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My friend Keith asked me to list "fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you", spending no longer than fifteen minutes to think about it. I may have gone over the time limit somewhat as I found this a fascinating challenge, thinking about the albums that have been most significant in my life, which have stayed with me and remained relevant and listenable. Music is a repository of memory and emotion for me. Certain tracks make me go almost instantly misty-eyed as my mind jumps back to a festival, a live show, a relationship, a group of friends, a moment, a chapter of my life. Music is my great artistic passion and has played a significant role in my life. My primary friendship groups have often emerged out of the music scenes that I'm participating in, I spent five years organizing music events and I'm constantly listening out for new sounds and artists.
I don't tend to listen much to music older than the last couple of years. New music constantly replaces old music in my playlist. But some classics remains, or remain so dear to my heart that, even if I don't get them out and put them on often, if ever, they are powerfully nostalgic when I do come across them. They remain timeless.
Here, then, are my fifteen:
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil were my first "favourite band", a love of my early teenage years and the first live concert I went to, when I was 11 or 12. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs&ob=av2e]
My Friend the Chocolate Cake - Live at the National Theatre My Mum was given the MFTCC album "Good Luck" at work and despite it being nothing like what I was listening to at the time I stole it and began a love affair with the band. Something about David Bridie's voice and the at-times haunting and at-times soaring orchestral folk music really connected with me. As is the case with most good bands they're best live, and this is a live album which I listened to over and over again in the late 90's and still enjoy today. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNEP1uGu0c]
Pulp - This is Hardcore I loved Pulp. I got into them after Different Class came out in 1995 but it went to a different level after 1998's This is Hardcore. When they toured in support of the album my friend Dylan and I camped out to get great tickets. Completely unnecessarily as it turned out as no-one else turned up until 6am. Ergo, we must have been the biggest Pulp fans in Sydney at the time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbLyi5wgeg&ob=av2e]
Leftfield - Leftism Released in 1995 but still sounds cutting-edge today. At the time the blend of dub, breakbeat and techno was completely new and different. One of the greatest electronic albums of all time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfs0mPiO3M&ob=av2e]
Various (mixed by DJ Nervous and John Ferris) - Plastic Plastic was the first club I went to regularly, near weekly for the summer of 99/2000, and am amazing summer it was. I don't listen to this stuff anymore but this was a really good time. The plastic sound, rocking, sometimes-cheesy uplifting trance, was the soundtrack of university for myself and many friends.
Freestylers - We Rock Hard When we weren't listening to the Freestylers that is. This was probably played at every house party I was at from 1999-2001. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fopsRtC-M4&p=2B98C6C0E5054370&]
Radiohead - Kid A When OK Computer was released I found it hard to imagine anything better. Then Radiohead released Kid A, so completely unlike OK Computer but to my ears transcending their previous sound for one more complex, chaotic, beautiful and beguiling. Also: I met my wife at a Radiohead concert which heavily featured this album and its immediate follow-ups. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnsfzlxs-KY]
Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom After their brilliant debut The Gathering Infected Mushroom emerged as the biggest psytrance act on the planet with the release of Classical Mushroom in 2000. As the name implies it infused classical elements with thumping, expansive psytrance grooves, overlayed with piano, guitars, sitars and science fiction samples. It infected many, myself included, with the psytrance bug and remains a unique and extraordinary album. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5cAIC-lK4]
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun I'll never forget the first time I heard Sigur Ros. I was lying on the floor of a darkened room as this strange, ethereal music washed over me, overwhelming my mind with its strange beauty. The lush contours of the music and incomprehensible-but-evocative vocals seemed to contain a dark secret, almost understood, majestic in its power. It still has that effect on me. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xow2gnVTUjs]
Coda - Calling Mission Mu I loved the "acoustic electronic" or "neo-classical" scene that emerged in Sydney in the early-mid 00's: bands that re-created electronica-inspired soundscapes with live instrumentation including xylophones, violins, guitars, drums, etc. Coda are the best example of this sound and Calling Mission Mu is a brilliant album.
Ott - Hallucinogen in Dub Everyone should own this album. It's that good. British psydub producer Ott deconstructed and reconstructed the sounds of Hallucinogen into a truly brilliant dub record.
Shpongle - Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost I found it almost impossible to choose just one Shpongle album, they're all so strong and so individually unique. Their music is a crazy brilliant mix of ambient, world, psytrance and dub. I chose Nothing lasts... in part because it reminds me of a beautiful morning at a festival headlined by Shpongle following the release of this album, listening to this enveloping and inspiring sound while watching butterfly's float in rays of morning light shafting through the trees above our heads.... Just about as perfect a moment as you could imagine. The 20 "tracks" on this album flow together seamlessly so hearing one in isolation doesn't do it any justice, but regardless:
Son Kite - Colours When I started going out to psytrance parties I was all about the full-on morning sound. Initially I found the more progressive side of things a bit lacking in excitement, but over time this longer-form, more subtle variant began to really work for me. Son Kite was one of the first progressive artists I listened to a lot, especially this album.
Lost Keys - Faerie Spell In 2006 our flatmate Len brought home a demo from a young producer up the North Coast of NSW, a friend of his teenage cousin. It was four tracks of fantastically well-constructed psytrance with great samples and inventive melodies. It was a hell of a lot of fun and instantly became high rotation in our house. Two years later this finished album came out and we're still listening to it regularly now. All killer, no filler. And this track has a Dark Crystal sample! What's not to like?
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild Soundtrack K and I saw Into the Wild during our frantic final few days packing up our lives in Newtown and preparing to embark on our big overseas adventure. It's a beautiful film, perfectly accompanied by Eddie Vedder's brilliant soundtrack. Every time I hear this album it makes me think of travel and distance, the rawer edge of life's journey and the people you meet along the way.


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Lincoln Police Investigate Car-Train Collision
The Lincoln Police Department is investigating a car-train collision that occurred just before 6am on November 19, 2009. The railroad lights were activated and crossing arms down at SW 6th and West A Street as a northbound Amtrak train approached. Witnesses reported that a black Acura slowly drove toward the tracks. The driver then chose to maneuver his vehicle around the crossing arms. The vehicle was immediately struck by the on-coming train. The driver, a 42 year old Lincoln man, Huy Nguyen, was ejected from the vehicle and found deceased. Emergency responders searched the area. It is believed that Huy was the only occupant of the vehicle. No injuries were reported among passengers aboard the train.

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The Profit Motive in Education
I've finally had a chance to look over a book published last year by the London-based Institute for Economic Affiars: The Profit Motive in Education--Continuing the Revolution. It turns out to be a great overview of current developments from all over the world, and has a particularly useful chapter by its editor James B. Stanfield, development director at the E. G. West Centre at the University of Newcastle, founded by James Tooley.
I highly recommend it to anyone interested in better understanding how genuine markets can and do work in elementary and secondary education. Delightfully, the whole thing is available on-line as a .pdf file (see link above). E-mail it to your Kindle!


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Union Bank Robbery Cleared
At 8:55am on April 24, 2009, Lincoln Police were sent to Union Bank, 4800 Normal Boulevard, on the report of a bank robbery. A male entered the bank wearing a rubber Halloween mask, a wig and gloves. He was armed with a handgun and demanded money. He left the bank with an undisclosed amount. Fortunately, no one inside the bank was physically injured.
An alert citizen watched the suspect leave and provided dispatch with a vehicle description and direction of travel. Officer Brian Ward spotted the car, a white 1993 Buick Regal, at Normal and South. He followed the vehicle and activated his overheard lights. At S. 28th and Sumner, the driver jumped from the vehicle with his hands up. At that point, the passenger slid over and took control of the car. A vehicle pursuit was initiated. The suspect continued north on S. 27th even after striking a median and another vehicle. He was taken into custody just north of 27th and Randolph at 9:01am.
The weapon used during the robbery was located on the front seat of the vehicle. The stolen money was recovered in Geoffery Daniel Essay's pocket. He has been cited and lodged for Robbery, Use of Weapon to Commit a Felony and Fleeing to Avoid Arrest. The man that jumped from the vehicle has been released. No citations have been issued to him at this time.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The California venture capitalist hired by Gov. John Kasich for a dollar to help jump-start Ohio's job-creation efforts is leaving his state management job and returning to the private sector.
Mark Kvamme will resign as president and interim chief investment officer of JobsOhio effective Nov. 1, board Chairman Jim Boland announced Tuesday.
Boland said the board has chosen John Minor, one of the organization's managing directors, as Kvamme's replacement.
"Ohio has been fortunate to access the talents of a man such as Mark Kvamme at the time when we needed them most," Boland said in a statement. "Mark's leadership of JobsOhio, his intimate understanding of what makes job-creators tick, and his ability to reach agreement on projects that both protect the interests of Ohio taxpayers and help companies succeed have set the gold standard for economic success nationwide."
Boland said Kvamme will continue to live and work in Ohio "pursuing private sector opportunities that support the economic development and job creation mission he began at JobsOhio."
Kvamme's resignation came just two business days after the Ohio Supreme Court tossed a complaint the state had hoped would resolve constitutional questions surrounding JobsOhio and clear the way for the transfer of state liquor rights to JobsOhio in a deal worth an estimated $1.4 billion.
The ongoing lawsuit challenging the legal rights of a nonprofit corporation to control tax dollars was just one of the hurdles Kvamme encountered in his state roles over the past two years.
Kasich originally tapped Kvamme, a friend whose business acumen he admired, as his state development director. But after a lawsuit was filed alleging Kvamme's out-of-state residency made him ineligible for the job under Ohio's Constitution, Kasich moved him out of the post into a newly created non-Cabinet position, director of job creation.
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur held that job until JobsOhio was able to get up and running. He has been the fledgling board's founding director and investment expert during a period that includes assistance to 400 companies investing or expanding in the state, 31,300 new job commitments and $6.1 billion in capital investment.
"The world is waking up again to Ohio's potential, but more must be done and more will be done," Kvamme said. "I look forward to continuing to be part of that and to furthering the mission of JobsOhio in a different but equally meaningful way."
Republican House Speaker William Batchelder thanked Kvamme for lending his expertise to the state.
"His keen business sense and dedication to improving our economy helped to make Ohio competitive in the global economy and put us at the forefront of the national recovery," Batchelder said in a statement.
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern handed credit for Ohio's economic recovery to President Barack Obama's administration's auto rescue. He said Ohio taxpayers aren't even aware Kvamme's been on the job because of hurdles JobsOhio has faced.
"As JobsOhio enters a new phase without its director, I hope the Kasich administration will do a better job than it has in the past of prohibiting conflicts of interest with Ohio's resources," he said in a statement.
Minor is a long-time investment banker. He served as managing director at Evercore Partners and as senior vice president at both Barclays Capital and the former Lehman Brothers.


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Geoffrey Wainwright
Robert Earl Cushman Professor Emeritus of Christian Theology
Duke Divinity School
Box 90968
Durham, NC 27708-0968
B.A., M.A., B.D., D.D., University of Cambridge
Dr. Theol., University of Geneva
Born in Yorkshire, England, and a cricket player in his youth, Geoffrey Wainwright studied in Cambridge, Geneva, and Rome. He is an ordained minister of the British Methodist Church, and after serving a circuit ministry in Liverpool during the heyday of the Beatles, he went for six years as a missionary pastor and teacher to Cameroon in West Africa. In the mid '70s he taught Scripture and doctrine at The Queen's College, Birmingham. In 1979 he moved to the United States, first to Union Theological Seminary, New York, where he held the Roosevelt chair of systematic theology, and then (in 1983) to Duke. He has devoted much of his energy to the cause of ecumenism, understood as unity in the truth of a gospel that is to be preached to the world. As a member of WCC Faith and Order, he played a leading part in the production of the Lima text on "Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry" (1982); and from 1986-2011 he co-chaired the dialogue between the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church.
Geoffrey Wainwright has served as president of the international Societas Liturgica (1983-85) as well as of the American Theological Society (1996-97). He was honored by the publication of Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine, and Life: Essays Presented to Geoffrey Wainwright on his Sixtieth Birthday (Oxford University Press, 1999). He received the 2005 Johannes Quasten Medal from the Catholic University of America for "excellence in scholarship."
- Holy Scripture
- Hymns by Charles Wesley (to be learned by heart)
- L. Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
- Pro Ecclesia, a periodical
Selected Publications
- Embracing Purpose: Essays on God, the World and the Church
- "Doxology," a systematic theology funded by worship
- "Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life"
- "The Oxford History of Christian Worship" co-ed. with Karen Westerfield Tucker
Recent Courses
Professor Wainwright chiefly teaches advanced seminars on the nature and functions of theology and on such cardinal topics as the doctrine of the Trinity. For fun he also offers a course on "Icon Theology" from time to time.


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Officials with the Department of Children and Families are investigating a mental health technician from the Milton Girls Facility who allegedly sexually assaulted several of the juveiles at the center.
MILTON � Local and state authorities are investigating a third employee at the Milton Girls Facility following the center�s closing in December, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff�s Office.
Mental health technician Ernest L. Parker, 52, is accused of sexually assaulting several juvenile girls at the facility in Milton, according to a Sheriff�s Office news release.
He has been charged with four counts of battery, seven counts of sexual assault on a juvenile with special conditions, three counts of lewd and lascivious on a child between 12 and 16 years old, one count of lewd and lascivious on a person 18 or older and six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the Sheriff�s Office reported.
The Milton Girls Facility contracted with the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide life skills, psychological and behavioral counseling and schooling to juvenile girls ordered there by the court.
The facility was shut down in December 2012 when the center requested to end its contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice. The 60 girls there were moved to other centers.
The request to shut down came shortly after another employee, 33-year-old Shannon Abbott was charged with felony battery. Surveillance video showed Abbott pushing a teenage girl against a wall then pinning her to the floor.
Carol Andrus, the program director, also is under investigation for excessive use of force and improper conduct for grabbing the neck of a 15-year-old girl.
Several girls reported in December that Parker touched them in sexual ways. The girls told investigators they were afraid to speak out for fear that their sentences would be lengthened.
Parker is in the Santa Rosa County Jail on a $1.01 million bond, according to the Sheriff�s Office.
The Sheriff�s Office, Department of Juvenile Justice, state Department of Children and Families and the state attorney�s office are investigating.
Officials are looking for girls who stayed at the facility between April and December 2012 who were victims or witnesses to the incidents, according to the Sheriff�s Office.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 850-437-STOP.
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Paul, Griffin help Clippers cruise past 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Some of the Los Angeles Clippers' players were practicing a variety of high-flying dunks during pregame warm-ups. The fun continued when the real game tipped off.
Chris Paul had 21 points and 11 assists, Blake Griffin scored 20 points and the Clippers dunked their way to a 107-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
Jamal Crawford also scored 20 points and Matt Barnes had 11 for the Pacific Division-leading Clippers. Eric Bledsoe scored 10 points while DeAndre Jordan grabbed 10 rebounds.
"We were out there having fun," said Jordan, who watched some of those highlight-reel dunks on an iPad in the locker room. "When we're active and moving the ball, good things happen. I think dunks and layups come when we're doing what we're supposed to be doing on offense."
The Clippers closed out their season-high eight-game road trip at 4-4, including consecutive wins at New York and Philadelphia.
Los Angeles won the finale with ease without guard Chauncey Billups and forward Caron Butler. Both players were nursing sore lower backs and were replaced in the starting lineup by Matt Barnes and Willie Green.
"It shows the kind of depth we have," Crawford said. "Guys get hurt and other guys step up. It's great to see."
Still, the Clippers had little trouble against a rather listless Philadelphia team. They built a 27-point lead in the third quarter and kept throwing down vicious dunks. Griffin and Jordan had three big slams in the period and the Clippers ended up with 48 points in the paint by the end of the game.
Paul was the one running the offense with precision, leading to those dunks.
"I think CP is one of the best players in the world," Crawford said. "He does everything to set us up and get us going."
Nick Young led the Sixers with 29 points while Jrue Holiday, Evan Turner and Jeremy Pargo had 10 each. Spencer Hawes had 10 rebounds.
"They're one of the highest-jumping teams in the league," Young said. "They had it going."
Lavoy Allen struggled against the Clippers, two nights after the best performance in his career. Allen had 14 points and a career-best 22 rebounds in an 87-76 win over Charlotte last Saturday. Against the much more athletic Clippers, Allen managed just four points and two rebounds in 28 minutes.
The Sixers ended their eight-game homestand — their longest since 1986 — with a thud, though they did finish 5-3. Philadelphia fell to 22-28 overall with one more game looming at Milwaukee on Wednesday before the All-Star break.
"We'll be fine," Turner said. "We've got to stay confident and remain focused."
Philadelphia began the night three games behind the Bucks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
A potential playoff spot could be even more in doubt with the uncertain future of injured center Andrew Bynum. Before the game, Bynum said he was unsure when he would make his much-anticipated debut.
"I'm not really optimistic," said Bynum, who has yet to play for the Sixers. "When I get on the court, that's when I'll be ready."
Bynum has been dealing with bilateral bone bruises on both knees since being acquired in a blockbuster 12-player, four-team trade in the offseason.
The Clippers were dominant in just about every aspect in rolling to a 56-33 lead at halftime. They shot 63 percent from the field and held the Sixers to 34 percent shooting.
NOTES: Sixers G Jason Richardson (left knee synovitis) said he's scheduled for knee surgery on Thursday. He's expected to miss 6-to-9 months. . The Clippers improved to 17-12 on the road. … Paul recorded his 18th double-double of the season.


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I am writing to clarify my statements (made in a March 5 letter) about the proposed income tax concerning the new jail, and animal control ordinance and board. At the end of this letter I have included a short response to Jeff Jones.
Because my first letter has led to some confusion, let me try to clarify my statements. First, when I was talking about the tax levy, I was talking about the 20 years as the time frame suggested by the council. According to stats found at Indiana.edu, the median household income is $44,652.
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Where's the Beef? Putting a 'Less-Meat' Diet to the Test
(NEW YORK) -- For generations, meat has been center stage on American dinner plates. But now, for many, its seems to be moving to the side of the plate.
Today, 30 percent of Americans are eating less meat, not necessarily going vegetarian or vegan, but choosing to eat less. Concerns over health, the so-called "pink slime" in burgers controversy, the impact on the environment and higher prices at the grocery store have led to meal-overhaul movements such as "Meatless Mondays" and a 12-percent drop in meat consumption over the last five years.
While finding new ways to change your diet can seem like a challenge, Mark Bittman, a New York Times food critic and an advocate for "less-meatarians," is out to prove that anyone can easily and affordably make tasty meals without having a chunk of meat take over the dinner plate.
"Combining vegetables with meat makes them much more interesting and this is historically how people ate," Bittman said. "Meat and fish were treasures. They were treats. They were things you couldn't count on. It's only in the past 50 years that you could count on putting meat on the table every night and every day."
But eating less meat doesn't mean shopping at the premium organic stores, Bittman added.
"The difference isn't really between an organic cheese burger and a non-organic cheeseburger," he said. "The difference is between...a cheeseburger and a head of broccoli. That's the real choice."
At Haven's Kitchen in New York City, Bittman cooked up a cassoulet, basically pork and beans, but light on the pork. He said it's a healthier meal because it is lower in fat and higher in micronutrients than its more traditional cousin. Bittman said eating less meat has helped improve his health.
"I lost 35 pounds, my cholesterol levels went down below 200, which is where it's supposed to be, and blood sugar went down to where it's supposed to be," he said.
To put the "less-meatatarian" diet to the test, ABC's Nightline asked celebrity chef Angelo Sosa, a committed omnivore who specializes in Asian cuisine, to try it for three days, meaning he had to dial back the meat and amp up the vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
"What I eat is extremely important to me, more so now than ever -- I'm 37 and the weight goes right to my belly," Sosa said. "I'm excited. I feel like I don't need to be weighed down. I don't like more fat in my system."
Did 72 hours on a less-meat diet make a difference for Sosa? Did he feel different or still crave meat? Watch the video below to find out.
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UPDATE: Missing Newaygo County Toddler Found Alive
UPDATE: Amber Rose Smith, the toddler missing from her Newaygo County home has been found safe. She was found by DNR searchers approximately 1 3/4 miles from her home, standing in the woods. The Michigan State Police have issued an Amber Alert for Amber Rose Smith (age 2 1/2), who disappeared from her Newaygo County home on Tuesday Amber Rose was last seen around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at her home in Barton Township in northeast Newaygo County by her father. She was wearing a black tank top with a pink bow, and may have been wearing jeans and without shoes.
Amber's father says that he stepped away for a minute to use the restroom while the girl was watching television. When he came out, he yelled for her, but she didn't come or respond. He did note that the families dogs came running out of the woods, and that Amber would occasionally go outside and play with the dogs without telling anyone where she was going. Smith says he searched for about a half an hour before calling 911.
Authorities say they are concerned because it is a very remote area and there are lakes and streams nearby. Multiple counties are assisting in the search in the area which borders the Manistee National Forest.
The Newaygo County Sheriff resumed the search Wednesday morning at 7 a.m.
Anyone with information should call Newaygo County Central Dispatch at (231) 689-5288.


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Stour Vale Academy Trust
Modern Languages (2ZFF)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- Haybridge Alliance SCITT
- Financial support
- Bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) allows you to teach in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's also recognised internationally.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 9 October 2018
- Date course starts
- September 2019
- Website
- http://stourbridgetsa.org/
- Vacancies
- No
About the course
Redhill School/Stourbridge Teaching School Alliance (STSA) offers training to both primary and secondary applicants. We work with two providers: University of Worcester and Haybridge SCITT (accredited through Birmingham City University). In both cases, candidates spend the majority of their time in schools within the STSA. For their subject specialist training and their higher education study, trainees will attend the appropriate provider which will be either Worcester University or Haybridge SCITT.
Secondary Training: during their school direct training, all trainees will receive support from both their subject mentor and professional mentor. The subject mentor will provide subject specific support, including access to the latest teaching and learning strategies in order to become a confident teacher. Our professional studies programme is delivered by the professional mentors and is designed around current pedagogy. It also incorporates visits to other schools as well as guest speakers to enhance your understanding of contemporary practice.
Trainees will spend up to 70 days in their main school (autumn and summer term) and up to 35 days in their second placement (spring term). Autumn term in their main school will consist of observing lessons and working collaboratively with other teachers and they will eventually teach independently by October half term. Teaching allocations will be increased gradually over the autumn term and by spring and summer terms, trainees will be ready to teach more classes. Alongside their teaching commitments, trainees will also spend approximately 45 days at university where they will receive expert training in their subject specialisms as well as supplementary professional studies sessions and other enhancement activities. There will be three assignments plus a presentation that assess a candidate's subject and pedagogical knowledge and which form part of the PGCE Secondary offer. For their higher education based training, applicants through University of Worcester will attend sessions at the Worcester campus; applicants through Haybridge will attend Haybridge/Birmingham City University.
Primary Training:
Trainees will spend up to 23 weeks in their base school (autumn and summer terms) and up to 8 weeks in their second placement (spring term). In addition to this, they will also spend up to 7 weeks either at university or on enhanced placements. One day per week will be devoted to professional studies which will take place either at university or in school. For their PGCE accreditation, trainees will have to complete 2 assignments plus a presentation.
Interview process
Applications through Worcester University: upon application, potential trainees will be informed of their host school, and the interview will take place at this school. For interview, applicants are asked to deliver a short presentation and teach a 20-30 minute lesson to a group of pupils. There will be two interviews: a short, informal subject knowledge interview (usually with the Head of Department in secondary schools or Phase Leader in primary schools) and a formal interview which will cover aspects of the teaching profession. There will also be a written task based on a lesson you will observe, and, in some cases, a numeracy task.
Applications through Haybridge: the process will be similar to the process for Worcester, but the numeracy task is compulsory.
How school placements work
There are several schools within the Alliance (see our web-site for further details) and candidates are usually allocated according to capacity and need. In all cases, the candidate's own circumstances will be considered so that travel times are not inconvenient. All our schools are mainly in the Dudley Borough and at secondary level they are predominantly 11-16 intake. You will spend the autumn and summer terms at your host school and the spring term in your second placement.
Applicants through University of Worcester or Haybridge will be allocated through the same process.
Financial support
You'll get a bursary of £26,000 if you have a degree of 2:2 or above in any subject.
You don't have to apply for a bursary - you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
Secondary: You will have attained a degree in your subject area and GCSE to grade C or above in both English and Mathematics. We will consider other relevant and related degrees providing the necessary Subject Knowledge Enhancement Programme is completed.
Primary: in addition to a relevant degree, you will also need GCSE to grade C or above in English, Mathematics and Science.
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The Stourbridge Teaching School Alliance offers training across a range of specialisms and phases. Based at Redhill School in Stourbridge, our reputation is built on high quality teaching and learning that is centred on principles of knowledge, inquiry and challenge: Redhill is an outstanding school which regularly achieves some of the best exam results in the area. We work closely with a number of other excellent schools in the Black Country, ensuring that you will experience an exciting and comprehensive training programme. Supported by our experienced and talented mentors, you will quickly become an integral part of a supportive and aspirational environment that is committed to outstanding outcomes for all, assuring you of the best possible start to your teaching profession.
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Moveable objects such as collections or archives can be conserved in special institutions that provide them with appropriately controlled environments. This option does not exist for historic buildings, ancient cities, gardens, archaeological sites or larger ensembles like landscapes or heritage routes that ICOMOS was been created to focus on. In such places, settings often encompass dynamic social, economic and cultural communities that contribute to, or are part of, the value and significance of individual heritage places.
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I'm back in Jo'burg over Christmas and looking for people to climb with between Tuesday 27th and Friday 30th December. Waterval Boven / Magaliesburg / Harrysmith / where ever - I'm just dying to get back onto beautiful, warm SA rock! It has been a while.
I have a rope, draws and a small rack but limited transport. I'm probably climbing around 20 on sport and 16 on trad but happy to second all sorts.
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Lesson Eight, Iowa State Telecom Cabling Installation Course: Cable testing verifies you''ve completed an installation to meet all the contract''s conditions and industry standards.
When you''re testing copper cabling, it''s important to understand and follow three distinct phases: visual inspection, test measurements and documentation. The visual verification step should include all pathways and spaces (where possible), telecommunications closets and equipment rooms. This means inspecting the following elements at minimum: infrastructure, grounding and bonding, cable placement, cable termination, equipment and patch cords and the proper labeling of all components.
Finding the right testers. After completing your visual inspection and correcting all discrepancies, it''s time for testing. All field testers perform a specific function or a range of functions required for the testing and certification of a specific cable type. These instruments vary greatly in capability and price. Therefore, you must select the most cost-effective unit to perform the necessary tests for your application. To help you find the right tester for your specific installation, here''s a brief overview of the types of cabling field test equipment on the market today.
Multimeter. The multimeter is probably the most basic and widely used field tester. Available in analog and digital varieties, multimeters measure voltage, current and resistance in copper wires. By using a shorting device on one end of the pair, you can also test continuity. When testing coaxial cable, it''s possible to calculate the length of the cable by determining the actual resistance of the loop. Since most coaxial cable LAN applications require only continuity and length verification, the multimeter is an ideal choice for this type of testing.
Induction amplifier/tone generator. Also known as a toner or cable tracer, this type of equipment enables installers to identify a specific pair by generating a tone on one end of the pair - with an inductive amplifier identifying it at the opposite end. Most units are now a combination of tone generator and continuity tester, commonly known as a wand and toner set. This solution is ideal for cable identification and troubleshooting.
Wire map testers. Wire map testers, also known as pair scanners, are low-cost cable testers that usually test for opens, shorts, crossed pairs and miswires (such as reversed pairs in a 4- or 25-pair cable). Some testers in this category also test for split pairs. These devices are good for quick, basic tests; however, they lack the sophisticated diagnostic capabilities of more expensive testers. Most manufacturers design these units exclusively for UTP/ScTP.
Cable-end locator kit. Sometimes called an office locator kit, this is a set of numbered 8-pin modular plugs, which the cable test equipment can identify. With this option, you insert the plugs into outlets in the work area, then search with the tester until it finds the plug at the opposite end of the cable.
Certification field testers. Installers use certification field testers to verify a cabling system meets the transmission performance requirements as specified in TIA/EIA TSB-67. All variations of these units test a cabling system up to at least 100 MHz. In the autotest mode, they include length, attenuation, wire map and near-end crosstalk (NEXT) tests. When operating in autotest mode, the field tester compares the actual measured values with required values for Cats. 3, 4 or 5, and displays pass or fail for the entire battery of tests. It also displays pass or fail and the actual tested values for each parameter.
These devices can also perform other measurements, including impedance, capacitance, resistance, delay, delay skew, equal level far-end crosstalk (ELFEXT) and attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio (ACR) calculations. In addition to the TIA/EIA TSB-67 standard, they include the classes of ISO/IEC and the pass/fail criteria in their database. Each certification field tester is configured to test continuity and length of coax. Several have the ability (with an add-on module) to perform the power meter test for attenuation of optical cable fiber. Certification testers can store test data and export it to a database or output it to a printer. Most field testers can also link to a PC and download and store data directly to the PC hard drive or floppy disk.
Certification test sets. Certification test units test a UTP and ScTP cabling system to at least 100 MHz and measure/record the following parameters: wire map length; attenuation; NEXT, as well as return loss; ELFEXT; ACR; propagation delay; delay skew; power sum NEXT; power sum ACR; and power sum ELFEXT. We expect these additional parameters to be part of TIA/EIA TSB-95 and ANSI/TIA/ElA-568-A-5, "Enhanced Category 5E." The autotest feature compares the actual measured values with required values for Cats. 3, 4 or 5 performance and displays pass or fail for the entire battery of tests. The certification test equipment also displays pass or fail and the actual measured values for each test individually. These units can also test for impedance, capacitance and loop resistance and store/export data to a database or output to a printer.
Time domain reflectometer (TDR). The TDR locates and tests all cable defects, splices and connectors and gives loss values for each occurrence. Originally developed for use on coaxial networks, the TDR can measure the electrical length of a cable and is an excellent troubleshooting tool for UTP, ScTP, and STP-A. To measure the cable, you inject a high rise-time pulse into the cable, and then look for the reflections caused by impedance mismatches to return.
Telephone test set (butt set). We use a telephone test set to test voice circuits and the following functions:
- Simulate the user''s telephone equipment
- Identify circuits
- Circuit diagnostics and troubleshooting
Test adapters, leads and cables. The cabling installer must have proper adapters available to connect the test equipment to the cable under test. If your tester isn''t performing as well as it should, see the table to aid in your troubleshooting.
Necessary tests. Most of the testers outlined above use an autotest function to make measurements, which automatically completes a test series. The most important of these tests include:
NEXT. You can evaluate this condition across a frequency range, or compare it against a category or classification limit through a frequency range. You must make NEXT measurements at both ends of the cabling. The category or classification limit determines pass/fail of the cabling.
Delay. Evaluated at all frequencies from 1 MHz to the highest frequency for a given category or compared against a category limit for each frequency.
Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR). ACR is a mathematical formula that calculates the ratio of attenuation to near-end crosstalk for each combination of cable pairs. An ACR test provides the following information: pass/fail (ISO/IEC 11801 only), worst-case ACR, worst-case frequency and margin.
Return loss. Return loss measures the difference between the test signal''s amplitude and the amplitude of signal reflections returned by the cable. The return loss test indicates how well the cable''s characteristic impedance matches its rated impedance.
Delay skew (ANSI/TINEIA-568-A-1). Pairs within a 4-pair cable each use a different twist length to improve NEXT performance. This introduces a physical difference in length between pairs. Additionally, the velocity of propagation may vary between pairs if you''re using different insulating materials for one or more pairs. A number of field testers have settings to account for this difference, which should be within the operating limits of current cabling and applications standards.
Variations between pairs should not be a major source of concern when checking the quality of the installation. However, delay skew can become a significant factor in the performance of such recently introduced LAN technologies such as 100VGAnyLAN and 100Base-T2/T4. A value of 45 ns maximum delay skew has been established under Addenda 1, ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A for cable.
Once your testing is complete, don''t forget about documentation. This final phase is one of the most critical steps to proper installations. Documentation serves as the only detailed written record of your work. Without it, you may be left out in the cold. Guidelines for effective documentation depend on the installation. However, if not specified by the customer, you should follow the rules for documentation listed in ANSI/TIA/EIA-606, Administrative Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings.
This correspondence course is offered in conjunction with BICSI, but it is not directly sponsored by the organization. The intent of the course is to help students prepare for the written portion of the BICSI Installer Registration Program. This BICSI program also requires hands-on training, which is outside the scope of this correspondence course. This course is also offered as continuing education for those already registered as a BICSI apprentice, installer or technician.


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Ed Belbruno's life and discoveries are the subject of a new documentary titled Painting the Way to the Moon by Jacob Akira Okada. Belbruno, a trained mathematician, discovered new ways to navigate the universe by taking advantage of gravitational pulls of various celestial bodies. Because of his work, space missions now use less fuel to traverse the stars and planets. And millions of Angry Birds Space fans should also thank Belbruno because his research is what determines the birds' trajectories around space bodies and through gravitational pulls to eventual pig annihilation.
In the documentary, Belbruno, a brilliant painter in addition to mathematician and space scientist, credits his discovery to a Van Gogh-style painting he made of possible travel routes through space for his inspiration. Enjoy the complete trailer below:
Curious about Belbruno's research? Please check out these Princeton University Press titles. Fly Me to the Moon is intended for general audiences, while Capture Dynamics and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics is a specialized textbook.
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While the Nokia Lumia 1020's design is one of their most solid yet, with a smooth, matte polycarbonate shell, there's still the off chance you may drop and ding up your 41MP camera phone. Luckily for you there may be a way out, assuming you have some technical savvy.
On eBay, a seller has posted for sale the Lumia 1020 body/shell for replacement. The item goes for a fair-priced $30 and is available in black, white and yellow, meaning in theory you could swap out one color for the next (though no matching SIM door is included). The seller is based out of China and has a 99.5% reputation on the auction site.
Of course, swapping out the Lumia 1020 shell for a new one could be a bit of a side project, so make sure you have the tools and know-how first. Though as numerous Lumia 920 owners have shown, including our own Seth Brodeur, it's not too difficult.
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In Reply to: Re: Right to Travel posted by Jay P Rutledge on October 06, 1997 at 12:13:51:
: Beware of the following when reading citations:
: You are probably not a man or a woman in the law. You are almost certainly a person, a legal entity just like a corporation. If you are registered to vote, have a Social Security Number, or qualify in any way other way to be a resident of your State, you are a juristic personality in the law and a citizen of the United States, a term which has changed meaning over the years.
: Previous to the 14th Amendment, citizen of the United States and citizen of the United States of America were used interchangeably. After the 14th Amendment, citizens of the United States of America became an endangered species and have now all but disappeared. A citizen of the United States of America had citizenship first as a state citizen and then by reason of the Constitution had citizen rights in all other states. A citizen of the United States, post 14th Amendment, is a federal citizen who has expatriated from state citizenship into federal citizenship and changed legal status from common law man or woman to statute law person.
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Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill is awaiting the outcome of his club's bids for strikers as the winter transfer deadline fast approaches.
O'Neill revealed after the 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw with Swansea, in which prime target Danny Graham might have snatched victory for the visitors at the death, that the Black Cats had made "a couple" of offers and were hoping for a breakthrough before Thursday's deadline.
He said: "We have made bids for a couple of players, but we didn't make them overnight, we made them some time ago. Of course, it's absolutely the prerogative of the team to whom we have put these bids in either to accept or not accept as the case may be."
He added: "We wouldn't be the only club in that sort of position, this idea that we are waiting until January 31. There may be a host of signings in the next 48 hours, I don't know, but there's every possibility because that seems to have been the way of it in the last number of years."
Sunderland's interest in 27-year-old Graham has been well publicised despite O'Neill's refusal to acknowledge it publicly, but his appearance as a second-half substitute was booed by sections of the home crowd, a reflection of his Geordie roots and his comments about their club in a fanzine interview.
But O'Neill said with a smile: "I think he is himself reportedly a Newcastle fan, so I think the reaction to that was probably quite a natural reaction. But Bob Stokoe was looking down at him."
Swansea boss Michael Laudrup was the happier manager having seen his side put their Capital One Cup heroics to one side to turn in an away performance which could and perhaps should have brought more.
He said: "In Swansea, everybody since then has been talking only about the Chelsea game and the final on February 24. Absolutely no-one has spoken one word about Sunderland and the league game, so it was very important for me to see the reaction from the squad, and that's why I am really pleased."
Laudrup insisted he had no qualms about naming Graham in his 18, but admitted he does not know what will happen with him over the next 48 hours, and he said: "There are still two days to go and at this stage, it's much better to wait until February 1.
"After that, it's easier for everybody to answer the questions than to start to guess what will happen in the next 49, 50 hours."
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His generous gift of $21,500 was nearly beyond his means, but Effie Nulman's dedication to Yeshiva University knows no bounds.
"We're not rich people; we don't have a fancy lifestyle, but our commitment is to YU because these kids are the future of the Jewish people," said Effie Nulman, the former Senior University Dean of Students, whose recent gift of $21,500 to the university was made specifically for the Wilf Campus Counseling Center.
A member of the staff since 1984, and the son of Macy Nulman '45YC who was the director of the Belz School of Jewish Music (1945-1982). Effie now works in the counseling center and with student affairs. "At first, I wanted my gift to be anonymous, but I gave that some thought," he said. "If I can do this, then other people can help, too. This gift helps kids who don't have health insurance and covers mental health, medical and learning disabilities.. Any boost that I can give to these kids that I love so much, that's really worthwhile."


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Denis Dyack Denies Allegations, Admits He 'Made A Lot Of Mistakes'
Precursor Games chief creative officer and former Silicon Knights CEO Denis Dyack has taken to video to address allegations about his tenure at the X-Men Destiny studio. Specifically, Dyack broke down a year-old Kotaku article that cited financial impropriety and rocky treatment of subordinates.
In the video, Dyack admits to mistakes, but largely denies the serious allegations. According to Dyack, no comment was made or interview granted to the author of the Kotaku article, Andrew McMillen, so as not to give the piece credence. In the video, Dyack also claims that the anonymous sources cited in the original piece did not provide accurate information.
During the thirty minute clip, he reads an email from reporter Andrew McMillen that was sent to an anonymous source (also duplicated on the Precursor forum). The forum post also contains material copied from the University of Iowa regarding journalistic ethics as related to use of anonymous sources.
We've previously addressed concerns about the Shadow of the Eternals project, spoken with Silicon Knights, and received comment directly from Precursor Games. This video response provides another perspective on the ongoing (complicated) relationship between Silicon Knights and the new studio.
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text: Ken "Nippy" Hall is arguably the greatest basketball player in UMass Boston history. Hall began his career as the school began its basketball program and finished his career as one of the first four-year letterman at the school. That fact alone is noteworthy, but Hall still stands as the Beacons' all-time leading scorer with 1,945 points in 95 games to average 20.5 points per outing and ranks number one in career field goals made with 831 and assists with 458 (4.8 apg.). One of the most well-rounded players in school-history, Hall finished with 731 rebounds (7.7 rpg.) to rank third on the career ladder and places second with 231 steals, while owning a .495 (831-1679) career field goal percentage to put him eighth in UMB annals. The 6'4" forward averaged no less than 18.6 points per game and increased his average in every season he was at UMass Boston, including his senior campaign that saw him score 23.5 points per game as the nation's 10th-leading scorer. Hall was named to the NABC All-District and ECAC All-Star squads for both his junior and senior seasons, while leading the Beacons to the best two-year record (36-19, .655%) in the program's history, which included the team's first NCAA appearance and a national ranking on the heals of a 19-9 record in 1982-83 and an ECAC Tournament showing in 1983-84. A two-year captain, Hall was the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior and was named a tournament MVP five times in his last year and was selected to 10 all-tournament teams in his final two seasons. Following his collegiate playing career, Hall remained active within the community, playing basketball for 10 years in the BNBL with the Shelburne Mash and also spent 10 years in the New England Pro-Am league. He has coached in the BNBL, at Northeastern University summer camps and at the Perkins Community Center for over 20 years. He's currently the Assistant Director of Facilities at Roxbury Community College.


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An unfortunate headline in the Kansas City Star missed the "DO NOT". To be fair, reporters typically don't headline their stories, but the misconception that SB 706 (Cunningham) provides public tuition assistance to families sending their kids to Catholic schools is one that made its way into numerous stories and blog posts on the bill yesterday.
SB 706 provides a wide array of fixes to the problems of three unaccredited Missouri public school districts, one being the Kansas City district. Numerous Catholic school leaders and students testified in the State Senate yesterday in favor of a provision of the bill called the Passport Scholarship Program. The program would provide a nonrefundable tax credit to individuals or corporations making donations to a qualified scholarship-making organization. Scholarships made through those donations must be provided to a student residing in an unaccredited school district and spent for tuition at a qualified, accredited non-public school. So to be clear:
- The scholarships are provided by private individuals and corporations.
- No public money is expended for the scholarships.
- Catholic and other private schools and the students who attend them would not be receiving any tuition aid from the state.
- Even the tax credit for donors to these scholarships is nonrefundable, meaning not a single dollar leaves state coffers; if the credit exceeds your tax liability, you are not getting a check.
- The tax credit is not for payment of your own child's tuition. Only those making donations to a qualified scholarship-making organization get the credit.
- Finally, the financial benefit to the state outweighs the revenue lost in tax credits. For instance, if a taxpayer makes a donation in the full amount of the cost to educate a child in a Kansas City Catholic elementary school ($5,500) that taxpayer would receive a 60 percent tax credit ($3,300). If that child had gone to a KCMSD school, instead of a Catholic school, it would have cost the government $14,556 (the cost per student in KCMSD schools). Under the Passport Scholarship Program, a student on a full, privately funded scholarship to a Kansas City Catholic school saves the public $11,266.


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IUCN Official Side Event at UNFCCC COP, Warsaw
"Giving Life to Acronyms: from Pledges to Action under EBA, REDD+ and ccGAPS"
Wednesday, 13 November, 20:15 – 21:45 (Side Event Room: 'Torun')
Join IUCN to explore national and landscape efforts to address REDD+, ecosystem-based adaptation and climate change gender action plans. On the road to COP 21 in Paris, we are already seeing positive examples of national efforts to bridge the implementation gap towards ambitious action on climate change. Moderated by Dr. Horst Freiberg of the German government (BMU-ICI) this event will feature a warm conversation with Pak Heru Prasetyo (Indonesia-UKP4) and members of IUCN's Gender Office, Ecosystem Management and Global Forest & Climate Change Programmes who seek to focus Parties attention on what is already working in the continued absence of – and efforts that could shape -- a global climate agreement.
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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Congratulations to the following three readers who correctly identified the problem with this installation: Joseph Hertel, program manager, safety and buildings division, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Madison, Wisc.; Steven Millard, electrician, U.S. Steel Corp., Hillsdale, Mich.; and J. Jason Deal, journeyman electrician, maintenance tech II, Advanced Technology Services, Littlestown, Pa.
They all pointed out that this cord violates the requirements of 406.6(B) of the 2005 NEC. The rule states, "Attachment plugs shall be installed so that their prongs, blades, or pins are not energized unless inserted into an energized receptacle. No receptacle shall be installed so as to require an energized attachment plug as its source of supply."
Deal also added this comment, which is worth noting: "By the looks of the brownish coloring on the face of the receptacle, odds are there's quite a load down the line. People get hurt and property gets damaged all too often when creative wiring by untrained personnel goes unnoticed."


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Don't get me wrong. After so many changing event models in Flash 5 through 8 (4 if tell target counts as an event), having one formalized in Flash Player 9 was a huge relief. I'm also aware that Macromedia didn't invent this event model. They used a standard: DOM Level 3 Events.
But even standards have room for improvement, on occasion. What follows is a good-natured roasting.
Event constants are inconsistent
What better place to start than the constants in flash.events.Event, beginning with "A":
- ACTIVATE (verb, present tense)
- ADDED (verb, past tense)
There must be a hidden logic to this. Perhaps I can decipher the pattern by looking at DisplayObject events:
- render - Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered.
Wait, what's this?
- removed - Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list.
addEventListener() ordered options awkwardly are
public function addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
A general goal in designing a method is to arrange the parameters from the most important or frequently used to the least.
Think fast!
Which optional parameter of addEventListener() do you use the most?
I'll bet you dollars to donuts you said useWeakReference.
addEventListener(yada, yada, false, 0, true);
addEventListener(yada, yada, false, 0, true);
addEventListener(yada, yada, false, 0, true);
You'll say to yourself: "One of these days, I'm going to write true, 0, true. I just know it."
Tech interview question!
How often do you useCapture with your custom events? [EDIT: I was thinking of events not dispatched from a DisplayObject.]
[Dwight voice]
Trick question. It is impossible. FACT: Only DisplayObjects can have a capturing phase and a bubbling phase in addition to the targeting phase.
But impossibility doesn't mean I have to forget about them! The useCapture will be with you, always.
Event forces irrelevance on you
Are you wondering how these exotic and intriguing APIs can benefit your custom event class?
- bubbles
- currentTarget
- eventPhase
- stopImmediatePropagation()
- stopPropagation()
Keep wondering! You don't get to use them. Players Club only.
[EDIT: To clarify, I'm saying that these APIs are applicable only to events dispatched from DisplayObjects.]
But look on the bright side. The code examples sucked anyway.
[EDIT: Here's a good article by Darron Schall: Creating Default, Cancelable Event Handlers.]
Sorry, that's not exactly true. If you follow the official recommendations, you'll spend time using these APIs even though they're no use to you.
- You'll put bubbles and cancelable in your constructor and pass them to super().
- That means you'll get to put bubbles and cancelable in your clone() override as well.
- Top it off by overriding toString(), bringing in bubbles, cancelable, and (oh, neat!) eventPhase.
- Now your event class looks busy. Busy equals important, right?
[EDIT: Commenters have pointed out that cancelable can be useful. But there's no need to put it in the constructor if you're not going to use it.]
I don't want this to sound like a big whinge. I mean, really, this stuff isn't horrible. When it comes to events, AS3 is way better than Java events. But not as good as C#.
To be continued.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood star Kal Penn has swapped television's "House" for the White House. The 31-year-old actor, who made his mark as the pot-smoking Kumar in the "Harold and Kumar" feature film comedies, will become associate director in the White House office of public liaison, Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday.
For the past two seasons, Penn played Dr. Lawrence Kuttner on Fox's medical-mystery drama "House." His character exited the show in a violent fashion on Monday's episode by committing suicide for no apparent reason.
Penn told Entertainment Weekly that he loved working on "House," but had always been a bit of a political junkie, inspired in part by his grandparents, who marched with Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian independence movement.
He campaigned for U.S. President Barack Obama, expressed interest in working for his administration, and got a job offer a few months ago. In his new role — for which he will take a big pay cut — he will "do outreach" with the American public and with different organizations.
"They're basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House," he said of his new colleagues.
Penn, one of the few Indian-American actors to make it big in Hollywood, said he still has a passion for acting, but won't be appearing on screen for the foreseeable future.
Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte


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Winnipeg Free Press May 18, 2012
Queen's Jubilee guest list draws criticism due to inclusion of Bahrain, Swaziland kings Raphael Satter, The Associated Press
LONDON – Britain has come under criticism for inviting the king of Bahrain, whose Gulf state has engaged in a brutal crackdown on political dissent, to a lunch Friday celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
The lunch in Windsor Castle was the largest gathering of foreign royals in Britain since Queen Elizabeth II's grandson, Prince William, was married to Kate Middleton last year. Then, as now, the decision to extend an invitation to members of the Bahraini royal family has angered those who are upset […]


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Quaternary Paleoecology and Climate Change, Bladen County, NC
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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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- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
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- Robustness (usability and dependability of all components)
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For more information about the peer review process itself, please see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
This activity has benefited from input from faculty educators beyond the author through a review and suggestion process. This review took place as a part of a faculty professional development workshop where groups of faculty reviewed each others' activities and offered feedback and ideas for improvements. To learn more about the process On the Cutting Edge uses for activity review, see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
This page first made public: Jun 4, 2009
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
Understanding pollen as a fossil type
Geologic setting of NC Quaternary
How the activity is situated in the course
Content/concepts goals for this activity
Recognize significant Quaternary paleoecologic and climatic changes even in unglaciated areas
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Use of scientific reasoning to evaluate a proposed origin for Carolina Bays
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Determining whether students have met the goals
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Everton boss David Moyes hailed the impact made by returning midfielder Steven Pienaar in the 1-1 draw with Wigan at the DW Stadium.
The South African was a hero at Goodison Park in his first spell, making more than 100 appearances between July 2007 and January 2011, when he joined Tottenham. But he found chances hard to come by at White Hart Lane this season and made his first Barclays Premier League start of the campaign on Saturday after rejoining the Toffees on loan on Tuesday.
Moyes said: "I thought Steven Pienaar was the best player. He looked as if he hadn't been away, he was involved in a lot of bits where we looked as if we were on the verge of making things happen. They tended to break down round the box or we didn't get the vital shot away but Steven Pienaar played really well."
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Local charities see some increase in giving as economy improves
With local and statewide unemployment showing a marked decrease from the previous year, and the economy showing some signs of life, local charities are beginning to see improvements in their contributions � there is still a long way to go, however.
June Cummings, executive director of the Lenoir-Greene United Way, said the organization � which supports 16 member agencies in Lenoir and Greene counties � raised about $545,000 through last year�s annual fundraising campaign, thanks in large part to major contributions from West Pharmaceuticals and Sanderson Farms.
Sanderson opened its Kinston facilities in 2011, and employs about 1,600 people in the Kinston area.
West has been a longtime community fundraiser and contributor.
�When you see that in companies you know that they are wonderful corporate neighbors,� Cummings said.
This year�s United Way campaign kicked off in August, and Cummings expected financial contributions to be at about the same level for 2012.
She said the United Way was able to fully fund the requests of nearly every agency with last year�s contributions.
A number of those agencies � including the Salvation Army, Kinston InterChurch Outreach (ICOR), Friends of the Homeless shelter and more � provide holiday assistance to local residents in need.
�It put us in a position of not having to go in and look at cutting back, as we have had to do in some past years,� Cummings explained. �That doesn�t mean we want people to back away, because the needs are greater than what we�re able to meet.�
As of October, the most recent month for which numbers are available, the unemployment rate for Lenoir County stood at 9.4 percent.
The N.C. Division of Employment Security reported on its website that Lenoir County unemployment was 9.7 percent in September 2012 and 11 percent in October 2011 � Lenoir, like many counties across the state, has spent the past several years dealing with double-digit unemployment.
The statewide unemployment rate was 8.8 percent in October, and 10.3 percent the same time a year ago.
Marilyn Patrick, executive director of Kinston ICOR, said her agency is able to depend on a series of churches, organizations and individuals who donate every month �like clockwork.�
�Those are the people that keep us afloat,� she said.
ICOR is supported by the Lenoir County Association of Congregations. It provides emergency food and financial aid to local residents.
Patrick, who is in the midst of her first year as executive director, said donations have been picking up since Thanksgiving in recognition of the holiday season.
�I guess its just human nature that we see more giving around this season,� Patrick said. �People go the extra mile or they give a little extra.�
Friends of the Homeless has never wanted for material donations during its 22-year existence.
Jasper Newborn, director of the North Independence Street shelter, showed rooms filled with donated clothing, food, household supplies and more � he credited local retailers with supplying many of the surplus items.
The shelter recently received a donated freezer and refrigerator.
�The shelter has never felt that crunch in our needs, on our Santa Claus list,� Newborn said.
He noted the shelter has struggled to meet its annual budget in recent years, though, as financial contributions have dropped off.
Newborn said the budget, which is usually about $70,000, covers employee salaries, building maintenance, insurance and other costs.
It has been short by 15 to 20 percent in recent years. Newborn said the shelter has had to delay some maintenance expenses or dip into its savings to cover costs.
He requested that every resident contribute $1 a month, or $12 a year to support the shelter.
�We�re one of the few agencies in the United States operating on no taxpayer dollars,� Newborn said.
The shelter continues to serve the community, providing nighttime shelter to homeless residents, and giving clothing, food and other items to families in need.
One such resident � and current volunteer � Robert Hargrove, expected he would be spending Christmas at the shelter.
He came to Kinston from Wayne County about four months ago, and has been looking for steady work but has had no luck, except for some temporary jobs.
He said Christmas will �just be another day� if he cannot find work.
Hargrove has been able to meet many of his basic needs through the shelter, and has even found a place to live nearby.
He is still trying to find size-13 or size-14 shoes that fit, though, and peeled back part of the soles of his current pair of sneakers.
Hargrove described himself as �a country boy� who �can do about anything.� He volunteers at the shelter when he is not looking for work.
�I try to spend my time doing something positive,� he said.
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Anyone who has a hard-to-shop-for loved one can give some Christmas cheer through the United Way in that person�s name
Make a contribution to the Lenoir-Greene United Way and the honoree will receive notification on holiday paper
For more information, call 252-527-0734
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The Great Otter Doors
So, the Weekly Rider is "rolling on" into a broader blog dealing with The Great Outdoors more generally. You'll still get biking updates on occasion, but this week, it's paddling.
I've been doing a lot of paddling on Otter Creek lately, and there's nobody else out there. So, it's time to go public:
There's some phenomenal canoeing and kayaking to be had in our backyards.
You could literally paddle in the backyard a few weeks ago, but this is more figurative.
I know, I know. Otter Creek is rumored to be 95% agricultural runoff. I've heard it's unsafe to paddle there after dark, because you can't see to fight off the infections climbing over the gunwales.
But, this evening, we were out after dark and the only thing we had to fight off was a curious llama. Really.
"That's a stump."
"Yeah, but you know what it looks like?"
"… a llama."
Then it walked down to the bank and looked pleadingly at us. Like it wanted a carrot, or to be transported back to the Andes.
We also saw two beavers, a muskrat, great blue and night herons. A pair of kingfishers led the way down the river, and the muddy banks were traced with the tracks of freshwater mussels, scooching along on their giant feet. Last week my girlfriend and I collected 25 of these and cooked them in a fra diavlo sauce for pasta. They were tough and tasted like mud, but very few of our dinner guests turned them down.
So, here's the challenge. The first person who finds me paddling on Otter Creek and tells me they read this blog post will get a free mussel dinner, courtesy of moi. I paddle a red Old Town Tripper named Emma on the flatwater, and a kayak on the whitewater.
This week's backyard destination is between the Pulp Mill covered bridge and Belden Falls.
At high water levels (check out this gage for current river levels. The river fluctuates between 100cubic feet per second in the dead of summer to over 4000cfs in the spring. One cubit foot is about the size of a turkey wrapped in duct tape) it's easier to paddle this section top to bottom with shuttle at the bottom. At lower levels, it's easy enough to paddle back upstream.
Park at the Pulp Mill parking area off of Morgan Horse Farm Rd.
Walk your boat to the river, putting in below the rapids. Paddle downstream for a mile and a half. Depending on your vigor, this will probably take less than an hour.
When you reach a big yellow sign on the river right, warning you about Belden Falls, it's either time to get out or turn around. If you take out here, do it on the right and walk through the woods out to the Belden Falls Rd (which comes off Rt 7 across from River Rd).
You can catch trout, pike, and bass in here, and I've seen people duck hunting in the backwaters.
It's getting cooler out, so make sure you're dressed for the air and water temperature. Non-cotton clothing is warmer and safer when wet. Bring your lifejacket, and stay away from the dams and rapids at the top and bottom of this section.


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European Commission - Press release
Modernisation and employability at heart of new higher education reform strategy
Brussels, 20 September 2011 – As part of Europe's strategy for jobs and growth, the European Commission today presented a reform strategy to boost graduate numbers, improve teaching quality and maximise what higher education can do to help the EU economy emerge stronger from the crisis. The strategy identifies priority areas where EU countries need to do more to achieve shared education objectives and sets out how the European Union can support their modernisation policies. EU-level initiatives will include a multi-dimensional university ranking which will better inform students about the courses which are best for them and an 'Erasmus for Masters' loan guarantee scheme for students taking a full degree course abroad.
The European Union has approximately 4,000 universities and other higher education institutions and more than 19 million students. In recent years the number and variety of higher education institutions, as well as student numbers, have substantially increased. But funding, governance structures and curricula have often failed to keep pace. Higher education is not performing well enough to provide Europe with enough people with the right kinds of skills to create jobs and growth. And worldwide, Europe's competitors, especially the emerging economies, are rapidly increasing their investment in higher education
Speaking at the launch of the strategy, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, said: "Higher education is a powerful driver of economic growth and opens doors to better living standards and opportunities for people. It is also the best insurance against unemployment. Even so, too many graduates struggle to find jobs or quality work. We need to reform higher education – and vocational education – so that we equip our young people with the skills they need to reach their potential in terms of development and employability."
Priority areas in which further reforms are needed include:
Many EU countries are prioritising the modernisation of their higher education systems; but the potential of European higher education institutions to contribute to Europe's prosperity and fulfil their wider role in society remains underexploited. This is why education is at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy, which has set a target for 40% of Europe's young people to have a higher education qualification by the end of this decade (33.6% in 2010).
In July, the Commission launched its proposals for the next multiannual EU budget (2014-2020) which include substantial increases for education, training and youth (+73%), and for research (+46%), in recognition of their pivotal role in supporting growth. The reform agenda for modernising higher education will guide the spending priorities of EU programmes in support of reforms.
The Commission's reform strategy has been shaped by analyses, studies and consultations with higher education institutions, teachers, researchers, students, businesses, trade unions, governments and international bodies. It is accompanied by a Commission staff paper that examines recent developments in European higher education systems and by the study 'Modernisation of higher education in Europe: funding and the social dimension' that examines trends in funding higher education and policies for opening up access to higher education (IP/11/1037).
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Letter, Tho. Ewing Jr to Dear Govr [Charles Robinson]
Author: Ewing, Jr., Thomas , 1829-1896
Date: January 24, 1861
This brief letter to Charles Robinson in Lawrence was to inform the "governor" of Ewing's activities on his behalf and to send him a copy of one of the half dozen or so letters Ewing had written in support of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs appointment. Letters reportedly went to Caleb B. Smith; John Sherman; Governors T. Corwin, William Dennison, and Salmon Chase; Joseph J. Coombs; and "Father," Thomas Ewing, Sr.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr. Collection, #341, Letter Press Book #4
Item Number: 100609 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; Coombs, Joseph J.; Corwin, Thomas; Dennison, William, 1815-1882; Ewing, Faith; Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896; Indian Affairs, Commissioner of; Kansas Territory. Legislature; Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory; Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Presidential appointments; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Sherman, John, 1823-1900; Smith, Caleb B.; United States. Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Washington, D.C.
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Letter, Milton M. Powers to Dear Friend, Cyrus K. Holliday
Author: No authors specified.
Date: June 7, 1856
Milton M. Powers, Deputy Clerk of Court in Columbus, Ohio wrote to Cyrus K. Holliday, Free State leader and founder of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Powers had read of Holliday's activities in northern newspapers. A presentation of the Wrongs of Kansas, emphasizing Andrew H. Reeder and Samuel N. Wood's experiences, had emotionally motivated Powers to write and assure Holliday of his support. Once a Jeffersonian Democrat, but convicted that the party had abandoned its principles, Powers had become a Republican. He stated that the entire nation was attuned to events in Kansas Territory, and he believed that these events would have intense impact on the nation's future.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Collection, #386, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 101522 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Border ruffians; Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; Columbus, Ohio; Democratic Party (U.S.); Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900; National politics; Newspapers; Powers, Milton M.; Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864; Republican Party (U.S.: 1854- ); Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
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text: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking Committee about the health of the U.S. economy, saying, the job market shows improvement but remains relatively weak. Overall, he states, inflation remains in a narrow range and will run at or below two percent. Bernanke also reiterated the FOMC's decision to continue its policy of asset purchases.