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CER podcast: The EU's plans for Big Tech
In this week's CER podcast, Camino Mortera-Martínez chats to our new research fellow Zach Meyers. Zach joins Camino from London to discuss one of Europe's hottest topics: what to do with Big Tech. Zach also…
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Do algorithms have too much power?
Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future. They have crept into virtually every aspect of modern life and are making life-changing choices on our behalf, often without us realising. But how much…
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Is the EU stifling AI innovation?
"The European Commission has published draft proposals that will, if implemented, constitute the most expansive attempt to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. AI is becoming increasingly commonplace and automating jobs previously done by humans.…
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To infinity and beyond: the European space sector and industrial policy
Where does Europe stand in the global race for space? This is a very special moment for space exploration. The beginning of April will see the maiden flight of the first helicopter to another planet.…
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The Digital Decade
This week, we take a look into the thinking behind the Commission's recently published plans for their so-called 'Digital Decade' targets, and we probe perhaps the blindspots that the EU executive hasn't yet addressed in…
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The geopolitics of cybersecurity
Are both, the EU and Japan ready for the challenges ahead of a digital 21st century? In many respects, there are points of contact between Asia and Europe. Parts, components, but also software from Asia…
EU's tech gatekeeper proposals spark tensions over need for 'flexible' regulation
If enacted, the European Union's Digital Markets Act will significantly curb the power of Google, Facebook, Amazon.com and Apple. The legislation is now percolating through the EU's labyrinthine lawmaking processes and, although widely supported, fault-lines…
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A Digital Euro
This Spring, the European Central Bank will decide whether or not to move ahead with preparatory work to launch a digital euro, a project that could have far-reaching implications for the very foundations of the…
What next for Artificial Intelligence in the EU?
In this week's edition, we take a deep dive into the European Union's next moves in the Artificial Intelligence space by drawing on recent comments from political officials and catching up with policy experts in…
Regulating digital gatekeepers: Background on the future digital markets act
The EU has unveiled an ambitious plan to regulate online platforms, and the European Commission is proposing to introduce ex ante regulation to ensure that markets characterised by large platforms acting as digital gatekeepers remain…
The new EU digital regulations: Explained
Bruegel's experts walk you through all the details of the EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro is joined by Maria Demertzis, J. Scott…


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Research Article| May 01 1972
Distribution of Renal Blood Flow in Patients with Heart Disease
D. C. Fluck
Cardiac Department, Guy's Hospital, London
T. R. Evans
D. C. Siggers
J. Crawley
S. A. Srivongse
Clin Sci (1972) 42 (5): 627–634.
https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0420627
D. C. Fluck, T. R. Evans, D. C. Siggers, J. Crawley, S. A. Srivongse; Distribution of Renal Blood Flow in Patients with Heart Disease. Clin Sci 1 May 1972; 42 (5): 627–634. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0420627
1. The renal blood flow distribution has been studied by the Xe washout method in nineteen patients undergoing routine left-sided cardiac catheterization.
2. It was found that there were two separate groups, one in which the washout curve could be analysed by curve stripping into four exponentials, and one in which only three could be detected.
3. The mean cardiac output was found to be lower in the three-component group, whereas the mean glomerular filtration rate did not differ significantly between the two groups.
4. In the four-component group but not in the three-component group, significant linear correlations were detected between cardiac output and glomerular filtration rate, and between glomerular filtration rate and intrarenal blood flow distribution.
5. One suggestion was that the three component distribution of renal blood flow was associated with increasing renal autoregulation and the maintenance of renal function in the presence of a low cardiac output.
6. A second suggestion was that the differences between the three- and four-component group were primarily due to the more intensive diuretic therapy given to the patients in the three-component group.
renal blood flow, heart disease
Airway Function in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Left Heart Disease
Clin Sci Mol Med (September, 1975)
Measurement of Intrarenal Blood-Flow Distribution in the Rabbit Using Radioactive Microspheres
Clin Sci Mol Med (January, 1975)
Calcium in the heart: when it's good, it's very very good, but when it's bad, it's horrid
Biochem Soc Trans (October, 2007)
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ: kinase-dependent and -independent activities in cardiovascular function and disease
Biochem Soc Trans (April, 2004)

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You can't put a plaster on a panic attack.
We all have mental health and various ways to manage our wellbeing, but sometimes the environment and outside circumstances can lead us to lose our balance.
We all know how to support colleagues' physical health – slips, trips and falls, CPR, the recovery position.
After a mental health crisis occurs, it's common to hear people say, "I didn't see it coming," or "I knew something was wrong, but I didn't know how to talk about it."
So what would you to do if a colleague was depressed, anxious or stressed?
After all, you can't put a plaster on a panic attack.
The five key skills.
There are five key skills that you need to develop if you want to help champion good mental health at work. Mental Health professionals use the acronym AGLEE, which stands for:
Assess the situation
Listen non-judgmentally
Give reassurance and information
Encourage self-help
Encourage professional help
Upskilling you and your team.
You don't need to be a mental health professional to help your colleagues through difficult times – you could join a growing community of people championing good mental health at work by becoming a mental health first aider.
Just like a physical first aider doesn't need to be a doctor or nurse anyone can learn the skills needed to be mental health first aider.
And, just as physical first aid is about in order to provide an effective first response and to call for further assistance, mental health first aid is all about recognising the signs of trouble, understanding a colleague's needs, and helping signpost them to further help.
Join a growing community.
UK business are training a record number of mental health first aiders, and the numbers look set to grow further.
As stigma surrounding mental health issues starts to erode, more and more businesses, large and small, are realising that, as well being The Right Thing To Do, that taking proactive measure to help their staff feel empowered to talk about and take-action on poor mental health has a positive effect on staff retention, absenteeism, productivity and, ultimately the bottom-line.
Taking the first steps.
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Fashion obsessives and members of Rihanna's loyal Navy have yet to recover from the singer and style icon's on-theme 2017 Met Gala dress, which made her look encased in a multi-colored, fashion forward balloons. Rihanna's dress at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards was much anticipated, since she was nominated for a ton of awards and her ensemble would befit her status as a decorated and celebrated musician.
Sadly, Rihanna wasn't at the ceremony. It appears since didn't make it to the 2017 BBMAs in Las Vegas because she was just at Cannes in France, wearing a strapless white frock with a full train that was more Cinderella-like than one would expect from the usually edgy superstar.
Even though Rihanna is known for her superhuman, jetsetting, and well-dressed party girl lifestyle, she couldn't pull off what amounts to being in two places at once. Sure, it ain't no thing for her to board a private plane from Europe to Sin City and to look fab while doing it.
But alas, it didn't happen!
In case you missed it, here's Rihanna's epic white gown, worn at Cannes. I think you will find it a worthwhile follow up to her Met Gala frock.
Seriously, I can't with her. It looked like a wedding x ball gown. It's also in keeping with Rihanna's style, since it was unexpected for her!
... and a green gown.


Convincing evidence linking Longevity-Associated Genes (LAGs) to longevity will serve as a foundation for the search for small molecule compounds that might mimic the effect of LAGs. By identifying small molecules based on therapeutic hypotheses relating molecular function to healthy aging, effective translational research strategies can be developed and pilot studies can be designed. These findings will be disseminated to the research community.
Candidate chemical interventions could either modulate the activity of the protein encoded by a LAG or could induce a gene expression pattern associated with healthy aging.
Identify target proteins, pathways and biological networks associated with longevity in humans and other organisms. The candidate set of LAGs will be obtained from existing community data sets including the research outcomes from the other projects of the Longevity Genomics consortium (projects 1-4).
Systematically identify LAG-modulating small molecules by integrating several large-scale community data sources such as data from drug databases (e.g. Drugbank), bioassay databases (e.g. PubChem Bioassay, ChEMBL), literature, drug-related gene expression fingerprints (e.g. LINCS), genetic (e.g. GWAS) and phenotype resources. This will also include nearest neighbors of LADs sharing with them structural, physicochemical or biological properties.
Longevity Drugs will be shared with the community in form of a Bioconductor data package (portable SQLite database) containing the LAD structures, activity data, property descriptors and evidence classifications.
As integral part of this project we are developing the longevityTools R Package, and preliminary analysis workflows in from of online vignettes are available at the longevityTools website. Finalized components of the software will be submitted to the Bioconductor project.
Below is an illustration demonstrating the linkage between small molecule bioactivity, structure and gene expression using non-supervised clustering. The three data types can be obtained from public databases including PubChem, PubChem Bioassay and GEO, respectively.
Here we analyze drug- and age-related genome-wide expression data from public microarray and RNA-Seq experiments. One of the main objective is the identification drug candidates modulating the expression of longevity genes and pathways. For this, we compare age-related expression signatures with those from drug treamtments. The age-related query signatures are from recent publications such as Peters et al. (2015) and Sood et al. (2015), while the drug-related reference signatures are from the Connectivity Map (CMAP) and LINCS projects (Lamb et al. (2006).


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AirAsia X Launches Empty Seat Option
Travel News Asia Latest Travel News Podcasts Videos Friday, 10 February 2012
AirAsia X and its technology partner, Optiontown, have launched a new service, called Empty Seat Option (ESo), which offers passengers travelling in Economy an option to get all three seats in a row for a nominal fee.
Empty Seat Option (ESo) is AirAsia X's second ancillary offering introduced in partnership with Optiontown after the Upgrade Travel Option (UTo) service, launched in 2011.
The UTo provides AirAsia X's passengers the opportunity to upgrade to AirAsia X's Premium Flatbed seats. The UTo has helped to significantly increase AirAsia X's premium class load factor (by over 22%) and upgrade yield (by over 60%). Options are limited by flight to ensure a reasonable probability of successful upgrades. Each option is dynamically priced.
AirAsia X CEO, Azran Osman-Rani said, "The airline is constantly looking for ways to boost customer satisfaction and enhance their flying experience with us. I believe that the Empty Seat Option (ESo) will be a great addition to our family of ancillary products which will further increase our ancillary revenue stream. We estimate that we could earn up to US$1 million in 2012."
AirAsia X is one of the 10 airlines collaborating with Optiontown, an innovative airline service provider headquartered in Massachusetts, USA with branch offices in India and Europe.
To add on the Empty Seat Option (ESo) to a booking, AirAsia passengers need to:
1. Log on to airasia.com and select Upgrade with Optiontown under the Flight Information section
2. Click on Optiontown and select Empty Seat Option (ESo)
3. Enter the current flight booking number and select flight for ESo
4. Pay a small sign up fee (MYR3) and a nominal Empty Seat(s) fee
5. Empty Seat(s) availability status will be emailed (72-4hrs) to the customer before flight departure
6. If Empty Seat(s) are not assigned due to unavailability, Empty Seat fee will be refunded automatically to the customer.
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Generally, inhibitor arcs connect a place to a transition such as their function is to prevent the transition from firing whether the connected places have the tokens imply. Everyone knows that the transitions fire only while the connecting input places has tokens represent in it. Though, situations may arise to follow a reverse route, such to prevent the transition from firing while token is represented. Inhibitor arcs are defined in a same fashion like the normal arcs along with an exception that they prevent or inhibit the transition from firing instead of permitting the transition to fire while connected place has tokens. An easy case to present this case is presented in the figure. In the following figure (g) the arc originating from place p1 and terminating on transition t1 is named as inhibitor arc. This is shown by a line with a filled or hollow circle at its ending.


The Menu is composed of the Calendar, Cases, Courts, Documents, Firms, Insurance Adjusters, Insurance Carriers, Medical Providers, Other Entities, Parties, Reports, Tasks, Users, Case Plans and any other database you choose to create.
Within the Courts, there are Judges, Firms have Attorneys, Medical Providers have Doctors and etc.
LawAligns calendar system functions for all appointments and court dates, as well as a tickler system. All events, whether they are appointments or critical tasks, can automatically be scheduled to provide "reminders" for upcoming events based on calendaring rules, that you created. Your firms appointments and court dates will appear in the calendar and in the corresponding cases, and so will all of your critical dates.
Enter your notes for each case under any tab, or even within a task, and they will appear in the large Notes tab, so all of your notes for each case will always be in one location. Filter notes from each tab, or by date created, or date modified. Print individual notes or print all notes, depending on what you need.
Documents, whether old or new, can be moved, copied, deleted, modified, viewed or edited with ease and swiftness. The system, once integrated, can be linked to your existing folders, and provide efficient avenues to find and change, import or export, and more. You won't believe how easy it is to use.
Generate forms within the Forms tab with one click. Form generation will save you countless hours. Say goodbye to entering the same information over and over again, or overwriting old templates manually. After data is entered in the case, when a form is generated, the information is pulled from the case into your document, and you have a signature ready document within seconds.
The Insurance tab allows easy access to all of the insurance information that you need, including but not limited to, types, policy limits, claim numbers, policy numbers, adjuster, and insurance information. The Insurance tab also stores the NF Payment Ledger, Med Pay Ledger, Property Damage information, and Other Damages information.
In Medicals, you will find the dates medical records were requested and received, injury information, treatment dates, and medical notes. You will also immediately know whether the client is still treating or not, and if the client had surgery, and when. It also includes all IME information, and finally, it includes Lien information which relates to the case.
The Employment tab stores all employment data needed to evaluate and settle lost wage claims, such as the employer, dates of time lost, lost wage amounts, how much was reimbursed and by whom. Even with multiple claims or multiple employers, the software will keep track of every penny.
The litigation tabs allows you to store and keep track of all the attorneys involved, pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, court appearances, trial and legal research. You will always know when and what came in and what went out.
The Other Entities section stores all of your "secondary" contacts within your case, so that you have easy access to your witnesses, source information, expert witnesses, etc. Have instant access to everyone related to the case.
All of your case expenses are entered in one place, allowing you to keep track of all of the bills that are accrued throughout your case. The auto-sum feature ensures accuracy of the money you've expended, so you will never miss out on repayment of disbursements due to clerical errors.
Within the Settlement tab, keep track of all of the negotiations with the insurance companies, the case summary, and disbursements that self-calculate, making it easier than ever to process settlements and manage profits.
The pre-litigation and litigation checklists within each case allows a quick view to find out everything you need to know regarding a case. Check off certain items, such as NF App Filed, and add the date and note, so you can quickly reference it without having to go through the physical file or multiple tabs.
Ask LawAlign to custom create tabs, whichever way you would like. Customize in a way that will make the most sense for your own practice and feel free to ask our experts for advice or suggestions.
All Users have a dashboard, which will be the first thing they see when they log in in the morning. The dashboard allows users to quickly access all of their cases, their tasks, critical dates, personalized documents, daily reminders and much more.
Full customization allows you to take your firms procedures and practices and add them to our software, to seamlessly and fully integrate with your office.
Enter an unlimited amount of tasks and manage your own task list.
Access LawAlign through your iPad and iPhone.
Workflow can be customized and pre-set to your firms preferences and procedures.
The MOST sophisticated search features on the market.
Print reports and opt to have customized reports, depending on your personal preferences.
Calendar is fully searchable and will have all critical dates, along with your appointments and court dates.
LawAlign has the ability to calculate fields, such as case expenses, net settlement, fee, gross client amount, liens, net client amount, total fee, etc.
Charts & Graphs created by your data.
Personalized pre-set tasks and events for your office.
Single and multiple document generation, with previews.
Automatic Statute Date calculations & reminders.
All fields in all windows are searchable. The search capabilities include the ability to search by multiple fields across the system.
Case dashboards, organized and presented in a way that is easy to read. All of the important information is accessible and viewable in seconds.
Audit Log monitors and records all of the movement within your case management software. You will be able to track the date, time and activity of each user.
Store all of your staff's information all in one place.
Customizable Case Plans, or use the Plans that are provided.
FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE – We create your software based on how YOU run your practice and what works for your firm! Or we can provide you with LawAlign's comprehensive personal injury solution.
Search and list cases by customizable details such as New Cases, Closed Cases, Staff, Four Month Review, Settled, Dropped, Trial, Pre-Litigation, etc.
Access all case documents through LawAlign.
Document generation. Once a document is generated, it is automatically saved in the clients folder.
Keep track of your staff's sick and personal days.
Two way SMS/Text Messages, clients can now text back.


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The colour is crystal clear in appearance. The nose shows real fruit character. In the mouth, It reveals freshness, highlighting the fruity flavours. Very minerally and zesty on the finish.
Manual harvest followed by immediate soft pressing. Transfers of the must before fermentation are carried out under a protective carbonic gas atmosphere. Fermentation at low temperatures, typically 15° to 18°C in stainless steel vat. The wine is matured on the fine lees for several weeks with weekly pump overs.
As an aperitif, Mediterranean salads, baked fish and Thai green curry.


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"When Chen Ning's biological father and stepmother came looking for him, he didn't even feel happy nor excited.
A long time ago, Lu Ning's father, Lu Yaohua, had abandoned his wife and son and married his lover.
For 18 years, Lu Ning had never met his father before, even when his mother passed away.
Now, Lu Ning's father came looking for him because his half-brother was sick and needed a kidney. The first thing his father and stepmother said to him was to demand a kidney from him.
"We are a family. You're his older brother. It's your responsibility to save your little brother. If you can help Ze, we'll give you 10 million," offered Lu Yaohua.
"A human can survive with one kidney, right? How can you not save your brother when he's dying? You're just like your useless mother!" scolded the stepmother.
"Heck! I would never have agreed to father spending the 10 million if the donor center doesn't have a suitable kidney for me!" cursed the younger brother.
[Option 1: Agree to their request. Reward: "Bite the Bullet" title.]
[Option 2: Chase all three of them away. Reward: 90% stock option of the Fortune 500.]
Lu Ning stared coldly at the three visitors and scoffed.
"I don't have a brother like you, nor a family. Get lost!"
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Trying to Make a Living in Another World with a Bottomless Appetite
It's Lonely to Be Invincible
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"The justice minister has been instructed today to complete preparations to sue Russia over this act of aggression so that those who gave orders can be held accountable," Poroshenko said at a meeting with the families of Ukrainian sailors arrested for violating the Russian border in the Kerch Strait.
The Ukrainian president was also confident that Kiev's foreign partners would take measures against those involved in the sailors' detention. "It concerns those who attacked them and those who brought them before a kangaroo court. The entire world should respond to this incident. We are not going to let anyone go unpunished," Poroshenko said. "A group of lawyers, including foreign ones, is currently working on the possibility of holding Russia responsible," he added.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Long known for its power offense, Alabama opened things up this season.
With a player such as Amari Cooper, that was a good call.
Cooper, the nation's leading receiver, was honored as the Southeastern Conference offensive player of the year Monday by The Associated Press, recognizing his huge role in helping the Crimson Tide claim the No. 1 ranking and a spot in college football's inaugural playoff.
Shane Ray became the second straight Missouri player to take the award as the leading defensive player, while Mississippi State's Dan Mullen was selected as SEC coach of the year. Georgia running back Nick Chubb was voted the top freshman.
Cooper, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound junior, leads the nation with 115 catches and 1,656 yards, and ranks second with 14 receiving touchdowns.
With Lane Kiffin taking over as offensive coordinator, the Crimson Tide (12-1) went to a more fast-paced offense that was a perfect fit for Cooper and senior quarterback Blake Sims. A team that had relied on a stout running game became a force through the air, ranking third in the SEC with 281 yards per game.
Alabama will meet Big Ten champion Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl semifinal game on New Year's Day.
Ray, who leads the SEC with 14 sacks, kept the defensive award in Missouri's hands after Michael Sam won it a year ago. With Ray and Markus Golden pacing the conference's most fearsome pass rush, the Tigers (10-3) captured their second straight SEC East title.
In the league championship game, Missouri lost to Alabama 42-13 this past weekend, a game that was marred by Ray's brutal hit on Sims after he delivered a 58-yard touchdown pass. The Tigers star was ejected from the game, and Missouri settled for a spot in the Citrus Bowl against Minnesota.
Mullen guided Mississippi State (10-2) to the top of the AP rankings for the first time in school history, a startling rise for a program that had long been an also-ran in the rugged SEC West. The Bulldogs' quest for a perfect season ended with a loss to Alabama, and any chance of making the four-team playoff was doomed by a loss to rival Mississippi.
Still, Mullen's team was selected to play Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
The 5-10, 228-pound Chubb was expected to play a backup role for Georgia. That changed when star running back Todd Gurley received a four-game suspension for selling his autograph, then went down with a season-ending knee injury.
With Chubb taking over the lead role, the Bulldogs didn't miss a beat. He finished second in the SEC with 1,281 yards rushing, averaging 6.9 yards per carry and scoring 12 touchdowns.
Cooper was a unanimous selection to the first team, which included five of his teammates: offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio, defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, linebacker Reggie Ragland, safety Landon Collins and punter JK Scott. Like Cooper, Collins was named on every ballot.
The other unanimous pick was Ole Miss cornerback Senquez Golson. The Rebels, who are headed to the Peach Bowl, had four other players on the first team with offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil, tight end Evan Engram, defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche and safety Cody Prewitt.
Ray was among three Missouri first-teamers, joined by receiver Bud Sasser and all-purpose player Marcus Murphy. Mississippi State was represented by star quarterback Dak Prescott and offensive lineman Ben Beckwith. Chubb and linebacker Amarlo Herrera made the team from Georgia. Auburn landed center Reese Dismukes and running back Cameron Artis-Payne, the SEC's top rusher with 1,482 yards. Defensive end Bud Dupree and kicker Austin MacGinnis from Kentucky also made the elite squad.
Rounding out the team were South Carolina receiver Pharoh Cooper, LSU offensive lineman La'el Collins, Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight, and Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III.
Prewitt and Hargreaves were the only first-teamers to repeat from 2013.
Texas A&M was among three schools that didn't have at least one first-teamer, though the Aggies did land four players on the second team.
Also missing from the first team were Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
The 82nd annual AP All-SEC team was selected by a 14-member media panel representing each of the conference's 11 states.


President Sandra M. Chapman called the regular meeting of the West Virginia Board of Education to order at 8:32 a.m. on August 9, 2001, in the Auditorium at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia.
Members present were Vice-President Paul J. Morris, Barbara N. Fish, Sheila M. Hamilton, Howard M. Persinger, Jr., and Superintendent David Stewart. Members absent: Secretary James J. MacCallum, Ronald B. Spencer and J. Michael Mullen, Chancellor, The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
Mr. Manuel P. Arvon, II, Superintendent of Berkeley County Schools, and Kitty Cauffman, Principal of Musselman High School, welcomed the Board.
Paul J. Morris moved, with J. D. Morris seconding, that the agenda be approved. Howard M. Persinger, Jr. questioned General Counsel Rebecca Tinder about the need for an emergency executive session. Ms. Tinder responded that an emergency executive session would be appropriate per W.Va. Code §6-9A-3 and the hold in Peters v. County Commission, 519 S.E.2d 179 (W.Va. 1999).
Paul J. Morris amended his motion to approve the agenda with the addition of an executive session, Barbara N. Fish seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the agenda as amended.
A random and unannounced education performance audit was conducted in the Greenbrier County School System.
An on-site review of the Pendleton County School System was conducted November 2 - 4, 1999. An Education Performance Audit Team returned to Pendleton County April 30 -31, 2001. The purpose of the return team visit was to verify correction of the noncompliances identified during the original on-site review.
Policy 2320, A Process for Improving Education - Performance Based Accreditation System, is being revised to include the requirements of House Bill 2934 passed during the 2001 Session of the West Virginia Legislature as well as the revision of resource evaluation components required by the Agreed Order in Tomblin v. Gainer signed September 12, 2000. House Bill 2934 amends W.Va. Code §18-2E-5 to require the State Board to appoint a monitor at county expense if a seriously impaired school does not correct the impairment by a date certain set by the State Board. A total of 35 comments from nine (9) individuals or organizations were received.
House Bill 2934 requires the State Board to conduct a review of the system of education performance audits with the objective of achieving the goals that: (1) the measures used to evaluate performance are clearly aligned with the education goals and expectations established for student, school, and school system performance including student success in post-secondary education and work; (2) the measures used reflect a priority for student progress and safety; and (3) the measures used are limited in number and easily comparable to national performance indicators.
The Stanford Achievement Test-9 (SAT-9) scores have been analyzed relative to Performance Measure 4.1, Student Achievement. The report reflects those schools that did not have 50 percent of students achieving in the top two quartiles as well as those schools not meeting the standard that 15 percent or fewer students perform in the bottom quartile or that there be a decreasing trend.
The schools denoted by an asterisk (*) in Attachment E are seriously impaired. It is recommended that these schools be issued seriously impaired status and a team of improvement consultants be appointed to each school. The school denoted by two asterisks (**) in Attachment E is a previous seriously impaired school that failed to achieve the Date Certain and it is recommended that a monitor be appointed to cause improvements to be made at the school to bring it to full accreditation status by June 30, 2003.
West Virginia Code §18-2-23a requires the State Board to establish goals for professional development in the public schools of the state. An analysis of annual performance data and education performance audits was presented to assist the Board in establishing staff development goals.
Upon motion by J. D. Morris, second by Howard M. Persinger, Jr., the Board unanimously directed that the OEPA conduct a review of McDowell County Schools as soon as is practical.
The Board approved personnel items for the West Virginia Department of Education and West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind as listed in Attachment S.
Bill Luff provided the Board an historical overview of trainer waivers. The waiver procedure was implemented due to the fact that it has not been possible for every county to have a certified athletic trainer. President Chapman requested that the Department revisit Policy 5112.
Revision of Policy 4320 is required to bring the policy in line with regulatory changes and to ensure efficient operations in school nutrition programs.
This policy establishes standards for foods served and/or sold to students in schools during the school day. Further, the policy requires management and meal service practices that support an integrated approach to school-wide nutrition integrity, including recommended qualifications for county nutrition directors. The proposed revision requires that, beginning school year 2002-2003, school nutrition program directors be authorized. The revision also sets forth the initial qualifications and renewal requirements for this authorization. The comment period, ending July 16, 2001, resulted in 15 comments being received.
Policy 5301 has been revised to reflect the changes made to W.Va. Code §18A-4-8a during the recent legislative session. The statute was revised to provide: a $10 per month incremental pay increase to the service personnel who have completed eighty-four, ninety-six, one hundred eight, and one hundred twenty hours of college or comparable training in a trade or vocational school; an additional $10 per month to those who have earned a bachelor's degree; and an additional $10 per month to those who have earned a master's degree. The policy was on public comment until July 16, 2001. No comments were received.
W.Va. Code §18-5-22 requires the employment of school nurses. The purpose of the policy and manual is to set standards for care for students who have health conditions that must be maintained during the school day. The manual is used to assist nurses and others who perform basic and specialized health care procedures for students.
Policy 2422.7 and the accompanying procedural manual has been on public comment since June, 2001. One comment was received that resulted in a minor editorial change.
Policy 2422.8 has been on public comment since June, 2001. Thirty-four comments were received that indicated opposition to making medication administration a non-specialized health care procedure.
Lenore Zedosky, Executive Director, Office of Healthy Schools, addressed the Board regarding the comments received and a meeting she attended with the nurse licensing board. Ms. Zedosky recommended that the Board not approve this policy based on the concerns voiced in the comments.
Policy 2460 has been revised to include: 1) the new federal regulations regarding issues of child safety and acceptable use of the Internet, and 2) to be in compliance with E-rate guidelines. The policy was placed on public comment until July 20, 2001, and three people responded. Clarification and technical changes were made to the policy based on the comments.
Policy 6200 has been revised to facilitate the Agreed Order in Tomblin v. Gainer. This revision omits chapter 15 of the previous policy which addressed existing facilities. The West Virginia Department of Education has the responsibility to provide assistance to county school districts through the Office of School Facilities. This handbook offers additional assistance with renovations, construction of new school facilities, and developing or amending the county's Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan. This handbook is a working document and should be used as such during all planning stages of evaluation and construction.
The 30 day comment period ended June 11, 2001 with a total of five individuals or organizations suggesting changes. A number of the recommendations which have a positive impact on the learning environment were incorporated into the policy.
In December 2000, four of the committees appointed as a result of the Agreed Order in Tomblin v. Gainer (Teacher Shortage; Foreign Language; Art and Music Limitations; and Science Facilities) made recommendations to the Board. In May 2001, the Department of Education provided the Board with its recommendations as to any action the Board should take with respect to the committees' recommendations.
Similarly, in May 2001 the other two committees appointed as a result of the Agreed Order in Tomblin v. Gainer (Vocational Curriculum Offerings; Testing) made recommendations to the Board. In July 2001, the Department of Education provided the Board with its recommendations concerning the committees' recommendations.
The Vocational Curriculum Offerings Committee recommendations and Department recommendations are identical.
The Testing Committee and Department recommendations regarding assessment are identical except that the Department has recommended testing science and social studies in grade 3 whereas the committee recommended that they not be tested until grade 4 so greater concentration could be placed on reading and mathematics. The recommendations of the Testing Committee involving accountability will be considered after the Testing Committee completes its work.
Upon motion by Paul J. Morris, second by Barbara N. Fish, the Board unanimously accepted the Department's recommendations.
Policy 5100 requires all West Virginia higher education institutions to complete an annual report on July 1 of each year. Policy 5100 also contains the four major areas that all annual reports must address. All 18 institutions met these criteria and qualify for "Continuing Program Approval Status." From these reports, the Office of Professional Preparation compiles a document entitled, "Approval of Educational Preparation Programs in West Virginia Colleges and Universities 2001-2002" and distributes this document throughout the state. This year's document reflects all the changes the higher education institutions made to continue aligning their professional preparation programs with the revisions contained in the Policy 5100, passed by the West Virginia Board of Education in January 2000.
The Legislature passed W.Va. Code §18A-2-3 during the 2001 session allowing county boards of education to employ retired teachers as substitutes in certain critical areas provided the county board adopts a policy spelling out the need and obtains State Board approval for the policy. McDowell County submitted a policy that meets the statutory criteria.
President Chapman distributed a historical overview of travel and Wednesday work sessions from 1986 to 2000. Discourse took place regarding the purpose of traveling to counties, i.e., to have an opportunity to look at facilities, visit schools, and establish a relationship with the communities to allow communication of issues and concerns.
Upon motion by Howard M. Persinger, Jr. , second by Sheila M. Hamilton, the Board by unanimous vote, went into an emergency executive session at noon with its attorney, Rebecca M. Tinder, pursuant to W.Va. Code §6-9A-3 and the holding in Peters v. County Commission, 519 S.E. 2d 179 (W.Va. 1999), to discuss the investigation and defense of a complaint filed against the Board and an employee in the West Virginia Human Rights Commission.
The Board returned from Executive Session at 12:45 p.m. at which time President Chapman reported that no action was taken.
President Chapman reported that the matter under consideration involved a complaint by an employee which named the Board as a respondent.
Howard M. Persinger, Jr., moved, with Paul J. Morris seconding, and by unanimous vote of the Board, that Counsel refer the employee complaint to the Attorney General's office and that two (2) attorneys be appointed, one to represent Board and one to represent the employee.
Discussion ensured regarding the fact that the RESA Directors meetings must take place and it was suggested that an agenda be formulated. It was further decided that all currently scheduled meetings be cancelled and scheduled on an as needed basis and that groups currently scheduled be notified of this decision. Groups will be encouraged to request meetings with the Board as desired. Next month the Board will meet on Wednesday, September 12 at 1 p.m. with the RESA directors and at 2 p.m. to continue work on its legislative agenda. Howard M. Persinger, Jr. requested a more thorough agenda for Wednesday events and expressed a need for portable audio equipment. It was also requested that the Board not be placed on auditorium stages if at all possible.
Howard M. Persinger, Jr., addressed the Board regarding his feeling that the current Board room facility in Charleston is inadequate for the Board to conduct its business. J. D. Morris suggested moving regular meetings to Building 7, conference rooms A-B. President Chapman requested Superintendent Stewart research this matter.
Howard M. Persinger, Jr., addressed the Board regarding his desire that the State Superintendent or Board President write and publish a monthly article to promote Board initiatives on a regular basis.
Superintendent Stewart will correspond directly with the Board regarding this matter.
Howard M. Persinger, Jr. addressed the Board regarding the need for training sessions on various areas of West Virginia law governing the operation of the Board. Mr. Persinger felt that a training session on the Open Meetings Law was critical.
Paul J. Morris and President Chapman provided an historical overview of trainings provided the Board. It was the general consensus of the Board, other than Mr. Persinger, that matters of concern will be dealt with as necessary and on the advice of counsel.
Barbara N. Fish addressed the Board regarding the need for a training retreat.
Barbara N. Fish addressed the Board regarding her experience at the August NASBE new member training seminar and distributed and discussed a draft "Table of Contents" to assist in the development of a loose leaf Board manual. Mrs. Fish requested feedback from members.
The next regular meeting of the West Virginia Board of Education is scheduled to be held September 13 in Randolph County, West Virginia.
Upon motion by Howard M. Persinger, Jr., second by Paul J. Morris, the Board, by unanimous vote, adjourned at 2:09 p.m.


Allied Media Conference came and went and so much to take in for my first time. Needless to say is that Pan Left needs to go back next year. As for this year, a big GRACIAS to the organizers of Medios Caminantes (especially Ana Martina). Being a part of this gathering of grassroots media makers from all over the Americas was powerful. A reminder that our struggle here locally goes beyond our borders and we are in this fight together. Here's a taste of what Medios Caminantes was about at the conference from a video I made for them.
And also here's a slide show from an excellent session with Santiago Armengod from Just Seeds. His workshop on print art and print making inspired me the most. The knowledge he shared shows that we all have many ways to tell stories, but the people's story can only truly come from the people.
Here's some links of interest.


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Whitey Herzog spent a good, long time stewing about a blown call in the 1985 World Series. So in a strange way, perhaps this fits: He's going into the Hall of Fame, standing next to an umpire.
Herzog and prominent crew chief Doug Harvey got the call yesterday, elected to the Hall by the Veterans Committee.
Herzog was a single vote short in his previous try, and might've made it sooner with another crown on his resume. But he was forever linked to Don Denkinger after the ump's infamous miss in Game 6 so long ago cost St. Louis a chance to clinch.
"No, I'm not bitter at Denkinger," Herzog said at Busch Stadium. "He's a good guy, he knows he made a mistake, and he's a human being. It happened at an inopportune time but I do think they ought to have instant replay in the playoffs and World Series."
Herzog and Denkinger made their peace over the years.
"We didn't always see eye-to-eye. That's pretty obvious. Enough has been printed about what happened," Denkinger told the Associated Press. "It didn't deter from how I feel about Whitey. He deserves to be in the Hall. I have the utmost respect for him."
Harvey, 79, umpired in the National League for 31 seasons before retiring in 1992.
* According to ESPN The Magazine, the St. Louis Cardinals and righthander Brad Penny have agreed to a 1-year contract worth $7.5 million. The deal is pending a physical, likely to be done today.
* The Yankees dealt righthander Brian Bruney to Washington for a player to be named in the first trade of the winter meetings.
* Brewers righthanded reliever Mark DiFelice had surgery to repair a torn labrum and rotator cuff. Also, Milwaukee claimed infielder Luis Cruz off waivers from Pittsburgh.
* Detroit shortstop Adam Everett agreed to a $1.55 million, 1-year contract.


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How do we enter the strange and fascinating world of small organisms? How do scientists explore their habits, growth, and rather intriguing behaviours? In this album, scientists from Italy, the US and the UK reveal some of the technologies and techniques they use to investigate the behaviour of small aquatic organisms such as flagellates, plankton and filter feeders. In the audio track, Dr David Robinson of The Open University talks about some of the problems and rewards of investigating very small aquatic creatures. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/across-the-sciences/investigating-flagellates-plankton-and-filter-feeders" /> The iTunes U team. The iTunes U Team at The Open University produce audio and video podcasts
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How do we enter the strange and fascinating world of small organisms? How do scientists explore their habits, growth, and rather intriguing behaviours? In this album, scientists from Italy, the US and the UK reveal some of the technologies and techniques they use to investigate the behaviour of small aquatic organisms such as flagellates, plankton and filter feeders. In the audio track, Dr David Robinson of The Open University talks about some of the problems and rewards of investigating very small aquatic creatures. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/across-the-sciences/investigating-flagellates-plankton-and-filter-feeders" /> The iTunes U team. The iTunes U Team at The Open University produce audio and video podcasts
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How do we enter the strange and fascinating world of small organisms? How do scientists explore their habits, growth, and rather intriguing behaviours? In this album, scientists from Italy, the US and the UK reveal some of the technologies and techniques they use to investigate the behaviour of small aquatic organisms such as flagellates, plankton and filter feeders. In the audio track, Dr David Robinson of The Open University talks about some of the problems and rewards of investigating very small aquatic creatures. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/across-the-sciences/investigating-flagellates-plankton-and-filter-feeders" /> The iTunes U team. The iTunes U Team at The Open University produce audio and video podcasts
First published on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 as Investigating flagellates, plankton and filter feeders. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Copyright 2010
How do we enter the strange and fascinating world of small organisms? How do scientists explore their habits, growth, and rather intriguing behaviours? In this album, scientists from Italy, the US and the UK reveal some of the technologies and techniques they use to investigate the behaviour of small aquatic organisms such as flagellates, plankton and filter feeders. In the audio track, Dr David Robinson of The Open University talks about some of the problems and rewards of investigating very small aquatic creatures. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/across-the-sciences/investigating-flagellates-plankton-and-filter-feeders" /> The iTunes U team. The iTunes U Team at The Open University produce audio and video podcasts
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The sales director has set up new performance targets for his sales team, split across different types of sale (UK, Europe, Rest of World, online advertising and mailshots). Therefore, in order to monitor performance against target, he needs the actual figures for each income stream in his monthly reports.
However, the MD is only interested in seeing a UK and overseas sales split. So do you now have to produce two reports to satisfy both users?
The Excel Group feature allows you to group large quantities of data. So if you have a lengthy spreadsheet with many tiers of data, you can easily consolidate that data without using another spreadsheet.
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Step 1. Organise the data to be outlined. Make sure the fields you want to group are adjacent to each other. Insert summary rows or columns beneath or beside the fields that you will be grouping. Summary rows or columns should contain formulas to average or sum up the data to be grouped.
Step 2. Select the range of data you wish to group. It must be a series of rows or columns, not just a group of cells. Highlight the first cell of each of the rows/columns you want to include in your group.
Step 3. Select the Data tab to find the Outline group (Group and Outline menu in Excel). To group data, click on Group and select either row or column depending on what you want to group. By making several groups of data, you have created an Outline.
+ or – buttons. You will notice that a grey section appears next to the rows or above the columns. It indicates that the rows/columns are grouped together. Clicking on the minus button will hide all the grouped rows/columns. To unhide the group, click the plus button.
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Officials in Kissimmee and St. Cloud need to begin using the legal tools at their disposal to get tough with people who violate municipal laws.
For instance, heavy fines would help curb the nuisance of keeping more animals than is allowed in city homes.
Likewise, ordering a homeowner to destroy an extra room and wiring that he or she added without securing a building permit would make that person think twice before flouting the law again.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true.
During the year that a code enforcement board has existed in St. Cloud, 14 cases have been heard. None resulted in a fine.
Kissimmee's record wins no awards either: Code enforcers have ordered only two fines since 1981.
The rest of the time the boards of both cities have gone easy on developers, residents and eccentrics who chose to ignore the codes or their responsibilities as citizens.
The system, in design at least, appears first-rate. Each city has rules on such things as building, plumbing, sanitation, garbage and nuisance animals.
Inspectors -- one in St. Cloud, two in Kissimmee -- take complaints, patrol the city and try to nab alleged violators.
The latter receive citations along with requests to correct the infractions. If offenders do not correct the problems, they are brought before the appropriate board.
These code enforcement boards determine guilt or innocence and can impose fines of up to $250 a day. They even can order unapproved construction -- say, remodeling in a house -- to be torn apart.
Unfortunately, government doesn't get tough with violators.
For example, inspectors can give violators more than one deadline to correct a problem. Such leniency sends the wrong signal to the average citizen: Perhaps you can't fight city hall, but you can manipulate it.
The code enforcement board reinforces that message. Offenders get another 90 days in which to correct offenses they should not have committed in the first place.
That amounts to too little action, too many second chances.


Posted By: Martin Date: 8/4/13 3:25 a.m.
At least we can still berate him for not playing on TC :D. Although he recently mentioned playing through on major damage, so we may be getting to him ;).
Good summary PS. Of course this level is extra stressful on TC, especially as a lot of the dying tends to be in the third ring - the performance of the S'pht seems so variable there, and all too often one gets snuck up on by grenading Troopers ><.
Last playthrough (and every Try again it took) I was more impressed with the invisible S'pht in the first ring than I remember having been in the past. Maybe I was doing my job better, really using that invincibility for what it is worth! Invisible S'pht can be very annoying when they end up in front of you when you are trying to hit the high switches though!
The Durandal terminal really does make it sound like we're not going to see him again. I guess things were very much wrapped up here just in case there was no followup? A better approach than was taken with, for instance, Aquaria, a fantastic indie game that ends "To be continued" but is almost certain not to be. Red Dwarf series six also ran that risk, but they managed to continue many years later even if the quality suffered.
That certainly was not the case with M2/Infinity though, and I look forward to ToD's future. Not to ruin the surprise for anyone or anything, but I believe we were agreed on my covering the following M2 levels, so I will await your intro soon ... really a year to cover M1 ToD? It certainly sped up towards the end :).
Phew, better get started with writing! I may even get into using screenshots beyond the maps ... but I can't promise it :).


A two-day consultation is underway in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the third draft of the global compact on refugees.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, circulated the revised text and a summary of the main changes made since the second draft.
13 June 2018: UN Member States are holding consultations on the third draft of the global compact on refugees. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, circulated the revised text and a summary of the main changes made since the second draft, and noted that his office will provide an update on the consultations on 22 June 2018.
The latest draft, dated 4 June 2018, notes that the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) adopted by the UN General Assembly (A/RES/71/1, Annex I) is an "integral part" of the global compact. The remainder of the compact is the Programme of Action, which consists of Part A on 'Mechanisms for burden- and responsibility-sharing' and Part B on 'Areas in need of support,' and a section on Follow-up and Review.
The 4 June version of the compact (Draft 3) is 20 pages long and includes 104 paragraphs. According to the 'Explanatory memorandum on main changes' provided by UNHCR, the introduction now refers to the principle of sovereign equality of States, and to the importance of national ownership and leadership. The paragraphs on prevention and root causes now clarify that climate, environmental degradation and natural disasters are not themselves causes of refugee movements, but may interact with the drivers of refugee movements.
Other key changes have been made in the sections addressing: the Global Refugee Forum; Support Platforms; humanitarian funding, country ownership and leadership, and the private sector; data and evidence; reception and admission and the Asylum Capacity Support Group (on which further information is provided in a non-paper). The revised text also clarifies that the three-year resettlement strategy will be concluded by the second Global Refugee Forum in 2021.
On follow-up and review, the revised draft specifies that the Global Refugee Forum will serve as the main vehicle for measuring progress towards the achievement of the objectives of the global compact.


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Fishermen use sound barriers to disorient and herd the frantic pods out of their normal migration paths into hidden lagoons, such as that featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove".
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Those considered the most "attractive", including young and female dolphins, are separated to be sold to dolphinariums and marine mammal parks where they will remain in captivity for the rest of their lives, often forced to perform as circus acts.
The remaining dolphins are inhumanely slaughtered- impaled and speared- or their spinal cords severed, and later butchered to be distributed throughout Japan as meat for human consumption.
This clearly represents a huge welfare concern for the dolphins, but also poses a significant risk to human health. The Japanese government has intentionally sheltered people from the dangers of eating dolphin meat. Dolphin meat contains extremely high levels of mercury, and consumers run the risk of mercury poisoning, which can result in severe brain damage.
While the Japanese government defends dolphin hunting as part of their cultural heritage, this tradition has potentially serious health effects and the reality is that the more lucrative captive dolphin industry is the driving economic force behind the dolphin hunt in Taiji.
The worldwide marine mammal captivity industry continues to threaten wild whale and dolphin populations and inflicts cruelty and suffering on thousands of individual animals. Confining whales and dolphins to captivity presents serious welfare issues. These are wide-ranging, social animals and captivity presents a lack of the social, visual and auditory stimuli of their natural environment, leading to a life of severe deprivation, lower life-expectancy and higher infant mortality than in the wild.
The Asia for Animals coalition members will continue to support the work of animal protection and conservation organisations campaigning to end this inhumane capture and slaughter. For more details see the Save Japan Dolphins campaign at http://savejapandolphins.org
The AfA coalition has written to the Japanese government to oppose this brutal and indefensible capture and slaughter.
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Queen Mary University of London Language Centre. With EAP course programme leaders who have a background in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), we are developing game-based activities for the new suite of free FLAX language learning apps for Android. Here we are specifically looking at the reuse of domain-specific content from Open Access publications, including the EThOS PhD thesis database at the British Library. that can be mined with the FLAX OSS for the development of open CALL and Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) vocabulary resources for open EAP.
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Murcia University LACELL Group (Lingüística Aplicada Computacional, Enseñanza de Lenguas y Lexicografía). With corpus linguistics researchers at the LACELL group and legal English lecturers at Murcia University, we have been looking into the reuse of open MOOC content for the teaching and learning of legal English for translation studies using the FLAX web platform. With María José Marín, developer of the British Law Report Corpus (BLaRC), we have further opened up this corpus, which is derived from open government-licensed UK judicial cases, to make it available for learning and teaching purposes via the FLAX website.
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This research is supported by my Open Fellowship with the Hewlett Foundation-funded Open Educational Resources Research Hub at the UK Open University, and is further supported by the UNESCO Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN), and a doctoral dissertation grant from The International Research Foundation (TIRF) into English Language Education.
The following OER hypotheses will be tested in relation to learning with open corpus-based linguistic support materials in the context of MOOCs and networked courses, and to learning with re-useable open content in formal EAP and English translation studies contexts. Hypotheses for investigating Open Educational Practices (OEP) in the context of language materials development with teachers and researchers working in formal EAP and English translation studies will also be tested.
Hypothesis A – Performance Use of OER language collections leads to improvement in student performance and satisfaction.
Hypothesis E – Reflection Use of OER for developing language collections leads to critical reflection by language educators, with improvement in their practice.
Hypothesis G – Indicators Informal (MOOC) learners use a variety of indicators when selecting OER.
Hypothesis H – Support Informal learners adopt a variety of techniques to compensate for the lack of formal language support.
Hypothesis I – Transition Open education acts as a bridge to formal language education, and is complementary, not competitive, with it.
Hypothesis K – Assessment Informal means of assessment (in MOOCs and language programmes) are motivators to learning with OER.
Importance is placed on empirical reusable data with the FLAX project for taking a corpus-informed and data-driven approach to language learning and teaching. Moving away from subjective conclusions about language based on an individual's internalized cognitive perception of language and the influence of generic proprietary language learning resources, this research will present evidence that empirical, reusable and open data enable language learners to reach objective conclusions about domain-specific language usage based on corpus analyses. Designing and developing accessible social interfaces for language learners to interact and learn with these corpora is at the heart of my research with the FLAX project where the open research, open data, open access, open-source software, and open educational resource movements converge.
My research draws on the concept of the social interface as both a practical and a theoretical construct from the sociology of technology. Moving away from the traditional concordancer text analysis interface from the field of corpus linguistics, which only reveal language snippets from complex querying by researchers, the FLAX project has developed simple yet powerful augmented text interfaces for language learners, which present documents in full and link in supplementary and complementary open resources using artificial intelligence and game-based designs. One of the datasets from this research is, therefore, concerned with human-computer interaction and the evaluation of interface designs using think-aloud protocols and surveys with language learning participants.
Drawing on Long's social interface theory (Long, 1989 & 2001) and his method of analysis from the fields of anthropology and development, this research presents further data from interviews with language teachers and subject academics engaged in the development of open corpora (Fitzgerald, Wu & Marin, 2015; Fitzgerald, Wu & Barge, 2014). This research will locate and analyse the interfaces where social friction can be experienced with the adoption of open educational practices and where the diffusion of open tools, resources and practices for domain-specific academic English can lead to structural discontinuities (both positive and negative) in formal and informal language education.
Long, N. (1989). Encounters at the Interface: a Perspective in Social Discontinuities in Rural Development, Wageningse Sociologische Studies 27. Wageningen: Wageningen Agricultural University.
Stake, R. (1988). "Case study methods in educational research: Seeking sweet water." In R.M.Jaegar (Ed.), Complementary methods for research in education. American Association for Educational Research, 253-278.


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Written by Ashley Holcomb
During quarantine, many of us have felt not like ourselves, including feeling unproductive, lonely, bored, easily emotional, or lacking in meaning. To understand why this may be, we're going to review Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Maslow theorized that we are initially motivated by the lowest or most basic need. As those needs are met, we move up the hierarchy to more complex needs. However, if a need is not met, the motivation for that need increases until it is met, and it will end up taking our focus away from higher levels.
Before we review these needs, take a moment and brainstorm what are the top things that are taking your energy right now, or maybe another way of phrasing it would be your top worries. We'll use the list to see where on the hierarchy those worries fall.
Our first needs are physiological, such as food, shelter, and water. Many of us, I hope, are still doing ok here. The next one is safety, which focuses on stability, employment, finances, health, resources. I'm going to guess your list had a lot of these kinds of problems on it. Our resources have changed, our employment has changed, we may be in financial risk, and we may feel scared of getting sick.
The coronavirus has caused most of us to focus on this basic need. That means a lot of our energy and motivation will be on trying to resolve these issues. Hopefully we can take advantage of some of that motivation to resolve what we can in terms of reviewing finances and making smart hygiene choices. However, some of the issues we can't resolve, like finding a cure or ending a shelter-in-place order, which means our motivation and focus will get stuck here. That also means we will have less motivation for needs higher up on the hierarchy.
The next need is love, belonging, friendship, and connection. This may be hard to access right now for some. We may find ourselves fighting with loved ones more often, or feeling like we are lonely and struggle to feel connected with others. You may not have as much motivation or energy to put into those relationships.
The next few are esteem, cognitive needs (meaning to feel curious, want to explore or learn), and aesthetic needs (meaning to appreciate beauty). This entails feeling good about ourselves, or feeling confident and strong. When we're here, engaging in work or a preferred activity feels fun, freeing, and like it's building you up. If we don't have motivation to explore, grow, or work, it may be harder to get things done. That may lead to feeling stressed and incompetent, or bored and unfulfilled by those tasks that usually give you energy.
Lastly is self-actualization and transcendence, which involves seeking to be the best version of ourselves, or finding meaning in the world around us. This may include spiritual journeys or exploring questions of identity. Again, without as much energy or motivation to go here, you may feel disappointed in what feels like a lack of growth in these areas.
If so much of our energy is now being diverted to feeling safe, and we can't change a lot of what's making us feel unsafe, how do we move forward?
Firstly, I would invite you to be kind to yourself. It's ok to feel what you are feeling. I think that's hard for many of us, because we have a certain standard of accomplishment that we hold ourselves to, and kindness can feel like weakness. I would challenge you to push back against that standard by remembering that this is a completely unprecedented event in your life. It's ok to be upset, it's ok to do less, and it's ok to be kind to yourself.
The next thing I'm going to invite you to do is to find other ways of helping you feel safe. Remember when you were a kid, and you got scared, maybe from a nightmare? What did you seek? Again, take a moment and jot down some things you may have turned to.
When you're looking at your list, maybe you wrote down the warm comfort of a blanket or favorite stuffed animal. Maybe it was a cup of hot cocoa and a favorite movie. A favorite song, smell, or taste. We are usually soothed by connecting with our five senses. One way of dealing with feeling unsafe would be to find a physical way of coping.
The other thing you probably did is you went to a safe person, like your parent or a sibling. Though love and belonging is the next need above safety, I think it's worth putting in that extra effort to connect with the life-giving relationships in your life. Social support is a key way of coping in difficult times. This may not be the time to try and reconcile with a difficult family member, but it's a great time to call friends and family who make you feel loved and safe, and for whom you can provide that in return.
Lastly, it's important that we remind ourselves that this is not our reality forever. It can be easy to forget that these feelings will end, and so will this pandemic. Maybe write down a reminder somewhere you will see it – this too shall pass.
Maybe as I've reviewed these ideas today, you got stuck somewhere along the way. Maybe it was difficult to think of things that calm you, or you could only think of things that have some negative consequences attached, like emotional eating or substance use.
Maybe you struggled to get past that self-critical voice telling you to do more. Maybe you've noticed that the conflict in your relationships has gotten to be more than you can handle. If that's you, reach out for therapy today. Yes, this will pass, but it doesn't have to be so difficult, and you don't have to go through it alone.
We're all in this together. This too shall pass.
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Their only path to retake the upper chamber of Congress is to turn some deep-red states blue.
The Democrats got plenty of good news in the Tuesday midterm elections: They won control of the House, made major gains in vitally important state legislatures, and saw voters back significant portions of their platform, from Medicaid expansion to anti-gerrymandering measures to minimum wage increases to marijuana legalization. Progressive ballot measures passed even in red states, suggesting that many Americans support Democratic policies as long as they are separated from actual Democrats.
Now the bad news, which can be boiled down to two words: the Senate.
Republicans already controlled the upper chamber of Congress by a teensy 51–49 margin, but the GOP further entrenched itself by flipping seats in Missouri, North Dakota, and Indiana. As of Thursday morning, the race in Florida was heading for a recount, but it seemed likely that Republican Rick Scott would wind up unseating incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. On the other side of the ledger, Democrats won a seat in Nevada but couldn't flip any others, as it appeared Republican Martha McSally would hang on in Arizona. There is also a seat in Mississippi to be decided in a runoff election at the end of the month. But unless Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy pulls off a shocker or the recount in Florida somehow goes Nelson's way, the Republicans will have gained three seats once the dust settles, making the Senate 54–46 in the GOP's favor.
That was well within the range of expected outcomes. Democrats had to defend several seats in states Donald Trump won in 2016, and the fact that they lost red-state Senate races (some very narrowly) was no great indictment of their strategy or even their ideas. It was a "bad map," as analysts said from the beginning.
What should worry Democrats is not the 2018 results, but the fact that the map isn't getting any better.
The 2020 elections will be much higher-stakes than the 2018 midterms, with Democrats hoping to cement their hold on the House, take out Donald Trump, and flip the Senate, returning the federal government to their control for the first time since 2010. Let's say they can accomplish the first two tasks, for argument's sake—Trump might be more vulnerable than a typical incumbent, and there's no reason Democrats couldn't retain the House. In order to actually pass progressive legislation, they'd still need the Senate. Here's where some back-of-the-napkin predictions are helpful.
Democrats will need to get four seats to retake the Senate, assuming their vice president can cast the deciding vote in the case of 50-50 ties. That seems like a small number. But you have to account for the fact that Democrat Doug Jones will be defending his seat in Alabama—a seat he only won because his opponent was a disaster of a candidate even before he was accused of harassing and assaulting teenage girls. Even then, Jones eked out a victory of less than 2 percentage points. If he loses, that means the Democrats need five flips for a razor-thin Senate majority. The top targets will probably be Maine's Susan Collins, a relatively moderate Republican who inspired a huge amount of animus when she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and Colorado's Cory Gardner, who is disliked by conservative base voters and is in a purple state that's trending blue.
Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.
That's another brutal map. Democrats crashed and burned in Tennessee this year despite running a popular moderate who had already won statewide office. West Virginia and Louisiana are on this list because Democrats have recently won statewide races in them, but they're long shots. Could Democrats pick up Alaska and Montana? Maybe, but you still need one more to get the Senate.
It may be unfair, but the Senate seems designed to thwart Democrats. Lightly populated rural states are given the same weight as states containing huge cities, which gives right-leaning rural voters a disproportionate amount of power. (Small states also have smaller built-in advantages when it comes to the House and the Electoral College.) The result is that the Republicans will always have an easier Senate map. If Democrats claimed every Senate seat in the 19 states Hillary Clinton won in 2016 along with Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan (traditional blue states), and Maine (which split its electoral votes in 2016), while retaining their current four red-state seats, they'd have just 50 seats. And thanks to the way six-year Senate election cycles work, they can't even complete that project until the 2022 midterms. That's a grim short-term future.
It gets worse: Even if Democrats won a sliver of a majority in the Senate, that wouldn't be enough under current rules, since it takes 60 votes to actually advance legislation. Democrats could change those rules if they had a majority (and many progressives would want them to), but as of right now, that appears unlikely. Keeping the rules as is would pretty much preclude them from passing any legislation without Republican input. They had 60 seats for a brief moment after Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter switched parties in April 2009 and before Republican Scott Brown won a special election in Massachusetts in January 2010, but that was a remarkable time period in hindsight. That majority included two Democratic senators each from Arkansas, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and also single Democrats from Louisiana, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
It's hard to imagine Democrats re-creating that geographic support at a time of increasing polarization—and there's the real problem. Even to get a basic Senate majority, Democrats need to win elections not just in blue and purple states but in places where they don't seem competitive right now. The South, the Great Plains, Appalachia. A Democrat could ride a wave to the White House in 2020 simply by winning the Midwestern states Clinton lost in 2016. But without some additional wins, a hostile Republican Senate will frustrate that president for four years, and may even block his or her judicial appointments. As Democrats think about their message for 2020—and you can be sure some already are—they should begin by looking at a map.


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The Therapeutic Process attempts to present an informative, sequential, well-defined, and clinically rich guide to the process of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The book was specifically designed to have broad appeal and value, for the beginning clinician to more experienced clinician, or the clinician who also teaches students of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. For the beginning clinician, the book has many illustrative examples, and terms are well defined. For the long-time clinician, the book attempts to put clearly into words, what many of us have thought all along.
This book arose from a series of lectures that were part of a course for the psychiatric residents at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, as well as from the instruction of many therapists from other mental health disciplines. The challenge in the initial instruction of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is always to be able to introduce fundamental concepts and convey the importance of a solid theoretical background, while concurrently addressing the clinician's pressing desire and often immediate requirement to understand the clinical process. Novel heuristic models are described and illustrated in clinical vignettes, in order to quickly bring together clinical and theoretical terms with the practice and process of psychotherapy.
Candace Cotlove is a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Cotlove is in the private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis.