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Staff Directory
Scott Parfitt known as Scott
Contact Details
- Faculty of Business and Society
- Senior Lecturer - Procurement and Supply Chain Management
- email@example.com
- (01443) 4 82938
- Treforest
B.A.(Hons) MSc
PGCE Introduction to Teaching Certificate
PRINCE 2 Practitioner
Scott Parfitt is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) a Full Member of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) and also a PRINCE2 Practitioner.
Scott's main area of interest is Public Sector Procurement and undertakes regular work with Welsh Government (Value Wales) and Cardiff Council. Scott works closely with Cardiff Council's Commissioning and Procurement Team and acts as a "Critical Friend". Scott is also a Project Board Member for Source Regional (evolved from Source Cardiff). Source Regional contains representation from Cardiff Council, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen and Value Wales. Scott is also a member of Welsh Government Creative Procurement Forum.
At USW Scott Parfitt is currently the Course Leader for "BSc. (Hons) Logistics Procurement and Supply Chain Management". Scott also delivers the CIPS professional course. Scott has been teaching at the USW/University of Glamorgan since 2003 within the disciplines of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. Scott holds the E-moderators' certificate and is qualified to deliver postgraduate course through virtual learning environments.Scott is also a trained KTP supervisor and a 4 times Faculty Excellence In Teaching and Learning (ELTA) prize winner with the latest being awarded in September 2013. in 2016 Scott was a Student Choice nominee for Best Supervisor and Best Course Leader. Scott is also a member of the CIPS Academic Forum. In 2016 Scott become a "Critical Friend" to Cardiff City FC Foundation. Scott will also be returning as part of the forthcoming Research Excellence.
Course Leader:
Full Time and Part Time
BSc. Logistics Procurement and Supply Chain
BA Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Full Time
MSc Strategic Procurement Management
Msc International Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Public Sector Procurement Subject Lead
Commissioned Research
Ringwald R, Parfitt S & Williams G (2012) Value Wales study of Procurement Low Value Advertising with the following objectives:
a) A study of the thresholds for advertising, and competition i.e. requests for quotation (RFQ) and invitation to tender (ITT) used across Wales.
b) Identification of the extent to which contracting authorities in Wales are using approved lists of suppliers and how such lists are being managed and maintained.
c) To establish if there is a correlation between the number of professional procurement staff and the thresholds at which contracts are advertised.
d) To compare performance in Wales with practice across the UK and Europe.
Parfitt S and Ringwald R (2011) Source Cardiff Study: Evaluate the key elements of their proposed Commissioning and Procurement Strategy 2011-2014 and the potential for improving supplier access to Cardiff Council's procurement opportunities.
Academic publications
Howells, L. Parfitt, S. Robinson, S., Sarter, E,K. (2020) New development: Myth or reality? The public sector's growing appetite to procure from the third sector. Public Money & Managemen
White, G.R.T., Parfitt, S., Lee, C., Mason-Jones, R. (2016) Challenges to the Development of Strategic Procurement: a meta-analysis of organisations in the public and private sectors. Strategic Change, 25(2), in-press.
Thomas A., Ringwald, R,. Parfitt, S,. Davies, A,. Elwyn, J,. An empirical analysis of Lean Six Sigma implementation in SMEs ‐ a migratory perspective International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 31(8) · August 2014
Deasy, M., White, G. R. T., Parfitt, S. and Ringwald, K., (2014). 'Asymmetric Procurement in the Public Sector', Strategic Change: briefings in entrepreneurial finance, February.
Ringwald R & Parfitt S (2011) Is reflective practice the key to survival for small independent retailers? Evidence from South-East Wales. Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Volume 12, Issue 5, 2011 Special Issue: Reflective Learning in Management, Development & Education
Moss, G.A., Parfitt, S. and Skinner, H. (2009) Men and women: do they value the same things in mainstream nightclubs and bars? Tourism and Hospitality Research, 9(1), pp. 61-79
Skinner, H., Kubacki, K., Parfitt, S., and Moss, G. (2008) "Polish Nightclubs and Bars: Management Insights into what Customers Really Want", Journal of East European Management Studies, Vol.13 No.2, pp.154-169.Research
Kubacki, K, Skinner, H, Parfitt, S and Moss, G (2007) "Comparing nightclub customers' preferences in existing and emerging markets", The International Journal of Hospitality Management, 26 (4), pp.957-973
Skinner, H. Moss, G. and Parfitt, S (2005). "Nightclubs & Bars: what do customer really want?" International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (MCIPS)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Critical Friend:
Cardiff Council Comissioning and Procurement
Cardiff City Football Foundation
Member of Welsh Government Creative Procurement Forum.
Project Board Member for Source Regional (Cardiff Council, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, Value Wales).
A member of CIPS Academic Forum.
Previous Roles
A member of Welsh Government's Economic Impact Assessment Group.
2007-2015 A committee member on the South Wales Innovative Modern Management (SWIMM – www.swimm.co.uk)
Careers Wales Education Business Partnerships (EBP) Ambassador
Journal Reviewer for Education + Training.
A member of the research team that undertook the Barriers to Procurement (Value Wales 2009/10)
KTP Cardiff County Council Category Management (2009-2011). The KTP Projected helped Cardiff deliver £18 million pounds of saving over a 5 year period.
Cardiff Council (2011) Source Cardiff Study
Value Wales (2012) Assessing the impact of Procurement Advertising Thresholds
Strategic Insight Programme (S.I.P.) with Gareth White, to investigate contract success factors in a provider of automation solutions to the automotive industry (May 2012).
Ringwald, K. Parfitt, S. Ndrecaj, V. (2014) An Analysis of the Construction Industry in Wales with the following objectives:
1. To understand the composition of the construction industry in Wales (both indigenous Welsh companies and those who are Wales based)
2. To understand which companies are targeting public sector contracts as a source of revenue?
Ringwald, K. Parfitt, S. White, G. Ndrecaj, V. Miller, C. (2016) Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) "Pre Commercial Procurement". A review of the operation of SBRI in Wales from the initial project in 2012 to the ten projects operating as at May 2015.
Conference Papers
Parfitt, S. Lee, C. Milligan, S. (2018) Skills for Procurement and Supply Chain – Managing Your Supply of Talent Procurex Wales.
Ringwald, K. Ndrecaj, V. and Parfitt, S. (2015) Pre-Commercial Procurement: Challenges for procurement professionals and SME suppliers in pursuit of innovation for the public sector. 24rd Annual Conference of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA). 29th March – 1Aprill 2015, The VU University Amsterdam,
Ringwald, K. Parfitt, S. Ndrecaj, V. (2014) Developing Competitive Advantage for SMEs in the Construction Industry Welsh Perspective. 37th Annual Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). 5- 6 November 2014, Manchester.
Ringwald R, Parfitt S, (2013) "''Be careful what you wish for". The impact of low-value contract advertising on SMEs and the Public Sector." The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference.
Ringwald R, Parfitt S, Ndrecaj V, (2013) "Entrepreneurial learning through reflective practice. Competitive advantage for small independent retailers." The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
A. J Thomas, S Parfitt, K Ringwald, A Davies, E G John (2012) 2012 "Defining a Strategic Framework to Achieve Manufacturing Growth", EIBA Conference.
Ringwald R, Parfitt S (2012) Sub-OJEU Advertising: Implications for the Public Sector and SMEs. Capital Cardiff Conference
Robinson S, Ringwald R, Parfitt S and Hurrell S (2011) Local Government Procurement Policies for Local Economic Development. Commonwealth Local Government Conference
Ringwald R, Lee C & Parfitt S (2010) Can SME Win Public Sector Business. Public Sector Procurement Conference organised by COMEX.
Ringwald R & Parfitt S (2010) A four-factor fight-back: Small independent retailers response to chain-store competition. The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
Ringwald R, Lee C & Parfitt S (2009) Falling at the First Fence: The buyers perspective on systems to support SME pre qualification for public sector contracts. The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
Interested In
SME Access to Public Sector Opportunities
Purchasing Category Management Private Sector
Purchasing Category Management Public Sector
Supplier Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management
Public Sector Procurement
Market Orientated Supply Chains
The Impact of Location within Retailing
Areas of Expertise
Public Sector Procurement, Procurement Category Management, Social Value in Procurement, Retail & Supply Chain Management, Barriers to Procurement, Procurement Maturity Assessments, Supplier Relationship Management & Services Marketing, Marketing for Purchasers, Supply Chain Management, E-Business, Online Learning.
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On Dec. 19, four Pennsylvania teenagers were killed in a car accident when the vehicle they were traveling crossed the centerline into oncoming traffic, causing a collision. The report stated that the teenagers were identified as a 13-year-old female, two 16-year-old males and a 17-year-old male.
It appeared that the 17-year-old was driving a vehicle west on Dairy Road with the other three teenagers as passengers when he struck a vehicle that was being driven by an 18-year-old woman. The collision caused both of the vehicles to catch fire. The vehicle carrying the four teenagers then flipped and struck a tree.
The four teenagers suffered injuries to their heads and torsos that were caused by blunt force trauma. A coroner stated that dental records were needed to make positive identifications for three of the four teenagers. The driver of the other vehicle and her passenger also suffered injuries though the severity of those injuries were not released. Authorities reported that speed was involved in the crash though they did not report which driver was speeding.
Whenever someone becomes involved in a car accident, there is the possibility that the vehicle occupants could suffer serious or even catastrophic injuries. If the other driver is found to be liable, someone who suffered a serious or life-threatening injury can hold that driver responsible for any damages that were sustained. If the liable driver did not survive the accident, the injured person may still potentially file the lawsuit against the driver's estate. The available damages depend on the circumstances of the case; for example, the injured person may seek the cost of hospital bills and the cost of rehabilitation if the injuries were severe enough.
Source: The Morning Call , "Coroner identifies 4 teens killed in Carbon County wreck", Manuel Gamiz Jr. , December 22, 2014


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Dreadnought is getting closer and closer to its open beta status, but before we finally get to that point there are still some slight adjustments to be made.
What does this patch bring to the game you might ask? Most importantly it gives us two very important fixes that should make everyone happy:
1. It corrects the Credit system to the way that it was originally designed. The payout for in-game actions will now adjust depending on the Tier of the ship being used (this will net more Credits earned during gameplay).
2. It fixes the server stability issue that we faced during the last couple of weeks.
It also adds something that some of you have been asking about, for a long time - a bit more lore to the game. Ship manufacturer descriptions have been shown a lot of love in this first narrative pass. Besides that it's mostly a "behind the scenes" patch that squashes a fair amount pesky bugs and polishes the game. At the same time 1.4.2 sets the stage for more complicated changes to the game, while making the whole experience a lot more enjoyable on a day-to-day basis.
Below you will find a list of the current bug fixes.
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Bug FixesEdit
Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect Credit payout after matches - now each ship Tier will grant a 20% bigger Credit payout than the previous one
Fixed an issue that caused recurring server crashes - Hallelujah!
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash if a player had the DirectX12 mode enabled, the DirectX12 option has been deactivated for now
Fixed an issue that caused players to not receive purchased GP until the game was restarted
Fixed rare instance where the Orcus and items purchased for it could disappear after logging out and back into the game
Fixed an issue that did not allow players to respawn after their ships have been destroyed in Onslaught mode, because the spawn timer kept restarting
Fixed an issue that did not allow players to move after they have respawned - Movement, it turns out, is very important for everyone who isn't an Artillery Cruiser main.
Fixed an issue that would cause the first ship slot in a Veteran or Legendary fleet to be weighted more in the calculation of Maintenance cost than it was supposed to. Now the calculation is based equally on all ship tiers in a fleet.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash if a player used the Alt+Tab combination while loading into a match - You may now go back to browsing Reddit between matches.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash if a player used Alt+Tab while the game is set to Fullscreen mode
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to freeze after a training match
Fixed an issue that caused the Tugarin to not spawn when selected in orbit, before the game started
Fixed a rare issue that did not allow players to equip the Perimeter module (Trafalgar)
Fixed an issue with the wrongly priced Weaponbooster Pulse (Trafalgar), the price has been corrected from 43500 to 750 Credits
Fixed an issue that caused the ship info panel to not to disappear after a round of Team Elimination started
Fixed an issue that replaced Orcus' primary weapon with its secondary module
Fixed an issue that made the UI unresponsive after GP conversion
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash after purchasing GP - Oof.


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Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky faces the media following his second round victory over No.3 seed Roger Federer.
Q. Was it your tactic to keep coming and serve and volleying as much as you could? That was like a 1980's grass court performance.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: At least somebody can play that still.
Well, you can't really keep up with Roger on grass on baseline rallies. It's just impossible, I would say, especially here. He's playing very well. He feels the grass. He feels the slice. He can do whatever he wants with the ball.
The only tactics I have is press as hard as I can on my serve and come in as much as I can. The shorter it is, the less rhythm he got. I think today I was successful enough that he didn't get into the returning rhythm, only somewhere in the middle of the fourth set he find it. So I was lucky, I would say, to pull it out in the fourth and finish it.
Q. Where does this match rank in terms of your career to date?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, it depends how you want it to rank. I mean, it's my first win of the top 10. What else I can say? I think it's 0 to 10 or 0 to 11 against top players.
Beating Roger here on his court, where he's a legend, is I think having definitely a special place in my career.
Q. I think you're more known recently to tennis fans for whipping out your cell phone during a match, tweets about equal prize money. Do you feel like you've distracted yourself from your tennis at any point and people should have expected more from your game, including yourself?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I just don't really get what kind of question you're trying to put. I'm sorry.
Q. You've had a lot of other stuff.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Yeah, but I still tweet. It's not that I'm not going to tweet today or something or I'm not going to attend the council meeting after this or something. It's just part of my life.
I'm not out there. Twitter is Twitter. I'm in the council because I want to be in the council because I think I can change things.
Q. Could you tell us what did you say to each other at the net?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, Roger congratulated me and said that I was playing very well. Honestly, I don't really remember what I was saying because I was kind of somewhere else. Sorry (smiling).
Q. Were you annoyed or in some way intimidated by the two shots he hit straight at you during the fourth set?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: No. Should I be?
Q. I was asking you.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, look, when you play serve and volley, you put your opponent in the position where he needs to pass you, and going into you is a way of passing you. You cannot think that the easy shot he will have he going to put it around you just because you're standing at the net.
We're playing tennis. Well, he could have choose maybe a different direction, but sometimes it's not easy. Sometimes you're going whatever is easiest for you. It's part of the game.
Q. What does Roger Federer's career mean to you and to the sport?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I think it means like our sport is Roger Federer. Well, here at least I would say. He's the greatest player we had. He's the biggest name we had and we still have, thank God. And I think as a person he showed us that you don't have to be really somewhere else, you can be a decent man achieving a lot of things and still be a person which everybody admires.
Q. Given all of that, how would you describe what you said and its impact on your feelings about what you accomplished today?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I still have no feelings what I accomplished. I'm still somewhere lost. I'm sorry. I cannot really explain. It's hard for me. I don't feel nothing actually, I would say, because I don't really feel it yet. Maybe tomorrow is going to be better.
Q. After the match you said something like, When you play Roger Federer, you play two Roger Federers, the player and the ego. What did you mean by that?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, every player, when you step on the court, when I step on the court, the first round I played Dutra Silva. I played Dutra Silva. Some Brazilian people know him and know he's playing good on clay.
Here, when you come here, on the cover of the Wimbledon book, we don't have it here, is Roger Federer. You're playing the guy and then you're playing his legend, which is following him because he won it seven times. He's holding all possible career records here, I think, winning matches and everything. You're playing two of them.
When you're beating one, you still have the other one who is pressing you. You're saying, Am I about to beat him? Is it possible?
Q. You feel that on the court?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: It's just psychology. You cannot run from it. It's just how it happens. When I was a break up in the fourth, you think about it. Really, is it happening?
Q. At what point in the match did it occur to you that you could possibly win this?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: A break up after I hold from 15‑40, 2‑1.
Q. It was that late?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Before that I was just playing point to point. Then the thought start to come into your mind, Did you ever think about it?
Q. Have you ever volleyed that well?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I did. But I never volleyed for so long so well. The titles I won were usually best‑of‑three so I didn't need to volley for four sets.
Q. Federer was the seventh former No. 1 to lose today. Did you feel a different energy around this tournament today? It was seen as a very unusual day, even before your match.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, I would like to say that I did, but I didn't. I mean, even Darcis beating Nadal, then retiring, okay. But Nadal on grass is something different than Roger Federer.
So you kind of hoping that you have that chance. When you go on that court and you playing, you thinking, Okay, this is going to be hard.
Q. The serve‑and‑volley game, how would you describe its importance to you and maybe the possibility of starting a revival?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, it's not up to me I think the revival. It's about the tournaments and the surface we play on. I hardly believe that a surface is left on which you can serve and volley successfully. It's just that simple.
Q. You grew up as a fan of Sampras and Rafter.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Yes. That's how I try to play. But sometimes you have to adapt to the tour and you have to play from the baseline.
Q. Years from now when you're an old man, what will you tell your grandkids on what a Ukrainian did on a summer day in 2013?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Ask me this question when I'm done in this tournament. I hope I can still look forward for some matches. Right now I can definitely tell my grandkids, I kicked the butt of Roger Federer (smiling).
Q. Do you feel the grass this year is playing faster?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: A little bit, yes. I would say yes. But grass is very adaptive to the weather conditions. When it's windy and it's not that hot, it's faster. When it's hot, it's very slow.
Q. If you were to see these results against these top guys, Nadal and Federer, people would wonder what you're doing outside the top 100.
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Well, that's how competitive is our sport. It's just simple. It's how hard it is to be in the top 100. Because there's 100 better guys than me, that's it.
Q. What was your level of belief going into this match today that you could accomplish something like this?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I didn't think about it. I went in to be competitive enough. I was saying that if I'm going to hold to him in the beginning of the match, then I have a chance of maybe even doing something. But if he would run away from me in the beginning, then you cannot catch the Federer train.
Q. Sometimes we see after incredible results...
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: Don't ask this question (laughter).
Q. How are you going to put this aside and focus on the next round and come out with a great performance?
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY: I hope I can come out with a great performance the next round. That's what you have to do in order to win. Beating today was great, but I didn't win the tournament. I just won the second round. There's another five rounds.
When I get off the court, I don't know who I play next round. Now I know.


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7th January – Call To Arms!
Calling all to arms on Saturday 7th January at Inverleith, where the 2nds are playing Aberdeenshire and the 3rds are due to play Dalkeith.
As Gavin S is still on honeymoon (in my day we got married in the close season …. blah blah blah!), the brothers Grimm will oversee both sides, ably assisted, as always, by Lawrance, Richard, possibly Simon (pending his new hip) and our latest recruit to the Management team, Bert from Baghdad!
On Friday 13th January, we have agreed to play at Penicuik under floodlights – so, if you want to be considered for the evening match … you know the form.
John Hancock, Ross MacPhail, Rob Ogley, Rory Anderson, Craig Smith – where are you hiding??
On another matter, for the 3rds, we have challenged Max Downie (if you recall, our arch nemesis) to a decider play off against Currie before the end of the season. Max reckons we have been, by miles, the best opposition, both on and off the pitch, so we must so do that, too (young folk today seem to stick a random 'so' into conversation – just keeping up!)
So get yourselves down on Facebook or Twitter or whatever medium you wish and make it known if you can play – let Graeme know early, too.
Please pitch up by 1 pm at Inverleith on 7th January so we can get organised.
The 1st XV play away vs Jed.
Further dates for the diary: Saturday 4th February for the Irish pre international lunch at Mary Erskine's and Saturday 1st April for the Awards Dinner in the Clubhouse.
Fin & Jim (the brothers Grimm)


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It's the New Year! So hope you have a happy one.
Traditionally at this time of year it is expected that we will all try hard to be better. Take on new hobbies, lose weight, or get fit. All great goals of course. What's yours?
This year I've decided to see if I can write this blog once a month – not an arduous task of course and one that I should enjoy however if I manage to do it will be the first new years resolution I've ever managed.
The big one of course is smoking. The first day of January and giving up the 'fags' is for some I'm sure a real target. If you're one of those and you've maybe already succumbed, or if you're trying to help others do it there's an event in Renfrewshire next month that I would direct you to. 'Tobacco – who's really at risk?' will take place on Thursday 14 February 2013 in the Abercorn Conference Centre. The keynote speaker is Sir Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer – so it's bound to be busy – and you can register for the event by emailing the Renfrewshire Tobacco Alliance at:
or by telephoning them on 01505 821316.
I read an article recently that noted a doctor had been talking on a radio show about how to quit smoking and was asked:
"What is the easiest way you know to give up smoking?"
To which the doctor replied…
"Have a coronary!"
Certainly to the point and just maybe it got the message across…
January is a strange month – shaking off the excesses of the festive season while thinking of new beginnings. Personally by the time I get to Burns' Night I'm ready for a hearty celebration of the bard. Tatties, Neeps and a'.
'O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!'
Bye for noo.


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KADUNA/Nigeria: Following the ratification of an agreement between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) R-APC and 37 others, the PDP @ Your Door Campaign Forum has described the development as a send forth for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, made available on Tuesday, PDP @ Your Door Campaign hailed the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus for initiating and seeing the pact through.
"Nigeria as a whole will benefit from that agreement reached by our great party the PDP, alongside others, who are tired of the present administration.
"With this development we are optimistic that from late 2019, again, our economy will be rejuvenated and Nigerians of all demographic variables will once again, be able to afford three square meals like it was before APC came on board in 2015," it stated.
The group therefore, advised the APC to start preparing handover notes at the centre and most of the states where the party currently holds sway.
"We will all gather on May 29 and sing a song of victory as the candidate which is a product of this timely coalition is sworn-in as the President," it predicted.
The group advised those yet to register for or collect their PVCs to do so without delay, as it was as important not just for them, but for generations yet unborn.
"Let us all join hands and send this government packing so we can reclaim our country," it concluded.


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The Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) of Indonesia hosted the National Council of MoEC (RNPK) 2018 at Training Centre of MoEC, Sawangan, Depok. The RNPK was held on 5-7 February 2018 with the theme "Strengthening Education, Advancing Culture".
RNPK 2018 was officially opened on Tuesday, 6 February 2018 by the President of Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Human and Culture Development Mdm. Puan Maharani and Minister of Education and Culture Mr. Muhajir Effendy. The Vice President of Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Jusuf Kalla was also attended the RNPK 2018 on the following day, Wednesday, 7 February 2018. RNPK 2018 also had a special exhibition area on education and culture with the theme "Working Performance of MoEC". SEAMOLEC participated in the RNPK exhibition at the special booth of Technology for Learning, displaying its flagships programmes; AR-VR content and SIERRA.
In his visit to RNPK 2018 Exhibition, Mr. President also visited SEAMOLEC's booth and saw Keris Museum and Sumpah Pemuda Museum developed in 3D Virtual Museum by SEAMOLEC's technicians. He also saw a demonstration about Augmented Reality (AR) developed by Indonesian students who won SEAMEO Online Training competition about AR. Not only that, Mr. President Joko Widodo also got explanation about a mini server product developed by SEAMOLEC for remote areas.
The Vice President, Mr. Jusuf Kalla tried the Virtual Reality (VR) about Indonesian Animals using the special VR glasses. He also got interested in the mini server for remote areas which is not only installed in Indonesia, but also in Kinabalu, Malaysia. The mini server was also used by students who study at several learning centers in palm oil plantation areas in Kinabalu.
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This is a common question that nearly everyone has at some point in their life. Beyond determining the best position to sleep in, or the best mattress from IKEA for your particular level of comfort, you need to make a sleep schedule that works for you.
I thought it was Eight Hours
Not for everyone.
Sleep is a poorly understood biological mechanism. We know that it's important, but no neuroscientist currently alive can say precisely why it's so important or why almost all living creatures do it. That makes determining a single correct number of hours for everyone a bit challenging.
Eight hours is a useful approximation, but other factors can change it drastically. For instance, your age and your average level of daily physical activity can have a huge effect on your required sleep schedule.
Ideal Sleeping Hours by Age
As any parent knows, newborns sleep a lot. Newly born infants can sleep for anywhere from 12 to 18 hours a day, and testing them to find out what number is optimal is pretty difficult. Infants can't tell you that they're feeling cranky because they haven't gotten enough sleep – but parents can often tell anyways.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, the ideal number of hours for newborns to sleep each day is somewhere between 14 and 17. After three months, this drops to between 12 and 15 hours, and then tightens to between 11 and 14 hours until the age of two.
Preschoolers need to sleep for between 10 and 13 hours every day, whereas schoolchildren aged 6 and above are best off with between 9 and 11 hours of sleep. Teenagers between the age of 14 and 17 should get between 8 and 10 hours or sleep, while adults between the age of 18 and 65 should get between 7 and 9 hours every night. People older than 65 years of age can get by with less sleep, at between 7 and 8 hours.
How Active Are You?
Another important factor that determines how much sleep you need is your daily level of physical activity. There is a clear connection between sleep and muscle building, so bodybuilders and athletes often find themselves needing up to two or three extra hours of sleep every night.
Just as an athlete's body requires more calories than that of the average person, so too does it need extra sleep. It is during sleep that the body does most of its muscle-rebuilding work, this is why you don't feel sore immediately after going to the gym – you feel it the next morning.
If you're into physical sports or spend a decent amount of time at the gym, you'll need to adjust your sleep schedule to give you a little extra time in bed. You might not need the same amount of sleep an Olympian does, but an extra hour can definitely help.


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Nucleosomal Arrangement Affects Single-Molecule Transcription Dynamics
Nucleosomal Arrangement Affects Single-Molecule Transcription Dynamics
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- Event date: 10th February 2017
- Speaker: Dr Chris Brackley (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
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Transcription is the first step toward protein production. During transcription, a polymerase enzyme moves along DNA and copies it to RNA. In the cell, DNA is highly compacted: roughly 150 bp of DNA is wrapped around histone proteins to form a nucleosome. However, little is known about how closely spaced nucleosomes impact polymerase transcription. We performed single-molecule optical tweezers transcription experiments on dinucleosomal DNA templates. We show that the effect of the second nucleosome on polymerase transcription efficiency through the first one depends on the internucleosomal spacing and the rotational arrangement of the nucleosomes on the helical DNA template. Our findings provide insights into how DNA compaction affects transcription in vitro.
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A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit, and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.
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I am not a conspiracy nut, but for quite some time I have not had good feelings about what is happening in the field of Politics. It seems like our elected officials are not listening to their constituents for no apparent reason other than they will not even respond to quaries. The Federal Government has taken control of businesses and dictating policies Firing CEO's and dictaing salaries to employees of these companies....Many, many changes have been instituted and according to the Glen Beck program, I believe, 14 different czars have been created by the Exective Branch of Government. The most recent being an internet czar. His duties,,,,,I do not know, but I do know that a short time ago a bill was entered by a Democrat and Olympia Snow, Republican, I don't know its content, but the way things are happening I think I am becoming gunshy. The bill might be still in committee? Just saying????
Recently I read an article from Pravda Ru, A Russian Newspaper written in English, referring to America as being well on its way to "Marxism". I'm not saying I agree with everything that is contained in this article, but much seems to hit the Nail.........
Also most recently, I read a few articles on Michelle Malkin about Acorn. Michelle gives reference to another site that one might enjoy about this subject. It is posted on the "Capital Research Center", "Foundation Watch"site. The title is "Acorn: Who funds the Weather Underground's little brother?" by Matthew Vodum. This article is an eye opener, if it hasn't been removed!!
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The information just keeps rolling in!!!
I knew things were changing rapidly, but to what extent,,,,,I couldn't keep my mind from spinning then a friend sent me a copy of what appears to be a newpaper front page....It is listed as english pravda ru., now whether or not it is authentic,,,I don't know but ....It speaks to marxist America happening fast......
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Its been quite some time since I decided to write a post..... I am still not up to writing what I feel at this time about the whole political situation in this great country. I recently however got an E-Mail from a friend who left an address with some really interesting information about the fed. You also might find the site an interesting read. The title of the article is "Its worse at the Fed than I thought", by Michael Murphy it is located here. http://newworldinvestor.com/914/its-worse-at-the-fed-than-i-thought/ I have verified nothing located here but , I did read the post and watched the video...
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I'm a sucker for a good metaphor. I love a good metaphor like Hugh Jackman loves literally any script that will let him sing and dance.
It's because of this that I love the Rube Goldberg Machine project my class did for MakerFaire last year and is doing again this year.
At the most basic level, a Rube Goldberg machine is an incredibly complex series of actions and reactions that result in the completion of the most mundane activity. You know, like getting kids invested in learning dividing fractions, and then explaining why dividing fractions works. I sometimes feel like my classroom is just a series of Rube Goldberg machines running in tandem, while also all somehow part of a larger Rube Goldberg machine.
Because education isn't simple and it's never easy, you see. To that end, never trust anyone who says "just" before giving you advice to make your class better or more effective.
To back up, since we started in the middle *sings* a less good place to staaart *mercifully stops singing*, for the last three years my school has hosted a MakerFaire. It's a massive undertaking combining a science fair, TEDtalk symposium, film festival, and check-out-our-learning Open House. Students are invited to create their own projects, and teachers are inviting to create class projects. Last year, thanks to the wonderful OK Go video for "This Too Shall Pass", I decided my class would build a Rube Goldberg machine.
We learned a lot and I thought of ways the project could be improved over the course of the build, so I was excited to do it again this year.
Today we started our journey.
I broke my class up into eight groups of four students each. I choose the groups. Depending on the project and timeframe I'll let the kids choose their groups or I choose for them. This needs to be done quickly and in well-balanced groups, so I'll take the reigns for this part, thank you very much. I ordered the groups one through eight. Then I set them the challenge-
Thou shalt create a Rube Goldberg machine. Each group is responsible for a section of the machine, and each section must include at least two action/reactions. For added difficulty, each group must also ensure that their section of the machine connects with the sections on either side so that the machine requires no no NO human intervention once the initial reaction has been triggered. Your section must be started by the end of the previous section, and your section must end with the triggering of the following section.Dude. That's a lot. I admit that's a lot. And it's not easy. That's why I love it.
There's so very much engineering built into this project. If you leave students to their own devices, as I learned last year, they will design a machine that should be, if built properly, seventeen feet tall and uses gravity and marbles and that's all. Everything will be downhill, all the energy transfer points will be basic, and nothing will be interesting. So I get to show that music video and we take close looks at exactly what is happening. I focus in on the section below, from 0:42 - 0:50. Just eight seconds. Everything the kids need to know about what they should do happens in these eight seconds. Here, you watch. Again, 0:42, where it's cued up to already, through 0:50.
Did you see how much happened? How many different types of energy transfer there are right there? There's the rolling tube (inertia) which drops (gravity) causing a weight to release (gravity/pulley) which lifts the cupped lever (lever) which is holding a marble, returning the energy back to a height so everything can continue using gravity (gravity). In eight seconds.
Suddenly options open up. Suddenly we're having this detailed conversation about energy transfers and simple machines. They don't know the words, but I can give them the words. Those eight seconds gave them the ideas. Now we don't need to build this giant, tall behemoth. Now we've got variety. We've got choice. Because it's not enough to say "You are able to learn. Go forth and learn, and then apply that learning." That ain't even Guide On The Side. That's Guy In The Room.
Back to the metaphor thing, I mean look. Not only are they building a Rube Goldberg machine, but the process of building it is almost Rube Goldbergian. There are so many moving pieces! So much communication and compromise and co-planning needs to take place to be successful.
FIRST- The group must plan their section. They plan it alone, just the four of them, without worrying about any other group. It's too much to think about if they start being concerned with everyone else. The group of four must decide how creative and challenging their section will be, what simple machines and energy transfers will happen, what tools they'll use. They must design and blueprint. They must compromise with each other until everyone is satisfied.
SECOND- They must talk to the groups on either side of them. This immediately throws their plans out of whack because "What do you mean you want your marble to be triggered by a car? Ours doesn't have a car. Ours ends low, and yours starts high. Crap. Now what?" Revision. Natural, organic, collaborative revision. Lots of communication about these engineering concepts. And remember, every groups except the first and last has to go through this process twice.
THIRD- Bring your blueprint to me, whereupon I'll break it down with simple questions like "Why is this ramp floating in space, where are your supports?" and "How long are these parts?" They have to go away and revise again. Rethink again. This is by far the most difficult build of the year, that's why it's the last one. They've built tree kangaroo traps and arcade games and wind-powered cars and trebuchets. They know the process.
I'm not going to say 100% of my kids are 100% engaged with their groups 100% of the time, but I am going to say that even without my stepping in, I'd bet those numbers are up around 90%. These kids are excited and locked in. They're talking and designing and planning and revising without my having to sit on their shoulders and tap them in the foreheads with a spoon*.
And all of this is before they have cut a piece of cardboard or measured a section of string. If I can get them on board and invested in the design process, the build process is so much easier.
Not that the build process is easy. I approved a few plans that aren't going to work in practice but look good on paper, or work in student heads because they don't understand that a marble will not carry enough weight to crash into the toy car and get it to roll forward far enough to trigger those dominoes. That's fine. Build a simple version, run a proof-of-concept (yes, I use that term with them), and revise as needed.
Part of this is the panic that comes with trying to eat the elephant on a time limit. Embrace the panic, expect it. Last year I was positive the machine wouldn't actually work up until five minutes before it actually did. We got three good runs in and then someone accidentally bumped something and we never got it realigned properly. But we still succeeded, and you should have heard the room explode. Have faith. Not faith that you'll succeed, but faith that the real goal, the learning, will be accomplished.
This year I learned from last year. By front-loading the simple machine concepts, by forcing the planning in more detail, I hope to prevent the last minute stress. I'm pretty sure it still won't work until the last possible second, but one can hope.
Take a risk. Understand that teaching is the stringing together of many complex, disparate actions to create something simple on the surface. Use that to help you think around corners and solve problems in new ways. Come play.
*I've never literally done this, but we all figuratively have.
Today we successfully finished our Rube Goldberg machine. It was four days of hard work, planning, revision, panic, frustration, and finally joy and relief. I did some documenting of it on the twitters so I'm going to link to those.
Starting work on our Rube Goldberg Machine for MakerFaire. Gonna be a lot, gonna be difficult, we got it. pic.twitter.com/N3m4EkFLff— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 14, 2018
I love the Rube Goldberg Machine project because it forces different types of collaboration. Each group needs to talk/plan within their group, but then also with the groups on either side of them to be sure the start/end trigger each other. It's a lot.— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 14, 2018
Also, SO MUCH blueprinting and planning and revising. I get to ask simple questions like "how long is this part?" and "this ramp looks like it's floating in midair, how are you supporting it?"— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 14, 2018
More Rube Goldberg work today. Getting to ask questions like "You have this ramp as five feet tall. That's as tall as *points to student in class*. You're building a stable structure that big?" At which point they walk away to measure for real.— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 15, 2018
We are now firmly in the "oh god oh god this is never going to work" phase of building something complicated in class https://t.co/8cjNqC9pNA pic.twitter.com/w2roDzt7lV— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 15, 2018
Rube Goldberg machine work has progressed to a point where kids are testing their sections.— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 16, 2018
'One successful test is not cause for celebration. When it works five times in a row then you can celebrate."
A group just cheered really loud after their fifth test.
Trying to make sure we all know the various heights and distances needed for our Rube Goldberg machine sections because even though they planned together things were still not clear. Also, woo, I hope I rounded that today length up. pic.twitter.com/x0cYqEFfGr— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 17, 2018
IT WORKED! Three days of hard work, planning, struggle, revision, teamwork, compromise, frustration, and communication and now it WORKED. https://t.co/8cjNqC9pNA pic.twitter.com/dapt44QQ8D— Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) May 17, 2018


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NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP— A possible domestic violence suspect out of Shelby County evaded deputies from the Shelby County and Miami County sheriffs' offices and led them on a short chase on early Sunday morning.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office responded to a possible domestic violence report on the 200 block of Elizabeth Street in Russia on Sunday at approximately 1:30 a.m. The victim alleged that she was kicked by a known male suspect, according to Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports. The call from the victim was dropped, and the Shelby County Dispatch Center was unable to regain contact with the victim.
Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies spoke with a witness at the residence of the reported incident, who said that the victim and alleged suspect were arguing, but said there was nothing physical.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office attempted to find the victim in Russia, but did not locate her. The Shelby County Dispatch Center pinged her cell phone to try and locate the victim, as she would not answer calls from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. The phone showed to be in Miami County, and the Shelby County Dispatch Center advised the Miami County Dispatch Center.
Miami County Sheriff's Office deputies searched for the domestic violence suspect and the possible female victim from the Russia area in the northwest area of Miami County. They were reportedly in the area in a gray Honda. The suspect had several warrants for his arrest out of Miami County, including felony warrants.
A Miami County Sheriff's Office deputy located the suspect's vehicle on Greenville Falls Road at Cooper Road at approximately 2:45 a.m. in Newberry Township, according to Miami County Sheriff's Office reports. The deputy noted seeing the driver when he pulled from the intersection. The vehicle turned south onto Cooper Road, and the deputy turned around in the intersection to follow it. The deputy called out the traffic stop and activated emergency lights.
The vehicle pulled to a stop after the deputy initiated the traffic stop. The deputy approached the driver's side of the car and could see the driver, who then revved the engine and fled the traffic stop, according to Miami County Sheriff's Office reports. The deputy radioed this information and gave chase.
The pursuit went around Panther Creek Road, onto Harshbarger Road, onto Sugar Grove-Circle Hill Road, onto Patty-Circle Hill Road, and back onto Panther Creek Road. The suspect pulled down a long lane on the 2800 block of Harshbarger Road in Newberry Township and was found to have driven behind a barn at the address, hit a small tree, and fled the vehicle on foot. Both doors were open when the deputy found the vehicle, so the Miami County deputy noted that it appeared there were two people in the car. The deputy only saw the driver.
Miami County Sheriff's Office deputies called off the search. Charges have not yet been filed in connection with this incident. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office closed the case as unfounded.
Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports noted that a person possibly involved in this incident called 9-1-1 and made a bomb threat to the Piqua Police Department.
The Piqua Police Department confirmed that the Darke County Dispatch Center advised the Miami County Dispatch Center that a call was made on Sunday at approximately 4:35 a.m. in which a person said they had a bomb and were en route to the Piqua Police Department. The call was deemed not be credible.
It has not been confirmed that the person who made that phone call was involved in the prior chase in Newberry Township and the alleged domestic dispute in Russia. The call is also still under investigation.
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TITLE: The Unnecessary Buzzer Beater
By TJ Nickel
Sports have a way of providing momentary bliss. Bliss, because ignorance often blinds the victor to the aching of the defeated. This ignorance is something parents and coaches work to alleviate from their athletes as they mature in the art of sportsmanship. In the seventh grade, the maturation process hasn't quite come to fruition. When I was in the seventh grade, I experienced "the thrill of victory" shortly after receiving "the agony of defeat."
Basketball was my life when I was in middle school. Daily, I played in driveways with my two best friends and others in the neighborhood. Tryouts would determine the A-, B-, and C- Teams. I was sure I would start on the A-Team because I made the fifth through seventh grade squad when I was in the fourth grade (in a different district), and had played on driveways and school blacktops with most of my competition.
My ego needed to be resuscitated when I discovered I made the 'B Team' and my two friends made the 'A Team'. In the two weeks leading up to our first game, I worked hard to prove my coaches wrong. During that time I also had the opportunity to meet other classmates. These classmates and teammates embraced and encouraged me; something that competition seemed to discourage on the A-Team. I was still quite upset about where I had been placed in regards to talent, but quite happy with my fellow teammates.
The evening of the first game arrived, and I found myself warming up in West Middle School's gymnasium. Nearly twenty-four minutes later (four, six minute quarters), West was losing the game 2-49. My teammates and I were having the times of our lives. I had forgotten all about the other squad, my problems, and any part of the universe other than this basketball court. With only a few seconds remaining on the clock, I received the outlet pass and dribbled to half court where I heaved a shot at the crooked rim hanging at the far end of the gym. The sound of the buzzer seemed to be drowned out by the swishing of the net.
My teammates quickly surrounded me, picked me up onto their shoulders, and carried me off the floor. In all the commotion, everything moved in slow motion and I heard only a ringing. My smile must have swallowed my ears! We had won the game by 50 points. I had a terrific game and scored 23 points. I can no longer recall any of the other 20, but the last three still come up in conversations with the friends I made at this time in my life.
This event is significant in my life because it reminds me of the rewards in athletic achievement, teamwork, and commitment. The joy of playing sports always drove me to perform at my best. I learned how to be part of a team at that age, coordinating my commitment to excel personally with the prosperity and attitude of my peers. This lesson in life is something invaluable. While the moment of glory is something that has passed, and is something I would never repeat in my currently mature understanding of sportsmanship, it is something that will always bring a smile to my aged face. I only wish I could, in a state of maturity, still swallow my ears.
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A Show of Hands
Hey, Penguicon is next weekend? How many of you will be attending? A schedule of events is now posted on the Penguicon site.
Hey, Penguicon is next weekend? How many of you will be attending? A schedule of events is now posted on the Penguicon site.
While working on yesterday's comic, I figured out something that has been bothering me for some time. The line art in my final render of the strips always seems a bit… fuzzy to me. It never seems as crisp as when I draw it, and it is certainly not as crisp as a lot of the comics I read. As it turns out, it's because of a shortcut I've been using.
Once I've finished drawing the comic, I import the panels in to Plasq's Comic Life to add the framing and word balloons. The problem is, once I export the comic page back out, ever thing is bumped up to a higher resolution than what I drew at, and not surprisingly, things are a bit… fuzzy.
So… I need to stop with the short cut. Comic life is a fine tool, but it's getting in my way. Now, framing I can do, but word balloons… I'm pretty awful at that. So, I appeal to the 'net. Send me your favorite word bubble tutorials. It's time for me to learn a new skill.
So, Sunday was not a day I felt like laughing. It was a day spent "In Memoriam" as it were. More on that later, but just wanted to let you know there was a reason for the no-show yesterday, and that things are already ready for tomorrow.


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Shaken, not stirred, homie.
Skyfall, the latest chapter of the never-ending (23rd!) Ian Fleming secret agent franchise, gets everything right. And then some.
The story is simple, the dialogue snappy with double entendres flying fast and furious, the cars are shiny and sleek, the women are gorgeous, the villain is wicked, the locations are exotic, the chases are thrilling, the stunts are death-defying, the clothes are tailored, and the women are gorgeous. Am I repeating myself? As for Craig…Daniel Craig. Well, I've been a harsh critic of his 007 turn, but he is finally Bond…James Bond.
The opening action sequence of Skyfall must have cost $50m alone.
We are immediately in Bond-Land as 007 enters an apartment to find dead operatives and a missing hard drive – a hard drive containing intimate info on all of his fellow secret agents. So, of course, he has to get it back; and the chase is on.
And what a freakin' chase! Suffice it to say, Bond will stop at nothing to catch the thief, so we are rewarded with one of those great James Bond opening chase scenes that suspends all rational and physical logic, complete with motorcycle trapeze work and a bulldozer on a moving train. These guys are good!
This is the over the top signature Bond excitement I found M.I.A. in Craig's first two tricks as the hero, Casino Royale and Quantam of Solstace.
Then, if the opening wasn't righteously nostalgic enough, we get a vintage James Bond title sequence, serenaded by multi-Grammy songbird Adele, four minutes of oozing psychedelic imagery courtesy of Daniel Kleinman, and announcing cinematography from Roger Deakins, with direction from Sam Mendes (Oscar winner American Beauty).
Mendes has made a spectacularly entertaining film.
It's fast, it's sexy, it's heartfelt; and thankfully, even funny – another element absent from the last two Bond films.
It's also smart and refreshingly restrained.
When Bond meets up with a fellow female agent (Naomie Harris) at his hotel room in Shanghai, the sparks are flying big time. She offers to shave him with his old school straight blade. Very sexy scene. Most films in the new millennium feel compelled to show way too much flesh when boy meets girl. Not here. When Bond goes in for the kiss, Mendes cuts to…
…fireworks above the palatial hotel, lighting up the Asian sky. Great touch. Once perceived as corny, now so cool – and ironically sophisticated.
Speaking of sophisticated, just as any Bond film worth its salt must have a top flight villain, Skyfall introduces the world to Berenice Marlohe.
Bond runs head on in to Severine (Marlohe), smoldering in Macau while in pursuit of the man behind the diabolical outing and execution of secret agents. She is one sexy siren to say the least; but one with fear in her eyes. And man, what a pair of eyes. This woman is stunning. Her performance aint bad either.
When super stealth Bond sneaks up on her in a steamy shower, he whispers in her ear "I like you better without your Beretta." To which she purrs "Funny, I feel naked without it."
I'm tellin' you, folks. Bond is back!
Mendes got roped in to making his wife's pet project a couple of years ago, Revolutionary Road, and it fell flat. He just didn't seem to have a feel for the material.
However, he did learn something from the experience. Revolutionary Road was written by the late, great novelist Richard Yates. It was his masterpiece. One of Yates' favorite sentiments about the secret to good storytelling was "Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em…wait."
With that in mind, we don't even glimpse the scheming mastermind behind all of the mayhem until the picture's half over. Then…
…enter the ceaselessly entertaining Javier Bardem as the bitter, disenfranchised former agent, Silva. He wants revenge on M (Dame Judi Dench), the woman who done him wrong and ruined his mojo.
Does he get it?
Not if Bond can help it. Old school macho – and, no, chivalry is not dead.
Skyfall makes the Bourne Identity look like a Merchant Ivory film.
Skyfall makes The Hunger Games look like My Dinner with Andre.
Skyfall makes every Jason Statham film look like…well, a criminal waste of electricity and otherwise good catering.
Yep, it's that good.
Screenwriter Neal Purvis, working on his fourth Bond film, wisely makes astute commentary on today's terrorism threat. "You'd be surprised how much panic you can do from one simple computer," Severine tells Bond. Another exchange has M explaining the difficulty of fighting "…an enemy that is no longer transparent, but opaque. That lives in the shadows. That wears no uniform and flies no flag."
In addition, Skyfall carries a redeeming theme throughout the film: That newer & younger isn't always better. M's second in command, Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) challenges Bond to think about retirement, telling him "It's a young man's game."
Bond just smirks.
He knows he's back. And badder than ever.
Best Bond film ever? Better than the first 22? Is that possible?
Recently, I tried turning my sons on to the Bond films I grew up on (Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy – yep, Octopussy!) and they were not impressed. At all. When a Bond film can't compete with Instagram, there's a problem.
Always bet on red. And go see Skyfall.


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2014 GMC Acadia | new car review
Five star safety rating is an important factor in this segment of the market.
Exterior design is a little too bling for most.
Currently in its second generation, the 2014 GMC Acadia is relatively new to the market and having received a makeover in 2013, it flaunts a redesigned grille and front fascia, a reworked rear liftgate and a much nicer interior too. Emitting a strong American vibe, the GMC Acadia possesses a boxy outershell and an abundance of chrome that simply makes it, not very pleasant to look at.
Staying true to its roots, almost everything in the cabin is bigger than it needs to be; it's followed the American philosophy of 'upsizing' quite well, you see. Depending on the variant you opt for, the 2014 GMC Acadia either seats six individuals with captain seats in the second row, or seven individuals when fitted with a bench seat.
Safety is quite an important factor in cars such as the GMC Acadia, which are tailored to transport children and families from one point to another. Scoring a 5-star global safety rating, the Acadia definitely bags points for its seven airbags (including the industry first front centre airbag) and side / curtain airbags.
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With just one engine available, you won't be racking your brains wondering which engine would be the ideal one for your lifestyle. The 3.6 litre V6 engine found under the hood emits a decent 288 horsepower and impressive 366 Nm of torque. Mated to a six speed automatic transmission, the 2.3 tonne American SUV touches the 100 km/h mark in 8.8 seconds before continuing to its 170 km/h top speed.
The GMC Acadia is a little different, a little too American and more importantly, a little too bling for everyone's taste. However, if you're one of the few that can actually get over its looks, then there's good news for you; it's available in 9 different hues and with 6 different wheel options, of course all are chrome though.


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MARK COSTELLO recommends A Brief History of the Flood by Jean Harfenist.
Brief indeed (at around 200 pages), Jean Harfenist's Brief History delivers nothing less than the full, turbulent girlhood of Lillian Anderson of Acorn Lake, Minn. Nothing very epic happens in these stories. Lillian's dark father broods and boozes. Her ditzy, desperate mom insists that Love Will Conquer All. A brother goes to Vietnam. A tag sale turns disastrous. Lillian grows older thinking about sex, then takes a fateful ride with the high school football coach. Love doesn't conquer all, but Harfenist's compassion and wry humor nearly do. Jean Harfenist is 51. This is her first book. Here's hoping that her next will not be so brief.
Mark Costello is the author of the National Book Award-nominated novel Big If.


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Hello everyone, and welcome back to this week's report! fishing has been nothing short of incredible this week, and if you are a true summertime fisherman and love Mahi then you are in for a treat! I don't know for how long, but I can tell you that it is December, and today was all you wanted! Lots of Mahi tday, and after the first 15 we were happy, but after about the 30th bite, we were starting to get a little annoyed as they were eating all our Sailfish baits! I know, I know, what a terrible problem to have, but it was a lot of fun. This entire week has been a lot of fun, as the Sails are starting to show up better, and the fishery is becoming much more consistent to what we expect this time of year. Most everything is falling into place, but it finally beginning to come around! The wrecks and reef are still good, and the back side of this moon should be decent if the water temps stay consistent to what they are now. I am hoping for a cool front to help out our tournament fishing cause, but I must admit it has been nice to have a Mahi season that has lasted since last March…..crazy. Plenty of bati still around, and a lot of nice fish inside of 200′ of water. Pretty much everything you could ask for minus a Swordfish. If they would move in close we would have it made! Anything is possible I guess….The fishing is simply fantastic and is going to continually get better over the next couple months I am sure, so if you haven't booked your trip yet please give me a call and do so. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
Tight Lines,
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Fit for a Princess!
So, the cake you all have been waiting for! I present to you a birthday cake for an 11 year old sweet little girl who loves the colors Peach and green. It took me a minute to figure out how to make those colors work in her favor, but it all came to me in a vision********, ok, not really, but it did turn put beautiful!
Let me know what you think and spread the word because this baker is up and ready to take over the world, lol.


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A rigorous schedule of master classes on your instrument, improvisation and theory classes (beginner, intermediate or advanced), as well as small combo and big band rehearsals fill the week. Listening sessions, presented by various faculty members, give the students an opportunity to expand their creative horizons. There are numerous opportunities to jam with peers and faculty members, both organized and spontaneous. Ensembles, formed early in the week based on goals and ability levels, will play at the Friday evening jam session in Cumberland, and the camp culminates with a concert on Saturday night featuring the Big Band and combos.
Past CYMC Jazz Alumni include Diana Krall, Seamus Blake, Ingrid Jensen and many others. Don't miss out on this opportunity to perform, jam and get real, practical jazz instruction in the stunning setting of the Comox Valley!
Students wishing to be considered for scholarships should submit completed application forms and audition material by May 30th, 2020. Scholarship winners will be announced by mid-June.
Our world-class faculty features musicians from Vancouver Island and Vancouver. CYMC is also excited to announce our new Artist in Residence Program that will bring a different world-class performer and educator to the camp each year.
Dan Craven – Program Director, Saxophone
Jeff Drummond – Guitar
Blaine Dunaway – Trumpet and Strings
Ben Henriques – Saxophone and Clarinet
Jen Hodge – Bass
Kelby MacNayr – Drums
Brian Dickinson – Piano
Ryan Oliver – Saxophone and Flute
Dave Stewart – Trumpet
9:00 – 10:00 am Big Band
10:05 – 11:05 am Combo
11:05 – 11:20 am break
11:20 – 12:20 pm Instrument Sectionals/Master Classes
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:20 pm Faculty Jam with Q & A
1:25 – 2:25 pm Combo
2:30 – 3:30 pm Big Band
The day's classes will end at 5:00
Free time and activities
Dinner – 5:30 pm
Attend the CYMC Musical Theatre production at the Sid Williams Theatre
Student Jams in the Community
Faculty Showcase Concert
Final Concert at Filberg Park
Tuition Fees are $500 for the week, July 12 – 18, 2020
Accommodations for campers is $450 for the week and includes all meals, transportation and activities. Non-campers pay a $30 fee for extra activities, events and transportation provided.
Meals are available for students not staying at Mark Isfeld. Lunches are $12 and Dinners are $15 each. 7 days of camp with 7 lunches and 7 dinners total.
Important: We are accepting registrations, but please do NOT pay anything with your registration. Rather, just indicate on the form how you will pay if the program goes ahead.
Open to musicians of all ages and ability levels, with a minimum of 2 years on their instrument.
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Dear Diary,
I fell into a little slump today. We had some choppy trading, and even though I saw a little time in the sun in the afternoon, I was mainly negative throughout today's session. I lost just under 23 points — not a horrible performance, but I always hate finishing the day with losses.
Fortunately, it would take a near-unthinkable selloff tomorrow for me to post anything but solid gains for September. I'm still up by more than 8 percent on the month. With winnings like that, I can still look in the mirror and say to myself, "Dow, you're still up 3.9 percent so far this year. Three more months to go. Just hang in there, buddy."
Truthfully, it's hard even for me to predict what's going to happen on any given day, but there are some unresolved issues that have been nagging at me. Election season's always a rough time for me. There's so much uncertainty. Sometimes I wish we didn't even have elections, so the rules of capitalism would stay the same and the playing field would stay level. But for better or for worse, we don't live in such a world.
I'm still holding out hope for some more quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve to stimulate investment and give me a boost. But Fed president Dennis Lockhart said that people shouldn't assume more intervention is a foregone conclusion.
On the other hand, we got some news that the kind of government intervention I hate — state ownership of companies — looks to be winding down. The government looks a lot closer to selling shares in both Citigroup and AIG, and that's a welcome development.
Anyway, even though I dipped down at the end of the day, I'm not feeling too rotten. Tomorrow I hit the home stretch on what's been a fine September. Can't wait to log a solid month in the books.
See you tomorrow,
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My mom arrived today.
My sister and brother in law on Sunday.
My mother in law and brother in law on Saturday.
It's going to be a full house for Christmas.
It won't be big enough for everyone to stay here but it will still be awfully nice.
Although maybe we should find more shiny to give.
Merry Christmas, Happy Yule and Happy Solstice!


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Process Oil Market: Overview
Process oil is a combination of paraffinic, naphthenic, and aromatic compounds with varying molecular weight. It is used as raw material component or as an aid in processing of materials in industries such as textile, rubber and polymer. Process oil is produced by refining processes such as catalytic dewaxing process and advanced hydrocracking. Process oil obtained after refining is colorless and exhibits high performance qualities such as high saturation, low volatility, and increase in purity and stability. It is nearly free of polar compounds, aromatics, and sulfur.
Materials that can be used as process oil include chemical peptizers, petroleum oil, fatty acid soaps and esters, liquid polymers, partially vulcanized rubber, and waxes. Process oil is used in a wide range of applications in various industries such as plastics, polymer, rubber, tire, adhesives, personal care, defoamers, and textile.
Process Oil Market Dynamics and Trends
Increase in usage of process oil in personal care and polymer industries, followed by textile industry, is one of the major drivers of the process oil market. Consumers of personal care products are following the trend of using natural-based products. This is boosting the personal care industry. Process oil plays an important role in manufacturing polymer products, which are used in consumer goods, automotive, medical, and industrial sectors. These applications are expected to propel the demand for process oil, resulting in significant growth of the market. In textile industry, it is essential that products made from fibers should have very low ageing effects and discoloration. These products should also avoid formation of electrostatic charge on them and not be prone to easy wear and tear. Process oil is used to achieve these specifications.
Process oil is also used to improve the ability of rubber to get processed in the rubber industry. It also helps to increase the bulk of rubber in order to lower its cost. Furthermore, process oil is employed in a wide range of applications such as spray oils, defoamers, explosives, fertilizers, hot-melt adhesives, optical cable fill gels, petroleum jelly, textile and leather auxiliaries, and thermoplastic elastomers. Thus, the process oil market is expected to continue to expand in the near future.
Process Oil Market: Segmentation
Based on material, the process oil market can be segmented into paraffinic, naphthenic, and aromatic. Based on process oil containing materials, the market can be segmented into peptizers, petroleum oils, fatty acid derivatives, polymers, and waxes. In terms of application, the process oil market can be segmented into personal care, polymer, plastics, rubber, and textile.
Process Oil Market: Region-wise Outlook
In terms of value and volume, Asia Pacific is expected to lead the process oil market due to the increasing demand in the automotive industry. Of late, many companies have been shifting their manufacturing divisions to Asia Pacific due to the easy access to labor, availability of labor at economical costs, and easy availability of raw materials. This is anticipated to boost the process oil market in the region. Thus, Asia Pacific, followed by Europe, dominates the process oil market.
Process Oil Market: Key Players
Key players operating in the process oil market include Phillips 66 Company, Panama Petrochem Ltd., Process Oils Inc., Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P., Shell Global, Chevron, LUKOIL Oil Company, Repsol, and Avista Oil AG.
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Museums to disc golf courses…casinos to golf courses…there's plenty to see in the Kaw Lake area. Encompasing close to a 45 mile radius of Kaw Lake are enough places to see and play for a day trip or an entire week from Winfield, KS on the north to Perry, OK on the south…Pawhuska, OK on the east to Blackwell and Tonkawa, OK on the west and everything else in between. Click on the communities below for details and contact information


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Simple solution to the Orange-to-Sydney train dilemma | Letter
ONE wonders at how shortsighted our NSW government is in regards to an Orange-Sydney train.
The carriages on the Bathurst Bullet are just self-propelled Endeavour rail cars, so all that needs to happen is a single, self-propelled carriage leaves from Orange, then travels to Bathurst, connects to the Bathurst Bullet, then off they go.
On the return trip the three-car train returns to Bathurst and one car returns to Orange.
It is a long day, but no longer than driving or catching a bus from Orange to Bathurst to catch the train.
All Orange people have to ensure is that they get in the right carriage.
A win for regional NSW. Simple – no wonder the NSW government hasn't thought of it.


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Part 237 of a series: Robalini's continuing fascination with Lady Gaga…
This is what I've been saying since April, when I finally actually bothered to listen to Lady Gaga's The Fame. I heard the middle part of "Poker Face" on the radio, and the last time I had been so impressed by a hard rock band was when I heard Rage Against the Machine do "Bulls on Parade." Of course, this wasn't a hard rock band, it was a disco diva, and I immediately realised that a lot of people (including myself) were clearly not paying attention to something that was about to become way bigger than anyone seemed to realize.
Aug 12 2009
The Lady Gaga You Probably Don't Know: A Great Musician
By James Montgomery
Imagine, for a second, that Lady Gaga didn't dress like a member of wrestling team Demolition, pose for fashion spreads wearing nothing but the rings of Saturn around her head or give interviews dressed in the carcasses of Kermit the Frog. Imagine if she didn't speak her mind, delight in tweaking the media or treat her fame as one gigantic, Warholian art project. In other words, imagine if she were just another boring, bottle-blond, midriff-bearing pop star.
I know all that is pretty difficult to consider — without any of the flair or the insanity or the nudity, Gaga just wouldn't be Gaga — but if you somehow managed to strip away all the ephemera, what would you have left? Would Gaga still be interesting? Would she still have sold 1.3 million copies of The Fame here in the U.S., or have been nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards? Would she be announced, in the same breath as Jay-Z no less, as a VMA performer?
We'll never know, of course. But while Gaga: The Pop-Art Project is what sells magazines (and albums), Gaga: The Pop Star is where the attention ought to lie. As paparazzi bait, she's pretty great, but as a musician, as a vessel and a muse, she's even better.
I only discovered this recently, when I finally got around to listening to her debut disc, The Fame, which was released almost exactly one year ago today (I've been busy). As a music critic, ignoring on one of '09's breakout hits is rather inexcusable, but I would feel much worse about it if I didn't suspect roughly 99 percent of the music-buying population of being guilty of the same thing: It seems we all know Lady Gaga, but we don't have any idea who she is as an artist.
So, I advise everyone to sit down and really listen to The Fame. Forget about the monster singles — "Just Dance," "LoveGame," "Paparazzi" and "Poker Face" — something which is pretty easy to do on the U.S. version of the album, which re-sequences them as the first four tracks, and just focus on the rest. What you're left with is 10 slickly produced, genre-mashing, joy-inducing, PMRC-infuriating pop/dance tracks, a standalone album in its own right.
"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" is a breezy, vaguely Carribbean electro-pop gem, recalling Madonna's "La Isla Bonita," Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" and basically the entire Deborah Gibson/Tiffany canon (this is a good thing). "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich," struts on a wobbly bass punch that's reminiscent of the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" and some cracking live drums, and "The Fame" is a super-charged, buzzing ode to the glamorous life.
"Money Honey" has Gaga vamping — and showing off some serious pipes — over a hornet's nest of electronics. "Boys Boys Boys" has her fantasizing about making out with a boy in retro sneakers at a Killers concert. "Brown Eyes" is a somber, stop-start power ballad, a lover's lament that seems out of step with everything you think you know about L.G., and "I Like It Rough" is a shimmery, whirring Jazzercise soundtrack that's probably one of one of my favorite tunes of the year (or last year, whatever). Oh, and album-closer "Summerboy" sounds like a Strokes song, only with Debbie Harry on vocals.
The point is, this is a great album. Gaga shines brightly, but so does the production work of RedOne and Martin Kierszenbaum, which flits between chrome-clean futurism and scratched, hazy retro, somehow managing to capture Gaga's NYC party past, present and (probably) future. It's an accomplished, sexy, funny and fun listen, a dazzling run through pop, funk, disco, rock and intelligent dance music (and not, you know, "Intelligent Dance Music"), the kind of thing that I lamented would probably never get big in the States just last year. Only somehow, against all odds, it has.
The Fame is darn near close to perfection. And it's proof that Gaga is more than just that weird, pantsless pop star running around Europe with a bow in her hair and a tea cup in her hand. She's a musician, she's a vessel, she's a star. Some of you are probably aware of this already, but to most of you, this is breaking news. You think you know Gaga, but you have no idea.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The Lady Gaga You Probably Don't Know
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The Northwest is heating up and drying out rapidly, creating a higher risk for fire starts in our area. Fire danger has moved to "HIGH" in NW Montana which means, all fine dead fuels ignite readily and fires start easily from most causes. Unattended brush and camp fires are likely to escape. Fires spread rapidly and short-distance spotting is common. Fires may become serious, and their control difficult unless they are suppressed successfully while small.
"Hot dry weather is forecasted for the foreseeable future, area wildland firefighters have responded to 15 fire starts since June 28th in the Flathead area; of these starts, 11 were human caused and 4 were holdover fires from lightening. Timely initial attack by firefighters kept these starts at less than an acre in size," said Flathead National Forest Spokeswoman, Janette Turk.
"Although the fire danger rating is transitioning to high, there are still no fire restrictions in place. Forest visitors should be very aware of the conditions while visiting and recreating in NW Montana. We can't stop the hot weather and lightning storms, but we can do our part to be "Firewise" when we are camping, traveling, and at home in the wildlands. Take the time to find out the weather conditions and fire danger where you live. Get the information you need about the current wildland fire danger by calling your local fire protection agency."