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Tkachuk scores late, Gaudreau in OT as Flames beat Sabres
Matthew Tkachuk scored with 55.3 seconds left in the third period, Johnny Gaudreau followed with an overtime goal and the Calgary Flames rallied past the Buffalo Sabres 2-1
Tkachuk scores late, Gaudreau in OT as Flames beat Sabres Matthew Tkachuk scored with 55.3 seconds left in the third period, Johnny Gaudreau followed with an overtime goal and the Calgary Flames rallied past the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2018/10/30/tkachuk-scores-late-gaudreau-in-ot-as-flames-beat-sabres/38337685/
AP Published 10:18 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2018 | Updated 11:34 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2018
Buffalo Sabres goalie Carter Hutton (40) stops a tipped shot from Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk (19) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)(Photo: The Associated Press)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau's magic touch has the Calgary Flames pointed back in the right direction.
One day after setting up the winning goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Gaudreau scored 2:40 into overtime to lead the Flames to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
He did it in style, too. After Matthew Tkachuk scored with 55.3 seconds in the third period, Gaudreau and Mark Giordano completed a pretty give-and-go that left Gaudreau alone with an open net.
"You enjoy it," Calgary coach Bill Peters said of Gaudreau, his leading scorer. "I've been on the other side of it, obviously, I've seen him in the league long enough. I just like the way he goes about it. He's a passionate player and gets rewarded for his effort."
The Flames (7-5-1) have bounced back with impressive back-to-back wins on the road after a homestand to forget. Calgary lost 9-1 to Pittsburgh on Thursday before a 4-3 overtime loss to Washington on Saturday.
"We're getting where we want to be," Giordano said. "Tonight was solid again, I didn't think we gave up much. We're getting to where we know what to expect out of each other defensively and we're not cheating offense and that's resulting in wins."
Down 1-0, the Flames took charge in the third, controlling the flow of play and outshooting Buffalo 5-1. They pulled goaltender David Rittich with more than two minutes remaining, which set up Tkachuk's equalizer. Tkachuk tipped a hard shot from Elias Lindholm that was also deflected by Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and then again off the ice.
The Sabres (6-4-2) were left frustrated after spoiling a terrific effort by goalie Carter Hutton. Hutton made 36 saves and was outstanding throughout the game.
"I just feel bad for him," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "He's really given us some really good, solid goaltending and he's been asked to stand on his head and that's unfortunate. ... He was our best player once again. He gave us a chance to win."
Eichel put the Sabres on the board first with a power-play goal with 3:30 left in the first period. The Sabres captain ripped a one-timer from the left circle into the top of the net, ending an eight-game goal drought.
"We didn't play well," Eichel said. "Obviously, they outplayed us and we didn't deserve to win that game."
The Flames appeared to even the score at the start of the second period but officials ruled that a whistle blew before the puck went into the net. After a highlight-reel stick save by Hutton prevented Lindholm's shot from crossing the goal line, the puck went into the net on a second opportunity — but officials had already blown the whistle. A replay review upheld the decision.
"I liked the composure on the bench," Peters said of the disallowed goal. "Had a little adversity there and then moved on."
Rittich made 28 saves for the Flames.
The Sabres have points in five straight games (3-0-2) for the first time since a nine-game point streak in 2012.
NOTES: This was the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The second takes place in Calgary on Jan. 16. ... D Jake McCabe, C Evan Rodrigues and LW Remi Elie were scratched for the Sabres. D Dalton Prout, Michael Stone and C Austin Czarnik were scratched for the Flames.
Flames: Return home to play Colorado on Thursday night.
Sabres: Go on the road for a home-and-home series against Ottawa that begins on Thursday night.


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The Grammy awards show us the spiritual darkness growing in our world. The Gospel provides us answers for how to respond. The elderly can see with the eyes of faith. We need them to share with others the Jesus they have seen. Like Mary and Joseph, the young receive the Light of the World and have to be willing to sacrifice to protect the light. Here at Mass God comes to visit His people, and through the Eucharist enters the Temple of your body. He invites us to join Him in offering our lives as a perfect sacrifice of love to the Father.


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FEMA Funding 101 Navigating Rough Seas of Federal Disaster Assistance
By Keith Loria 2013 July Finance
When Superstorm Sandy hit the New England states last fall, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was quick to offer federal disaster assistance to the states affected to supplement the local recovery efforts that arose in the storm's wake.
For example, in the aftermath of Sandy, 12,380 Connecticut residents filed claims with FEMA and over $50 million in aid was approved for disaster relief. In Massachusetts, six counties in the Commonwealth were eligible for federal aid and several counties in Rhode Island also applied for disaster assistance as well. In January, FEMA officials said $6 million had been paid on 1,020 claims made in Rhode Island; it was unclear how many more claims remained to be processed or how much more disaster relief was being sought in the state.
But hurricanes aren't the only disaster that FEMA funds can help. Tornadoes, floods and even hailstorms can cause enough damage that brings the federal funding into play.
The state of Maine was recently awarded funds by FEMA to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and flooding of February 8 to 9. Similarly, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire were all designated as disaster areas for the same storm and some federal funding was also available for emergency work.
Daniel T. Vindigni, assistant town manager and director of emergency management for the town of Enfield, Connecticut, explains that disaster assistance is financial or direct assistance to individuals and families whose property has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a federally-declared disaster, and whose losses are not covered by insurance. It is meant to help you with critical expenses that cannot be covered in other ways.
For those who live in condos or homeowner associations, in most cases the types of assistance that FEMA could provide are not necessarily related to costs associated with repairing damages to infrastructure. The program more than likely only applies to individual condo owners and making repairs to the insides of their own units.
According to Scott MacLeod, disaster recovery manager for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), FEMA has a number of different disaster assistance programs it can turn on if certain thresholds are met.
"Part of FEMA's role in that process is to work with local communities as well as impacted residents and businesses to evaluate immediately following a disaster event whether or not those thresholds have the potential to be exceeded to ask FEMA to declare what is called a Major Disaster Declaration," MacLeod says. "What that means is the President acknowledges and recognizes the ability for the state and the local communities, and in some cases residents and businesses to recover from that event are beyond the capabilities of the states and locals and the FEMA programs can help supplement in the recovery efforts."
One of those disaster assistance programs that may be turned on is what FEMA calls its Individual Assistance Program (IA), geared towards impacted residential structures like condos that may have been impacted by the event.
"That event could be a flood, tornado or any type of natural hazard," he says. "With FEMA's Individual Assistance program, it is not intended to make homeowners whole. It's not geared towards completely rebuilding a structure that may have been destroyed or completely damaged during the event, it is geared towards meeting the basic needs of those who are impacted."
The idea of the funds is to ensure the home or business is safe, sanitary and livable. Therefore, FEMA's grant programs are really limited to replacing hot water heaters, replacing a washer and dryer if flooded and those sorts of things.
In a lot of cases, the first questions FEMA will ask before releasing help through its individual assistance program deal with insurance.
"The message we try to push is insurance; both homeowners' insurance and national flood insurance," MacLeod says. "This is what most folks need to be focused on. They need to make sure they have adequate insurance coverage before an event happens."
Bill Jackson, business development manager at J.P. Maguire Associates in Waterbury, Connecticut, which handles disaster restoration for fire and water damage, has worked on a number of condos and HOAs that have experienced natural disasters.
But his company doesn't work with funds from FEMA; it relies on condos having the proper insurance to cover the repair costs.
"We're working on a condo right now in Milford that was damaged by flooding due to some of the recent storms in the area," Jackson says. "We do mitigation work on property damage caused by tornadoes, heavy wind, trees falling down. FEMA doesn't cover things like this in most places so you need to have insurance and call in a company like ours."
Help is Out There
One other federal disaster assistance program that may be available for condo owners and homeowner associations may come in the form of low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA). This can work hand-in-hand with FEMA's individual assistance program to cover what's not protected under insurance.
Many people believe that the SBA only helps businesses, but in fact, it has a number of programs for individual homeowners, condo residents and condo associations, and that includes impact from natural disasters as well.
While FEMA's help comes in the form of a grant, meaning there is no requirement to be paid back, a SBA loan will need to be repaid.
"They are very low, over an extended period of time, so they are much lower than what you would get at a bank or other potential sources," MacLeod says. "In a lot of cases, their programs can be utilized for homeowners to replace content that may have been damaged and also making improvements to structures that may have been damaged."
Physical Presence
Aside from giving individuals money, FEMA does enact larger programs depending onn what the situation calls for.
"Depending on the scope and the magnitude of the disaster, it will determine what programs and services FEMA can provide," MacLeod says. "In a lot of cases, FEMA may also be able to supply supplemental housing assistance that can come in the form of rental assistance, helping to find a temporary place to live. It might be more cost effective to bring in trailers rather than finding adequate housing, especially if so many people are impacted by a natural hazard event."
When Disaster Hits
At the state level, in Massachusetts, for example, the role of MEMA is to coordinate with FEMA when something happens. Some recent events where FEMA was contacted include the blizzard from early February and of course, coastal storm Sandy.
"Our role is to coordinate with local officials, who in turn will coordinate with local residents to help us get preliminary estimates of damages," MacLeod says. "That will capture both damages to public infrastructure (roads, bridges, buildings), as well as impact to residences and businesses, like a condo building that was flooded."
Once the information from all the communities is gathered, it's evaluated against the thresholds for the federal disaster programs, and a decision is made on whether to bring in FEMA for more assessment, evaluation and quantification of the damage. The governor will make the final call on whether it is warranted.
It is not a fast process in some cases. For the February blizzard, it took four weeks and it could be as much as a few months before the states know whether or not FEMA will be able to provide disaster assistance.
According to a representative at FEMA, any resident of a condo or homeowner association who has a lot of damage and believes they need disaster assistance should apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov, via a smartphone at m.fema.gov or by phone at 800-621-3362.
Financial assistance may also be available to homeowners to repair damage or to replace a home destroyed in a disaster that is not covered by insurance.
Individuals should never reach out to FEMA directly and should have a plan in place in case something does happen.
If disaster does hit, people should stay informed and monitor the local media and stay in contact with the local public officials for instructions on assistance available and how to register.
FEMA's website, www.ready.gov, outlines core concepts to consider when preparing for the worst-case scenarios.
Keith Loria is a freelance writer and a frequent contributor to New England Condominium.
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Natural light is the best; food photos during the daytime, perhaps at a table near windows, will generally be the most appealing.
If you can't use natural light, take the photos in the brightest artificially-lit place near your kitchen; for me, that usually happens to be on the stove top.
Try some shots with the food backlit by the light source if possible; for reasons unknown, it often just looks better, perhaps due to the foreground shadows that show texture.
If you plate the food before photographing, it is often more appealing to put eating utensils in the shot as well. Also, plan ahead for garnishing; often you must set aside a bit of the fresh ingredients when you're preparing to cook.
I often like to take food photos from a relatively low angle, having the camera focus on either the nearest part of the dish, or in the middle so that the most distinctive parts of the food are in focus. Of course, the complication is that you must consider the aesthetic appeal of the table and background. Sometimes a shot from straight above is nice, but they're hard to get without shadows except in an environment that is flooded with light.
If you want part of the shot to fade out of focus, you can often acheive this by first pointing the camera at a part of the subject that is closer or more distant than what you will ultimately center in the shot, having the camera auto-focus there (usually by partially pressing the shutter button), then re-aiming the camera to frame the shot you desire.
Use photo software to adjust the levels; this is particularly useful when using normal artificial household light. I use iPhoto on a Mac, and most often I start by using iPhoto's automatic "Enhance" feature, then return the Saturation and Temperature to normal, and adjust the upper "Levels" tab, Contrast, and Shadows to brighten the shot, but not so far as to wash out or adversely affect the colors. If the photos happen to be poorly lit or out of focus, the Definition and Sharpness adjustments can help as well.
I use inexpensive non-DSLR digital cameras: usually a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20, sometimes a Canon PowerShot SD400, and occassionally even my smartphone. Of course bigger lenses collect more light, resulting in better photos.
These are good tips. I'm not a photographer, but I do some of these things–natural daylight, low angle, and adding utensils–and I just got a Mac and have started with "Enhance," but I didn't know that I could do any more. Thanks for posting!
Sure, I hope they help! With a low-light photo, unfortunately "Enhance" in iPhoto often jacks up the Saturation too much and sometimes moves the Temperature too much, so I usually start by resetting those near to middle (a couple points on the Temperature scale can eliminate the bluish hue sometimes from artificial light), then I move the upper Levels tab down to brighten the shot as much as possible before the brightest areas wash out.
I'm thinking to add some sample photos to this page, when I get a chance, that show the differences for some light conditions and adjustments.
Oh, I see you're into GF. I should try to be better about choosing my category for those posts; I try to make things that my gluten-intolerant friends can share.


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The Hawai'i Lodging & Tourism Association (HLTA)—which marks its 70th anniversary in 2017—was founded as the Hawaii Hotel Association by the islands' hoteliers to serve as a voice for the fledgling industry. Today, the HLTA is the largest private-sector trade organization in the state, with more than 700 members, 166 of which are lodging properties comprising nearly 50,000 rooms. It has broadened its membership beyond the hotel sector to encompass airline and ground transportation companies, suppliers, food services, financial institutions, and related businesses, which prompted a change from its hotel-centric original name to the Hawai'i Lodging & Tourism Association. The HLTA is a partner state affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the largest organization of its kind in the world.
The association has been an effective leader and advocate throughout its history, representing the hospitality sector, and the visitor industry as a whole before government bodies on legislation and concerns affecting its members, educating the public about the value of tourism to the state, sponsoring philanthropic activities, and serving its members through education, networking, and professional development. Many of HLTA's engaged members are also active alumni of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management, including Julie Arigo, Daniel Chun, Dave Evans, Clyde Min, Dean Nakasone, Ted Sakai, Glenn Vergara, and Tetsuji Yamazaki, to name a few.
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Springfield Elementary in Panama City, Fla., is one of the schools that the Bay District will close.
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Hurricane-ravaged Florida district plans to close 3 elementary schools
The Bay District says that because of damaged facilities and an enrollment drop in the thousands, it can't afford to keep the schools open.
Mike Kennedy | Feb 06, 2019
A Florida district whose schools were heavily damaged last year by Hurricane Michael plans to close, at least temporarily, three of its elementary campuses.
The Panama City News Herald reports that the Bay District School Board has voted to move forward with plans to "mothball" Springfield, Oscar Patterson and Oakland Terrace elementary schools because of a combination of hurricane damage and population loss.
Related: In aftermath of hurricane, Bay (Fla.) district may have to close some schools
The district says it will maintain the shuttered facilities so that they can be reopened if student enrollment rebounds.
Superintendent Bill Husfelt and district staff had recommended "mothballing" four schools, but the board decided in a 3-to-2 vote to keep Callaway Elementary open.
Related: Middle school in Panama City, Fla., decimated by hurricane
Advocates from Callaway cited increases in the school's enrollment, which they said has been growing each day and has reportedly surpassed 400, the "magic number" the district has deemed needed to have the school be able to cover operational costs.
Several city officials from Callaway spoke in favor of keeping the school open, they asserted that closing it would hinder the community's ability to recover from the storm.
The Bay District is looking at repair and remediation costs of $230 million, after insurance, because of the October hurricane. District administrators also anticipate a loss in revenue because of a decreased property tax base and loss of state funding because of the drop in student enrollment.
The district says its enrollment had dropped by as much as 5,000 students after the storm. Before the hurricane, about 28,000 students attended Bay District schools.
In light of the board's vote, the district will advertise for 30 days the proposed temporary closure of the three schools, as well as proposed boundary changes for that campuses that remain open. A final vote on the closing plan is scheduled for next month.
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Q: What is this bitwise shift left doing? I am going over someone else's code written a few years ago which is pretty badly documented. At one point there is the following code snippet:
#define BINARYPOINT 16
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float x;
int y;
int z;
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//x has new values now
y = (int) (x*(1<<BINARYPOINT));
z = arctan2(y);
x = z;

In the code y is being explicitly used to compute the arctan of it, function arctan takes an int and gives the arctan of it which is another int. Now my trouble is here, I don't see how computing the arctan of x*(1<<BINARYPOINT) will give me the arctan of x?
Can anybody please explain what is going on here?
Thanks a lot in advance.

A: That code is doing Binary Scaling.  The floating point number is converted to an integer representation with a B16 binary scale, and then the function arctan2 is called. This is a routine that takes an integer argument and knows that it is using a B16 scale factor. It's not the standard atan call that takes a double argument.
Note that the name of the function, arctan2, makes it look like it's intended to be the two argument version of the arctan, so you should check into that and make sure you're making the right call.

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A key trait of successful businesses—and entrepreneurs—is a willingness to reinvent themselves every day. The world is constantly changing, including our competition, our customers, our workers, and our market conditions. For a business to be able to grow, it needs to be flexible enough to adapt to these changes in real time.
It is very easy and tempting for a business to get locked into whatever specific product or service they provide. After all they spent a lot of time and effort developing, marketing, and improving that product or service to get to where they are! But when you do that, your business becomes subject to the whims of technology and taste. You might be focused on selling cameras and developing film in an age when people store things on their computers and take pictures with their phones. Or perhaps you're focused on publishing hard copy books, newspapers, and magazines when more and more people go to electronic sources for reading, whether for information or for pleasure.
As the business owner, you have to remember that the reason your business exists is not to sell a particular product or service, no matter how great it might be or how long you've been selling it. The reason your business exists is to solve a problem that customers have; your products are just a means to that end. As times change, it's critically important to keep your eye on that goal of solving a problem and not just on any one particular way to do it. Question everything you do, at all times, and don't take any strategy for granted.
Very few big companies are able to reinvent themselves like that. They have entrenched bureaucracies and fiefdoms that fight for their piece of the pie, losing sight of solving real problems for real consumers. The giants of one age are dinosaurs in the next, slowly treading water but failing to grow—and ultimately headed for failure. A great exception in recent years has been Apple, which transformed itself from a computer company to an entertainment delivery company, and even into a retail company. But such exceptions are few and far between.
Small businesses, on the other hand, have a great advantage when the situation changes. Because of their small size, they have the flexibility to adapt and change—as long as the leadership recognizes the need for reinvention and the importance of doing so. They do not have to overcome the same degree of inertia when they decide to change course, making it much easier to make the adjustments and even reversals necessary for long-term success.
When you are the entrepreneur, the small business owner, it just takes a confident decision to enact real change. You can reinvent what you do, because there is no group of power brokers you need to motivate. But you do need to get your team on board with what you're doing and involve them in the decision-making process, with transparency to let them understand and buy into your decisions.
Long-term growth requires reinvention, because nothing lasts forever. A culture that encourages flexibility and puts the customer and his or her problems first will be more adaptive and responsive to changes that threaten an industry, giving you a better chance to overcome these obstacles and continue growing.


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Хромозом 18 је аутозомни хромозом осамнаести по величини у хуманом кариотипу. Према положају центромере припада субметацентричним хромозомима. Према Денверској конференцији из 1960. године сврстан је у Е групу. Изграђен је од 85 милиона парова база ДНК што представља од 2,5-3% укупне количине ДНК у ћелији.

Аберације хромозома 18

1. Тризомија овог хромозома доводи до Едвардсовог синдромакоји се одликује мултиплим аномалијама:
 моторна ретардација;
 ментална ретардација;
 флексијске деформације;
 микрогнатија;
 стопало у облику столице за љуљање;
 конгенитална болест срца.

Главни узрок Едвардсовог синдрома је неодвајање хромозома у мејози родитеља, док је ређи уравнотежена транслокација једног од родитеља. Веома ретко се јавља мозаицизам који узрокује много блажу клиничку слику.

2. Делеција дугог крака (18q-) фенотипски се манифестује као De Grouchijev синдром са следећом клиничком сликом:
 изражена ментална ретардација;
 облик уста као у шарана;
 аномалија ушних шкољки;
 зашиљени прсти.

3. Делеција кратког крака се манифестује као претходно описани De Grouchijev синдром са следећим фенотипским обележјима:
 ментална ретардација;
 аномалије ока;
 аномалије ушних шкољки;
 аномалије централног нервног система
 зубни каријес.

Мапирани гени и болести/поремећаји

Гени мапирани на овом хромозому узрокују следеће болести и поремећаје:

Литература

 Туцић, Н, Матић, Гордана: О генима и људима, Центар за примењену психологију, Београд, 2002.
 Маринковић, Д, Туцић, Н, Кекић, В: Генетика, Научна књига, Београд
 Татић, С, Костић, Г, Татић, Б: Хумани геном, ЗУНС, Београд, 2002.
 Матић, Гордана: Основи молекуларне биологије, Завет, Београд, 1997.
 Ридли, М: Геном - аутобиографија врсте у 23 поглавља, Плато, Београд, 2001.
 Prentis S: Биотехнологија, Школска књига, Загреб, 1991.
 Думановић, Ј, маринковић, Д, Денић, М: Генетички речник, Београд, 1985.
 Косановић, М, Диклић, В: Одабрана поглавља из хумане генетике, Београд, 1986.
 Лазаревић, М: Огледи из медицинске генетике, београд, 1986.
 Швоб, Т. и срадници: Основи опће и хумане генетике, Школска књига, Загреб, 1990.

Спољашње везе
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SPINACH AND SLICED BEEF SALAD, WITH SHAVED PARMESAN CHEESE AND SLICED RAW ALMONDS WITH EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, BALSAMIC VINEGAR, HONEY AND DIJON MUSTARD SALAD DRESSING.
Just to change the menu, I decided to make use of leftover steak from last night's dinner. I sliced it very thinly. I prepared a vinaigrette dressing with extra virgin olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, ½ tsp. of honey, ½ tsp. of Dijon mustard, salt and pepper to taste. I first coated the sliced steak with the dressing, then coated the spinach, combined them and added the shaved parmesan cheese and sliced almonds. I often do this when I have some type of meat leftover!


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New theater could have largest IMAX screen in the U.S.
Kim Norvell
knorvell@dmreg.com
A proposed theater called The Palms in Waukee could bring another IMAX viewing experience to the Des Moines metro — but this one would have the largest screen in the United States.
Des Moines-based Fridley Theatres is planning "a state-of-the-art, luxury movie theater" on 15 acres of land it purchased last year on Hickman Road between Northeast Dartmoor Drive and Northeast Westgate Drive, said Russell Vannorsdel, director of operations. The theater company also plans to bring mixed-use commercial development to the site.
"We believe strongly that the amenities of this facility and IMAX can create a regional theater destination, versus a local neighborhood theater," he said. "Our offerings at this facility will far exceed any of the offerings of our competitors."
Vannorsdel presented Fridley's plan for the 14- to 18-screen complex to the Waukee City Council on Tuesday in a bid for financial help. Decisions on an economic development package would come at a later date, depending on the company's overall investment and infrastructure needs, said City Administrator Tim Moerman. Council members are expected to meet Monday in a work session to discuss the proposal.
The conceptual plan as presented Tuesday could cost $20 million, Vannorsdel said.
The Palms in Waukee will feature a full-service bar and restaurant called the Oasis Grill and Lounge with indoor and outdoor seating for up to 90 people. A second bar is planned for the mezzanine level. At least two theaters will have in-seat food and beverage service.
Fridley plans to install recliners in every theater of the 65,000-square-foot facility. The IMAX theater could also have luxury seating if designers determine it's feasible, Vannorsdel said.
The IMAX screen is planned to be seven stories tall and 97½ feet wide. If constructed as proposed, it would be the largest IMAX screen in the United States, he said. The world's largest IMAX screen is in Sydney, Australia, at 97 feet wide, according to the theater's website.
Vannorsdel said Fridley Theatres has signed a contract with IMAX to be the exclusive provider of the giant screen experience in the Des Moines metro. If it lands in Waukee, it would be the only IMAX in the region besides the 180-degree screen at the Science Center of Iowa's Blank IMAX Dome Theater. That screen is six stories tall. Other IMAX theaters in Iowa are in Council Bluffs, Davenport and Cedar Rapids.
The IMAX at The Palms in Waukee will show new releases and Hollywood blockbusters, as well as educational movies that are typical of the lineup at the Science Center. It could also show special events, such as a televised play or an opera, and sporting events, like this weekend's Iowa/Iowa State game.
Fridley hopes to break ground on the theater next spring and be open by the end of 2017.
Fridley Theatres owns 22 movie theaters in Iowa and Nebraska. The 41-year-old company recently renovated the Copper Creek Theatre in Pleasant Hill and is looking into remodeling its Springwood 9 theater in Ankeny.
There are 1,102 IMAX theaters in 69 countries.


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Događaji
9. lipnja – Donesena rezolucija Bečkog kongresa, čime je isti službeno i završen.
18. lipnja – Bitka kod Waterlooa, posljednja Napoleonova bitka
 Englez Humphry Davy načinio sigurnosnu rudarsku svjetiljku
 9. rujna – Odlukom Bečkog kongesa Luksemburg je postao autonomno veliko vojvodstvo, doduše preko vladarske kuće Oranje-Nassau u personalnoj uniji s Nizozemskom.
 Antun Mihanović objavio je u Beču neveliku, ali važnu knjižicu Reč domovini od hasnovitosti pisanja vu domorodnom jeziku

Rođenja
 4. veljače – Josip Juraj Strossmayer, biskup đakovačko i srijemski († 1905.)
 7. veljače – Ana Marija Marović,  talijansko-hrvatska redovnica († 1887.)
 1. travnja – Otto von Bismarck, njemački držvanik i političar († 1898.)
 18. svibnja – James Bicheno Francis, britansko-američki inženjer († 1892.)
 12. studenoga – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, američka feministkinja († 1902.)

Smrti
 1. lipnja – Louis Alexandre Berthier, francuski maršal (* 1753.)
 24. veljače – Robert Fulton, američki inženjer i izumitelj (* 1765.)

Vanjske poveznice


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Douglas "Duggie" Cameron (* 1902 in Dundee; † 1972) war ein britischer Cellist und Musikpädagoge.

Cameron begann erst im Alter von fünfzehn Jahren Cello zu spielen. Er studierte ab 1919 an der Royal Academy of Music bei Herbert Walenn und wurde nach Abschluss des Studiums Mitglied des Kutcher String Quartet und des Orchesters von Henry Wood und spielte einige Zeit Cello im Quartett von Harry Blech. Bald darauf gründete er das New London String Quartet, dessen Leiter Erich Gruenberg wurde.

Im Alter von 25 Jahren wurde Cameron Professor am Royal College of Music und zog sich weitgehend von der Konzerttätigkeit zurück. 1934 wurde er Fellow der Royal Academy of Music. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war er Erster Cellist des National Symphony Orchestra unter Leitung von Sydney Beer, daneben begann er, regelmäßig mit seiner Tochter, der Pianistin Fiona Cameron, aufzutreten. Er arbeitete mit Dirigenten wie Rudolf Schwarz, Norman Del Mar und Adrian Boult und führte mit dem BBC Symphony Orchestra unter John Barbirolli Edward Elgars Cellokonzert auf.

Viele Jahre unterrichtete Cameron die Cellosektion des National Youth Orchestra und gab Sommerkurse. Er war ein gesuchter Lehrer, und häufig war Emanuel Feuermann Gast seiner Kurse. Zu seinen Schülern zählten Christopher van Kampen, Derek Simpson, Florence Hooton, David Strange, Douglas Cummings, Keith Harvey, Thomas Igloi und Julian Lloyd Webber.

Quellen
 Margaret Campbell: Rhe Great Cellists, Faber & Faber, 2011, ISBN 9780571278015
 Allmusic – Douglas Cameron

Klassischer Cellist
Musikpädagoge
Brite
Geboren 1902
Gestorben 1972
Mann


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Q: Apache Hadoop 2.6.0 Source compilation issue I am compiling Hadoop 2.6.0 in 64 bitcentos 6.5 and  getting below error message. Anyone who can help me please?
Environment Detail:

*

*Jave Version: 1.7.0_71-b14

*Maven Version: Apache Maven 3.2.5

*Open SSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.x

*protoc Version: libprotoc 2.5.0

*Cmake Version:  2.8.12.2

Error message detail is below:
[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Main ................................. SUCCESS [  2.259 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Project POM .......................... SUCCESS [  1.570 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Annotations .......................... SUCCESS [  1.853 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Assemblies ........................... SUCCESS [  0.211 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Project Dist POM ..................... SUCCESS [  1.731 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Maven Plugins ........................ SUCCESS [  2.147 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop MiniKDC .............................. SUCCESS [ 43.369 s]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Auth ................................. FAILURE [04:09 min]
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Auth Examples ........................ SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Common ............................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop NFS .................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop KMS .................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Common Project ....................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop HDFS ................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop HttpFS ............................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop HDFS BookKeeper Journal .............. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop HDFS-NFS ............................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop HDFS Project ......................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn ........................................ SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-api .................................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-common ................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server ................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-common .......................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager ..................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy ....................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice ....... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager ................. SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-server-tests ........................... SKIPPED
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[INFO] hadoop-yarn-applications ........................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell .......... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher ..... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-site ................................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-registry ............................... SKIPPED
[INFO] hadoop-yarn-project ................................ SKIPPED
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[INFO] Apache Hadoop MapReduce Streaming .................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Distributed Copy ..................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Archives ............................. SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Rumen ................................ SKIPPED
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[INFO] Apache Hadoop Ant Tasks ............................ SKIPPED
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[INFO] Apache Hadoop OpenStack support .................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Apache Hadoop Amazon Web Services support .......... SKIPPED
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[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 05:06 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-06-23T17:13:19+01:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 62M/150M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project hadoop-auth: Could not resolve dependencies for project org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-auth:jar:2.6.0: Failed to collect dependencies at org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:jar:7.0.55: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:jar:7.0.55: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:pom:7.0.55 from/to repository.jboss.org (http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/): Connect to repository.jboss.org:80 [repository.jboss.org/209.132.182.33] failed: Connection timed out -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/DependencyResolutionException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn <goals> -rf :hadoop-auth

Below is the Pom.xml of hadoop-auth (project)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
-->
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.0</version>
    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
  </parent>
  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
  <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
  <version>2.6.0</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>Apache Hadoop Auth</name>
  <description>Apache Hadoop Auth - Java HTTP SPNEGO</description>

  <properties>
    <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMdd</maven.build.timestamp.format>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <!-- Used, even though 'mvn dependency:analyze' doesn't find it -->
      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
      <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
      <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
      <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
      <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
      <artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
      <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
      <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
      <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
      <artifactId>apacheds-kerberos-codec</artifactId>
      <scope>compile</scope>
        <exclusions>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
            <artifactId>api-asn1-ber</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
            <artifactId>api-i18n</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
            <artifactId>api-ldap-model</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
            <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
      <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
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      <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>jar</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
          <attach>true</attach>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
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            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>jar</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
          <execution>
            <id>prepare-test-jar</id>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>test-jar</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>docs</id>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
              <execution>
                <phase>package</phase>
                <goals>
                  <goal>site</goal>
                </goals>
              </execution>
            </executions>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
              <execution>
                <configuration>
                  <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
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                <phase>package</phase>
                <goals>
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          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
              <execution>
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A: IN your pom, you have the dependency for tomcat-embed-core.jar, which needs to be fetched from jboss.org repository, and unable to do so. Verify, if that is the actual repository. If it is, verify your proxy settings which allows your system to download those jars


Our mobile machining/ Line boring department has two Hofmann line boring units, both of which are fully mine site compliant. Our mobile line boring units are often seen at BHP Cannington mine, Xstrata MIM and Ernest Henry mines, Aditya Birla Mount Gordon mine and Eloise mine.
Unit number one is set up in a purpose built 4×4 truck that can travel to remote work sites for long durations to tackle the most demanding of tasks.
The second unit is a more versatile cartridge mounted unit for transport to more difficult locations- confined workshop spaces, underground sites etc.
This unit can also be operated still mounted on the back of the transport vehicle and does not have to be removed at site if required.
Graders of various sizes and ages- articulation bores, grader circle mounting bore, front axle oscillation bores and repairs to steering cylinder mount bores.
775D through to 793D CAT and HD465 up to 830E Komatsu Off highway dump trucks- Tray pivot bores, rear differential dog bone link bores, suspension strut bores, A-frame pivot bores and more.
Wheel loaders from CAT, Komatsu, Volvo etc from the smallest up to the CAT 994 loader- articulation bores, steering cylinder mount bores, all boom and bucket bores.
Various cylinder mount and articulation bores on drill rigs both the surface and the underground units including Sandvik Axera, Atlas Copco and Boart Longyear.
CAT/ Elphinstone R1300G – R2900G and Toro T010 – Toro T11 Underground load haul dump (Mucking) units- articulation bores, steering cylinder mount bores, all boom and bucket bores.
Underground dump and ejector tray trucks including CAT, Elphinstone, Atlas Copco and Sandvik Toro- Tray pivot, steer cylinder mount, articulation and hoist cylinder bore repairs.
Underground utility vehicles including Getman and Normet/ Mulimec unit- articulation hitches, front axle oscillation cradle mounts and work on a wide range of attachments for these vehicles.
Various fixed plant repairs include works on underground piston displacement dewatering pumps, crushers of different sizes, flask doors, zinc filter presses, ore skip bins etc.
These are a few of the tasks we can accomplish with 24 hour operations ( 2 operators on 12 hour shifts) if required to keep down time to a minimum.


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Das FFH-Gebiet Markgräfler Rheinebene von Neuenburg bis Breisach in Baden-Württemberg wurde 2005 durch das Regierungspräsidium Freiburg angemeldet. Mit seiner Verordnung zur Festlegung der Gebiete von gemeinschaftlicher Bedeutung vom 25. Oktober 2018 (in Kraft getreten am 11. Januar 2019) wurde das Schutzgebiet ausgewiesen.

Lage
Das 23,6 km² große Schutzgebiet liegt im Naturraum Markgräfler Rheinebene und dabei vollständig im Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald mit den Gemeinden Breisach am Rhein, Eschbach, Hartheim am Rhein, Heitersheim sowie Neuenburg am Rhein.

Beschreibung
Das Gebiet zeichnet sich insbesondere durch die Lebensräume der ehemaligen Überschwemmungsaue des Rheins sowie der Trockenaue aus; es ist überwiegend bewaldet, der östliche Teil wird von Ackerland dominiert.

Schutzzweck

Lebensraumtypen
Folgende Lebensraumtypen nach Anhang I der FFH-Richtlinie kommen im Gebiet vor:

Arteninventar
Folgende Arten von gemeinschaftlichem Interesse sind für das Gebiet gemeldet:

Grüne Flussjungfer, Eremit, Groppe und Grünes Besenmoos konnten im Gebiet bei den Erfassungen für den Managementplan im Jahr 2019 allerdings nicht aktuell nachgewiesen werden.

Zusammenhängende Schutzgebiete
Folgende Naturschutzgebiete liegen ganz oder teilweise innerhalb des FFH-Gebiets:
Rheinwald Neuenburg
Sandkopf
Hochstetter Feld
Flugplatz Bremgarten

Siehe auch
 Liste der FFH-Gebiete in Baden-Württemberg

Literatur

Weblinks

 natura2000.eea.europa.eu: Standarddatenbogen für das FFH-Gebiet "MarMarkgräfler Rheinebene von Neuenburg bis Breisach"
 Daten- und Kartendienst der Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), udo.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de: Karte des Schutzgebiets

Einzelnachweise

FFH-Gebiet im Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Eschbach (Markgräflerland)
Hartheim am Rhein
Heitersheim.
Geographie (Breisach am Rhein)
Geographie (Neuenburg am Rhein)
Schutzgebiet (Umwelt- und Naturschutz) in Europa


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Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
A multi-denominational, evangelical seminary equipping men & women to advance Christ's kingdom by taking the gospel from the pulpit to the pavement.
130 Essex St.
South Hamilton, MA 01982
Website: gordonconwell.edu
CEO/President: Scott W. Sunquist, Ph.D.
Chairman: Claude R. Alexander, Jr.
Board size: 25
Founder: Billy Graham, Harold John Ockenga, Howard Pew
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary combines a rich tradition with cutting-edge educational innovation. Rooted in the gospel and God's Word, the seminary seeks to develop Christian leaders who are thoughtful, globally aware, spiritually mature and ready for a broad array of ministries. Their vision is to advance Christ's Kingdom in every sphere of life by equipping Church leaders to think theologically, engage globally and live biblically.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is an educational institution serving the Lord and His Church. Its mission is to prepare men and women for ministry at home and abroad. The Seminary undertakes this task as a training partner with the Church so that what is learned on campus can be complemented by the spiritual nurture and exercise of ministry available through the Church. Gordon-Conwell's mission arises out of God's redemptive work in this world effected in Jesus Christ, understood through the biblical Word and mediated by the Holy Spirit. As a theological seminary, it provides learning, resources and training through which men and women may acquire knowledge, gain skills, and develop attitudes needed in Christ's ministry.
The sixty-six canonical books of the Bible as originally written were inspired of God, hence free from error. They constitute the only infallible guide in faith and practice.
There is one God, the Creator and Preserver of all things, infinite in being and perfection. He exists eternally in three Persons; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who are of one substance and equal in power and glory.
Man, created in the image of God, through disobedience fell from his sinless state at the suggestion of Satan. This fall plunged man into a state of sin and spiritual death, and brought upon the entire race the sentence of eternal death. From this condition man can be saved only by the grace of God, through faith, on the basis of the work of Christ, and by the agency of the Holy Spirit.
The eternally pre-existent Son became incarnate without human father, by being born of the virgin Mary. Thus in the Lord Jesus Christ divine and human natures were united in one Person, both natures being whole, perfect and distinct. To effect salvation, He lived a sinless life and died on the cross as the sinner's substitute, shedding His blood for the remission of sins. On the third day He rose from the dead in the body which had been laid in the tomb. He ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He performs the ministry of intercession. He shall come again, personally and visibly, to complete His saving work and to consummate the eternal plan of God.
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Triune God. He applies to man the work of Christ. By justification and adoption man is given a right standing before God; by regeneration, sanctification and glorification man's nature is renewed.
The believer, having turned to God in penitent faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is accountable to God for living a life separated from sin and characterized by the fruit of the Spirit. It is his responsibility to contribute by word and deed to the universal spread of the Gospel.
At the end of the age the bodies of the dead shall be raised. The righteous shall enter into full possession of eternal bliss in the presence of God, and the wicked shall be condemned to eternal death.
Does the organization have a statement of faith consistent with historic Christian creeds and is that statement of easily found on its website? Yes 4/4
Does the board have no more than 2 non-independent members? Yes 10/10
Does the board have at least four independent board members for every non-independent member? Yes 4/4
Does the board contain between 5 and 11 members? No 0/10
Does the organization make its audit or review (if annual revenue is more than $1-m) available on its website? Yes 4/4
Is the board chair an independent member of the board? Yes 4/4
Does the board have term limits? Yes 4/4
Sector: Colleges/Universities
Overall efficiency rating 489 of 1022 58 of 118
Fund acquisition rating 191 of 1025 23 of 118
Resource allocation rating 658 of 1025 74 of 118
Asset utilization rating 650 of 1022 75 of 118
95% 85% 108% 102% 107% 105%
5% 15% -8% -2% -7% -5%
3% 6% -3% -1% -2% -2%
7.24 30.27 23.48 20.78 15.71 10.80
Cash $8,042,785 $2,999,210 $6,566,322 $4,272,998 $4,976,194
Receivables, inventories, prepaids $5,498,808 $2,248,672 $2,416,989 $3,388,314 $4,066,865
Short-term investments $51,027,696 $54,316,062 $49,579,426 $48,392,747 $46,289,346
Total current assets $64,569,289 $59,563,944 $58,562,737 $56,054,059 $55,332,405
Fixed assets $35,548,764 $37,025,049 $38,100,705 $39,234,678 $40,277,434
Other long-term assets $5,624,230 $6,058,956 $6,484,956 $6,222,164 $6,258,548
Total long-term assets $41,172,994 $43,084,005 $44,585,661 $45,456,842 $46,535,982
Total assets $105,742,283 $102,647,949 $103,148,398 $101,510,901 $101,868,387
Payables and accrued expenses $1,748,812 $2,016,278 $2,236,746 $2,745,893 $4,020,495
Other current liabilities $383,983 $520,009 $581,288 $823,109 $1,103,008
Total current liabilities $2,132,795 $2,536,287 $2,818,034 $3,569,002 $5,123,503
Debt $11,615,656 $10,134,284 $11,300,230 $7,215,588 $6,828,249
Other long-term liabilities $1,988,180 $737,066 $704,949 $1,024,812 $1,017,433
Total long-term liabilities $13,603,836 $10,871,350 $12,005,179 $8,240,400 $7,845,682
Total liabilities $15,736,631 $13,407,637 $14,823,213 $11,809,402 $12,969,185
Without donor restrictions $18,144,399 $19,111,892 $23,959,734 $25,620,834 $26,719,650
With donor restrictions $71,861,253 $70,128,420 $64,365,451 $64,080,665 $62,179,552
Net assets $90,005,652 $89,240,312 $88,325,185 $89,701,499 $88,899,202
Total contributions $11,932,754 $8,138,802 $8,369,062 $5,936,600 $7,297,993
Program service revenue $19,118,101 $20,076,963 $20,737,238 $21,604,836 $22,879,896
Investment income $5,749,941 $2,743,549 $3,539,132 $2,658,797 $1,862,628
Other revenue $111,786 $103,808 $88,253 $73,585 $75,947
Total other revenue $24,979,828 $22,924,320 $24,364,623 $24,337,218 $24,818,471
Total revenue $36,912,582 $31,063,122 $32,733,685 $30,273,818 $32,116,464
Program services $25,591,165 $27,026,749 $27,224,706 $26,568,281 $27,856,722
Management and general $4,780,729 $5,470,079 $4,945,253 $4,534,988 $4,456,146
Fundraising $1,057,669 $1,056,562 $1,173,678 $1,292,992 $1,396,063
Total expenses $31,429,563 $33,553,390 $33,343,637 $32,396,261 $33,708,931
Surplus (deficit) $5,483,019 ($2,490,268) ($609,952) ($2,122,443) ($1,592,467)
Total change in net assets $5,483,019 ($2,490,268) ($609,952) ($2,122,443) ($1,592,467)
Scott W Sunquist President $194,476
Jay I Trewern VP for Finance & Operation/CFO $175,720
Dennis P Hollinger Former President $172,885
Jeffrey D Arthurs Professor $153,137
Madeleine A Forrer VP Enrollment Mgt. & Marketing $134,226
James M Singleton Professor $133,928
Rodney Cooper Professor $129,553
Robin Higle VP Org Effectiveness & HR $122,835
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2020
"Our task is not to bring all the world to Christ, our task is unquestionably to bring Christ to all the world." A. J. Gordon
The roots of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary reach back over 100 years to two urban East Coast schools: the Boston Missionary Training Institute and the Temple Program in Philadelphia.
The two schools shared much in common. It was the late 1800s and immigrants were pouring into their cities, only to discover little access to education. Both schools desired to engage these new residents in ministry and prepare them for the church and for missions. What better place than in two urban Baptist churches: the Clarendon Baptist Church in Boston where Rev. A.J. Gordon served as pastor, and Grace Baptist Temple in Philadelphia, led by Russell Conwell. Opening their doors to men and women of all races and ethnicities, each introduced ministry education designed specifically for people living in the city.
Underpinning the education at both schools was a biblical foundation that still animates our seminary today: a common commitment to the authority of Scripture, the experience of the new birth in Christ, biblical orthodoxy centered in Christ and the Incarnation, and the great theme of missions.
Through the years, these schools would thrive and grow, change their names, and ultimately merge in 1969 as Gordon-Conwell. But their commitments to the Bible and to the Gospel mandate steadfastly remained. We are grateful to God for this rock solid foundation, and for the wise men and women who have sustained and nurtured it for more than a century.


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TfL plans bus lane hour extension
Posted by bcbeditteam on Wed 22nd July 2020 - 09:59AM | No Comments
TfL has set out plans to extend the hours of bus lanes on its roads in London. The alterations are intended to reflect a customer shift away from peak hours, which it says helps ensure London's sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
According to TfL, extending bus lane operating hours will help guard against a car-led recovery by improving bus journey times and safety for Londoners making journeys by public transport and the increasing proportion travelling by bike. Before the pandemic, in 2018/19, 1.15 billion journeys were made on the bus routes that will now benefit from the proposed changes. The changes reflect a current customer shift away from travel at 'normal' peak hours with demand now spreading throughout the day. They follow recent extensions to bus lane hours that have seen improvements to reliability in line with the Mayor's Transport Strategy.
The trial will start in late summer and will make bus journeys quicker throughout the day as 24 hour bus lanes will reduce the impact of any congestion on buses. They should also be more consistent, with journeys taking a similar amount of time, irrespective of the time of day. This will make it easier for Londoners to follow the Government's advice to travel outside peak times where possible. Existing access for bikes, taxis and motorcycles will be retained, while designated disabled parking bays, Blue Badge parking facilities and most loading bays will also be retained in the trial.
Claire Mann, Director of Bus Operations at TfL, said: "The proposed changes to the operational hours of bus lanes will have significant benefits for bus passengers and people cycling beyond the current hours of operation, many of which were introduced years ago in a very different situation. We will carefully consider all feedback to ensure the trial has the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people and supports London's recovery from coronavirus."
A decision on making the trial permanent will be subject to a review of its operation, data on bus journey times, the safety of people using the bus lanes and other road users, as well as impact on those protected under the Equality Act 2010.


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September 5, 2011 February 21, 2013 Michael S. Moore
Review: The Executioner (1974)
Starring Sonny Chiba, Makoto Sato, Eiji Go, Yutaka Nakajima, Yasuaki Kurata, Hiroyuki Sanada
Fight Choreography by Sonny Chiba
Directed by Teruo Ishii
There are karate movies and then there is The Executioner. There are batshit crazy films, and then there is The Executioner. There are Sonny Chiba films, and there is the Executioner. This is a film that defies all expectations and genre definitions. Did I mention It's also really insane? Insane like "are you f***ing kidding me?" crazy.
The film stars out normal enough. The story begins as we meet a young Ryuichi Koga (a really young Sanada) who is heir to the Koga ninja clan, and his father, who brutally trains his son in order for him to be ready to take over the clan. He constantly disappoints his father at every turn. Years later the adult Ryuichi (Chiba) absolutely hates his training, and decides after a brutal joint dislocation training, he decides to hell with this, and after a small fight with his father, bails. He decides to then use his ninja skills to open up his own…wait for it…private investigation agency. By the way, I do have to mention two important items. One, Ryuichi is a great fighter, but sucks as a ninja. I know TMNT Foot ninjas who are better. Also, he sucks at being a PI, and is in dire need of money. This brings him into the orbit of one Takeshi Hayabusa (Sato), a former police narcotics section chief who resigned in disgrace and now works as an Assassin who only kills other Yakuza mobsters. Both men are teamed with a third, Ichiro Sakura, and are hired by former Commissioner to take down Yakuza man Mario Mizuhara, who is involved in the massive drug trade that is washing over Japan. Together, the crew go on a mission to bring it all to an end once and for all, or at least until the next film. It all sounds pretty straightforward…
…and then they lose their minds.
Where to start? Okay, just for instance, at the beginning of the film Hayabusa bursts in on his target, a mobster who is making love to a woman. The mobster offers Hayabusa money to kill the man who hired him, and Hayabusa accepts, but since he never balks on a deal, he kills the man. The naked woman who witnesses this begs for her life by offering herself to him, which Hayabusa accepts, and they have sex right next to the body of the dude he just killed. Also, Hayabusa has a crazy habit of laughing for no apparent reason. A crazy-he-should-be-a-Batman-villain kind of laugh.
Now we come to Ryuichi. Sucks as a ninja, awesome fighter, but he suffers from one giant weakness. Naked women. Yes, he has a thing for naked ladies, and anytime he sees them he gets distracted enough while fighting hardened killers to take note of every part of them. Really takes the time to burn them into his memory. Chiba is his awesome self as always, and is a brutal killer, even ripping a dude's rib out during a fight! For Chiba, he did fatalities long before Mortal Kombat did. He should probably sue, or ask to be put into the game.
This film also takes a moment to be sure to cram as many naked women into the film as possible. Does it serve any purpose? Not. A. Damn. One. Also, each of the three principle characters play mean practical jokes on each other the entire film. Like commenting constantly on Sakura's penis size, or leaving someone chasing their own getaway car after a heist. There's even a scene where Ryuichi beats up an assassin in front of the assassin's naked girlfriend, who cheers for Ryuichi to kill her man. There's also dudes who die by getting punched on top of the head so hard their eyes pop out of their sockets in hilariously fake scenes. There's even a death where a good guys yells out one of the most ridiculous last words ever committed to film that will have you laughing for quite a while.
The fights are done in the classic Sonny Chiba style, meaning it's brutal. It doesn't have the back and forth of Hong Kong fight choreography, as most of the battles are decided in only a few hits, many times only one hit is needed to end someone. Some of them do end with crazy kills like strikes so hard it pops out someone's eye, gouging another dude's eyes, or a rib gets ripped right out of the person's body. I actually feel sorry for most of the bad guys, as they all die really horrible, painful-looking karate deaths. Yasuaki Kurata has a really small scene in the film, but it gives him a chance to fight using Bruce Lee style fight choreography, which he does well, doing a fantastic homage to Bruce.
So you may ask, should you watch it? Yes, it's crazy like a Troma film. But it has Sonny Chiba and Yasuaki Kurata, which is never a bad thing. It also has lots and lots of nudity, which can be good or bad, depending on your own POV. It all adds up to a film that is extremely entertaining and fun. I honestly never knew what was going to happen next, or what I would see next. It sure as hell isn't for a general audience, but if you love Sonny Chiba, it isn't anywhere near his best film, but far away from his worst.
(On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best):
CHOREOGRAPHY: (7) The fights are all classic Chiba style and done well for a karate film, and Yasuaki Kurata does well in his Bruce Lee style fight. There could have been more fights, though.
STUNTWORK: (8) All of the stuntmen did a good job here. They took some nasty looking spills, and their acting is great. Probably the best "death-throes" acting stunt team out there.
STAR POWER: (9) Chiba is here, as is Yasuaki Kurata, but Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Samurai,Twilight Samurai, The Promise, Rush Hour 3 (no one's perfect)) was a star pupil of Sonny Chiba who was able to get into this, his first film. He just finished his work on 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves.
FINAL GRADE: (8) This is a Sonny Chiba film that came from the asylum. Crazy and eclectic, this is a karate film that has a logic all its own. I'm sure many drinking games can be made here. Not Sonny's best, but very entertaining.
Previous Review: Flashpoint (2007)
Next Review: Shaolin (2011)


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La Basílica dels Vint-i-Sis Sants Màrtirs de Nagasaki (日本二十六聖殉教者聖堂, Nippon Ni-jū-Roku Sei), també coneguda popularment com a l'església d'Ōura (大浦天主堂, Ōura Tenshudō) és una basílica menor i cocatedral de l'Església Catòlica Apostòlica i Romana a Nagasaki, Japó. Construïda poc després de la fi de la política d'aïllament nacional l'any 1853, està consagrada als Màrtirs del Japó. Per molts anys ha estat l'únic edifici d'estil occidental en ser declarat Tresor Nacional del Japó i es diu que és l'església més antiga del Japó.

Història

L'any 1863, dos Preveres francesos de la Societat de les Missions Estrangeres de París, Louis Furet i Bernard Petitjean, van arribar a Nagasaki amb la intenció d'edificar un temple en honor als Vint-i-Sis Màrtirs del Japó, nou sacerdots europeus i deset cristians japonesos el quals foren martiritzats i crucificats l'any 1597 per ordre de Toyotomi Hideyoshi. La construcció del temple finalitzà l'any 1864. Construït pel mestre fuster de la Residència Glover, Hidenoshi Koyama, inicialment fou una xicoteta església de fusta amb tres naus i tres campanars octogonals. L'actual edifici, molt més gran i d'estil neogòtic, fou edificat l'any 1879. Fou construïda en maó revestit d'estuc blanc, amb cinc naus, voltes vistes i un campanar octogonal. El disseny provenia d'uns plànols belgues ja utilitzats pels missionaris a una altra església a Osaka. Les finestres de vitralls foren íntegrament importades de França.

El 17 de març de 1865, poc després de la consecució del temple primigèni, Mossèn Petitjean va veure un grup de japonesos parats davant de l'església. El grup va demanar al capellà que els obrira el temple. En agenollar-se el capellà front l'altar, una anciana del grup se li acostà i li digué "El nostre cor (fe) és el mateix que el vostre. On és la imatge de Santa Maria?". Mossèn Petitjean va descobrir que aquell grup venien de la vila propera d'Urakami i que eren Kakure Kirishitan, descendents dels primers cristians japonesos, que hagueren d'ocultar-se després de la rebel·lió de Shimabara l'any 1637. Per tal de commemorar aquesta revelació, es va importar de França una estàtua de marbre blanc de la Mare de Déu que s'instal·la al temple. Un alt relleu en bronze a l'entrada de la Basílica recorda aquest fet memorable. Després d'això, milers de cristians que fins aleshores havien ocultat la seua fe, van eixir a la llum a Nagasaki. Quan el Papa Pius IX conegué la notícia, va calificar-la com "el miracle de l'Orient".

L'any 1933, l'església fou designada com a Tresor Nacional del Japó. Durant la segona guerra mundial, el temple fou danyat pels efectes del bombardeig atòmic del 9 d'agost de 1945. Algunes restes són conservades al Museu de la Bomba Atòmica de Nagasaki. La designació com a Tresor Nacional es ratificà el 31 de març de 1953 sota la nova llei de Protecció de Bens Culturals de 1951. Fou el primer edifici d'estil occidental del Japó en rebre aquesta protecció fins a l'any 2009, quan el neobarroc Palau d'Akasaka de Tòquio va rebre també aquesta distinció. El temple va assolir la dignitat de Basílica menor per part de la Santa Seu el 26 d'abril de 2016. El 30 de juny de 2018, la Basílica juntament amb altres 11 lloc relacionats amb la persecució als cristians japonesos, fou afegida a la llista de Patrimoni de la Humanitat de la UNESCO.

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Nagasaki City Tourism Guide - Ōura Cathedral
Esglésies de Nagasaki


I received an off-line instant message from B, a friend living and working in the US yesterday morning. The message simply contained this link with no other explanation of what it was about. I didn't click on the link straight away as I had other matters to attend to but was intrigued. B usually just forwards links of her online photo albums, funny emails and other fun stuff. She's certainly not the kind to read blogs, much less forward something that has "seething with anger" as its title.
On my way back, I had to bravely take the economy flight once more. This time I had already resigned myself to being trapped like a sardine in a sardine can with all these OFWs smelling of AXE and Charlie cologne while my Jo Malone evaporated into thin air.
Now, OFWs are publicly hailed as modern day heroes in the Philippines because the money they send back to their families keep the economy afloat. Most Filipino families have at least one family member living or working abroad. Those who don't are in the process of becoming OFW themselves or may just be dreaming of becoming one in the future. The Philippines is turning out to be a nation of overseas workers, its chief export being its people.
So you could probably guess that this Malu Fernandez, who fancies herself a cultured socialite, got the ire of a lot of people. Blog posts a-plenty have been dedicated to this incident, some from people who are OFWs themselves. Also there's a campaign right now to get her to apologise, with calls of boycotting The Manila Standard, where she currently works as a columnist. This was her response. I don't agree that the whole newspaper daily should suffer from her careless remarks. I mean, not everyone working for the paper would share her views so why should they be punished for her error?
I messaged B this morning, asking if she even read the link she forwarded to me, to which she replied 'Of course!" I was interested to know what she thought of it and asked her. Her response? 'Sarap ipakulam, parang hindi siya pinoy.' (How great would it be to put a curse on her, she acts as if she's not Filipino). I laughed, clearly this Malu Fernandez got to my even-tempered friend as well. As for me, I don't think she would ever apologise (nor am I entirely sure she should). She calls her comments a product of her 'ascerbic wit'. I call it ignorance and utter disregard for others. She has shown herself as someone who's shallow, spoiled and suffers from tall poppy syndrome. Perhaps the best response would be to ignore her and her crass pronouncements and then maybe she'll finally shut up.
Inggo, yeah, I've read it already on Anton's blog just now. At least she's not as thick as our politicians back home.
Godie, thanks for the warning. I did notice that my AVG software occasionally warns me about the Psyme virus when I visit our own website. I looked into it and someone somehow did insert the malicious code in our index.php page for this website! 😮 I've removed it now so we should be clean. I'm still very curious (and nervous) as to how that may have been placed there though.
Vince, thanks for the vote of confidence. 😉 I'm still not sure if I would've written such a mean piece though.
Anton, I have visited again and I've read that she had already resigned. I agree with you to forgive but not forget.
I don't know…I miss politically incorrect writing, so I have more patience with the writer. I think she just doesn't click with the reader (nor with me). If Geejay wrote that exact same article, we'd all know he was writing tongue-in-cheek and probably recognize it as an attempt at humor. IMHO.
Thanks for linking me, and also thank you for visiting.
I have posted something new, in terms of a campaign for the ofw's who have been slighted by this woman.
please feel free to come and visit again.


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Q: vim formatting on github Ever since I started using vim, some of my files look vastly different on a github view as far as indentation goes. It's the weirdest behavior. I'll open the file in both vim and atom and all the indentations look fine, as soon as i open that same file in github the formatting is all wonky.
Here are some screen shots:
Code in vim:

Code in atom:

Code on github:

Everything I've seen in my google searches about indentation are issues with various plugins and nothing to with this. Any ideas why this is happening? If it helps here's my .vimrc file:
syntax on
set number
set hlsearch
set showcmd
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set splitright
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set iskeyword-=_
set autoindent
set smartindent
set scrolloff=999
set syntax=markdown

noremap <C-h> <C-w>h
noremap <C-j> <C-w>j
noremap <C-k> <C-w>k
noremap <C-l> <C-w>l
noremap <C-t> gt

au BufNewFile,BufFilePre,BufRead *.md set filetype=markdown

A: Create a file named .editorconfig in your github repo with this contents:
[*]
indent_style = tab
indent_size = 2


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Educating Scotland - The Foundations of Excellence
By Graeme Logan, Interim HM Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland.
Scotland has a strong and proud record of education. It is valued highly in society and young people leaving school today are attaining record passes at higher levels and gaining a broader range of qualifications, skills and achievements than ever before. Whilst we have a good education system, we know that there are areas that need further improvement.
This is a great time for colleagues around the globe to engage with Scottish education. We are working through a major period of reform, to enable us to achieve our collective vision for every learner in Scotland.
The vision for education in Scotland:
Excellence through raising attainment: ensuring that every child achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, set out within Curriculum for Excellence levels, and the right range of skills, qualifications and achievements to allow them to succeed; and
Achieving Equity: ensuring every child has the same opportunity to succeed, with a particular focus on closing the poverty-related attainment gap
We want Scottish education to deliver both excellence in terms of ensuring children and young people acquire a broad range of skills and capacities at the highest levels, whilst also delivering equity so that every child and young person should thrive and have the best opportunity to succeed regardless of their social circumstances or additional needs. We know that this is an endeavor shared by many countries around the world, and we are continually seeking opportunities to share approaches which are proven to work with our colleagues in different countries. We have a new partnership with the Education Endowment Fund, where Scottish teachers can contribute to and access advice on strategies and interventions which are proven to work to help to reduce the poverty-related attainment gap. This is part of our National Improvement Hub, where teachers can share examples of good practice from across the country. The Scottish Attainment Challenge is a flagship programme to drive efforts to close the poverty-related attainment gap in literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing. The three key strands of the programme are: leadership, learning and teaching and families and communities.
The National Improvement Framework for education in Scotland is designed to help us deliver the twin aims of excellence and equity; galvanising efforts and aligning our collective improvement activities across all partners in the education system to address our key priorities. The priorities for 2018 are:
Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy;
Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people;
Improvement in children and young people's health and wellbeing; and
Improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school-leaver destinations for all young people.
There are interesting improvements happening in many different sectors of education in Scotland. There is a major expansion of early learning and childcare (ELC). At present there are 600 hours of free ELC available for all three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds in Scotland. By 2020 the hours of free ELC will increase from 600 to 1,140 hours per year, to further reduce barriers preventing parents from working. This is an excellent opportunity to help all children learn and develop through the highest quality of care and learning. We know that by the age of 5 there is up to 18 months difference in expressive vocabulary between children from the most and least deprived areas in Scotland. The expansion of ELC gives us an opportunity to close this gap and engage all children in high-quality learning through play.
Across the school years in Scotland, we are moving much more towards a school and teacher led system. Increasingly we are seeing peer-to-peer and school-to-school support for improvement, with a range of external interventions tailored to the needs of schools. Scotland's 32 local authorities have come together to form 6 regional improvement collaboratives, where they will work together to provide a range of improvement support for schools. They will pull staff time and expertise from across local authorities within the collaborative, strengthening subject specific and sector specific support. Education Scotland staff will also contribute to the regional improvement collaboratives, working alongside local authority officers and teachers to support improvement. We know that collaboration is a major theme in education around the world and we look forward to extending our collaborations within and beyond Scotland.
Curriculum for Excellence is our broad framework for learning across the 3-18 age range. It is not a prescriptive national curriculum; it sets out the experiences and outcomes for learners and leaves plenty of autonomy for schools and teachers to plan learning which meets the needs of the children in their care. In 2015 the OECD reviewed Curriculum for Excellence and highlighted a range of strengths and areas for further improvement. This has led to a significant reduction in the amount of guidance on the curriculum and a clarification of national standards at key points of progression, through the development of benchmarks for each curriculum area.
Developing Scotland's young workforce is another key priority. Fundamentally, this is about ensuring a work relevant educational experience for our young people. It is about all of us valuing and understanding what a rich blend of learning, including vocational education, can offer. It is about employers playing an active role, both shaping and benefiting from Scotland's education system by helping to create the talent pool they need and recruiting young employees. Ultimately, it is about the future workforce, our young people, making informed and ambitious choices about jobs and careers, ready to take their place in the world as effective contributors.
These are a few of the exciting developments taking place in Scottish education. We look forward to welcoming you and working with you! Scotland: where ideas become legend.
About Education Scotland
Education Scotland is the lead public body for assurance and education improvement in Scotland and a key partner in helping achieve the Scottish Government's vision of excellence and equity.
With thanks to Graeme Logan and everyone at Education Scotland.
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NASA to test nuclear-powered engine for future Mars missions
NASA is planning to test nuclear-powered spacecraft that could, one day, support crewed missions to Mars. It intends to do so "as soon as 2027." The space agency has partnered with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to "develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology." A nuclear thermal rocket would allow faster travel and ultimately reduce the risks posed to astronauts.
With the help of nuclear-powered engines, astronauts will be able to travel to and from deep space "faster than ever" and that is something that can pave the way for crewed missions to the red planet sometime in the future. Reducing transit time is vital, especially when it comes to crewed missions since longer trips would require more supplies and more powerful systems.
How does a nuclear thermal engine work?
"In a nuclear thermal rocket engine, a fission reactor is used to generate extremely high temperatures," explained NASA via a blog post. "The engine transfers the heat produced by the reactor to a liquid propellant, which is expanded and exhausted through a nozzle to propel the spacecraft." Nuclear thermal rockets can beat conventional chemical propulsion systems in efficiency by three or more times.
Nuclear-powered systems offer advantages like increased payload capacity
Benefits of nuclear-powered systems include increased capacity for science payloads and higher power for instrumentation and communication. Talking about the collaboration, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will head the technical development of the nuclear thermal engine which will be integrated with DARPA's experimental spacecraft.
DARPA will be responsible for the overall program
DARPA will be responsible for the overall program which includes rocket systems integration and procurement, approvals, scheduling, security, and ensuring overall assembly and integration of the engine with the spacecraft. During the course of the development, NASA and DARPA will work on the assembly of the engine before the in-space demonstration that is expected to occur in 2027.
"NASA has a long history of collaborating with DARPA"
"NASA has a long history of collaborating with DARPA on projects that enable our respective missions, such as in-space servicing," said Pam Melroy, NASA's Deputy Administrator. "Expanding our partnership to nuclear propulsion will help drive forward NASA's goal to send humans to Mars," she added.
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Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution. REDC's mission is to transform low-to-moderate income and immigrant communities in New York City by providing low-interest small business loans, training and counseling services. Renaissance was founded more than 20 years ago by Asian Americans for Equality, one of this country's leading community development nonprofits. As an organization deeply rooted in the neighborhoods it serves, REDC works hand-in-hand with local business owners to ensure their long-term success. REDC maintains offices in Manhattan's Chinatown/Lower East Side; Flushing and Jackson Heights Queens. Services are available in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. REDC is a Small Business Administration-approved microlender and Community Advantage lender.
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REDC is the U.S. Small Business Administration's #5 microloan intermediary nationwide (in total dollars dispersed). To date, REDC has made over $50 million in loans to over 1,200 small businesses and provided financial literacy services and comprehensive technical assistance to more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, resulting in the creation and retention of 5,000 jobs. Nearly 78% of REDC's clients are low-income; more than 82% are minority entrepreneurs, and 42% women entrepreneurs.
Renaissance Economic Development Corporation was founded in 1997 by Asian Americans for Equality to help immigrant and low-income communities in New York City access desperately needed capital for small business creation. REDC served a critical role in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, establishing emergency loan funds and leading a comprehensive neighborhood planning initiative. Renaissance has frequently served as a "first responder" in times of crisis, during such disasters as Hurricane Sandy and a devastating 2015 explosion on Second Avenue in Manhattan's East Village. Today, the organization is increasingly focused on expanding economic opportunity in emerging communities across the five boroughs.


A teenage thief becomes a teenage assassin and must live with the consequences—perfect for readers of Trudi Canavan and Robin Hobb Berren has lived in the city all his life. He has made his way as a thief, paying a little of what he earns to the Fagin-like master of their band. One day Berren goes to watch an execution of three thieves. He watches as the thief-taker takes his reward, and he decides to try to steal the prize—and fails. The young thief is taken, but the thief-taker spots something in Berren. Berren becomes his apprentice, and is introduced to a world of shadows, deceit, and corruption behind the streets he thought he knew. Full of richly observed life in a teeming fantasy city; a hectic progression of fights, flights, and fancies; and charting the fall of a boy into the dark world of political plotting and murder; this marks the beginning of a new series for all lovers of fantasy.


This is In The Field Camping Episode 57. In this episode Chris did a audio/video simulcast on our YouTube Channel. He talked about the latest addition to our rig – a new truck, as well as talk of payload, towing capacities, etc. Also discussed was Boyd Lake and State Forest State Parks and the campgrounds within them. This episode was recorded at Boyd Lake State Park in Colorado.
This is In The Field Camping Episode 56. In this episode Chris did a audio/video simulcast on our YouTube Channel. He talked about Eleven Mile and Spinney Mountain State Parks, Cripple Creek (including the Molly Kathleen Gold Mine Tour & the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad), as well as some campgrounds around the Pikes Peak area. This episode was recorded at Mueller State Park in Colorado.
This is In The Field Camping Episode 54. In this episode Chris gave an in-depth review of a solar powered generator called "The Illuminator" by Solaaron. If you're interested in this item, you can get 5% off the $295 price by using the coupon code ITF.


Rock hounds have been collecting their treasures along the Lake Michigan shoreline for years. During our summer camping trips, my family would always take to the beaches searching for Petoskey stones. This state stone of Michigan has the distinct pattern of fossilized coral and has been smoothed by thousands of years. The pattern is most easily seen when the stones are wet or polished. A more recent product of the lake, is the Leland Blue stone. Deposits of slag from smelting plants are found on the Lake Michigan beaches near Leland. This glass mixed with chemicals is found in varying shades of blue, green and purple.
Susan Nelson has been making jewelry using Petoskey stones, Leland Blue stones and beach glass. Each of her stones is hand-cut and shaped. We love the "tri" necklace which uses all three of these. We also have the simple Leland Blue with pearl necklace. We are so lucky to have her handmade creations available in our store!