Most undergraduate college students are not interested in conducting research, but Sanitra Lawrence is not like most students.
Geoff Denny and Blake Layton, horticulture specialist and entomologist with the MSU Extension Service respectively, were looking for an eager undergrad to help with the biological control study they wanted to conduct, and Lawrence fit the bill.
Both Denny and Layton agreed that Lawrence was able to gain knowledge and confidence through this Extension demonstration.
Once a week, Lawrence traveled to the Natchez Trace Nursery in Kosciusko to gather a sampling of pepper plant leaves and count the number of swirskii mites. After finding six to 11 swirskii mites per pepper plant leaf, the mites could be used as a biological control agent against the whitefly population on poinsettia plants.
The whiteflies live on the bottom of most poinsettia leaves and cause the leaves to yellow and drop. The pepper plants were spaced alternately with poinsettia plants so the mites could crawl off the pepper plants onto the poinsettias and eat the whiteflies.
Her professors gained valuable information from the research and discovered the value of highly motivated undergraduate students.
Lawrence attended an American Horticultural Society meeting in Dallas in the spring of 2014 to present the demonstration's findings.
Ultimately, the research demonstration found that the swirskii mites helped slow whitefly population development which meant the nursery owner did not have to spray as often. Less spraying meant saving money.
Biological control in greenhouses is more widely used in Canada and Europe than in the United States.
"We haven't adopted it much in Mississippi, so this was more of an Extension demonstration to let growers get some firsthand experience with it," Layton said.
Layton is not advocating that growers solely use biological control even though other parts of the world do.
"I'm saying if you could just use biological control part of the season and not spray then, you can avoid selective resistance, so when you do spray, it works better," Layton said.
Lawrence has no doubt these research opportunities are a direct result of choosing to come to MSU. With the university's strong horticulture program and Lawrence's love for plants, it was a perfect fit.
"I don't think I could have gotten this anywhere else. Why would I go to another university when I could go here?" Lawrence said.
Denny said people like Lawrence are the future of the horticulture industry.
"We are interested in developing younger people as other professionals age out and who's next? It's students like Sanitra," Denny said.
Lawrence knows what's next for her, too.
The undergrad research opportunities have led her closer to reaching her goal of building a career in a field she loves. Lawrence doesn't have to search for her passion in life because she's found it in horticulture.
"Born with it, I guess," she said.


War Drum is gearing up for their March 20 digital release of their new album "Risk Taker." They have released a song from the new album titled "Bandit's Eyes" you can listen to it or download it for $1.00 at the War Drum website.
As reported previously "Risk Taker" will feature Robby Krieger on three tracks, although "Bandit's Eyes" isn't one of the tracks Krieger plays on (at least it doesn't sound like it is). War Drum met Krieger through producer Harper Hug (who was also the connection between Krieger and John Garcia). On the three tracks Krieger will add his sitar style guitar sound he used to great effect in "The End" (which you can hear in War Drum's video teasing Krieger's appearance on their album, see related articles below). " He added a layer of depth to the tracks that was missing" said Ehren Groban of War Drum. Krieger's tracks were recorded with War Drum at his Horse Latitudes studio.
Desert Rock is a genre of music coming out of the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area, all the members of War Drum are from and grew up in the Palm Springs area and still reside there. Desert Rock got its start when bands with no other places to play headed out to desert arroyos to play. dragging along not only their guitars and amps but generators to power them. Desert Rock (also called stoner rock) doesn't have one homogenous sound, John Garcia plays has more of a heavy metal influenced sound, while War Drum has a more Hendrix psychedelic influence, with a heavy blues sound that does some times get compared to a 60's revival sound in reviews.
War Drum has been invited to play at Desertfest in Camden, England April 24-26 and then will embark on a European tour through Germany and into Spain. Because they aren't a huge group with a record company backing they have a indiegogo campaign to help finance the tour and to press vinyl copies of "Risk Taker". If you can kick in a few dollars, and help a struggling band out. There is something in it for besides the satisfaction of helping, premiums are available you can get a copy of their previous albums, artwork from the new album, a massage from Jack Kohler of War Drum who is a certified masseuse, take a look see what you like! To keep abreast of War Drum's European tour you can find more details on their Facebook page.
"Risk Taker" is being released digitally March 20, you can download "Bandit's Eyes" from the album today, and the vinyl release to follow later. The band also has plans on releasing a video a sort of "day in the life" of recording with Robby Krieger but that is still in the process of being edited. Also slated to be on "Risk Taker" is Jesika Von Rabbit, a performer who is also from the Joshua Tree area.


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Dunbia parent Dawn Meats to invest £90m in Net Zero climate commitment
Dunbia parent Dawn Meats to invest £90m in Net Zero climate commitment• Plan Four Zero is targeting net zero operational emissions by 2040• Increased ambition to align supply chain climate target with 1.5°C, placing company on a net zero trajectory • Renewed focus on environment, food, farming, and society https://youtu.be/DuapUbG6QDc
Prime Minister Recognises Dunbia's Lamb Export Success to the US
Dunbia is honoured to be part of a significant milestone for British red meat as we have exported the first consignment of British lamb to the US for more than two decades. To celebrate the occasion, representatives from Dunbia were delighted to be invited to 10 Downing Street to a
World Steak Challenge 2022
Dunbia are delighted to have received recognition at the World Steak Challenge 2022 for the superior quality of our beef steak across a range of our premium brands – including our West Country Choice PGI Beef and Rose County Prime Beef. Securing awards in all 3 categories, this prestigious event
Best Lamb Product – Meat Management Awards 2022
Dunbia was delighted to accept the award for 'Best Lamb Productr' at this year's Meat Management Industry Awards. The Meat Management Industry Awards took place on the 15th September 2022, hosted by arguably the UK's number one ventriloquist and America's Got Talent winner Paul Zerdin. As one of the highlights
Great Taste Awards 2022
Great Taste, the world's most trusted food and drink awards, has announced its stars of 2022. We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised with 8 awards at the prestigious Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food. Judged by some of the most discerning palates,
Princess Royal opens Dunbia Highland Meats plant following £12m upgrade
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has officially opened Dunbia's Highland Meats' upgraded facilities, following a £12m investment. The new facilities, which include upgrades to the abattoir and cutting areas at the Saltcoats plant, will support the long-term expansion of Highland Meats which employs over 320 staff. The Princess Royal
Dunbia named as Meat, Poultry & Seafood Company of the Year
We are thrilled to have won Meat, Poultry & Seafood Company of the Year at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards! Hosted by Cherry Healey of BBC2's Inside the Factory, the prestigious event was held in London on Thursday 17 March 2022. The awards are the undisputed, original and best accolades,
Food Waste Action Week 2022
The second annual Food Waste Action Week begins today, Monday 7th of March, with television presenter Gregg Wallace taking the reins to raise people's awareness of the huge impact of household food waste on climate change and share practical advice, food savvy behaviours and tips on how we can all
Dunbia Butcher Awarded Highest Butchery Honour at London Awards
Congratulations to our Group Commercial Sales Manager, Marc Murphy, who has been awarded Institute of Meat (IoM) accredited Master Butcher status at their Annual Prize-giving event, held at Butchers Hall, London on 24th February. Marc is one of only 4 Master Butchers in Dunbia and one of less than 60
Food Safety Week 2022
The Groups annual Food Safety Week will take place across all sites from the 14th – 18th of February. The purpose of the event is to get employees interacting and learning about food safety through a range of engaging quizzes and activities, with the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes

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Mugs for every occasion! Funny mugs, silly mugs and cool mugs. A special birthday mug as a personalised gift. Quirky, rude and sometimes sensible mugs. The perfect gift for him and her and a secret santa favourite.


What could be worse than paying penalties on your property taxes? What can happen to your home if you don't. If there's an outstanding balance on your Texas property taxes, your penalty will eventually turn into calls from a collection agency. Penalties will continue to add up, along with collection attorney's fees and interest, compounding your total balance and making it harder to pay it all off.
After about a year of this, your total tax bill is looking at an average cost increase of about 47% more than if you had just paid your taxes on time. The bad part is, more time adds more fees. Eventually, your taxing authority can enforce a foreclosure on the property due to the unpaid taxes.
At that point, you'll be out both the money and the property. No one wants that! So with all this stacking against you, how can you get your property taxes paid? Unfortunately, your options to correct the situation once it gets to this point are pretty limited. The simplest option is to pay the taxes, penalties, and fees in a single lump sum, assuming you can do that now but couldn't earlier in the year.
If that's not something you can do, you could choose to pay a portion of the penalties now and some more later. But unless you pay off the whole amount, there is no guarantee the calls or the interest on the fees will stop.
The best option would be a property tax loan from a licensed and reputable property tax lender.
Getting help with a loan to pay your property taxes comes with several benefits. You can structure the amount to cover the initial taxes and the added fees and penalties, paying everything off in one fell swoop.
If this is the option you want to go with; Home Tax Solutions is here to help! With a property tax loan from us, your taxes get paid right away and you'll have one less stress keeping you up at night. We'll even let you choose your first payment date, all the way up to no payments for 12 months from closing the loan. Plus, we guarantee a low interest rate and will even match a competitor's offer.
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Less time, more lime! This juicy fiesta of flavors is prepped and frozen ahead of time, so it's all ready to go the next time you need a quick, yet delicious meal.
1 Combine all of the ingredients from chicken through kosher salt, into a gallon size Ziploc® brand freezer bag. Seal the bag and gently push the ingredients around to combine.
Combine all of the ingredients from chicken through kosher salt, into a gallon size Ziploc® brand freezer bag. Seal the bag and gently push the ingredients around to combine.
2 Freeze until ready to cook. In the freezer, this meal will keep for 1 month.
Freeze until ready to cook. In the freezer, this meal will keep for 1 month.
3 The day before you plan to cook, simply take bag out of the freezer and put in the refrigerator to thaw.
4 To cook: Preheat your oven to 350°F. Transfer the thawed ingredients to a 9x13-inch baking dish and bake for 45-55 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
To cook: Preheat your oven to 350°F. Transfer the thawed ingredients to a 9x13-inch baking dish and bake for 45-55 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
5 Garnish with cilantro and lime wedges, and don't forget to spoon some of the tasty sauce over the chicken!
Garnish with cilantro and lime wedges, and don't forget to spoon some of the tasty sauce over the chicken!
This recipe makes a flavorful, complete meal - although we also love to serve it over rice or with warm tortillas for delicious chicken soft tacos.
If you've got a freezer full of meals (which we highly recommend!), you may want to label your bags with the recipe name and use by date. Download and print this easy label that also has room for ingredients and directions right on the bag!


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Q: Is it possible to access the request body as a JsValue in action composition functions in Play Framework 2.8? In the Play documentation the Request type is generic [A] for action composition functions.
I am trying to add a custom query object to every endpoint that is responsible for querying data, to do that I need to grab the request body as JsValue and parse it into an appropriate case class. I cant seem to add a type to the WrappedRequest or the refine method in the action, and I cant do request.body.as[JsValue] in the refine method. Is there a way accomplish the following?
I would like to do something like this with action composition in endpoints that handle querying  data:
def SomeEndpointWithAQuery() = auth.protectedAction(parse.json).andThen(QueryAction)) { request:QueryRequest[JsValue] =>
  val query = request.queryObject
  res = // Do query stuff
  Ok(res)
}

QueryRequest is a WrappedRequest that provides a query object:
class QueryRequest[A](val query: QueryParser, request: AuthUserRequest[A]) extends WrappedRequest[A](request) {
  def queryObject = query.parseQuery()
}

object QueryActionObject {
  def QueryAction()(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): ActionRefiner[AuthUserRequest, QueryRequest] = new ActionRefiner[AuthUserRequest, QueryRequest] {
    def executionContext: ExecutionContext = ec
    def refine[A](input: AuthUserRequest[A]) = Future.successful {
      val qp = new QueryParser(input.body.as[JsObject])
      if (qp.validate()) {
        Right(new QueryRequest(qp, input))
      } else {
        // bad request handling ...
      }
    }
  }
}

auth.protectedAction is an actionBuilder that adds user info based on request.session info, it shouldnt affect how this queryAction works.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Net;

namespace YoggSim
{
    // a few classes defining the structure of the JSON file we're importing card data from
    [DataContract]
    public class JsonCardEffect
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string effect;
        [DataMember]
        public string extra;
    }
    [DataContract]
    public class JsonCard
    {
        [DataMember]
        public int? id;
        [DataMember]
        public string name;
        [DataMember]
        public string description;
        [DataMember]
        public string image_url;
        [DataMember]
        public string hero;
        [DataMember]
        public string category;
        [DataMember]
        public string type;
        [DataMember]
        public string quality;
        [DataMember]
        public string race;
        [DataMember]
        public string set;
        [DataMember]
        public int? mana;
        [DataMember]
        public int? attack;
        [DataMember]
        public int? health;
        [DataMember]
        public bool collectible;
        [DataMember]
        public List<JsonCardEffect> effect_list;
    }
    [DataContract]
    public class JsonCardList
    {
        [DataMember]
        public List<JsonCard> cards;
    }

    // raised when there's a problem with importing from the list of cards
    public class ImportException : Exception { public ImportException(string msg) : base(msg) { } }

    // Delegate for spell function stored in the Spells class.
    public delegate void SpellFunction(Board b);

    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a spell card.
    /// </summary>
    public class Spell
    {
        public Spell(JsonCard card)
        {
            Mana = card.mana ?? default(int);
            Name = card.name ?? "";
            Description = card.description ?? "";

            // find the function corresponding to this spell.
            string functionName = Regex.Replace(Name, @"\W", "");
            MethodInfo method = typeof(Spells).GetMethod(functionName);
            SpellFunction = (SpellFunction)Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(SpellFunction), method);
        }

        public int Mana { get; private set; }
        public string Name { get; private set; }
        public string Description { get; private set; }
        public SpellFunction SpellFunction { get; private set; }
    }

    public abstract class CardFactory
    {
        private static List<Minion> minions = new List<Minion>();
        private static List<Spell> spells = new List<Spell>();
        private static List<Minion> demons = new List<Minion>();
        static CardFactory()
        {
            JsonCardList cards;
            // Assumes that
            string cardDataFilePath = "./all-collectibles.json";
            string[] standardSets = new string[] { "basic", "expert", "brm", "loe", "wtog" };
            if (!File.Exists(cardDataFilePath))
            {
                Console.Write("Downloading card data file from https://github.com/pdyck/hearthstone-db/... ");
                new WebClient().DownloadFile("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pdyck/hearthstone-db/master/cards/all-collectibles.json", cardDataFilePath);
                Console.WriteLine("Done");
            }
            using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(cardDataFilePath))
            {
                DataContractJsonSerializer ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(JsonCardList));
                cards = (JsonCardList)ser.ReadObject(stream);
            }
            // load spells and minions that are collectible and in the standard format.
            foreach (JsonCard card in cards.cards)
            {
                if (card.collectible && standardSets.Contains(card.set))
                {
                    if (card.type == "minon" || card.category == "minion")
                    {
                        Minion m = new Minion(card);
                        minions.Add(m);
                        if (card.race == "demon")
                        {
                            demons.Add(m);
                        }
                    }
                    else if (card.type == "spell" || card.category == "spell")
                    {
                        spells.Add(new Spell(card));
                    }
                }
            }
            // code to write a list of spell names with non-letter characters removed to a text file
            // used to copy generate the Spells class
            /*using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"spellnames.txt"))
            {
                foreach (Spell spell in spells)
                {
                    // remove non-word characters from spell name to form its function name.
                    writer.WriteLine(Regex.Replace(spell.Name, @"\W", ""));
                }
            }*/

            // code to write a list of spell function names with spell descriptions
            // used as a reference to make spell functions
            /*using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"C:\users\nrqm\desktop\spells.txt"))
            {
                foreach (Spell spell in spells)
                {
                    // remove non-word characters from spell name to form its function name.
                    writer.WriteLine(Regex.Replace(spell.Name, @"\W", ""));
                    writer.WriteLine(spell.Description);
                    writer.WriteLine();
                }
            }*/
        }

        public static Minion GetRandomMinion()
        {
            return new Minion(minions[Simulation.Rng.Next(minions.Count)]);
        }

        public static Spell GetRandomSpell()
        {
            return spells[Simulation.Rng.Next(spells.Count)];   // we don't modify spells, so they don't need to be copied.
        }

        public static Minion GetRandomDemon()
        {
            return new Minion(demons[Simulation.Rng.Next(demons.Count)]);
        }
    }
}

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Since 1989, the NBS organizes under the name Europom an international fruit exhibition. It was preceded by a four-year national exhibition, a kind of happening which took place in the buildings of Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek. The subject then rang "European fruits and recipes. From the beginning, six countries were involved, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Great-Brittani, the Netherlands and Germany.
In 1990, the association "Les Pommes de Croqcqueurs"(France) organized in Savigny-le-Temple "Europomme '90. One of the co, the members referred to in the other countries.
The second manifestation Europom took place in 1993 in the "Landcommanderij Alden Biesen"in Bilzen, Belgium. Some numbers: there were 1350 issued races, 67 volunteers, three areas Expo, 9 000 people, including the six participants as mentioned above.
Also in 1993 EURO CROCQ'POMMES took place in France in Selencourt, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Crocqueurs Pommes.
The alternate organization of a European exhibition constantly took shape, but at the same time caused the initial difficulties. In the beginning there was no problem as regards date and frequency as no candidate presented itself to take charge of an organization of this size. Let's be clear, the Exibition EUROPOM takes place without any subsidy whatsoever, only with own means of organizing the Exibition.
As associations organizers could only note the NBS for Belgium and les Croqueurs de Pommes for France. Gradually other partners have made proposals for organization while there were more and more demands for coordination, agreement on the frequency, timing, partners, etc.. The principle has always been one partner was responsible for the organization to which other partners would participate with their own national stand. Through this interaction these international exhibitions, which, as agreed with the NBS stood still under the name EUROPOM, grew slowly but surely in a European event value.
In 1999 the third edition of NBS EUROPOM - two weekends and an interlude during the week – took place at the castle Coloma Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium). Partners / Participating countries: NPV (Netherlands), Pomologen Verein (Germany), The Apples Crocquers (France), Pomona (Italy), RHS (United Kingdom), Pro Specie Rara (Switzerland), Fructus (Switzerland), Nordic Gene Bank (Sweden).
On this occasion the first formal consultation was held as a result and had an agreement on mutual consultation among partners before setting the date (s) the organization of international exhibitions. Candidates failing the NBS coordinator was responsible for consultation by telephone contact to fix the dates of exhibitions EUROPOM for years to come. Namely: 2003 Crocquers Apples (France), 25th anniversary, NBS 2004 (Belgium), 2005 GPO Munich (Germany).
In 2003 Les Crocquers de Pommes re-organized a new edition EURO CROCQ'POMMES in Troyes (F), on the occasion of their 25th anniversary.
The fourth EUROPOM exhibition was organized by the NBS in 2004 took place at the field of Old Reeds (Alden-Biesen) in Bilzen (B). Twelve associations or regions participating with a total of more than 2,000 varieties of fruit, two international symposia, 10,000 visitors, a lot of events guided extramural, in positive reactions and nothing but appreciation. In a word: complete success.
In 2005 the organization was supported - as agreed - by the GPO in Munich (Germany), and that the OECD nity and in collaboration with BUGA 2005.
On the latter occasion was arranged by a number of partners in a general meeting to make a step forward on mutual cooperation. It was then decided to create a European platform for our amateur associations (NGO) in which all stakeholders will be represented on equal basis.


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Mickey Guyton Is a Country Artist With a Big Voice and an Even Bigger Message
XPN | By Raina Douris,
Jessie Scott, Kimberly Junod
Published September 27, 2021 at 1:07 PM CDT
Bonnie Nichoalds
Mickey Guyton
Mickey Guyton is power personified. Equipped with a big voice and an even bigger message, Guyton represents a new generation of women making music in Nashville. Regardless of whether or not her music gets airplay on mainstream country radio, she makes country music to share her truth. Guyton's debut album — released this month — is called Remember Her Name.
In this episode of World Cafe, Mickey Guyton talks about Spotify's role in making her music more visible, women in country music getting "chicked," cohosting last year's Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban and more. Listen to the session via the audio player above.
Raina Douris
Raina Douris, an award-winning radio personality from Toronto, Ontario, comes to World Cafe from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), where she was host and writer for the daily live, national morning program Mornings on CBC Music. She was also involved with Canada's highest music honors: hosting the Polaris Music Prize Gala from 2017 to 2019, as well as serving on the jury for both that award and the Juno Awards. Douris has also served as guest host and interviewer for various CBC Music and CBC Radio programs, and red carpet host and interviewer for the Juno Awards and Canadian Country Music Association Awards, as well as a panelist for such renowned CBC programs as Metro Morning, q and CBC News.
See stories by Raina Douris
Jessie Scott
World Cafe Nashville correspondent Jessie Scott is a 50-year radio veteran, and is currently the program director and afternoon drive host at WMOT Roots Radio in Nashville. She has spent the last couple of decades nurturing, curating, writing, and creating audio and video, in an effort to tell the story of American roots music.
Kimberly Junod
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The Color Purple Theme Analysis
Writing about Theme of Story I have recently read a novel named The Color Purple written Alice Walker has a message which is the power of strong female relationships. Throughout the novel, Ceila has been discriminated for who she was, and didn't accept her self. She was always used for, and had a male dominating her. In the novel, there were several characters that changed Celia, and it were women that were very close to her. Her sister Nettie was a big influenced to her and Shrug. In the story, Shurg has helped her overcome Mr.____ and not be taken granted for. On pg. 186, it states that she is leaving Mr.____ and going to see Pa. This part of the story, Celia is taking charge and leaving Mr.____, showing authority and not being dominated. In the beginning of the book, Celia would get beating for no reason, and she would alow it, like on pg. 65, where he would just abuse her. So this has showed that Ceila has taken authority and has rasied above a man's dominance. The people that have helped her were Shurg, because she has helped Celia gain confidence and make her be on her self. So the power of women relationship can influence and make women stronger. Another place where the power of strong female has been showed in the novel is the letters that Nettie has been writing to Ceila. This shows the power of a strong female relationship because Celia was there for Nettie when she was in a new culture and was not sure of what she got her self into. By communicating with each other through letter, Nettia has been more independent and gained self confined knowing that Ceila will always be there for her. So in pg 155 it says "no mateer what I'm doing, I'm writing to you". This is Netie which is talking to Celia, and is alwys communicating to her, because the relation between each other has helped Nettie . The reason why the other has brought in this theme is because this
Their Eyes Were Watching God Husband Comparison
This, in my opinion, is one of her greatest achievement. All her life she was dependent on someone, and her success in being independent has been her lifelong struggle. Although Janie has already begun to find her voice, Tea Cake encourages her to continue to grow by treating her as an individual. Although Phoebe does not play a key part in the growth of Janie, it is because of her Janie is telling her story. The characters are what keep
Leadership Essay
Talking about some skills, she need to learns how to differentiate between knowing her coworkers' feelings and control them so the work environment is not affected with the external situation. She has been acting very friendly because obviously, they are her friends but she needs to come up with some way to control them in their work. 2. Why did Grace have problems making changes and maintaining discipline when she first was promoted to a position that required leadership? The principal problem that Grace is facing is something very common nowadays.
Shug Avery in the Color Purple
Shug is the primary reason why Celie gains a sense of self identity and importance in the book. Through Shug's mentoring and love, Celie is able to grow into an independent individual who stands up for herself. "This song I'm bout to sing is call Miss Celie's song. "(73) Shug gives Celie a sense of self identity by naming a song after her. Celie doesn't even care about the lyrics of the song she is just so shocked and happy that someone would name a song after her.
Analysis Of Bundy's Song 'Giddy On Up'
This makes him responsible for his own removal from the relationship. The scence when Bundy has the gun is just another metaphor for her being in control. This is logical and emotional because everyone loves when the woman is able to take up for herself and by removing the man she asserting her power. She further uses humiliation to show the lowlesness of a man who is unfaithful to his woman. This is logical and emotional because a real loving man would not be unfaithful and
The Women In Literature - Comparing Jane Eyre And Persuasion
Jane Austen Comparing both novels Women Both characters are strong, vivid, self-confident and, in some way, a rupture to the normal behavior on that time. They search their own path and destiny, disconnecting theirelves with the normal society's expectations. Love Love is the main theme in both novels. Not only love as a feeling, but love as a pursue of happiness and stability, this last being totally necessary, at the time, to girls with lack of fortune. In the case of Anne, her search for love serves to redeem her past mistakes and, finally, be with the one that she has chosen, not her relatives.
Another Evening At The Club Analysis
She believed that her tradition was important enough to pass on to the narrator, she wanted to show her first hand that the role that she played in everyone's life at the public bath house was important also. I was proud of her while reading the story that she did not give up her tradition based on how her daughter in law felt. I think these stories showed you that there are many types of women in the world: some who invite challenge for a better life, and some who are content with the security of having a good life but maybe no
Scarlet Letter Hester's Deception
Before Hester was ever shunned by society due to the lies brought about by the scarlet letter, Hester was known to be a passionate woman. For example, as Reverend Wilson questions her about the name of her adulterous partner, Hester's emotional strength shone through as she revealed she was strong enough to "endure his agony" (65) as well as her own. The boldness she possessed presented her "wondrous strength" (65) and the confidence she had in herself. In the start of the novel, there was a scene where Hester refused to be led through the crowd by an official. It was evident from this young woman that the "natural dignity and force of character" (50) was truly expressed in this situation.
Ego And Image Vs Truth And Beauty Analysis
Ego and Image Vs Truth and Beauty In Ann Patchetts Truth and Beauty she chronicles her friendship with Lucy Grealy. The book is an intimate look at their relationship. It includes letters from Lucy to Ann as well as Ann's letters written to Lucy. It seems authentic and truthful but I have missed the beauty in this very raw depiction of a so called friendship. After reading the article written by Sue Ellen Grealy I can understand her frustration and anger toward Patchett for writing this expose on her sister..
Challenge And Change: All-American Slurp By Lensey Namioka
Ignoring that, Nancy Lee still raises her head up and smiles, "This won't keep me down. But when I'm a woman, I'll fight to see that these things don't happen to other girls as this happened to me" (Hughes). Even though Nancy Lee is disqualified to receive the scholarship, she still accepts it and lets it pass. Nancy chooses to face her own struggle by using it as her own advances instead of letting it paralyze her. Moreover, because of her decision, Nancy Lee becomes more mature and responsible.
Mcmurphy's Fight Against Society
Initially, McMurphy attempted to go against the norm by refusing to shower and have his temperature checked. However, his attempts proved feeble against Ratched because she ultimately had control and his solo efforts could not overcome Ratched. Additionally, Bromden stated "She'll go on winning just like the Combine, because she has all the power of the Combine behind her."(133). The reason in this statement is that the power of an individual is subordinate to the power of the society. Meaning McMurphy was nearly an ant and Nurse Ratched a child with a magnifying-glass.
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The new Secure Lifecycle offering is expected to have a limited market at first, as companies digest a novel approach to the solution.
Dell EMC has announced a new data protection bundle which at this point is basically an unintegrated sales bundle with multiple consoles. They are already working on plans to change that however, and bring more technically integrated solutions cutting across multiple brands to market.


Microsoft Outlook has three "risk levels" it can apply to attached files, which determines whether it warns you before downloading, tries its best to block you entirely, or just lets a file be grabbed without comment. If it doesn't know what kind of file is attached, however, it prompts, which can be annoying for workers who regularly pass around certain file types. The gHacks tech blog explains how you can set Outlook to see files of any kind as low-risk, through a registry hack. Details of the hack after the jump, but be sure to back up your registry before marching forward.
Right-click on "Policies" and create a new Key named "Associations." Inside that key, you can create a new DWORD value of "LowRiskFileTypes," then change its value by including file extensions, with periods, separated by semi-colons—".odt;.flv" would add OpenDocument and Flash player files, for example, if you remove the quotes. Head to gHacks for more details on adding file types to other risk categories in Outlook.


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describe('test logging level switches', function() {
  var loggers;
  beforeEach(module('flannel'));

  beforeEach(function(logger) {
    loggers = {
      info  : function() {},
      warn  : function() {},
      log   : function() {},
      error : function() {}
    };

    spyOn(loggers, 'info');
    spyOn(loggers, 'log');
    spyOn(loggers, 'warn');
    spyOn(loggers, 'error');

  });

  afterEach(function() {
    localStorage.removeItem('flannel.loglevel');
  });

  it('should only call error if the log level is error', inject(['flannel.logger', function(logger) {
    expect(logger.logLevel()).toBe(logger.logLevels.error);

    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.info, loggers.info);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.log, loggers.log);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.warn, loggers.warn);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.error, loggers.error);

    logger.info('info');
    logger.log('log');
    logger.warn('warn');
    logger.error('error');

    expect(loggers.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.info).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
  }]));

  it('should call warn and error if the log level is warm', inject(['flannel.logger', function(logger) {
    logger.setLogLevel(logger.logLevels.warn);

    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.info, loggers.info);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.log, loggers.log);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.warn, loggers.warn);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.error, loggers.error);

    logger.info('info');
    logger.log('log');
    logger.warn('warn');
    logger.error('error');

    expect(loggers.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.info).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
  }]));
  it('should call info, warn and error if the log level is info', inject(['flannel.logger', function(logger) {
    logger.setLogLevel(logger.logLevels.info);

    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.info, loggers.info);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.log, loggers.log);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.warn, loggers.warn);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.error, loggers.error);

    logger.info('info');
    logger.log('log');
    logger.warn('warn');
    logger.error('error');

    expect(loggers.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.info).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
  }]));
  it('should call log, info, warn and error if the log level is log', inject(['flannel.logger', function(logger) {
    logger.setLogLevel(logger.logLevels.log);

    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.info, loggers.info);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.log, loggers.log);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.warn, loggers.warn);
    logger.setLoggingHandler(logger.logLevels.error, loggers.error);

    logger.info('info');
    logger.log('log');
    logger.warn('warn');
    logger.error('error');

    expect(loggers.log).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.info).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(loggers.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
  }]));

 });


AutoCAD will shortly be launching the AutoCAD 2014 some time in March this year. All CAD users would definitely be excited to know more about the AutoCAD 2014 New Features / AutoCAD 2014 Release Date from various CAD Blogs. Its ideal to know the list of CAD Blogs that are available for end user who can get the first hand and latest information related to AutoCAD 2014 Software.
In case you find more AutoCAD Blogs, feel free to write in the comments section. We will work on publishing on this post. There are some additional blogs which include CAD Manager Blog. I'm sure when Autodesk 2014 software's are launched, I would recommend you to come back here and check each of the AutoCAD blogs to know what's new in AutoCAD 2014. I also suggest you to visit the AutoCAD WS Blog that features all about AutoCAD WS, which recently crossed 11 million downloads both on Android and iOS phones.


Boult Wade Tennant Patent Attorney in London Matthew Ridley has contributed to the latest edition of the CIPA Journal. His article entitled "EU Registered Designs" provides a review of the Easy Sanitary Solutions BV; EUIPO v Group Nivelles NVCJEU appeal decision – a case which demonstrates how the indication of the product which is the subject of the design does not limit the scope of protection. The CJEU has confirmed that it does not limit the prior art either.
Read the full feature from the patent attorney in London here.
This article was first published in the January 2018 issue of the CIPA Journal.


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You're Likely Ingesting Plastic from Your Water, Food, Toys, and Cosmetics
Written by Elizabeth Pratt on March 23, 2018
Researchers release a warning on plastics found in water bottles. Other experts are encouraging more study on the chemicals from plastics in household products.
It's in things you use every day, and it may be harming your health.
Plastic is a part of everyday life for most people. It can be found in everything from food packaging and cosmetics to toys.
Now, concerns are being raised that micro-sized particles of plastic small enough to be ingested are leeching into bottled water.
A recent study found that 93 percent of bottled water contained signs of contamination with microplastics.
The study examined 259 water bottles from 27 lots across 11 brands, purchased from 19 locations in nine countries.
The study is yet to be peer reviewed and didn't examine whether microplastics impacted human health.
Nonetheless, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed to the BBC that they'll conduct a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water.
More than just water
However, it's not just bottled water that health experts are worried about.
A number of industrial and consumer products made of plastic contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which can negatively impact human health.
"So many of our plastic products that come in contact with food and beverages are made with endocrine-disrupting chemicals that leech into the environment and end up in our bodies in measurable quantities," Nancy Wayne, PhD, a professor of physiology and reproductive endocrinologist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, told Healthline.
EDCs are chemicals found in a number of everyday products that can interfere with hormones. In recent years, public interest surrounding the possibility of health threats due to EDCs has risen.
Despite this, there's yet to be a coordinated approach in the United States to regulating EDCs.
EDCs are used in the manufacturing of many plastics and other products. Even in low doses, they can lead to a number of abnormalities in the body.
"Bisphenol A or BPA is detected in over 90 percent of urine samples from thousands of humans tested. That means that it is in high enough amounts in blood that it spills into our urine prior to being fully metabolized. Animal studies show that low amounts of BPA, below that which the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)] says is safe, leads to a host of abnormalities," Wayne said.
Low doses of BPA can alter cellular function and activate genes that promote growth of cancers.
"Higher level of exposure to BPA in humans is associated with a host of health problems, including higher body fat in children, increased risk of miscarriages and premature birth, and increased incidence of prostate cancer. And that's just one of many chemicals. Add in all the other endocrine-disrupting chemicals and toxins we are exposed to, and we have a big problem that is impacting everyone, no matter who you are, where you live, or what your socioeconomic status is," she said.
Affecting future generations
A recent study by the Endocrine Society found that the impact of EDCs could extend beyond more than one generation by contributing to a significant drop in sperm count and sperm quality.
"Sperm counts among men have dropped substantially over the last few decades, but the reason for such an alarming phenomenon is not known. These results suggest that when a mother is exposed to an endocrine disruptor during pregnancy, her son and the son's future generations may suffer from decreased fertility or hormone insufficiency," said Radwa Barakat, BVSC, MSc, a lead author of the study, research PhD scholar, and member of the faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The researchers studied the impact of DEHP, one of the EDCs commonly found in piping and tubing, cosmetics, toys, and medical devices.
Male mice exposed to DEHP prenatally had less testosterone in their blood and a lower sperm count. As a result, they lost fertility at a time when they should have been fertile.
Researchers said this suggests prenatal exposure to DEHP can impact both fertility and reproductive capacity of more than one generation.
How much harm?
Barry McIntyre, PhD, a group leader of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Group at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, says a major challenge in research into EDCs is extrapolating data from animal studies to try and determine the potential risks for humans.
He says the extent of damage from EDCs can be dependent on a number of factors.
"The potential for harm from EDCs depends on what hormone pathway is impacted, the amount of exposure, and whether exposure occurs during a sensitive time of development like pregnancy or puberty," McIntyre told Healthline.
Ways to Reduce Plastics in Your Home
Limit purchasing foods and beverages in plastic or can packaging Choose glass or ceramic
Do not store food in plastic containers Do not heat food in plastic containers in the microwave
Source: Nancy Wayne, University of California Los Angeles
According to the Endocrine Society, a growing body of evidence suggests traditional scientific methods for assessing the health impacts of chemicals is inadequate when assessing EDCs.
This, coupled with controversy surrounding the safe doses of various EDCs, has impacted the development of federal regulations and guidelines.
Wayne adds that although we may be years away from knowing the full extent of the impact of EDCs on human health, it's not too early to act.
"We are at the beginning of understanding. And what we know from well-designed, well-executed studies is pretty frightening. We should do more to limit exposure to EDCs, including limiting the use of plastics in food and beverage packaging because of its impact on the health of the first generation exposed, let alone future generations — which will inevitably be directly exposed if nothing is done," she said.
Consumer Group Says Canned Foods Still Contain Dangerous Chemical
Meal Prepping May Actually Be Sabotaging Your Diet
Does Dental Sealant Protection Outweigh Potential Risks?
Does Alcohol Kill Sperm? And Other Fertility Facts
What Is Sperm Motility and How Does It Affect Fertility?
The Center for Environmental Health says 40 percent of canned goods it tested contained BPA, a chemical linked to birth defects and cancer.
Portioning your weekly meals into plastic or even BPA-free containers packs some major risks. Among them is weight gain.
Dental sealants can prevent cavities in children and adults for years, but are they worth the cost and potential risk?
Medically reviewed by James Keith Fisher, MD
Alcohol, even in moderate amounts, can affect your sexual health. It can lead to loss of libido and infertility in both men and women. Learn more…
Learn about the different types of sperm motility and whether Y ("boy") chromosomes actually swim faster than X ("girl") chromosomes.
10 Ways to Boost Male Fertility and Increase Sperm Count
Infertility is a problem for many men. Here are 10 science-backed ways to increase sperm count and enhance overall fertility in men.
Written by Atli Arnarson, PhD


We need to be profitable!
If you're not careful, that mantra will overpower the essence of your brand. It will cause you to make seemingly savvy, cost-effective decisions that wind up diminishing your business quality.
When it comes to international relationships, the global marketplace, and communicating with foreign prospects, clients or colleagues, computer-generated, automatic or machine translation cheapens the message every time. The following are funny – yet serious – examples of how machine translating tools are ineffective when it comes to translating important messages.
The truth is that machine translators can work if you're in a pinch and don't care about the quality, but just need to understand the fundamental message. In many cases, they will provide just that. That's acceptable if you're standing at a store in a foreign country and need to find something specific, or you need to verify you're getting on the right train. The translation will give you the basics, but not much else. However, when translating for a business environment, the basic meaning is not enough.
Plug something seemingly straightforward into a tool like Google Translate, and it's clear what can go wrong – and make you look a bit foolish. Examples abound on the internet.
While many of these are funny on the surface, it's not funny at all if a machine-translation snafu winds up in thousands of brochures you've already mailed out to prospects or inactive client accounts you're trying to reinvigorate. While stilted, overly formal, not formal enough, awkward, or "not quite right but understandable" phrases can get you by in some settings, these should never be acceptable in a professional setting. While these examples may be amusing to read, they are not the translation errors you want to at your next meeting or conference.
In professional translation, words must be translated accurately. They also need to flow, and convey the essence and the heart of your company's brand. As if that weren't enough, the translated copy must do all of the above and do it with respect to your target market's culture. Your translations should be dedicated to communicating the "human touch" of what you bring to the table, and that human quality isn't achievable if you're using a machine.
It's hard to believe that a Fortune 500 company such as Nike would make grievous translation errors, but they have done so. In an incredibly shocking lapse of translation quality control, Nike released a Special Edition Air Force 1 shoe in honor of the 2016 Chinese New Year. The shoes could be ordered with special New Year's blessings embroidered on the back of each heel. The left-heel character, 發 ('fa'), is translated as "be rich and prosperous"; the right-heel character, 福 ('fu'), means, "have fortune/luck." That sounds great, doesn't it?
That latter comment is one of disgust – and offense – and that's certainly not a sentiment you want to incite from the same audience you're trying to seduce.
Machine translation will always have its place for in-the-moment translation needs or even in an emergency business pinch. When in doubt, however, remember that a professional translation firm with qualified and experienced translators will ensure your brand's message remains alive and well in both languages and cultures. We'll make sure the only smiles or giggles you receive at a presentation are the ones you elicited with a well-timed – and expertly translated – joke.
Looking for a professional language services firm that is dedicated to protecting your integrity? Contact us here at Chang-Castillo and Associates.


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Search - Dreamscape on DVD
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw
Director: Joseph Ruben
Genres: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense
The President of the United States is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him--a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Dennis Quaid st... more »ars as Alex Gardner, a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and the beautiful Dr. Jane DeVries (Kate Capshaw) in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions. But corrupt high-ranking government official Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer) has darker plans for Alex's unusual powers. Soon Alex is propelled inside the President's nightmare, a frightening wasteland of nuclear holocaust, and locked in a fantastic battle that could only happen in a dream. This action-packed science fiction adventure will excite and thrill you with its unusual journey through the mind's most terrifying recesses. Audio Commentary by the Producer, Writer and Special Effects Artist - Special Effects Make-Up Making Of - Production Stills 16X9 - 1.85:1 - Color - English - 5.1 Dolby Digital, 5.1 DTS « less
Creators: Joseph Ruben, Bruce Cohn Curtis, Chuck Russell, Jerry Tokofsky, Stanley R. Zupnik, David Loughery
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense
Studio: Image Entertainment
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen,Widescreen,Anamorphic
Screens: Color,Full Screen,Widescreen,Anamorphic
Edition: Special Edition
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Dreamscape [UMD for PSP]
Remastered Edition
PG 2009 1hr 46min
Director: Joe Dante
PG 2002 2hr 0min
UMD for PSP
Director: John Carpenter
The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition
Single Disc
Director: Steven Spielberg
PG-13 2008 2hr 2min
O Brother Where Art Thou
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Director: Clint Eastwood
PG-13 2011
NC-17 2000 2hr 8min
Robin Hood - Men in Tights
Director: Mel Brooks
The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian
Director: Andrew Adamson
Daybreakers
Director: Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer
The DVD censors at it again. On a special edition, no less!
Joshua Emanuel | 06/07/2000
"I love this movie. It was one of the first PG-13 flicks to come out, so when I was a kid this was quite exciting. It had some action, some nudity and a snake-monster all rolled into a fun pseudo sci-fi package.Imagine my disgust and horror upon discovering that the DVD of the film had been edited for content! Don't believe me? Compare it to the video or laser version. The comical sex dream scene at the beginning has been altered so that there are no breasts. There are also no children watching. This may not seem all that important to you, but I think that this silent trimming is quite insidious. The film is rated PG-13 after all, which means that parents should be cautious about showing it to younger kids. Why then must it be cut without telling us so on the package?To sum it up, I love the movie, but I hate this version. Hooray for Hollywood."
I have a dream...for an unedited version...
cookieman108 | Inside the jar... | 07/09/2004
"Do you ever remember your dreams? I rarely do...unless they are of the really intense kind and I wake up during the dream, and even then the images tend to slip from my conscious like grains of sand through your hand. Why am I bothering telling you this? Well, I needed some kind of opener for my review of Dreamscape (1984), a film that deals with dreams and such, and this was the best I could come up with at the time, lame as it may be...directed by Joseph Ruben, who later did Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and Money Train (1995), Dreamscape presents quite a cast with Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw, Eddie Albert, and even George Wendt (Norm!).
Dennis Quaid plays Alex Gardner, a young man of fantastic psychic abilities who has since dropped off the radar, preferring to use his `gifts' to manipulate women and pick winners at the horse track, rather than continuing to subject himself to an endless series of tests meant to study and learn of his abilities, tests conducted by Doctor Paul Novotny (Von Sydow). Seemingly content to squander his skills, Alex's path once again leads him back to Dr. Novotny and his assistant, Jane DeVries (Capshaw) as they've developed a machine that would allow someone with Alex's talents to enter the dreams of others, and possibly help those plagued with reoccurring nightmares, specifically in the President (Albert) who is suffering from apocalyptic dreams that are beginning to affect his ability to do his job. Seemingly concerned with the President's well being, Bob Blair (Plummer), government head of Dr. Novotny's project and shadowy leader of an intelligence group even the CIA fears requests Dr. Novotny assist in relieving the President of these nightmares, but we soon learn he has other plans, plans of a sinister nature involving another, less stable psychic within the project by the name of Tommy Ray Glatman (David Patrick Kelly). Can Alex uncover the plot, help the President, and stay alive? Possibly, but the odds are certainly against him...
Given some of the films that came out in 1984 like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Amadeus, Footloose, Romancing the Stone, Starman, A Passage to India, and The Killing Fields, it's no surprise this `sleeper' got lost in the shuffle. I've always enjoyed it, and thought it deserved a bit more credit than it's gotten. Dennis Quaid is really good and charming as hell as the smart alecky Alex Gardner, a character who seems to be able to handle himself, yet exhibits a smidgen of naiveté which possibly stems from a core belief of decency, despite his ventures into gray areas, specifically using his skills to determine winners of horse races, earning him money to live. Max Von Sydow is also very good, although I feel as if I've seen him in similar roles so many times before, as a doctor involved in ground-breaking research, not being able to see the forces which conspire to use his research for their own, sinister means until it's too late. As far as Kate Capshaw, I have to admit I've never cared for her all that much as I found her character in Temple of Doom to be highly annoying and distracting. She's not bad here, even though she does suffer from a common malady of the 80's here in big-hairitis syndrome. Plummer is good as the conniving powerful government agent with a secret agenda, although I've seen this whole `evil government stealing research meant for the good of mankind for it's own corrupted means' theme about a thousand times before. Even so, he's perfectly suited for the part, oozing a smarmy, almost quiet charm that hides disturbing ulterior motives...I did like the aspect that his goals were driven mostly by his desire to protect what he thought needed protecting, even if he was misguided by his own sense of twisted patriotism.
The special effects, while seeming quite dated now, were actually very good for the time this film came out, especially the dream sequences of the President detailing post-apocalyptic visions of decimated cities and ruinous wastes. The stop motion work, while not really appreciated by many, is really pretty good and reminds me of those old Ray Harryhausen films I love so much. One thing that annoyed me the most about this release is what's missing due to a hack editing job on a few scenes, all within dream sequences, I suppose, to more aptly fit the movie's PG-13 rating. One scene involved Quaid and Capshaw and a romantic interlude on a train with some pretty steamy stuff, but here it's cut short, removing the nudity. A second edited scene had Quaid inside a mousy man's dream about his wife, which contained some nudity that was excised out of here, and finally another scene has to do with Quaid's character helping a little boy overcome a terrifying reoccurring nightmare about a monstrous snake man. The part removed had a bit of gore in it, but it certainly wasn't anything, in my opinion, that deserved to be removed.
It says the movie is available in full and widescreen anamorphic formats, but I only saw the widescreen format. The picture quality is pretty good, but the transfer print does suffer very minor age deterioration at some points, but it's hardly noticeable. The audio is much better, with Dolby Digital 2.0, new Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Audio available. Special features include an audio commentary track by producer Bruce Cohn Curtis, writer David Loughery, and special effects artist Craig Reardon that's pretty good, although dry at more than a few points. Also included are a behind the scenes special effects makeup test reel and a slide show. I really wanted to give this four stars, but given that's it missing parts from a few scenes, I have to go with three...
Cookieman108"
Great movie, except for the cuts.
Birthe Jrgensen | Odense, Denmark | 07/01/2000
"I adore this movie for various reasons; the good script, lots of memorable scenes, and a great cast including the very inviting Capshaw and the very underused Kelly. To me it's not so much the movie's special effects, but the genius story that involves you and make you want to watch it from time to time. -Especially now that it's been letterboxed. However, as good looking as this DVD is, there are a couple of ridiculous cuts. -The kid cutting off the snakeman's head, now with less blood spurting than before. -This cut is rather pointless since there wasn't that much red stuff seen to begin with, and certainly not more than people are used to today. Even worse though, are the changes made to the Homer Simpson guy's dream sequence. -What was before a very amusing bedroom scene, now is shortened to an unfunny mess leaving those who know it uncut perplexed. It really makes no sense to cut this film, when it wasn't before. Who are they trying to protect ?. Just because it's out on DVD, doesn't necessarily mean it's now suddenly more available to folks with small children, does it ?. They've jammed the disc with lots of extra goodies, like a commentary track, but why go to that extent and still cut it ?. Did they plan it for the family market, or what ?. We, the true fans of the movie are left feeling somewhat cheated, and so in the end nobody really wins."
Blu Ray Version Is A Rip Off
William D. Foster Jr. | Carolina Beach, NC, USA | 04/08/2010
"I am disgusted that companies can market a movie as a blu ray which implies enhanced sound and picture only to provide you with an unaltered straight from DVD transfer. While the sound was on par with standard DVD audio the picture was horrible. The movie had all the little white static-like spots in every frame as if you were watching a high school reel projector movie. It was VHS quality visuals. Nothing is touched up visually from the original movie. The green screen scenes are obvious. And with barely 5 minutes of extras, most of which are still photos, this can hardly be considered a "special edition" of anything.
Image Entertainment has made a name for themselves releasing IMAX and concert blu rays. Reviews of those discs have me scratching my head as to why they would release "Dreamscape" on blu ray at all when they enhance other films for the blu ray upgrade. It is apparent to me this movie came out to capitalize on the upcoming blu ray release of "A Nightmare On Elm Street" which shares some similar themes.
Do not buy this blu ray. You can purchase the "Special Edition" DVD release here on amazon.com for $6.99 or this movie shows up in the Walmart $5 bin from time to time. There is no difference in the quality of the DVD and blu ray releases except for the price. Someone should prevent these companies from releasing "fake" blu rays at once. And amazon.com should pull this release from their site before someone else makes the same mistake I did and purchases this "fake" blu ray."
An underrated blast from the past
Jeffrey Ellis | Richardson, Texas United States | 02/19/2006
"Dreamscape is a fun, if undeniably underrated, thriller from the early 1980s. Dennis Quaid plays a psychic who is recruited into a secret, government-funded operation by Max Von Sydow. Under the direction of Von Sydow and colleague Kate Capshaw, Quaid learns how to enter other people's dreams. Amongst other things, this ability allows Quaid to romance the reluctant Capshaw and to help a small boy who is haunted by nightmares involving a demonic creature known as Snake Man (who, years later, remains one of screen history's scariest monsters). However, Quaid also discovers that the real force behind the project is Presidential advisor Christopher Plummer and Plummer has somewhat more sinister goals in mind for Quaid's newfound abilities. President Eddie Albert, it seems, is having nightmares of his own and there leading him to sign a disarmament pact with the Russians. While Plummer makes plan to send his own personal assassin (David Patrick Kelly) into the President's dreams, Quaid and Capshaw struggle to save the President's life.
Dreamscape is an entertaining film that, luckily, doesn't take itself all that seriously. The film itself is a hybrid of several different genres -- part horror film, part political conspiracy thriller, part speculative science fiction, and part comedy and director Joseph Ruben manages to pull of an impressive balancing act by seemlessly integrating all of these elements into a cohesive whole that actually holds together pretty well. Ruben keeps the action moving nicely and brings a truly memorable flair to the film's dream sequences. As stated previously, the Snake Man (a creation that would simply be a cartoonish computer-generated image if the film were made today) is still truly frightening and the President's nightmares, with their images of nuclear devastation, still retain their power to disturb. Ruben also gets uniformly good performances from his cast with special praise going to David Patrick Kelly who creates one of the most memorably quirky and hateful film villians of the 1980s. All in all, Dreamscape is a blast from the past that is more than worth tracking down."


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Forest Products Association of Canada
Canada Grows on Trees
The Forest Products Association of Canada has been the acknowledged go-to voice in representing the country's wood and pulp & paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade and environmental affairs. Headquartered in Ottawa, FPAC has been in existence for more than a century when factoring in its precursor organization, which was known as the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, dating back to 1913.
National forest products is a near $70 billion dollar a year industry and accounts for about 2% of Canada's entire gross domestic product. FPAC represents 17 members and Canada's forest industry operates in more than 600 forest-dependent communities from coast to coast, and directly employs 230,000 Canadians across the country.
The Canadian Business Journal recently spoke with FPAC CEO Derek Nighbor about the evolution of the forestry industry and the path it's looking to take in the future.
"Our direct job to indirect job is a factor of about 3-to-1 in the community, so all-in we're about 1 million people who work in the forest products sector in Canada," says Nighbor.
As one would expect, forestry jobs are most often in northern, rural communities where there usually aren't many other opportunities for employment, so its health and viability become that much more essential for people living in those regions.
Forestry products have always had a large global component to it and it's definitely a continuing trend. Canada has traditionally sent a significant portion of its wood products to the U.S., but more recently other markets have begun to spout in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. The Canadian industry has always relied heavily on exports for its prosperity. The overall value of Canada's forest products exports was just beyond $31 billion in 2014. Canada ranked as the world's second largest exporter of forest products and the sector is the second biggest contributor to Canada's trade surplus at $20.9 billion.
Wood has been enjoying somewhat of a renaissance with more and more home builders and commercial architects making it their material of choice.
"Whether it's for acoustics or aesthetics engineers and architects love building with wood because there are so many cool, creative things you can do with it," says Nighbor.
Building codes are being modernized here and around the world, which allows for the construction of taller wood structures. The Brock Commons at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver 18-storeys and is one of the tallest wood buildings in the world.
"Where Canada is really able to capitalize is not just with the experience and innovation but also with the way we manage our forests. We're among the best in the world in terms of how sustainably we manage the forests. For every tree that's harvested it must be replaced – that's the law in Canada," explains Nighbor. "Regenerating trees on managed land sequesters more carbon and the cycle continues. FPAC factors in managing for species at risk, managing to supress fires to managing pests and to protect watersheds."
In terms of environmental commitments Nighbor notes that one of the unique aspects about Canadian forestry is the number of third-party audited, certified forest operations there are in Canada. He says it's something customers are demanding with respect to meeting certain environmental and ecological standards. If you want to be a member of FPAC you need to subscribe to one of those leading certification systems.
"I always remind people in Ottawa that the forest sector was one of the very few industry groups in Ottawa that stood up behind the Kyoto Protocol many years ago," he proudly says. "We're inherently a green sector and we're truly a renewable resource."
A major benefit is that wood and wood fibre products can displace many of the fossil fuel products. Wood stores carbon. All trees eventually die and that is when they emit carbon and methane.
"If we can, in a responsible way – factoring in watershed and all living creatures – harvest that tree before it turns into a carbon and methane emitter or is attacked by fire or pests we can lock that carbon into a long-lived wood product, gain the economic benefit and the opportunities that come with the commercial side of the business and then replant a seedling and a young tree that is going to turn into a carbon absorber and then the cycle repeats. It's renewable and sustainable," says Nighbor.
Forestry is an industry that is enjoyable and easy to be positive about from Nighbor's perspective. In regular meetings with foresters, ecologists and biologists he sees the immense commitment these professionals have to the land.
"One thing that I enjoy about the sector is that we bring such great economic and social opportunities to Canadians, especially in northern and rural regions while delivering environmental benefits in addressing our fight against climate change," he says.
The beauty of the Canadian forestry industry is that about 90% of the trees in Canada sit on Crown land. The rules and regulations are governed provincially. It's a bit different in Atlantic Canada where there is a substantive amount of private land; the ratio is close to 50/50 in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. But in most of Canada the majority of trees are on provincial land. What comes with that and the rigorous forest management planning that needs to be done is local consultation and engagement with local First Nations communities, town councils and residents. A lot of time goes into that development process.
"In terms of Indigenous communities we've had a decades-long engagement with them because of how we manage forests. We also see the traditional knowledge that many of these communities can bring forward," says Nighbor. "If you think the footprint of our sector in these rural and northern communities we're very closely linked to the majority of Indigenous communities throughout Canada."
The strong relationship between FPAC and the Indigenous community brings about consultation and engagement in terms of sharing and developing plans and it creates excellent opportunities for social and economic partnerships such as labour and training programs. Each location will be different depending on the needs of each local community.
Forestry and mining are by far the two leading sectors in terms of employment for Indigenous people in Canada.
"We employ just over 12,000 directly and our sector also works with about 1,400 Indigenous-led businesses, contractors and suppliers," confirms Nighbor.
A fundamental aspect of FPAC's responsibilities deals with advocacy and lobbying the government, which is made convenient being located right in the nation's capital.
"From a sector perspective there are things that we would like to see government act on. We saw it recently in the Economic Statement. We were one of the few sectors that got a $100 million carve-out over five years to support ongoing innovation in Canadian forestry," says Nighbor.
From the federal government's perspective it is known that FPAC is the go-to source when it comes to forestry policy, insights and intelligence. As different departments within the government consider policy initiatives they hold committee hearings and consult with the experts at FPAC in order to get a firm grasp on the entire picture regarding what is happening in the sector and what needs to be done to ensure its future success.
Access to fibre is an ongoing challenge. The ability to access trees in a sustainable, responsible way is necessary in order to conduct business in the most efficient manner possible. There are also disturbing trends linked to the change in climate. Also, the pine beetle epidemic chewed up 65% of the pine trees in B.C. over the past few years and the spruce budworm has done the same to spruce trees in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.
"We're seeing worsening fires and pest outbreaks. If we continue on the current track through to the year 2100 there is going to be massive fire and pest disturbance in our forests if we don't take some kind of action," says Nighbor.
The question now is how can the industry better manage these fire seasons and possibly plant more pest-resistant trees and be able to access more of the dead wood and clear it out after a fire season as efficiently as possible in an ecologically friendly way.
"The health of our forests is central to our ability to deliver on these economic and environmental opportunities," adds Nighbor.
Another challenge faced within the forestry realm is something that impacts virtually every business sector – an aging workforce. Without doubt, there is a dearth of skilled and semi-skilled workers available. A third challenge is geography and delivering wood products to market when customers demand, which can be difficult given the remote nature of where the products originate from in the northern and rural areas.
"About 80% of our mills are serviced by one railway. Reliable rail service, reliable transportation infrastructure is imperative," states Nighbor.
"The number one thing for me – and this is personal – I view us here at FPAC to be defenders and champions of these forestry jobs and the many communities that need them," says Nighbor.
FPAC is tasked with the important role of ensuring the continued development of a skilled, quality workforce while examining new innovative methods of creating more of these types of jobs in communities that need them.
"It's an opportunity to leverage a great renewable natural resource to innovate and address the environmental challenges we're faced, such as climate change," he says. "So for me, it's about the jobs and providing sustainable support for the communities. We want to continue to be a world leader in wood and wood fibre products."
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Hope for 2010: A New Year's Special Comment
As the old year passes, and with it the old decade, those of us who believe in Justice for LGBTQ people have memories to preserve, work to do, thanks to express, and hope to rekindle. The Unfinished Lives Project was conceived as a visual and verbal resource for the public to use in the on-going struggle for freedom from violence and fear that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer folk face every day in the United States. Wordpress tallies show that as of this writing nearly 44,000 have visited this site since its first posting in June 2008: to educate themselves about the slow-rolling holocaust facing members of the sexual minority, to bring the stories of so many casualties of homophobia and heterosexism to light who would otherwise be forgotten, and to steel themselves for the long, difficult, painful work of changing the culture of violence against the different in which we must live. While countless hours of writing and research have gone into creating and maintaining this web site, that is nothing compared to the stress and loss faced by so many families and loved ones who have experienced the horrors of hate crime murder during these years. The backstory of this blog has been and continues to be the awe-inspiring courage of the bereaved mothers, fathers, lovers and friends who have been thrust into the harsh glare of activism on behalf of the LGBTQ community because they refuse to allow their loved ones to have died in vain. We owe them, and you, Dear Reader, our thanks and our continuing labor until Justice comes. It is to that end we at the Unfinished Lives Project keep telling these grim stories of real people who suffer in America for no other "crime" than being who they are. The past decade, especially the past year, has seen substantive change–not enough, nor comprehensive enough, to be sure–but real change nonetheless. Cultural, political, and religious attitudes toward LGBTQ people are changing in this country. The passage of the James Byrd, Jr. and Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the first comprehensive hate crimes law in federal history, is now law. Convictions under state and federal hate crimes statutes, something conservative law makers and law enforcement officers said would never happen, are occurring already in bellweather states like Colorado and New York. This trend will no doubt continue as the New Year dawns. The infamous "gay panic" defense, and its evil twin, the "trans panic" defense are increasingly discredited and ineffective in American courts of law. Religious attitudes have thawed slightly, but the progress is real, if spotty. Religion and Faith offices and activism, once thought to be the "third rail" of human rights politics, have been established in all the major advocacy organizations that lobby for change. LGBTQ lives and practices are no longer viewed as criminal by the religious leaders of conscience in the United States, and tolerance toward queer folk in congregational life and leadership is on the rise: the Episcopal Church, the Alliance of Baptists, the United Church of Christ, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America are cases in point. Homophobia in churches, synagogues, mosques and schools is not going unchallenged in American daily life, and that is encouraging. ENDA, DADT, and many other legislative initiatives are on the horizon for the new decade. Marriage Equality, which heretofore has been fought for state-by-state (often attended by an alarming hike in anti-LGBT hate crime violence where the issue is most hotly contested), and now advocates are re-evaluating the tactics and strategies of equality. There is nothing magic about the passage of the Shepard Act. Every day, in every region of the nation, LGBTQ people and those mistakenly assumed to be like us, are suffering violence and death, and from our researches at the Unfinished Lives Project, these statistics are increasing alarmingly. One more life lost is one too many. Fear is no way to live in the Land of the Free. So, we who believe in Justice will greet the New Year with resolve. An African American spiritual lyric testifies, "We Ain't in No Wise Tired," and that is providential. We cannot rest until Justice comes. And, we are glad to be in the fight for true "peace on earth, goodwill to all," with you.
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Thank you for reminding us that our work for equality is far from over
Comment	by	Dana daniell | January 3, 2010
thanks for posting all of this info, the encouraging and the shocking. we WILL remember our brothers and sisters and their families and friends – holding them close in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. hopefully all of us working together to educate the general public that we all are just regular folks like them will reduce, and eventually eliminate, the "hate crime" element of these tragedies. thanks for ALL that you are doing!!! scotty
Comment	by	scottE | July 22, 2010
Thank you for the encouragement, Scotty!
Comment	by	unfinishedlives | July 22, 2010
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it snoozed in the small tree it was roosting in during the daytime.
dead, before settling back to sleep.
if it was warm enough to eat.
little Boreal to swallow whole.
cache or just drop them somewhere when nice fresh prey presented itself?
>> rodents with one quick dive.  I saw very few misses.
>> under the ice layer.


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Georgina May Campbell dite May Irwin, née à Whitby (Ontario, Canada) le  et morte à New York le  est une actrice et chanteuse canadienne.

Biographie

May Irwin demeure dans les mémoires pour avoir donné le premier baiser de l'histoire du cinéma à John C. Rice dans The Kiss.

Filmographie
 1896 : The Kiss de William Heise : la veuve Jones
 1914 : Mrs. Black Is Back de Thomas N. Heffron : Mrs. Black

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Actrice canadienne
Chanteuse canadienne anglophone
Naissance en juin 1862
Naissance à Whitby (Ontario)
Décès en octobre 1938
Décès à 76 ans
Décès à New York
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Kensico

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Home Economy Prince Adebayo Pledges To End Insecurity And Poverty As SDP Flags-off Presidential, Governorship Campaigns in North East
Prince Adebayo Pledges To End Insecurity And Poverty As SDP Flags-off Presidential, Governorship Campaigns in North East
By MARGARET OBIAKORNov 13, 2022, 07:47 am0
The Social Democratic Party, SDP has flagged off its presidential and governorship campaigns in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, North East of Nigeria. This is even as the SDP presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo while speaking at the campaign flag-off ceremony, assured Nigerians that the party will eliminate insecurity and poverty in the country.
He addressed the party's supporters at the Mahmud Ribadu Square in Yola.
Adebayo said if he emerges as president in 2023, he will put the nation on the path of prosperity.
According to him, Nigerians are tired of a country that has all it takes to develop, but its leaders have robbed the people of the opportunity.
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Prince Adewole Adebayo stressed that this trend must stop and the SDP is the party that will do that.
The party's supporters witnessed the official presentation of the party's governorship candidate in the state, Umar Ardo, a former aide to then President Goodluck Jonathan; and his running mate, Yusuf Sunday, a human rights activist.
The SDP governorship candidate said he has considered the interest of the people in his bid to run for the governorship of the state.
The national chairman of the party, Shehu Musa assured that the era of intimidation and harassment of voters is over.
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If it were any other year, this would just be another mundane weekend. However, 2016 is a Leap Year, which means we're getting an extra day before February takes its leave.
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Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan returns to Northampton's Royal & Derngate on Saturday February 27.
The star of Live At The Apollo, QI, The Jonathan Ross Show and 8 Out Of 10 Cats, the razor sharp comic is at the top of her game and returns with her eagerly awaited new show entitled Kathbum.In this show, Ryan reflects on what she left behind in America in a search of her inner Kathbum.
Well on her way to being a household name, these past twelve months have been phenomenal for the wickedly acerbic performer with appearances on a number of high profile television shows including Hair, Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk and Russell Howard's Stand Up Central, in addition to her developing her own series with Hat Trick. Her UK tour Glam Role Model also enjoyed great success and was extended due to the massive demand.
Katherine Ryan takes to the Derngate stage at 8pm. Tickets cost £18.50 and can be booked by calling box office on 01604 624811 or by visiting www.royalandderngate.co.uk. This performance is recommended for ages 16 and above.


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Bulk Flageolet Beans popular in French cooking.
Our Wholesale Flageolet Beans are a small, light green shell or bush bean originating in France in the 1800's but currently grown in California and Australia. Flageolet beans cook to a dense and creamy texture and hold up well to stirring and other rough treatment. Flageolet do not require soaking and cook relatively quickly, even the dried beans require only a little longer to cook without soaking first. The pod of the Flageolet is inedible. Although the original flageolet beans are a pale green, there are now many varieties in other colors: black, white, red, or yellow. Flageolet beans can be substituted for navy beans, and are commonly used in a French cassoulet, salads, curries and stews. They are also popular served on their own merit with lamb, chicken and fish.Among all groups of food commonly eaten worldwide, no group has a more health-supportive mix of protein-plus-fiber than legumes. Included here, of course, is the amazing protein-plus-fiber content of dried beans. From a single, one-cup serving of dried beans you get nearly 15 grams of fiber (well over half of the Daily Value and the same amount consumed by the average U.S. adult in one entire day of eating) and 15 grams of protein (nearly one third of the Daily Value and equivalent to the amount in 2 ounces of a meat like chicken or a fish like salmon). You won't find this outstanding protein-fiber combination in fruit, vegetables, grains, meats, dairy products, nuts and seeds, or seafood. The health benefits of legumes are that they support the digestive tract, the blood sugar regulatory system, and the cardiovascular system.Before washing these wholesale flageolet beans, spread them out on a light colored plate or cooking surface to check for, and remove, small stones, debris or damaged beans. After this process, place the beans in a strainer, rinsing them thoroughly under cool running water.To cook beans on your stove-top, combine soaked or dried beans, water, oil or fat, and seasonings in a saucepan or pot of appropriate size. Bring the beans to a boil, reduce the heat, then cover and simmer until beans are tender. This takes 1 to 3 hours, depending on the bean variety. Check the beans occasionally to see if they are covered with the cooking liquid. If there is so much liquid absorption and evaporation that the top of the beans becomes exposed, add very hot tap water to the pot to cover the beans.


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Vijay Chidambaram
Four UTCS Professors Win NSF CAREER Award
03/30/2018 - Four UTCS professors—Vijay Chidambaram, Scott Niekum, Simon Peter, and Eric Price —have won the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career D Read more
Ashlie Martinez Earns Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
12/19/2017 - Undergraduate student Ashlie Martinez has been selected as an awardee of the 2018 Computing Research Association's (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Ashlie is a senior in the Turing Scholars Honors program in UT Computer Science. Read more
New Faculty Profile: Vijay Chidambaram
04/19/2017 - Vijay Chidambaram did not start off wanting to go into research. While earning his Bachelor's from the College of Engineering, Guindy in India in 2009, Chidambaram focused on his goal of nabbing a job at a big company. After an internship during his Master's studies, Chidambaram realized that working as a software engineer did not appeal to him as much as he expected. He felt there was a better way for him to impact the world. Read more
Vijay Chidambaram Wins Award for Doctoral Dissertation
11/10/2016 - UTCS professor Vijay Chidambaram won this year's Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award for his research in operating systems and file storage. The award is for a dissertation from the last two years that has had an impact in the field of software systems research. He won the award for his doctoral dissertation about decoupling ordering from durability in file systems from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2015. Read more
New Faculty 2015-16
09/22/2015 - The future of any computer science program is entirely dependent on the ongoing strength of its faculty. At UT Computer Science, we are proud to say that our future is bright indeed as we welcome four new faculty into our robotics and systems groups. These talented individuals join four other recent faculty additions, ensuring that UT Computer Science will continue to be a leader in the field for years to come. Read more