines (San Diego) — sustained one loss in this weekend's Battle on the Plains tournament in Omaha, Neb. La Vista South beat Torrey Pines but lost to Assumption, while Torrey Pines beat Assumption.


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IBM's HS21 blade server is the first to introduce Quad Core Intel Xeon capability to the highly successfully HS range. Maximum RAM capacity supports 4GB DIMMs for up to 16GB per blade, whilst internal 2.5" SAS hard drives run from the integrated LSI SAS RAID controller for data redundancy protection.
With IBM bladecenter chassis also available, you can custom configure your entire blade setup with bargain hardware.
Browse our detailed specification below or see the official IBM HS21 spec sheet for this blade server.
|Processor (CPU):
Intel® Xeon® Series 5300 Quad-Core processors or 5100/5000 Dual-Core processors -
Intel VT-x (Hardware Virtualization enabled)
|Memory (RAM):
|4 x DIMM Slots - PC2-4200/5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-533/667 Mhz) - Maximum 16 GB (4 x 4 GB)
|Hard Disk Controller:
LSISAS1064e (RAID 0 & 1) - (integrated on system board)
|Hard Disk Drive:
|Up to 2 small form factor (SFF) SAS hard disk drives
|Expansion Slots:
|1 legacy PCI-X slot, plus 1 PCI-E or a second PCI-X slot on the blade
|Network Interface:
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"SURRENDER THE SECRET is an innovative and powerful approach to not only show that abortion hurts women, but that healing is available to all who have been affected by it" - said Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) January 09, 2013
KnockTV, LLC and The Justice Foundation today announced a national partnership agreement to jointly promote and support KnockTV's new groundbreaking Christian reality TV series SURRENDER THE SECRET.
The Justice Foundation is partnering with KnockTV by becoming part of the growing National Partner Program for the new TV series. Having previously produced its own video series titled "Faces of Abortion", The Justice Foundation recognizes SURRENDER THE SECRET as the next step in the evolving way that the effects of abortion are discussed in America and beyond. The Foundation will help to inform those with whom it has reach and influence about the new series through the Internet, newsletters, social media and more.
KnockTV's National Partner Program is developed for organizations who wish to engage in the growing grassroots effort to spread the word about the new and innovative TV series. The Partner Program is continuing to grow, with many more organizations joining the ever-expanding list of partners regularly.
SURRENDER THE SECRET is a 10-episode, Christian reality TV series following five women who tell their stories about having abortions in their past, and take a healing journey together. The women surrender their deepest, darkest secrets, and admit to aborting a past pregnancy. The women form tight bond and embrace each other as they go on this journey together, sharing their abortion stories, learning about God's love and forgiveness and getting set free from the bondage of their past decisions. Information and a preview of the show can be found at http://www.KnockTV.com/SurrenderTheSecret.
"Our nation needs new, compelling ways to break through the lies and help people understand the true effects that abortion has on our society. SURRENDER THE SECRET is an innovative and powerful approach to not only show that abortion hurts women, but that healing is available to all who have been affected by it. We are proud to join the National Partners Program with KnockTV" said Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation.
"The Justice Foundation is playing a key role in many landmark cases on the topics of limited government, religious liberty, women's health and abortion. We are pleased to have them join the National Partners Program for SURRENDER THE SECRET, knowing that their support will go a long ways to helping spread the word on this new series," said Geoffrey Rogers, President & CEO of KnockTV.
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KnockTV is established to redefine what Christian television means in America. This is being done through the distribution of an entirely new breed of Christian television programming. KnockTV is breaking the mold in the industry by distributing high quality, mass appeal programming for Christians throughout the country. Programming on KnockTV is currently distributed via the Internet to computers, mobile and handheld devices across the globe. KnockTV is targeting alternative distribution technologies and cablecasting in the near future. Visit KnockTV online at http://www.KnockTV.com. You can also follow KnockTV on Facebook at Facebook.com/KnockTV, Twitter at Twitter.com/KnockTV and YouTube at YouTube.com/KnockTelevision.
About The Justice Foundation:
The Justice Foundation seeks to mobilize citizens, through financial and service contributions to provide free legal representation in landmark cases to protect and restore justice. JUSTICE seeks to protect, through litigation and education, those fundamental freedoms and rights essential to the preservation of American society. The group serves to protect the fundamental freedoms and rights essential to the preservation of American society. The Foundation represents clients free of charge in cases in the areas of limited government, free markets, private property, parental school choice, parental rights in education, and enforcing laws to protect women's health. More information can be found about The Justice Foundation at http://thejusticefoundation.org/.
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I spent most of my college days squinting, living in denial that I needed glasses. When I finally got glasses, I emerged from the optometrist's office into a crisp new clear world. The fog lifted. Actually, the world didn't change. I made the change, enabling me to see the world with vivid clarity and distinction.
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Your screen is to small to play this free bowling game.
Whether you are a bowling fanatic who can't live for a day without getting his dose of bowling (real life or online, it doesn't matter), if you are someone who is dying of boredom and wants to play something relaxed and quite fun, or if you are somewhere in between, you will surely like Acro Bowling. Practice your bowling skills with this online 10 pin flash game. Throw the ball when you see the Go Sign. Try to eliminate all of the pins and score as high as you can. Have Fun!
Do you like bowling, and do you also enjoy to play a sport flash game online? If you are in the same mood as us today, then you probably would have a lot of fun if you play our free online Acro Bowling flash game.
Use your mouse to interact in this fun online bowling game. In order to throw the ball push the Go button using your left mouse button. Keep your button pressed until the yellow field at the aiming picture goes white. The closer the yellow field you hit, the more points you will score.
James Brown singing when you play this fun bowling game, just makes it awesome. You seem, each time you land a 'spare' or a 'strike', you get to hear James Brown singing: "Whoooaahh! I feel good!" (from his song 'I Got You' just in case you don't know). The famous soul singer James Brown provides excellent replay value in this free bowling game and it sort of pumps you up when you hear him sing in the background. Well, getting strikes and spares aren't that easy, and requires some practice and excellent timing to pull off. The reward on the other hand, listen to James Brown singing in background, makes all the practice completely worth it.
Completing a bit online bowling through machine and Internet could be a great deal of fun and captivating also. Anyhow something that makes it fun family action when you're stuck around the house throughout the day. There are a lot of ways you can play bowling online through your machine. One way is a good fit for your Internet program, playing the Acro Bowling flash game for instance.
Here is a few of our other online game websites which we think you will like.


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Well, I finally feel like I actually accomplished something! While part of me knows that I work just about every day, sometimes I feel that unless I see something tangible at the end of the day, I didn't get anything done.
It seems like forever since I was able to present a new project, and even though I know it hasn't been that long, with all the other things that have been going on lately, I feel like I have been slagging lately.
Yesterday was a good day. Finally, a day of implementation of my ideas had arrived and I was able to spend a couple of hours doing one of the things that is the top of my list of things to do – scroll saw!
When I am absent from the saw for long periods of time while I am designing and doing other aspects of the job, I often forget just how much I love it and how enjoyable it is. To me it is one of the most relaxing aspects of woodworking and I love seeing the designs that I have in my head come to life when implemented onto a beautiful piece of wood. It is so cool!
I finished drawing my new project for the magazine, and got the cutting done on it. It is a bit of a spin on the candle tray (same idea) but has a different application and can also be quite useful and a fun project to boot.
Several months ago (maybe even almost a year!) my friend Leldon sent me a couple of awesome glass cheese domes. He had seen them around his area and thought that they would be something that I could use for one of my projects. He was right, and I immediately got this idea to make a cool looking cheese tray, using the same method that I use for making my candle trays (bevel cutting.)
In thinking about it though, we all know that lots of wood (especially scrolled wood) isn't really water-friendly. While we do use it for cutting boards and such, something that is scrolled would be far more delicate and not quite receptive to much washing. So I had the thought of using a Corian insert so that it would keep things cleaner.
Anyway – here is what I came up with. A mouse and cheese themed cheese tray:
The little mice are scrolled in the border:
And I cut a 1/4" Corian insert, to keep things cleaner:
And it all fits under the 6" glass dome:
I think it came out really cool! I used a piece of curly maple that I had here and even though it isn't oiled or finished yet, it looks really nice so far.
I must say, I LOVED cutting the Corian on the scroll saw. Since it was such a hard material, I thought it would pose a problem. I used my usual blue painters' tape, and then applied the pattern. The blade that I used was the Olsen Mach blade in size 3 reverse and I slowed my saw down just a bit to about 75 percent. It cut absolutely beautifully! There was no melting back like I heard of and the piece was wonderfully stable and strong. Even cutting the circle, which can be a bit of a challenge, worked out perfectly. I was very pleased.
I have looked here in Nova Scotia in our area and I am having trouble finding the Corian pieces. While I can buy chunks of it, it is very expensive and hard to come by. I would love to find some more of this cool material, as I can think of all kinds of applications for using it in scroll sawing. So many people talk of finding 'drop offs' and I am going to be scouting this summer when we go on our trips and try to get my hands on some more. It is really cool stuff.
And that's not all folks . . .
I also cut another candle tray out, too. Several months ago I did a request for Jerrell (who is here on Lumberjocks) and I never finished making the piece into a pattern. With summer coming, I think that the sea shell theme is perfect for a summer camp or a beach house and I thought it was high time for me to get cutting and get it finished. I won't show the whole thing today, but I will give you a small sample:
I feel that this design is one example of how pretty doing a simple project can be. This was really quick to cut and I also love how cool the shells look here.
Both projects need to be oiled today, and I am debating on whether or not to stain the shells (I am leaning toward doing so using some soft, pastel colors to accent them). The seashell candle tray is made from beautiful ash and I think will look great with a splash of color added to it.
I will be doing the finishing touches on both these projects today, as well as taking the presentation photography (these are just snapshots to show you this morning). All the while, my little Canon printer is still humming away. I am down to printing the last 10 of the 300 patterns as I write this, and I can't say enough good about this printer. In the past four days, it has flawlessly printed over 5000 (yes – 5000!) sheets of color paper. It has not skipped or jammed even once, and has certainly been worth the $50 I got it for. I am very thrilled (and relieved!) that it has performed so well under this kind of use.
So all in all another busy day. It was cold again yesterday and snowed most of the morning, but it didn't stick at all. We took a nice long walk in the woods behind us, where we haven't been since last fall and it was a nice and refreshing break and a chance to enjoy the beautiful peacefulness and take a little time away. The sun is just coming up now as I write, and it looks like it is going to be another nice day. I can't wait to get started.
Have a great day, too!
-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"


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Hey guys! Wanted to talk briefly about the fictional elements of my book.
I have approached certain aspects of my story in a way that allows a somewhat limitless resource of fantasy element to my story.
What I mean by all that is my story is very much influenced and based within a realistic and believable world setting, it's something that I wanted my story to be set in as I wanted to make it easy to digest for my readers and to make the fictional aspects of the story be a lot more believable.
I say this as there are a few things in the "Book of Ascension" that could easily be something you might find in a fantasy novel or science fiction book.
This however is what I didn't want people to see my story as, one of my main aims with the story is to open peoples minds as to what is possible in real life, what people are capable of and to realise the amount of potential that our race have or could have.
Now I know I have kept you guys waiting for a chance to actually peep a piece of my book, but that something you will have to bare with ^__^
Until then guys please take a look at this article here!
This is a blog post I found, that discusses the anti-science movement that has developed across the world an the effect it has on our society, I really connected with it as I thought it tied in with a theme that I will cover in my story that deals with the limited availability of information to us and the knowledge that we do have is only a controlled fraction of what there actually is available out there if we only knew where to look.
It's that theme that allows me to make the unbelievable aspects of my story more believable for my readers, so although my story is based in realism it sneakily enables my story to add in science fiction, fantasy, horror and fable elements. Coz everybody loves that stuff wright?
Aiden out!


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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre in Hjørring, Denmark by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
December 19th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
As part of a team, schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre in Hjørring, Denmark. With this 4,200 square metre building, Hjørring gains a vibrant cultural hub in which to feature the city's various cultural activities. The winning design was submitted by a team including schmidt hammer lassen architects, Arkitektfirmaet Finn Østergaard, Brix & Kamp, ALECTIA, Gade & Mortensen Akustik, AIX Arkitekter, Filippa Berglund scenography, and LIW Planning.
The architectural ambition for the new Theatre and Experience Centre has been to create a building which blends into the surrounding environment while standing out as a new, vibrant organism in the city.
We have designed a project where the architectural and functional concept has five main themes: integration in the city, openness, functionality, flexibility and materiality," explained John Foldbjerg Lassen, Founding Partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects. "We have designed a significant building which relates to its function in a pragmatic way. It invites both active use and quiet breaks. It is a building which radiates its cultural meaning – it dares to be different, without stealing the focus from the existing qualities in the city.
The Theatre and Experience Centre consists of a complex of buildings – a city within the city. Its characteristic corten steel façade, with its warm rusty red colours, corresponds well with the area's existing plaster and brick façades; thereby creating an aesthetic whole between the city, the front plaza and the theatre building.
A vibrant building with a glimpse of the backstage
Inside, an open plan solution ensures visual and physical connections across the building. The boundaries between publicly accessible areas and the more traditional theatre functions are blurred.
In the building layout special attention has been paid to making sure that all functions can operate optimally. At the same time many areas can be joined and the circulation areas can be used as backstage facilities.
The open plan ensures a high level of flexibility in the building, and only your imagination sets the limit for where and how the theatre productions can take place," said Rasmus Kierkegaard, Associate Partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects. "Actors and staff are visible to the visitors in the building, and the building will appear vibrant even with only a few persons present.
Completion of Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre is expected in 2016.
schmidt hammer lassen architects has many years of experience with designing cultural buildings. The studio is currently finishing the new concert and congress centre, Malmö Live, in Malmö, Sweden. This building will be finished during summer 2015. In Shanghai, China, the studio is working on a 15,000 square metre performing arts centre in the Xuhui area. In spring 2013 schmidt hammer lassen architects won the competition to design the New Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, Sweden.
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BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns got bigger and maybe a lot badder. That's a good thing.
Playing in a division where the Steelers and Ravens are the resident bruising bullies on the block, a little attitude can't hurt.
With the first of two second-round picks, the Browns selected Pittsburgh defensive end Jabaal Sheard, the Big East's defensive player of the year, an off-the-edge pass rusher who had nine sacks last season but nearly missed his senior year after being suspended following an arrest.
Later in the round, Cleveland found a potential No. 1 target and game-changing playmaker for quarterback Colt McCoy by picking North Carolina wide receiver Greg Little. He missed last season while serving an NCAA suspension for accepting improper gifts.
Those two selections followed the Browns using their first-round pick on Baylor defensive tackle Phil Taylor, a massive run stopper who has controlled his weight problem but has an insatiable appetite for quarterbacks. The 335-pounder has his own sordid past having been kicked off Penn State's team by coach Joe Paterno for his involvement in a campus fight.
The newest Browns say they've learned valuable life lessons from their troubles, but all have a nasty streak that made them appealing to Cleveland general manager Tom Heckert.
"I think they both have that (toughness)," Heckert said, initially referring to only Taylor and Sheard. "Greg Little does too. He's tough. When he catches the ball he tries to hurt you."
Friday began with the Browns introducing Taylor to the media. Dressed casually in a green golf shirt and orange Browns baseball cap, the easy-going Taylor was asked what kind of player he hoped the Browns would take in the second round.
"I would like a nice defensive end next to me," he said.
The Browns got him one.
At 6-foot-3, 254 pounds, Sheard fits the profile Heckert prefers in defensive ends — fast, agile rushers who can get off the ball and around the end.
"I know how to get to the quarterback," Sheard said on a conference call.
A high school star in Florida, Sheard wound up at Pitt, where he played for former Chicago and Miami coach Dave Wannstedt, the man he credited with getting him ready for the NFL. While in school, Sheard often found himself in the company of the Steelers, who share a training facility with the Panthers.
Sheard compared his game to Steelers linebacker James Harrison.
"Just as far as aggressiveness, his motor," Sheard said. "I'm always thinking of getting to the quarterback or whoever has the ball in his hands. I want to make that hit where the crowd goes 'Ooohh,' and then everybody screams. I want to be the talk of the game.
"I want guys to say, 'Man, you're something else, I never want to play against you again.'"
In taking Taylor and Sheard, it's the first time in their history the Browns have devoted their top two picks to defensive linemen. The club is transitioning to a 4-3 scheme this season under new coach Pat Shurmur.
"It just got a little easier," Heckert said.
Sheard's dreams of playing in the pros almost ended last July, when he was arrested for allegedly throwing a man through a glass door of an art gallery. He eventually pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was reinstated by Wannstedt. His teammates voted him captain.
Sheard said the incident was misreported. In tying to break up a fight involving a teammate, he said he was assaulted and while defending himself, he and the man fell through a window. Sheard said the incident both matured him and prepared him for his future.
"That's the first trouble I'd been in," Sheard said. "That's not the guy I am. On the field, maybe I get a little hot and it's football, it's competition. But off the field, I'm not like that, I'm a cool, laid-back dude and I'm not looking for trouble."
Heckert said he has no concerns about Sheard's character.
"We talked to a ton of people and we can't find one person to say a bad thing about this kid," Heckert said.
Same with Little, who instead of running pass routes in his final season in Chapel Hill for former Browns coach Butch Davis, spent it watching his teammates. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Little was one of several Tar Heels to be suspended for accepting diamond earrings and trips from agents.
Little described the imposed layoff as "really tough" and that it changed his morals. The time away from football also gave him a greater appreciation for the game more.
"I'm so hungry to get back," he said. "It just baffles me sometimes."
Shurmur isn't concerned that time away will hurt Little's play.
"He'll have fresh legs," Shurmur cracked.
Cleveland has been seeking a top-flight wide receiver since trading Braylon Edwards, and the club passed on a chance to take Alabama's Julio Jones on Thursday. Mohamed Massaquoi and Brian Robiskie are adequate receivers, but don't strike fear into a defense.
Shurmur believes Little can become the No. 1 receiver the Browns have coveted.
"He can beat bump and run. He has the size and the hands. He can separate. He finds a way into the end zone," Shurmur said. "We're looking for him to come in and make an impact."


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The following pages provide information about:
- primary years curriculum - transition to Year 6
- middle years curriculum - Year 7 to Year 9
- senior years curriculum - Year 10 to Year 12.
The Northern Territory Board of Studies oversees curriculum, assessment and reporting for all Northern Territory schools.
For more information talk to your child's school.
Information for teachers
Go to support for teachers on the Department of Education website for details of curriculum resources for teachers in Learning Links and other professional development resources.


text: I enjoyed listening to the MJ Morning Show on the radio in St. Louis at home this summer, and I recently discovered that they broadcast it live online now too. The show is on every weekday morning from 6 am-10 am, and it's available in a Windows Media stream. Between being up late writing papers and such and morning classes, I am not able to listen to it at broadcast time. What I'd really like is to have my PowerBook open the stream at 6 am, and start recording with WireTap. Close the stream at 10 am and stop WireTap. It'd be nice if it would also compress it to mp3 to save disk space, but not necessary. I guess if I need to, I could open the stream before I go to bed and just let it run until afternoon when I could shut it off, then only WireTap would need to be automated. Can this be done? Will it be easier in Tiger's Automator? Thanks for your help guys.


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Press releases
Doubled University Community Donations Fund open for bids
Loughborough University is once more offering community groups across Charnwood the chance to bid to its Community Donations Fund, with double the normal amount of money on offer for the first time.
The University is delighted to confirm that £10,000 is being made available for its Open Fund this year instead of £5,000.
The Open Fund is one of four rounds of funding made available by the University. Traditionally allocated during the spring term, it is a fund offering significant flexibility for organisations in need of financial support as it has few bidding criteria attached to it. The only requirements are that projects or activities should be Charnwood based and groups must be non-political in nature.
Last year the University supported 15 groups through the Open Fund and more than £90,000 has been handed out since the Community Donations Fund was launched in the 2008/09 academic year. A wide range of projects and activities have received support including sports clubs, music organisations, residents' associations and groups for those with special needs.
Alison Barlow, Community Relations Officer comments "We are delighted to be able to offer increased funds this year and look forward to helping community groups deliver exciting and worthwhile projects across Charnwood."
Bids (for up to £750) should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 15 March 2013. Further information on the Community Donations Fund and application forms are available online at www.lboro.ac.uk/community or from Alison Barlow, Community Relations Officer at the University by phoning 01509 228696 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Notes for editors
Press release reference number: PR 13/31
Loughborough is one of the country's leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It was awarded the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-09 title, and is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in national newspaper league tables. In the 2011 National Student Survey, Loughborough was voted one of the top universities in the UK, and has topped the Times Higher Education league for the Best Student Experience in England every year since the poll's inception in 2006. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded six Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
It is a member of the 1994 Group of 11 leading research-intensive universities. The Group was established in 1994 to promote excellence in university research and teaching. Each member undertakes diverse and high-quality research, while ensuring excellent levels of teaching and student experience.


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Legal Services Unit
The Tanzania Institute of Education is a public service organ established by Act No. 5 of 1993. Its objectives and functions are provided under Section 4 of the Act; the primary function being to translate the national education policies in curriculum and programmes to be implemented in pre primary, primary, secondary and teacher education levels.
In order to facilitate its goals to the public, Tanzania Institute of Education operates in various Sections/Units as per professional requirements. Legal Services Unit is a new one, recently established by the TIE Schemes of Service adopted in 2009.
The hitherto structure was a result of Institutional Transformation Review carried out in the year 2006. The review report suggested some changes to the ex-structure one of the suggestion being the establishment of the Legal Section.
One among its duties is to make sure that all documents requiring legal expertise are legally drafted to safeguard the interests of the Institute.
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The big "eye candy" in desktop computing seems to be desktop widgets. These are little gadgets that give you any number things for your desktop like weather reports, photo slide shows, streaming news and info, etc.
The Apple Mac has a bunch of these as does Yahoo! for Windows. But probably the best of the bunch is SuperKaramba for Linux! SuperKaramba is community supported and has thousands of little gadgets for your desktop. In the above screen shot, you can see I'm running a weather widget called Liquid Weather as well as a Wikipedia search bar, clock, and space wheel (patterned after the one in the movie 2001).
SuperKaramba sits in your system tray and runs in the background. You can you can run any number of widgets at once on your desktop (depending on memory and system resources) Superkaramba makes it easy to install new widgets. Simply open and select "New Stuff." You're then presented with a list of the newest and most popular widgets. Click and install! Then select to run on your desktop! That's it! You can also install widgets you download from kde-look.org.
SupeKaramba really helps to add functionality and polish to your desktop. And since it's community driven,it's free. You can also contribute your own widgets!
But you'll need to get Linux in order to get Superkaramba. Once you have Linux and SuperKarmaba, you'll have one of the best looking, most personally customized desktops around! (And one that is virus and malware free and free from Windows headaches!)


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Photos credit: Ed Templeton
Outfit Details:
vintage blazer: thrifted
vintage striped blouse: thrifted
cords: Pilcro, Anthropologie
Sigerson Morrison flats, courtesy of Rue La La
vintage sunglasses: thrift store
A week or so ago, Grant and I met up with Ed and Deanna in HB and as per usual, we walked along the pier trying to soak up those last golden rays of California sunshine. Grant caught a break from taking my picture since Ed so nicely offered to take his place for the day--thanks Ed!
You know, I've been at it with the outfit posts for a few years now and it truly doesn't get any less awkward having your photo taken in public. Ugh.
In others news, Grant and I officially live in the LBC! People from Long Beach, is it dumb to use the term "the LBC"? Is it like people saying "The OC" for Orange County? Because you can quickly tell if someone isn't an Orange County loc by the fact that they think calling this place "the oc" is an okay thing to do. It's on par with using the term"Cali", it's an instant red flag to native ears.
PS: I tidied up the blog some. Switched it from a three column layout to a two and changed some fonts around and fiddled with a navigation bar. OH and I went all legitimate with a "www.milkteeths.com" address which just redirects to this blogspot. So far so good :)


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Love it! That's all I can say about this new stuff from Calla Plum. Made from delicate sheer with soft lace, this super adorable camisole set also comes in matching panty for a great value or US$48.
If you're looking for a romantic and sexy set, this is the one, ladies. So, search no more!


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Can you think about any Christmas without cakes and cookies? No it is not possible. When you talk of fruit cake here US, usually a laugh is on everybody's face thinking of fruit cake throwing. Even a Great Fruitcake Toss event is held annually in Manitou Springs, Colorado every first Saturday of January. . May fruit cake for that event are rock hard and not edible.
But in Kerala, South India, there is tradition of making rich and moist fruit cake for Christmas. After having a bite you always go for another one that is moist, aromatic and tasty. Mom did not bake anything at home. So I usually got a chance to taste the fruit cakes from neighbors, as Christmas holidays are usually fun and having long time to play without getting scolding for not studying. Yes it not easy to make that tasty fruit cake. It requires soaking dry fruits in alcohol, making caramel syrup etc. After searching and reading lot of recipes in the web. I settled with one and made my own changes.
Since going shopping with a 7 month old, becomes tedious one as the baby is always crying when somebody touches or comes close to her, most of my shopping, except some clothing is done by my hubby. So when I asked him to buy tuti fruity, (rinds of orange, and lemon with green, red, orange coloring) it was difficult task for him. Finally he bought a packet of dry fruits (strawberry, papaya, kiwi, apricot, and pineapple). I soaked them in brandy for 5 days. Finally I made plum cake this way.
What you need
Assorted dry fruits (strawberry, papaya, kiwi and pineapple) (finely chopped): 1 cup
Raisins : 1/3 cup
Cranberries: 1/3 cup
Dates : 1/3 cup (chopped finely)
Dry apricot: 1/5 cup (4 no chopped finely)
Brandy /Rum : 1 ½ cup ( I used Brandy, Christian brothers )
Nuts smeared with almond essence
Almond (Chopped finely): ¼ cup
Cashew (Chopped finely): ¼ cup
Almond essence: 1/8 tsp
All purpose flour : 1 ½ cup
Butter : 10 Tablespoon (1 ¼ sticks)
Granulated sugar: 1 ¼ cup
Salt : ¼ teaspoon
Egg yolk: 3 at room temperature
Egg whites: 3 at room temperature
Baking powder: 1 teaspoon
Orange juice: 1/3 cup
Vanilla extract: 1teaspoon
Caramel syrup
Granulated sugar: ¼ cup
Water: 1 tablespoon +1/2 cup
Lemon juice: ¼ teaspoon
Spice powder
Caraway Seeds: 1 teaspoon (powdered)
Powdered nutmeg: ¼ teaspoon
Powdered Cinnamon: ½ teaspoon
Powdered cloves: ¼ teaspoon
Powdered cardamom: ½ teaspoon
Powdered ginger: ¼ teaspoon
How I made:
Chop all the dry fruits including nuts into small pieces and soak them in brandy for at least one day advance. I soaked for them form 5 days. Smear the nuts with almond essence and keep it aside.
To make caramel syrup take ¼ cup sugar and 1 tablespoon water in heavy bottom pan and heat it until sugar melts and change cherry brown color. Add few drops of lemon juice to prevent crystallization of sugar. It took about 7 minutes for me. Transfer the pan with sugar to kitchen sink and immediately add ½ cup of cold water (Be careful with this step, otherwise serious burn can results) for easy cleaning. Keep aside and add only cold caramel syrup to batter.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom of a 9 inch cake pan and 5-inch loaf dish. Line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and spice powder in a bowl and keep aside.
Separate egg whites and yolk. In a bowl beat egg whites using a hand mixer until you get white peaks and keep aside.
In an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed, until everything mix well and incorporated. Add egg yolk one at a time to sugar butter mixture and mix well. Then add vanilla extract and caramel syrup (1/2 cup) mix everything and combined well. Add slowly flour-salt-baking-spice powder mix in small quantities and incorporate everything. Scrape down the sides of bowl once at twice. Stop the mixer and fold egg whites gently until no white streaks visible.
Finally drain the soaked fruits and add nuts and 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour and mix well. And fold in fruits and nuts into the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pans and smoothen the tops with a spatula. Bake for 1 hour or until skewer comes out clean.
Cool the cake in pan for 15 minutes and later invert them and cool completely for 45 minutes. Keep cake one or two days before serving.
Preparation time: Soaking 5 days + 2 hour
Yield: 15 serving
Verdict; Yummy
Will you make it again: yes I will
I am linking this delicious cake to 12 Days of bloggie-mas on the first day hosted by A moderate life.


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HDAC4 gene
histone deacetylase 4
The information on this page was automatically extracted from online scientific databases.
From NCBI Gene:
Histones play a critical role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression, and developmental events. Histone acetylation/deacetylation alters chromosome structure and affects transcription factor access to DNA. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class II of the histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. It possesses histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter. This protein does not bind DNA directly, but through transcription factors MEF2C and MEF2D. It seems to interact in a multiprotein complex with RbAp48 and HDAC3. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
From UniProt:
Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes. Involved in muscle maturation via its interaction with the myocyte enhancer factors such as MEF2A, MEF2C and MEF2D. Involved in the MTA1-mediated epigenetic regulation of ESR1 expression in breast cancer. Deacetylates HSPA1A and HSPA1B at 'Lys-77' leading to their preferential binding to co-chaperone STUB1 (PubMed:27708256).
From NCBI Gene:
- Brachydactyly-Mental Retardation syndrome
From UniProt:
Brachydactyly-mental retardation syndrome (BDMR): A syndrome resembling the physical anomalies found in Albright hereditary osteodystrophy. Common features are mild facial dysmorphism, congenital heart defects, distinct brachydactyly type E, mental retardation, developmental delay, seizures, autism spectrum disorder, and stocky build. Soft tissue ossification is absent, and there are no abnormalities in parathyroid hormone or calcium metabolism. [MIM:600430]
Cytogenetic Location: 2q37.3, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 2 at position 37.3
Molecular Location: base pairs 239,048,168 to 239,401,647 on chromosome 2 (Homo sapiens Annotation Release 109, GRCh38.p12) (NCBI)


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Errin - I forgot to take the pill yesterday. Should I take two today?
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- 11 Feb 2014 by Littlelady3
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- 11 February 2014
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Thank you kaismama. It's time to take today's pill. Should I take two or just one?
Take the two of them
yes, take two today AND use condoms and spermicide for the next 48 hrs or abstain from sex for 48 hours. It is possible to ovulate when you miss a pill and to be safest, you should use back up protection. See below instructions for Errin:
IF YOU ARE LATE OR MISS TAKING YOUR POPs (Errin is a Progesterone Only Pill or POP's)
If you are more than 3 hours late or you miss one or more POPs:
1) TAKE a missed pill as soon as you remember that you missed it,
2) THEN go back to taking POPs at your regular time,
3) BUT be sure to use a backup method (such as a condom and/or a spermicide) every time you have sex for the next 48 hours.
If you are not sure what to do about the pills you have missed, keep taking POPs and use a backup method until you can talk to your healthcare professional.
Further Information
- Errin Information for Consumers
- Errin Information for Healthcare Professionals (includes dosage details)
- Side Effects of Errin (detailed)
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday told the Lok Sabha that Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti had apologised for her abusive remark and the opposition should close the issue and, in the interest of the country, move forward with the work in the house.
Making a statement in the Lok Sabha soon after the house met for the day, Modi said that during a meeting of the party's parliamentary party Tuesday he had sternly instructed party MPs against using such language.
"Before the issue was raised in the house, when there was a meeting of my party MPs, I had sternly instructed against using such language, and had expressed my unhappiness," he said.
In remarks similar to those made in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, Modi said the minister was new.
"Nobody can approve such things. Later, the minister apologised. She is a new minister, we know her social background – she is from a village – and she has apologised and it is the duty of senior members in the house that when a member apologises in front of such a big house, then we also be liberal."
The prime minister said he was grateful to members of Lok Sabha that they allowed the house to function.
Unlike the Rajya Sabha which has seen repeated adjournments, the Lok Sabha has transacted business after protests by opposition members during Question Hour.
Modi also said that political leaders, who had a role in public life, should talk in a dignified manner.
He said that members should accept "maryada (dignity of language)" and speak within that — whether they were within the house or outside.
"I feel when the minister had apologised — and she is a new minister — then senior leaders should request members of their parties to close the issue and move forward with our work in the interest of the country," he added.
Jyoti, who is minister of state for food processing industries, reportedly said at a public meeting here: "Aapko tay karna hai ki Dilli mein sarkar Ramzadon ki banegi ya haramzadon ki." (You have to decide if you want a government in Delhi to be led by the children of Lord Ram or illegitimate children).
Soon after the prime minister's remarks, opposition members sought to convey their views but Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said that the matter should be considered closed.
Congress Leader in the house Mallikarjun Kharge referred to the BJP and said several of their leaders had had made remarks which had created an atmosphere which was affecting "unity of the society".
Later opposition members, including those from the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, and Trinamool Congress, staged a walkout. They wore a black cloth over their mouth in protest.
The speaker, however, proceeded with the Question Hour.
Making a statement after the Question Hour, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu appealed to the opposition members to return to the house and take part in the discussions.
"All people commit mistakes," he said and noted that the BJP had not carried on with protests over certain objectionable remarks made in the past by Congress leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar and Beni Prasad Verma. He also referred to controversial remarks made by Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal.
He said the opposition should join discussions to "meet expectations of people".
"Hope they realize. People are ultimate judges," he said.


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Can alliance survive after Occupy vote?
Activists' snub for reform plans that bar public nomination further splits pan-democrats and raises questions on value of next month's poll
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On the face of it, radical pan-democrats were the winners of Occupy Central's final "deliberation day". Their supporters ensured that all three proposals to be put to a public vote next month would see voters have the power to nominate candidates for chief executive in 2017.
Yet the result of Tuesday's shortlisting, by 2,500 activists, is likely to deepen the rift between radicals and moderates, who wanted the public to be able to pick a proposal that left nomination to a nominating committee, as stipulated by the Basic Law.
Radicals now face the question of whether enough people will vote to make the citywide "referendum" from June 20 to 22 a worthwhile exercise.
Meanwhile, one key question for the camp as a whole is whether the Alliance for True Democracy, which brings together 26 of the 27 pan-democratic lawmakers, can hold together.
The question arises after League of Social Democrats and People Power lawmakers urged their supporters to vote against the alliance's reform plan on Tuesday. The plan, under which the public, political parties and a nominating committee could all choose candidates, finished third in the voting and will be an option in the referendum.
Alliance convenor Professor Joseph Cheng Yu-shek said the two parties had since agreed to campaign for its plan in the referendum, despite the fact a proposal from People Power will also be on the ballot. A plan by Scholarism and the Federation of Students topped Tuesday's poll.
"We agree there is room for improvement in terms of … mutual trust," Cheng said. "But all member groups have agreed to … push for the alliance's proposal to win."
But the Democratic Party, which does not see public nomination as indispensable, expressed disappointment at the behaviour of the two groups. Lawmaker Sin Chung-kai said: "The party will discuss the prospect of staying in the alliance."
Another moderate pan-democrat, who declined to be named, went further, declaring that Tuesday's events marked a formal split in the camp. The alliance was now irrelevant - and next month's vote might be too.
"Middle-ground voters may choose not to cast ballots … because all three proposals call for public nomination" the pan-democrat said. "Radicals can't claim the referendum results represent the views of the majority of Hong Kong people if fewer than 200,000 people turned out."
By comparison, some 222,990 Hongkongers cast ballots in a mock chief executive election in March 2012 organised by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme.
A so-called de facto referendum in 2010 is also credited with encouraging Beijing to talk to the Democratic Party, eventually leading to a deal for a more democratic Legislative Council election in 2012.
A researcher affiliated with the central government, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there could be room for discussion between pan-democrats and Beijing if the alliance's three-track plan won the vote.
"The alliance's proposal allows some flexibility for discussion between the two sides. It is a choice to be made by Hong Kong people," he said. "As the Hong Kong government is expected to present its reform proposal later this year, there is still time for dialogue between pan-democrats and the central government."
But Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah, who saw his moderate plan rejected on Tuesday, is pessimistic. He believes the vote will make it harder to find a reform package Beijing will agree to and that wins over the five or so pan-democrats it will need for a two-thirds majority in Legco. He also believes Occupy's plan to block streets in Central is now likely to go ahead.
"The Occupy Central movement has been hijacked by radicals and the civil disobedience is very likely to happen," he said. "It means the odds of failure to reach a consensus … are quite high."
Votes won by various political reform proposals during the Occupy Central movement's third deliberation day:
- Scholarism & Federation of Students 1,142 votes
- People Power 708 votes
- Alliance for True Democracy 452 votes
- 18 academics 76 votes
- Hong Kong 2020 43 votes
- Ronny Tong Ka-wah 17 votes
- Joseph Wong Wing-ping 15 votes
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Women's 'Scarlett' box clutch bag from artisans in luxury design, Aspinal of London. The structured, box shaped clutch is handcrafted using smooth white Italian calf leather, silver saffiano leather and encased in a silver tone brass frame. Fastened with a logo engraved push clasp, the clutch features a leather lined interior with a brand patch. With a detachable chain shoulder strap, the versatile clutch can be worn across the shoulder or carried by hand.
Italian Calf Leather
Dimensions: H: 12cm x W: 18cm x D: 4cm. Chain Drop: 61cm.
Model is 178cm/5'10".
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Try the North Indian delicacies here and we bet you will be craving to come back for more!
I love the way the love of food knows no bounds and so here in Pennant hills, our dinner kick-started with Tropical Orgasm and Shiela ki Jawaani and ended also with a dessert that seduces. Hold on to your thoughts! We are talking about their signature cocktail drinks which we thought were just right for those Friday night kicks.
It is not like many other Indian eateries that like to keep it basic and simple, Indian Fusion is more for fancy dining. With plush lighting and decor, what attracted us most was their Bollywoodish bar board which read the famous Bollywood item numbers and northie dialogues like 'O tereeee', 'galaan hor' and 'kukad rocks'.
Now coming to their finest starters, which for us as the best part of the meal. Soya Chap ($ 13) and Tandoori Murgh ($15) are their popular starters. We absolutely loved their soya chap.
That is a must try here. I am still craving for those crispy chaps while writing this now.
Young and energetic owner Sumeet Sarna had a chat with us and mentioned that he has studied hospitality management and has been in the industry for more than a decade now. I must say, he presents his experience rightly in both -food and restaurant management. They offer a fully stocked bar and do banqueting for small private parties.
Zesty and flavoursome, their Paneer Butter Tarka ($18) melts in the mouth. We tried it with soft and just right Garlic Butter Naan ($4) which reminded me of my Amritsari food experiences in India. To add more flavour to the mains was Bhindi chatpati ($18), crispy okra with dry tomato gravy. All the fusion flavour ended with soft, subtle and not so sweet dessert – Pista Kulfi with roasted almonds ($8). We liked Indian Fusion and give this one full thumbs up!


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The Sweet Pea // Desert Blues
The Sweet Pea // Desert Blues
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The "Sweet Pea" truly is that. A wonderful gift, this earring is created with two connected orbs, and is a thoughtful gesture for that someone special in your life. Made of two layers of handpainted, archival watercolor paper and sealed with a water resistant, UV protectant varnish. These earrings make a bold visual impact while being incredibly lightweight. They are wired with nickle-free, hypo allergenic plated hooks. (Front of earrings pictured first, back is second)


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DETROIT — David is taking on Goliath once more as Chrysler joins General Motors in a race to bring their small car projects to fruition, but Ford Motor has not yet made its move.
The name of the game is to become competitive in the subcompact car market, something the domestic carmakers have found increasingly hard to do. The White House`s recent decision to let the Japanese import quotas expire this month has not helped matters much.
GM`s ambitious Saturn project and Chrysler`s newly disclosed Liberty project are not just new car introductions. Both represent a quest to develop new manufacturing processes designed to trim the cost advantages that Japanese models currently hold over their domestic counterparts in the way of cheaper labor rates, better manufacturing efficiencies, and the dollar-yen imbalance.
At an analysts meeting in Detroit, Chrysler Chairman Lee A. Iacocca said the Liberty project is not a response to Saturn because it existed first.
Under wraps for about two years, the car may not be in production until 1990, some two years later than Saturn. But for now Chrysler is way ahead of GM, Iacocca said.
Chrysler already has in place some of the sophisticated manufacturing processes, whereas GM has not even broken ground for its $3.5 billion manufacturing complex, Iacocca said.
Chrysler, he added, relies more on outside suppliers than GM does, allowing it to negotiate contracts without having to worry about the high wage rates of autoworkers.
But he said plans to build the car in the United States may change if the dollar-yen imbalance is not resolved quickly.