Racial prejudices exist in today's society on many levels, and some stereotypes are more openly expressed than others. Oftentimes a person's willingness to express his or her opinions about a racially significant topic will depend on the situation. To test how much people might censor themselves when discussing racially charged court cases based on the audience they are addressing, the current study had 145 participants write essays about Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant to both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Psychology Association (APA). The results seem to indicate that people did not significantly suppress their opinions, operationalized as writing a shorter essay, based on the target audience. Other measures of implicit stereotypes were also assessed, which seem to indicate a connection between internal motivation and writing longer essays. Stereotypic explanatory bias, external motivation, social distance, symbolic racism, and IAT (Implicit Association Test) scores, however, did not predict essay length.


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Change Agents: Butterfleye flies into smart-home hive
Marco della Cava
SAN FRANCISCO — Ben Nader's tech brainstorm came courtesy of a thief. Make that several thieves.
After a succession of apartment break-ins, each resulting in the disappearance of his prized bicycles, Nader, 30, an engineer by training, set about installing a home security system.
"Here I'm the tech-savvy guy who worked with camera chips and sensors (at Texas Instruments), and it still took me three days to set it up — drilling holes, running wire and fiddling with router settings," he says. "I thought, 'There has to be a better way.' "
Nader's better way is called Butterfleye, a year-old start-up now taking online pre-orders for its wireless, high-quality optics camera that aims to do far more than just keep an eye on your home. It wants to be your personal videographer, too.
The $250 device ($199 if pre-ordered, and less if purchased in a home-pack trio) features what Nader calls Active Eye Intelligence. This face-detection algorithm marks when faces are logged into the sharp 1980p by 1080p video stream, making it easier to scroll back through the day's time line and look for prized moments. Nader and his team of five hope to soon make that feature face-recognizing, meaning faces in your contacts lists will be tagged by name.
"Cameras are dumb; they're just streaming video to the cloud. So the question is, can you make your camera intelligent? The answer is yes," he says. "It should know when it's you at home, and know not to record you unless you tell it to. Or if it's your pet wandering through the house, you shouldn't get an alert about that."
That camera-with-a-brain twist tweaks Butterfleye from passive security guard to smart assistant, something that Nader says distinguishes his creation from main market competitor, Dropcam, which last week was snapped up by Google in a $555 million deal. Nader likes to call Butterfleye "Dropcam meets Nest," the latter being Google's recently purchased learning-thermostat company.
Although his biggest foe just got the muscle of Google behind it, Nader isn't flinching.
"This is just the beginning of us being part of the smart and connected home," he says. "Maybe (Butterfleye's) initial appeal is as an easy-to-use security camera, or perhaps as a personal videographer. But as image recognition improves, the possibilities are endless. The window is open? It will alert you. The coffee pot is still on, but it knows you left the house and pings you."
Nader admits that all-seeing eyes come with built-in privacy concerns. While he can't control every aspect of Butterfleye's eventual use, the product does have a feature that asks authorized users currently in a home — via a smartphone alert — if an authorized user outside can monitor the action.
"I don't want to encourage the negative side ... 'Oh, I want to check what my wife is doing,' " he says. "But I suppose ultimately, people will use this in different ways."
The good news for Nader is he's diving into a hot market segment, as evidenced by Google's smart-home buying spree, as well as Apple's recent announcement of its HomeKit API, which allows developers working on smart-home products to integrate them with Apple's iOS operating system.
But that's also the bad news, as a growing number of big players — ranging from AT&T to Honeywell — race into this inevitably lucrative space, says Avi Greengart, market analyst with Current Analysis.
"The Dropcam and Nests of the world are already disrupting the big players with simple-to-install products, so the whole area is ripe for new ideas and consolidation," says Greengart. "There are lots of companies entering the time-lapse camera market, with pros and cons. How well they really integrate into the home will be critical."
Butterfleye investor Peter Relan thinks Nader has what it takes to crack the code.
"At every turn, he's listened to suggestions and pivoted when needed, and that's rare; an engineer who really can think beyond that and into the marketing," says Relan, chief mentor at Studio9Plus, an incubator that chooses roughly a half-dozen promising start-ups a year to seed with funds and advice for nine months each.
"Dropcam is to (in-home) cameras what the first phone with features was to the original cellphone," he says. "Using that analogy, I told Ben, 'Butterfleye needs to be the first smartphone of security cameras. If you focus on making your camera intelligent, then I'm interested.' "
Nader is unfailingly polite and gregarious, but one detects an unrelenting drive beneath that calm exterior.
Relan, the former chief technology officer of early dot-com delivery service WebVan, saw it first hand when he was delicately prodded into speeding up some Butterfleye analysis. "Ben very politely said he would show up at my house to get the feedback, on a Sunday," he laughs. "But you have to like that."
Credit some of that dedication to a tumultuous youth. He was born in Tehran, where he discovered a youthful passion "for tinkering with any toy that had motors and parts and lights." After Nader's father passed away, his mother emigrated to Portland, Ore., with her two sons.
"I was in 10th grade and didn't speak much English, and you know how cliquish high school can be if you're not exactly from around town," says Nader in slightly accented English. "But it was all good. I learned a lot. I deep-dived into things, from English to math and science. I immediately got a sense you could really pursue your dreams in America."
Specifically, Nader became fixated on applying his math aptitude toward building products that could help improve lives. "In my mind was always this sense that technology for technology's sake isn't good enough," he says. "The question is, can you build something that is useful to someone?"
After graduating from Oregon State in five years (he took one year off to intern at Intel) he moved to the Bay Area to join semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products. Soon after, he went to Texas Instruments, and as a product manager, traveled the world selling chips that brought cameras to life.
Then came his stolen bicycles and the conviction that he had his own mark to make on the consumer product world. Little surprise that one of the first people to place a pre-order on his website was his mother.
"Yes, I think she is very pleased," Nader says softly. "It is perhaps more than what she could have imagined for me."
ABOUT BEN NADER, 30
What: Founder, Butterfleye, wireless in-home video camera
Where: San Francisco
How did you get the electronics bug? "When I was a little kid growing up in Tehran, a highlight was going to these small shops that sold electronic kits you'd make at home. One memory I have with my (late) father was a simple plug-and-play kit where in the end, an LED light went on. But that was it for me."
What was a formative moment in your early career? "Taking a year off of college (to intern at Intel). I was nervous because all my friends were graduating in four years. But it was one of the best decisions ever. It took me from the theory of school to real-world applications of engineering and math."
Why did you think consumers would want Butterfleye? "Before I quit my job (at Texas Instruments) to start the company, I went to big-box electronics stores and with the managers' OK, just talked to people. Most weren't looking for a home security thing where you have a keypad and a monthly fee. In fact, my friends who have those elaborate systems all told me they never bother to set their alarms. So I knew there was a possibility of creating a new product."
USA TODAY's Change Agents series highlights innovators and entrepreneurs looking to change business and culture with their vision. E-mail Marco della Cava at mdellacava@usatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter:@marcodellacava.

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2018 declared 'Year of Zayed'
The announcement on Sunday is being held on the anniversary of the late Sheikh Zayed's Accession Day.
To mark 100 years since the birth of the country's Founding Father, 2018 has been declared the "Year of Zayed" by the President, Sheikh Khalifa. Courtesy Al Ittihad
Sheikh Zayed reading the Quran during Ramadan. The announcement takes place on the anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's Accession Day - the day he assumed leadership in Abu Dhabi on August 6, 1966, marking the start of a new epoch in the history of the UAE. Courtesy of Al Ittihad
The Year of Zayed will highlight his role in establishing the Federation, and his local, regional and international achievements. Courtesy Al Ittihad
Sheikh Zayed attends a FNC meeting. The Year of Zayed will highlight his local, regional and international achievements.
Sheikh Khalifa said that establishing 2018 as the Year of Zayed reflected the unique standing that the late leader held in the hearts of every Emirati.
Sheikh Zayed visiting Marib Dam. Sheikh Khalifa called on the nation's people to uphold the noble values instilled in them by Sheikh Zayed - wisdom, respect, determination, loyalty, a sense of belonging to the nation, and a willingness to make sacrifices at whatever cost.
"The best way to celebrate the Year of Zayed would be by spreading Zayed's glorious human and cultural legacy via all the people of the UAE," said Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
"We celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest and most noble men who dedicated his life for the present and future of the nation," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said.
Sheikh Zayed, seen here attending an early book fair in Abu Dhabi.
Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of Director of the National Media Council, said that the Year of Zayed aims to preserve the legacy of the Founding Father.
"The Year of Zayed is an opportunity to learn from the journey of wisdom and giving of the founder of the nation, to teach our sons and daughters about his journey and enable them to benefit and continue reaping the rewards," he said.
"The values that the late Sheikh Zayed was keen to promote are derived from the tolerance of the Islamic religion, which encourages people to assist humanity."
The Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan.
To mark 100 years since the birth of the country's Founding Father, 2018 has been declared the "Year of Zayed" by the President, Sheikh Khalifa.
The announcement takes place on the anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's Accession Day - the day he assumed leadership in Abu Dhabi on August 6, 1966, marking the start of a new epoch in the history of the UAE.
The Year of Zayed will highlight his role in establishing the Federation, and his local, regional and international achievements.
"The Year of Zayed is a great national occasion when we will proudly share memories of the life of the Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his gift to us of deeply rooted values, principles and traditions that have become part of our Emirati identity," he said.
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The President called on the nation's people to uphold the noble values instilled in them by Sheikh Zayed - wisdom, respect, determination, loyalty, a sense of belonging to the nation, and a willingness to make sacrifices at whatever cost.
Sheikh Khalifa also called for making 2018 a year of achievements, initiatives, events and programmes that reflect the great historical personality of the late Sheikh Zayed, highlighting his pioneering role, his vision and his sound leadership.
In response to the President's directives and to achieve the year's goals, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, called for a comprehensive framework for an integrated and consolidated agenda of initiatives within all federal and local institutions.
"We celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest and most noble men who dedicated his life for the present and future of the nation," Sheikh Mohammed said.
"We are inspired by the Zayed school of leadership and management. With the founding blocks of the Union State placed by the late Sheikh Zayed, from which we are all reaping the benefits, we will continue this path and look forward with optimism to the future."
Mohamed bin Zayed: The Year of Zayed celebrates the UAE's achievements based on the vision, will & determination of our founding father
— أخبار محمد بن زايد (@MBZNews) August 5, 2017
"This is why we have launched the 'UAE Centennial 2071,' which includes a comprehensive government programme with a national strategy to enhance the country's reputation and soft power, and ensure that there are sustainable and diverse sources of government revenues."
The aims, said Sheikh Mohammed, were to invest in education that focused on advanced technology, to build a system of ethical values for our future generations, to boost productivity of the national economy, and to enhance community cohesion.
"Sheikh Zayed has instilled in us the willpower and determination to challenge and achieve the impossible," he said, "This is why we are always convinced that we are capable of being pioneers and to become one of the best countries in the world. He inspired us to see his way to the future, to follow in his footsteps with confidence and insight, and to consolidate the gains and achievements."
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, said the Year of Zayed was an occasion to celebrate the achievements of the late Founding Father and their future impact.
"The UAE, under his leadership, has been able to rise to the ranks of developed nations and achieve great development at all levels," Sheikh Mohammed said. "The Emirati citizen was the most important element of development, as Sheikh Zayed's main objective was to invest in building the Emirati person, believing in his or her ability to actively participate in the building of the nation.
Mohamed bin Zayed: Zayed's legacy remains alive in the hearts & minds of Emiratis. His vision inspires new generations to achieve more
"He has always emphasised that man is the most essential element of progress, and that the most precious wealth of this country is its people, who we must take care of well. There is no use for money without men. This is the philosophy that drives the process of comprehensive and sustainable development of this country."
"The best way to celebrate the Year of Zayed would be by spreading Zayed's glorious human and cultural legacy via all the people of the UAE, to continue his inspirational and noble values, and introduce these ideals to new generations."
He highlighted Sheikh Zayed's unique system of morals and values, and how they shaped the conscience of the UAE people – and the country's positive reputation abroad.
"The UAE's image is founded on a core belief system of tolerance and coexistence. Nations across the world call to uphold and strengthen this belief in light of the growing fanaticism and hatred that threatens international peace and security."
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Abstract: There is a necessity to understand the effects of the globalization on the labor market concerning job markets. The economic and cultural growth and the ability of renewal are the fundamental objectives of every country, and they should also be the main objective of developing and in-transition countries. This is, particularly important in European Eastern countries. The article analyses university-enterprise partnership projects of the European Union. A series of recommendations has been elaborated for Higher Education Institutions, in particular, European Universities intending to progress further with the critical dimension of University-Enterprise cooperation as one of the key elements to enhance their competitiveness, and contribute to EU policy and activities in this area. These recommendations will be based on the findings of the online survey, the case studies and the discussions between all stakeholders of the European Conference held in Bonn on 18-19 June 2007. The qualitative effectiveness of the "higher education product" depends conclusively on the human components – teacher, in the first place, their behavior, competence, and attitudes.
In the framework of the Conference on Education Quality held by Technical University of Novosibirsk in Novosibirsk in May 2003 under the financial support of the World Bank for Reconstruction, researcher's intervention has been dedicated to the importance of the relationship between the labour market and the "Academic World"; a necessary effort to understand the effects of the globalization on the labour market. In fact, sustainable development is the biggest challenge to world universities during the period of globalization concerning the labour market demand change. Qualitative effectiveness of the people is the result of the "higher education" and it depends conclusively on the "performances" of the human component – the teacher in the first place, and students in the second place (van Weenen, 2000).
The economic and cultural growth and the ability of renewal are the fundamental objectives of every country. These objectives should also be for developing and in-transition countries of Eastern Europe. An important contribution to the attainment of such an objective can be brought by a suitable higher education quality that aims the development of creativity and individual initiative, as well as the acquisition of competencies that improve the professional qualification of the teaching staff.
In contrast to the past, today, in globalisation time, the competitive advantage of a country depends on more human resources and less on the value of materials, capitals, and technologies.
The quality of the higher education has to satisfy the individual cultural needs, and the knowledge and experience needs of the workplace. So, the main objective to reach this quality is to favor the partnership between individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, and in our case the sustainable partnership between enterprises and the academic world.
As underlined by the various Resolutions of the Council of the European Community it is important for university students to not only attain a good cultural level from a quality education content but also it is crucial to acquire "higher education with strong practical character.
To such intention, it is ascertained that there are prefigured forms of organization in European economic world – organizations that are very different from traditional and hierarchical ones. Such organizations are characterised by integration and their strong orientation to the communication. In the globalization era, we remark that there is no big difference between Europe and the Eastern Europe considering all member countries and including countries like Moldova where there is a flow of immigration mainly caused by the retrieval of jobs and problems to find a good job.
Today, there is a high need in Moldova Universities to develop sustainable partnerships with enterprises. For this, universities are needed to modernize their governance and the mode of their operation to respond to the needs of society and transfer of knowledge. By producing fully employable students (Bologna Process), promoting entrepreneurship, contributing to the lifelong learning agenda (in retraining the workforce) and transferring their research results, universities can be strong players in the Lisbon Agenda and contribute to the economic development.
It is clear that both universities and enterprises benefit from closer cooperation. However, many universities still lack an entrepreneurial spirit and they are too academically oriented. Besides, they do not put the relevance of their programs to the needs of the labor market sufficiently high priority.
The scheme of the development of the partnership between universities and enterprises of the European Union has produced a number of recommendations for Higher Education Institutions. European Universities intend to further progress with the important dimension of University-Enterprise cooperation as one of the key elements to enhance Europe's competitiveness and contribute to the EU policy and activities in this area. These recommendations are based on the findings of the online survey, the case studies and the discussions between all stakeholders of the European Conference held in Bonn on 18-19 June 2007. This experience can be the basis of the economic growth for developing countries of Europe, particularly post-Soviet ones – including Moldova. It is obvious through global economic crisis that Moldova is economically suffering. There is no escape for the young people; the only possible solution is the education. Therefore, there is an agenda for the Moldovan Universities to increase their attractiveness through a high rate of employability of graduate students.
We have a greater sense of urgency brought by the Lisbon Agenda and the Bologna Process. The new challenges which confront society as a whole are the demographics of ageing; globalization; climate change and sustainable development; the irreversible rise of information and communication technologies. It is beneficial for Moldova to eliminate its disparity with Europe and to halt the immigration. Therefore, it becomes essential to establish a quality higher education path that can exclusively overcome the technical-operational dimension, offer attractive instruments to develop communication and the ability to work in groups with the purpose of improving the relationships between different functions in the student-teacher bond.
We witnessed new university courses last years in Italy. However, they are not able to provide necessary "complementary" preparation to satisfy the expectations expressed in the market (sometimes universities employ teachers who are not specifically prepared.) Moreover, the market is polluted by parallel higher educational initiatives, for instance, proposal by organizations of recent origin to know its substantial reliability. The excess of offers in comparison to the question produces confusion among the students and the possible users of these courses (like enterprises, public corporate body, and private) that sometimes they are disorientated and often change directions or they prefer to abdicate.
In this context, it is possible to pursue excellent objectives. Also, in higher education it is not a fashion but is an authentic necessity to be competitive in the market and to have the concrete opportunities of work. Therefore, the culture of quality has positive aspects in comparison to the development of philosophy more directed to the users. In pure market logic it can be defined as "customer".
Considering that the universities offer a service for a long time, they can make reference to the norm for the realization and the maintenance of a proper quality control. However, it should involve the whole scholastic community and only to the highest level. The key role of standards has been recognized from a long time in the university education programs covering a broad variety of technical sectors.
The knowledge and the management of the needs of the higher educational market.
Moreover, it needs to be considered that such a norm, also usable like the reference of certification, represents a complete model of the necessary requisites to build a quality system of higher education area, culturally projected toward the general principles of the "total quality". The adoption of a quality system can introduce some conceptual difficulties for the greater part of the higher education societies, often characterized by organisational structures "craft made", distant from the full awareness of the qualitative requisite of the "higher educational product". But such difficulties do not have to be for the higher-level of higher education that is for the university.
For instance, if we consider the norm ISO the quality it has defined as "The whole of characteristics of a product or a service that confers to it the ability to satisfy the express or implicit demands". From this interpretation, it derives that a control of the quality of higher education will be effective if, and only if, the performances supplied assure the satisfaction of the expectations of the students and consequently of the world of the work.
The final outcome is the result of an organizational trial that must be planned and verified since the beginning, starting from the necessary cognitive activity to obtain student needs in comparison to the "higher educational product". In this case, the university structure would have "to test" the sample "student" in order to locate, analytically, the qualitative requisites of the service, the input of the planning process.
the necessity of bringing up to date higher educational in relation work activities.
professional competencies that improve the higher education quality also in relation to the world of work.
There is then the planning of the process of planning, the inside of which is distinguished by different phases that go from the layout and elaboration of the "higher educational product", and consequent quality control and verification of the service distributing to the appraisal of the perceptible quality by the student that in turn, in the exercise of its profession will have to integrate himself into the world of work. A different line of this tendency exists to affirm of new organizational methods for the adoption of the keys of co-planning, are that it brings students and their future world of the work intersects and compares their respective professionalisms in order to arrive at joint elaboration of competitive solutions. The activity of verification can be effected measuring the qualitative level of learning of the subjects that receive higher education through evaluations (by means of questionnaires, tests of evaluation, exercises and practical exercises) from which one can derive preventive and corrective actions to eliminate the causes and the errors of not conforming in the progress of allocation of the higher educational service.
The qualitative effectiveness of the "higher education product" depends conclusively on the human components of the teacher, in the first place, their behaviour, their competence, and attitudes. For behaviour we intend above all the availability to the self-critical in comparison to the activity of teaching, the wish to collaborate and to listen to the students, the ability to cover the role of moderator of the classroom. Particularly, competence is expounded, through a theoretical knowledge and practice of the subject, as well as for the didactic methodologies (higher educational)) to facilitate its learning.
Nevertheless, the specialized preparation of the teacher is not enough if it is not accompanied by particular abilities of communication, inside of which it's possible to distinguish characteristics like the ability to capture the attention of the "students stage", the use of language suitable to the cultural level of the student, the attitude to transmit one's own knowledge, and to "to defeat" the natural resistance of the students and in general of individuals "to listen" to new subjects.
In the planning of a university higher education course, but not only, it is, therefore opportune, to define the profile of the human resources and the roles (teacher, tutor, etc.) necessary to carrying out the didactic/higher educational activities. It's not an easy task for the teachers to renovate their methodology of didactical approach to assure a high level of knowledge transfer.
In the didactic activity, the teacher can use methodologies that facilitate the transfer of knowledge and facilitate learning. The theoretical lessons can be for instance assisting from transparent, dispensations, photos, film, graphic representations and demonstration of software products, without skipping practical exercises, in groups or individually. The teacher does not have to have on exclusive preference for a theoretical approach, to avoid the risk that the student assumes a passive role and that the communication which results is notably compromised. Learning also directed to practice, allows a driven discovery of the subject and a reduction of the possible differences between transmitted contents and real situations of work. In the work group, it is possible to overcome the student's reticence to speak from fear of appearing ridiculous in the case of error.
The work group has to use techniques and tools (matrixes, brainstorming, diagram of affinity etc.) for the discussion and increase the objectivity of the results, allowing it to overcome the limits, to the increase the availability of psychological limits to the comparison and to win the preconceptions toward other people's ideas without penalizing creativeness.
The higher education quality, the further to have as objective the exaltation of the characteristic of human resources has to neglect training in comparison to the technical aspects. Moreover, in the planning of a course, it is beneficial to program the activity of training according to a run of articulated learning in forms, for each of which the subjects and the times of carrying out must be identified.
It is opportune to confirm that given the quality, any higher educational course has to be projected on the base of the different needs of the student and at the same time of the work market. Nonetheless, it must be structured in a flexible way, so as to be able to adapt to every possible change. The verification of the qualitative effectiveness above of a university higher educational course is immediate, in how much contemporarily to the disbursement of the service the answer of the student is evaluations. In conclusion, the criticisms do not have to be considered an index of failure, but instead of improvement for future projects.
Saying that this is the construction of a plan in which intervenes and in which strategies coincide among the work market toward the world university part of the idea of a project framed to academic context for European Eastern countries following exactly the Bologna principles and recommendations (indicate in the report) of the "Bonn declaration on university-enterprise cooperation in the context of lifelong learning" and observing the partnership between world market and the academic world. I hope it will be applied quickly particularly in Eastern Europe and in our case it is interesting to find an application in Moldova, it will be possible only through strategic planning, through carrying out feasible projects.
It considers new European Union experience as the European Union Forum for University-Business Dialogue launched in 2008 by the European Commission for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Educational Institutions and especially the Universities are the producers of human capital. As the principal producers of human capital, HEIs must plan in their production of this capital in view of the work market dynamics and in consideration of the challenges of their various backgrounds to overcome these challenges to assure a sustainable development.
The University-enterprise collaboration requires shared interest to explain a particular problem. Whether it is student assignment or the move of research or spin-off, it growth only if the partners cannot obtain the same results on their own. The project's approach is to guarantee that university-enterprise relationship provides an "added supplementary value" from shared effort in: a) setting the qualifications frameworks as the reference points for labour market needs analyses, skills shortage analyses, career guidance, continuing professional development; b) outlining the pedagogical component of university-enterprise partnership and the real contribution which it makes to competency based training; c) entrepreneurship education, as an important element of curricular reform within the LLL frame; d) development of training materials and courses towards industry needs.
The educational target is to graduate as better professionals with knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the highly competitive world of today and tomorrow. UNESCO proposed that the vision of education for sustainable development is the world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and learn the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and positive societal transformation.
Even though several projects aim at the university management reform, pedagogical components are also addressed: i.e., practice-based curriculum; the balance of theoretical knowledge with market realities and professional skills; the practice of communication and teamwork needed for industry success. This will result in improvement of the capacity of HEIs to adapt to changing needs; switch to student-centred learning, regarding pedagogy, curriculum, quality assurance, funding, and infrastructure; better return on investment in R&D; the realisation of cost savings in training. Finally, we remark that in Europe, there are about 300 to 400 Regional Labour Market Observatories that generate data periodically to ensure transparency in the regional labour markets. In addition to information about branches, employees and unemployment; data on key industries and future qualifications are also taken into account. Regional Labour Market Observatories often work very isolated from each other (Mathejczyk and Schmid 2007; Larsen et. al., 2008). Thus, resources cannot be shared and it is not possible to find synergies through jointly developing concepts and implementation.
Furthermore, differences in data concepts and structures between observatories and regions show up, creating more difficulties in trans-regional comparisons. Instead of this, the conceptual idea is also to promote the partnership between the University and the Labour Market, because of the set of indicators which can be applied in youth monitoring. Youth monitoring is now important in many European regions and will be vital in Eastern Europe. As it shows, the European experience, the creation of Employability Monitoring Centres, Start-up Centres can be a guide for the students both during the first impact with University World and during the first impact with the Work world. The Centres that we are willing to create in Eastern Europe and especially in Moldova have particular relevance after the financial crisis as youth unemployment has increased significantly and employment for young people (students today, workers tomorrow) has become a difficult issue.
In order to provide a high-quality involvement of stakeholder, it is better to include in the partnership the ministry of education, the ministry of economy, the representative enterprise from the Eastern Europe in the work market. To assure a university – enterprise really cooperation the stakeholders will have an important voice in formulating the mission and strategy. The involvement of the representatives from those identified creating the target groups is described in the above activities (USAID, ANNEX II).
Today the labour market is a very central element in Higher Education policies. Partnership of Higher Education and Industry, thus, became strategic labour market. Most government policies are starting from the simple idea on how to assure that the system as a whole delivers the kind of graduates that are needed in modern knowledge intensive European societies.
In fact, demand for high-level skills is expected to grow meaning that a larger proportion of the working age population should have a higher level of qualification. The economic and cultural growth and the ability of renewal are the fundamental objectives of every EU countries, and these objectives should also strived in developing and in-transition countries of Europe. A significant contribution to the attainment of such objective can be brought by a suitable higher education quality that aims for the development of creativity and individual initiative, as well as the acquisition of competencies that improve the professional qualification of the teaching staff. Quality assurance and accreditation have increasingly become structural instruments to support the ties between higher education and the labour market. In conclusion, there should be more active policies in EU. There should be the workforce development strategy to encourage cooperative programmes between HE institutions and industry, and to develop mechanisms to support co-funding with employers and learners, to support initiatives by HE institutions to enhance the employability of students, to develop brokerage models, to develop regulatory frameworks and arrangements for HE to engage with enterprises.
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Rudd appoints female G-G
This was published 12 years ago
By Ruth Pollard
April 14, 2008 — 1.20am
Australia is to get its first female governor-general, with the announcement today that Quentin Bryce, the Governor of Queensland, will take up the post when Major General Michael Jeffery steps down.
Ms Bryce is a former Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, inaugural director of the Queensland Women's Information Service and founding chairwoman and chief executive officer of the National Childcare Accreditation Council.
The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said Ms Bryce had an outstanding record of service to the entire Australian community and was highly qualified for the role of governor-general.
Major General Jeffery's term is due to expire in September.
Mr Rudd said Ms Bryce would become Australia's 25th governor-general. She has been appointed to a five-year term.
Ms Bryce, who was appointed the 24th Governor of Queensland in July 2003, had been an inspiring governor, serving with great distinction, Mr Rudd said.
"Ms Bryce has an outstanding record of service to the entire Australian community," he said in a statement.
"She is highly qualified for the role of governor-general. Ms Bryce has enjoyed a rich and dynamic career as a lawyer, academic and senior public office holder."
Ms Bryce and her husband, Adjunct Professor Michael Bryce AM AE, were married in 1964. They have two daughters, three sons and five grandchildren.
"On behalf of the Government and the people of Australia, I extend very sincere congratulations to Ms Bryce," Mr Rudd said.
Mr Rudd said Major General Jeffery had a very distinguished term of service in this high office.
"On behalf of the Government and the people of Australia I record our deep appreciation of Major General Jeffery's services to his country and our great respect for the outstanding way he has carried out his duties as governor-general," he said.
"Major General Jeffery has a long and admirable record of service to the community.
"Not only has he served as Governor-General of Australia, but he was also the governor of Western Australia from 1993 to 2003."
He said Major General Jeffery, who served in the Vietnam war, held a number of very senior posts in the Australian Army, including as the first commanding officer of the SAS regiment.
"I hope that he and his wife Marlena will continue to enjoy good health and happiness in the years ahead,'' Mr Rudd said.
"I wish Major General Jeffery and Mrs Jeffery the very best for their future.''
Ms Bryce will succeed Major General Jeffery on September 5.
More than four out of five people polled last week said they would support a female successor to Major General Jeffery. Enthusiasm was nearly as high among men as women, and crossed all age groups.
- with AAP


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Rossett News Update - 26 November 2021
Presentation Evening
We celebrated the success and resilience of our 'outgoing' Year 11 students this week at our annual Presentation Evening. Subject staff and parents/carers joined in the applause for the current Year 12s as Ms Woodcock enumerated the many challenges they had overcome in the last two school years.
Our guest speaker - was in the tradition of previous years - a member of the local Harrogate community who is an entrepreneur who knows the school and its work well. Mr Joe Joyce came from the world of manufacture and construction where he was CEO, to a second career as a Finance Director, before taking over a popular local brewing company. He shared his personal philosophy on the importance of aiming high in life and presented GCSE, and BTEC certificates, and awards and trophies to special winners on the night.
Our Year 12 musicians, performed an Oasis hit and Nia Bell sang a beautiful solo by Adele. Head Prefect, Harvey Kennedy closed the evening's celebrations with particular thanks to our guest. Well done to all of our award winners!
Following the formal ceremony, some of the award winners came together for an informal photograph to end the evening.
Mock Examinations
Mock GCSE examinations in all subjects will commence on Monday 29 November for our Year 11 students. Students will sit some of their mock examinations in the Sports' Hall and other, options subjects, will be sat in classrooms during normal lesson times. These mock examinations will take place under full 'exam conditions' to enable students to practise their written skills and to experience these conditions before their official examinations which are currently scheduled for this summer.
We wish all of our students' 'good luck'; we have been very impressed with their attitude to learning and resilience in the lead up to these assessments. Students are expected to bring their own stationery items such as: two black pens, pencils, a ruler and a protractor, a compass and an eraser - all in a clear pencil case or plastic bag. Students should also ensure that they have a scientific calculator as this will be essential in their Mathematics and Science examinations. Students are expected to attend school as normal during this period and have received a copy of the examinations' timetable.
Sixth Form Information Evening - Thursday 2 December 2021
A further reminder for Parents/Carers of students in Year 11 that our Sixth Form Information Evening will be held on Thursday 2 December. The event commences at 6.00pm with presentations from the Headteacher and the Head of Sixth Form in the main hall. This is a very important evening as the Subject Fair - which takes place in the Sixth Form Centre - provides detailed information about the courses and enrichment opportunities on offer post-16. Sixth Form Ambassadors will also be available during the evening, and parents and students are encouraged to speak to our students about their experiences at Rossett and the opportunities on offer.
NHS COVID Vaccination Programme
On Monday this week, Rossett hosted the NHS vaccination team who administered Covid vaccinations to those students in school who were eligible and had previously given consent. We were very impressed with the mature way our students approached these vaccinations and were pleased to support the national roll-out of the programme for students in year 7-11.
The NHS have expanded their vaccination programme for 12-15 year olds and they suggest you contact your GP or the NHS website in the first instance to book a vaccination for your child and see the FAQs should you wish further information.
Sixth Form Apprenticeship Talk
VQ Solutions, an apprenticeship provider visited school on Wednesday to talk to our Year 13s about progression to employment and apprenticeships. We were delighted to welcome visitors to our Sixth Form after so many months of virtual engagements, and were pleased to hear about their top tips to secure the very best positions in the world of work. Students learnt about the way in which they should prepare themselves for interview and the research they should be conducting now. Advice was given on CV-building and what content to include in their covering letters and online applications. Top of the list of actions was registering with apprenticeships.gov.uk in order to keep abreast of the very latest vacancies. Students were also reminded how competition is high and how competitive the recruitment process can be for some of the more popular Apprenticeship vacancies.
For further information visit: https://www.vqsolutions.co.uk/ https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/
Year 9 students took part in a dance workshop this week. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the event and their contribution to the workshop was excellent; the visiting dance company were very impressed with their enthusiasm. We hope to be able to welcome more activities for students to take part in, in the coming months.
English Literature Workshop
On Thursday we were very pleased to again welcome Professor Jill Rudd from the University of Liverpool. Professor Rudd delivered valuable enrichment sessions for our A Level Literature students who enjoyed the opportunity to explore a variety of critical interpretations in relation to their studies of Christina Rossetti's poetry and literary non-fiction from the Fin de Siècle period. Professor Rudd was very impressed with our students' engagement and responses and we hope to welcome her back again in the future.
Year 7 Bake Sale for World Aids Day - Wednesday 1 December
Students in Year 7 are supporting World Aids Day next week by organising a cake bake and sale during early break (10.05am -10.20am) on Wednesday 1 December.
This year marks 40 years since the first reported cases of Aids-related illnesses and deaths and the charity is supporting a renewed drive to end new cases of HIV nationally by 2030.
Students can bring a small amount of money to buy cakes on the 1 December at breaktime; the sale will take place in the Blue Dining Hall.
Winter Warmer Concert - Thursday 9 December
Rossett Arts Faculty are proud to announce the long-awaited return of the first of our live concerts. We would like to welcome you to our Winter Warmer Concert on Thursday December 9th at 6:30pm in our Main Hall. The concert will feature performances by our extra-curricular music groups plus a range of solo and group items prepared by our students. Tickets are available from Monday 29 November and can be purchased online via SCOPAY where they can be found under, 'trips & events'. Adult tickets are priced at £3:50 which includes entry to our raffle: tickets for under 18s are priced at £2 each. See you there!
PTA Year 7 Disco
Rossett PTA are organising a Year 7 Christmas Disco on Thursday 16 December 2021 in the Main Hall. The event provides our Year 7 students with a fun and entertaining evening at the end of a busy term. Tickets are £5 each and include a hot dog (meat or vegetarian) and professional DJ, ex-Rossett student DJ Dent.
Members of the PTA and Sixth Form students and teachers will be present throughout the evening to supervise and to organise entertainment. The disco willl run from 6.00pm-8.00pm and there will be a tuck shop supplying sweets and drinks. Click here to register for the event; payments should be make via Scopay.
Learning Resource Centre Newsletter
Mr Asker has received this wonderful quick book review from Natasha Eagland in Year 7.
'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman is an enchanting novel that is a delight for all who open its bewitching pages. You will forget the world around you from the moment you look inside.
The book tells of the beautiful but stubborn Buttercup, who falls in love with a poor farm boy, Wesley. When he sets off to build his future, she is left with doubt and misery, promising to never grow fond of another man.
However, when her heart is drawn to an eager prince, who is prepared to fight brutal battles to have Buttercup as his wife, a thrilling adventure full of shocking discoveries, ferocious beasts, venomous snakes, vengeance, deceit, courage, and miracles begins!
I would recommend this book to advanced readers, who love a gripping tale and stirring plots! (Natasha Eagland)
Click here for the LRC Newsletter for this week.
Christmas Colours/Non-Uniform Day - Make the World Better with a Sweater!
We are, once again, joining Save the Children in their fundraising by taking part in their Christmas jumper campaign. All students and staff are invited to wear a Christmas jumper or to wear bright colours on Friday 10 December. We usually ask for a £2 donation and you will be able to donate on-line this year, using your child's Scopay account or hand in your cash donation to their tutor at the start of the school day; we know the charity will be very grateful for any donations, large or small.
Mobile Phones in School
We would like to remind parents/carers that students bring their mobile phones, personal devices and earphones into school at their own risk. The school are not liable for any personal equipment or mobile phone that are accidentally lost or damaged whilst on the school site. Responsibility for the safe storage of mobile phone lies with the student at all times.
Driving with Care
Whilst we appreciate that the continuing and ever-shifting pattern of current roadworks in the area must be frustrating for those parents/carers who drive their children to school, we would like to remind you to drive with caution on the surrounding roads at all times. At the start and end of the day, the roads in the locality are busy with students from primary and secondary schools. We appreciate your care and attention in adhering to speed restrictions - 20 miles per hour on Pannal Ash Road - at all times, please.
Reminder: Early finish on the last day of the Christmas term
We would like to remind you that, as always, Rossett School will finish the Christmas term early - this year on Friday 17 December at 2.10pm. There will be a change to the scheduled lessons on this day and all school buses will arrive at school and drop off one hour earlier.
Continuation of Lateral Flow Testing for students and staff
We ask that our parents and students support our safer school initiative by continuing to test on Sunday and Wednesday evenings and report the results – whether positive, negative or void – to NHS Test and Trace via the self-report option at https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result and also inform the school at: https://rossett.school/studentcovidreport. It is our current understanding that this national initiative will continue until the start of the Christmas holidays.
This information is helping the Government to understand the prevalence of the virus across the country.
Please note that this asymptomatic testing programme does not replace current guidance for those who develop the three Covid-19 symptoms, even if mild, which is to arrange a PCR test as soon as possible. If your child develops a high temperature, a new continuous cough or loses their sense of smell or taste or it changes they should self-isolate until they receive the results of their PCR test.
As you will now be aware the self-isolation rules have changed and students no longer need to self isolate if someone in their household has symptoms or has tested positive for Covid-19 if any of the following apply:
students are under 18 years 6 months old
students are fully vaccinated
students are taking part or have taken part in a Covid-19 vaccine trial
students are not able to be vaccinated for medical reasons
In such cases, even if they do not have symptoms, students should still:
get a PCR test
follow advice on how to avoid catching and spreading Covid-19
consider limiting contact with people who are at higher risk from Covid-19
If you have any questions please email Mr Royles droyles@rossettschool.co.uk.
PE Fixtures
Well done to...
Kallum Shaw who has been selected to join the U-17 GB American Football Team. Well done Kallum!
What's happening this half term...
Monday 29 November - Friday 3 December
Year 11 Mock Exams take place
Staff Training after school - no after-school clubs
Thursday 2 December
Sixth Form Information Evening: 6.00pm in the Main Hall - followed by a Subject Fair
MONDAY 6 DECEMBER
STAFF TRAINING DAY - NO STUDENTS IN SCHOOL
Winter Warmer Concert
Friday 10 December
School closes for the Christmas holidays: Early finish at 2.10pm.
H Woodcock
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THE ISLAND HARP
by Jeanne Williams ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 1, 1991
A Williams woman is at it again, doing the same gutsy things- -dealing with hardship and injustice in a 19th-century pioneer setting and rallying others. Like Susannah of Kansas (No Roof but Heaven, 1990), Mairi of Scotland fires up the miserable to form a community, and like Katie of Arizona ( Home Mountain, 1990), Mairi plays a harp beautifully. Here, the setting is the Scots island of Lewis during the Clearances of the 1840's, when English landowners drove crofters from their homes to use the land for grazing or hunting. Seventeen-year-old Mairi—happy with the simple life with beloved grandfather ``Fearchar,'' Gran, brother Tam, and other relatives—screams in from a summer pasture when she realizes that the laird's factor has set fire to their home. Fearchar dies rescuing his harp, brought years ago from Ireland. Then into the midst of the family's rage and grief steps Captain Iain MacDonald, a Scot by birth but a soldier for the English Queen. Iain does all sorts of kind and good things, but Mairi will never leave the auld soil for America. Eventually, she'll rally family and others of the dispossessed to take over a broch (a ruined tower from an ancient people). Before long, there'll be a reestablishment of herding, small farming, fishing, and weaving—with occasional celebrations, Mairi on harp, Iain on pipes. Of course, there are also crises: Tam's kidnapping, a potato disease, an influx of starving people, etc. Then Mairi is in love with Iain—a ``gentry'' and a match that may never be.... With trembling orations of principle (``Time out of mind, our bodies have turned into Lewis earth. We are rock and soil of this island''), plus Scottish Gaelic drizzled throughout and thick as Highland mist: another tale of a hard-working girl of noble sentiments.
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by Casey McQuiston ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2019
The much-loved royal romance genre gets a fun and refreshing update in McQuiston's debut.
Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the American President Ellen Claremont, knows one thing for sure: He hates Henry, the British prince to whom he is always compared. He lives for their verbal sparring matches, but when one of their fights at a royal wedding goes a bit too far, they end up falling into a wedding cake and making tabloid headlines. An international scandal could ruin Alex's mother's chances for re-election, so it's time for damage control. The plan? Alex and Henry must pretend to be best friends, giving the tabloids pictures of their bromance and neutralizing the threat to Ellen's presidency. But after a few photo ops with Henry, Alex starts to realize that the passionate anger he feels toward him might be a cover for regular old passion. There are, naturally, a million roadblocks between their first kiss and their happily-ever-after—how can American political royalty and actual British royalty ever be together? How can they navigate being open about their sexualities (Alex is bisexual; Henry is gay) in their very public and very scrutinized roles? Alex and Henry must decide if they'll risk their futures, their families, and their careers to take a chance on happiness. Although the story's premise might be a fantasy—it takes place in a world in which a divorced-mom Texan Democrat won the 2016 election—the emotions are all real. The love affair between Alex and Henry is intense and romantic, made all the more so by the inclusion of their poetic emails that manage to be both funny and steamy. McQuiston's strength is in dialogue; her characters speak in hilarious rapid-fire bursts with plenty of "likes," "ums," creative punctuation, and pop-culture references, sounding like smarter, funnier versions of real people. Although Alex and Henry's relationship is the heart of the story, their friends and family members are all rich, well-drawn characters, and their respective worlds feel both realistic and larger-than-life.
Pub Date: June 4, 2019
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Categories: GENERAL ROMANCE | ROMANCE | LBGTQ
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A breezy tale perfect for a day at the beach, this one's a real winner.
by Sally Thorne ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 9, 2016
Lucy Hutton absolutely detests her office mate Joshua Templeman. He's a pompous, self-important, obnoxious ass. But, she's got to admit, he is pretty cute.
From the moment they meet, a result of the unwelcome corporate merger between their employers, Lucy and Joshua are at odds. Joshua is assistant to the CEO of what was once Bexley Publishing, a numbers-crunching, foosball-playing frat house–cum-business. Lucy is assistant to the CEO of the now-defunct Gamin Publishing, a Birkenstock-clad, free-flowing commune of literary purists. When the two companies begrudgingly become one, so does the executive suite. Thus begins this hate-at-first-sight romantic comedy. Lucy and Joshua's daily interactions include the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin Publishing and both Lucy's and Joshua's bosses think their protégés would be the perfect choice. Here the high-stakes game begins. After yet another 60-hour work week, which now includes prepping for upcoming interviews, Lucy logs off of her computer (Password: IHATEJOSHUA4EV@) to head home, but not before her rival hops into the elevator with her. When Joshua hits the emergency button and stops the ride, Lucy is certain her nemesis is going to kill her. Instead, he plants a (completely consensual) kiss on her that awakens something she hadn't known existed. Debut novelist Thorne delivers something nearly impossible: an entirely predictable plot that is also completely fresh, original, and utterly charming. From the opening page, readers will know the outcome of Lucy and Joshua's relationship, but what happens in between is magic. From Lucy's hilarious inner dialogue to Joshua's sharp retorts, the chemistry between them is irresistibly adorable—and smokin' hot.
Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2016
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The program allows players to return to their favourite games that they already play while on Facebook. It also gives them the opportunity to browse a selection of other games, divided into genre and recommendation categories.
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Create desktop shortcuts to favourite games.
All of the best Facebook games.
Almost all games are free to play.
Sadly, this doesn't mean that you can play the games if you're not signed up to Facebook. Every time you launch a new game you will be asked to agree to the request and continue. Though the games usually download swiftly and it's not long before you can start gaming!
Even though you can't really expect the latest PC games or the same surroundings of a high-end PC gaming site, this app serves its purpose well. If you wouldn't expect to find the game on Facebook, you won't find it here.
A chatroom is also included on Facebook Gameroom. This means gamers can speak with other players who are currently enjoying the same game as them, no matter where they are in the world.
We don't have any change log information yet for version 1.6.0 of Facebook Game Room. Sometimes publishers take a little while to make this information available, so please check back in a few days to see if it has been updated.


It takes me a while usually to compose myself a good deal of writing here, that's if I have stayed too long away from thinking or haven't perched my fingers on the keyboard for a while. Although this not being the case always, I still feel like a sophomoric with words, for today. Where do I begin? What do I tell you?
We are past a week since the 4th of July and I hope you had a wonderful one like we did. Usually, for us, the 4th of July passes by without notice. That's if we were in India, it would have been just another day. Just like how the 3rd of July rolls up on the calendar, follows into the 4th and then into the 5th. But here in the US, it means more than just that.
I did not grow up learning a lot on American history. I don't remember a streak of it either. 4th of July passed as just another date on the calendar. Many years later when I started working, as part of the corporate curriculum, we were trained on the nuances of American lifestyle, their culture, and in general, their ways of life. We were taught, that while dealing with American clients, how one had to roll their tongue to get the 'R's right; a lesson or two that might impress an American and make us sound like one among them. It also preceded into understanding their holidays - the most essential and beneficial part of the training which came with some promises that every offshore engineer had an obligation to know. A promise of leaner workloads on those holidays, one that each of us looked forward to, a promise that one could possibly take a day off and travel far off place to meet their loved ones and share an extra day for the weekend. A promise that we could catch up some extra hours of lunch and coffee breaks that day. There were just a handful few to remember. Those handful that could be counted on fingertips, all defined well by dates and not by planetary movements like ours did. What thrilled us beyond all was the fact that most of these Federal public holidays were observed on the day preceding or succeeding weekend, irrespective of the day of week or weekend it falls in the year.
It intrigues me often why American Independence Day is always greeted with 'Happy 4th of July'. It could well be wished as Happy Independence Day! But like how most cultures are woven through customs and long time traditions, this one still remains to be called Happy 4th of July. So, I ask I hope you had a good one! And, if you know better, let me know why its a 'Happy 4th of July' and not 'Happy Independence Day'!
While the blog-sphere has vast variety of recipes flooding most spaces with the symbolic red and blue colors of the American national flag, I set out to bake some red and blue berry dotted muffins as a tribute to this tradition. My plans to bake Blueberry Raspberry Muffins toppled when I realized I was out of stock on Raspberries and was in no mood to rush out early in the morning. Nevertheless, these Blueberry Muffins were made and devoured for our breakfast, just the American way.
In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside. Separately toss the blueberries with a tbsp of all purpose flour and set aside.
In another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, egg and yogurt. Add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir the mixture gently using a wooden spoon in figure 8 motion. Add the blueberries to mixture, stir them in, reserving a handful of blueberries to be topped on the muffins.
Scoop the mixture to muffin cups and fill up to three quarters. Sprinkle the remaining berries on top of muffins and poke down lightly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Remove from oven and turn out, and allow to cool completely. Serve warm or store in airtight container for 2 to 3 days.


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The September 25 issue of Portland, Oregon's newspaper Willamette Week, Nick Obourne wrote the following article:
After having his name and website mentioned in a cover story in one of the nation's leading news magazines, Paul Guinan is feeling pretty smug.
A mild-mannered comic-book artist, story writer and history buff, Guinan created Bigredhair.com, which tells the story of Boilerplate, the world's first Victorian Age robot. The website (named after his wife's voluptuous cayenne curls) is complete with sepia-tinged photos of the creation, which initially was envisioned as a weapon. It follows Boilerplate through history as [the robot] travels to Antarctica and stands arms akimbo with Teddy Roosevelt and Pancho Villa. It also tells of Boilerplate's inventor, professor Archibald Campion, who lost his dear brother-in-law in the Korean War of 1871 and from that day forth set out to resolve human conflict without the loss of human life.
The problem is, robots weren't invented until after World War II, which explains how Guinan found himself mentioned in the closing paragraphs of U.S. News & World Report's recent cover story on hoaxes.
Guinan, 39, says he never intended Boilerplate to be a hoax; he simply wanted to meld his interests in history, adventure and comics, and to spark interest in history by placing the bogus robot in actual and often forgotten historical events.
He says the publicity has unleashed a flood of largely positive emails. One critic, however, told him he ought to set the record straight, and Guinan now has a link to the Aug. 26 article on his website.
He has no intention of letting Bolerplate rust, however. He's completing a coffee-table book about his "invention," and a Boilerplate documentary (filmed by Dan Junge, last year's winner for documentaries at Robert DeNiro's Tribeca film festival) is in the works.
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Q: Differential operators: Exterior derivative vs Covariant derivative The classical differential operators in vector calculus can be expressed via differential forms:
$$\mathrm{grad}f=\mathrm{d}f$$
$$\mathrm{div}X=\star\mathrm{d}\star (X^{\flat})$$
$$\mathrm{curl}X=(\star\mathrm{d}(X^{\flat}))^{\sharp}$$
But they can also be expressed via the covariant derivative:
$$(\mathrm{grad}f)_i=\nabla_if$$
$$\mathrm{div}X= \nabla_iX^i $$
$$(\mathrm{curl}X)^i=\epsilon^{ijk}\nabla_jX_k$$
My question is now if the two expressions are equal when the connection is torsion-free or do we need stricter conditions?

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Young Creek is an east tributary of Nizina River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The stream, which serves as the main drainage on the north side of MacColl Ridge, flows through the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

Geography
The stream is about  long and heads in the mountain mass dominated by Pyramid Peak, from which Chititu Creek, Dan Creek, and Canyon Creek receive much of their waters. The water of Young Creek is derived in part from melting snow and glacier ice, and during the warm summer days is discolored with glacial silt. Young Creek occupies a typical glacial valley of broad U-shaped cross section. The upper part of the stream, formed by the union of two short forks, each a little more than  long, flows over a flood plain between low brush-covered gravel benches. Below the big bend, where the stream turns to the west at a right angle to its upper course, Young Creek has intrenched itself in the valley floor and has cut a rather wide canyon that grows deeper and deeper downstream until,  below Calamity Gulch, it attains a depth of about . From this point westward, the canyon becomes broader and shallower till the creek reaches the bars of Nizina River.

The Nizina gold field includes the drainage basins of three southeast tributaries of the upper Nizina River—Young Creek, Chititu Creek, and Dan Creek. Young Creek is the largest of the three streams, and its crescent-shaped basin surrounds that of Chititu Creek on the east, south, and west. Calamity Gulch and Gold Run are among the tributaries of Young Creek most frequently mentioned. These flow south from the ridge whose north slope is drained by branches of White Gulch, one of the forks of Chititu Creek.

Geology
The dominant bedrock of the Young Creek valley is black shale, which is cut by many dikes and sills of light-colored granitic rock and is capped in the high mountains on both sides of the valley by conglomerate and sandstone. There are also a few beds of limestone and many limestone concretions. Except for a small area of sandstone near the big bend the numerous bedrock exposures along the creek are shale or the intruded dikes. The gravel deposits of Young Creek are of three classes—highbench gravels, which lie well above the stream levels and form in part the canyon wall; low-bench gravels, which adjoin the creek channel within the canyon; and flood-plain gravels, over which the stream flows in times of high water. In addition to these deposits, which were transported and deposited chiefly by running water, or by water and ice, there is a thin veneer of morainal debris that is found throughout the valley, and even on the mountain tops. This deposit is made up of material that is in large part foreign to Young Creek and that has been transported a long distance, much of it from the upper Chitina Valley.

See also
 List of rivers of Alaska

References

Rivers of Alaska
Rivers of Copper River Census Area, Alaska
Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

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Rikki's Mouse Bites – Walt Disney World News 10/8/18
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For a limited time, a sneak peek of Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" will be featured as part of the Walt Disney Presents attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The preview offers Guests an exclusive look at 12 minutes from the film with a special introduction by Mackenzie Foy, who plays Clara. Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" hits theaters on November 2.
To make way for Vampirina's character greeting location in Animation Courtyard, Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates has left Disney's Hollywood Studios. Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and Pluto will continue to meet Guests in Animation Courtyard.
The Tomorrowland Speedway will be closing January 2 to begin the re-routing of track to make way for the addition of the Tron coaster. Current plans call for the ride to close through to May 17. Disney has said it will open as the same ride, but with adjusted track.
Peter Pan's Flight at the Magic Kingdom will be closing for refurbishment from January 7 through February 1.
Storybook Dining at Artist Point at Disney's Wilderness Lodge is now accepting reservations for dates beginning December 16. This unique character dinner experience features a seasonal themed menu. Guests will receive one of each appetizer, their choice of entrée and one of each dessert, as well as their choice of non-alcoholic fountain beverage. Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy, and The Queen will join Guests in the Enchanted Forest. For a full menu, click here.
Reservations are now open for Sebastian's Bistro, the new table service restaurant at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. Availability begins from October 8, with lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and dinner from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. In addition, the all new Old Port Royale will also open on October 8. Old Port Royale will include the new front desk and concierge area, and will also include the Centertown Market quick service restaurant, Banana Cabana pool bar, and the Calypso Trading Post. Also on that date, Trinidad North will become Barbados, and Trinidad South will become Trinidad.
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