Wait - is it spring, well that's what the calendar says, but that's not what it says out my window and the temperature is a screaming -2 below, what the heck lol. Yesterday brought snow and blizzard winds to our area, shutting down everything from schools to the freeway. A trip to Fargo for some snuggle time had to be cancelled - do you know how hard that was lol. But today the sun is shining - the driveway has been cleared of super high drifts of snow and I can get out for a haircut - life is good. Oh and snuggle time has been rescheduled for Thursday - be still my heart.
This is little note is for Suzanne in Virginia. I just received the card you sent to me via someone else this past weekend. I'm sorry it took so long to reach me. What a sweet note in there - thank you for it. I will be happy to help you out if your still interested. If you can pop me an email at kaboperry@hotmail.com and let me know and I will take care of it.
I took off late Friday afternoon for my event with Stacy/Buttermilk Basin and had a bit of white knuckle drive down there as well. I wasn't sure if I would go Friday or not because of the weather - yup the freeway was closed going that way in the morning because of accidents due to icy roads. So late afternoon some friends where heading down there and I asked if I could follow her and her hubby - that helped believe me. He even graciously chipped off the icy slush from my car when we stopped for a coffee. Saw a rollover that had just happened with the people climbing out of the back window with the car upside down - talk about scary. We didn't stop because others had and were running to help them - like I said it must have happened just a minute or 2 before we got in that area. I sure hope everyone was ok. At that point you have to wonder what the heck your doing lol. But the drive home on Saturday was just fine with the sun shining and dry roads. Ahhhhhh winter in Minnesota - ain't it grand lol.
Remember I told you something big was going to be happening here - well it starts next week - weather permitting of course. Last year on St. Patricks day we had no snow and a temp of 70 degrees - this year a storm was looming - so who knows what next week will bring - think happy weather thoughts please lol. Anywho I digress - Mr. Farmhouse and I are adding onto the house making a big studio for me - YAHOOOOOO.
See the roof line above the garage - well that's where the new nest will be. I'm so excited about it and can't wait. With this studio I will be able to do much more online and also offer some wool workshops and events during the year to those who might be interested in coming on out. I want this space to be inviting, spacious with lots of light and full of inspiration for those who come. This won't be a store, - although there will be fabric and wool that I will use in kits etc - but more like a studio to offer wool clubs, special seasonal events and even a place for you to come with your special sewing peeps and use the space for a sewing day. I have lots of ideas spinning in my head and can't wait to put them into use. I'm anxious to get back online and you will notice up on the right side of my blog a link to my Etsy shop. I'm just getting started and don't anticipate to much on there for a few weeks yet - but it's set up now and ready to go. Now this new nest is going to be wonderful for me - but the long term use will change over time. Somewhere down the pike when I'm ready to be done this space will become a bunkhouse for what we hope will be a house full of grandkids in which a couple of bedrooms can be built within the space. We checked out several possibilities and this one made the most sense and we are investing in our home, rather than another property - that's a good thing. So I will be taking you on another journey in this crazy life of mine. But I feel like all of the roads I have traveled on this quilty journey are leading me to this point. I feel like this is what I'm meant to do and I hope others will feel the same way and come visit me. Plus this is going to get all of my c**p out of our living space and my goodness that's a good thing. My old nest will become a nice big gathering space with a tv and couches from another room which will be next to the nest - confused - I will share more as we go along and it will make much more sense then.
So that's whats happening in my neck of the woods - I think that's enough don't you lol.
How's it going out there in bloggy land. Things are going good here. The sun has been shining and it's been in the upper 20's - can't beat that with a stick as Mother Tother would say. Sweet Ellie was here last weekend for a visit so her Mommy and Daddy could take their snowmobiles out for a spin a few times. The new Mommy is feeling great and looking great as well.
Well that meant lots of snuggle time for Grandma and Grandpa. This was Ms. Cami's first time with Ellie and she was pretty good about it - didn't like me sweet talking Ellie in "that voice" if you know what I mean. That's meant for just her lol. Ellie is used to being around dogs and the barking didn't bother her at all.
Does it get any better than this - I don't think so :).
So I talked about posting a project that I have kits for - I had hoped to get the frame painted but it wasn't on the radar this week - but I'm going to post it without the painted frame anyway - otherwise we are looking at middle of next week before it's going to happen if at all. I'm getting ready for the event with Stacy/Buttermilk Basin in 2 weeks and throw the Daffidol Days fundraiser that I co-chair in those 2 weeks and it's going to be dicey around here lol. If you want to know more about the event at Stacy's - pop over to her blog and check it out. Did I mention we have a babysitting gig in there as well - gotta make time for that. I even rearranged a doctor appt so we could head up there and help out.
The pattern designer is Cherie Payne and it's called Gathering Love. The pattern has some words stitched on the side but I elected to put a cool burlap type rick rack on the side instead. The backing is tan prairie cloth and the background is 3 different fabrics - the stripe one has a wonderful texture to it - sure wish I had more of it. Your kit will include the pattern, all the fabrics, wool and the rick rack. You will have to add the buttons if you want those. The cost of this project which INCLUDES priority shipping is $25.00. I have several of these available. Just pop me an email at kaboperry@hotmail.com and let me know and I will send out a paypal invoice to you and get them in the mail on Monday. I had a few people last time who had sent me an email regarding a purchase and I never received them. If that happened to you last time and you figured I was just being rude lol - I'm sorry about that. I'm not sure what happened but I apologize about that. I always answer back on an order whether it's available or sold out - so if you don't hear from me please try again.
A fun weekend is ahead spending some time with family and a little shopping as well. Hope your weekend is wonderful as well.


Arguably, sexually deviant behavior is becoming more socially acceptable in western cultures. Popular trends such as 50 Shades of Grey selling 100 million copies worldwide is a clear indicator that a very large proportion of the general public welcome 'kink' into the mainstream media. Though that particular book series is certainly not representative of what many people now refer to as the 'Kink Community' it is a significant adjustment from previous decades.
With the rise of the internet individuals with unusual sexual interests can very easily find websites and communities dedicated to specific kinks. The creation and growth of these online communities have enabled researchers to break through restrictions to start asking more questions about the aetiology of kink.
This talk will outline how we define and measure sexually deviant behaviour and describe the current literature including Elisa's own research.
any chance you could video stream these for those of us not close to London ?
Hi Paul, some of the lectures will be audio recorded but of course this depends on the speaker and also the format of the talk.
We've started live tweeting each event (@EmpiricalSex) and creating a Storify of them- that's probably the closest thing to a live video stream that we're going to be doing for now! Thank you for your interest!


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Howlin' Dog Records and Don Conoscenti celebrate the release of Anastasia, Don Conoscenti's 1st full studio album in 15 years. This show will feature the rhythm section from Brothers Keeper (they're also the rhythm section from the John Oates Band) and Taos' own Mina Tank, Bob Andrews, Patrick Turnmire. Howlin' Dog Recording Artist Ry Taylor Opens along with a short performance by Brothers Keeper (duo). KTAOS's own Brad Hockmeyer MCs the show.


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Morocco Made Great Achievement by Beating Belgium 2-0
Home » Morocco Made Great Achievement by Beating Belgium 2-0
November 28, 2022 (Jack87 News) – BK8 Belgium played against Morocco in the Group F of 2022 Qatar World Cup on November 27. The first goal happened in the first half, courtesy of Ziyech who scored a free kick while the second goal took place in the second half, thanks to Abkhral who successfully finished a goal in stoppage time. At the end of the game, Morocco sealed a victory against Belgium 0-2.
In the early minutes of the game, Hazard Jr. made consecutive attacks on the field but nothing materialized into a score. Later on the opposing team recklessly attack that led to a yellow card. In the latter part of the first half, Morocco touched the goal, but after checking the VAR, it was determined as an invalid one. The first half ended with 0-0 score Bet99.
The two teams changed sides upon entering the second half of the game where Ziyech took the ball to the top of the penalty area and shot a long one with his left foot. The angle was too positive and Courtois fell to the ground and confiscated it. In the 57th minute, Ziyech transferred a long pass. Boufal got the ball on the left side of the front court and dunked Meunier into the penalty area. Then he cut inward with his right foot and shot slightly wide. In the 72nd minute, Alar was brought down by Meunier when receiving the ball from the left side of the frontcourt. Morocco got a set kick, and then Sabiri took the penalty with his right foot, and the ball bounced off the ground in front of the goal and then rushed into the net, getting the first goal of the night.
In the 90th minute, Sabiri made a direct pass, Hamdallah dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and then faced Courtois from a small angle and hit the goal with his left foot but was blocked. In stoppage time at the end of the game, Hamdallah received a long pass from his teammate in the middle of the front court and then flew the header. Ziyech got the ball into the right side of the penalty area and made a cross. Boda8 Abkhral easily pushed with his right foot with a goal, Morocco sealed the victory, 2-0!
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Raymond Hawkey - a personal note from Edward Milward-Oliver
Following yesterday's announcement of the death of Raymond Hawkey, Deighton's biographer Edward Milward-Oliver - also a friend of Hawkey - offered to share some reflections on the noted designer's legacy. I'm happy to print them below:
Ray Hawkey - a reflection by Edward Milward-Oliver
"Shit. No day that starts with me finding out that Raymond Hawkey died has half a chance of turning out well. RIP"
– A posting on Twitter
Raymond Hawkey's graphic design work across newspapers, magazines and publishing, had a significant influence on the visual culture of Britain in the second half of the Twentieth Century. His early interest in American graphics while a student at the Royal College of Art subsequently helped change the look of British newspapers and magazines. He was Design Director at the Daily Express in its heyday from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, where he introduced illustrated graphic panels into the news pages (a concept quickly adopted by other newspapers), and then served as Presentation Director of the Observer and Observer Magazine for eleven years until 1975. He advised The Independent and IPC Magazines through the following decade, while establishing himself as a best-selling author.
Hawkey is more widely known for his 30-year association with Len Deighton, and his black and white photographic jacket for The Ipcress File, published in 1962, had a major influence on the evolution of British book jacket design.
He produced only one drawing, which Deighton approved immediately. Robin Denniston, Deighton's editor at Hodder & Stoughton, was equally taken with the concept but had to overcome the fierce opposition of the sales force who felt it was too unorthodox. After the publisher declined to pay more than its usual 15 guinea design fee, Deighton topped it up to £50, which Hawkey split with Daily Express news photographer Ken Denyer.
What Hawkey did was to apply magazine and advertising techniques to the execution of what would later be recognised as a groundbreaking design. The jacket was shot on a half-plate camera in the Daily Express photographic studio using high-key lighting, which at the time was very much in vogue for taking upmarket fashion photographs. Although the content of the photograph was both menacing (the Smith & Wesson revolver and bullets) and dirty (the chipped cup of cold tea and the stubbed out cigarette), Hawkey thought it important that the overall look should be cool and sophisticated. In order to achieve this, Hawkey and Ken Denyer built a tent of white tissue over the set, through which it was lit, with a hole for the camera lens. The result was what Mike Dempsey, a former President of DAD, has described as 'one of the key moments in design history' when considered within the context of the period.
In addition to working with Len Deighton, Raymond Hawkey designed jackets and promotional material for many authors including Kingsley Amis, Frederick Forsyth, John Grisham, Ruth Rendell and Ian Fleming. His cover for the 1963 Pan paperback edition of Thunderball is possibly the most important jacket in the whole of the Ian Fleming/James Bond publishing history. His prescient design signalled that a new cinematic phenomenon had been born. Hawkey proposed that for the first time 'James Bond' should be elevated above the title – where it remained for nearly four decades. Not only that, he decided 'James Bond' should be twice the size of the title and author's name, thus anticipating that the films would become the critical element in the marketing and success of the books.
His cover design was then replicated on Pan's other Fleming paperback titles. The inspired choice of Hawkey was that of Bond co-producer Harry Saltzman, who convinced the chairman of Pan Books that the paperback editions – with their passé narrative illustrations - should be redesigned. And with the Pan Thunderball cover Hawkey also broke new ground in having bullet holes die-cut into the Brian Duffy photograph of the girl's back. He repeated the effect with the keyhole cut-out cover revealing Twiggy for the Penguin edition of Len Deighton's London Dossier in 1967.
A modest, generous man, always immaculately dressed, Raymond Hawkey was once talent-spotted by MI6 . . . but that story is for another day.
Edward Milward-Oliver is currently writing a biography of Len Deighton. For anyone interested in Hawkey's career, he offers a number of suggested sources of further reading:
Raymond Hawkey. 'Advertising: no skeleton in anybody's cupboard' in ARK, The Journal of the Royal College of Art. Issue 5. RCA, 1952.
Raymond Hawkey. The Penrose Annual: Graphic Arts International. Volume 66. Lund Humphries, 1973.
Alex Seago. Burning the Box of Beautiful Things. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Stephen Kent. 'James Bond Gets a Facelift' in One-off: A Collection of Essays by Postgraduate Students on the Victoria & Albert Museum/Royal College of Art Course in the History of Design. V&A/RCA, 1997.
Alan Powers. Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover Design. Mitchell Beazley, 2001.
Rick Poynor (Editor). Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties. Laurence King Publishing, 2004.
Posted by Deighton Dossier at Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Services-> Deciding house areas. The Vital Decision.
Deciding on your room sizes matching a market related square meter rate for construction, to go with your budget.
The current rate as shown per m2 is an average of current building costs, all inclusive, for and average three bedroom unity, excluding the land costs, and will be updated by All Africa Housing as and when needed.
Actual building cost will be subjected to clients final finishing. i;e Wall- and Floor tiles, Cupboard etc.
Every property holder has gone through it.
You choose a home that you think will be ideal for you and your family and once you move into, you wonder, "why doesn't this floor plan work for us?" Many homeowners make frequent mistakes when looking for the best floor plan to fit their needs. Whether you are getting ready to design your floor plan with an architect or you are house hunting to look for the perfect home, take a look at these 10 floor plan mistakes and learn how to avoid them!
One of the biggest mistakes when choosing the right floor plan is that you forget to picture your own family cooking in the kitchen or you do not take into consideration how your bad back may not like going up three flights of stairs throughout the day. Assess your lifestyle before choosing a floor plan. Do you like a single story or multistory home? Do you prefer an open floor plan or are individual rooms with partitions better? Determine what you have become accustomed to in a comfortable home.
If you are shopping around for homes one of the best ways to experience the floor plan of a home before you buy it is to walk through the developer's model homes before hand. One of the easiest mistakes is to be sold on the upgrades that a home stager and contractors have up sold the model on! Try to strip away the gorgeous finishes, the upgraded carpet, color coordinated wallpaper and drapery and focus on the layout and flow of the rooms. This will help you make an informed decision when choosing a floor plan.
If you recently started looking or designing your next home, more than likely you will need to review architectural drawings or floor plan drawings. While for many design professionals, it is second nature, for many homeowners the symbols and nomenclature can be difficult to understand. Do not assume you are supposed to know what every door swing, window, stair, and multi-story space looks like on a floor plan. Do not make the mistake of assuming just ask!
How many times have you read the dimensions of a room on a floor plan and then realized your existing furniture does not fit as you thought into the finished room? Measure your existing furniture before deciding on final sizes for a home. If you are not sure how large of room you need, measure your existing furniture, tables and walking area to determine how much space you REALLY need in your next floor plan. Add on additional area if you are trying to add space to your next home.
For most homeowners dreaming of their ideal floor plan, they consider how nice it will be to have a few people over for drinks on the patio. The thought of entertaining the in-laws for a month each summer or having all your co-workers over throughout the holidays may not cross your mind. Depending on your lifestyle if you love to entertain, consider your home fully occupied when planning kitchen, dining room, and living room areas. This will ensure you plan room for mingling, eating, dancing, serving, and of course walking through your home!
While you can change your floor plan in the future, remember you cannot change the location. With this in mind, do not make the mistake of falling in love with a floor plan and forgetting about the property and surroundings of your home. If you fall in love with the layout of a master bedroom in floor plan, but do not like how it looks out over the street in the model home – chances are, your home in your location will have a very different aesthetic, view and therefore feel different. Remember when choosing a floor plan; ensure the interiors will fit with your location.
One oversight homebuyers often make when looking at floor plans is over spending for the future, rather than planning for the present. You can always upgrade your home. From finishes and innovative additions to possibly adding area and amenities. Do not get oversold from a home selling agent or a developer's representative – only you know your budget. Plan for your budget now so you will feel comfortable living in your home and not feel "financially strained" each month to make payments on your home.
Do not make the mistake of keeping your floor plan decision making to yourself. If you are able to walk through physical models of homes before deciding on a floor plan, consider bringing your family along for the decision. It may help you see the reaction of your roommates, kids, significant other or others who will share the home with you. Being the "sole decision maker" can sometimes go wrong on you – instead have your family weigh in on the important decision of choosing the ideal floor plan for you all!


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Russian tycoon Deripaska: Next spring Russia will face 'sanctions from hell'
Thursday, July 23, 2020 10:00:00 AM
Russia may face a sharp tightening of U.S. sanctions in the spring of 2021, according to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.
If Donald Trump loses the election and Democrats, led by 77-year-old Joe Biden, come to power in Washington, "all previous sanctions will seem like a walk in the park to us," Deripaska, who has been on the U.S. Treasury Department's blacklist since 2018, told BFM radio.
According to the businessman, the so-called "sanctions from hell" - a package of tough measures against banks, the national debt and the Russian Central Bank, which was introduced twice in Congress and which has been voted down over and over again in the Republican-controlled Senate - will be introduced in the spring.
The DASKA (S.482, Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019), which Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Bob Menendez called "sanctions from hell," calls for banning foreign investors from investing in Russian government debt. Moreover, unlike the existing sanctions, not only new issues of foreign exchange securities, but also ruble debt and secondary market should fall under the restrictions.
Sanctions, according to the bill, should hit the Bank of Russia, which, similar to Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank and Rosselkhozbank, will be prohibited from attracting Western loans for more than 14 days.
The DASKA law provides for further tightening of the sanctions regime for the Russian banking system. Russian banks must be blacklisted for providing "financial or other support for Russian government interference in democratic elections" abroad. Their assets must be frozen in the United States and they must be banned from conducting any transactions.
De facto, this means disconnecting Russian banks from the ability to make settlements in dollars for which the bank needs to have a U.S. account. In addition, it is proposed to introduce restrictions against the Russian shipbuilding industry and the IT sector.
"These promised "sanctions from hell" are likely to be imposed in March and April. Therefore, the situation is quite alarming. We don't have much time," Deripaska warns, adding that it's time to "draw conclusions" from five years of sanctions.
"This is actually a well-prepared economic war, which is being carried out purposefully. We lose in it, if we call it economic sovereignty. Even in the last two years, since 2018, when specific sanctions against the energy sector were imposed, against a number of companies, we have done nothing," the businessman laments.
Russia has not created a government body to counter sanctions, Deripaska says: "So they [the West] have bodies that impose sanctions, monitor their execution, their toughness, the pain they cause, with their special services and all other organizations. And we don't have a single unit that is engaged in an organized struggle."
The situation in the Russian economy, according to the billionaire, is "obviously difficult." The internal crisis has been going on for six years, and the prerequisites for positive changes are not visible: 60% of the population earn less than 5,000 euros a year - three times less than the residents of Poland, and the announced plans to achieve economic growth by 2.5% - is nothing more than the preservation of the current state of the economy.
At the same time, Deripaska believes that Russia has a "good government" consisting of "literate people" and the president set "clear priorities". But without financial support the economic development plan "will lead to only a modest result."
So far, the industrial development fund is 30 billion rubles, while the creation of only a component base for mechanical engineering needs several trillion. The Russian Central Bank should provide financial resources for the economy, creating new capital, distributing it within the economy, the billionaire believes.
An example for the Russian Central Bank, in his opinion, could be the U.S. Federal Reserve and the trillions it injected into the market, which did not change the balance in the U.S. economy, but allowed to implement many programs and provided a fairly quick way out of the crisis.
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Bleach vs the Sixth Sense
"Bleach vs. the Sixth Sense" is a short animated cartoon that was created in two days that parodies two different entertainment genres. The Sixth Sense is a live action movie that tells the tale of a young boy, Cole, who can see and talk to dead people. In the movie Bruce Willis' character tries to help Cole through his dilemma but turns out to be a ghost unbeknown to himself.
Bleach is a popular Japanese cartoon and comic series that follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, who becomes a Soul Reaper that fights evils spirits and guides departed souls to the afterlife.
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Around Campus, Fall 2011
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Brian Knochenmus '00 Inspires Freshmen Class
SMSU freshmen heard keynote speaker Brian Knochenmus tell them to embrace the academic challenges they will face during Convocation 2011, held during Gold Rush Days in August.
Knochenmus is Vice President of Ralco Nutrition, Inc., a growing animal health and nutrition company based in Marshall. The 2000 SMSU alumnus has worked for the company in various capacities since 1992, and served as vice president since 2004. Since then, under the leadership of Brian and his father, company president Jon Knochenmus, Ralco has quadrupled both its sales, and jobs in the past seven years.
Knochenmus told the students that the importance of the liberal arts education they receive at SMSU will become increasingly apparent as they get older, and urged them to "learn how to learn."
"Knowledge is a basis for action," said Knochenmus, who went on to humorously, and earnestly, tell the students that they will learn so much, and change so much, in the next four years, and during that time, they will be responsible for making the right choices along the way.
Knochenmus grew up in Balaton, Minn., and attended Tracy High School. His grandparents, Bob and Lou Galbraith, started Ralco in 1971.
Knochenmus has embraced the technology of his business, and Ralco is a big supporter of SMSU and both its Agribusiness Management and Agronomy programs. "Agriculture is an important industry for this region," he said. "Within 40 years, we are going to have to produce twice the amount of food we do today to feed the population. Education is a big part of that."
Gold Rush Days, coordinated by the Office of Admission, are held each year to acclimate incoming freshmen to college life, both academically and socially. Activities are planned to help students to get to know the campus and their fellow classmates.
McFarland Library Dedicated
Former SMSU President Dr. David Danahar joked that the late D.C. "Pat" McFarland, Jr. would call him on occasion to give him advice or comment on a decision Danahar had made. "He was very direct, and I appreciated that," said Danahar during his remarks on June 27, when the university library was renamed the McFarland Library.
It is renamed to honor the memory of SMSU supporters Dorothy and Pat McFarland. McFarland died on March 31, 2010. The Marshall area property developer founded the McFarland Company in 1954, and he worked there until his passing at the age of 91.
He was a supporter of education and the arts in the Marshall area during his lifetime. McFarland gifted $2 million to the university in support of student scholarships and library resources upon his passing.
His two sisters, Ruth Byers Ahlstrom, Urbandale, Iowa, and Kathleen Brown, Chaska, Minn., were on hand for the ceremony.
"Pat and Dorothy were a special couple, they really devoted their lives to others and I know he'd be pleased with this honor," said Ahlstrom.
Danahar told several stories about his relationship with McFarland and would later say that he and the longtime businessman "became very good friends over the years."
The ceremony was held in front of the library entrance and drew university personnel and others from the region.
Results of MnSCU Study Released
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' (MnSCU) Higher Education Needs of Southwest Minnesota Study brought forth
several recommendations when it was released in early July.
The study was conducted by MGT of America, a higher education consulting firm, at the request of outgoing MnSCU Chancellor James H. McCormick. The study concludes that SMSU and Minnesota West Community and Technical College should collaborate on offering more applied academic programs to help attract and retain a skilled and educated workforce in the 19-county region. It stopped short of recommending that SMSU and Minnesota West align under one president, which has occurred elsewhere within the MnSCU system, but did note that an alignment of the two may be
appropriate at a later date.
The study was undertaken following the announcement of the retirement of former SMSU President Dr. David Danahar, who retired June 30. When a president retires, said McCormick, it is not uncommon for such a study to be undertaken, noting that given the economic times, efficiencies
can be found to save taxpayer money.
McCormick came to campus July 8 to discuss the study's findings. The study recommends that:
Baccalaureate programs be expanded beyond the Marshall campus to more locations in the region and the curriculum mix should gradually be rebalanced;
Participation and partnerships in economic develop initiatives, cultural and civic events be strengthened, and collaboration in specialty areas of research be encouraged by providing technical expertise;
SMSU move toward sharing operational and support functions with Minnesota West Community and Technical College, which has campuses in Jackson, Worthington, Pipestone, Canby and Granite Falls, and other system institutions.
SMSU interim President Dr. Ron Wood was previously president of MnWest for 10 years.


Special Needs Music Education Lessons: This is the next in our series of products for special education music class, also known as intervention class. This packet contains a variety of songs for learning the names of musical instruments and using them in class, called Instrument Time. Each Time has a set of cards to show the students, as well as manipulative cards for some of the different songs.
Also included is a sample lesson plan and PowerPoint for the full It's PlayTime Curriculum.


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White Grit is a small, scattered village beneath Corndon Hill in Powys, Wales, directly on the border with (and partly in) Shropshire. The nearby village of Priest Weston, despite being in England, actually lies to the west of White Grit. To the east is the A488 road. The nearest town is Bishop's Castle.

White Grit lies in the community of Church Stoke (the small parts in Shropshire are in the civil parishes of Chirbury with Brompton and Worthen with Shelve). Adjoining is a hamlet called The Marsh. There is a stone-built Methodist chapel in White Grit, no longer used as a place of worship, and a corrugated-iron chapel, both of which are marked on Ordnance Survey maps.

Etymology
A former mining village, it took its unusual name from the White Grit (or West Grit) Mine, lead having been mined intermittently in the area since mediaeval times. Its name is sometimes spelled "Gritt" with two letter "t"s.

Whetstones
A stone circle known as the Whetstones was located to the west of the village, but it was largely destroyed in the 19th century.

Mining at White Grit

 Location - 1 mile south west of Shelve village (NGR SO326981)
 Minerals - Barytes, Calcite, Lead and Zinc
 Working Life - Known working life: Roman - 1935

History
This mine was originally worked as a single sett but it was split into two separate entities for a period, viz
 East Grit (also known as Old Grit)
 White Grit (also known as West Grit Mine).
Although a Roman pig of lead was found here in 1767, there is no other evidence of Roman working but references indicate that mining was being carried out in medieval times. Henry II laid down conditions governing the mining of lead in the Forest of Stiperstones and it is believed that the Grit Mine was working at this time. In 1181, Hugh Pantulf, High Sheriff of Shropshire accepted £55 from the King's lead mines at Shelve and Madoc ap Einion took out a five year lease on a Shelve lead mine at a cost of 40 marks. In 1182, a church in Amesbury, Gloucester paid 10 guineas for 34 loads of lead and had similar amounts again in 1184. Working since that time would have been intermittent and relatively shallow.

In 1760, John Lawrence created the Whitegritt Mining Company with some partners and took on the lease of Grit and Ladywell Mines. On 18 January 1783, Lawrence contacted Boulton & Watt on behalf of the Company and asked for the approximate costs of erecting an engine at the mine to lift water 60 yards up 13" diameter pipes. He also asked for an estimate of the daily coal consumption for such an engine. The shaft was stated to be only 12 yards below adit level (22 yards total depth) and it was proposed to use the engine to sink 60 yards. James Watt replied that the engine could either be a 371/2" at a cost of about £1,100 or, if the pumps were smaller, a 30" at a cost of about £900. His letter gave details of coal consumption and the premium to be paid to the partnership for use of their invention, i.e.

 Coal consumption @ 10 strokes/min = 136 lbs/hour
 Consumption of a Newcomen steam engine to give the same duty being about 3 times as much = 408 lbs/hour
 Saving by difference = 272 lbs/hour
 Premium due to Boulton & Watt = 272/3 = 90 lbs/hour = (90 x 24 x 365)/2240 tons/year = 391 tons/year
 At the then price of coal premium = £90 per year.

In February, Mr Joshua Blakeway, another of the mine adventurers, wrote to James Watt to say that they had discussed the engine and were apprehensive about the length of the stroke. They did not think that 6 ft was adequate and thought that 8 ft would suit them better. Watt was asked to give his opinion on such an engine, which was to be similar in all respects to the 30" erected at Bog Mine shortly before. They expected "1/4 more execution" from the engine due to the longer stroke and stated that the engine would not be expected to exceed 120 gallons per minute at first, although this would be increased with depth. Coal for the boilers would be of the best and largest, coming from one of the neighbouring collieries. The mine at that time was coping with water by using 2 horses, 6 hours at a time, to work a horse gin. The water was drawn in a 72-gallon barrel, which usually "lacked only 5 or 6 gallons", but at the time of writing the horses were having difficulty in keeping up with the water.

The sale was eventually approved and a long legal agreement drawn up between the two parties. There was also a short agreement covering the annual premium, viz "27th March 1783 Memorandum that Joshua Blakeway Esquire, John Lawrence Miner and Thomas Lloyd Anwyl, Gentleman, on behalf of themselves and the rest of a Company called and known by the Name and Description of the Whitegritt Company and Messrs Watt and Boulton Engineers agree as follows:

The said Messrs Watt and Boulton grant a license to the said company to erect a steam engine at the Whitegrit Mine with a cylinder of 30" in diameter which will effectively and properly work a pump of 101/2" in diameter, eight foot stroke and eight strokes/minute, to raise the water 60 yards and to consume only 136 lbs of coal per hour. The said company paying them the said Messrs Watt and Boulton £90 per year and that if the said engine shall by any accident that may happen thereto stand and not be worked for one month or more at any time they the said Messrs Watt and Boulton shall and will make to the said company an allowance of the above-mentioned sum or premium of £90 per year proportional to such space of time exceeding 30 days as the said engine shall stand without working at each such time of stopping. And they the said engineers also agree to send a proper person to the said mines to assist in putting the said engine together, the said company paying such person £1 6s 0d per week whilst he is employed by the said company. And they the said Joshua Blakeway, John Lawrence and Thomas Lloyd Anwyl on behalf of themselves and the rest of the said company agree to pay to the said Messrs Watt and Boulton for the considerations and subject to the allowances aforesaid the said sum or premium of £90 per year and also to the beforementioned proper person apportion the said sum of £1 6s 0d per week. In witness whereof the said parties have here unto signed their names the Day and Year above written.
Witness Signed ..........John Scrymster

Boulton & Watt contracted out the manufacture of the cylinder to Bersham Foundry and sent a man named Law to supervise the erection of the engine. The job did not go smoothly, however, due to delays in delivery of essential parts and Lawrence complained about the financial loss to the company. On April 10, however, Lawrence wrote to Watt to inform him "that evening at about four o'clock we put the engine to work and mean to continue working it for some time". The former hoped that this would be for at least 3 months. In December, a further letter confirmed that the engine "goes very prosperously being steam and air tight but that the boiler is very bad". Watt was asked for his advice on a new boiler, it being proposed to use a round one, similar to the original, but with a tube through it.

In June 1785, Grit Mine was said to be worked out and so the engine was stopped. By the end of the year, the company offered to sell the engine to a mine at Logelas in Cardiganshire or anyone else that Boulton & Watt cared to recommend after a valuation. Lawrence confirmed that he would run the engine "in 10 or 12 days time to wash out the pumps". It was dismantled in May 1786 and taken to Shrewsbury, where it was last heard of on the quay awaiting transport to Popham & Partners. The site of this engine is now believed to be on what is known as Old Grit Shaft. The shaft is still open here but only two walls of the engine house are still standing. An engraving of the engine as envisaged by the Boulton & Watt draughtsmen in 1783 indicates that the building was tall and graceful.

The mine was acquired by Messrs Lewis & Phillips in 1825 and, despite several lawsuits being taken out by Lawrence the previous lessee, much development took place. It was during this period that several shafts were sunk, including New Engine and White Grit Shafts, an engine house being erected at the latter. White Grit Shaft has now collapsed and the engine house has suffered badly over the years, leaving only the lever wall and parts of two others standing to the west of the road.

Lewis & Phillips gave up the lease in 1848 and the sett was worked separately as East Grit and White Grit until 1860. In 1862, John Taylor & Company acquired the lease and drove exploratory levels from the old White Grit Shaft. His main effort was at East Grit, however, and he erected an engine on New Engine Shaft. This was undoubtedly used for both winding and pumping but no details are known about the engine. The most striking feature is the large slot in the north wall which housed the flywheel, the axle of which was inside the building. The pit on the east side housed the winding drum and the cylinder was mounted on the raised foundation in the centre of the building. New Engine Shaft has now collapsed and the lever wall of the engine house has fallen.

There are a number of other shafts on the sett and one of these to the south west is called Flat Rod Shaft. This seems to indicate that the shaft had pumps operated by flat rods from one of the engine houses, possibly the one at New Engine Shaft. There is another building at the mine which is worthy of examination and this is the small round powder house to the east of the road. It consists of two concentric circular stone walls with a roof which enclosed the whole. The outer wall has a door and the inner wall a serving hatch, allowing for one way movement of miners collecting explosives. The building is in an advanced state of decay and the drawing is a reconstruction. Although a pointed roof is shown, it is possible that it had a flat sloping roof.

Surface Remains
White (or West) Grit Engine Shaft is situated at the junction of the A488 with the road to Priest Weston. The shaft, which was sunk on the intersection of the Rider and Dingle Veins, is completely blocked but a reasonable amount of the engine house still remains. The tips have been completely removed for roadstone. The arched drainage level is in the wood to the south, it is almost silted up but still issuing water. There is a line of air shafts heading north-east, mostly collapsed. One is open and is 3 ft diameter with ginging, blocked at 10 ft depth. Another just to the east of the road has been filled but this is slipping.

Rider Vein can be followed east from White Grit towards the trees on the hilltop. Three blocked shafts without names are encountered before Blue Pit, situated in a large spoil tip. On the way up, the unique circular magazine is passed on the right. Blue Pit is filled but the vein can be followed further up the hill, past some opencast workings and a collapsed shaft, to Rider Shaft on the other side of the fence. This small square shaft is open and is situated in a large spoil tip, which bears a circular depression which may mark the position of a horse gin. Rider Shaft has been measured in the past as 200 ft to water, which suggests that Wood Level is backed up (calculated depth is 230 ft below Rider Shaft collar). It was descended in 1994 to a blockage (including a dead cow) at 130 ft. At 100 ft there is a level off the shaft but this has collapsed after 5 ft.

A short distance to the south is another unnamed shaft, now blocked, and a few yards to the north is an open stopehead. The latter was descended for 30 ft in 1994 into an excavated vein. There is a squeeze into Rider Shaft and workings heading west for 40 ft to a collapse. From Rider Shaft, the line of the vein can be followed to the remains of Old Grit engine house. The pumping shaft here is open but flooded a short distance down. The three other shafts in the area, including Foxhole Air Shaft to the north-west and Bye Pit to the south-west, are blocked. Excavation of the tips at Old Grit has revealed that they consist largely of boiler ash.

South-west of Old Grit there are dressing floors and the winding engine house of New Engine (or East Grit) Shaft. This led to workings on Engine Vein, which intersects Rider Vein at Rider Shaft, but the shaft is completely filled. The engine house is similar to the one at Ladywell in that the rear wall contains a slot, presumably for a flywheel to drive winding or dressing machinery. Near this are the remains of ore bins. The track from here can be followed back to the A488, near which it crosses over Dingle or Squilver Vein.

On the south side of the track, Dingle Shaft is completely blocked, though a large stream sinks in this area. Footway Shaft, just to the north of the track, is also blocked. On the brow of the hill, Hampsons Shaft is filled but Flat Rod Shaft is open to a rubbish infill at 60 ft. The next shaft encountered is Stone Shaft, now blocked, followed by an area of gruffy ground in which Gardens Shaft and Old Shaft are located. The last shaft, Gough's Shaft, is by the side of the road and is blocked.

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There has been a lot of social media chatter about the recent controversy surrounding the infamous star(s) of the Duck Dynasty franchise. Apparently, one of the main characters, Phil Robertson made some disparaging remarks in a GQ Magazine interview regarding his views on homosexuality and Jim Crow era race relations. As a result, Mr. Robertson was relieved of his contractual obligations with the A & E television network. Not soon after, every realm of social media became abuzz with outrage; many calling for his head, and others exclaiming constitutional free speech violations. Understandably so, the show has an enormous following, boasting the highest reality show ratings in A&E history with over 11.8 million viewers.
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BELCHING CLOUDS of acrid smoke, the train for Patna puffs out of Gaya station at 5.05 pm, almost an hour late. A young Bengali couple in a second class compartment struggle to control their two excited small boys while the other passengers settle down to the pleasant ritual of introductions.
'And what is your occupation?' asks Mr Mishra, a retired civil servant.
'I'm a school teacher. I teach History and Geography in a small town in South Australia,' says Helen.
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A screech of steel on steel cuts off conversation and the train shudders to an abrupt halt.
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'Is it relief work?' asks Helen.
'Achha, and what is it that you organise?' asks Mr Mishra.
'Well,' says Gangadevi slowly, 'I am a kind of friend or consultant of the village people. I help them organise themselves. We hold meetings where they discuss why they are poor and what to do ...' Noticing the suggestion of a frown on Mr Mishra's face, she breaks oft'.
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When I was sixteen I rebelled against the restrictions of my conservative family, left the so-called security of home and started a small printing press. A friend involved in a left' wing political party later introduced me to Marxist literature, and of course the idea of class equality appealed very much to me. But it could not solve my more immediate problems as a woman. Exposure to the treacherous male world made me deeply conscious of woman s extreme vulnerability in our society. Talking with my left-wing friend, I hesitantly raised the question of forming a separate women's group, but he dismissed the idea as bourgeois feminism. 'Revolution,' he insisted, 'will solve your problems.' I was very hurt, and that was the parting of our ways.
Along with other women, I have since helped to start a women's group, the Mahila Mokti Manch, or 'Forum for the Liberation of Women', in Patna. We have done this because we realise that our individual weakness as women is due to our lack of collective strength.
The message has spread and new activists are still coming forward.
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Kiran Shaheen is a journalist and community organiser in Patna.
'Stop the Franklin Dam' was a campaign that burst into life in Tasmania, spread across Australia and eventually reverberated around the world. In 1983 success was finally achieved when the new Labour government cancelled plans for the dam.
The key to that success was the campaigners' belief that they were going to win.
'I work on the recognition that optimism breeds optimism,' says Bob Jones, who was then Director of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society. He and a small group of people were increasingly concerned about Australia's vanishing wilderness. And when plans for the dam were released in 1980 they knew they would have to alert the public if this was not to be another ecological disaster.
'We had to explain that the area need not be lost.' The wildlife and the fauna could be saved if everyone acted together.
The campaigners were also heartened by the community surveys and opinion polls they carried out.
But they also had to make sure that they were supplying good information back to the people.
'Democracy,' says Jones, 'cannot function if people are not informed. And the job of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society throughout the campaign was to take information into the public arena.
To do this they also had to persuade some officials to lend a hand, 'We had to get the support of people within Government and the Hydroelectric Commission who were prepared to leak documents and who felt that this was the responsible thing to do.
'We expanded right round Australia, People took the area right into their hearts as part of the national heritage.


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Director General of EUROCONTROL visited BHDCA
On Thursday 31st January 2013, Director General of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation - EUROCONTROL, Mr. Frank Brenner met with the BH DCA Director General Mr. Djordje Ratkovica, they talked about the activities EUROCONTROL will conduct in the upcoming period and finalization of the BH Air Traffic Management (BH ATM)
implemented by the BH DCA.
The BH DCA Director General emphasized that EUROCONTROL actively participated in the implementation of the BH ATM Project, which is in its final stage.
"BHDCA, as the Project leader, has taken all necessary measures to make the system operational and functional. That includes building and reconstruction of facilities, procurement, equipment installation and testing, training the staff and transformation of air institutions in BH, i.e. forming an agency to provide BiH Air Navigation Services (BH ANSA)", said Ratkovica.
He said it remains for the BH ANSA to be established in sense of institutions and staff, i.e. for the employees from BH DCA and the entity directorates to move to the agency and for BH ANSA, in collaboration with service providers from other countries, to realize a Global Transition Plan to begin gradual takeover of the air space of BH in 2013.
Although, Frank Brenner became Director General of EUROCONTROL on 1 January 2013, he emphasized that BH ATM Project is very familiar to him. He said that EUROCONTROL will continue to support the developement of the BH ATM system, and that the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina is very important to the airspaces in Europe.
"The Member States of EUROCONTROL, 39 states, has our support and we will continue to monitor how the BH ATM system integrates into the European flows", said Brenner and add that it is in the interest of EUROCONTROL that air traffic over Europe is running smoothly.


Lan Ark in the Spring: The pan de sal Girl is a crime-thriller, written by the author H. Valencia. The conservative town of Lan Ark was the last place one would expect a fifteen year old, from the "old part of town", to be murdered. When a group of her classmates are arrested, the District Attorney's office as well as the general public are all but convinced of their guilt. In this twisting tale, Kyle Makoa, a middling attorney at a middling law firm, and his mysterious investigator Benjamin Serrano suspect that the authorities have made a mistake.
As the first day of the trial nears, the state of affairs is further complicated by a sequence of peculiar happenings. Within the next few weeks there is a precarious relationship between the defense attorney and Reena Escueta (the victim's mother), an attack by a naughty ungoy, a hunger strike from within an all-female Juvenile Detention Center, a series of coded messages, a string of malevolent spells cast by practitioners of an ancient form of sorcery known as dark kulam, and more. In a town where very little is as it seems, will the truth of a young girl's murder be revealed?


I love mimosas, they're the perfect drink when you want a beverage that's light. This recipe from What's Gabby Cooking? is perfect for your next brunch or bridal shower. This recipe called for using blood oranges, but we had some issues finding blood oranges (which has been all figured out for next time, they're at my grocery store and not at Becky's) so we used Cara Cara oranges instead, which also have pink flesh, like a grapefruit.
Juice your oranges, there should be several tablespoons worth of juice.
Garnish with slices of Cara Cara oranges.
I really wish that we had been able to find blood oranges, but the pink flesh of the Cara Cara oranges was really pretty with the pink champagne. It was a nice twist on a traditional mimosa.


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Giving up the car keys
AAA offers driving workshop
By D. Anthony Botkin - abotkin@aimmedianetwork.com
Losing driving privileges as a teen is simply a bummer. Losing driving privileges as an mature adult is frightening.
"We're trying to keep our mature drivers driving for as long as possible and as safely as possible," said Kimberly Schwind, AAA spokesperson. "AAA has done studies and found there are dramatic effects when you take away somebody's keys."
Schwind said when somebody loses their ability to be mobile and independent they could slip into depression.
SourcePoint hosted an AAA mature driver workshop Thursday to help educate seniors about staying safe behind the wheel.
Seniors began the seminar in the SourcePoint parking lot getting fitted properly at the right distance and height behind the wheel of a vehicle. Inside they had a chance to check their braking reaction times with an electronic device provided by AAA.
"As we age our reaction time slows," Schwind said. "You need to give yourself a little more following distance on the roadway so there is more time to react."
Schwind said AAA has conducted the workshop for many years. In the past she said the workshops were several hours long and included lunch. She said the small group format Thursday at SourcePoint was a first.
"We thought it would be fun to have smaller groups that rotate every 15 minutes between stations," Schwind said. "It's more hands on, a one-on-one conversation with the smaller groups where people are more likely to ask questions."
Schwind said people seem to get more out of the workshop with the smaller groups.
Thirty people registered for the seminar which Schwind said was pretty typical. She said about 25 did show up but the rain must of some away.
"It's like when you plan for your retirement from work," Schwind said. "This is planning for your retirement from driving when you have to give up the keys."
Chris Davis said she attended the workshop because she thought it was a wonderful idea. She said the one takeaway she was looking for was, "I want to make sure I'm still safe to be on the road."
Davis said she was also looking for insights for her 78-year-old mother's safety as well.
One other option for mature adults is to ride public transportation.
"We're a good option for those seniors who can no longer drive themselves," said Ginny Berry, Delaware Area Transit Agency marketing and community relations director. "Bus routes have recently changed. We've added a lot more stops in the Polaris area and we've added more stops in Delaware in the industrial park."
"They can go on Saturdays to go shopping on our Green Route," she said. "We've never had a Green Route; it's new and exciting."
Berry said SourePoint has partnered with DATA Bus sponsoring eight trips a month at $4 each way to go anywhere in Delaware County. She said two of the trips can be outside the county if needed.
"We go out of county for medical facilities," Berry said. "It's important to seniors who can't drive anymore."
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The Pivot Away From Baseload Power Is Coming With Unacceptable Costs
Via Inside Sources:
There is an electricity reliability and affordability crisis unfolding in the United States. Rolling blackouts in California are the latest, alarming warning of its widespread arrival.
Even before Californians found themselves facing the colossal challenge of a new round of devastating forest fires, they have been dealing for weeks with what some are calling "greenouts," or blackouts largely caused by the state's headlong rush toward intermittent wind and solar power and pivot away from on-demand, baseload generation.
This pivot has not only meant rising electricity prices, but it has now left the state's grid stunningly ill-prepared to handle adverse operating conditions, like those faced during a recent heatwave. In short, California, through its own energy policy, has undermined the reliability of its power grid.
A third of the state's power is now coming from renewable sources of electricity and that reliance on weather-dependent generation is creating predictable but immensely challenging problems.
When electricity demand peaks each afternoon, with air conditioners running full blast, solar generation is disappearing as the sun sets. Wind generation has faced its own challenges with the wind dying at key moments, leaving a grid already stretched to its limits without critically needed capacity.
As Frank Wolak, a Stanford University economics professor who specializes in energy markets, explained: "We have a much more risky supply of energy now because the sun doesn't always shine when we want and the wind doesn't always blow when we want. We need more tools to manage that risk. We need more insurance against the supply shortfalls."
California's blackouts and the state's rising electricity prices — they jumped 25 percent between 2013 and 2018 and are now 50 percent more than the national average — could be a preview of what's coming to much of the country should the integration of renewable power not be handled with more care.
Managing that risk means better valuing an all-of-the-above energy mix that includes baseload coal generation, which remains a bulwark of the grid in many states.
California's costly missteps need not be repeated. Rather than mandating a more expensive and less reliable supply of power, states, utilities and regulators across the country need to take a second look at the viability and cost of their energy plans.
Duke Energy in North Carolina, for example, recently warned policymakers that trying to meet the governor's ambitious emissions-reduction goals, which would mean the early retirement of well-operating baseload power plants, could cost consumers an additional $50 or more per month.
While emissions reduction must be a priority, and renewable energy should play an increasingly important role in the nation's energy future, rolling blackouts and rising electricity rates are not acceptable. They certainly are not what Americans tell us they want. In fact, in recent national polling more than 85 percent of Americans expressed concern about rising electricity prices.
The pandemic has only exacerbated long-standing worries about energy affordability. The Department of Energy reported that in 2015 nearly one in three U.S. households struggled paying energy bills. Over the past six immensely challenging months that percentage has surely grown.
Now is hardly the moment to be cavalier about the challenges and costs of pivoting away from baseload power to intermittent generation. Missteps — like those unfolding in California — come with real costs borne by real people, often those least able to shoulder them.
Affordability and reliability must be prioritized, especially in the wake of the economic turmoil sowed by the pandemic.
Now is the moment to exercise some well-founded caution and return balance to energy policymaking.
U.S. Labor Secretary Tours W.Va. Mine
The Urgency Continues to Build for U.S. Leadership on CCUS


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Fota announces breakaway championship
By Pete Wadsworth•June 19, 2009•In Automotive•3 Minutes
The Formula One Teams Association, after months of wrangling with the FIA, has announced that it plans to form a breakaway series for the 2010 season.
The decision by Brawn GP, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Toyota, BMW, Red Bull and Toro Rosso to leave the official Formula 1 World Championship follows the failure by the teams and the FIA to reach an agreement over the budget restrictions that had been proposed by the governing body.
Fota has said that the new series will, 'have transparent governance, one set of regulations, encourage more entrants and listen to the wishes of the fans, including offering lower prices for spectators worldwide, partners and other important stakeholders', adding, 'The major drivers, stars, brands, sponsors, promoters and companies historically associated with the highest level of motorsport will all feature in this new series.'
The rest of Fota's statement:
'Since the formation of Fota last September the teams have worked together and sought to engage the FIA and commercial rights holder (Bernie Ecclestone), to develop and improve the sport,"
'Unprecedented worldwide financial turmoil has inevitably placed great challenges before the F1 community.
"Fota is proud that it has achieved the most substantial measures to reduce costs in the history of our sport.
'In particular, the manufacturer teams have provided assistance to the independent teams, a number of which would probably not be in the sport today without the Fota initiatives.
'The Fota teams have further agreed upon a substantial voluntary cost reduction that provides a sustainable model for the future.
'Following these efforts, all the teams have confirmed to the FIA and the commercial rights holder that they are willing to commit until the end of 2012.
'The FIA and the commercial rights holder have campaigned to divide Fota.
'The wishes of the majority of the teams are ignored. Furthermore, tens of millions of dollars have been withheld from many teams by the commercial rights holder, going back as far as 2006.
'Despite this, and the uncompromising environment, Fota has genuinely sought compromise.
'It has become clear, however, the teams cannot continue to compromise on the fundamental values of the sport and have declined to alter their original conditional entries to the 2010 world championship."
Pete Wadsworth
Pete has worked as a journalist in several motoring publications over the past 6 years - he initially specialised in motorsport, working for the likes of crash.net and Motor Sports Now. He then moved into news and feature writing as News Editor for Drivers Republic.
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Translation Software: a Jack of all Tongues, but Master of None?
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What do advances in translation software mean for translators, teachers, students and those thinking about enrolling in Spanish classes?
Universal translation devices, from the babel fish in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Star Trek's universal translator, have long been the dream of science-fiction writers. Now Microsoft is attempting to make that dream a reality, with its own Star Trek inspired translation service.
The translator was able to recognise to German speech and translate it into English in real-time at a Microsoft demo. The company says that the service will be available on Skype for Windows 8 users by the end of 2014. But language experts have pointed out that whilst the service is an interesting step in the right direction, it still falls short when compared to a person who can speak two languages.
What will be lost in translation?
Ever since Google Translate was launched in 2006, there has been speculation that the need for linguists would diminish. However, even in the pre-launch demo the translator software made a handful of mistakes, and that is without accounting for many natural aspects of everyday conversations including humour, false starts and regional accents.
Professional translators are yet to be convinced that Microsoft's latest offering has any meaningful implications for the translation industry. Klaus Marre, a translator based in Germany, explains that "the texts that translators are most often asked to translate are technical documents or things that need to be notarised. No software has come even close to being able to correctly translate at that level. The current programs might be able to convey the overall meaning, but that's about it. Machine software could be compared to somebody who learned a language in high school for a few years, but those are not the people asked to do professional translations."
Currently there are two popular ways that technology has influenced the industry: machine translation, which only uses software, and computer-assisted translation, where software is used to help a translator carry out tasks more quickly and efficiently.
According to translators, machine translation is fine if you want to get the gist of a sentence, but completely insufficient if you want to produce a professional document or have something published. Where computer-assisted translation is used, the translator is still vital as an editor who ensures that the author's original intent has not been lost by the machine.
Another reason that translators are not fearing for their jobs is the sheer scale of demand. There is so much text that needs to be translated, and so much more being created all the time, that neither machine nor human translators will ever get to the bottom of it at the current rate. A good translator will never be out of a job.
Machines won't take the place of human linguists any time soon.
Machine translation will never be as good as learning a foreign language for yourself. Not only is the technology far from adequate, but there are also cultural concepts which sometimes have no direct translation. When you learn another language, you also start to understand the cultural values associated with that language.
Take the Spanish word sobremesa (literally on table) which refers to the time spent after eating, talking to the people that you shared the meal with. Not only does the concept have no direct English translation, but it also shows the importance of reinforcing social bonds over food in Spanish culture.
Language is constantly changing and evolving to reflect shifts in society itself. This means that machine translators are hard-pressed to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in language usage. In reality, we are closer to other sci-fi tropes, such as robots and spaceships, than we are to a universal translator. In the meantime, there's no excuse to let your Spanish lessons slide!
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2014. First US edition. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
How does your garden grow? Book-loving Lola is inspired by a collection of garden poems that she reads with her mommy. She wants to plant her own garden of beautiful flowers, so she and Mommy go to the library to check out books about gardening. They choose their flowers and buy their seeds. They dig and plant. And then they wait. Lola finds it hard to wait for her flowers to grow, but she spends the time creating her own flower book. Soon she has a garden full of sunflowers and invites all of her friends for cakes and punch and a story amongst the flowers. Lola is a beloved character that continues to shine for young readers. Her curiosity and love of books is infectious. Parents and children love sharing Lola's stories. Rosalind Beardshaw's beautiful illustrations highlight Lola's close-knit family and how they use stories and books to interact with their world. Lola's brightly colored and growing garden is the perfect surrounding for this bright little girl.


Notifications from PP appear, among other places, in the top right corner of the service and as an email. After reading the notification in the email, the service will still show that you have an unread notification, even though it was read in the email.
It would be convenient if reading the notification in the email would mark the notification as read in the service.
This is such a great idea! Frequently I read notifications in email, and if it is just an FYI with no action needed by me - I don't then go into Projectplace. Then later when I do, I have to reprocess the notifications, or just mark them all as read and hope I haven't missed something! Alternatively, I sometimes just delete all the emails, and process within Projectplace. But it is a pain when I have read the email, and then still have that notification marked as unread in PP.