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Overview of the Henry Madden collection
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Title: Henry Madden collection
Dates: 1946
Collection Number: YY308
Collector: Madden, Henry, collector.
Collection Size: 1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Memoranda and reports, relating to activities of Hermann Göring and other high Nazi officials in the final days of the Third Reich, and to German refugees from the Sudetenland and other areas separated from Germany at the end of World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: German English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Henry Madden collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoranda and reports, relating to activities of Hermann Göring and other high Nazi officials in the final days of the Third Reich, and to German refugees from the Sudetenland and other areas separated from Germany at the end of World War II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946.
Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
National socialism.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Germany--Emigration and immigration.


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aka my home away from home
Mickey welcomes you.
Sixteen-foot-tall gingerbread house in the Grand Floridian
Stitch, on the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney, all dressed up for Christmas
Gingerbread carousel at Disney's Beach Club. It spins and plays music. The horses are chocolate, modeling chocolate, and fondant.

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But when Israel returned to sovereignty over our borders and triumphed in a series of victories against impossible odds, the Name of God was sanctified and the entire world was blessed with the opportunity to ascend new heights of spiritual awareness. Israel's return home and our miraculous military achievements are perhaps the highest verifications of HaShem's existence and strength. Through performing the greatest sanctification of His Name in modern history, Israel essentially proved the Torah's validity while simultaneously disproving the man-made religions that had for centuries claimed the Jews had lost God's favor. And the redemption is now unfolding in our generation, not because Jews are righteous or deserving of salvation, but simply because history has had enough of God's Name being defiled.
"Therefore say to the House of Israel: `Thus says my Lord HaShem/ELOKIM: Not for your sake do I act, O House of Israel, but for My holy Name that you have desecrated among the nations to which you came. And I will sanctify My great Name that was desecrated among the nations, that you desecrated among them. The nations shall know that I am HaShem – the words of my Lord HaShem/ELOKIM – when I become sanctified through you in their sight; and I shall take you from the nations and gather you in from the countries, and I shall bring you to your land; and I shall sprinkle pure water upon you, that you be cleansed." (YEHEZKEL 36:22-25)
Whether on a personal level or on a national level, the mitzvah of Kiddush HaShem is identified as the general commandment to give one's life in order to sanctify the Name of God or to avoid its desecration. Based on the verse "You shall observe My decrees and My laws, which man shall carry out and by which he shall live – I am HaShem" (VAYIKRA 18:5), the Sages conclude that Jews are generally meant to live – rather than die – by the Torah. The Talmud therefore instructs us to transgress most Torah Laws for the sake of preserving Hebrew life. This, however, excludes Divine commandments against murder, idol worship or sexual immorality – dire transgressions for which we are commanded to give up our lives rather than sin. In addition to these three severe prohibitions, we are also required to lay down our lives in a public situation for which the honor of HaShem's Ideal is at stake (the Rambam explains this concept at great length in the fifth chapter of Yesodei HaTorah). In fact, a profanation of God's Name is the only situation the Torah views as being graver than murder, idol worship or sexual immorality.
In the era of Israel's national rebirth, it becomes crucial that our teachers shed light on Torah concepts that apply to the Jewish people as a collective. Among the other vital understandings of our generation, a proper emphasis must be placed on the national principle of Kiddush HaShem. For Israel to rise up and successfully face the many arduous challenges ahead, Torah leaders must illuminate the full depth of these ideals and inspire the nation towards the revelation of God's Oneness to all of Creation.


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The I Straight formulas negative ions in the relaxer (solution 1) and positive ions in the neutralizer. This will create a stronger bond to restructure the hair properly and to keep the hair healthy, moisturized, and vibrant.
One of the best benefits of using the I Straight System is Ceramide. Ceramide is a natural resource that is part of your bonds to keep the integrity of the hair and fortifies the cuticles to keep the hair soft, natural, and healthy. Ceramide is used as a substitute for silicone types commonly used in the relaxer. Other products currently in the market utilize Dimethicone, a common Silicone by-product, to coat the hair for artificial shine and smoothness. However, after the Dimethicone has been bonded to the hair, (with the use of a hot iron) it will eventually dry or break off, taking the cuticles along with it. The result is damaged hair in the long run or reverting curls.


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It's officially 2013!
We here at Select Study Abroad could not be happier. It means we are even closer to this year's students arriving. We have been hard at work honing our itineraries and planning some new fun adventures. Shhh! Top secret. It's always more fun if it's a surprise!
Here's to a new year of more fun, more food, more fabulous site seeing and more Florence!
Look out for more blogs coming your way too! If you have any requests for information or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us!
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Bango Market Index – customer loyalty, how do you compare?
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Bango and Costa Coffee – shop of the future
As a member of Cambridge Wireless, Bango were invited to submit a proposal outlining how our technology could be deployed by Costa Coffee for the "coffee shop of the future". Over 50 submissions by local, national and international companies were … Continue reading
Windows 10 – The 1 Billion device mark cannot be far away
News this week from Microsoft that Windows 10 is now running on 500 million active devices certainly registers on the scale in 2017, although not yet at the level of Android, in the billions. Nonetheless this is an impressive milestone … Continue reading
Turning growth in mobile data usage into greater revenues
Bango and du Telecom keynote session at Mobile 360 Series Middle East It's conference season again and last week it was the turn of Dubai who hosted the 36th GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) event, which saw 4,000+ global technical … Continue reading
Bango hits 100 operator connections
Bango (AIM: BGO) now has 100 mobile operator payment connections globally. Bango continues to expand the reach of its mobile payments platform to deliver its frictionless payment experience as widely as possible for the world's leading content providers. Bango's 100th … Continue reading
The revolution you're missing: mobile payments and emerging markets
We mobile payment watchers love to get hot under the collar over the latest VC backed payment technology or oddly-named initiatives from banking giants. We picture well-dressed early adopters waving their phone to pay for coffee in a Manhattan Starbucks, … Continue reading
Mobile wallets and Bango
In the last few years, the idea that we will soon abandon our wallet in favor of our mobile phones has moved from being an interesting possibility, to a future-gazing cliché. Many have begun to fear that the flying car … Continue reading
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Archive for May 2009
Outsider schmaltz rules. Leave a comment
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Spent an evening drinking herbal tea and watching Aaron Dilloway and related on YouTube. Think this is the best thing I found:
Jo was trying to get him for Bad Timing. I would like to see that.
No matata. 5 comments
I was searching for BOP TV on YouTube cos I've got this small motherlode of stuff from the 80s on VHS that I really must get around to uploading some day soon and I found this and a whole load of other videos from Botswana. This clip in particular reminded me of all kinds of things, triggered by the tones and rhythms in the guitar playing and the way the drunken-looking woman dances. One day I ought to do a little film about how the music of this region moves me like no other.
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Just been informed that my hosting is now based in the UK rather than Amerikkka, so I'm just testing that my new UK-based hosting situation actually works an that.
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About the Ride
This is a cycling event for the serious and casual rider who has a heart to help refugees. Ride for Refugees is focused on helping people and churches engage with and raise funds for refugees locally and globally.
Community and church groups are invited to apply to be a RIDE project, enabling refugee related programs to raise funds through RIDE.
Get Involved
RIDE, donate, volunteer, sponsor or partner with us so that this years' events will bring even greater benefits to refugee projects, both local and global.
Basic History
RIDE for Refugees began in 2004 with International Teams Canada, when twenty-five riders raised $25,000. Since then the RIDE expanded, taking place in various locations across Canada, the United States and Australia, raising over $1.9 million for the refugee programs of International Teams and approved RIDE partners.
The inaugural Australian RIDE took place on 17th October 2009 with 140 riders raising over $36,000 for various refugee causes both in Sydney and around the world. Funds raised over the years have gone towards International Teams Refugee Ministry in Austria, Malawi, Athens and Sydney. Over $360,000 has been distributed to these International Teams projects and approved RIDE Projects. These programs have included the House of Welcome Sydney, the Romero Centre Brisbane and There is Hope Malawi.


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Hello, my name is Zelly and I'm kind of a big deal. Everywhere I go people know my name and they're happy I came. When I'm not busy gracing people with my presence I like to take my human on walks or use my mind control over her to take me hiking to some of the most beautiful places. I LOVE hiking and I LOVE my agility classes at Zoom Room.
Zoom Room didn't embarrass me when I peed a little when I first met them. I was a very shy puppy, but now I'm a lot more confident because of Zoom Room. I've progressed through their puppy courses and Agility courses and now sit happily in Agility 3. Although, I think I could make it to Agility 4 if I didn't have to bring my human. She really holds me back, but I love her with all my heart. She completes me!
Zelly & Angie


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My first birth experience was fucked up. Harsh statement, I know. But true. I expected that my OB and the hospital would look out for me and take care of me. Isn't that what hospitals are for — to take care of people? What I learned from my one and only hospital birth experience was [...]
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It is with great sorrow that the family of Rhoda Archie announces her passing on Wednesday, August. 1, 2018 at Big Grassy First Nation.
Rhoda was born on April 24, 1975 to Albert and Barbara Wilson-Hawk. She was raised in Big Grassy First Nation, spending her childhood with her grandparents, Robert Archie and Rose Marie Copenace.
Rhoda was a residential school survivor. She loved attending pow-wows, listening to the drums, and watching the dancers (she was particularly fond of the traditional dancers).
She had been working as an education assistant and had a special place in her heart for her "kids." Rhoda also loved to listen to music, dance, and spend time with her family.
She leaves behind her husband, Myron; children, Aaliyah, Kendall, and Emily Medicine; mother, Barbara; siblings, Robin, Albert, Jeff (LeeAnna), Robert, and Dailen; grandfather, Robert Archie; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Rhoda was predeceased by her father, Albert; grandmother, Rose Marie Copenace; aunt, Sheila Wilson; and baby, Myron Gerald Medicine Jr.
A traditional wake was held on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 at noon at the Big Grassy First Nation Community Centre.
A traditional funeral service followed on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the Big Grassy First Nation Community Centre.
Interment took place at Big Grassy First Nation.
The pallbearers were Shawn Medicine, John Copenace, Fred Copenace, Darryl Medicine, Conan Medicine, and Terrence Medicine.
If friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 200 Syndicate Ave. S., Thunder Bay, Ont., P7E 1C9.
Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com


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New Makerspace Grant
The library applied for and received a One More to Grow STEM Grant which was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library and sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries in the amount of $1500. This money allowed us to purchase additional materials for our makerspace and to expand our STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) program offerings.
We purchased
- Bloxels for creating video games,
- Pro HD cameras and animation studio for stop action photography and movie making,
- Stikbot Studio Pro for stop action animation
- coding blocks for OSMO,
- a Sphero SPRK+ robot for coding
- Ozobot robots
- Arduino and Duino Jr kits for circutry
- Circutry tape and stickers
- Lego Base Plates
- Vinyl sheets to use with the Cricut
We are very excited about how this will enhance our STEM programming for tweens and teens. Watch for these additions to our Full STEAM Ahead programs and other tween and teen activities.


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Check out today's THAT SUCKS STORIES. So, maybe you are thinking your life is terrible and everything is going wrong…read these stories…you'll feel better. Because these stories will truly have you saying….THAT SUCKS!
LISTEN TO THE THAT SUCKS STORIES ON THE PLAYER BELOW:[audio http://media.1057thepoint.com/Podcasts/1526/That%20Sucks%20Stories%208-7-12%2020mins.mp3]
Shin A-Lam is a 25-year-old South Korean fencer, and she was one second away from advancing from the semifinals to a gold-medal match on Monday night. But the clock malfunctioned, the match went on a few seconds too long, and that gave her opponent . . . Britta Heidemann of Germany . . . enough time to get the winning score. So Shin burst into tears, and protested the decision by refusing to leave the fencing mat . . . which is called a piste. After about 20 minutes, officials finally got her to move . . . but she ended up losing her bronze medal match too. The International Fencing Federation has apologized, and admitted that there is sometimes, quote, "human error" in fencing. The next day they offered Shin a "special medal" to honor her, quote, "aspiration to win and respect for the rules". But Shin won OUR respect by telling the International Fencing Federation to go STICK their special medal. Shin said, quote, "It does not make me feel better, because it's not an Olympic medal. I don't accept the result, because I believe it was a mistake."
Wu Minxia (pictured on the LEFT) is a diver for China. She just won a gold medal in synchronized diving, which is her third straight Olympics with a gold. And when she won, China finally told her the truth. The Chinese Olympic committee hadn't told Wu that both of her GRANDPARENTS WERE DEAD and that her mother has BREAST CANCER. They've been keeping it a secret from her to keep her focused on her training. Wu was pulled out of school at age six to train every day at a diving camp. At 16, she was living in a government-sponsored aquatic sports training center. She's now 26. And . . . her parents agreed with the government's decision to keep Wu shielded from bad news. Her father told the "Shanghai Morning Post", quote, "It was essential to tell this white lie. "We accepted a long time ago that she doesn't belong entirely to us. I don't even dare to think about things like enjoying family happiness." The Chinese also have a policy of ONLY congratulating athletes who win gold . . . athletes who win silver or bronze don't get acknowledged.
A cop in Arkansas responded to a call last week about a guy whose bull got loose, and when he got there, the bull tried to mate with the COP against the Patrol car! THAT SUCKS!
What's worse than having an alligator BITE OFF YOUR HAND? Getting arrested for illegally feeding that alligator. 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt works as an airboat tour guide in the Florida Everglades. Back on June 12th, he was giving a tour to a family from Indiana . . . and he dangled a fish overboard so a NINE-FOOT gator would jump up and eat it. But when the gator snapped at the fish, it also caught Wallace's HAND . . . and bit it clean off. Wallace was arrested for unlawful feeding of an alligator, which is a second-degree misdemeanor that carries up to a $500 fine and jail time. The unlawful feeding was the fish, not the hand . . . but he DID, in fact, illegally feed the gator his hand as well. Wildlife officials tracked down the gator and put it down . . . since it now has a TASTE FOR HUMAN FLESH. Wallace's hand couldn't be reattached. He's due in court on August 22nd.
Ezra Cornman, 12, died Wednesday, one day after a sand tunnel collapsed on him at the Long Branch, N.J., shore. The boy from Ocean Township was playing with a few other children when he crawled into the two to three feet deep sand tunnel he built with his brother. It collapsed at 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday, CBS reports. When the tunnel caved in lifeguards immediately dug the child out and administered CPR. A woman from Staten Island said that he was unconscious with blood coming out of his nose. The lifeguards were "pressing on his stomach, trying to bring him back," the witness said, "they tried to revive him and kept pressing and pressing… they kept doing it over and over, and he didn't respond."


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Below you will find a list of topics in the Chrome OS General Discussion forums at the Google Chrome Forums. Place for general discussions on Google Chrome Operating System.
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The 720 all-hydraulic, microprocessor-controlled, multi-outlet forming machine now offers greater versatility. The machine easily adapts to changing production requirements with some simple tooling changes. Processors can run up to 3,600 patties per hour with the 1-hole mold. Up to 7,200 patties per hour can run with the 2-hole setup. The unit combines accurate weight control, minimum leakage and quick changeovers with mobility. A unique vane pump feed system uses a rotating spiral to gently move product to the rotor, eliminating overworking, bridging and backflow. Processors can portion beef pork, poultry, fish, veal, lamb, cheese and vegetables.
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Speed Stick sponsored driver Cole Whitt made his first ever appearance in the Daytona 500. Whitt completed 193 of the 200 laps in the season opening Daytona 500 finishing 28th.
Now fans can relive Whitt's journey from his arrival in Daytona to the race itself in a new video which details all of Whitt's activity at Daytona.
Whitt will drive his No. 26 Toyota with sponsorship from Speed Stick again at Michigan (6/15), Indianapolis (7/27), Bristol (8/23), Texas (11/2) and Homestead. (11/16)


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News, clubs, rankings, employment, coaching
British Association for Shooting and Conservation - The national representative body for country shooting
CPSA website
Information and news about country matters
BBC website - cricket. Excellent! Reports, with clips and live cricket matches on both TV and Radio. Basically where to go for Cricket past, present and future!
The ultimate sourcs of information about UK cricket - from match coverage to, cricket statistics, to player profiles, to history and rules of the game. Why not go to the original source?
The British Academy of Fencing (BAF) is the acknowledged coaching organisation for the sport of fencing in the UK. This web site covers all the general running of the Academy i.e. Levels of Membership, Qualifications, Make up of the Governing Body, Academy Promotions, Coaching Awards, Proficiency Awards and Courses throughout the UK.
Fencing Clubs around UK listed by region
Message board, news, chat for England national team supporters
Governing body of football in England
Up to date news, views, features and interviews from around the football world, but with particular interest in and focus on the English scene. The site was launched prior to the 1998 World Cup and is recognised as one of the best resources of online football news.
Take a virtual tour through the history of golf or find out about the museum at St. Andrews. Info on location, hours and publications.
Organisation governing amateur golf in England. Descriptions of courses across the nation.
Features golf news, equipment info, rankings and statistics. Message board.
Official site of the Open Golf Championships. Leaderboard, latest news, view the action through course webcams.
Resource with links to official UK golfing bodies. News, player profiles and a history of the game in Scotland.
Golf news, tournament schedules, and feature articles.
English Hockey Governing Body site with details of national leagues and teams. News, fixtures and results.
Field hockey's worldwide governing body offers news, results and a calendar of events.
News and results for the national indoor and outdoor league and cup competitions. Calendar of events and details of youth hockey.
Governing body offers complete details on hockey teams, tournaments, and facilities in Wales. Classifieds, results and a bulletin board.
News of race jockeys
Rich source of racing news, results, and fixtures. Includes links to racecourses and other pages.
Racecourse Association site
Racing newspapers
Governing body of the sport in the UK presents its hall of fame, mission statement, objectives, press releases and contact details.
Unique way to explore British racing circuits. Each has a layout graphic, race reviews, directions and event programme
Check out the latest news from Formula One's teams and drivers, results from recent races. Includes links and games.
Amateur Rowing Association. The ARA is the governing body for the sport of rowing in Great Britain, responsible for representing GB's interests to FISA, and for the preparation, training and selection of GB teams. The ARA is also responsible for the organisation and development of rowing in England. See site for news and lots of interesting info.
The IARU is the Governing Body for Rowing in Ireland and represents over 100 Clubs across Ireland.
The building is raised on columns above water meadows beside the Thames at Henley. The Museum has three main galleries devoted to the River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the town of Henley
Really informative site with events, news, links, noticeboards, etc. Describes itself as - A thousand pages of rowing information and links, designed to serve rowers of all levels and nationalities.
SARA is the governing body of rowing and sculling in Scotland
News, results, coverage major international competitions
Message board, info, shopping
Welsh Rugby Fixtures and squad, etc.
Sports news, statistics, individual sports
Olympic sport updates. Winter and summer games. Youth Olympics.
Covers all sports in UK. Search drop down list for sports that interest you.
General Association of International Sports Federations
The Scottish Sports Association (SSA) represents the interests of governing bodies of sport in Scotland. Site has list of various sports and events
English Sports Council
Sports Council for N. Ireland. Facts, events, links, resources. Youth Sport, Lottery Sports Fund
Welsh Sport site
A great place to start. This is the BBC homepage for sport and so you can use it as a springboard 'to dive off' into all the BBC Sports News coverage.
Racing news, how to bet.
Coverage of all sports
Sports News from the Daily Telegraph
Racing News
Professional Squash Association is an affiliate of the World Squash Federation (WSF), and is the global sanctioning body responsible for the men's professional game. They also work closely with the Women's Squash Association (WSA), organising select events together. PSA aim to provide guidance and support to all categories of partners: players, tournament organisers, sponsors, spectators, organising committees and even host cities. They have over 500 players worldwide and hold more than 120 events held annually!
The English national governing body of squash and racketball in England Organisation. The SRA is also involved in promotion of squash in England
Latest news and features from the tennis world
Lawn Tennis Association. Governing body for the game of tennis in Britain
Up to date information about the championships whilst they are on June/July and general info at other times
Promoting British women's tennis


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GSTF Journal on Computing – JoC is no longer accepting regular submissions. For Further details, please visit the GSTF conferences on Computing
GSTF Journal on Computing – JoC Vol.5 No.4
(Print ISSN: 2251-3043, E-periodical: 2010-2283)
GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC) is no longer accepting regular submissions. All the articles currently under review will be published as per the schedule. GSTF JoC will publish an Annual Special Issue which is a collection of selected papers presented at GSTF Conferences. For Further details About GSTF Conferences and their Special Issue, please visit the GSTF ICT Conferences
The Global Science and Technology Forum – GSTF publishes, in print and online, international journals that feature peer-reviewed scholarly articles rigorously selected from conferences and open call for papers. These articles are the end result of scholars' tremendous effort and creativeness in exploring the theory, application, and social implications of diverse frontier research areas in science and technology. GSTF journals are indexed by Ulrichsweb, EconBiz, EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Cabell's Directories, Index Copernicus, JournalSeek and will be submitted to Zentralblatt MATH, Scopus, ScienceDirect and amongst others, where applicable.
A research paper submitted to GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC) must be original that are unpublished and cannot be under review for publication elsewhere during the time it is being considered for GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC). Furthermore, after you submit a paper to GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC), you must await the response from GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC) and only resubmit elsewhere if your paper is rejected–or withdrawn at your request–from GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC).
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This is Volume 40 of This week in REST, for September 12 2011 – November 16 2011. For more information on this blog see this post. If I missed an interesting blog post, discussion or paper – just e-mail me the links, tweet or leave a comment on the latest blog post. Thanks!
Around the Web
Web API Design Cookbook – "This document captures common practices in designing APIs that fit well into the Web platform as a whole, using WebIDL"
What the Web is and is not – "I'm beginning to see that some parts of the Web we take for granted are not what actually defines it. The Web is not HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It's not DOM, SVG, WebGL, PNG, or Flash. The Web is really just HTTP over TCP/IP. What gets transported over HTTP does not define the Web.There is, however, one other characteristic that does define the Web, and that is the humble hyperlink. Links are a feature of HTML, but they are not limited to HTML. Links are the connections that give the Web its name, and links are the biggest thing missing from native platforms." (by Joe Hewitt)
The web interface should be radically refactored – "The Web API conflates two conflicting goals: serving developers by supporting a wide and growing suite of functionality, and providing applications with an isolated execution environment. We propose to split the API into two levels of interface: a low-level interface that governs the relationship between the application and the browser, and a set of high-level interfaces that govern the relationship between the application and its developer. We delineate a tiny set of properties needed by the low-level interface. We argue that this restructuring provides significant benefit to both developers and users." (by Jon Howell, John Douceur, Bryan Parno)
hypermedia affordances – "right now i am of the opinion that a single set of aspects of hypermedia affordances can be identified. that this set would be universal to all hypermedia designs; no matter the protocol used (HTTP, FTP, etc.), the data format used (HTML, JSON, etc.). and that set of aspectsshould be enough to "construct" any hypermedia control needed in order to support a particular action in a distributed application." (by Mike Amundsen)
Prefer Header for HTTP – "This specification defines an HTTP header that can be used by a user- agent to request that certain behaviors be implemented by a server while processing a request." (IETF draft by J. Snell)
Using Hypermedia Services for Systems Integration – (presentation) "Tim Ewald explains why hypermedia is good for system integration through services –providing support for evolution, service request routing, and application recovery-, and how to build such services. " (by Tim Ewald)
Cool URIs and Integration – "A key design aspect that made the very success of the World Wide Web possible was the removal of the referential integrity constraint from the hypermedia paradigm. In a system of the scale of the Web the problem of ensuring that no hyperlink would ever be broken cannot be solved and the only way to make the system work was to relax the constraint." (by Jan Algermissen)
Creating Resources with GET/PUT – "creating resources the RESTful way can be done with either PUT or POST, with PUT expecting that the URI of the created resource is known in advance (by the client issuing the request). semantically, the difference is that PUT is idempotent and thus can be repeated safely, whereas POST is non-idempotent and thus cannot be repeated. a PUT can be repeated because after creating a resource, a repeated PUT will simply overwrite the resource with the same representation, whereas a POST always is directed towards some factory resource, and thus repeating it would create a duplicate, which should be avoided.in many cases, clients do not know the URI of the new resource, so the PUT approach cannot be used. the problem with the simple POST model is that clients have a hard time figuring out what to do when the POST request fails (e.g., the HTTP library says something went wrong)." (by Erik Wilde)
TAG f2f04 Nov 2011 – Minutes from the W3C TAG face-to-face meeting in November.
RESTful Web Service Discoverability, part 4 – "Discoverability of an API is a topic that doesn't get enough well deserved attention, and as a consequence very few APIs get it right. It is also something that, if done right, can make the API not only RESTful and usable but also elegant.To understand discoverability, one needs to understand that constraint that is Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State (HATEOAS); this constraint of a RESTful API is about full discoverability of actions/transitions on a Resource from Hypermedia (Hypertext really), as the only driver of application state. If interaction is to be driven by the API through the conversation itself, concretely via Hypertext, then there can be no documentation, as that would coerce the client to make assumptions that are in fact outside of the context of the API."
Web API Versioning Smackdown – "The answer is that there is no one answer; there are lots of different mechanisms in HTTP to meet the goals that people have for versioning.However, there is an underlying principle to almost any kind of of versioning on the Web; not breaking existing clients.The reasoning is simple; once you publish a Web API, people are going to start writing software that relies upon it, and every time you introduce a change, you introduce the potential to break them. That means that changes have to happen in predictable and well-understood ways." (by Mark Nottingham)
URI construction: give it a REST – "Picture the scene: you've just updated your product's REST API. You've added lots of new features, revamped the URI structure and you're excited for your clients to start using it.One of these two things will happen within the hour:Your support line will ring off the hook with angry customers screaming about how none of their applications are working anymore, and how they're going to wring your neck for breaking their systems at the worst possible time.Everything works great and your customers send you chocolates in gratitude for the new features.The problems in #1 will occur if your customers do any kind of URI construction in their REST API client applications. That innocuous "revamping" of your URI structure has just broken all the clients who were tightly bound to the exact format and layout of your old URIs." (by Brian Kelly)
Webmachine: a Practical Executable Model of HTTP – (presentation) "Justin Sheehy details Webmachine, a RESTful toolkit for writing well-behaved HTTP applications, helping developers to deal with the complexities of an HTTP-based application. " (by Justin Sheehy)
APIs are for human beings (too) – "Computers don't care about API design. Convenient serialization formats, sane parameter names, and a RESTful interface mean nothing to a robot. These aspects of an API are not meant for a machine, they're meant for you – the developer. APIs should be for human beings first and computers second." (by Frank Stratton)
How REST replaced SOAP on the Web: What it means to you – " The idea of reuse and composition made SOA an attractive proposition that sent thousands of organizations on a very challenging treasure hunt. We have since read SOA's obituary and its resurrection with many stories of woe peppered with some success, but with very few achieving the holy grail of SOA. Meanwhile, the web has essentially become a service oriented platform, where information and functionality is a available through an API; the Web succeeded where the enterprise largely failed.This success can be attributed to the fact that the web has been decentralized in its approach and has adopted less stringent technologies to become service oriented." (by Ross Mason)
I Hate HatEoAS – "For something that's supposed to be THE defining characteristic of REST, it could have done with better naming. I would have been happy with the term HatEoAS if it had stood for "Hypermedia as the Envelope of Application State" rather than "Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State". (by Ganesh Prasad)
hypermedia binding – "a solution to the evolving-over-time problem for dist-net apps is to bind clients and servers via a shared understanding of hypermedia controls. IOW, change the binding from first-class domain elements to an abstract expression of those elements; to elements (links and forms) that make "animating" dist-net apps possible." (by Mike Amundsen)
Discussion groups
Which URIs are bookmarkable? – Very interesting thread on the "theory" behind bookmarking links. "In general, I am trying to answer the question:What are the indicators in media type (and link relation) specifications that tell the user agent implementor what URIs in responses of the media type in question can be considered bookmarkable?"
Reviews of draft-freed-media-type-regs-01 needed – Roy's thoughts on media type registration process. "We should be *encouraging* vendors to ship with vendor-neutral short-namedtypes regardless of whether they have been registered yet or not, and thenwe should be *encouraging* the public to register any names that they haveseen in deployed software."
Using URI templates in XHTML– Interesting thread on URI templates and hypermedia controls. "I'd like to use URI template as hypermedia control in XHTML, as a (richer) alternative to my existing forms. What do you think is the best way to do so ? Specifically, how would you represent an URI template in XHTML (given it must be used as a hypermedia control for programatic clients)?"
absolute or relative URLs in links? – "Is there a consensus?An absolute URL is, I guess, easier to consume by a client, whereas a relative link is also going to need some sort of (equivalent to HTML)BASE tag so that the client can build the URL to hit."
Denormalizing Data In To Collection Resources? – "Is there any good research trading off the chattiness, cachability,latency and redundancy of denormalized data in RESTful collection resources? Are there good rules of thumb to apply here. It's temptingto say do the N hundred HTTP requests and come back when you can showit's a problem, but that doesn't go down well…"
W3C Workshop on Data and Services Integration – Papers from the W3C workshop held on October 20-21 2011 in Bedford, MA, USA.
Interesting tweets
@mikekelly85 – "HTTP error responses aren't reps of a resource's state, they're reps of a failure state produced by an intermediary mechanism"
@dret – "search is not a function or a property of a single resource, it's a capability available for a collection & may be independent of it.
@AndrewWahbe – "Think of a hypermedia type as a client-defined interface that services can implement to plug into the client"
@mamund – "RT
@dret: "once you hit a resource where the representation signals success, that test has been successful." express as assert, right? #REST"
@kidehen – "Data is the New Electricity with Hyperlinks (
#URIs) as the conduction mechanism :-) #LinkedData #GartnerSym"
@mamund – "media types can be used to express shared understanding of problem domain(s) in an implementation-agnostic format.
#HTTP #REST #Hypermedia"
@distobj – "Pro tip; when writing HTTP/JSON apps, throw in a crude-but-complete HTML repr to keep you honest wrt hypermedia
@dret – "any non-trivial testing of
#REST services needs "random link exploration" and some domain knowledge of "test space boundaries." what else?"
@mamund – "RT
@amirrajan: "still question the need for "restful" uris when you have hypermedia" i agree: startingURI(s)+HM = minimal URI rules (cont)"
@dret – "
@mamund goal-driven state machine based clients doing some validation and aggregation along the way. it's a huge research opportunity!"
@dret – "there's
#HTTP, there's #WebDAV on top, and now there's #CalDAV and #CardDAV. do we really need a specific protocol for each application?"


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Failures can happen in videowall systems, and if yours is mission critical or public facing, failures can cause problems. We'll discuss common failures and their causes, as well as ways to detect and tolerate some of them, particularly for software-centric videowall systems.
Let's assume a that videowall system consists of displays (could be LCD flatpanels, direct-view LED meshes or projectors, for example), computers or hardware to drive those displays, infrastructure to connect all of it and software to control everything. Any of those components can fail, but not with equal probability. Because a videowall consists of many displays, the probability of display failure increases with the number of displays, which is why it is important to use high-quality commercial displays suited for 24/7 operation. These are more reliable and better supported than consumer displays.
When there are computers or media players driving each display, the probability of a failure also increases as the count grows. The usual things to fail in commodity computers are power supplies and moving parts, such as fans and hard drives. Fanless computers and solid-state storage help, but tend to increase cost or lower capacity or clock speed.
Controller computers or server fans, power supplies and hard drives that drive many displays also fail. Redundant power supplies and solid-state storage can help, but can also significantly increase cost. CPU fans, as well as fans on graphics cards, often fail over time, and lead first to degraded performance (due to temperature-based throttling built into most components these days), then to failure.
Infrastructure Tends To Be Reliable
Infrastructure, including network switches or cables, tends to be reliable once it is stable and working correctly. Much of infrastructure is solid state or passive, so it rarely fails. Fans in some infrastructure components can still fail, but they are often redundant, so don't take the system down after a single failure.


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This initiative is our newest and we have lots of fantastic partners working with us to enhance the lives of youth in Harney County. See who they are below.
Bureau of Land Management
Broken Circle Company
Burns High School
Burns Paiute Tribe
Crane Union High School
Crossroads Ranch
Department of Human Services
Dollars For Scholars
Early Childhood Center
Eastern Oregon Agriculture Research Center
Faith Baptist Church
Future Farmers of America
Harney County Chamber of Commerce
Harney County Court
Harney County School District 3
Harney County Sheriff
Harney District Hospital
Harney Education Services District
Harney Electric Cooperative
Harney Helping Organization for Personal Emergencies (HHOPE)
Hines Middle School
Juvenile Department - Harney County
Kids Club Harney County
Oregon Consensus
Silvies River Charter School
Slater Elementary School
Symmetry Care
The Ford Family Foundation
US Forest Service
US Fish and Wildlife Service
The Nature Conservancy
Young Life


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Why sound brand your company?
Most companies put a lot of thought into designing a logo, using the right fonts and working out corporate guidelines for their visual image and appearance.In times where music, sounds and usage of audio-based media play an increasing role in most aspects of life, it would seem logical that companies put a similar effort into their audible presence.
And on the B-2-C market, this may be true for a number of large well-known companies. However, many B-2-B and medium-sized companies still haven't seen the opportunities in linking their visual image with sound.
Using the right music and sounds in the right media creates a valuable connection between all marketing measures as well as other externally and internally directed activities.
Audio elements awakens emotions, creates a distinct profile and strengthens the company's image if used correctly.
Check SPOTHOUSE on Facebook.


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What is a Blog?
I thought this was a great explanation for you to use with staff and students alike.
What is a Blog?
I thought this was a great explanation for you to use with staff and students alike.
Week two of the holidays and it seems strange to be at school and have no students. It made me reflect on a book I read last year The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence (Corwin, September 2012) that 'Without students, there would be no teachers. Their voices matter a lot.' I might be getting a great deal done but what a strange place a school is without students.
The authors admit that while students are targets of school reform and change, they are not often empowered to be agents of change despite having a good grasp of the things that help them learn.
Earlier in my blog this year I asked the question 'what makes a good teacher':
Interestingly enough similar themes here reflected in Ka Hikitia. I wonder what my students in ten year time would say. I think it would be the same. Personally I believe good teachers have deep discipline and pedagogical content knowledge (knows how to teach and knows their subject), adapt to the capabilities of students (can personalise learning) and can communicate with a good sense of humour (builds respectful relationships).
For me, it is confirmation that these qualities stand the test of time and learners. We know what teachers want but how often do we ask or know what students want from their schooling experience? I often experience teachers telling me they understand student voice but do they? Especially if it's not what they want to hear. Just a thought.
Professional Reading:
The Best Evidence Synthesis has just been updated. This is well worth a look.
In my NAPP inquiry this year we have been tracking the process of the Maori and OPI learners at the College. We have taken steps from Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success
Best practice in professional learning suggests evidence based data and not anecdotal is successful in improvement and measuring impact. Data from different sources can be used to determine the content of teachers' professional learning and to design and monitor the impact of professional learning programs.
I am finding and research suggests evidence of hard data, rather than anecdotes, that is collected regularly is more useful. Student journals, for example, can be analysed to identify areas where students are struggling or how students are progressing from one month to another.
Data can be used to measure and improve the impact of professional learning. Formative evaluations allow teachers to make mid-program refinements and corrections, while summative evaluations measure the effectiveness of professional learning activities and their impact on teacher practice, knowledge and student learning
Data should be seen as complementary to the relationship between student and teacher. At its very heart, learning is a relational process and quality learning depends on the strength and depth of the relationship since it involves building trust based on mutual respect. How do you measure these sorts of domains? How do you report on these? If we only rely on quantitative data, we are doing a grave disservice to the learning and teaching process.
I believe data gives us the best indicator of where students are struggling; it will never replace the responsibility of teachers in asking why and how based on the mutual respect. Our focus as a SLT has been to help the entire community understand data so they can challenge their own learning communities to ask why and how.
Professional Reading
National Radio
This clip from National Radio is well worth having a listen to this week. It is from Andreas Schleicher, Acting director for the OECD's education directorate, looks at raw data which demonstrates New Zealand's relative success in the global standings of student achievement. Schleicher commented that New Zealand would be the top in the world in education if we could solve the major problem we have of one in five of our students not achieving
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." – Pope John Paul II
I love this quote from John Paul. This term in my inquiry and work I have learned that leadership is difficult. It can be complex, stressful and formidable. It often conspires to reward and frustrate simultaneously. More often than not, it is two steps forward and one back. It is just the nature of the schools or institutions. It is the end of the term so it is time to reflect.
I believe in servant leadership. It can that make you feel like you are part of something significant, even life-changing. Leadership that makes you want to be 'part of something'.
I live for those moments that everybody gets it. The "we did it together" moment. Raising others up. No agendas. No undisclosed causes. Just for the betterment of students, learners, akonga.
Yet, truly authentic leadership at its highest level exacts a price and it takes a toll. It is all-encompassing. Never off the clock. Perhaps that's why I enjoy the holiday break. It is a chance to recharge the batteries and refresh the soul.
For this reason, leadership requires a balance. This is especially true if we are to serve others at the highest level. The stories are too numerous to count – leaders who have done phenomenal things for their organizations – yet, have left a scattered path of failed families, failed marriages, and troubled children in the wake of their organizational triumphs. Those truly great leaders have balance. They have their support team.
As I enter the holidays and make our plans and goals for the term to come we need to put home at the top of our priority list. Home is where real leadership starts. And it will be the most difficult and most important leadership job we will ever tackle. And the most rewarding. Family. My family is ground zero…the foundation of my leadership. They deserve the best. Not what we have left-over from long days of serving others. I suppose what I am saying this week leadership will flourish and grow to the betterment of the organizations and people that we serve outside of our family. These holidays I am taking time for family. I hope you do also.
Professional Reading
"To lead the people, walk behind them." – Lao Tzu
Thought for the week
Remember to keep a good balance between your revisions and rest these school holidays. Don't burn yourself out, but don't waste the time.
I loved this advert this week. Just goes to show how far we have come. Can you remember the first phone you had?
I've learned over the years to be wary of people who have all the answers to whatever the challenge is, that's placed before them. There are, of course, things that I know to be true from past experience, both professional and personal. In my inquiry for NAPP I have been developing a collaborative environment, and real collaboration requires the willingness to ask questions of each other and admit to gaps in our individual knowledge base.
I reflect that it is important to ensure your team knows your vision but you need to get them together. It is important questions are asked and debate is had. It is more than relationships. It is relational trust that I am working on. I will reflect on this further in a later edition I am sure. With significant relational trust deeper thinking can take place.
Our team collective knowledge is enhanced when we ask good questions about things we don't know and share the information we do hold, in a way that supports wise decision making and effective action steps. Through collaboration and the exchange of ideas with other teachers and school communities we are able to benefit from the 'wisdom of the crowd' and share our own wisdom to benefit our students' learning. The old adage says 'it takes a village to raise a child.' In the 21st Century it takes a global, connected, learning community.
Professional Reading:
I have just read All Systems Go (2010) is by Michael Fullan and it is a must for all interested in sustainable systemic change to improve schooling. Yes as you follow this blog you will find I am on a Fullan kick at present
In the foreword, Peter Senge writes:
"No institution has a more crucial role to play in the historic changes coming than school because no institution has greater potential to impact on how a society changes over the long term."
Fullan debunks many existing stand-alone strategies in favour of building 'collective capacity' across the system: nurturing schools to want to change and then supporting them on the journey.
One thing that stood out for me was that empowering teachers is a great motivator for change; as Fullan demonstrates; effective strategies are the ones that build on the collective talents of schools, systems and communities to improve schooling.
Thought for the week after my Taranaki NAPP Hui…
What separates good from great principals? The latter demonstrate high levels of resilience, optimism & problem solving capacity'. This is important for me to think about as I progress this year.
Not exactly a video this week but a great eLearning tool that may help you in the classroom.
Fitted Storytelling from Edward Roads
Music, Theology, Education, Liturgy
Food Fun For Feeding Therapy and Picky Eaters
This WordPress.com site is the cat's pajamas
Meaningful learning and effective teaching with a Finnish twist
Let's talk about learning and leading
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Learning in Today's World
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When I saw a pumpkin recipe with over 4,000 reviews, I couldn't pass it up. I have a pumpkin obsession- probably not the healthiest obsession. But cheaper than shoes right?
When this time of year comes around, pumpkin takes over my life. I'm at Dunkin Donuts everyday for their pumpkin coffee-no lie. My house smells like Bath & Body works, with 7 pumpkin scented plug ins and pumpkin candles burning non stop. What can I say....it's the little things that make you happy! Anyhow, I made this recipe right away. I made a few big changes to the mix, which I noted below. Then, I decided to make muffins instead of bread. I'm more of a grab and go kind of girl. I was able to make about 40 muffins. I did one batch of just plain muffins. I did another with dark chocolate chips. And the last batch had cranberries and walnuts. All of them were fabulous. I couldn't pick a favorite if I tried. And since I made so darn many, I can have a different kind each day. I couldn't even part with these muffins, they went straight to the freezer. I'll be enjoying them every morning for the next month!
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
|Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
|In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
|Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. The muffins took 20 minutes to bake.


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Obama Nuttery
Hey, I didn't vote for the guy, but the conspiracy theories already swirling around him are just as nutty as the Trooferism. The good news is that stuff like this will continue to fracture the 9-11 nuts between the paranoid fruitcakes who believe it and the garden variety leftist moonbats who will be appalled.
Obama does not seriously intend a civilian defense force that is just as well funded as our military. The North American Union is not coming, Lou Dobbs' fevered commentary to the contrary.


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Finalize Your Video Action Plan
The WITNESS Video Action Plan (VAP) is a questionnaire designed to assist our partners in developing a comprehensive plan to integrate video into their human rights advocacy. We provide two versions here, one formatted for use by our partners, which is a more in-depth plan, and another version for more general usage.
Download the Video Action Plan:
VAP for WITNESS Partners
VAP for Non-Partners
What Next? Choosing Your Equipment


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Yeah, I'm getting tired of race issues. I'll stop drawing cartoons on racism when authority stops engaging in racists acts.
On to the analogy I used: Over 20 years ago I worked in the reptile house of a zoo. I was a real reptile enthusiast. I even had snakes and a free roam Iguana at home which came in handy with preventing inlaws from giving you a surprise visit (they literally slept in a van in the driveway once).
I am not an actual Herpetologist but I do know you're going to have a very difficult time convincing a snake to actually swallow a human being. So when I saw the commercials of an idiot volunteering himself to be eaten alive by an Anaconda on the Discovery Channel I knew that wasn't going to happen. Maybe he should have let the snake in on the deal and cut him on a piece of the TV royalties.
I do know from experience that it doesn't take any convincing for a snake to bite the living crap out of you. I once had a Reticulated Python bite me in the forehead. I had an oval of about 20 tiny cabs above my brow for about a week. I've actually been bitten quite a few times but you don't want to hear about that girl from Delaware.
But hey, if you can convince a network to finance a show called Finding Bigfoot where nobody actually finds a Bigfoot then why can't you have a two-hour documentary advertising being eaten by a huge snake where all it really consists of is a moron sitting in the water waiting on a big snake not to eat you? I do love those Bigfoot experts who are actually only experts at walking through the woods catching poison ivy and never catching a girlfriend. Even that lesbian on the show couldn't catch a girlfriend. I also love that those Bigfoot hunting "experts" always believe every witness account is an actual "squatch" encounter. You'd think that at least one time one of them would say "ya' know…this person might be full of shit." But then again they never ran into Michele Bachmann so they haven't met a real challenge yet.
My latest animal "scare" happenedtoday. I took a walk and I was attacked (really!) by four Pomeranian puppies. I was in more danger than those Bigfoot and Anaconda hunters. I socks were covered in dog spittle.
I digressed again. To sum up: racism bad and does still exist in America. Bigfoot: doesn't exist but still has marketing power. Being swallowed by a giant snake: not gonna happen unless you're a rodent. A quadruple Pomeranian attack: Nightmares to come.


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I noticed the recent Heights Observer article:
"Renovated high school on track for August 2017 completion"
The sentence "The building will be one of the most energy-efficient high schools in the nation." is in error.
There is no evidence to support that sentence. The Sustainability Working Group (SWG) reviewed the design in July-August 2015 and found too many inadequacies to make any claim of remarkable energy performance for the building. The SWG used the highly respected ASHRAE high school building design guide for this climate zone to benchmark against, a document referenced in the original accepted Lay Facilities Committee (LFC) report to the Board of Education.
Examples of inadequacies:
1) R-20 insulation is in all the roofs is the design. R-30 is the recommended level per ASHRAE. That means 50% more heat will be lost through the roof in winter and gained in summer than recommended. Buildings that get remarkable "high performance" ratings will go to R-50 and higher.
2) The geothermal system is a hybrid design with a gas boiler to keep the building warm enough in winter and cooling towers to keep it cool enough in summer. ASHRAE recommends full geothermal systems that do not need the extra energy consumption or operating costs of boilers and cooling towers.
The original LFC budget plan accepted in the Issue #81 bond levy of 2013 included the cost for a full geothermal system. The BoE abandoned full geothermal while trying to make up for the Wiley enabling cost over-runs.
In addition to there being a hybrid system, that system is incorrectly designed per SWG consultation with an international Geothermal system designer. The details of this are technical. I am willing to share them with anyone interested.
3) A swimming pool by its very nature is the biggest energy consumer of any sub-system a building can have. The retired chief engineer and architect for CWRU evaluated the swimming pool design and found the insulation so poor (like the rest of building) that wall and ceiling condensation will be big trouble, and the high volume and velocity of dehumidified air designed to mitigate it is an extreme energy consumer.
4) There is no humidification system in the building as a whole. So in winter months rooms will likely have parched dry air similar to the old building. Teachers and students will open windows to try to mitigate that and large amounts of heat will go out the windows.
I can send you the record of the SWG evaluation if desired to understand more deeply the details of these examples and others.
The SWG researched the new Elyria High School design during 2013. That building's performance is notably better than the HH design.


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Heritage Tour - Halifax & Hebden Bridge
8th September 2018
9.00am from Northwich Memorial Court - other pickups available.
Northwich Memorial Court
Halifax is Calderdale's largest town, with stunning Victorian architecture and a strong industrial heritage. It is home to the unique Piece Hall and the Halifax Minster.
The unique Grade I listed Piece Hall is the only remaining cloth hall in Britain. The building has undergone a multi-million pound refurbishment and reopened to the public on Yorkshire Day, Tuesday August 1st 2017. The Piece Hall is home to a range of shops, bars and cafes. The Grade II* listed Town Hall is the work of Sir Charles Barry, designer of the Houses of Parliament and Halifax Minster is one of the finest buildings in Yorkshire and has been at the heart of the local community for over 900 years.
The Calderdale Industrial Museum houses a collection of industrial machinery and artifacts over four floors. Some of the machines are the only surviving examples in the country and have been placed in settings to give a close representation to the time when they were fully operational in the not too distant past. Down in the basement, the oil engine 'Sadie' provides motive power for part of an extensive collection of locally-manufactured machine tools, including lathes, drills and planers.
The Bankfield Museum tells the story of Halifax and Calderdale. Set in the attractive surroundings of Akroyd Park this Victorian mansion was the home of local mill owner, philanthropist and MP, Colonel Edward Akroyd. The Museum's displays cover local history, costume, art, toys, military history, jewellery and textiles from around the world.
Just outside the town centre is a 15 foot high replica of the fearsome Halifax Gibbet, where thieves were beheaded for their crimes! A short walk away, the People's Park offers fountains, serpentine pools, statues, balustrading, cast iron bridges and a terraced promenade.
After lunch we visit Hebden Bridge. Hebden Bridge with its steep wet hills and access to major wool markets was ideal for water powered weaving mills that powered along in the 19th and 20th centuries. The ancient packhorse bridge was built in 1510 to allow the Halifax to Burnley hilltop packhorse route to cross the River Hebden. At one time Hebden Bridge became so famous for its clothing manufacture that it became known as Trouser Town. Some creative thinking in the past led to 'upstairs-downstairs' houses known as over and under dwellings. These were houses built in terraces with four to five storeys. The upper storeys face uphill while the lower ones face downhill with their back wall against the hillside. The bottom two storeys would be one house while the upper two to three storeys would be another.
The Rochdale Canal, opened in 1804, passes through the town, where canal trips can be taken. The town is also known for its wide range of artisan, new-age and independent shops and cafes.
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While the establishment media was busy parroting President Obama's announcement of Osama bin Laden's supposed assassination, reporting the unsubstantiated claims as if they were unquestionable facts, much of the so-called "alternative" press was far more cautious — and accurate, it turns out. But more importantly, with the new official storyline indicating that bin Laden was in fact unarmed, bigger and much more important questions are beginning to emerge.
In terms of coverage, it turns out that the skeptical approach proved far superior in terms of getting it right. Countless mainstream sources were so confident in Obama's word that they reported many of the claims as fact without even attributing them to the President.
Originally posted by burntheships
No...whoever is in charge of this, The White House, The CIA, they have certainly managed to make a one unprecedented mess. And they have used The Media as a tool, as I see it!
My question is....could this all be intentional?
Have they made it so confusing on purpose...obfuscate the matter as a grand tactic?
I am curious to hear from everyone about this.
Originally posted by Caji316
You know Bin Laden can't be dead till he is announced "Officially Dead" by the government....until they say he is officially dead he lives on.....without the official government stamp he just can't be dead...thats all there is to it....
"There is no doubt that Osama bin Laden is dead. Certainly there is no doubt among Al-Qaeda members that he is dead. So, we don't think that a photograph in and of itself is going to make any difference," Obama said in an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes". www.dailyindia.com...
Originally posted by randomname
if they would have just focused on bin laden, they could have just killed him, declare the war on terror over and everybody can go on with their lives.
but this perpetual fear they have going, with no end in sight is depressing and destroying the fabric and mood of the nation.
they made al qaeda into something much bigger than it was, that it is now impossible to destroy the myth.
subconsciously, everybody has it in the back of their heads and it is interfering with everyday life, even if you're aware of it or not.
After the numerous discrepancies and falsehoods in the storyline became painfully obvious, the Associated Press, USA Today, Fox News and other outlets slowly and begrudgingly started to report it. "From the first moments, a good number of the details about bin Laden's killing, on points large and small, have been wrong," admitted a Fox reporter in one of the more candid acknowledgements to appear in the mainstream press. www.thenewamerican.com...
An apologist reporter at USA Today wrote that "the administration did its best to get the story quickly," adding "it's common situation with military action." The paper quoted a Pentagon spokesperson under the Bush administration to bolster its case. www.thenewamerican.com...
The AP offered a similar excuse along with the "fog of combat" line offered by the White House. "The contradictions and misstatements reflect the fact that even in the case of a highly successful and popular mission, the confusion inherent in a fast-paced, unpredictable military raid conducted under intense pressure in a foreign country does not lend itself immediately to a tidy story line," the reporter claimed, citing "some experts." www.thenewamerican.com...
Originally posted by Watts
I just wanna know why there wasn't this same fervor with Bush's Iraq war and the blatant lies. That whole country is wrecked for the forsee-able future and everyones fine with it.
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
why then do the CE's want to keep the story alive so desperately ?
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ETA: Seems that everytime I ask for an example of a "contradiction," I get nothing. Turns out to be new information that contradicts nothing, an unofficial source, someone else's speculation that someone took as gospel.


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The New Orleans City Park Improvement Association is asking the city to remove the P.G.T. Beauregard monument "safely" and that all parties "respect the laws of our city and state."
The group that owns and maintains New Orleans City Park issued a statement Tuesday as the city moves forward with plans to remove the Confederate monument at the entrance to the park.
Disputes have surfaced over whether the city or the Improvement Association owns the monument and the land where it sits. The Monumental Task Committee, a pro-monument group in New Orleans, maintains that the Improvement Association, and not the city, owns the land and therefore the monument.
Civil District Court Judge Kern Reese ruled last week that the city owns all of City Park and can remove the monument. He said a previous state Supreme Court case on Audubon Park determined that the city also owns all of City Park.
Rebecca Dietz, a city attorney, said in the letter dated Friday that the Improvement Association had asserted "certain legal rights to the property upon which the monument is situated," but that the Improvement Association is aware the city wants to remove the monument.
Tuesday's statement indicates the Improvement Association agrees the issues about the monument and the land are "complicated," but that it "is not aware of any definitive evidence that the (Improvement Association) owns the Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard monument."
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Many businesses dread a visit from HMRC. There is always the worry that something may come out results in paying more tax but there is also an understandable sense of dread at the potential disruption it could cause in the run up to the visit, during the visit and even following the visit. However, there are a number of things you can do to make the experience far less stressful.
Most HMRC visits are pre arranged either by telephone or letter.
If the appointment is made by telephone, ask the officer to confirm in writing the details of the visit – not only date and time but the expected length of the visit.
Ask for confirmation of who will be coming, what their roles are in the enquiry overall and exactly what records if any they want to see.
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If they are to be left in a room make sure it is clean and only has the information requested in it. Of course it may not be possible to prepare in advance if HMRC don't give warning of a visit.
Unannounced Visits
There are generally two types of unannounced visit and you should clearly establish at the outset what is happening. The first is generally where a routine inspection is being carried out but there has simply been a failure somewhere along the line to notify the trader. You may simply ask HMRC to come back another time when you will have the records ready and will also have time to let your accountant know of the visit. The second is what is where HMRC deliberately does not forewarn the business but simply turns up. In this case there will be a formal notice signed either by a Tribunal or An Authorised Officer of HMRC. This notice is actually a request to enter the premises. IT DOES NOT GIVE HMRC AUTOMATIC RIGHTS OF ENTRY. There is no penalty for refusing entry for a notice signed by the Authorised Officer. There could be an initial penalty of £300 if the notice has been signed by a Tribunal but even then only if it is held that there was not a reasonable excuse for not permitting entry perhaps because the trader wanted his accountant to there perhaps? These visits are not random and our advice would be to seek professional advice before letting them in. Be aware that the visiting Officers will initially ask the business owner. If he/she cannot be traced they can ask anyone who is in charge at the time. If no one is actually in charge at the moment they can simply enter the premises and leave the notice displayed in a prominent place. They need only be told "no once and they should not enter.
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HMRC does not have any absolute right to meet the business owner. Both announced and unannounced visits are inspections not searches. They have the right to ask to see any business record which is reasonably required to check your tax affairs. If there is any uncertainty over whether an item is reasonably required HMRC should be challenged instantly rather than afterwards. Also, the extent of the inspection should have been made clear prior to the visit and this should not be extended without justification. You do not even need to have the inspection at your business premises if it would be better/more convenient to have it at the accountant's office. Their attendance at your premises must still be reasonably required in preference to elsewhere. HMRC must be courteous and polite to you at all times and explain what they need to see and why.
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HMRC Officers are human beings and have the same right to courtesy as the rest of us. An Inspector that feels he has he has been mistreated will be far more inclined to dig his heels in to find something and also when negotiating penalties. Refreshments and warmth are expected.
Take Advice
If HMRC make any contact with you direct you should always let your accountant know who called and what they said. Let your accountant decide if they need to get involved. Always let your advisor know the outcome of the visit. It is good practice to ask HMRC to issue any follow up in writing.
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