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There's tough rough, mounds, water and sand everywhere. Off the tee, there's such visual trickery. Once on the greens, look backward. The path to take then is clear. Once you visualize the proper positions to hit, it's much less intimidating.
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- Greens Grass Type – Bermuda Grass
- Regulation Length Holes – 36
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TPC Sawgrass is consistently ranked as one of the top courses in the U.S. and the World by Golf Magazine's panel of experts.
Early in 2006, after the final putt fell at the Players Championship, work crews fanned out across the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, giving Pete Dye's renowned layout its first major renovation since it opened in 1981. Greens were revamped, bunkers were deepened, dead trees were replaced, and a drainage system that had long been a weak spot in the course's defenses was overhauled. The result is a course that plays firm, fast and fair -- exactly what Dye always intended.
Dye's design, never meant to overwhelm with length, has been left largely intact and still requires subtlety and precision. Some holes (like Nos. 1 and 8) have been lengthened modestly, and pot bunkers were added along the seventh fairway (at 270 to 310 yards from the tee, they aren't an issue for most of us). Even the most iconic hole at Sawgrass -- the island-green 17th -- was tweaked: the front slope was flattened a little and the left side widened to accommodate a perilous new pin position. But one thing hasn't changed, and it never will: there's still a lot of water around the green.
There is water on every hole of Pete Dye's Valley Course. The layout received a major renovation in 2006 and is now playing tougher than ever. Over 300 trees were added to the course and several bunkers were reconstructed to both improve drainage and offer more challenge.
The long par-3 second hole has water running down the entire right side. The green is also guarded by grass mounds in front and deep bunkers short and left.
The 350-yard, par-4 3rd hole may lake length, but it has plenty of complexity. The fairway slopes hard to the left, so most players will hit their second shot with the ball above their feet. From that hook lie, missing the green left will deposit your ball in a collection area that is 12 feet below the level of the green and tightly mowed. From their you may need to chip, pitch or putt depending on the pin placement.
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Verkolje family
Verkolje (Vercoilge, Vercolie), a Mennonite family found in the 17th and 18th centuries at Amsterdam, Holland. They had emigrated from Kortrijk in Flanders, Belgium, where Jossine Andries, the wife of Rougier van Quoilge (see Stijntgen Vercoilgen), suffered martyrdom in 1567. In Amsterdam they belonged to the Flemish congregation; later they were in both the Lamist and the Zonist churches. Both branches died out in the 18th century.
It could not be ascertained whether Johannes (Jan) Verkolje (Amsterdam, 1650-Delft, 1693) and his son Nicolaas Verkolje, b. 1673 at Delft, from 1700 living at Amsterdam and died there in 1746, both painters, who had some reputation during their lifetime, also were Mennonites, belonging to this same family. The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum has five paintings by Jan Verkolje and one by Nicolaas.
Catalogus Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1921.
Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. XXXIV. Leipzig, 1940: 257 f.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Verkolje family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Oct 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verkolje_family&oldid=110166.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Verkolje family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verkolje_family&oldid=110166.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 814. All rights reserved.
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Fears of a Broken Father...Tears of an Abandoned Son
The Great Dreamer and the Gracious Deliverer // Genesis 43:1-34
By Dr. Jerry Rueb
Everyone's life story has unexpected twists and turns. Some turns leave you breathless in the clouds while other twists leave you exhausted in the dumps. Have you ever been falsely accused? Have you suffered unjustly for something you had no control over? The turbulent and terrific life of Joseph teaches us lessons on facing life's extreme situations. How would you handle being your father's favorite but abandoned by your brothers? How would you act if you were literally a slave or a prisoner held without cause? On the other hand, what would you be like if you were the ruler of the world? Just like you, Joseph had to deal with a life of ups and downs. What kept Joseph from cracking under the pressure? What held him together when his world was blowing apart? Joseph knew God, trusted God and hoped in God with amazing tenacity and grace. You can do the same no matter what life throws at you if you learn some powerful life lessons from Joseph.


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Teach Students to Paint a Photograph with Brushes iPad App
Brushes iPad app is simple for students to learn to use, yet powerful. Brushes iPad app is so easy, it lets you use photos as the basis for your artwork. In fact, this is the method used for creating the New Yorker magazine illustrations. Here are the steps:
Tap the photo icon on the top navigation bar, and pick a photo from your Camera Roll.Credit: Copyright 2012, Benny Ferdman
Drag and pinch to position your photo, and tap Accept (or Cancel).
Add a layer for painting by tapping the Layer icon and then tapping +.
Select a paintbrush, sample a color from your photo with the Eyedropper tool (or pick an entirely different color), set your brush settings, and paint.
It's particularly effective to play with the opacity when painting over a photograph if you want to keep some original detail.
Do you want to create an impressionist painting? Sample the colors of the photo with your Eyedropper tool, and choose a large brush to trace the lines and colors of the scene. By getting rid of the detail and just highlighting colors and shapes, you can create an Impressionistic effect. Make sure to work on separate layers so that you can always undo or erase your steps while leaving the photo intact.
Those annoying telephone wires? Just paint them out. You can get different effects by playing with the blending modes in the Layers menu to have your layers interact in different ways The best way to learn is by experimenting.


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Amazon A9 is leading in Top 10K Sites, Top 100K Sites, Top 1M Sites and The Entire Web.
In terms of market share, Mobile Theory is clearly lagging behind, losing to Amazon A9 in all segments.
Amazon A9 has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Computers Electronics & Technology, Arts & Entertainment, Science & Education, News & Media and 20 other categories.
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Also, it is important to write correctly in English:
- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular).
- Always capitalise the names of languages, countries and cities (England, English, Italian, Edinburgh).
"What is it like in ...?" asks you to give a description of a place. For example "What is it like in Edinburgh?", might give the answer "It is very historical, there are many beautiful buildings, a lot of tourists go there and, in the winter, it is very cold".
So, Nima, what is it like in Iran?
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Chao: Up to 40% of ACA work left
A key player in the Obamacare website's creation acknowledged Tuesday that up to 40 percent of IT systems supporting the exchange still need to be built.
The revelation from Deputy Chief Information Officer Henry Chao of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services occurs as the administration works at its Nov. 30 deadline to shore up the website.
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"It's not that it's not working," Chao told lawmakers at an Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing. "It's still being developed and tested."
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Financial management tools remain unfinished, he said, particularly the process that will deliver payments to insurers.
A Health and Human Services source said the health plans can receive the payments consumers make when they enroll. The system isn't yet ready to deliver federal subsidies to insurers.
The update hits hardest at Democrats, who hoped the system would function smoothly by the end of the month.
It also concerned insurers, who expressed worries Tuesday with Chao's disclosure. Many of the back-end systems were meant to come online in December, so the agency hasn't missed those deadlines yet. But the extent of the problems with HealthCare.gov are fueling doubts that the systems will be ready when they're needed.
( Also on POLITICO: Report warned of website flaws)
The functions need to operate correctly so insurers can enroll the right people in the right plans. That process, called reconciliation, has to work so people can get the care they seek starting as early as Jan. 1.
"There's not a lot of confidence that the reconciliation process is going to be up and running in time, and given all the challenges that we're facing with the enrollment files, that's a big cause of concern," an insurance industry source said. "If people are enrolling, but the back-end systems are not working, their coverage could ultimately be disrupted. They may think they're enrolled in a plan and they're not. They may show up at the doctor's office and not be covered."
Chao said Tuesday that the consumer portion of the website, including account registration, plan shopping and enrollment functions, won't be affected by the ongoing development effort, but that "back office" functions, including accounting and payment systems, were not yet complete. He called the figure "just an approximation."
This issue could resurface Wednesday when CMS's Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen testifies before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.
The tech leader also told lawmakers he didn't see a spring report that warned of potential stumbles and foreshadowed many of the problems that thwarted the website's launch.
"I was aware some document was being prepared," he said, but had no knowledge of a report until it was leaked to The Washington Post and obtained by POLITICO.
( IN 90 SECONDS: Obamacare puts Democrats' credibility on the line)
Chao told the oversight subcommittee that he may have answered questions for the study but was not involved in any briefings on it.
The report, which independent consulting firm McKinsey conducted for CMS, described a process that relied too heavily on outsider contractors, didn't provide enough time for complete testing and failed to hand authority to one decision maker. Chao's limited knowledge of the report feeds lawmaker frustrations with the site's fractured management and unclear controls.
The study did not include options for a delayed deadline. CMS officials say the agency took steps to address the issues.
These tidbits came out just before the oversight subcommittee's hearing on site security. Republicans have jumped on safety concerns, partly to highlight flaws in the website's development and demand its shutdown. Democrats have tried to play down fears, although both parties express unease about a system that did not undergo complete testing before launch.
But on Tuesday, accusations focused more on the March memo.
Democrats slammed their Republican counterparts for receiving documents and failing to share them.
"This is clearly a violation of the committee," said Rep John Dingell (D-Mich.).


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2017: More Good News you might have missed
January 01, 2018
Bad news isn't hard to find.
Hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings, terrorist attacks. Bad news fills the front page, and good news is often relegated to the small print. But there is plenty of good news out there! Sometimes you just have to look for it. There are positive stories, hopeful stories, inspiring stories, and they're all around —in your town, in your neighborhood, and all across the globe.
Just take a look at a few of the stories from 2017 that you might have missed . . .
University of Iowa: Football and Kids
The University of Iowa Children's Hospital overlooks Kinnick Stadium, where the U. of Iowa Hawkeyes play football, and the university's football team and its hospital have long supported each other. The Hawkeye's "Touchdown for Kids" campaign has raised money for the children's hospital for years, and the football team welcomes a "kid captain" from the hospital to join the team on the field during home games. This fall 2017 inaugurated a new tradition for the Hawkeyes fans. With the beginning of the football season, Hawkeyes fans made sure to let the children and families at the hospital know that they were supporting them as well as the team. After the first quarter of the game, thousands of fans turned toward the hospital and waved to the families watching from the windows of the hospital. CBS Sports
Giant Pandas are making a comeback
The number of giant pandas in the wild has been slowly but steadily increasing in recent years, and the panda has been reclassified as a "vulnerable" rather than an "endangered" species. The giant pandas are still at risk, however, and more conservation efforts will be needed to keep these incredible creatures off the endangered list. NBC News
Two more of the earth's most magnificent species are making comebacks as well: the snow leopard and the tiger.
Speaking of comebacks, honeybee populations are on the rise
"Just over a decade ago, beekeepers began reporting disturbing declines in honeybee populations. Bees, they said, were leaving the hive and not returning. The phenomenon, now known as colony collapse disorder, is alarming not only because of the central role bees play in plant life around the world—and thus most other life—but also because no one knew why the decline was happening or how to stop it. " Newsweek
However, new data are encouraging. In August 2017, the US Dept. of Agriculture released a report that said that honeybee populations are on the rise. There are an estimated 2.89 million bee colonies across the US, an increase of 3 percent in the last year.
Food For Fines
Lexington, Kentucky has found a creative and generous way to give back during the holidays. For the past four years, during the holiday season, the Lexington Parking Authority has accepted canned food donations in exchange for parking ticket fines. In its first three years, the city's "Food for Fines" program collected 24,500 cans of food for the God's Pantry Food Bank, and hopefully the 2017 collection was their largest yet. Food for Fines —what a great idea! Lexington, KY
Veteran Homelessness down 40% since 2011
Great strides have been made in the effort to fight homelessness in our veteran population. The percentage of homeless veterans is down 40% since 2011, and many communities have "effectively ended" homelessness among their veteran populations. Time
According to Veterans Affairs, three states and 57 communities across the US have announced an end to veteran homelessness. Veterans Affairs
"We know how to end homelessness among Veterans. Since 2014, more than 880 mayors, governors, and other state and local officials have answered the call of the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, pledging to do all they can to ensure their communities succeed. And it's working." US Interagency Council on Homelessness
As former HUD secretary Julian Castro said, ""We have an absolute duty to ensure those who've worn our nation's uniform have a place to call home. While we've made remarkable progress toward ending veteran homelessness, we still have work to do to make certain we answer the call of our veterans just as they answered the call of our nation." Good News Network
Ebola vaccine results —100% effective
A vaccine has been developed to effectively combat the deadly Ebola virus, and results have been remarkable. The West African outbreak of Ebola virus disease began in December 2013, infecting nearly 29,000 people and killing about one third of those. It was brought to an end in June 2016 through the hard work of local groups working with international teams of medical staff. Newsweek. Almost a year later, results from an Ebola vaccine, rVSV-ZEBOV, seem to show 100% effectiveness against the virus. In addition, the National Institutes of Health reported in October 2017 that final data from a large clinical trial of this vaccine showed that it had been safe and effective, providing immunity against Ebola for at least one year from initial vaccination.
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"[Agnes Nanogak's] mother was of Mackenzie Delta/Copper Eskimo background; her father, William Natkutsiak (Billy Banksland), came from Alaska as a guide to explorer Vilhjalmur Stefannson. Nanogak moved to Holman, Northwest Territories, at the age of twelve, married Wallace Goose, and raised seven children. She is one of Holman's most prominent and prolific artists, having contributed a total of about one hundred forty images to twenty annual print collections since 1967, when her artistic career began.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Treavor Scales and Colton Chapple both rushed for over 100 yards to carry Harvard past Yale, 34-24, and give the program its record sixth consecutive win over its archrival in front of 31,123 fans Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.
Scales posted a season-high 177 yards on 19 attempts, including a 63-yard burst to seal the victory in the seesaw affair, and Chapple added 128 yards and a touchdown on the ground and 209 yards and two scores through the air. Andrew Berg added a team-high six grabs for 70 yards and a touchdown, and Cameron Brate contributed five catches for 42 yards and a TD. The 34-point performance by the Crimson established a new Ivy League record for points in a season with 394, breaking Brown's mark of 375 set in 2000.
On the defensive side, Jacob Lindsey and Joshua Boyd both had 10 tackles to top the team. D.J. Monroe chipped in eight tackles and two pass break ups for a defense that held Yale in check for much of the afternoon, while Reynold Kirton added an interception to seal the victory.
Neither team could do much offensively in the opening quarter as Yale kicker Philippe Panico accounted for the only offense on a 29-yard field goal.
The Crimson answered on the ensuing drive with a seven-play, 54-yard trip that resulted in a 23-yard David Mothander field goal after the drive stalled on the six-yard line.
Harvard's defense continued to dominate, forcing a three-and-out on the Bulldogs' first possession of the second half.
The Crimson offense started to click, moving the ball efficiently down the field before settling for a 20-yard field goal to take a 6-3 lead with 8:53 remaining in the third.
Harvard got the ball back quickly, forcing Yale to punt after three plays, and hit pay dirt on the drive. After advancing to the Yale 18 on a pair of completions and two Scales' rushes, Chapple dropped back to pass, scrambled right and eluded Bulldogs' linebackers Will McHale and Brian Leffler before darting down the sideline untouched into the end zone to make it 13-3 Harvard.
Yale found its offensive rhythm on its next possession to cut into the deficit. Cameron Sandquist's leaping grab at the Harvard five gave the Bulldogs their first trip inside the red zone. From there, running back Tyler Varga took a snap and fooled the Crimson defense on a pump fake before darting across the end line.
Following a Harvard punt, the Bulldogs' marched right down the field yet again, going 71 yards on nine plays. It appeared as though the Crimson would force Yale to settle for a field goal, but Elis' quarterback Henry Furman lofted a pass to the goal line that somehow managed to find the arms of Grant Wallace to restore the Yale advantage at 17-13 with 13:30 remaining.
Harvard did not allow Yale to hold the lead for long, as the Crimson answered 1:38 later. Chapple delivered a pinpoint pass to Berg to the right side of the end zone that sneaked over Yale corner Kurt Stottlemyer's shoulder to put the Crimson back up by three.
Jacob Lindsey rattled a Yale receiver on a third-down play to give the Crimson back the ball; however, Nick Dafflin intercepted Chapple to give the Elis the ball at the Harvard 29. The Bulldogs continued to ground out yardage, rushing the ball on seven of its eight plays, including a two-yard Varga touchdown plunge.
Chapple redeemed himself on the next Crimson snap, breaking a 61-yard run down the right side to the Yale eight. It appeared as though the drive would stall following a false start after a pass intended for Kyle Juszczyk hit the earth on third down, but the Bulldogs were whistled for pass interference to extend the drive. Harvard seized the opportunity, as Chapple lofted the ball over two defenders to Brate in the back of the end zone to make it 27-24.
Harvard's defense then made the stand of the game, forcing two short completions and another incompletion to give the Crimson back the ball with the lead and just 3:19 remaining in the game.
Harvard ran the clock down to 1:19 and forced the Bulldogs to burn through their remaining timeouts, but it looked like Yale would get one last chance to tie the game with the Crimson facing a third and 13. Instead, Scales broke off right tackle for a 63-yard touchdown scamper on what proved to be the final rush of his storied career and give the Crimson an insurmountable 10-point advantage.
The Bulldogs threw three incompletions before Kirton intercepted a desperation, fourth-down heave. Harvard then settled into victory formation, with captain Bobby Schneider, who had missed the last three games with a broken arm, in the back of the set, and kneeled down its sixth straight win over Yale.


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Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, is Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs and the C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she led pediatric radiation oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston. At Mass General, Dr. Tarbell also directed the Center for Faculty Development and the Office for Women's Careers.
Dr. Tarbell is an internationally recognized expert in pediatric oncology and, in particular, pediatric brain tumors. Consistently listed in The Best Doctors of America (Woodward and White), Dr. Tarbell serves on the national Children's Oncology Group Brain Tumor Committee. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2002 and has authored more than 300 original publications and book chapters. Dr. Tarbell is co-editor of Pediatric Radiation Oncology, now in its 5th edition.
In addition, Dr. Tarbell is a longstanding advocate for faculty development initiatives including mentoring programs for junior faculty and numerous efforts on behalf of women and minorities. As Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs, Dr. Tarbell oversees the Office of Faculty Affairs, the Office of Faculty and Research Integrity, the Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, and several HMS-wide centers and divisions
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The use of proton radiotherapy to treat the most common malignant brain tumor in children is as effective as standard photon (x-ray) radiation therapy while causing fewer long-term side effects such as hearing loss and cognitive disorders, according to a study receiving online publication in Lancet Oncology.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a group of independently owned independent insurance agents working under the umbrella of Generations Insurance Group. We intend to solicit other agencies throughout the midwest to become members and will prefer member agencies that are multi generational. We intend to develop appeal with traditional families and closely held businesses (again preferably those that are second or more generation in business age). Members may retain their own historic logo with the tag line above. We hope to find a design that stresses the trust and continuity of multigenerational relationships and ideally one that can partner with another logo. We want to be a valuable part of their family or business, not just a low ball price hack that never evaluates or cares about the customers individual risk exposure.
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"Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. In tennis, you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement."
- Andre Agassi,
Andre Agassi sounds tired. Even though he hung up his racket more than 10 years ago, in the past month, he has crossed the globe twice, given numerous speeches and shaken hundreds of hands.
If you are looking for someone who has achieved fame well beyond the borders of his sport, there are not many better examples than the tennis legend.
Agassi, who visits Auckland and Christchurch next month on speaking engagements, seems as big now as he was in his halcyon days, when he became the first man to win all four grand slams on all three surfaces (grass, hardcourt and clay).
Much of it is due to that book, the one guys bought but their girlfriends couldn't put down.
Rewind to October 2009. Three years after his retirement, Agassi's autobiography, Open, hits the shelves amid a flurry of publicity. He admitted he hated tennis, took crystal meth and gave brutally candid descriptions of his marital breakdown with Brooke Shields and subsequent pursuit of Steffi Graf. Rivals like Michael Chang, Boris Becker and Jim Courier are subjected to strokes of the poison pen while former coach Nick Bollettieri is cast as a gruff, unloveable figure.
Maybe the worst treatment is reserved for great rival Pete Sampras. Agassi says he envies Sampras' "dullness" and "spectacular lack of inspiration" and labels him a lousy tipper, recounting an episode where the multi-millionaire tipped a bellboy one dollar.
So, three years on, are there any regrets, Andre?
"No, not at all. What's in the book needs to be there. The regretful part is that no man's life fits inside 400 pages - it's what's not in there and what you can't go into that you regret. I'm not talking about hidden secrets - just I can't go into detail about certain people and do them justice. I'm regretful of some things but not what's in there, no."
Agassi was hurt by the intense reaction to Open, especially in the first weeks. Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Marat Safin slammed his drug use and others were stung by his criticism of them.
"The original reaction did surprise me," says Agassi. "It disappointed (and) saddened me that peers and others felt the need to comment on something they hadn't quite absorbed yet."
More than anything, the book seemed to carve a further chasm between Sampras and Agassi. Before Nadal and Federer, Agassi and Sampras had been the rivalry that transcended the sport. It was like Borg and McEnroe, Ali and Frazier, Prost and Senna.
The pair were ranked No1 for over 400 weeks between them and met 34 times, including five grand slam finals. One of their seminal clashes was the 2001 US Open quarter-final, where Sampras prevailed 6-7 7-6 7-6 7-6 and neither broke the other's serve.
Off court, there was little affection, which has played out publicly since Open. In a charity event in 2010, Sampras and Agassi teamed up with Federer and Nadal but the televised match at one point descended into a slanging match.
After Sampras had mocked Agassi's pigeon-toed walk, Agassi brought up the tipping episode, demonstrating empty pockets. Sampras then rocketed a serve straight at Agassi, causing Federer to say "This rivalry is intense, man."
"Pete and I don't talk very much - we don't spend much time together," says Agassi somewhat hesitantly. "Occasionally we have overlap in the things we are doing where we play the same places but we weren't close then and we are not close now. As you get older, you grow more respect for people in certain departments but you also value your time more. Time has a way of reducing the amount of people in your life because it gets more precious."
For a sportsman with his profile, his willingness to traverse any subject is refreshing - whether it is his break-up with Shields ("it's impossible to love someone when you don't even know yourself") or his father Mike ("he was doing what he thought best for me") who built a ball machine so the young Agassi could train for hours. When the subject crosses to drug-taking, he struggles to find the words - and is more careful - but doesn't dodge.
"Drugs are usually a symptom of something else," says Agassi, "Obviously I was looking to escape from reality though they were far from performance-enhancing. Since that incident - maybe because of that - we now have testing done by a third party (WADA). It's a lot stricter and that is obviously a good thing."
One of the most powerful - and revealing - passages of his autobiography talks about the moments after his first grand slam win in 1992, when he won Wimbledon after three losses at major finals.
"I'm supposed to be a different person now that I've won a slam," wrote Agassi, "but I don't feel that Wimbledon has changed me. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close."
Asked to elaborate, Agassi says at that time he felt "disengaged" from matches he played.
"I wasn't born to be a tennis player, I was made to be a tennis player. The only answer I had was just to do what it is I was made to do - which was to win. It never made sense to me. I felt like I was pretending, like I was lying.
"When I finally won, after being told for years I didn't have what it took, I thought I would be able to reconcile many of these emotions. But I was hit with the reality it didn't change anything."
At times, the 42-year-old sounds more like a life coach - "it's one of the great illusions in life; whenever you look at a goal, an objective, a destination as the answer you will always be disappointed" - and he says one of his emptiest feelings came when he reached No1 in the world for the first time, in April 1995.
"It was the last great illusion for me at the time," says Agassi. "It was what my father said I was born to do - he used to introduce me to people as a young lad 'this is the next No1 tennis player in the world'. I did naively think there would be some satisfaction and personal reward with that accomplishment but I remember that feeling being just as empty.
"It didn't change my life, it didn't change my own disconnect with what I did every day. It changed nothing, to be honest, and that was the start of a steep downward spiral."
By 1997, Agassi had plummeted to 141 in the world rankings and was reduced to playing Challenger tournaments before clawing his way back to the summit of the sport.
"That journey back to No1 is what I am most proud of," says Agassi. "When you have been there once, the second time, you know how far it is and you know where you are not on a daily basis. It requires a different level of inspiration and connection; it requires all of you."
Thanks largely to Open, Agassi has become much more than a former tennis star. Though he still plays regularly, mainly in 'legends' events, people on the street often want to talk as much about parenting as about his famed return of serve. Not surprisingly, neither of his children will be seen on the tour. His daughter Jaz (9) plays but "just for fun", while son Jaden (11) is a baseballer.
Since his retirement, Agassi has focused on philanthropic work, with the foundation he runs with Graf. He has raised an estimated US$175 million for various charitable organisations and his Las Vegas school recently celebrated their first graduates.
In New Zealand, he will speak in Christchurch (January 23) and Auckland (January 24), as well as at a lunch with sponsors. His only visit here was three years ago for a week of heli-boarding with Graf and the children.
"I was really taken by the beauty of the country and also the warmth of the people. I am looking forward to spending time with the people, hearing how they feel about that journey with my book and discussing it with them.
"It's not easy for me to break away for a week any more with all the things that are going on and the balance of family, business and the foundation but when it worked out this way - where I could do a number of things - I had to take advantage of the opportunity."
The Mad Butcher Presents An Evening with Andre Agassi, in association with Paper Plus on January 24 at the Langham Hotel. Single tickets and tables of 10 are available from ducoevents.co.nz.


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A while ago my friend Joop Soesan had the opportunity to interview Aviv Tzidal from Phinergy. Phinergy recently announced their battery technology based on aluminium and promises ranges of 1000km with a relatively cheap solution.
Rusting of Aluminium
The battery which has been developped by Phinergy is a so-called Metal-Air battery. These types of batteries use a rusting process to free up electrons which can be used to power motors. In chemistry, a clean metal has a higher energetic value than their rusted counterpart. As a normal process, rusting can take many years to complete. For aluminium rusting takes a lot longer even, as the rust on the aluminium provides a sort of coating, making it immuun to further rusting.
A(n Alkalyne) Solution
Phinergy uses an alkalyne solution (water) to clean the aluminium plates in the battery from rust so that the rusting process can continue. Electricity is being generated when the water clears off the rust. When the aluminium plates are not in contact with the water, the rusting stops and there is no electricity coming from the battery. The battery is in a dry-state and can stay like that forever. Over time when it is used, the aluminium gets consumed and the water solution gets saturated with aluminium-rust.
Primary / Secondary
The aluminium in the battery gets consumed in the process, that is why it is a better bet to have the aluminium battery act as the secondary energy source in your car. The primary battery will be for example a lithium based one that is sized for your normal daily usage. In the West, average daily usage of a car is 39km a day. In this way, the size of the lithium battery can be decreased from the 'standard' 150km to be suitable for just 50km. This is enough for the average trip you would make, decrease the lithium battery to a third of its original size and result in a lighter/cheaper solution. The aluminium battery gets added and gets used only when you have to drive a longer trip.
The lithium battery provides the power for your basic mobility and if you need more, you can 'borrow' the extra energy from the aluminium battery. It is similar to the credit line you have with a bank. The aluminium battery is a credit line for energy which you can draw from when you drive a longer trip.
At some point, the water can not hold more rust (aluminium). The water that is fully saturated with rust can be replaced at a gas station for free; you will get free clean water. For a gas station, this dirty water is worth €3-4, because they can sell back the rust (in powder form) to an aluminium producer like Alcoa.
The rusty water will be separated to water and aluminium hydroxide (powder) at each station. The powder will be transported back to Alcoa and Alcoa pays the gas station for this powder.
Aluminium cheaper than fuel?
A comparison is made between conventional gas and consuming aluminium in the battery. The details are shown below:
For Aluminium it is assumed:
- €2-3 per kg aluminium
- 75 kg aluminium battery
- 600 kWh battery
- 4000 km range
- 4000 km range
- 1:20 Fuel Consumption
- 200 liters needed
- €2 per liter fuel
New Technology?
It appears the principles behind this technology are not exactly new, however, recent developments in nano technology have improved on it, making this a viable solution. Earlier attempts at a metal-air battery have failed due to CO2 poisoning and not being able to last for long periods on end.
Availability of Technology
Currently Phinergy works closely together with Renault on developping a car that uses the aluminium battery. The first car will be on the street before 2017 and by the end of this year, other OEMs can also join in on developping this technology with Phinergy and create a vehicle that utilizes this technology.
I would like to thank Joop Soesan for his time recording this interview and Aviv Tzidal for taking time to have this interview. For those interested in the full interview, please listen to the audio file below:


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Mutations in the Insulin Gene Can Cause MODY and Autoantibody-Negative Type 1 Diabetes
OBJECTIVE—Mutations in the insulin (INS) gene can cause neonatal diabetes. We hypothesized that mutations in INS could also cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and autoantibody-negative type 1 diabetes.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We screened INS in 62 probands with MODY, 30 probands with suspected MODY, and 223 subjects from the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry selected on the basis of autoantibody negativity or family history of diabetes.
RESULTS—Among the MODY patients, we identified the INS mutation c.137G>A (R46Q) in a proband, his diabetic father, and a paternal aunt. They were diagnosed with diabetes at 20, 18, and 17 years of age, respectively, and are treated with small doses of insulin or diet only. In type 1 diabetic patients, we found the INS mutation c.163C>T (R55C) in a girl who at 10 years of age presented with ketoacidosis and insulin-dependent, GAD, and insulinoma-associated antigen-2 (IA-2) antibody-negative diabetes. Her mother had a de novo R55C mutation and was diagnosed with ketoacidosis and insulin-dependent diabetes at 13 years of age. Both had residual β-cell function. The R46Q substitution changes an invariant arginine residue in position B22, which forms a hydrogen bond with the glutamate at A17, stabilizing the insulin molecule. The R55C substitution involves the first of the two arginine residues localized at the site of proteolytic processing between the B-chain and the C-peptide.
CONCLUSIONS—Our findings extend the phenotype of INS mutation carriers and suggest that INS screening is warranted not only in neonatal diabetes, but also in MODY and in selected cases of type 1 diabetes.
Molecular genetic studies of monogenic forms of diabetes such as maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and neonatal diabetes have provided important insight into the pathophysiology and have led to improved diagnosis and treatment (1–7). In type 1 diabetes, immune-mediated destruction of the pancreatic β-cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis (8). However, some type 1 diabetic children do not present with signs of autoimmunity and are classified as having autoantibody-negative type 1 diabetes, also denoted idiopathic or type 1b diabetes (9–11). Recently, we observed that heterozygous missense mutations in the insulin gene (INS) can cause permanent neonatal diabetes (12). The majority of these mutations occurred de novo. Moreover, this phenomenon has been noted in previous studies of KCNJ11 and ABCC8 in patients with neonatal diabetes and is in accordance with the sporadic nature of permanent neonatal diabetes.
We hypothesized that INS mutations might also cause MODY and could explain some cases of apparent type 1 diabetes. The aim of the present study was therefore to search for INS mutations in patients with MODY of unknown etiology as well as in selected patients from the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry.
Physicians refer subjects to the Norwegian MODY Registry based on at least two of the following criteria: first-degree relative with diabetes, onset of diabetes before 25 years of age in at least one family member, insulin level <0.5 units · kg−1 · day−1, diabetes diagnosed between age 25 and 40 years of age, or unusual type 1 diabetes (low-dose insulin requirement, no antibodies, or atypical history). The conventional criteria of MODY (13) are therefore not met in all cases. Still, inclusion of subjects based strictly on the conventional criteria would exclude some true MODY patients, e.g., those with de novo mutations, age at diagnosis >25 years, or limited clinical data on the family history of diabetes. We screened DNA samples from 92 probands of the Norwegian MODY Registry for mutations in INS; 62 fulfilled conventional MODY criteria, while 30 were categorized as "suspected MODY." None of the probands had mutations in HNF1A (14). Moreover, 57 of the probands had a phenotype clinically evaluated as MODY2-like. GCK mutations had therefore been excluded in them. Standard oral glucose tolerance testing was performed, and World Health Organization criteria for diabetes were applied.
In addition, we investigated samples from the population-based Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry (15). From June 2002 to June 2007, 1,373 subjects were eligible and enrolled. We excluded subjects with mutations in HNF1A or KCNJ11 and one subject with diabetes secondary to pancreatectomy. We then chose to screen two subsets of subjects in the present study. The first consisted of patients who were GAD and insulinoma-associated antigen-2 (IA-2) antibody negative, with or without a family history of diabetes (n = 124). The second subset consisted of GAD and/or IA-2 antibody-positive patients with at least one parent with diabetes (n = 99). Antibodies were measured the day after diagnosis. We used the following cut offs to define antibody status as negative: GAD <0.08 units and IA-2 <0.1 units. Diabetes in the parents included all types of diabetes. Thus, we sequenced INS in a total of 223 subjects regarded as having type 1 diabetes. The reference ranges for fasting C-peptide were 220–1,400 pmol/l for subjects in the MODY family N580 and 400–1,700 pmol/l for subjects in the type 1 diabetes family N781.
We obtained written informed consent from all participants or their parents. The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Research Ethics and the Norwegian Data Inspectorate and performed according to the Helsinki Declaration.
DNA was purified from EDTA blood samples by standard methods. Human INS was amplified in two segments using PCR and the primers 5′-CAAGGGCCTTTGCGTCA-3′ together with 5′-GAAGCCAACACCGTCCTCA-3′ (exon 2) and 5′-CCCTGACTGTGTCCTCCTGT-3′ together with 5′-AGAGAGCGTGGAGAGAGCTG-3′ (exon 3). The exon and flanking noncoding regions of INS were sequenced in both directions using an Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). We imported all sequence sample files into the SeqScape Software (Applied Biosystems) and analyzed them for variation in INS. Template sequence applied for INS was NM_000207 (NCBI database).
INS mutations and MODY.
We did not find any pathogenic mutations in the 30 subjects with suspected MODY. We did, however, find a heterozygous mutation in 1 of the 62 families fulfilling conventional MODY criteria (Fig. 1A and Table 1). The mutation c.137G>A is predicted to alter arginine to glutamine at residue number 46 (R46Q) of the preproinsulin molecule (Fig. 2). The proband (N580-1) was diagnosed with diabetes at 20 years of age. Initially he was treated with diet only. After 1 year, he needed psychopharmacologic treatment, his BMI increased to 29.6 kg/m2, and he required insulin. Subsequently, his psychopharmacologic treatment was changed, he lost weight, and he is now on diet only. N580-1 was GAD and IA-2 antibody negative; his nonfasting C-peptide was undetectable, and his most recent A1C was 5.9% (normal range 4.0–6.0%). His father (N580-3) was diagnosed with diabetes at 18 years of age; he was initially treated with diet only, and after ∼20 years a sulfonylurea was introduced. In later years, he has been treated with small doses of insulin. The proband's paternal aunt (N580-4) was diagnosed with diabetes at 17 years of age and has been on a strict diet without need for pharmacological treatment.
INS mutations and type 1 diabetes.
Nearly all Norwegian subjects diagnosed with diabetes at age 18 years or under are included in the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry. We first screened INS in a group of 124 antibody-negative cases and found a heterozygous mutation in 1 proband. The mutation, c.163C>T, is predicted to cause an arginine to cysteine substitution at residue 55 (R55C) of the preproinsulin molecule (Fig. 2). We subsequently sequenced a further 99 subjects with antibody-positive type 1 diabetes and a parental history of diabetes but identified no further mutations.
The subject N781-1 with the R55C mutation presented with frank diabetes at 10 years of age (Fig. 1B and Table 1). She had a blood glucose of 17.6 mmol/l and ketoacidosis, and her A1C was 9.1% (normal range 4.0–6.2%). Autoantibodies against insulin were 5.8 units/ml (normal range <1.0), while fasting C-peptide was detectable (500 pmol/l). She was insulin dependent from the time of diagnosis. Her most recent insulin requirement and A1C were 0.72 units · kg−1 · day−1 and 8.0%, respectively. A recent meal-stimulated C-peptide was detectable (1,050 pmol/l, paired glucose 9.6 mmol/l). Recent autoantibodies against insulin were positive (6.3 units/ml), while GAD and IA-2 were negative. Her mother (N781-3) had type 1 diabetes diagnosed at 13 years of age (Table 1). She is currently treated with insulin (0.96 units · kg−1 · day−1). Recent meal-stimulated C-peptide was barely detectable (420 pmol/l, paired glucose 11.1 mmol/l). Recent autoantibodies against insulin were positive (5.8 units/ml), while GAD and IA-2 were negative. She also carries the heterozygous mutation. The proband's maternal grandfather (N781-6) had type 2 diabetes diagnosed at 40 years of age. He is treated with insulin (0.47 units · kg−1 · day−1), and his most recent A1C was 6.4%. His current BMI is 42.7 kg/m2, and he has nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy. Neither he nor the healthy maternal grandmother are mutation carriers. Thus, the proband's mother has a de novo mutation. The paternal uncle (N781-5) was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 50 years of age. He is treated with glimepiride (2 mg/day); his most recent A1C was 7.3%, and BMI was 21.4 kg/m2. He is not carrying the mutation.
The pathogenic role of the INS mutations R46Q and R55C.
We did not detect either mutation among 100 healthy blood donors. Neither mutation has been described previously (12,16). The mutation R46Q alters an invariant arginine at residue 22 of the B-chain. The guanidino group of arginine forms a hydrogen bond with the glutamate at residue 17 of the A-chain and participates in a network of electrostatic interactions with surrounding carbonyl and carboxyl oxygens, which stabilizes the structure of the insulin molecule (Fig. 3). The substitution of arginine B22 by glutamine will disrupt this critical hydrogen bond. The mutation R55C affects the first of the two arginines at the B-chain—C-peptide junction, i.e., the first site of proteolytic processing of proinsulin to insulin. The substitution of arginine with a neutral residue (in this case cysteine) is not predicted to interfere with the proteolytic processing by proinsulin endoprotease PC1/3. It is thus more likely that the introduction of an unpaired cysteine may affect insulin biosynthesis, as noted for C96Y, the mutant insulin in the Akita mouse, by introducing a defect in folding of the preproinsulin molecule (12,17). Both carriers of the R55C mutation have C-peptide levels in the normal range, thus suggesting that some insulin is being processed and secreted. It is currently not fully understood why these patients, despite evidence of insulin secretion, have severe insulin deficiency, as indicated by ketoacidosis at diagnosis and subsequent requirement for insulin in full replacement doses.
We have found that mutations in the gene encoding insulin can cause MODY and antibody-negative type 1 diabetes. Our findings add INS to the list of causes of MODY, which currently includes HNF4A, GCK, HNF1A, IPF1, HNF1B, NEUROD1, and CEL. The relatively mild phenotype of the three family members with the R46Q mutation suggests that a spectrum of phenotypes may exist in patients with INS mutations, ranging from mild diabetes and hyperinsulinemia in patients with the previously described mutations that cause reduced biological activity of the insulin molecule (i.e., B24 Ser, B25 Leu, and A3 Leu) (18,19), to MODY in patients with mutations that are predicted to reduce the structural stability of the insulin molecule (R46Q) and ultimately to neonatal diabetes in patients with mutations that cause severe defects in the biosynthesis of the insulin molecule (for example B8 Ser and B19 Gly) (12).
One could argue that the case with apparent type 1 diabetes (R55C) was MODY that was misclassified. The presentation, however, was like classical type 1 diabetes, with ketoacidosis and frank diabetes. Hence, we believe that most pediatricians on a clinical basis will classify such a patient as having type 1 diabetes. Not all clinics are routinely screening children with newly developed diabetes for antibodies. Although rare, we nevertheless think it is interesting that patients with a monogenic form of diabetes can be found among those with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, an observation that has important implications for diagnosis, genetic counseling, and possibly treatment.
Generally, subjects with neonatal diabetes and INS mutations are small for gestational age (12,16). None of our five mutation-positive subjects had low birth weights (Fig. 1). The R46Q mutation of family N580 appears to be functionally mild compared with the INS mutations causing neonatal diabetes, as suggested by the much later age of onset, a low A1C, and less-intensive treatment needed. The effect of R46Q on fetal insulin secretion may therefore be negligible, explaining the lack of effect on birth weight. In family N781, the diabetic mother with a de novo mutation had a birth weight in the lower normal range. The relatively high birth weight of her R55C-carrying child can be explained by the mother being diabetic during pregnancy and a near-normal insulin secretion capacity in fetal life. As for R46Q, the age of onset suggests that the phenotype of R55C is milder than that of INS mutations causing neonatal diabetes.
Although 80% of the INS cases found in patients with neonatal diabetes are de novo, both the probands described here inherited the mutation from a diabetic parent. Thus, our findings as well as those of Edghill et al. (16) indicate that de novo mutations in the INS gene are possible when diabetes presents after the neonatal period.
In summary, our results suggest that patients with MODY and autoantibody-negative type 1 diabetes should be screened for mutations in INS. The presence of residual β-cell function in the subjects with apparent type 1 diabetes indicates that new approaches for treatment should be considered in such cases with INS mutations.
Other members of the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Study Group
The following physicians also contributed to the study: Henning Aabech and Sven Simonsen, Fredrikstad; Helge Vogt, Lørenskog; Kolbeinn Gudmundsson, Anne Grethe Myhre, and Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, Oslo; Jon Grøtta, Elverum; Ola Tallerås and Dag Helge Frøisland, Lillehammer; Halvor Bævre, Gjøvik; Kjell Stensvold, Drammen; Bjørn Halvorsen, Tønsberg; Kristin Hodnekvam, Skien; Ole Kr. Danielsen, Arendal; Jorunn Ulriksen and Unni Mette Köpp, Kristiansand; Jon Bland, Stavanger; Dag Roness, Haugesund; Per Helge Kvistad, Førde; Steinar Spangen, Ålesund; Per Erik Hæreid, Trondheim; Sigurd Børsting, Levanger; Dag Veimo, Bodø; Harald Dramsdahl, Harstad; Bård Forsdahl, Tromsø; and Kersti Elisabeth Thodenius and Ane Kokkvoll, Hammerfest.
This study was supported by the University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Helse Vest, Innovest, and the Functional Genomics Programme (FUGE) of the Research Council of Norway. Research carried out in Chicago was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grants DK-13914, DK-20595, DK-44752, DK-73541, and DK-77489 and a gift from the Kovler Family Foundation.
Published ahead of print at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org on 11 January 2008. DOI: 10.2337/db07-1467.
* Other members of the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Study Group are listed in the appendix.
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
See accompanying original articles on pgs. 1034 and 1115 and commentary on p. 799.
- Received October 14, 2007.
- Accepted January 6, 2008.


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The International Monetary Fund says Hong Kong's rising housing prices pose a severe risk to the city's economy. The WSJ's Jake Lee explains why Hong Kong's new property policies have failed to cool the market.
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State Choices to Promote Access
- Sets the income eligibility limit for child care subsidies at or above 200% FPL [2017]1
A family of three qualifies for assistance at $37,296 or 183% FPL. This reflects a decrease from 184% FPL in 2016.
- Child care subsidy reimbursement rate meets the recommended 75th percentile of the market rate [2014]3
- Provides families with at least 12 months of continuous eligibility for child care subsidies [FY 2016]4
- Supplements Early Head Start [2012]5
- Funds a pre-kindergarten program and/or supplements Head Start [FY 2016]6
$18,397,560 for pre-kindergarten
- Requires districts to offer full day kindergarten [2018]7
State Choices to Promote Quality
- Requires one adult for every four 18-month-olds, and a maximum class size of eight in child care centers [2013]8
Child care regulations require one adult for every 5 children, and the maximum class size is 10.
- Allocates state or federal funds for a network of infant/toddler specialists that provide assistance to child care providers [2013]9
- Has early learning standards or developmental guidelines for infants and toddlers [2017]10
- Has an infant/toddler credential or certificate [2018]11
- Requires that infants and toddlers in child care centers be assigned a consistent primary caregiver [2016]12
- Requires one adult for every ten 4-year-olds, and a maximum class size of 20 in child care centers [2013]8
Child care regulations require one adult for every 12 children, and the maximum class size is 24.
- Has implemented a statewide Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) [2017]13
Regional QRIS launched.
- Requires one teacher for every 18 students in kindergarten classrooms [2013]14
Not specified in statute.
- Has adopted Common Core Standards [2015]15
NCCP believes that Common Core State Standards should be used in conjunction with guidelines for social emotional learning.
- Has comprehensive, free-standing standards for social emotional learning at the K-12 level [2018]16
Data Notes and Sources
Last Updated: May 13, 2015
Send us recent developments to update your state's profile.
- Schulman, K., & Blank, H. (2017). Persistent Gaps: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2017. National Women's Law Center. https://nwlc.org (accessed November 2, 2017). Parents at 150% FPL ineligible for monthly child care copayments in Maryland.
- U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. (2018). National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 Math and Reading Assessment. https://nces.ed.gov (accessed June 29, 2018).
- Schulman, Karen; Blank, Helen. 2014. Turning the Corner: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2014. National Women's Law Center. http://www.nwlc.org (accessed March 3, 2015).
- Minton, S., Blatt, L., Tran, V., Stevens, K., & Giannarelli, L. (2017). The CCDF Policies Database Book of Tables: Key Cross-State Variations in CCDF Policies as of October 1, 2016. OPRE Report 2017-105. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov (accessed February 22, 2018).
- Colvard, Jamie; Schmit, Stephanie, Zero to Three and CLASP. 2012. Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk. http://www.clasp.org (accessed August 15, 2013).
- Barnett, W. S., Friedman-Krauss, A. H., Weisenfeld, G. G., Horowitz, M., Kasmin, R., & Squires, J. H. (2017). The State of Preschool 2016: State Preschool Yearbook. New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. http://nieer.org (accessed December 19, 2017).
- Diffey, L. (2018). 50-State Comparison: State Kindergarten-Through-Third-Grade Policies. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States. http://ecs.force.com (accessed June 29, 2018).
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. 2013.We Can Do Better: Child Care Aware of America's Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulations and Oversight. http://www.naccrra.org (accessed August 14, 2013).
- Schmit, Stephanie; Matthews, Hannah, CLASP. 2013. Better for Babies: A Study of State Infant and Toddler Child Care Policies. http://www.clasp.org (accessed April 2, 2014).
- Administration for Children & Families, National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance. (2017). State Early Learning and Developmental Guidelines. https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov (accessed December 19, 2017).
- Administration for Children & Families, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning. (2018). State/Territory Infant/Toddler Credential Overview, February 2018. Obtained data from staff at ZERO TO THREE.
- Sosinsky, L., Ruprecht, K., Horm, D., Kriener-Althen, K., Vogel, C., & Halle, T. (2016). Including Relationship-Based Care Practices in Infant-Toddler Care: Implications for Practice and Policy. Brief prepared for the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- QRIS National Learning Network. (2017). Current Status of QRIS in the States map. http://qrisnetwork.org (accessed February 7, 2017).
- Education Commission of the States. 2013. Early Learning: Kindergarten Online Database. http://ecs.force.com (accessed April 7, 2014).
- Achieve. 2015. Closing the Expectations Gap: 2013 Annual Report on the Alignment of State K-12 Policies and Practice with the Demands of College and Careers. http://www.achieve.org (accessed March 24 2015).
- The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). (2018). K-12 Learning Goals for SEL in all 50 States. Chicago, IL: CASEL. https://casel.org (accessed June 29, 2018). Data for DC were based on DC Educational Standards.


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Defense equipment isn't necessarily used only during political conflicts. When earthquakes, floods, or other natural disasters occur, armed forces often are called on to assemble quickly with large numbers of trained personnel and heavy equipment. Debris is cleared away to restore lines of communication so that relief supplies can be brought through and distributed to those in greatest need.
The FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor, designed by BAE Systems, Farnborough, UK, has become the standard vehicle of its class in the British Army. More recently, BAE Systems was awarded a contract for the design, development, and production of the more-capable Terrier Maneuvre Support Vehicle (MSV). MSVs can undertake a much wider range of battlefield operations than today's FV180 CET, which was originally conceived more than 30 years ago.
The first prototype of Terrier was rolled out at the Land Systems Leicester facility in mid-2005 and has since been engaged in a demanding series of trials at various locations in the UK. BAE Systems built four pre-series Terriers in 2007, and about 65 production vehicles will follow — with the first batch of 20 to be delivered by late 2009.
What it is
Terrier is a tracked vehicle fitted with a front-mounted, hydraulically operated bucket that can be used to clear obstacles, prepare vehicle and weapon pits, and grip large objects. A ripper can be fitted to break up road surfaces.
Mounted on the right side is a hydraulically operated excavator arm system that can lift a maximum of 3 tons at full reach. Normally fitted with a bucket, the arm can be used to prepare infantry trenches. However, the bucket can be replaced quickly by other specialized attachments, such as an auger that can drill holes to 3-m deep, or an impact hammer-breaker. A rear load platform can carry payloads to 5 tons.
Despite all this versatile tooling, the Terrier is light enough to be carried in an A400M aircraft, and two can be carried in a C-17 aircraft.
An electronic interface
A key element of the Terrier's success is electronic control, and to interface with electronics, hydraulic cylinders require some sort of linear displacement transducer (LDT). Magnetostrictive transducers have gained widespread use as an LDT, especially in stationary applications. High production machines that require positioning accuracy to within thousandths of an inch justify the cost of a magnetostrictive LDT.
However, Mark Hoffman, of Rota Engineering, Dallas, points out that because mobile equipment has a human operator, position feedback from cylinders generally only needs to be within hundredths of an inch. Put simply, he says that magnetostrictive LDTs are overkill for most mobile equipment applications. He suggests that an LDT with slightly less precision, but substantially lower cost, would enable designers to provide cylinder position feedback more often — not just for the most critical applications that justify high cost.
Hall-effect technology
LDTs from Rota Engineering use a microprocessor that transmits and receives signals from Hall-effect chips mounted to a printed circuit board. The circuit board is contained within a stainless steel or aluminum housing, depending on application requirements. A piston-mounted magnet causes a voltage drop when it passes over the Hall-effect chip. The microprocessor calculates the position of the Hall-effect chip and correlates the voltage drop to a proportional voltage, current, PWM, or CANBUS output.
Hoffman explains, "Hall-effect sensors do not have as high a resolution as magnetostrictive sensors which can achieve resolution measured in ten-thousandths of an inch. Hall-effect LDTs, however, generally have resolution of 0.012 to 0.020 in. The tighter resolution of magnetostrictive LDTs is needed for many process applications, such as a rolling mill. Most of the time, though, 0.020 in. resolution is more than sufficient for mobile hydraulic applications."
An additional benefit of the Hall-effect technology is small size. In most instances, the pin-to-pin dimension of a cylinder need not be increased to accommodate a Hall-effect LDT. Also, the surface-mount technology tolerates high levels of vibration, and potting can provide additional vibration resistance.
Hoffman continues, "The transducers used in the Terrier allow automatic stowing of the excavator arm when it is not needed. They also allow remote operation when the vehicle comes under fire from small arms. Since the original design, we developed a more compact transducer, which will be used on production vehicles. The Terrier has been on field trials for at least a year and has come under some severe conditions of shock and vibration.
"The Terrier vehicle still has its original set of our Hall-effect transducers, which were installed about three years ago. They have worked without failure inside the compact and lightweight cylinders designed by Parker in Germany."
For more information on Rota Engineering's Hall-effect LDTs, contact Mark Hoffman at (972) 359-1041, or e-mail [email protected] or visit www.rota-eng.com.
Click here to see a video showing the FV180 in action.


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timbosan:billgates:freitasm: Better keep this quiet or they plug it.
What's the bet AirNZ now see a huge increase in people using their cards to spend US funds ;-)
This could be quite useful. Can I suggest we collate our findings in this thread across:
Hulu Plus
PSN (Playstation network)
I only use iTunes, so can check that out.
Just tried to buy a spotify subscription with it. Didn't work at all.


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HULL - It wasn't even close to being the type of venue that Gino Brito was accustomed to performing in. It was not the Paul Sauve Arena, it was not the Robert Guertin Arena.
It was a simple school gymnasium in Hull, Quebec.
Despite this, the Canadian wrestling icon once again donned his robe and walked to the ring, receiving the loudest ovation of the evening from the fans in attendance. Pacing back and forth on his tip toes like a prize fighter, he removed his robe, proudly showing off a red, white and green singlet, a bold declaration of his Italian heritage.
At 63 years of age, Gino Brito came back to wrestle.
"It felt a little... not strange," said Brito, fresh after his match this past Saturday night with the Hull based CPW promotion. "I started wondering 'Am I doing the right moves' at 63. But once I got in there, I forgot about everything. I felt like I could have gone a lot harder, but I didn't want to push it. It felt very good."
Brito joined fellow CPW grapplers Pierre Carl Ouellet and Wild Dangerous Dan in a six-man tag team main event. Their opponents would be none other than the Ministry of Brutality (MOB), consisting of Tray Hugh Mongus, Thunder & their manager, JJ Crooke. As it turned out, Brito and his team would come out on the short end of the stick, but that is but a blip on the radar.
What is of significance is the mere presence of Brito, in a day and age when others of his status no longer can or choose to be involved in the business. For CPW, having Brito involved in the promotion has elevated it to heights that not that long ago, seemed insurmountable.
"For me, Gino is the foundation of CPW," said Joel Racine. Racine is JJ Crooke, the wiry squawk box manager of the MOB. With his trademark fly swatter in hand, he has become one of the most hated personalities within the promotion, not to mention reviving the lost art form of the wrestling manager. His ringside antics eventually lead to the in-ring showdown with Brito in the tag team bout. But away from his alter ego, Racine will be the first to tell you how invaluable Brito is to CPW.
"Before his arrival, we were just a bunch guys promoting small wrestling shows without any directions or any knowledge on how to actually promote a wrestling card. When he came, he actually put CPW on the map as a serious promotion; that could be more than just a local federation."
Experience aside, Brito also brought an aura of respect extended to him by those outside of the wrestling industry, familiar with the man and his professionalism.
"Everywhere we go, when we mention we want to produce a wrestling show with sponsors or local promoters, as soon as we mention Gino Brito that makes the whole difference. Everybody knows Gino in Quebec and Ontario as the owner of International Wrestling and they know how big it was."
With Brito's guidance, CPW has elevated itself to holding two shows a month in Hull, with occasional shows in outlining communities within Quebec. Just last year, CPW held an anniversary show at the famed Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, drawing a huge crowd not seen in recent memory with other Canadian independent promotions. "Even though CPW is nowhere near the status of the old International Wrestling, I'd say we're in the top three federations in Canada as far as potential," Racine said.
Perhaps the most important leadership quality that Brito displays is a willingness to put the promotion first. "He was the one who came up with the finish," explained Racine, reflecting on their recent match where Racine wound up pinning Brito in the ring, with some assistance via outside interference.
"He was really excited about it. When he spoke to me, he said no one would expect me (Brito) to get pinned by a manager," Racine went on. "He actually made a point of telling the guys before the match that when I (Brito) get in the ring, no one is going to believe that at my age that I can actually go toe to toe with Thunder and Hugh Mongus who are 6-foot-2 and close to 300 pounds."
In keeping with that common sense outlook booking wise, Brito kept a limited presence in the match and let the younger grapplers take most of the credit. "That just shows how far he's willing to go. He puts the business before himself. This can help CPW in getting more people to the show and more media attention. He's doing it for the love of the business," Racine said.
For Brito, passing along a life time of knowledge comes quite naturally.
"I can say quite humbly that I can give them a lot of tips," admitted Brito. "The first tip I give them is behave yourself. After that, look like a wrestler; keep in shape as much as you can. No matter what people say, yes this is entertainment, but you still have to go out there and put out. If you go out there after two or three minutes and you've run out of wind, the people will know. The people are not dumb."
His words are founded from the 25 years he spent as a wrestler. It was a day and age where six-pack abs and blaring catch phrases would not keep your head above the water in the rocky sea of professional wrestling. Kayfabe was alive and well, people believed and the wrestlers had to deliver in the ring.
"I was wrestling years back in New York when the smallest guy there, besides Tony Parisi and myself, was 260 pounds and we still got by because we were in shape and we working hard. That's what I want my guys to do, I want them to behave and be professional."
Corey David Lacroix is grateful to have had the privilege of watching a legend in action. He can be emailed at email@example.com.


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Does humor on the Internet mold political thinking?
Jokes are not merely a source of popular enjoyment and creativity; they also provide insights into how societies work and what people think. Humor is so powerful it can help shape geopolitical views worldwide, according to Professor Darren Purcell and his team from the University of Oklahoma in the US. Their study of humor including the analysis of two "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" skits, has recently been published online in Springer's GeoJournal.
Humor is a powerful communications tool with potential political implications at various levels of society, as the recent Danish political cartoon representations of the Prophet Mohammad and the political repercussions and resulting economic boycotts demonstrated. Purcell and colleagues' paper looks at humor as an important form of popular culture in the creation of geopolitical worldviews.
The authors use 'disposition theory' - a framework that allows them to understand who will regard which content as funny, and how derisive humor can be seen as amusing - to examine particular types of humor in texts which reflect society's concerns, developments and relationships, and by extension, the geopolitical implications of these texts. With an emphasis on social context, the theory suggests that the appreciation of humor is dependent, in part, on whether one holds a positive or negative attitude, or disposition, toward the object of humor.
Purcell and colleagues analyze two stand-up comedy routines performed by American ventriloquist Jeff Dunham. The skits center on the character of Achmed the Dead Terrorist, an unsuccessful suicide bomber. The humor plays on anti-Arab/Muslim sentiment. Dunham uses his audiences' disposition towards terrorists to get laughs, while at the same time challenging his audience members to look at their own views of terrorism, Islam, and American efforts in Iraq.
Purcell and colleagues show that disposition theory is useful to help place humor as a fluid, global phenomenon shared through various social networks via the Internet. Thanks to new communication technologies including YouTube.com, audiences around the world are engaged and can participate. The technology takes participants seriously by providing a point of entry where they can put forward their views of the world. This amplifies the potential impact of any geopolitical text.
They conclude that "the diffusion of humor with geopolitical content to a global viewing audience, via personal networks spanning multiple scales, forces us to consider the role of individuals (via forwarding and dissemination) as producers and reproducers of geopolitical codes and active participants in constructing enemies and threats, even in the guise of a two-foot tall puppet."
More information:
1. Purcell D et al (2009). Achmed the dead terrorist and humor in popular geopolitics. GeoJournal; DOI 10.1007/s10708-009-9258-9
2. Link to YouTube Video on Achmed the Dead Terrorist skit www.youtube.com/watch?v=psvL2eYQ7YM
Source: Springer
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Tom Mullica is the world's greatest living bar magician. With his mile-a-minute comedy, magic and slapstick he presented more than 3,000 sold-out shows during his eleven year run at the famed Tom-Foolery Magic Bar Theatre (1976-1987) in Atlanta, Georgia.
This DVD features the only existing record of Mullica's frenzy-filled act presented in the theater that was built around it. This is your only opportunity to see this comedic genius on his own turf perform his laugh-filled show full of dozens of sidesplitting gags, jokes, and routines. The show features his hysterical Apple Trick and his trademark routine, Nicotine Nincompoop, where he eats a pack of lit cigarettes with a stack of bar napkins as a chaser.
The next time you have a party just play this DVD and your guests will never laugh so hard. You just can't watch this show once. It's gets funnier every time you see it.


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First Ascent Sentinel Falls
I found these old photos from the FA of upper Sentinel Falls.
The quality is marginal but they are of some interest. For those of you who don't know Sentinel Falls is a 2,000ft or so waterfall just west of Sentinel Rock. It has an interesting history as an ice climb. Kevin Worrall, Jim Orey and I did the FA of the upper falls in Dec. 1974. This was the first real ice climb done in the Valley. Later, the lower section was climbed... by who first I am not sure. The entire falls has only been climbed once in a stupendous effort by (I believe) the late great Walt Shipley and Kevin Fosburg. (Please chime in KF) Our ascent was a fun adventure for the three of us--ice novices all. Charlie Porter first pointed out the climb to me in the spring of 1974. The previous winter Charlie had climbed some ice flow in the meadows and was interested in other potential ice climbs in the Yosemite including the Widows Tears. I had always had a interest in alpine climbing (as many of my generation did) stemming from my introduction to climbing through reading the history of the classic ascents of the Alps and other great ranges. Some element of adventure always seemed to be missing from my Yosemite climbs on the Valley's perfect sunny granite. There was a renaissance under way in the sport of ice climbing. Chouinard, among others, was busy reinventing the tools of the trade. The concept of climbing water ice as a sport unto itself was becoming a reality. I believe Jello and Mike Weiss made their ascent of Bridalviel Falls at this time. I was eager to participate and in the summer of 74 bought a collection of ice gear from a climbing buddy of mine in the bay area. As it came to pass one sunny December day in the Valley Kevin, Jim and I were all sitting atop the large Yellow pine in Leidig meadow. We had a perfect view of the Falls and formed our plan there. We would hike up through the forest and talus below the Falls, traverse up a ledge system leading to a parallel gully to the west, ascend this until we could traverse back to the upper falls. It all went according to plan. We made our way up the approach, which took us a day, and bivvied on the ridge separating the two gullies. The next day we continued the approach and soon had our first glimpse of the climb. I was so excited. I had never seen anything like this. A frozen waterfall!! What could be cooler than that? We made our way to the base. There was this little mini bergschund at the base forming a perfect little mouth with icicle teeth. None of us had every climbed anything like this before and we didn't really know where to start. We pounded in a warthog, clipped in a rope and all gave it a tug. It didn't pull out, so figuring the pro was good, I started up the first pitch. My climbing attire was a bit lacking. I was clad in corduroy bell bottom jeans (hey, it was the seventies)with no gators. I gingerly made my way up the near vertical ice for about fifty ft taking my first chance to exit onto the rock and belay. Jim followed this pitch first and then led a short steep section to an obvious bowl. Kevin must have led the next pitch and then I was on the lead again. By the time I finished leading the last steep section it was dark. Kevin and Jim followed. I remember being so cold at the belay, tied to this pathetic scrawny pine sapling. I was shivering away in the shade of the bright winter moonlight believing that as soon as the moonlight reached me I would warm up. We endured our second bivvy here. It was one of the longest coldest bivouacs of my climbing life, right around the winter solstice. Finally, dawn arrived and we made our way up the last low angle pitch to the Valley rim. We post-holed east under Sentinel Dome and then headed for the Four Mile trail which took us the Valley, sunshine, and food. Shortly there after Jim took leave of us and Kevin and I turned our sights to the obvious encore--the Widows Tears.
Mark Chapman


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Police say 41-year-old Robert Knappenberger, of Douglass Township, Montgomery County repeatedly raped a 1-year-old child.
Knappenberger is listed as a lifetime registrant on the state's Megan's Law site. Knappenberger was convicted in the rapes of two children, ages 2 and 4, in 1991. 6abc
My thing is, this man was convicted of the raping of two children 21 years ago, why is he back on the street? Being a parent myself this is extremely difficult to swallow let alone hearing about the 1991 rape. We really have to question whether or not jail is a place of reform, a holding cell like timeout in elementary school, or does it make matters worse for certain convicts. Sending out prayers to the families affected by this tragedy.


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In Bad Kissingen salt was produced from the Carolingian period to 1968. The first salt graduation of Europe revolutionized the technology of salt production and spread across the continent. The salt works shown here was built in 1767-1772 by Prince Bishop Adam Friedrich of Seinsheim.
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Wikipedia: Franconia (German: Franken) is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Heilbronn-Franken. The Bavarian part is made up of the administrative regions of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken).Franconia (like France) is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks. This tribe played a major role after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and colonised large parts of medieval Europe.Modern day Franconia comprises only a very tiny and rather remote part of the settlement area of the ancient Franks. In German, Franken is used for both modern day Franconians and the historic Franks, which leads to some confusion. The historic Frankish Empire, Francia, is actually the common precursor of the Low Countries, France and Germany. In 843 the Treaty of Verdun led to the partition of Francia into West Francia (modern day France), Middle Francia (from the Low Countries along the Rhine valley to northern Italy) and East Francia (modern day Germany). Frankreich, the German word for "France", and Frankrijk, the Dutch word for "France"; literally mean "the Frankish Empire".


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To stay in a French city is to live to the rhythm of its inhabitants and to discover a unique way of life. It also means finding out about a strong regional identity. Your stay will have a different flavour whether you are visiting Lille, a northern town, Marseille with its Mediterranean flair, Toulouse, the occidental city, Lyon in the vicinity of the Alps or Bordeaux in between vineyards and the ocean.
Paris, city of lights and fashion capital will seduce you for sure... Just for a change you can visit in less than three hours other French cities thanks to the TGV network or internal flights.
Discover a selection of cities via various videos such as discovery of the UNESCO sites and heritage, shopping at the heart of the city, cultural outings, exhibitions, festivals, cookery or wine courses, or just enjoying some quality time outside at a café....
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