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Q. I've been reading about athletes using steroids to build themselves up. Do these drugs work for older men?
First, some background on steroids. There are two types of steroids: corticosteroids and anabolic steroids.
Corticosteroids, such as cortisone and trenbolone acetate dosage prednisone, are drugs that help control inflammation.
Anabolic steroids, such as androstenedione or andro, are substances that can help the body make muscle.
Corticosteroids, which are like hormones that your adrenal glands produce to fight stress, are used to treat arthritis, asthma, lupus, multiple sclerosis, eczema and some kinds of cancer.
Anabolic steroids are drugs that are like the body's natural sex hormone testosterone.
Testosterone directs the body to produce or enhance male characteristics.
Medical uses of anabolic steroids include some hormone trenbolone enanthate cycle problems in men, late puberty and muscle loss from some diseases.
When anabolic steroids increase the levels of testosterone in the blood, they stimulate muscle tissue in the body to grow larger and stronger. The effects of too much testosterone can be harmful.
Some of the negative effects are rage, liver disease, high cholesterol, severe acne, baldness and infertility.
So-called natural steroids such as DHEA that are sold as over-the-counter supplements at many health food stores can have the same harmful effects as synthetic steroids.
The only difference between natural and synthetic steroids is that stanozolol dosage synthetic steroids are made in a lab and are chemically altered.
Before January 2005, anabolic steroid supplements containing androstenedione also were available at health food stores.
Because of safety issues, however, these supplements now cannot be sold without a prescription.
Because some hormone levels drop with age, there's a theory that this decline causes us to age. Declining levels of testosterone, the male sex hormone, have been linked with decreased energy and sex drive, muscle weakness and osteoporosis.
But, can you reverse aging by restoring your hormones?
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is a hormone secreted by the adrenal gland. DHEA levels in the body begin to decrease after age 30.
Your body converts DHEA into the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone.
Proponents say it slows aging, increases muscle and bone strength, burns fat, improves cognition, bolsters immunity and protects against chronic diseases.
There is no convincing medical evidence to support these claims about DHEA.
Even short-term use of DHEA may cause liver damage.
There is sufficient evidence supporting the use of DHEA in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency, depression, induction of labor, and lupus.
There is a lack of available studies on the long-term effects of DHEA.
However, DHEA may cause higher than normal levels of androgens and estrogens in the body, and theoretically may increase the risk of prostate, breast, ovarian, and other hormone-sensitive cancers.
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I've had the marriage record for Andreas Dauer and Maria Aumiller from Gluszyna, Czapury, Wielkopolskie, Poland (Poznan) for sometime, and realized I had never posted it here.
Andreas Dauer and Maria Aumiller were my great-great grandparents and I learned of their existence through the baptismal records of their grandchildren, Robert and Mary Plenzler. I was surprised to see that the priest noted the lineage of two of the children of Joseph Plenzler and Eva Dauer to include grandparents. I was then able to locate the marriage record for Andreas and Maria through the Poznan Project.
Here is the record, transcribed as best as possible.
No. 9
Annus et dies benedictiones sacerdotalis: 29 Februarii — The marriage took place November 27, 1857.
Nomen sacerdotis benedictionmen sacerdotalem administrantis: J. Tomaszewski — The priest who officiated the marriage was J. Tomaszewski.
Nomen, praenomen et cognomen sacro ritu coniunctorum. Sedes conditio et professio, et nomen benedictio sacerdotalis en ecclesia vel domi peracta sit. The names/personal names and family names of those who wish to be joined in the sacred right of marriage before this church.
Andreas Dauer, vid., (widower)
et and
Marianna Aumiller, virgo (maiden)
Utrum iam prius conjugum iniverint, nec non utrum ad hue sub potestate parentum vel tutorum sint.
Liberi (they are free to marry)
Aetas ages
Sponsi: 44 Groom, 44
Sponsae: 30 Bride, 30
Religio sponsi, sponsae Religion of the bridge and groom is Catholic
Consensus parentum et tutorum cum concentio parentum sponsi et patri sponsae: Cum cons. jur. IIIB 1099 D. 636
Dies proclamationes: Marraige banns (announcements of the intent of marriage were made)
24, 25, et 25 post Pentec. (liturgical 24, 25, and 26 weeks, after Pentecost)
Dies dispensationum, si qua forent: nulla Were proper dispensations made in case of annullment due to form (Null–widower, maiden)
Nomen, conditio et professio testium qui benedictioni sacerdotali adfuerunt: Name and identification of witnesses: Mathias Olejiniazak (sp?) de (of) Babki et (and) Joannes Neihaus (sp?) de (of) Czpury
So we know that Andreas was married previously. I am unsure of any Dauers or Aumillers who have emigrated to the Toledo, Ohio area; although I have stumbled upon records of some in the region, I have not been able to make any direct link to them. There is no mention of heritage or lineage in this record although two names were mentioned for witnesses.

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Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London
I attended a talk by the top Royal Ballet choreographer and dancer, Liam Scarlett. He is only 26, but he has already choreographed two exceptional ballets for the main stage at Covent Garden. And he still finds time to dance in the company.
Scarlett was discussing how he approached creating his 2011 work, Asphodel Meadows, around a particular piece of music, Poulenc's Double Piano Concerto. One could be intimidated, he said, by the scale and complexity of the Concerto. Where to start? How to break into the task? Whereas with narrative ballet there is a natural sequencing to follow, with an abstract work there is no obvious entry point. He explained that his own process was first to identify the 'epicentre' of the music, its emotional core. He knew that if he could just design the pas de deux around a particular romantic passage in the second movement, everything else would follow. Having got to the emotional heart of the music, he could work outwards to the rest of the piece.
I am often in meetings nowadays when a Client demands an idea that is media neutral, that extends across every channel, region, product and form of engagement. All the colours, in all the sizes. Such a panoramic demand can be rather intimidating. And I have found that telling the Creative Department we need to cover the walls with ideas is not entirely helpful.
I suspect that, following Scarlett's lead, the key to cracking this kind of challenge is not to consider it in its totality or in the abstract. Ideas tend to be born in the specific. The key is to find the epicentre of the task, to find its emotional heart.
In the old days, of course, one could assume that the epicentre of any campaign was TV. The answer's telly, what's the question? But engagement is no longer so simple and one of the arts of the modern strategist is to provide focus, to set priorities, to isolate the heart of the matter. Do we start with a particular audience, a particular task, a particular medium? Will the visual identity unlock everything? Should we work up from the product or down from the vision? Because even a solution experienced in parallel may have to be arrived at in sequence.
I am no expert, but I love ballet. I love the combination of art and athleticism, grace and danger. I love the unexplained relationships, the wordless ideas. And I confess I find its transcendent beauty somewhat soothing at the end of a day discussing brand pyramids, lost mojos and ideation.
Ballet has also made me consider my own approach to work. I recently heard the fantastic Devonian dancer, Lauren Cuthbertson, explain how she rose to the top of her profession. The interviewer asked if she always knew she would be a ballerina. Oh, yes, she said, and despite her sunny demeanour, a steely determination was audible in her voice. She once came to a career crossroads at ballet school when she was challenged over her application in class. She decided that every night after rehearsal she would replay the whole class in her head. She would lie awake in bed retracing every pirouette, every plie, every jete. So she would return to class the next day, having rehearsed the piece twice over. Inevitably her progress accelerated. And Cuthbertson continues to rehearse in her head, every day, everywhere. When she walks to the tube, eats her supper and relaxes in the evening, she is also pacing the stage at Covent Garden, leaping, vaulting, careering. She is always at work.
I hesitate when applying this thought to our own discipline. I have prized my own ability to compartmentalise work, to leave it behind at the end of the day. I encourage others to forget, to live a life beyond advertising. Because a richer life out of work enables a richer contribution in work. And Lord knows we have enough problems with stress in the office without encouraging people to take work home with them.
But it's also true that I have solved the knottiest problems relaxing at home. Whilst the content of one's dreams may, for the most part, be meaningless drivel or the output of some primal displacement process, I have occasionally woken up in the middle of the night with a clarity that has eluded me in the day. The brain seems sometimes to leap further and faster when it is unconstrained by conscious thought and a computer screen.
So I have reached a compromise. I endeavour to leave the tedious work worries in the office. The people problems, the deadline demands, the fracas with the photocopier. But I also try to take the more interesting strategic challenges home. Because I suspect our unfocused, unconscious brains may be our most valuable assets.


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Xalan-C++ Version 1.11
- Licenses
- Getting Involved
- XSLT Standards Implemented
- XML Parser Library
- Security Issues
- Getting Started
- Getting What You Need
The old Xalan-C/C++ 1.10 release can be found at xml.apache.org/xalan-c.
What Is Xalan?
Xalan is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types. It uses for input an XML document and an XSLT stylesheet. The engine also supports the entry of top-level stylesheet parameters. Documentation exists on how to extend the library with your own custom XPath functions.
Xalan-C++ version 1.11 is a robust implementation of the W3C Recommendations for XSL Transformations (XSLT) and the XML Path Language (XPath). It works with the Xerces-C++ version 3.1.1 release of XML parsers. The focus for this Xalan release is on bug fixes and compatibility with newer development platforms.
The Xalan-C/C++ project creates and distributes a standard XSLT library and a simple Xalan command-line utility for transforming XML documents.
This project is written in a reduced set of the C++ programming language. This makes the library directly usable on numerous platforms. A set of 'C' language APIs is also available so that XSLT and XPath functionality is easily deployed to 'C' language applications.
Sample programs are available for you to test and experiment with as you learn the Xalan library.
Some of the EXSLT extension functions for XPath are available. We need to write and validate more of the EXSLT functions. Apache also provides some of their own XPath extensions for use. Documentation and examples are available for you to write your own custom XPath extensions.
There is a library of XPath extensions that are provided by the Apache Xalan community.
The Xalan-C/C++ software conforms to The Apache Software Foundation License, Version 2.0.
Getting Involved
You are invited to participate in The Apache Software Foundation. You will need to subscribe if you wish to receive mail from the lists. Some lists require a subscription in order to post messages.
The xalan-dev mailing list is used to communicate product development issues with the software development team. The xalan-dev messages are archived here and on Marc.info.
The xalan-c-users mailing list is used to discuss issues regarding the use of the Xalan-C/C++ software and libraries. The xalan-c-users messages are archived here and on Marc.info.
The subversion repository changes are logged on the xalan-commits mailing list and are archived here and on Marc.info.
You can review the project sources and change history in the subversion repository at http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xalan/c.
You can get a private copy of the subversion snapshot of the development sources at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xalan/c/trunk using your favorite SVN program.
The JIRA system is used for issue tracking. You must create an account before you can post messages and files to the JIRA tracking system. You can view the issues at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANC.
XSLT Standards Implemented
Xalan-C/C++ implements the following specifications from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0
- XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0
- Associating Style Sheets with XML documents 1.0 (Second Edition)
The next major release of Xalan-C/C++ will hopefully be compatible with following standards. This added support will require a major version change from 1 to 2.
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0
- XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization
- XML Path Language (XPath) Version 2.0 (Second Edition)
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics (Second Edition)
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM) (Second Edition)
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators (Second Edition)
XML Parser Library
Xalan-C/C++ uses the The Apache Software Foundation Xerces-C project that implements parsers for XML 1.0 and XML 1.1. The following standards as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) are implemented by the Xerces-C XML parser library.
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition) - currently (Fifth Edition)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (First Edition) - currently (Second Edition)
- xml:id Version 1.0
- XML Base (Second Edition)
- XML Information Set (Second Edition)
- Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition)
- Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition)
- XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition
- XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
- Element Traversal Specification
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification
- XML Inclusions (XInclude) 1.0 (Second Edition)
The Xerces-C/C++ also supports the SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0 projects. SAX is primarily Java based. The Xerces-C/C++ project has implemented a SAX C++ API that looks much like the SAX Java API.
Web Services and Web Security recommendations have been developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and OASIS-OPEN Advancing open standards for the information society. The Xerces-C/C++ has support for custom entity resolvers which are inherited and supported by the Xalan-C/C++ library.
Security Issues
The Xalan-C/C++ library has hooks so that custom entity resolvers can be deployed. The entity resolvers are actually interfaces into the Xerces-C/C++ XML Parser Library. Use of trusted entity resolvers greatly increases the security of XML based applications.
The Web Services Architecture uses specifications and recommendations that are documented by the following organizations.
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Advancing open standards for the information society (OASIS-OPEN)
- The Sourceforge SAX Project (SAX1, SAX2)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
There are some architecture security issues that should be addressed by any XML parser or XSLT transformation application. Other than validating and cleaning the content of XML elements, the access to untrusted external entities is a big problem for security management.
The "Xalan" comman-line transformation program does not deploy an OASIS catalog or perform other security measures. URLs are resolved using the system directory of the local machine and DNS to resolve host locations. The "Xalan" program should be used only with trusted XSLT stylesheets and XML documents on a trusted computer.
A future release of the "Xalan" command-line transformation program may include support for an OASIS entity resolver catalog.
Information on creating Secure Web Service Applications is useful for review. This security overview document goes beyond the scope of XSLT transformations and asks many pertinent security based questions.
Getting Started
The source code and documentation are delivered in separate packages. Binary packages comprise the compiled libraries, the Xalan command line utility, and the C/C++ header files. The documentation package contains the pre-built documentation. The source package contains the sources to build everything.
The current Xalan-C/C++ Version 1.11 is compatible with the stable releases of Xerces-C/C++ Version 3.0 and newer. The current stable release for Xerces-C/C++ is 3.1.1.
The previous Xalan-C/C++ Version 1.10 works with Xerces-C/C++ Versions 2.7.0 and 2.8.0.
If you are having problems using the product, send your comments to the xalan-c-users mail list.
If you think a change needs to be made or have suggestions for future releases, send your comments to the xalan-dev mail list.
Binary releases are not yet available. We would like to distribute Xalan-C/C++ Version 1.11 binary releases using the same platforms specified for the compatible Xerces-C binary packages.
Getting What You Need
What you need depends whether you plan to build from the sources or download prebuilt packages.
The development platform used to build the Xalan-C/C++ (XSLT) library should be the same as the platform used to build the Xerces-C/C++ (XML) parser library.
Xalan-C/C++ (XSLT) library requires a working Xerces-C/C++ (XML) parser library. The supported versions of Xerces-C/C++ version 3.0 or newer. Version 3.1.1 is recommended.
If you are ambitious and willing to experiment, you can download the bleeding edge development from the Apache Software Foundation subversion repositories. Use your favorite subversion 'svn' utility for download.
|Xalan-C Repository
|Xerces-C Repository
The current stable Xerces-C/C++ (XML) packages are available for download.
|The sources from the Xalan-C repository are current for Version 1.11 until released packages are available. You can help us prepare for a Version 1.11 release by providing packages for your platforms and let us know of your building issues.
The previous version packages can still be downloaded until officially replaced.
|Xalan-C Version 1.10
|Xalan Package Downloads
|Xerces-C Version 2.7
|Xerces Package Downloads


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I have to write the methods for a program and the first one, a boolean method called openAccount, takes first name, last name and opening amount [positive or negative] as a starting amount. This method sets all the class variables properly upon call and returns a true (unless the account was already marked as being opened in which case it returns a false. Note: if any operation on an account makes the dollars go into the negative range, then the account should be flagged as being overdrawn. The class variable isOpened is not the same as what is being returned from this method. I was wondering what would be a simple method that sets all the class variables properly? I have tried a lot of different true, false problems, but cannot get it. If someone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. The main method was provided and cannot be changed.
import javax.swing.*; public class Program4 { // Class Variables. public static String firstName = ""; public static String lastName = ""; public static double dollars = 0.0; public static boolean isOpened = false; public static boolean isOverdrawn = false; // Replace "CIS Faculty" with your name. private final static String TITLE_BAR = "Program 4 (My Name)"; // Class Methods // Add your methods below here. // You should leave the main method below ALONE!! public static void main(String[] args) { showAccount(); // Will show error message about account not open // and will then continue. // Open new account. Give error message if it fails! if (!openAccount("Bill", "Smith", 100.50)) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 1. Open account failed on a new account!"); } showAccount(); // Check that accountOwner works correctly - bomb if not. if (!accountOwner().equals("Bill Smith")) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 2. Call to accountOwner failed."); } if (balance() != 100.50) // Verify balance is correct! { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 3. Balance is wrong!"); } // Confirm that I cannot reopen it! if (openAccount("Bogus", "Try", 55.00)) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 4. You allowed an account " + "to be re-opened!"); } deposit(50.00); showAccount(); if (balance() != 150.50) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 5. Balance is wrong!"); } if (isNowOverdrawn()) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 6. Reports overdrawn when it should not."); } // Confirm correct workings of approveCheckFor method. if (approveCheckFor(150.51)) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 7. Approved a check for too much."); } if (!approveCheckFor(150.50)) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 8. Failed to approve a check " + "for a good amount!"); } withdraw(25.00); if (balance() != 125.50) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 9. Balance is wrong!"); } withdraw(125.75); if (balance() != -0.25) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 10. Balance is wrong!"); } showAccount(); // Should show a deficit of 25 cents. // and that account is now overdrawn. if (!isNowOverdrawn()) { reportErrorAndBomb("Coding error 11. Should respond as overdrawn now."); } // Well... if you made no calls above to reportErrorAndBomb it might not // be working... so let us end the program with its use. reportErrorAndBomb("No Errors reported after testing all methods. " + "\nThis tests reportErrorAndBomb. \nTesting complete with no errors!"); } // main private static boolean isNowOverdrawn() { if (balance() < dollars) // To check if the account is now overdrawn // after a transaction. return true; else return false; } private static boolean approveCheckFor(double cash) { if (cash <= balance()) // To check if incoming check is less than or // more than balance. return true; else return false; } private static double balance() { return dollars; // Enter dollars into balance. } private static void withdraw(double moneyInBank) { if (moneyInBank >= dollars) // Withdrawn amount. dollars -= moneyInBank; } private static void deposit(double amount) { dollars += amount; // Deposited amount. } private static void reportErrorAndBomb(String message) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message, TITLE_BAR, // Prints the // error message // to // JOptionPane. JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); // and exit. System.exit(0); } private static String accountOwner() { return firstName + " " + lastName; // Return first name, space, last name. } private static void showAccount() { String.format("%.2f", dollars); // Format output of dollars two decimal // places. if (isOpened) // If account already exists. JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Account Owner: " + firstName + lastName + "\n" + "Account Balance: " + dollars + "\n" + "Account Overdrawn: " + isOverdrawn); else JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You have attempted to display an accont which is not " // Displayed if account does not exist. + "opened yet. ", TITLE_BAR, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } private static boolean openAccount(String name, String name2, double money) { return false; }


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I posted at my club or I posted at another club that I played yesterday. I cannot see my score on GHIN.com, even in the "Recent Scores" section. What happened?
Until a club transmits the score from a PC, that score is not in the GHIN database. Once it is transmitted to the GHIN database it will appear in the "Recent Scores" area.


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Purchase a bunch of these fireworks from the NPC Boomie Sparks and carry them to your faction's capital cities to earn the achievement Taking the Show on the Road (Alliance) / Taking the Show on the Road (Horde).
Darkmoon Firework
- Darkmoon Firework
- Item Level 20
- Binds when picked up
- Unique (20)
- Use: Shoots a firework into the air that bursts into the Darkmoon Faire logo.
- (1 sec cooldown)
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There is a thread in this forum where ppl mentioned that they didn't purify the plasmid after sequencing. If i dont do miniprep, in what medium should i transfer my single colony? Does it need extra treatment before sequencing?
When doing cloning, why should we put the bacteria in a incubater with shaking function? Was it to evenly distribute the bacteria all over the culture? So that they will have enough nutrients? Then why some protocols require higher speed and some, lower?
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You're traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of painting and sculpture but of mind-bending imagery. Gallery 1988 is readying its latest geek-themed art show, and this promises to take us into The Twilight Zone.
Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles and San Francisco has delivered plenty of art shows with science fiction themes, asking artists to meditate on everything from He-Man to Lost. Next on the agenda is "Another Dimension," which opens May 20th and features art inspired by the classic science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone. These are just a few of the early images that have emerged. You can check out more at Super Punch.
You're now entering... [Gallery 1988 via Super Punch]
by Dave Perillo
"The Unveiling" by Kiersten Essenpreis
"Kirk" by Tom Whelan
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ATLANTA--Professional Photographers of America today announced the resignation of long-time Director of Membership, J. Alexander (Al) Hopper, effective December 31, 2008. Hopper says he made the decision to leave PPA after fourteen years in order to pursue personal goals.
"I've been fortunate to work at PPA with superior volunteer leaders and the world's finest association staff. It has been a real privilege, and I will always cherish the friendships I have made," says Hopper. "I now need to pay attention to some personal obligations and take advantage of some new opportunities."
Since joining PPA in 1994, Hopper has become widely known for his positive attitude and high-energy personality. Some PPA members might remember his appearances in Professional Photographer magazine ads dressed as "Crazy Alice." He greeted everyone with a booming welcome and a big smile. Staff and members alike who offered Al a common, "How's it going," would always be answered with an energetic, "It's a great day at PPA!"
However, his contributions have been far more than pleasantries. Under his stewardship, PPA saw a surge in membership growth--from about 10,000 members when he arrived to more than 24,000 members today. In fact, PPA set membership growth records each of the last five years. The head of the Copyright & Government Affairs department as well, Hopper was often part of the team working on Capitol Hill to defend photographers' rights. More recently, he was assigned to spearhead the newly created Vital Signs e-newsletter to help photographers weather today's difficult financial climate.
"Al always has been, and I suspect always will be, one of those larger-than-life people," says PPA Chief Executive Officer David Trust. "He makes things fun -- there's never a dull moment when he is around. More importantly, he is a strong team player with a genuine concern for others. That is what made him so good at working with our members. I don�t think anyone who has ever met Al could forget him. He will certainly be missed by everyone here at headquarters and, I suspect, by all who know him."
PPA will begin a national search for a new director of membership immediately. Hopper will play a consulting role once a replacement is hired, helping ensure a seamless transition.


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|Summer training into the freestyle pool in Lake Placid
With the London 2012 Olympic Games over, the focus shifts to the winter Olympic athletes who are preparing for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. But even in October there aren't a lot of places in the United States that have snow! What do winter Olympic athletes do when there is no snow?
My name is Ashley Caldwell and I'm a freestyle aerial skier on the U.S. Ski Team. Being a competitor in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, I'm preparing now for this year's World Cup season and next year's Olympic qualification events. Over the next year I'm going to share what is it like, snow or no snow, to be a winter Olympic freestyle skiing athlete.
I grew up in Loudon County, Virginia in a suburb called Ashburn. There isn't a whole lot of snow in Virginia but from a very young age my dad would take my family skiing in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and out west to Colorado and Utah. I also started doing gymnastics when I was 3 years old and started competing when I was 6 at Apex Gymnastics in Leesburg, Va. I competed for seven years until when watching the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, my mom suggested that I try freestyle skiing. Little did I know we had been watching aerialists Jeret "Speedy" Peterson and Emily Cook, whom two years later I would become teammates with! Anyways, my mom really thought that my gymnastics and skiing background would be a great fit for this crazy-awesome sport and she began Google searching for upcoming camps. I went to a summer camp with Freestyle America (a camp run by Nick Preston out of New Hampshire) on a glacier in Whistler, Canada in 2007 and later a water ramp camp in Lake Placid, NY. The following year I started online school and moved away from home at 14. I was in love with the sport and really wanted to give it my best. By 2009 I had made the national team and in 2010 I earned a spot on the World Cup team and 2010 Olympic team. I was the youngest athlete that the United States sent to Vancouver! In 2011 I won my first World Cup and was ranked 3rd in the world. And now, after recovering from an ACL tear in December of 2011 I'm training again for this World Cup season and Olympic Games qualifications.
As a freestyle aerialist, I train in the summer time into the freestyle pool in Lake Placid, NY. This is where we learn new tricks and practice when there isn't snow. The pool jumping concludes at the end of September and for a couple weeks we are caught between weather that is too cold for jumping into a pool and too hot for snow. For this period we structure our training around physical conditioning and trampoline. During the weeks of October I have been doing a little bit of traveling and visiting my family in Houston, Texas, because my training schedule permits it. Starting in November I will head out to Park City, Utah to increase my training focus and start trampoline. By the middle of November we will start our snow jumping and by January our World Cup tour begins. We have a bunch of really cool events this year including competitions in China, Norway, Italy, Canada, Russia and the U.S.!
I've been learning Russian for the past couple of years in order to help me for the 2014 Olympics. So I'll end every post with a few new Russian words that might help you out if you head to Sochi!
If you want to say "Where is the freestyle skiing competition?" in Russian you just say "Gde con-kuRENceeya freestyle?"
You can also follow my journey on Twitter @AshleySkis.
|"I started doing gymnastics when I was 3"
|"There isn't a whole lot of snow in Virginia, but from a very young age my dad would take my family skiing"
|"By 2009 I had made the national team and in 2010 I earned a spot on the World Cup team and 2010 Olympic team"


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Q: How do I know which chemicals will treat my weeds?
Henry – Markesan, WI
A: Weeds. Whether they're algae or submerged, floating or shoreline plants, they're a nuisance—not to mention a potential hazard to your game fish and pond or lake health. In order to manage these green invaders, you should get to know them a little better. Don't worry: you don't need to be a Master Gardener to identify and treat them. Here's all you need to know:
1. Know the Weeds
Before you start dumping chemicals on the weeds in your pond, you'll first need to understand the different types of aquatic weeds that pop up in lakes or ponds. There are four basic categories:
- Algae. Algae comes in three basic types: Planktonic, which causes the pea soup look in your water; filamentous, which creates blankets of stringy stuff or pond scum; and chara or muskgrass, which smells like musky garlic. When you take a closer look, these weeds have no defined root systems, unlike their other weed cousins.
- Submerged. Submerged weeds live underwater. This group of troublemakers includes bladderwort, several types of pondweed, watermilfoil, parrot feather and hydrilla. They look like a typical plant, with leaves, stems and root systems.
- Floating. Floating weeds generally reside in shallow water and have root systems that reach into the water or down into the soil, allowing their leaves and flowers to rise to the surface. They include watermeal, duckweed, azolla and even water lilies. When not kept in check, these floaters can take over a pond in no time.
- Emergent. Emergent weeds live along your lake's shoreline. These plants like to keep their feet wet; their foliage, leaves and flowers live out of water, but their root systems prefer wet, almost completely saturated soil. Emergent weeds include cattails, phragmites, purple loosestrife and bulrush.
2. ID the Weed
Once you identify the category of weed you're dealing with, head over to our Weed Control Guide and try to match weed with the picture. For example, is it a floating plant with a root system? Then you're dealing with a type of floating weed. Is it completely submerged? Then you're dealing with a type of submerged weed.
Each weed included in our Weed Control Guide will describe the best treatment options to manage it. Not sure of the weed? Snap a close-up photo and e-mail it to us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Of course, you can always call us toll-free for advice, too, at 866-POND-HELP (766-3435)!
3. Treat the Weed
Once you've ID'd the weed, treat it with its appropriate herbicide, remembering to always follow label instructions when applying it to your pond or lake. If you have fish in your pond, we suggest treating in sections as sudden changes in water conditions can affect aquatic species. Treat 1/4 – 1/2 of pond at a time, while waiting 10-14 days between treatments.
4. Remove the Remains
Once the chemicals start working to kill the weeds, make sure you remove the decomposing foliage with a weed rake, like the Jenlis Weed Razer™ Aquatic Weed Cutter. Why? Because anything dead will turn into muck and start the weed/algae cycle again—which is not something you want to happen, right?
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Half Life Model
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Collection
Resources in this top level collection a) must have scored Exemplary or Very Good in all five review categories, and must also rate as "Exemplary" in at least three of the five categories. The five categories included in the peer review process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
- Pedagogic Effectiveness
- Robustness (usability and dependability of all components)
- Completeness of the ActivitySheet web page
For more information about the peer review process itself, please see https://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/activity_review.html.
This page first made public: Aug 25, 2008
Learning Goals
- The definition of a half life.
- That the number of decaying atoms changes with each half life but the percentage of decaying atoms remains constant.
- The random nature of radioactive decay.
- How to use half-life data to calculate the age of a given material.
- The age limits of using various radioisotopes.
Context for Use
Description and Teaching Materials
- 50 small washers (per group)
- Gold spray paint
- One small ziplock bag
- One plastic "shoebox" container with a lid
- One red pencil
- One blue pencil
- Student handout
During a lecture, have the student groups place the washers into the box silver side up. (The silver side represents the parent and the gold side represents the daughter product.) Students record the number of silver washers (50 parent isotopes) in the box. After closing the lid, students shake the box five times, open the box and count the number of silver washers. After recording the number of silver washers in the box as well as the cumulative number of gold washers, the students remove the gold washers, replace the lid, and shake the box again. This process is repeated until zero silver washers in the box.
Students use the data collected and the colored pencils to graph the number of silver and gold washers for each trial and label each curve as the parent or daughter. They also answer an assessment question (See handout (Microsoft Word 40kB Aug19 08)).
After debriefing the exercise, draw a graph using the average number from each trial. This curve will be very close to the theoretical value. (After our first semester of using this model, we used data from a previous class to calculate the average values for each trial.) Explain how any one group might have results that are different from the theoretical value, but when the data from the entire class are averaged together, the results match the expected values. This can lead into a discussion on the randomness of radioactive decay.
Teaching Notes and Tips
- They might shake their boxes an insufficient number of times. Encourage them to shake the boxes the same number for each trial.
- Near the end, some groups may become frustrated when their final washer refuses to land gold side up. Encourage them that this is normal and to keep repeating the process until they succeed.
- Some groups may loose a large percentage of washers in one trial. Explain to them that this is a normal consequence of the random nature of such events.
- If you have a personal response system, you can ask ConcepTest questions that focus on the definition or use of half life. (See References and Resources for sample ConcepTest questions)
- By walking around the class, the instructor can observe how well the groups comprehend the underlying concepts and ask individual students to explain their conceptual understanding
- Students could complete a worksheet containing questions about using half life
- Students could write a 'minute paper' explaining half life or how to use half life to calculate the age of a rock
References and Resources
Archived ConcepTest questions used with this model:


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Divide trail users poach signs for hiking momentos
Directional signs along the Continental Divide Trail near Tabernash have been disappearing, according to Maura McKnight, executive director of Headwaters Trails Alliance.
It is the assumption that people have been obtaining the signs, which feature the Continental Divide Trail logo, to serve as mementos. But the missing signs have been causing some hikers to get turned around on the trail, according to McKnight.
Luckily, Headwaters Trails Alliance is involved in a partnership with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to maintaining and protecting the trail, which spans 3,100 miles from Mexico to Canada.
The coalition's Executive Director Teresa Martinez, traveled to the Junco Lake area, where the signs were reportedly missing, to inspect the trail with McKnight.
Missing signs is something that plagues the entire trail system, according to Martinez.
"This happens trail-wide," Martinez said. "It just impacts people in an unfortunate way when it happens in such a critical area."
After locating from where the signs were taken, Martinez begin making new markers using wood blocks and a branding iron donning the trail's logo.
Martinez chose to replace the signs with branded trail markers for two reasons, the first being people often don't like to see plastic signs along trails while they are hiking in the backcountry, and the second to try to deter anyone else from taking the trail markers.
The Continental Divide Trail Coalition actually sells signs that are similar to the ones found on the majority of the trails for only $3, though they don't sell the branded trail markers, making the new signs a unique aspect of the trail in the area.
Signs can be acquired from the Continental Divide Trail Coalition's website at continentaldividetrail.org, or by visiting the Headwaters Trails Alliance headquarters in Fraser, where McKnight keeps a stash of the signs.
McKnight said she appreciates the partnership Headwaters Trails Alliance shares with the coalition and that she is looking forward to completing work on the trail in the upcoming summer.
National Trails Day takes place the first Saturday in June, though McKnight plans to organize another trails day the last weekend of June for the Grand County area because often there is still snow covering the majority of the trails on National Trails Day.
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PC Zone to close down
PC Zone editor Steve Hogarty has confirmed that the magazine is to close following its next issue.
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Co-op reveal for Splinter Cell: Conviction included in PC Zone
The latest issue of PC Zone, out on December 3, has details on the multiplayer mode for Splinter Cell: Conviction. In the mag, it will discuss "hands-on, co-op reveal and a brand new mode." Exciting stuff, there. Via CVG.
Future calls out Imagine for not publishing circulation figures
Future Publishing is wondering why its rival, Imagine Publishing, has not released circulation figures since launching Total PC Gaming in 2007. As you do. Speaking in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, James Binns was curious as to why the publisher had yet to reveal an ABC for the title. "What's interesting in the PC market is […]
Ali Wood to edit PC Zone
Ali Wood's been confirmed as the new editor of PC Zone. Wood was previously editor on now defunct trade mag In Stock. "I'm delighted to welcome Ali to Future," said Lee Nutter, the magazine's publisher. "Her considerable publishing experience and profile in the industry will drive editorial excellence and strengthen our existing trade relationships, as […]
First Deus Ex 3 scans hit web
On Tiscali Games. These are presumably from the latest issue of PC Zone, who broke the exclusive over the weekend. Take a look.
Deus Ex 3 gets plot details from PC Zone
The 200th issue of PC Zone, as expected, has yielded a Deus Ex 3 cover preview, which contains the first solid details of the Eidos Montreal sequel. From CVG: You're cast as average joe Adam Jensen, who works as a private security officer at a technology lab specialising in biomechanical augmentations, a forerunner to the […]
Porter quits PC Zone?
Ram Raider's rumouring that longstanding PCZone editor Will Porter is to quit, following previous recent departures from Ed Zitron and Jamie Sefton. Staffer Jon Blyth is also thought to be leaving. The Future magazine has, according to the mysterious blogger, had its page count and budget reduced, and its frequency pushed up to 14 issues […]


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UC Santa Barbara
In 22 games, Maris had 84 plate appearances for 12 hits and 6 walks. Slammed 2 doubles and 2 home runs. Finished the season with 14 RBIs and 10 runs. In the infield, picked up 46 assists, 28 put outs and 5 double plays. In his first game of the season at Fresno State (2/16), Maris recorded 4 put outs, 6 assists and 1 double play on top of 1 home run and 1 RBI.
In his first season with the Gauchos, Peter provided Coach Checketts with a reliable defensive option at SS and 2B...he appeared in 34 games starting 26 and batted .186 in 86 at bats...season highlights included a clutch pinch hit RBI single in extra innings at USC on April 18 that helped seal a Gaucho victory...also had 2 hits and a walk against Cal Poly on May 20
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A three-year letter winner for head coach Tom Faris at Dana Hills High ... He played shortstop for the Dolphins ... His junior year he was Second Team All-League batting .387 and was also the MVP in the Lions Tournament ... As a senior, year he was First Team All-League ... Batted .294.
Peter Louis Maris III was born on September 16, 1993 in Anaheim to his parents Pete and Rose Ann ... He has an undeclared major ... His favorite teams are the Lakers and the Angels ... Favorite movie is Step Brothers and his favorite musician is Drake ... He enjoys wakeboarding in his free time and his favorite athlete is Robinson Cano ... Also recruited by Cal State Northridge and Concordia.


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STEVE, THE MYSTERIOUS AURORAL ARC: A strong geomagnetic storm was brewing in the skies above Alberta, Canada, on Sept. 27th when photographer Alan Dyer looked up and saw a ribbon of purple light arcing cross the sky. It was the mysterious aurora known as "Steve":
(Sorry, but I can't get the photo to display here. It's at the Space Weather site though.)
"The Steve arc appeared for only about 20 minutes, starting at 10:45 pm MDT, during a lull in the main display," says Dyer, who captured the arc in a 6-shot, 360o panorama.
For many years, northern sky watchers have reported this luminous form occasionally dancing among regular auroras. It was widely called a "proton arc" until researchers pointed out that protons probably had nothing to do with it. So members of the Alberta Aurora Chasers group gave it a new name: "Steve."
"We seem to be ideally located in the Canadian Prairies for sighting Steve, as we often get the main aurora to our north, placing Steve overhead or to our south," notes Dyer.
No one fully understands the underlying physics of the purple ribbon. One of the European Space Agency's Swarm satellites flew straight through Steve during a previous apparition. Data revealed a relatively hot river of gas, about 25 km wide, flowing rapidly through Earth's outer atmosphere. "Steve seems to be a thermal emission from hot flowing gas rather than from precipitating electrons," says Dyer, "but his origin and nature are still mysterious."
Not so. "Steve" is a Birkeland current and has been understood for at least 100 years. For the life of me, I don't see what's so hard to understand about this.


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Stevenson's Division, Reserve Train
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My own dear wife,
I am now camped six miles below Columbus
on the Pickensville (Ala) road. Expect to move again to night or
in the morning and go toward Memphis, Ala., on the Tombigbee
river. We moved from our old camp last Sunday(8th inst) and
have since then been moving from point to point, then on one side
of the river and then on the other. I hope however we have got through
with crossing the river for it is very tedious work crossing a long
train in a ferry boat and night before last I come
very near being thrown in the river. I had two of my wagons [&] teams
on the boat which was much crowded and one of the mules
got restless and got himself into the river. It was a wheel mule
and difficult to cut loose and before we succeeded in doing so
the other teams became restive and the boat swung around down
the stream and for awhile I expected every moment to see the
boat turn over or be pushed over myself by some of the mules
for they were crowding from one side of the boat to the other and
almost impossible to control. We eventually got the mule free
from the harness and got the boat to the landing and I can assure
you I was very glad to put my foot on terra firma again for
it was a bitter cold night and the river was wide [&] deep and
there [several words missing] for a man to have [missing]
himself if he had got in the river.
I have made application to return to my brigade but
in consequence of the Quartermaster who was in charge of the
Division train being ordered on other duty, I have to remain in
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Robin Roberts, Chely Wright, Clay Aiken, Janet Mock and More at GLSEN Respect Awards
At the 11th Annual GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) Respect Awards -New York, which were held on Monday, May 19 at Gotham Hall, the mood was festive -- and not just because it was a gala with free drinks, good food, and a cool goodie bag. As the organization's executive director, Dr. Eliza Bayard, told EDGE before the ceremony: "I think there's a real explosion of choice now for LGBT students as to who can they look up to. Whether it's an entertainer, athlete, author, or just a hard-working person, there's now a role model for you."
While it was the LGBT students who have worked to make their high schools a safer and better environment for everyone who were the real stars of the evening, there were plenty of high-profile luminaries on hand to salute them. Among the many celebrated presenters and attendees were "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts, pop singer (and current political candidate) Clay Aiken, country music star Chely Wright, actors Dot-Marie Jones ("Glee"), Maulik Pancholy ("30 Rock"), and Matt Walton ("Under My Skin"), reality TV star Miss J. Alexander, WNBA president Laurel Ritchie, and New York Liberty players Essence Carson and Katie Smith.
For Wright (the evening's honorary co-chair), Jones, and Pancholy, this was their first GLSEN event, and each had their own reason for attending. "I was involved with GLSEN before I came out, because of the good work they do. I think it's so important to raise awareness about safe schools and safe spaces," said Wright, a mother of young twin sons who came with wife Lauren Blitzer.
"The singer also added that her work in country music has given her a special perspective. "Because of my fan base, I've begun to hear from many people who told me they were gay in school but couldn't discuss it. And I think it's so important for people in rural parts of the country to realize they can be gay and still live a 'normal life.'"
Pancholy, who recently got engaged to his longtime partner Ryan Corvaia and who is of South Asian heritage, echoed Wright's sentiment. "I didn't have any kind of support structure when I was in middle or high school, and I don't think I knew a single out teacher or student, so it would have been useful to have things like a Gay-Straight Alliance when I was growing up. It's great that we're educating people now at an early age."
Jones, who attended with her wife Bridget Casteen, spoke movingly of her struggles with bullying growing up - although mostly because she was over six-feet-tall by the time she was in the eighth grade. "It took me a long time to accept the skin I was in, and kids can say some terrible things," she notes. "So now, I feel we can never do enough for the kids, and the most important thing is to help any kid out there from committing suicide. I am blessed to still be here."
During the two-hour ceremony, four awards were bestowed by the organization. The GLSEN GSA of the Year Award was given to the Park City (Utah) High School Gay Straight Alliance, whose many accomplishments included their continuing work to erase anti-discrimination laws on the state and federal levels, and having a wide variety of students and teachers wear rainbow flag armbands to greet conservative Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert when he paid a recent visit to their school. Their goal, as one student said, "is to make sure that society treats everyone equally, because it is the right thing to do. "
AT&T received GLSEN's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Award. The 138-year-old company first launched its own anti-discrimination policy way back on 1975 and has long been in the forefront of protecting and helping LGBT employees through the formation of LEAGUE (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies Employees), implementing benefits for domestic partners in 1988, and becoming one of the first U.S. corporations to offer transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits.
Dr. Laura Taylor, former principal of Urbana High School in Illinois and currently the assistant superintendent for Champaign Schools in that state, was named Educator of the Year for her work with LGBT students. In an inspiring acceptance speech, Taylor noted: "I am often told that I am brave, but the true bravery comes from the many students I've met who work as advocates and activists for other students. I want to thank GLSEN for working so hard that, in the future, no one will have to be brave."
Finally, the group's coveted Inspiration Award was bestowed upon popular trans woman author Janet Mock, whose groundbreaking work includes the best-selling book "Redefining Realness," and the creation of #GirlsLikeUs, a movement that encourages trans women to live visibly. "When I was first approached to accept this award, I immediately thought of three things," said Mock. "I thought of all the people who came before me, from Audrey Lorde to Bayard Rustin to James Baldwin, without whose audacity I would not be visible as a trans woman or as an African-American author. I thought of all the GLSEN student ambassadors who have the courage to change their lives and the lives of others. And I thought of all the young people who didn't make it through school, but who still deserve to be recognized."
As Dr. Bayard put it succinctly, when discussing the past year: "I think we've been rolling the boulder up the hill for a long time, and the momentum is finally heading in the other direction. We have things to build on that we have never had before. But it's important for us not to quit before we cross the finish line."


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In the 19th and 20th Centuries Glasgow was a prosperous city, its wealth created by trading with the West Indies and the Americas. It was also a major producer of heavy engineering, including ship-building.
Glasgow Necropolis
Early in the 19th Century a cemetery was built in the East of the City, adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral (also called St Mungo's Cathedral) and the Royal Infirmary. The Glasgow Necropolis was built on a low, but very prominent hill and fifty thousand individuals are buried there. It was modelled on the Pere la Chaise cemetery in Paris
Many of the merchants who made Glasgow the 'Second City of the British Empire' are buried there.
Typically for the period, only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone. Approximately 3500 monuments exist there.
Ornate Entrance Gates
Ornate gates at the entrance to the Necropolis were erected in 1838 and lead to a bridge over a small river. The bridge was completed in 1833 and became known as the "Bridge of Sighs" because it was part of the route of funeral processions.
Between the main gates and the bridge are memorials to still-born children, the Korean War and Glaswegian recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Layout of the Necropolis
The cemetery was laid out as an informal park, as was common in Victorian cemeteries. Modern cemeteries have a grid layout. The paths of the cemetery lead to the top of the hill where most of the larger monuments are.
The tallest monument in the cemetery is that of John Knox, Protestant Reformer, and many of the larger momuments are clustered around this statue.
While most of the monuments are of Christians, there are memorials to people of other faiths. Many of the memorials are intricately decorated and many display a Celtic Cross.
The cemetery is very popular with tourists as it is a provides an insight into the Glasgow merchants who made Glasgow a prosperous city.
From the top, there are excellent views of the City and Glasgow Cathedral.
In recent years there has been moves to get volunteers to help maintain the cemetery to avoid it falling into disrepair.
Famous Memorials
There are many famous people buried in the cemetery. Some of these are included below.
Scottish Poet William Miller
William Miller was a Scottish poet who lived most of his life at No.4 Ark Lane in Dennistoun. He was the author of the poem 'Wee Willie Winkie'. He died in 1872.
- Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
- Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown,
- Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
- Are the children in their bed, for it's past ten o'clock?
- Hey, Willie Winkie, are you coming in?
- The cat is singing purring sounds to the sleeping hen,
- The dog's spread out on the floor, and doesn't give a cheep,
- But here's a wakeful little boy who will not fall asleep!
- Anything but sleep, you rogue! glowering like the moon,'
- Rattling in an iron jug with an iron spoon,
- Rumbling, tumbling round about, crowing like a cock,
- Shrieking like I don't know what, waking sleeping folk.
- Hey, Willie Winkie – the child's in a creel!
- Wriggling from everyone's knee like an eel,
- Tugging at the cat's ear, and confusing all her thrums
- Hey, Willie Winkie – see, there he comes!"
- Weary is the mother who has a dusty child,
- A small short little child, who can't run on his own,
- Who always has a battle with sleep before he'll close an eye
- But a kiss from his rosy lips gives strength anew to me
Major Archibald Douglas Monteath
Major Archibald Douglas Monteath of the East India Company also has a memorial in the cemetery. He was alleged to have made his fortune by acquiring the gems being carried by an elephant of one of the Maharajah.
His monument is based on the Knights Templar Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Charles Clark Mackirdy
Charles Clark Mackirdy (1811-1891) was the owner of a large cotton spinning company. He lived at 5 Blythswood Square Glasgow till his death at 80 years of age and was buried on Christmas Eve in 1891.
His monument is based on the popular design of Lysicrates with a Corinthian rotunda boasting unusually fine granite detail.
The Necropolis is worth a visit when in Glasgow.
Further Information
Opening Hours: 07.00 until Dusk.
Glasgow Necropolis
Castle Street
(Main Gates are Behind St Mungos's Mungo's Museum of Religous Life and Art)


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Charlie Sheen is back at work and shooting has resumed on "Two and a Half Men."
His agent, Stan Rosenfield, says Sheen returned to the Warner Bros. set in Burbank, Calif., on Tuesday morning.
The 44-year-old actor voluntarily entered a rehab facility "as a preventative measure" that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom last month.
Sheen still faces legal problems arising from a fight with his wife in Aspen, Colo., in December. He is charged with assault, criminal mischief and menacing, which carries a possible sentence of one to three years in prison.
Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges in Colorado's Pitkin County District Court on Monday. A judge scheduled a jury trial for July 21.
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European Nuclear Science and Application Research 2
ENSAR2 is the integrating activity for European nuclear scientists who are performing research in three of the major subfields defined by NuPECC: Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Tools and Applications. It proposes an optimised ensemble of Networking (NAs), Joint Research (JRAs) and Transnational Access Activities (TAs), which will ensure qualitative and quantitative improvement of the access provided by the current ten infrastructures, which are at the core of this proposal. The novel and innovative developments that will be achieved by the RTD activities will also assure state-of-the-art technology needed for the new large-scale projects. Our community of nuclear scientists profits from the diverse range of world-class research infrastructures all over Europe that can supply different ion beams and energies and, with ELI-NP, high-intensity gamma-ray beams up to 20 MeV. We have made great effort to make the most efficient use of these facilities by developing the most advanced and novel equipment needed to pursue their excellent scientific programmes and applying state-of-the-art developments to other fields and to benefit humanity (e.g. archaeology, medical imaging). Together with multidisciplinary and application-oriented research at the facilities, these activities ensure a high-level socio-economic impact. To enhance the access to these facilities, the community has defined a number of JRAs, using as main criterion scientific and technical promise. These activities deal with novel and innovative technologies to improve the operation of the facilities. The NAs of ENSAR2 have been set-up with specific actions to strengthen the communities' coherence around certain resarch topics and to ensure a broad dissemination of results and stimulate multidisciplinary, application-oriented research and innovation at the Research Infrastructures.
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Fundraising - Research Volunteer
Location: Penrith
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for you to get involved by supporting our fundraising team. We support and arrange a large number of fundraising activities, events and collections across the country. We know everyone is different and will try to tailor the volunteering opportunity to suit you, your time and your skills
Typical tasks include
- Researching opportunities
- Approaching community groups and setting up meetings/talks for the fundraiser to attend
- Supporting with Red Cross week fundraising activity
- Identifying potential funders - grant making trusts, corporate foundations etc
- Generating interest in your community in what we do and how they can help
About the person
We are looking for someone who has:
- Enthusiasm, organisational and people skills.
- An interest in meeting people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
- Own means of transport would be beneficial.
Minimum age 18. We have other fundraising roles available for under 18s
What We Offer:
- A role to suit your skills and interests to raise funds for our work in the UK and abroad
- Meet new people and be part of a dynamic and inclusive team
- The knowledge that you are making a difference to people's lives
- Real appreciation and effort to utilise your existing skills in
- Learning opportunities so you can represent the Red Cross with confidence
- Ability to build on existing or gain skills in organising, liaising and presenting to others
About the Team
Making a difference, one penny at a time.
Fundraising is the building block of the Red Cross, without it there'd be no Emergency First Aid, no Refugee Support, and no Disaster Relief. We're a busy bunch, with our team doing loads of different things, but we all share the same goal - to help those that need it most.
From ground level all the way to devising corporate fundraising strategies, we're a diverse team who never forgets that every penny raised could go to saving the life of someone in crisis.
Here's a little bit more about us...
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes.
From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us. Our goal is to connect human kindness with human crisis.
We're part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and we believe in the power of kindness.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
We support a huge range of people and we recruit for a diverse workforce - including disabled and ethnic minority candidates. This is to contribute to the breadth of experience we need to respond to people in crisis.
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Research ethics for Human Science
Starting 2017, the Human Science Area offers a recurrent course package in research ethics, primarily aimed at PhD students. The package comprises five courses of 1,5 credits each. The courses are hosted by the department of philosophy, but teachers from other subjects will be involved in each course.
Each module is designed to be the equivalent of one week of work, including preparation and examination, but the teaching is concentrated to one half day of lectures and seminars per course. Teaching will be in English, but examinations may be written in English or Swedish.
The whole package is available at least once per academic year, or more often, depending on demand.
For questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Descriptions of the courses are here:
1. Introduction to research ethics
Ethical problems involve conflicts of interest. In research ethics such conflicts are usually between, on the one hand, the scientific interest in generating new knowledge, and, on the other hand, different personal and social interests that are affected by the research process or its results. This course gives an overview of ethical conflicts that researchers need to be aware of and be prepared to handle in their work. It introduces some conceptual and theoretical tools from philosophical ethics, for example regarding the valuation of consequences of actions, regarding rights and duties, and ethical comportment. It also gives a short overview of relevant rules and regulations.
Completion of this module is a prerequisite for the following courses.
Fall 2019: Monday 2019-09-09, 13-17h
Spring 2020: Monday 2020-01-27, 13-17h
Apply for the course by sending an email to email@example.com, with your name, your personal number, your department and research discipline.
2. Scientific conduct and misconduct
Questions about scientific misconduct concern situations where researchers are tempted to put their personal, economic or career interest before the interests of science and the scientific community. An important area regards plagiarism and stealing ideas, results or data from other researchers. There are many clear cases of plagiarism, but also borderline cases where conceptual clarity and a reflective attitude concerning good practice is important. These questions are related to a set of issues around publication ethics, which also raises the problem of "self plagiarism." Other kinds of misconduct concern the handling of research data, from fabrication and forgery to misleading presentation of data, and deficient the preservation and accessibility of data to control and further research. The relevant problems are treated in connection with real examples and problematic situations from the participants own experience.
Fall 2019: Monday 2019-10-07, 13-17h
Spring 2020: Monday 2020-03-02, 13-17h
3. Privacy and consent
Much research in the human sciences involves participants from outside of the scientific community, for example giving information through surveys or interviews, or by taking part as subjects in experiments. Research must be planned and conducted with respect for the safety and personal integrity of such persons. A growing new field which raises these questions is research on the internet and on social media. A key concept in this connection is "consent" and the form in which consent can be sought and given in different contexts. Another related problem complex concerns research on vulnerable or discriminated groups, that may be negatively affected by the research process or its results.
Fall 2019: Monday 2019-10-21, 13-17h
Spring 2020: Monday 2020-03-23, 13-17h
4. The value of science
Ethical considerations in research presuppose that other interests are balanced against the scientific value of the research and its expected results. But what is worth knowing and why? How can one balance the priorities that are made within a scientific discipline against the needs and wishes of society at large? Does the scientific community have a responsibility for the knowledge culture of society as a whole, and does this have any implications for the conduct of individual researchers? Under what circumstances should the researcher take up the role as expert and how should one behave in that role?
Fall 2019: Monday 2019-11-18, 13-17h
Spring 2020: Monday 2020-04-20, 13-17h
5. Ethical vetting
This course is aimed at practical questions regarding ethical vetting, with direct relevance for the research projects of participants. What projects must be, or should be, formally vetted? How does one write an application and how is it assessed? The course involves teachers with experience from both sides of the process - to apply for and receive approval, and to assess applications. Participants will have the opportunity to work on their own projects: do they need ethical vetting and how should the application be formulated.
Completion of courses 1 and 3 is required for this course.
Next course start: 20 May 2019, 13-17. F379.
Fall 2019: Monday 2019-12-09, 13-17h
Spring 2020: Monday 2020-05-18, 13-17h
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June 18, 2019
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President Barack Obama will visit flood-ravaged Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
In a statement Friday, the White House said the president is eager to see the impact of the floods and to meet with officials.
The White House said Obama was briefed on the situation in Louisiana and that he directed his team to schedule a time with state officials to meet in Louisiana.
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"The President is mindful of the impact that his travel has on first responders and wants to ensure that his presence does not interfere with ongoing recovery efforts," the White House.
Obama has been vacationing in Martha's Vineyard with his family and was criticized by some in the state for not making the trip sooner.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, flew to the area Friday morning.
When a woman told Trump she was happy he wasn't off playing golf, Trump replied: "Somebody is, somebody is that shouldn't be."
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What Should We Do About Global Warming?
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These materials were reviewed using face-to-face NSF-style review panel of geoscience and geoscience education experts to review groups of resources addressing a single theme. Panelists wrote reviews that addressed the criteria:
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Following the panel meetings, the conveners wrote summaries of the panel discussion for each resource; these were transmitted to the creator, along with anonymous versions of the reviews. Relatively few resources were accepted as is. In most cases, the majority of the resources were either designated as 1) Reject or 2) Accept with major revisions. Resources were most often rejected for their lack of completeness to be used in a classroom or they contained scientific inaccuracies.
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Reviewed Teaching Collection
This activity has received positive reviews in a peer review process involving five review categories. The five categories included in the process are
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For more information about the peer review process itself, please see https://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/activity_review.html.
This page first made public: Aug 9, 2006
This material is replicated on a number of sites as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service Project
Learning Goals
- Use data and visualizations to study greenhouse gases and their relationship to global warming.
- Examine the problem of global warming and its significance.
- Evaluate the Kyoto Protocol.
- Summarize what they have learned, using scientific data to support their conclusions.
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- The modules and movies from the authors' original website: What Should We Do About Global Warming? ( This site may be offline. )
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References and Resources
Interactive role-playing exercises dealing with the complicated issue of humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and its consequences include:
- Mock Environmental Summit
At the end of a six-week class or unit on global warming, students role-play representatives from various countries and organizations at an international summit on global warming.
- The Great Energy Debate
This lesson plan explores the energy debate in the U.S. Students will hold a mock congressional committee meeting and make decisions about public lands and energy resources.
- What Should We Do About Global Warming?
This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation.


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Sturdy "country-style" bread works best for this healthy tuna sandwich recipe with watercress and chili-mayo. Eat the tuna sandwich warm, straight off the grill, or wrap it up and pack it in a cooler for a picnic dinner. Serve with grilled bell peppers tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and vinegar and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.
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The University of Maryland put its name in the history books and brought a championship banner to College Park last night as the Terps officially became an elite member of college basketball.
It wasn't pretty. Actually, it may have been one of the ugliest championship games in NCAA history as Maryland defeated Indiana, 64-52, last night before a crowd of 53,406 at the Georgia Dome to capture its first national title.
But who cares about cosmetics?
The Terps did what they had to do. They did what Len Bias, Keith Booth and Steve Francis couldn't do.
They succeeded where Tom McMillen and Len Elmore failed. Buck and Albert didn't get it done, and Lefty never lived up to his promise of making Maryland the UCLA of the East.
Oh, what a run.
To win its first national championship, Maryland ran through some of the most storied programs in college basketball. The Terps beat Kentucky and Connecticut in the regionals, and Kansas and Indiana in the Final Four. That's three of the best coaches in the game, too, in Tubby Smith, Jim Calhoun and Roy Williams.
It's no wonder Terps players hugged at the final horn with forward Chris Wilcox hugging point guard Steve Blake, and then hoisting him high in the air.
The entire team.
Most Valuable Player? Juan Dixon, who else?
"I don't think that anyone can guard him one-on-one," Indiana forward Kyle Hornsby said.
The senior shooting guard from Baltimore and Calvert Hall high school finished with 18 points, hitting six of nine from the field and four of four from the foul line. In the tournament, Dixon scored 29, 29, 19, 27, 33 and 18 points. No one in the past five years has carried a team through a tournament like Dixon.
There were times here at the Final Four that he became an assistant coach, but he never overstepped his bounds. The final curtain call belonged to head coach Gary Williams, whose program was on life support when he first took over 13 years ago.
"This is a great thrill," Williams said. "Not many coaches get a chance to coach three great seniors [Dixon, Byron Mouton and Lonny Baxter] like this. It was a thrill for me to watch these guys work this hard and get their reward. There were a lot of people involved in this. It took all our administration, our staff and everyone involved with the program to make this happen."
Minutes before the Terps were presented with the national championship plaque, Maryland fans chanted Williams' name, and then followed it with a chorus of "We're No. 1."
This was a team built in the mold of Williams. Intense, confident and with a chip on its shoulders. After blowing a 22-point lead to Duke last year in the Final Four semifinals, every one of them said they had only one goal, and that was to win a national championship.
And they never blinked under pressure.
There were some nervous moments last night. Blake was erratic again as he has been in the postseason. Wilcox and Baxter looked tired in the first half, and reserve forward Tahj Holden got into foul trouble.
But with the score 51-46, Holden made two foul shots with 5:04 remaining. Reserve guard Drew Nicholas made it 55-49 on a layup with 3:33 left. Baxter converted one of two foul shots 30 seconds later, and Dixon made two more foul shots with 2:43 remaining.
When Blake converted two foul shots with 2:13 left to put Maryland ahead 60-49, it was goodbye Hoosiers, hello national championship.
Baxter finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds, 12 on the defensive end. Wilcox added 10 points and seven rebounds. Typical Maryland. The Terps have been balanced all year, a team with no superstars, just role players and underachievers who turned the Terps into the nation's best college basketball team in 2002.
"I am so proud of everyone on this team," Dixon said. "Lonny and me beat the odds and led our team to a title. I can't put into words how excited I am now. Coach Williams took a chance on me and I thank him for that. This has been a great experience."
Maryland had a chance to take control of the game in the first half when the Terps went up 19-8 with 11:10 remaining. They maintained an eight- to 11-point lead for the next two minutes, but fell apart after Wilcox scored to give Maryland a 23-11 lead with 9:26 left.
The Terps went almost the next six minutes without a field goal, and Indiana cut Maryland's lead to 31-25 at the half on a layup by Hoosiers guard Tom Coverdale at the buzzer.
Maryland looked tired during the drought, especially Baxter and Wilcox. The Terps also committed 10 turnovers in the first half, and looked nothing like a team that wanted to finish off Indiana early to win a national championship.
Dixon led Maryland in scoring at the half with 11 while Indiana had balanced scoring. Most of the Hoosiers' points came from three-point range where they connected on five of eight attempts. If Indiana could have made foul shots, the score would have been closer at the end. The Hoosiers were just 2-for-7 in free-throw attempts.
But it all became irrelevant at the end. The Terps are national champions.
"This is the greatest feeling," Holden said. "This is exactly what we've worked hard all year for. It wasn't pretty, but we had guys making plays when we had to."
The University of Maryland put its name in the history books and brought a championship banner to College Park last night as the Terps officially became an elite member of college basketball.


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Syria and Iraq held talks Saturday on reinforcing cooperation on oil as well as other trade fields, reported AFP Sunday.
The talks in Baghdad were held between Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Mohammed Rashid and Daud Haydar, director of the oil marketing office in Syria's Council of Ministers, who headed a Syrian delegation of oil, industry and economics ministry officials, the agency added.
ArabicNews.com reported Saturday that the discussions dealt with reopening the petroleum pipeline between Mawsel and Tartous as soon as repair work for the pipeline is done at locations inside both states.
Baghdad and Damascus agreed in August 1998 to restart a pipeline that can run up to 1.4 million barrels of oil a day from the northern Iraqi oilfields of Kirkuk to Banias, a Syrian port on the Mediterranean.
According to AFP, the talks also focused on using Syrian harbors for exports of Iraqi products as well as receiving Iraqi imports.
Iraq and Syria broke off diplomatic relations in 1980, but began to normalize links in 1997, opening their border to businessman and government officials – (Several Sources)
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