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Experts predict sequestration will slow the growth rate of federal IT spending by 1 percent.
There's been a lot of political posturing about the potential impact of sequestration on federal agencies and how it will affect everything from national security to air travel. But lost in the rhetoric is a clear-eyed examination of what the across-the-board spending cuts, which took effect in March, could mean in real terms for federal spending.
In January, the research advisory firm Forrester predicted that federal technology spending will grow by 7 percent in 2014. In February, taking sequestration into account, Forrester revised that prediction. The new growth forecast is 6 percent, just a 1 percent decrease from the earlier prediction. According to Forrester, the majority of spending decreases will not be due to sequestration, but to existing cost-saving measures in federal IT -- things like consolidating data centers, adopting cloud-based services, and increasing the reliance on commercial off-the-shelf products.
The federal government is looking at roughly 7.6 percent in cuts from proposed budgets through 2021. But entitlement programs and a handful of programs exempted from the law were not subject to sequester, so they actually will continue to grow. By the time sequestration is lifted, the government will spend $4.41 trillion annually -- instead of the projected $4.48 trillion agencies would have spent without sequestration.
To put it another way, the cuts we are seeing that seem so drastic actually represent less than 2 percent of federal expenditures.
So realistically, all this talk about devastating cuts and how they will result in a hollow force with agencies no longer being able to function, may largely be political theater. Any draconian cuts to budgets will lead to cuts to jobs; and no one in Congress wants to deal with losing jobs in his or her district. So it behooves politicians to be as dramatic as possible when threatened with cuts, even if they are not that large.
A Closer Look at Cuts
None of this is to say there won't be some short-term ramifications. In the remaining months of the fiscal year, the $85 billion to be cut will be divided roughly equally between defense and non-defense accounts.
On the non-defense side, emergency and disaster relief aid, advanced appropriations from past years, program integrity funds, farm subsidies, extended unemployment benefits, Medicare reimbursement to providers, and supplemental nutrition programs for women and children all will be cut. Major exemptions exist for the majority of Medicare and Medicaid programs, Pell grants, and funding for the Veterans Affairs Department and Social Security.
The defense industry has less money protected by mandatory programs than its non-defense counterparts, so the defense discretionary budget will take the largest hit. What is included in that? Spending on military personnel was exempt, but that's about it. Base funding, war funding, unobligated balances from previous years, and pay for civilian defense employees (in the form of furloughs) are all affected.
Cuts will come at the program and project level. Defense cuts equal 7.8 percent, which will feel like a 13 percent cut when spread over seven months. Non-Defense cuts equal 5 percent. Executed over seven months, that reduction will feel like a 9 percent cut.
Where will program cuts be felt most strongly? And what does this mean for the relationship between government and the private sector?
Independent of sequestration, an OMB report in September 2012 anticipated the Air Force would lose about $4.9 billion in new procurement money this year, the Army $2.7 billion, the Navy and Marine Corps $5.9 billion, and other Defense agencies about $2 billion. Perhaps more alarming is that Defense agencies in total were expected to lose more than $27 billion in operations and maintenance funds and $7 billion in research, development, test, and evaluation funds.
These cuts already are affecting the contracting community. Agencies across the board are tightening up on services spending, and government is likely to streamline its cost structure, reduce purchases not related to mission critical systems, and make fewer large scale acquisitions.
Contractors have heard anecdotally that agencies may not be able to pay for work on current projects, but may still require the work to be done because government contracts stipulate that payments are subject to availability of funds.
Additionally, acquisition personnel are now required to justify that contracting activities are essential to their agency's mission. Add-ons may become a relic of the past, and contracts could be reduced in scope. Re-competes and option year awards on large contracts will become less common, because federal agencies will have a harder time justifying them.
As a result, there are likely to be shorter contract periods of performance. Governing bodies also have been very clear that no new contracts should be created unless absolutely necessary. Existing contracts should mostly be safe from cancellation, although expect to see modifications, especially on large contracts up for renewal or re-compete through September.
The consistent message from procurement shops and IT management personnel has been focused on reducing information technology costs by cutting excessive service contracting while ensuring mission fulfillment. There seems to be considerable momentum behind ideas like strategic sourcing and shared services as a means of reducing IT management fees.
It is true that the government -- and the private sector -- will definitely feel the effects of sequester, and agencies and the companies that serve them will have to scrutinize spending. The idea that the sky is falling, however, seems to be far from inevitable.
Tim Larkins is a market intelligence consultant for immixGroup. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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When I was little I always called people by their Pokemon counterparts. So whenever my smoker grandma came through the door I said, "A wild Weezing has appeared!"-John
I'm graduating from college soon, and the only thing I'm going to miss is not being able to get streetpasses on my 3DS as easily anymore. -Zach
A few weeks ago, I tried to get a Chansey in the Safari Zone in Pokemon Leaf Green. Instead, I found a shiny Tauros. It ran before I could catch it. I started to smash every piece of ceramics and glass I could find before calming down a few minutes later. I eventually got a Chansey.-Nick
My girlfriend cheated on me when she went with her ex-boyfriend to see The Dark Knight Rises I was more angry about the fact she watched my favorite hero's movie with someone else before me, though. I was then deciding to get my first tattoo, so here's what I got
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For my birthday a few years back, my girlfriend threw me a surprise party wherein my friends and I played Smash Bros. for hours. I was losing horribly during the last match of the night, but then somehow I came from behind to win! It was my twenty first birthday. There was no alcohol and no girls. That was the best birthday party I've ever had.-Rex
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Sasha Wardell has been working in bone china since 1982 after completing
both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in ceramics in the UK. These
included industrial training periods at L'Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs in
Limoges and the design studio at the Royal Doulton factory, Stoke on Trent.
Both experiences have strongly influenced the way in which she presently works resulting in a fascination and intrigue for methods and material which present a challenge.
It is for this reason that bone china, with all its idiosyncrasies, has remained her favourite material. It is very 'single-minded' clay which forces clarity and precision whilst demanding perseverance. Possessing qualities of intense whiteness, translucency and strength, make it a very seductive material to work with.
Architectural detail and sections of structure, combined with an interest in illusions provide the starting point for the pieces whilst the inherent qualities of the clay do the rest - its whiteness offers a pure blank canvas for the application of colour and its translucency enhances any varying degrees of luminosity.
Bevere Gallery : Focus on November & December 2019 includes Sasha Wardell and Ross Emerson
November 07, 2019 to January 02, 2020
Slip cast bone china vases, bowls, wall lights and pendant lights.
Design work in production:
1981 Tableware design 'Ambassador' for Royal Grafton China, Stoke on Trent
Work is generally available from:
Contemporary Ceramics, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, UK, WC1B 3BF.
Crafts Council Shop and Victoria and Albert Museum
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
JAM/Eton Applied Arts, Windsor
St. Joseph's Gallery, Leeuwarden, Holland
Contemporary Applied Arts, Percy Street, London
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracy
Art in Action Gallery, Waterperry, Oxon
Other Information:
Workshop weekends in own Studio. Available for lectures and Demonstrations, Part-time Teaching.
Layered and Sliced/Incised coloured bone china slip. Also water erosion. 1260°C Firing in Electric Kiln. Polished, no glaze.
Bone china is a very seductive material to work with, possessing qualities of intense whiteness, translucency and strength. It is a very 'single-minded' clay, which forces the maker to work with clarity and precision. Its technical inflexibility and idiosyncratic making and firing characteristics might easily be a deterrent to investigation, however I consider these restrictions and limitations a challenge to
creativity and working methods.
I have adapted the industrial techniques associated with bone china production of mould making and slip casting to studio production. My particular interests lie in the translucent properties of this material and the differing degrees of luminosity possible. In order to enhance these qualities in my work I have developed three variations of decoration which aim to exploit this characteristic .
The first focuses on specific points of translucency by using a 'slicing and layering' technique. Subtle facets on the curved outer surface of the pieces involve slicing through 3 or 4 coats of different coloured slips to reveal underlying and increasingly transparent layers. Similar techniques exist in glass production which serve as the inspiration and starting point for this body of work. The second technique uses the same layering process as above, however, marks are made with a loop tool to 'incise' or gouge through the layers. This has the same effect of revealing the underlying colours until the interior layer is exposed.
Marine references inform the pattern making in this collection. The third process of water erosion' focuses on the entire surface of the piece using a single cast and no colour. The variations of translucency are achieved by painting an acrylic medium onto the raw cast. This acts as a resist when the piece is washed' with a damp sponge until a relief pattern appears. Marks and patterns are derived from organic sources and fabric design.
1956 Born in Negombo, Sri Lanka
1976-79 B.A. Hons. in 3D Design (Ceramics) at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
1978 Studied Industrial Ceramics at Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs, Limoges, France
1979-81 M.A. in Ceramic Design at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent
1980 Industrial Training at Royal Doulton, Stoke on Trent
1981-84 Lecturer in Ceramics on B.A. Combined Crafts degree at Crewe and Alsager
Since 1983 Visiting lecturer at Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Central St. Martins London, Camarthan, Croydon, Leicester, Limerick and Stoke on Trent
1989 Member of Southern Arts Association (Crafts Panel); Member of Arts Feu Entreprise/Esprit Porcelaine (Ceramic group based in Limoges)
1989-96 Move to Brive La Gaillarde (France) to establish workshop and run residential summer courses
Since 1993 International workshops in Toulouse and Clermont Ferrand, France; Namur, Antwerp and Brasschaat, Belgium; Ballenberg and Carouge(Geneva)
1996-97 Re-establish workshop in England
1998-00 Research Fellowship at Bath Spa University College (part-time)
2000-03 External examiner for Diploma course at Limerick College of Art and Design, Eire
2005 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschaat, Belgium
Australian workshop tour at Mittagong, NSW: Devonport, Tasamania and Freemantle, WA.
2006 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschat and Liege, Belgium
Visting lecturer at Galway College of Art and Design, Eire.2007 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschaat, Belgium
2007 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschaat, Belgium
2008 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschaat and Gent, Belgium
2009 Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Brasschaat, Belgium; West Country Potters demonstrator, Cornwall; 0.4 Senior lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester on Design Crafts degree
2010 Pending research project with Diffuse ( Porcelain Lighting Company); External examiner for Diploma course at York University ( 3 year post); Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Turnhout, Belgium.
2011 Masterclass in Gordola, Switzerland; Masterclass in Cascais, Estoril, Portugal; Masterclass at Atelier Cirkel, Turnhout, Belgium
2011 Elected member to the IAC (International Academy of Ceramics) Geneva, Switzerland
2012 Participant on "Crafted Mentoring Scheme"
Since 1982 has widely exhibited both Nationally and Internationally
Recent Group and Solo Shows
1996 '10th Anniversary' Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands; Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam; 'L'exposition Anglaise' Galerie Epona, Paris
1997 Eton Applied Arts, Windsor; Bettles Gallery, Ringwood; Galerie Epona, Paris; Printemps des Potiers, Bandol, France; Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames; Derek Topp Gallery, Derbyshire
1998 Auction for Terrence Higgins Trust, Rufford Arts Centre, Notts;
'British Week Exhibition' Mayenne, France; Hugo Barclay, Brighton;
European Crafts Conference and Exhibition, Namur, Belgium
1999 Southwell Minster Millennium Show, Notts; Church House Designs, Congresbury, Bristol; Solo Show at Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London; 'Amsterdam Tea Party' JBK Gallery, Amsterdam; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Ceramic Biennial 2000, Lucerne, Switzerland; 'White Gold' European Ceramics, Knaresborough, Yorks
2001 'Expanding Our Views' Loes and Reinier Gallery, Deventer, The
Netherlands; Solo Show at Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge, Switzerland;
Wohnen und Kunst Handwerk, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Woodbury Gallery, Exeter; Galerie Fusion, Toulouse, France
2003 'Finely Fired' Craft in the Bay, Cardiff; RSBA, Birmingham; 'White Pieces' Rufford Craft Centre, Notts; "White Porcelain' St. Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2004 'White weddings', Contemporary Applied Arts, London; 'Coloured Porcelain', St.Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; 'Coup de Bols,' Belgium; 'Talent Show', Wedgwood, Japan
2005 Window exhibition , Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; 'Naked Clay', Rufford Crafts Centre, Notts. Book launch exhibitions at Raglan Gallery, Manly, Australia; Fg3 Gallery, Hobart Tasmania; King's Park, Perth, Western Australia 'Jubilee Exhibition' St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
2006 'The Yard' Nijimegen, The Netherlands; Loes and Reinier Gallery, Deventner, The Netherlands; Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Somerset; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; 'Porcelain Show' Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW, Australia; Castle Museum, Inverness; Castle Museum, Inverness; Ceramics Ireland Festival, Kilkenny and Thomastown.
2007 Short course tutors exhibition, West Dean, Chichester; Porcelain Exhibition, 'Craft Focus' Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey; Avantcraft project - exhibitions in Kilkenny, Ireland, Paris, France, Coimbra, Portugal, Lugo, Spain, CPA 50th Anniversary show, Bevere Gallery, Worcestershire; Midland Potters show, RBSA, Birmingham; Porcelain Bowl exhibition, St. Joseph's Gallery, Leeuwarden.2008 Biennial of Ceramics, Andenne, Belgium; "Whiteware' Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London; Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth; "Celebrate", Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey; Bonhams Contemporary Ceramics Sale, Knightsbridge, London; 'Happy Christmas Clay' Galerie Puls, Brussels; 'Crafted' Winchester
2008 Biennial of Ceramics, Andenne, Belgium; "Whiteware' Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London; Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth; "Celebrate", Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey; Bonhams Contemporary Ceramics Sale, Knightsbridge, London; 'Happy Christmas Clay' Galerie Puls, Brussels; 'Crafted' Winchester
2009 'Select' , Gallery Top, Derbyshire; Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London; Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon; Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford; Art in Clay, Hatfield.
2010 Beaux Arts , Bath; Porthminster Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall; Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Porcelain Show, Turnhout Art Academy, Belgium.
2011 'Select 2' , Gallery Top, Derbyshire; Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London; Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
1984 Grand Prix at 1st World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1986 British Council Sponsorship to attend Winter Artists' Colony, Karlovac, Croatia
1987 Zagreb Prize at 2nd World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1990 Diploma at 12th Biennial of Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France
1997 Joint winner of Handel House Gallery 'Summer Show', Devizes
1998 Bursary from Southern Arts Association for Research Fellowship at Bath Spa University College
2002 Bursary from The Craft Potters' Charitable Trust for book research
2008 Shortlisted for Sydney Myer International Ceramic Award, Shepparton, Australia
2010 Selected for the European Applied Arts Prize, Mons, Belgium
Slipcasting, Sasha Wardell (A&C Black) 1997/2007 (2nd Edition)
Porcelain and Bone China, Sasha Wardell (Crowood Press) 2004
Work included in following publications:
"Living Light' Ceramic Review, May/June 1988
China, Glass and Tableware (US) November 1988
La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre (France) March/April 1989
A Dictionary of British Studio Potters, Pat Carter (Scholar Press) 1990
'Rencontre a Limoges' La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre (France) July/August 1992
Ceramics and Print, Paul Scott (A&C Black) 1994
Porcelain, Caroline Whyman (Batsford) 1994
Contemporary Porcelain, Peter Lane (A&C Black) 1995 and 2003
Resists and Techniques, Peter Beard (A&C Black) 1995 and 2003
Ceramic Form: Design and Decoration (New Edition) ,Peter Lane (A&C Black) 1998
Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery (4th Edition), Robert Fournier (A&C Black) 2000
'The Magic of Materials' Keramiek, April 2002
The Ceramic Surface, Matthias Ostermann 2002
Naked Clay, Jane Perryman (A&C Black) 2004
Craft Arts International, (Australia) 2006
Taiwan Ceramic Magazine ( Taiwan) 2008
Ceramic Design Course, Anthony Quinn ( Barrons, US and Quarto UK) 2008
Clay, Light. Water, Margaret O'Rorke ( A&C Black) 2009
Slip Decorating Techniques, John Matheson ( AC Black) 2010
Period Living Magazine, Jan 2011 issue
Public Collections
Los Angeles Art and Craft Museum, U.S.A.
Yale Centre for British Art Museum, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Chateau de Vascoeuil, Centre Regional d'Art, Normandy, France
City Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Norwich Castle Museum Teapot Collection
Newport Art Gallery and Museum, Wales
Zagreb City Museum, Croatia
Kellinghusen Museum, Germany
National Ceramic Collection at the Adrien Dubouche Museum, Limoges, France
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Ministere d'Arts Plastiques, Brussels
1998 Ikebana foyer display commissioned by Takashimaya Store, Osaka, Japan
2001 'Feat of Clay' exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, commissioned by University of the West of England
2005 Sculptural piece for restaurant in P and O liner 'Arcadia' commissioned by Elstone Hayes Associates.


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Grignard reagent, any of numerous organic derivatives of magnesium (Mg) commonly represented by the general formula RMgX (in which R is a hydrocarbon radical: CH3, C2H5, C6H5, etc.; and X is a halogen atom, usually chlorine, bromine, or iodine). They are called Grignard reagents after their discoverer, French chemist Victor Grignard, who was a corecipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for this work.
Grignard reagents commonly are prepared by reaction of an organohalogen with magnesium in a nitrogen atmosphere because the reagent is very reactive toward oxygen and moisture. Organohalogens vary greatly in their rates of reaction with magnesium. For example, alkyl iodides generally react very rapidly, whereas most aryl chlorides react very slowly, if at all.
Their chemical behaviour resembles that of carbanions, species that contain a negatively charged carbon. Grignard reagents are strong bases and strong nucleophiles. Thus, the Grignard reagent methylmagnesium bromide (CH3MgBr) behaves as if it were equivalent to the methide ion (CH−3).
Except for hydrocarbons, ethers, and tertiary amines, almost all organic compounds react with Grignard reagents. Many of these reactions are used for synthetic purposes, notably those with carbonyl compounds (e.g., aldehydes, ketones, esters, and acyl chlorides), with epoxides, and with halogen compounds of certain metals (e.g., zinc, cadmium, lead, mercury) to form the alkyl derivatives of those metals.


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Beyond IYA2009 Updates
3 September 2010
Online Universe Wins AAAS Education Website Award
A website that brings the universe into the homes and onto the computer screens of professional and amateur astronomers alike has won a Science Prize for Online Resources in Education, known as SPORE, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1029/
Postcards from the Edge of the Universe
On 7 September at 10:30 a book based on the IYA2009 Cornerstone project, Cosmic Diary, entitled Postcards from the Edge of the Universe, will be launched at the ESO exhibition stand during the JENAM2010 Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. More information: http://www.jenam2010.org/
JENAM2010 Special Session: New Trends in Global Astronomy Education: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1027/
Babak Tafreshi: Hosting Star Parties in Iran
Babak Tafreshi featured on Dicover Magazine: http://discovermagazine.com/2010/may/17-questions-hosting-star-parties-in-iran Inspired by Carl Sagan, Babak Tafreshi is on a mission to bring the wonder of astronomy to the Middle East, and to the world. More info: http://discovermagazine.com/2010/may/17-questions-hosting-star-parties-in-iran
Get Ready for The Great World Wide Star Count
The Great World Wide Star Count encourages everyone to go outside, look skyward after dark, note the stars in certain constellations, and report what they could see online.The Great World Wide Star Count will be held from October 29 - November 12, 2010. For more information visit http://www.windows2universe.org/citizen_science/starcount/
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Wonder what you would find if you frisked Herman Cain's interview with Neil Cavuto yesterday?
Answer: Herman Cain has established a presidential exploratory committee!
Herman Cain 2012?
Ladies and gentlemen, it has officially begun!
The Wall Street Journal reports:
It's a bit of a long-shot.
Though Mr. Cain is revered in conservative-activist circles, he is little known elsewhere. He's never held office and lost a 2004 primary challenge to Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson. Still, he's managed to spark a "draft Cain" movement and this weekend will travel to Iowa, his seventh visit there since July 4, 2009.
"The American Dream is under attack," Mr. Cain said in a statement on his website. "While our country faces grave and complex problems, America is not lost forever. The glory of the American Dream can still be found in the hearts of those who love Her and the promise of freedom She guarantees."
He goes on, "America is the greatest idea any man has ever imagined."
Great news for the Tea Party favorite! However, I'm curious as to why he chose to unveil this news during a time when the country and its political scene is 100 percent focused on the tragic shooting that took place last Saturday. Either way, the more conservatives in the race, the better.
Click here to check out Herman Cain's Presidential Exploratory Committee.


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Halo: Helljumpers
Started By KrAzY WiSh, Aug 23 2009 04:26 PM
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Posted 23 August 2009 - 04:26 PM
This is issue 1 of the latest comic set in the Halo Universe. I almsot didn`t buy it after being somewhat disappointed with how Uprising turned out. Anyways, I took it home and after 10 minutes of reading I was pleasantly surprised. The artwork is exactly the way I like it and the story already seems alot more interesting than Uprising. I`m not 100% on this but it seems this is some sort of prelude to ODST.
GT: KrAzY WiSh
Posted 24 August 2009 - 08:21 AM
Nice. I was planning on getting Uprising - not worth it?
Posted 24 August 2009 - 05:56 PM
Glad to hear the story isn't so wayward. I'll look into getting this soon. I managed to get uprising 1-4 in the end though they were a bit pricey for what they are...
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Posted 24 August 2009 - 10:30 PM
Nice. I was planning on getting Uprising - not worth it?
Well, Uprising is very cheap to pick up. I purchased every issue for under ?10.00. I will say that it`s bad points outweigh the good points.
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Prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has hit out openly at China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, calling him "a traitor to the people."
In a post made to his verified accounts on Twitter-like services run by Sina, Tencent and Sohu, Pu said the domestic security system masterminded by Zhou had brought tragedy to many, directly or indirectly.
"I am blowing the whistle using my real name," Pu wrote. "If we are to continue under the deep shadow of 'stability maintenance, then it cannot be without a reckoning with Zhou's security model."
"After 10 years of this person in power, his poison has spread across the land; he is a traitor to the people!" he wrote.
However, Pu said in an interview on Thursday that his complaint wasn't only leveled at Zhou, but at the entire 'stability maintenance' system, which now costs more than the entire budget of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"China is increasingly taking a path that sacrifices the environment, and sacrifices justice," he said. "We haven't been able to establish the respect for due legal process and for the rules that exist in a society ruled by law."
He said Zhou's five years at the helm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's politics and legal affairs committees had been a divisive one for Chinese society.
"A lot of social tensions have been heightened, which is a key factor in social instability," Pu said. "The idea of a harmonious society is dead, and we should say goodbye to stability maintenance, too."
"We need a sense of right and wrong."
Close to Bo Xilai
Zhou retired from his seat on China's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee during the leadership transition at the 18th Party Congress last November, though he is still a high-ranking Party member.
He is widely seen as being politically close to ousted former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai, who is currently awaiting trial on charges of corruption and sexual misconduct, and who has been judged by Party leaders to bear "major responsibility" in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood in November 2011.
Bo is being held at a secret location while his wife Gu Kailai received a suspended death sentence in August for Heywood's murder.
Lawyers have hit out at the amount of power wielded by the political and legal affairs committees at every level of government during Zhou's tenure, saying that they are in effect a court above every court in the land.
Following Bo's March 15 ouster, China's Internet was awash with rumors that Zhou had tried to stage a coup in Beijing, and that gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the central government compound of Zhongnanhai.
The rumors were quickly removed from China's hugely popular microblogging platforms.
Last March, delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC) approved a rise of 11.5 percent in China's domestic security budget, to 701 billion yuan (U.S.$111 billion), with premier Wen Jiabao pledging a full modernization and expansion of the country's main riot-quelling force, the People's Armed Police.
A survey by the Party-backed think tank, the China Academy of Social Sciences, showed that there were more than 90,000 "mass incidents" across the country during the course of 2006. Since then, the government has been reluctant to make such figures public.
Official documents leaked to the Chinese media have revealed that officials are typically ordered to step up intelligence activities among the local population and to focus in particular on "hostile foreign forces" who might try to collaborate with local activists to organize "subversive" gatherings during major events.
According to rights activists and political dissidents, state security police have stepped up the use of questioning, house arrest, and informal detention in tourist resorts ahead of key government meetings.
Former rights lawyer Guo Feixiong said the entire system made the judiciary unable to function, comparing it to a fascist system.
"China's [internal] spying system damages the rule of law and it damages human rights," Guo said. "It has been strongly criticized all along."
Meanwhile, Beijing-based rights activist Hu Jia said his own attack on Zhou's security regime had likely landed him in jail.
"In 2007, I wrote an article in which I said that Zhou Yongkang should be sent to the gallows," Hu said. "In 2008, that was used in part as evidence to convict me of subversion."
"[Former president] Jiang Zemin and Zhou Yongkang should be sent to the international criminal court for crimes against humanity."
Stability maintenance also includes round-the-clock surveillance of Internet activity, along with monitoring of text messages and microblog posts, and the rapid deletion or blocking of any offending content.
Pu's post about Zhou was deleted soon after it appeared, he said.
Reported by Xin Lin for RFA's Mandarin service and by Wen Yuqing for the Cantonese service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.


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Word of surest consolation;
Word all sorrow to relieve,
Word of pardon, peace, salvation!
Naught like this can comfort give:
"Jesus sinners doth receive."
On God's grace we have no claim,
Yet to us his pledge is given;
He hath sworn by his own Name,
Open are the gates of heaven.
Take to heart this word and live:
"Jesus sinners doth receive."
When a helpless lamb doth stray,
After it, the Shepherd, pressing
Thro' each dark and dang'rous way,
Brings it back, his own possessing.
Jesus seeks thee, O believe:
"Jesus sinners doth receive."
O, how blest it is to know:
Were as scarlet my transgression,
It shall be as white as snow
By thy blood and bitter passion;
For these words I now believe:
"Jesus sinners doth receive."
Now my conscience is at peace,
From the Law I stand acquitted;
Christ hath purchased my release
And my ev'ry sin remitted.
Naught remains my soul to grieve
"Jesus sinners doth receive."
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Ancestral Land, Territorial Displacement and the New Identity of "Mujer Negra Desplazada" in Bogotá, Colombia (2010-08-20)In recent years, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have expressed alarm about Human Right Violations against indigenous, black and mestizo communities in Colombia. These communities were rural and were previously ...
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(2012-06-27)In Brazil of the early twentieth century one of the most important signs of prestige was (and still is) skin color. In the city of São Paulo black skin color was such a negative signifier that it prevented many educated ...
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(2011-05-25)According to research performed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2008, 32% of Brazilian teachers work in schools whose principals complain of constant teacher absences. This placed ...
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(2011-05-25)This is a study about the growth of oil industry and its economic and political repercussions in Brazil. It combines an industrial analysis with an empirical assessment of the impact of oil royalties on municipal fiscal ...
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(2010-08-20)Since the early 1990s, women have increasingly become visible actors in the formal political arena. However, their advances have varied through the world, and on average women continue to be highly underrepresented in ...
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(2013-08-22)Over the years, Brazilian cinema has added many internationally critically acclaimed films to the world of cinema. While some critics would argue that Brazilian cinema itself has established itself as a key player in ...
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Giving children the tools to participate: a case for the intercultural bilingual classroom in Peru (2012-05-22)This thesis explores Educación Intercultural Bilingüe, or Intercultural Bilingual Education (EIB), in Peru with arguments based on ethnographic research conducted by the author between May and August of 2011 in Laborpampa, ...
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(2013-05-24)Between 1951 until the mid-1970s Brazil went through a phase of intense economic growth and development of its industry. This study aims to study the period in which the military took power and became responsible for ...
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Leveraging bargaining power under patriarchy: the economic development of post-revolutionary Cuban women (2015-04-30)This socio-historical investigation discusses education as a key contributor to women's development in Cuba since 1959 all the while operating under a well-entrenched patriarchal backdrop. Economic indicators through labor ...
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TORONTO - Jenny Lutes painted a scene that seemed as chaotic as it was comical.
The mother of two daughters sat rocking baby Madelaine in a chair, pumping milk and snacking on fruit, while also fielding questions from and gluing a craft and cutting paper for her five-year-old, Ava.
"I just thought, `Well, this is comedic.' But this is what it looks like when you're a parent at home with the kids," Lutes recalled.
"For someone else in an office, this would look different. They'd be on the phone and at a computer and writing things down and going through papers.... But to me, in that moment, I was like, `Well, this is almost ridiculous, but I have to do it this way.'"
The Vancouver mom behind the blog Ruminating Mommy detailed the multitasking feat in a recent online post. Lutes said she thinks parents juggle multiple duties as a necessity; but given the option, she'd much rather concentrate on a sole task.
"I would do it well if I could just focus on one thing at a time, but I don't have the luxury; so my attention has to be split seven ways at the same time."
Whether it's a source of chest-thumping pride or wearisome resignation, the common lament of being busy is one that echoes throughout school corridors, workplaces and homes. With a seemingly endless list of to-do's and commitments, many people try to maximize the minutes in their days by balancing various responsibilities at once.
While multitasking may seem to be an efficient way to breeze through a stacked schedule, the juggling act may have the opposite effect — and a detrimental one, at that.
A prime example of the perils of multitasking is perpetuated in the steady proliferation of distracted pedestrians and drivers texting while walking or behind the wheel — incidents which have led in some cases to injuries and even deaths.
"We almost view multitasking with pride. We wear a badge of honour," said Margaret Moore, CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation. "There are job descriptions that say, `You must be a good multitasker.' Well, you know, the challenge here is that we're working against the way the brain was designed to work."
"When you really focus on getting something done, you use all of your brain's resources," she added. "Those are the moments where you're brilliant and creative, and when you see connections and patterns that you don't see when you only use a little bit of your brain's resources."
The Canadian-born, U.S.-based executive wellness coach teamed up with Harvard psychiatrist Paul Hammerness to co-author "Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life." Hammerness draws on neuroscience in developing his "Rules of Order" for altering mindsets, while Moore — known as Coach Meg — illustrates how to incorporate the organizational rules into everyday life.
Moore said people can get caught up in "negative static" for any number of reasons, from a significant worry to thoughts of tackling a big to-do list.
While negativities may stem from various sources, Moore said it all has the same impact: it "dims the lights," leaving individuals unable to use their full attention.
"It is important to be able to take a deep breath, to mindfully separate yourself from the negativity when you sit down to focus," said Moore, co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
"(It's) not that you won't come back to it later. It's not about suppressing it, and it's not about forgetting about it. It's more about (saying): `For the time I want to get something important done, I need to put it aside.'"
Valeri Hall Little of Intandem Productivity Solutions said being strapped for time is among the main concerns expressed by clients. Some feel overwhelmed because their workloads are expanding as timeframes to finish tasks remains fixed.
"They end up bringing work home and they don't want to live their life like that," she said. "They want to be in the moment with their families and enjoying their friends, and they don't want to constantly be interrupted with their smartphone buzzing and checking emails."
The Toronto-based productivity consultant said she likes to have clients think of time as a tangible item.
"People always just think of time as something that they can always get more of. `Oh, well, I won't sleep as long,' ` I'll eat my lunch and answer my emails at the same time,'" said Hall Little. "I like them to think about their day or their week or their month as a container, and think about the goals that they need to achieve in that amount of time."
She has them visualize what needs to be accomplished in a given day and how it feeds into bigger-picture goals set for work, clients and themselves. From there, they assess what needs to be done — like attending meetings, returning calls and checking emails — and helps chunk their day into intervals.
Another trick she uses is have clients time tasks — a strategy she uses herself. She'll devote an hour to write an article, set a timer and turns off all other distractions. The method has helped to cut her writing time in half.
Lutes has employed a timing strategy of her own at home as a way to cope. She said she may try to dedicate a two-hour window for household chores or making the baby's foods for the week. On other days, she'll leave it open.
"I have to do both to make sure I'm not overscheduling myself, and it depends on the day. I need to be flexible so that I can feel like I'm accomplishing what I want to and what I need to, but I also don't drive myself crazy."
Hall Little said while employees do feel a certain amount of pressure to be working around the clock, it's important they set expectations that they aren't always accessible.
She can recall receiving auto email responses from people indicating they only check emails once daily, and instructing to call if a matter is urgent. "I think that's brilliant because it sets my expectations."
Moore said it's key the example is set from the top down in fostering a corporate culture that emphasizes handling one task at a time.
"If you don't model that, then everybody falls into the trap."
Coach Meg: http://www.coachmeg.com
Intandem Productivity Solutions: www.intandem.ca
Ruminating Mommy: www.ruminatingmommy.blogspot.ca


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Lifetime renews "UnReal" — the network's surprise quality drama
Good TV producers are master manipulators, skilled at logistics, organization, timing and budgets. They are also experts at massaging psyches, motivating people to do their bidding, setting up and manipulating personalities. On reality TV shows, where emotion must be raw, over-the-top and combustible, producers must be especially good at persuading humans to reveal their worst sides and biggest secrets.
"UnReal" on Lifetime is one reality producer's confessional, a smart scripted drama set backstage at a "Bachelor"-style show about what it took to be a good reality TV producer and how soul-killing a job it is. Starring Shiri Appleby ("Roswell") and Constance Zimmer ("Entourage"), as the self-aware producer and her boss, "UnReal" is the pleasant surprise of summer 2015. It's a particularly happy surprise, turning up as it has on Lifetime, a network best known for paint-by-numbers style dramas.
This week Lifetime announced "UnReal" will have a second season and, based on the countless editions and endless seasons of so-called reality TV dating shows on the air, creators Marti Noxon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro ("Sequin Raze," from which "UnReal" is adapted) should have no trouble filling the hours with send-ups of all sorts of human depravity. More than a parody, the series gets into the motivations of the producers and the self-loathing of a young woman conscious of the spiritually bankrupt nature of her job. There's outrageous humor in the satirical moments, serious drama in the human interactions beyond the dating show itself.


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May 2nd dawned bright and sunny in Kokomo, Indiana, and Steve thought it would be a perfect day for a bike ride. After taking his wife out for breakfast and running a few errands, Steve got on the bike and headed out. His last words were, "I'll be home for the Derby." Watching the Kentucky Derby is a tradition in the home of these transplanted Kentuckians.
The next thing Steve knew it was two-and-a-half weeks later and he was in the ICU of Howard Regional Hospital. He remembered nothing of what had happened. He appeared to know his wife but not where he lived, and most of his other memories appeared fuzzy.
Steve was riding his bike on Hwy 26 in Kokomo when he experienced sudden cardiac arrest. He and the bike fell across the highway, and fortunately for him this happened in front of the Webber family who happened to be in their front yard. They saw it happen and immediately ran to Steve's aid. They administered CPR, stopped traffic, and called 911. Then along came a nurse who also stopped and continued CPR, as did two EMT's who had been mushroom-hunting. An ambulance came, and with the use of an AED, Steve was shocked. His pulse returned, and he was then transported to Howard Regional Hospital.
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Now Steve is home and very glad to be alive. He continues to receive therapy at home, and is well aware that it is a miracle he is alive today. Every day is all the more precious to him and his wife of 41 years.
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Information Technology Research for Crisis Management
Being Fluent with Information Technology
Realizing the Potential of C4I: Fundamental Challenges
Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research
Trust in Cyberspace
Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology
White Paper: Advancing the Public Interest through Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI)
The Unpredictable Certainty: White Papers
Computing and the Humanities: Summary of a Roundtable Meeting
The Evolution of Untethered Communications
Defining a Decade: Envisioning CSTB's Second 10 Years
Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense
More Than Screen Deep: Toward Every-Citizen Interfaces to the Nation's Information Infrastructure
For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information
ADA and Beyond: Software Policies for the Department of Defense
White Paper: Summary of Discussions at a Planning Meeting on the Effects of Information Technology on the Role and Authority of Government
Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society
Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications
The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000
White Paper: Technology Issues Associated With Modernization of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) System
Observed Practices for Improving the Security and Confidentiality of Electronic Health Information: Interim Report
Continued Review of the Tax Systems Modernization of the Internal Revenue Service: Final Report
Keeping the U.S. Computer and Communications Industry Competitive: Convergence of Computing, Communications, and Entertainment
The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure
Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation's Information Infrastructure
Information Technology for Manufacturing: A Research Agenda
Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges
Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities
Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond
Research Recommendations to Facilitate Distributed Work
Interim Report On the Status of the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative
Information Technology in the Service Society: A Twenty-First Century Lever
Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers
Continued Review of the Tax Systems Modernization of the Internal Revenue Service: Interim Report
White Paper: Summary of Discussions at a Planning Meeting on The Roles of Information Infrastructure in Health and Health Care
Information Technology and Manufacturing: A Preliminary Report on Research Needs
National Collaboratories: Applying Information Technology for Scientific Research
Computing Professionals: Changing Needs for the 1990s
Computing the Future: A Broader Agenda for Computer Science and Engineering
Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Systems Integration
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Computing and Molecular Biology: Mapping and Interpreting Biological Information
Intellectual Property Issues in Software
Elements of Systems Modernization for the Social Security Administration
Computers at Risk: Safe Computing in the Information Age
Japanese to English Machine Translation: Report of a Symposium
Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Defining the Agenda
Crossroads of Information Technology Standards[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications
Systems Modernization and the Strategic Plans of the Social Security Administration[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Supercomputers: Directions in Technology and Applications
Scaling Up: A Research Agenda for Software Engineering
Beyond FTS2000: A Program for Change[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Defense Logistics Modernization: An Opportunity for Excellence[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Growing Vulnerability of the Public Switched Networks: Implications for National Security Emergency Preparedness[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Global Trends in Computer Technology and Their Impact on Export Control
The National Challenge in Computer Science and Technology
Toward a National Research Network
Antennas, Satellite Broadcasting, and Emergency Preparedness for the Voice of America[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Planning for Defense Logistics Modernization[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Critical Issues in NASA Information Systems[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Interim Report on Air Force Base Level Automation Environment[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Space-Based Broadcasting: The Future of Worldwide Audio Broadcasting[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Transport Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks: Report to the Department of Defense and the National Bureau of Standards[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Roles of Industry and the University in Computer Research and Development
Modernizing the U.S. Air Force Base Level Automation System[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Review of Tax Processing System Planning for the Internal Revenue Service[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Second Review of a New Data Management System for the Social Security Administration[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
Review of a New Data Management System for the Social Security Administration[Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications]
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The nest is active at the moment. Just as our son was returning home after six weeks backpacking with friends in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia so our daughter was departing, again with backpack, for five weeks+ in America. (Perhaps I should say under a backpack as she is only little!). Our son had a great time and we have hopes that our daughter will have a similarly great experience.
At the same time one can't help but feel a little bit envious. For various reasons trawling around the world wasn't quite so easy when I was our children's age. I need to start hatching some plans for a sabbatical.
Any sabbatical would of course have to include some vinyl hunting. When my work actually took me to the Atlanta area, some years ago now, my vinyl habit had only just been rekindled and, although I did manage a fair amount of digging, I can't help thinking I really didn't take full advantage of the opportunity.
So, whilst a live digging trip to America remains a dream, I make do with the virtual experience on eBay etc.
Sometime last year this little bit of America came to me, through our letterbox. It is yet another record I first became aware of via Sir Shambling's great site.
This record truly feels like a little bit of America because a) it was recorded in a Georgia studio by a local singer and released on a local label, b) it looks like Gina herself has signed it(!), and c) the package it came in had a Georgia postmark. You can almost smell the pines.
Because of my numerous trips to the Atlanta area a few years ago I developed a certain affinity for the area. So to think that for the 40ish years since this record was pressed, until my purchase, it had probably never left the state of Georgia, and that Gina herself has quite probably handled it and signed the dedication on the label (I wasn't aware of this possibility when I bought it on eBay) somehow makes it very special to me.
I know nothing about Gina beyond what appears on Sir Shambling's page dedicated to the artist (which, wonderfully, includes a picture of Gina). The record itself actually got two releases. I am assuming the first was on the Jill label – or could it be gill I wonder? (Gina hILL). I had not previously heard of the Lou-Neita label either but found this August 1970 Billboard article on the label (part of a feature on the Atlanta area recording scene), so I now know more about Lou-Neita than Gina Hill. Lou-Neita was named after the wives of the two label owners. It was initially primarily a country label but by 1970 its releases were about 50-50 country and soul. As it was undoubtedly a bigger concern than the Jill label it is reasonable to assume that Lou-Neita picked up Gina's recording and issued it to enable wider distribution. Except that now, 40 years later it seems the Jill release is the one that turns up much more often than the Lou-Neita one.
In this instance I have to disagree with Sir Shambling and say that my preferred side of this 45 is "Help Me Solve This Problem". Enjoy.


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It's only a couple of months since Suunto Vertical Blue but Will Trubridge is already looking ahead to his next record attempt. Here's what else the year has in store for the freediver.
So what's up in 2015?
2015 is a busy year, with Suunto Vertical Blue happening at the end of April, then the Caribbean Cup in Honduras in May and the World Championships in Cyprus in September. I would like to perform well in all of these, but it's hard to maintain peak performance for long periods, so I will have to structure my training and rest carefully.
Will you try again for another record?
Yes, I hope so! Vertical Blue in April will have the best conditions for this, and with some solid training over the winter I would like to have another attempt at the 102 m [CNF – no fins, completely unassisted] and possibly try and push the Free Immersion record out some more as well.
Will in action during Suunto Vertical Blue. ©Daan Verhoeven
Looking back, what was the highlight of 2014?
Winning Suunto Vertical Blue was definitely a great feeling, but I think the highlight would have to be seeing all the support for my world record attempt at 102 m, both before the attempt, when everyone was writing in with encouraging messages and leaving audio clips on the Steinlager site, and afterwards, when despite failing at my goal there was an even greater flow of support.
Is it disappointing not to get the record?
It can be a disappointment when you have trained hard for a long period, and there is a lot riding on your success. However you can learn as much from failure as you can from success, so I plan to use this disappointment as both motivation and a learning experience for the next occasion.
A freediver in action during Suunto Vertical Blue 2014. ©Logan Mock-Bunting
Was there a single thing that sums up the event?
After last year's incident this VB was characterised by a more careful approach from the athletes, and enhanced safety measures from the team. In a way it was inspiring to see the prudence displayed by an athlete voluntarily sitting out the entire competition because they had suffered a lung injury in training, when the previous year they might have tried to push through regardless. But rather than sulking at home, this person, and others who had similar conditions, showed up at the beach to coach their fellow athletes and support the event. I think this demonstrates the spirit of VB, where everyone is supportive of each other, and the unique environment at Dean's Blue Hole allows for a warm and intimate event.
Anything else that stands in the memory from 2014?
I heard whalesong underwater for the first time, which is a magical experience, and encountered my first tiger shark (a fleeting visit, as it was a little timid). My 97m no fins dive in the Caribbean Cup, which is the deepest dive in this discipline during a competition, was one of the competitive highlights for me.


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Are y'all ready for another round of American Idol musical chairs?
American Idol's ratings are down a whopping 22% this season despite the addition of big name judges, country star Keith Urban, rapper Nicki Minaj, and pop diva Mariah Carey. The ratings-challenged series hit an all time low last week, attracting only 11 million viewers. In comparison, American Idol appealed to roughly 30 million viewers every week in its prime. Panic time!
Needless to say, Fox wants big changes, including all new judges. Again.
One judge beat them to the punch. Randy Jackson, the lone original judge, announced yesterday that season twelve will be his last. "Yo! Yo! Yo!" Randy told E!. "To put all of the speculation to the rest, after 12 years of judging on American Idol I have decided it is time to leave after this season."


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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and venture capitalist John Doerr are among the backers pumping $11 million into DreamBox Learning, the Bellevue online education company that creates tailored lesson plans for elementary school kids. Other investors in the round include GSV Capital and current investor Deborah Quazzo.
"DreamBox Learning has cracked the code on improving early educational outcomes for every child – regardless of zip code," said Doerr, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "Their robust math curriculum and adaptive learning technology is a game-changer, transforming education across the country."
Founded in 2006 by former Microsoft executive Ben Slivka and former UI Evolution president Lou Gray, DreamBox was acquired last year through an investment by Hastings and the non-profit Charter School Growth Fund.
Since fall 2010, the company said that nearly 500,000 elementary students have logged onto DreamBox Learning to view more than 11 million lessons. A recent independent study by SRI International found that test scores improved by 5.5 percent for those kids who used DreamBox Learning Math for 16 weeks.
The math product, targeted at kids in kindergarten through third grade, provides game-like educational activities and offers thousands of different paths depending upon the needs of each individual student.
"This nimble technology 'learns the learner' as the student engages with the curriculum to deliver the most individualized learning experience in the market today," said CEO Woolley-Wilson, who joined the company last year.
Earlier this year, Hastings handed over the chairman title at the company to CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson. It also added Greg Long as Senior Vice President of Product Development and Patti Smith as Vice President of Marketing and Product Management.
DreamBox, which employs 47 people, has raised $28.1 million to date, including a prior $10 million R&D investment from Hastings and the Charter School Growth Fund.


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JMF Global Inc. Trustee seeking authorization for distributions to Secured and Unsecured General Creditors
James W. Giddens, Trustee for the liquidation of MF Global Inc. (MFGI), on Tuesday filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Honorable Judge Martin Glenn presiding, seeking approval to make 100% distributions on allowed secured, administrative and priority general creditor claims and a first interim distribution of approximately 20% on unsecured general creditor claims.
The Trustee is proposing to distribute $295 million to holders of secured, administrative, priority and unsecured general claims, with the majority being distributed to holders of unsecured claims. The Trustee is also seeking to establish a reserve of $462 million on account of unresolved claims that are before the court and do not have a final determination. The Trustee expects interim distributions to allowed unsecured claims to be followed by additional distributions at a future date as required reserves are reduced.
With this filing, the Trustee is fully protecting the MFGI estate and respecting the due process rights of all.
"From the beginning, we have worked aggressively and diligently to pay customers 100% and marshal assets for distributions to the general estate, which were two goals that many thought would not be possible," Giddens said. "Both goals have now been achieved, and I am satisfied that we are positioned to make these distributions."
The Trustee will continue to diligently attempt to work through unresolved claims and other disputes in an attempt to reduce the reserves required to be held to meet the obligations of all parties.
This significant progress in the administration of the general estate follows the Trustee's announcement in April 2014 that MFGI's former public customers with allowed claims would receive a final, 100% distribution. Distributions to customers are now virtually complete, with a total of $6.7 billion returned to over 26,000 securities and commodities futures customers.


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Stage 4: Incorporating visual design
During this stage, focus on creating an application that is engaging and motivating to users. Add richness to the design. Incorporate branding elements such as icons and colors.
Design outputs
You can create the following design outputs:
- Icons
- Visual designs
User research methods
You can use the following types of user research methods to help you test icons and visual designs:
User research method
Usability evaluation
If you have evaluated the usability of the application since stage one, consider repeating the goal-based tasks. During this stage you can focus on identifying how the visual design impacts the tasks.
Comparative tests of icons
These tests can help to identify the visual elements that users respond to positively.
Best practice: Incorporating visual design
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- Track the emotional responses that users have to the application and specific elements within the application.
- Design visual resources that scale to accommodate different screen sizes.
- Avoid changing the default font size. If you change the default font size, test the change on all BlackBerry devices that you are designing the application for.
- Verify the layout of each screen on each device that you are designing for.
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Syria chemical weapons plan poses unprecedented challenge
Identifying and eliminating Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles while the country is enmeshed in a civil war is an unprecedented challenge, made even riskier by rebel groups who may oppose the effort, analysts say.
"There has never been an effort to disarm an entire country of its chemical weapons during a civil war," said Gregory Koblentz, a professor at George Mason University who specializes in weapons of mass destruction.
The United States and Russia reached an agreement over the weekend to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.
In Jerusalem on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed Israeli leaders on the agreement and said military options against Syria were still available. "The threat of force is real, and the Assad regime and all those taking part need to understand that President Obama and the United States are committed to achieve this goal," he said.
Meanwhile a high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria's chemical weapons a "victory" for President Bashar Assad's regime, The comments by Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar to a Russian state news agency were the first by a senior Syrian government official on the deal.
"We welcome these agreements," Haidar was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti agency. "On the one hand, they will help Syrians get out of the crisis, and on the other hand, they averted a war against Syria by removing the pretext for those who wanted to unleash one."
OFFICIAL:Chemical weapons deal a 'victory'
Details of how the agreement will work have yet to be worked out. Ultimately, the effort will be under the authority of a United Nations resolution and carried out by the international organization responsible for the international chemical weapons ban.
Historically, eliminating chemical weapons programs take years, even when a regime is fully cooperative. After Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi agreed to relinquish his weapons of mass destruction it took a decade to remove its chemical stockpiles. Most of that was accomplished during peacetime.
Syria's situation is far more complex. Aside from the widespread violence tearing apart the country is the question of whether rebels will even cooperate.
"The rebels are angry, but it doesn't change the fundamental military balance on the ground," said Jeffrey White, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former Defense Intelligence Agency official.
But rebels may have cause for concern as the process moves forward, heightening their suspicions of the U.S.-Russian agreement.
White said that if the United States pursues a broader agreement to end the fighting, Washington could place pressure on the rebels to tamp down military operations. "That shows we could get sucked into the business of pressuring the rebels to do less in the hopes of getting a negotiated settlement," he said.
Rebel groups could try to impede inspectors if they feel the agreement is not in their interests. "They could take pot shots at them," White said. The opposition in Syria consists of a variety of factions, including radical Islamists, who don't always cooperate or fall under a unified command.
When inspectors came to examine evidence of the Aug. 21 chemical attack near Damascus, which triggered the latest crisis, they were fired upon, though no one was injured and it was not clear who was responsible for the attack.
OBAMA:'Trust, but verify' on Putin's Syria plan
It's possible rebel cooperation won't be essential. The State Department believes all the chemical weapons are in the hands of Assad's regime, suggesting that the regime could provide much of the security for inspectors. If inspectors need to stray into rebel control areas, opposition forces, however, might be asked to provide safe passage, White said.
The agreement also calls on the foreign community to support and assist the process of removing chemical weapons, some of whom could be called on to help with security.
The State Department believes there are 45 sites associated with Assad's chemical weapons programs. They believe Assad's military has about 1,000 metric tons of deadly chemicals, including nerve agents and mustard gas.
In the past, the Pentagon has said Assad's forces have moved the chemical weapons around in an effort to keep the stocks from being captured by rebel forces.
The security challenges are set against an unprecedented pace for eliminating the chemicals.
STORY:On Syria deal, lawmakers voice caution, hope, frustration
Under the agreement, Assad's regime needs to turn over a complete list of chemical stockpiles and production facilities within a week. The agreement calls for completely eliminating its chemical weapons in less than a year.
Traditionally, chemical weapons have been destroyed on premises, a lengthy process because of the difficulty in handling highly toxic chemicals.
The U.S-Russian agreement makes provisions for removing the weapons and shipping them outside Syria for destruction, which could expedite the process, Koblentz said. Still, that might require moving dangerous chemicals through unstable regions of the country.
"Their odds of doing it on time are not very good," White said. But, he said, if progress is being made and all parties are acting in good faith, delays will not be a problem.
Contributing: The Associated Press


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