Battery Status is a project for GNOME, that shows information about laptop battery state. It comes with a lot of additional features, so usual icon of GNOME Power Manager can be removed from Notification/Indicator Area. Don't worry about the battery icon in Ubuntu being a part of the Indicator Applet, when you first add Battery Status to the panel, it will ask to remove the default battery icon (but will keep the Indicator Applet).
You can also set the icon display the remaining battery (either minutes or percentage) in the notification area. But that's not all Battery Status can do and Battery Status 0.1 has just been released so more tweaks to come! For more info, visit Battery Status webpage.
(make sure you put this in your startup applications).
Battery Status uses GConf for settings so if you want to change anything, you can find all the settings in /apps/battery_status.
If you're not using Ubuntu, see installation instructions for Battery Status, HERE.
Then locate the two 'BAT0' entries and replace them with 'BAT1' (without the quotes, of course).
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Q: How to convert module class name to symbol in rails In a rails initializer file, there is a line for configuring activity objects that accepts symbols like so:
config.objects += [ :room, :hotel, ..etc ]

These symbols represent classes that I want configured.
My problem is that i'm using a rails engine which defines a 'Blogit::Post' module class which I want to configure. How do I add this to the config array as a symbol?

A: You can control camel cases and namespaces in classification of strings by adding underscores or forward slashes to your config.objects.
Forward slashes classify to a namespace:
:"blogit/post".classify #=> Blogit::Post

Underscores classify to a camelcase:
:blogit_post.classify #=> BlogitPost

So in your case, the solution would be:
config.objects += [ :room, :hotel, :"blogit/post", ..etc ]

Or, if you use ruby 2.0, you can use a much cleaner way of array symbol instantiation:
config.objects += %i(room hotel blogit/post)

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UCT PhD candidates recognised for research excellence
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By iednewsdesk On Dec 17, 2020
UCT's Tsaone Tamuhla and Doaa Ali were chosen from a pool of nearly 330 applications for L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talent Awards.
Two PhD candidates from the University of Cape Town (UCT) have been honoured for research excellence by the prestigious L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa programme. Doaa Ali and Tsaone Tamuhla are recipients of this year's Young Talent Awards, along with 18 other talented young African women researchers.
The Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa regional programme, a joint initiative by L'Oréal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was launched in 2010 to promote and encourage the participation of young African women in science.
Every year, 20 recipients are supported to pursue their research through grants of €10 000 (R180 000) for PhD students and €15 000 (R270 000) for postdoctorates.
Confidence to dream
Ali, a PhD candidate in UCT's Department of Chemistry, is working on the development of new cancer treatments using groundbreaking synthesis methodology, which is based on garlic-like compounds. Garlic is well known as a medicinal plant that has been used in folk medicine since early times for its beneficial health effects, which include protection against cancer.
From 2017 to 2018 Sudanese-born Ali developed the new synthesis methodology for accessing specific chemical constituents in garlic. Her research was published in the prestigious Journal of Organic Chemistry in early 2019.
She and her colleagues have used this method, which is extremely fast – complete within a minute – to further develop an understanding of the design of superior and novel active anti-cancer agents.
"I am much more secure now in believing that I can go on from here and run an independent research group within the continent."
On being named as a recipient, Ali said it was an "amazing moment".
"That moment was literally filled with happiness and excitement. Once I had gained my balance again, I began thinking of my own journey and how this achievement might encourage other young African women to pursue a career in science, particularly those coming from a developing country such as mine in the Sudan," she said.
She added that the award has given her "the confidence to dream about what might be possible in Africa, my beloved continent".
"I am much more secure now in believing that I can go on from here and run an independent research group within the continent," she said.
Positive affirmation
Tamuhla, who is working towards her PhD in computer and information science, has been recognised for her research on the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes in Africa.
Given that most research has focused on the role of lifestyle in the occurrence of the disease, the genetic factors in African populations are still poorly known. Tamuhla is responding to the gap in research by collecting clinical and genetic data.
"[The award] has empowered me to truly appreciate the importance of my research in the grand scheme of things."
Her research project will demonstrate the power and utility of integrating routine healthcare data with genomic data to identify genetic drivers of disease in African populations.
As Africa makes advances in human genomics and moves towards precision medicine, Tamuhla believes the knowledge and skills she is gaining from her multidisciplinary PhD will place her in a position to conduct quality research that will not only add to the body of knowledge but influence health policy and patient care and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
"In research, we are often plagued by imposter syndrome, so being the recipient of an award that recognises academic and research excellence and exclusively seeks to elevate women in science has been a huge positive affirmation, which has empowered me to truly appreciate the importance of my research in the grand scheme of things," said Tamuhla.
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Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Hamid-ud-Din
Name: Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Hamid-ud-Din
Province: Punjab
Party: Pakistan Muslim League (PML)
Office Number: 64030
Permanent Address: Sial Sharif, Tehsil Shah Pur, District Sargodha.
Born in 1936 in a very respectable, spiritual family at Sial Sharif in district Sargodha, Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Hamid-ud-Din received his early education in Quran, Hadith and Fiqah from Darul-Uloom-Zia-Shamsul-Islam at his home town. He resorted to preaching and teaching at Darul-Uloom-Deenia, which he continued for about two decades. He is a agriculturist by profession and took an active part in the independence movement as well. Hazarat Khawaja Sahib has attended a number of spiritual meetings and a Muslim conference in Birmingham in 1985 and has been to Saudi Arabia for Haj and Umra.
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Prof. Evelyn Habit
Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Title of the Speech:
Past, present and future connectivity of Chilean Andean Rivers: implications for fish conservation
Connectivity plays a crucial role in maintaining the structural and functional attributes of river networks and their biota. A proper understanding of the drivers affecting river connectivity, and thus, fish dynamics, requires consideration of both historical and contemporary processes. This information in turn provides evidence of how fish are likely to respond to future landscape changes. Results of researches using a multitemporal approach to examine the consequences of riverine connectivity alteration will be shown. In the past, events like the rise of the southern Andes and the Quaternary glacial cycles shaped riverine landscapes, influencing river connectivity, and affecting the phylogeographic and biogeographic patterns of its fish fauna. More recently, the global hydropower boom is acting as one of the main drivers of changes in connectivity (fragmentation), with significant effects on the diversity of riverine biota. Several examples of native Chilean species and how past and present river connectivity changes have affected their genetic composition, population and metapopulation structure, assemblage composition and beta diversity will be shown. Finally, implications for conserving a valuable endemic set of species for the expected loss of connectivity will be discussed.
Evelyn Habit is a fish biologist, full Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Science of Universidad de Concepción in Chile. Her research focus is on freshwater fish ecology and management. She addresses questions related to human activities as drivers of the status of freshwater fish populations and communities, emphasising the conservation of Chilean native species. She is interested in unravelling the effects of multiple stressors on riverine watersheds studying responses at different ecological levels and spatial and temporal scales. She is particularly interested in understanding the impacts of invasive species, flow regime alterations, physical connectivity changes and climate change in Andean and Patagonian river watersheds.
Prof. Jinren Ni
Peking University, China
Three Gorges Dam: friend or foe of riverine greenhouse gases?
Dams are often regarded as greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. However, our study indicated that the world's largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), has caused significant drops in annual average emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O over 4300 km along the Yangtze River, accompanied by remarkable reductions in the annual export of CO2 (79%), CH4 (50%) and N2O (9%) to the sea. Since the commencement of its operation in 2003, the TGD has altered the carbonate equilibrium in the reservoir area, enhanced methanogenesis in the upstream, and restrained methanogenesis and denitrification via modifying anoxic habitats through long-distance scouring in the downstream. These findings suggest that 'large-dam effects' are far beyond our previous understanding spatiotemporally, which highlights the fundamental importance of whole-system budgeting of GHGs under the profound impacts of huge dams.
Dr. Jinren Ni is a professor at the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in Peking University, and an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is mainly engaged in the research of water and sediment sciences, water pollution control, and integrated river management. He and his colleagues developed one-step process for simultaneously removal of ammonia and nitrate nitrogen under aerobic conditions. He has put forward the concept of all-material fluxes in rivers, led large-scaled monitoring campaigns on all-material fluxes in the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Lancang River, the Nu River, and urban rivers, and provided key technologies for multi-function regulation and ecological restoration of rivers.
Prof. Thibault Datry
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Lyon, France
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a challenge for freshwater science
For several centuries, freshwater research has focused on perennial rivers and streams which flow all year round. However, those which don't, because they cease to flow or dry up completely at some stage in space and time, (hereafter intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams, IRES), are a very recent addition to the field, although they comprise more than half of the global river network and dominate in many areas, including Mediterranean regions. Concepts that have guided studies of biological communities and biogeochemical fluxes, and material exchange between rivers and the atmosphere, land, ocean and groundwater presume perennial flow and continuous hydrological connectivity. In IRES, the loss of hydrological continuity affects virtually all ecological processes, including the evolution, dispersal and habitat selection of aquatic and terrestrial species. In this keynote, I will discuss the challenges that IRES pose to river sciences and present why advancing IRES research is needed for improving the management of river networks in the Anthropocene era.
Prof. Thibault Datry is a freshwater scientist at INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment) leading the EcoFlowS lab in Lyon, France. His research focuses on the ecology of rivers and hyporheic zones, with particular emphasis on intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. He has passion for understanding the effects of natural and anthropogenic changes on community and ecosystem processes at multiple scales and translating it into tools and guidelines for water managers. He is developing international research programs at the global scale, while his study area primarily includes lotic and lentic ecosystems in France, New Zealand and Bolivia, where he has active collaborations and frequent visits. In the past 15 years, he has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers related to stream and groundwater ecology and edited with two colleagues (and friends) the first book on the science and management of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. He serves on editorial boards of four international journals, organized two Special Issues and more than twenty Special Sessions on intermittent river ecology management at international conferences.
Prof. Brian D. Fath
Towson University, Maryland, USA
Conbiotic gradient formation in soils and drainage basins: evidence of win-win ecological interactions
The earth is a living planet and life processes influence all aspects of it. In this presentation, we introduce the concept of conbiota (with life) to replace the antiquated and reductionistic term abiota (without life). These conbiotic interactions often result in synergistic outcomes that improve both the life and environment relations. Soil formation is one of the best examples, through ecological succession, of improving conditions that further life processes. We question how humans can learn from nature to design and develop, evolve and inform, more synergistic and sustainable socio-ecological relations.
Brian D. Fath is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University (Maryland, USA). He has published over 180 research papers, reports, and book chapters on environmental systems modeling. His research focuses on sustainability science, which is a critically important area that encompasses a broad range of research interests including ecosystem services, biodiversity, natural resources, human cultures, and specific environments. He uses network analysis to investigate thermodynamic sustainability indicators. These indicators are often referred to as ecological goal functions, which are used to describe the direction of development that ecosystem properties such as energy or exergy flow, biomass production, or respiration undergo during succession. These metrics help understand the overall behavior and health of that system and its response due to perturbations. A main advantage of using network analysis is the ability to view the ecosystem as a connected web of interactions. He prefers to regard it as a more holistic approach because it considers the behavior of individual compartments as embedded in a larger network of interactions. He is also interested in how ecosystems interact with human systems and vice versa. Integrated environmental assessment is an interdisciplinary and social process linking knowledge and action in public policy aimed at identifying and analyzing interactions of natural and human processes which determine both the current and future states of environmental quality.
Prof. Taylor Maavara
University of Leeds, UK
Carbon cycling in inland waters
River networks transport dissolved organic carbon (DOC), carbon dioxide, and methane from terrestrial uplands to the coastal ocean. The extent to which a reach or lake within a river network uptakes DOC depends on the stream order, the seasonal conditions, and the flow, with important implications for watershed greenhouse gas dynamics and ecosystem health. At the watershed scale, it remains unclear whether DOC uptake is dominated by biological processes such as respiration, or abiotic processes like photomineralization. The partitioning of DOC uptake in lakes versus rivers is also unclear, representing a very basic, fundamental knowledge gap in carbon cycling. In this talk, I will present the first model that unifies the year-round controls on DOC cycling for an entire river network, including the effects of river-lake connectivity, to elucidate the importance of biotic vs. abiotic controls on DOC uptake in lakes and rivers. I will present the Catchment Uptake and Sinks by Season, Order, and Flow for DOC (CUPS-OF-DOC) model, which quantifies terrestrial DOC loading, gross primary productivity (GPP), and uptake via microbes and photomineralization. The model is applied to the Connecticut River Watershed in the United States, and accounts for cascading reach- and lake-scale DOC cycling across ninety-eight scenarios spanning combinations of flows, seasons, and stream orders. I will show that riverine DOC uptake is relatively constant with stream order, but the proportion of DOC uptake that is from photomineralization varies. Photomineralization dominates in rivers in most flow conditions and stream orders, especially in winter. Whole-watershed DOC uptake occurs mostly via biomineralization in lakes, with rivers accounting for less than 10% of DOC uptake during the growing season, despite accounting for more than 90% of the open water surface area. I will present these findings in the context of what this means for ongoing studies focused on quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from inland waters.
Taylor Maavara is a research scientist in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. She is an aquatic biogeochemist, studying a range of perturbations to nutrient and carbon cycles in inland and near-coastal waters, including river damming and climate change. She is both a field researcher and modeler, with a particular expertise on developing novel scaling techniques to quantify watershed- to global-scale anthropogenic impacts and feedbacks.
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Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty plea for unlawful distribution of controlled substances
October 18, 2018 | Investigations Press Release
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Medical Director of a substance abuse treatment center in Wellington, Florida, pleaded guilty October 18, 2018, to unlawfully distributing controlled substances (opioids, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines).
According to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, Kenneth Rivera-Kolb, M.D., 65, of Largo, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to unlawfully dispense and distribute controlled substances. The defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
In 2013, Rivera-Kolb was hired to serve as the Medical Director of Angel's House LLC ("Angel's Recovery"), a substance abuse treatment facility located in Wellington, Florida. According to court documents, Rivera-Kolb was purportedly responsible for evaluating patients and prescribing medically necessary treatment and testing. In February 2015, Rivera-Kolb had his medical license suspended by the State of Florida for a period of four years. Despite the absence of a medical license, he continued to serve as the medical director of Angel's Recovery and knowingly prescribed controlled substances at the facility.
Angel's Recovery was owned and operated by Tovah L. Jasperson and her father, Alan M. Bostom. In addition to the treatment facility, Angel's Recovery also operated sober homes that were purportedly in the business of providing safe and drug-free residences for individuals suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. Jasperson previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Bostom previously pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing, and covering up by a trick, scheme, and device a material fact in a matter involving health care benefit programs and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
The Amtrak Office of Inspector General is supporting the FBI-led Greater Palm Beach Health Care Fraud Task Force in its ongoing investigation into a series of complex insurance fraud schemes in Florida. Amtrak OIG investigators were invited to be part of the task force in 2014 after Amtrak insurance providers received allegedly fraudulent charges from substance abuse treatment centers and sober homes in the area.
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/medical-director-substance-abuse-t…


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Hope fades for Philippines miners buried amid Typhoon Mangkhut devastation
September 17, 2018 / 5:51 AM / CBS/AP
Typhoon Mangkhut kills dozens in Philippines
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ITOGON, Philippines -- Philippine and Chinese authorities said Monday that the death toll from a massive typhoon had risen to at least 69, with dozens of people still missing. Typhoon Mangkhut weakened to a tropical storm on Monday morning as it moved deeper into southern China, where rain and strong winds were expected to continue through Tuesday.
A Philippine national police report said the death toll as of Monday midday was 65, with 43 people missing and 64 injured. Chinese authorities reported four deaths from falling trees and building materials in Guangdong, China's manufacturing hub.
Many of the missing in the Philippines are gold miners and their families feared buried in a landslide after seeking shelter in a bunkhouse-turned-chapel in a village in Benguet province.
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy says Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines on Saturday with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane -- packing winds near 180 miles per hour before slamming into southern China on Sunday.
It was the most powerful typhoon to hit Hong Kong since 1979, with winds of 121 miles per hour. The fierce winds tore through the streets, tearing down hundreds of trees in Hong Kong and causing extensive flooding.
Miners buries by landslide
The mayor of the Philippine village where the gold miners and their families were buried by the landslide said Monday that it was highly unlikely any of the 40 to 50 people feared missing would be found alive.
Mayor Victorio Palangdan of Itogon town, among the worst-hit by the typhoon that struck Saturday, said in a news conference that there was a "99 percent (chance) that they really are all dead."
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Palangdan said rescuers had dug out 11 bodies from a muddy mound covering a former miners' bunkhouse which had been turned into a chapel. Dozens of residents sought shelter there during the storm on Saturday, despite warnings it was dangerous.
"They laughed at our policemen," he said. "They insisted. They were resisting when our police tried to pull them away. What can we do?"
Hundreds of rescuers, including police and soldiers, scrambled to search for the missing as grief-stricken relatives waited nearby, many of them quietly praying.
Rescuers search for people trapped in a landslide caused by Typhoon Mangkhut at a small-scale mining camp in Itogon, Benguet, in the Philippines, Sept. 17, 2018. REUTERS
The disaster has prompted the Philippine government to order a stop to all illegal mining in six mountainous northern provinces in a drastic decision to prevent more tragedies.
Environmental Secretary Roy Cimatu announced the ban during a news conference Monday in Benguet province.
Cimatu said army troops and police would be deployed to enforce the ban, which covers about 10,000 small miners in Itogon town.
Southern China recovers
The storm was still affecting southern China's coast and the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan on Monday morning and rain and strong winds were expected to continue through Tuesday. Gusts of 100 mph were still lashing Hong Kong, and more than 2.5 million people had been evacuated from the region.
A park is flooded by seawater after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong, China, Sept. 17, 2018. REUTERS
But by and large, life was gradually returning to normal along the hard-hit southern Chinese coast on Monday, where high-rises swayed, coastal hotels flooded and windows were blown out as a result of Typhoon Mangkhut.
Rail, airline and ferry services have been restored and casinos in the gambling enclave of Macau have reopened for business.
In Hong Kong on Monday, crews were clearing fallen trees and other wreckage left when the financial hub felt the full brunt of the storm on Sunday.
First published on September 17, 2018 / 5:36 AM
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Vivaro () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about  northwest of Trieste and about  northeast of Pordenone.

Vivaro borders the following municipalities: Arba, Cordenons, Maniago, San Giorgio della Richinvelda, San Quirino, and Spilimbergo.

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Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Best Residence by Investment Cities for Business Index
Best Residence-by-Investment Cities for Business Index
A unique new analytical tool to assist international companies, entrepreneurs, and investors make strategic choices about where best to locate their headquarters, executives, employees, and themselves in a pandemic world.
Global Insights
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RBI Cities
Top 10 Cities
Overview Global Insights Future Insights RBI Cities Top 10 Cities Methodology Contributors
The Best Residence-by-Investment Cities for Business Index features 25 capitals and other major cities of countries that host the world's most important residence-by-investment programs, which are ranked in the Global Residence Program Index (published in Investment Migration Programs 2021).
The framework comprises 10 top-level categories representing the factors most important to high- and ultra-high-net worth investors and business owners who are considering investing in residence-by-investment programs.
RBI Ranking — the total score for the relevant country's residence-by-investment program according to Henley & Partners' Global Residence Program Index
Covid Safety — Covid-19 City Safety Ranking by Deep Knowledge Analytics
Lifestyle — quality of life, environment, cultural interaction, cost of living, climate risk, and air quality
Tax — income tax, corporate tax, estate and inheritance tax, and personal taxes on income and profit
Education — access to top-tier international schools, top 1,000 universities globally, and research and development output
Real estate — house price index, average price per m2, size of real estate market, prime property sales
Healthcare — health security, private healthcare system, access to private hospitals and insurance companies, public and private healthcare expenditure per capita
Security — governance, risk quality, cybersecurity,
Infrastructure — e-government, internet connectivity, telecommunication infrastructure, accessibility, traffic, quality of infrastructure
Stability — democracy levels, corruption levels, ease of doing business, economic resilience, e-participation
Each of the ten categories above consists of a matrix of between one and ten quantitative and qualitative sub-parameters that relate to the specific topic, analytical focus, and end-point of their parent category. Quantitative parameters are numeric and are obtained from a variety of reputable, publicly available sources of data. Qualitative parameters are descriptive, non-numeric, and cities are assigned values ranging from 1 to 0, representing its performance in a specific parameter.
The index utilizes a combination of publicly available databases (including but not limited to indexes and region statistics), as well as manually curated and researched quantitative data obtained using search engines, media, international organizations, and governmental reports. By adopting this approach, the present analysis attempts to find an optimal balance between using maximally transparent and reliable sources of data and including data that are only obtainable from expert consultation.
Every category calculation is constructed in such a way that a higher value is associated with more favorable conditions:
Initially, an array of data and information was formed to assess the level of efficiency of the city. During the formation of the integrated score, indicators were selected by experts and distributed among the subsystems (categories and groups of indicators) to form an assessment of the effectiveness of the city in performing a specific function.
The next step was to determine the areas of influence of indicators on the level of efficiency of the city and bring them to a single comparable form, by dividing indicators into stimulators and de-stimulators on the principle that the relationship between the integrated assessment and the indicator-stimulator was direct, and with the indicator-destimulator this relationship was inverse.
The values of each indicator are normalized between 0 and 100 on the basis of the following equations:
For indicators-stimulators: x = (x – Min(x))/(Max(x) – Min(x))*100
For indicators-destimulators: x = (Max(x)-x)/(Max(x)-Min(x))*100,
where Min(x) and Max(x) are the lowest and highest actual values, respectively, for any given indicator.
The category values are calculated by summing up equally weighted indicator scores:
category score = ∑ equally weighted individual indicator parameters
The final cumulative ranking scores are obtained by summing 10 categories for each city.
The data sources Deep Knowledge Analytics consulted are the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2020, 2021 FM Global Resilience Index, Forbes Global Properties, GermanWatch's Global Climate Risk Index, the Global Health Security Index, Global Property Guide, the Institute for Management Development and Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD)'s smart City Index 2020, the International Baccalaureate Organization's IB by Country, IQAir's World major city air quality ranking, ITU's Global Cybersecurity Index, James Edition, Knight Frank, Mansion Global, the Mori Memorial Foundation's Global Power City Index 2020, MSCI Inc.'s Real Estate Market Size, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators, the OECD's Global Revenue Statistics Database, the OECD's National and Regional House Price Indices, Statista.com's Public and private per capita health expenditure in selected countries in 2018, Times Higher Education's world University Rankings, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2020, TomTom International BV's 2020 Tom Tom Traffic Index, the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs City Data 2020, the UN's E-Government Development Index, WorldData.info, the World Bank's Doing Business 2020, World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database, and World Population Review's Highest Taxed Countries 2021.
All the data available in the Best Residence-by-Investment Cities for Business Index is licensed by our licensor Deep Knowledge Analytics Limited. Henley & Partners Group Holdings Ltd is not responsible for its correctness. The data posted in the Best Residence-by-Investment Cities for Business Index is freely accessible for private non-commercial use only.


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Course yanked before teachers taught about 'Israel occupation'
Bob Kellogg
A public school district in Illinois has pulled an anti-Israel staff training course entitled "Teaching Palestine" after public uproar.
Pro-Israel group StandWithUs says it fought plans by School District 219 after learning faculty members would be taught about the "Israel occupation of Palestine."
School District 219 serves Lincolnwood, Skokie, Morton Grove, and Niles.
The course content was produced by the nice-sounding Jewish Voice for Peace organization, which the Anti-Defamation League has designated one of the top 10 anti-Israel groups in the country, according to Shapiro.
Faculty at two high schools were the target of the course, StandWithUS warned in a press release.
High school staff would also have been instructed on how to respond to parents' objections to anti-Zionist curriculum, says Peggy Shapiro of StandWithUs.
"It doesn't teach. It indoctrinates," she tells OneNewsNow. "It ignores history. It dismisses the future. And it completely has nothing to do with facts. Other than that, it's fine."
She says when StandWithUs and the Simon Wiesenthal Center were alerted to the controversial topic, they sent a "community action alert" to approximately 4,000 people. The course was pulled by the end of the day.
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In a similar mould to The Streets' 'Fit But You Know It', this track revolves around a great riff. It's big, brash and infectious and allows the frontman Fin Jacques to switch up from a feral drawl to rough diamond vocals expertly.
For fans of The Libertines' sense of freedom and the debauchery of The View, this one is for you! In the wake of 'Up The Bracket' there was an explosion of bands in 2002/03. So many attempted to replicate the authenticity of The Libs but lacked their pop sensibilities (The Paddingtons, Harrisons) or vice versa (The Holloways and Little Man Tate). As The Jacques howl the chorus 'This is England / Now Tell what you're proud of', clearly have both qualities.
A tour with Trampolene simply has to happen!
Like Trampolene on 'Divided Kingdom', The Jacques show they can do visceral punk rock. It opens with guitars punching their way out of the speakers like The Rut's 'Staring at the Rude Boys' and the Skids' 'Into The Valley' (fine company to keep).
Not content with being another punk bands, The Jacques splice some fine guitar solos which will drag in rock n roll fans as well.
It would appear, in a world dominated by intolerable bores like Ed Sheeran, The Jacques are going to spoil the party and make things interesting again.


I am using MACS on Galaxy and I get this error. cant understand why.
I already lowered MFOLD parameter but still get this error!
WARNING @ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:51:29: NO records for chromosome cv11, minus strand!
INFO  @ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:51:29: #1 finished!
WARNING @ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:51:29: Too few paired peaks (0) so I can not build the model! Lower your MFOLD parameter may erase this error.
WARNING @ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:51:29: Process is terminated!
Double check that the other input parameters are a fit for your data. The first options to check are the tag size and genome size. Click on the MACS documentation link on the tool form for the complete details for these options (and others).


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А́льфред Кё́рнер (; 14 февраля 1926 — 23 января 2020) — австрийский футболист, игравший на позиции нападающего. Младший брат Роберта Кёрнера, также футболиста.

Карьера

Клубная
Большую часть карьеры провёл за венский «Рапид», в составе которого выиграл семь чемпионатов Австрии, один Кубок Австрии и один Кубок Митропы. Карьеру завершал в команде «Адмира» (Вена), позднее переименованную в «Адмира-Энерги».

В сборной
В сборной Альфред провёл 47 игр и забил 14 голов. Дебютировал в октябре 1947 года в матче против сборной Чехословакии. Участник Олимпийских игр 1948 года и чемпионатов мира 1954 и 1958 годов (на чемпионате мира 1954 года завоевал бронзовую медаль). Последнюю игру провёл в октябре 1958 года против сборной Франции.

Награды

Командные
 Чемпион Австрии (1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957)
 Победитель Кубка Австрии (1946)
 Победитель Кубка Митропы (1951)
 Бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира (1954)

Личные
 Золотая медаль «За заслуги перед Веной» (2006)

Статистика выступлений

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте архивов «Рапида»

Футболисты Австрии
Игроки ФК «Рапид» Вена
Игроки ФК «Адмира»
Игроки сборной Австрии по футболу
Футболисты на летних Олимпийских играх 1948 года


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"First Librarian"
May 19, 2012 By junotdiaz
Self-explanatory. Appeared in The New York Times, September 18, 2011.
I remember her as small woman but what do I know? I was small myself. She's in none of the official photographs I have from my elementary school days which is sad considering how important she was to our education, to my education. In my memories my first librarian is gentle whitewoman who wore glasses and was exceedingly kind to this new immigrant. I do not remember her voice but I do remember that every time I saw her she called me to her desk and showed me with an almost conspiratorial glee a book she had picked out for me, a book I always read and often loved.
Every now and then you get lucky in your education and you make a teacher-friend; Mrs Crowell was my first. By second grade she was allowing me to take out more books than the prescribed limit. By third grade I was granted admission to her librarian's office, where I would make copies of pages of Books in Print so that I could keep track of the authors I was trying to work my way through. She encouraged me and guided me and my love of books was born of hers. Books became my passion. As a newcomer with almost no knowledge of the country in which I'd found myself I was desperate to understand where the hell I was, who I was. I sought those answers in books. I also perhaps more than anything wanted to feel safe. And it was in Mrs Crowell's library that I found my first harbor, my first truly safe place in the US.
Sadly I lost track of Mrs Crowell – even Google can't find her — but I still feel a happy pulse every time I see a library. Libraries are the places I feel most at home in; too bad in these rough times they're the first things we cut. I'm with Borges in imagining Paradise "as a kind of library." Where instead of angels there will be a corps of excellent librarians. Similar in spirit to that spare enthusiastic woman who first initiated me into the power of reading and who, in doing so, gave me a glimpse of a future where I might actually be at home.
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Open Textbooks
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their FREE use and repurposing by others, as noted by SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. One type of open educational resource of particular concern is the college textbook.
The College Board estimates that the average undergraduate student at public four-year colleges spends $1,225 per year on books and supplies. Adopting open textbooks is one way to reduce the total cost and debt born by students seeking to advance themselves. The cost of required textbooks causes students to take certain actions and experience certain consequences, as determined in a Florida textbook survey of students at 11 state universities and 22 colleges, community colleges, and state colleges:
In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:
63.6% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% Take fewer courses
45.1% Not register for a specific course
33.9% Earn a poor grade
26.7% Drop a course
17.0% Fail a course
Open textbooks are licensed in such a way as to allow them to be freely accessed, shared, and adapted by students, teachers, and others. They are typically distributed online at no cost and can be made available in a print version for a low cost if preferred by students. In contrast, traditional textbooks whether in print or electronic version may cost hundreds of dollars. The quality of open textbooks is equal to traditional textbooks in that they are created by educators, reviewed by educators, and selected by individual educators to serve as tools to help students meet learning objectives.
Open textbooks can be utilized through at least two channels. The first is to adopt an existing open textbook from a freely available collection such as the Open Textbook Library. The second is create a new open textbook if no satisfactory title already exists.
Where should faculty look to find open textbooks and other open educational resources? Several directories exist; these include:
Open Textbook Library
OpenStax CNS
BCampus Open
UNI has joined the Open Textbook Network (OTN), a consortium of colleges and universities working to advance open textbook initiatives. OTN hosts the Open Textbook Library, comprised of complete peer-reviewed textbooks licensed so faculty and students can freely use, adapt, and distribute the material. Open Textbooks can be downloaded for no cost, or printed inexpensively. The Open Textbook Library is a tool to help faculty find affordable, quality textbook solutions. The institutions in OTN work together to:
Help faculty members understand and adopt open textbooks in their classes
Increase capacity of institutions to support open textbooks on campus
Collects data to show the impact of open textbooks for students
As part of this membership, UNI is hosting an Open Textbook Workshop sometime next fall for faculty, which will offer an introduction to open textbooks and how they benefit students both financially and academically.
Rod Library Scholarly Communication Committee
Ellen Neuhaus (Chair); Associate Professor of Library Services, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Angela Cox; Assistant Professor of Library Services and Instruction & Liaison Librarian
Thomas Kessler; Associate Professor of Library Services and Bibliographer
Stanley Lyle; Professor of Library Services and Instruction & Liaison Librarian
Katherine Martin; Associate Professor of Library Services, Head, Collections and Museums
Jennifer Waldron; Professor, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
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First Ophthalmology Biosimilar Launches in US
Samsung Bioepis and Biogen announced that Byooviz has launched on the US market as the first ranibizumab biosimilar referencing Lucentis, listed at a 40% discount compared with the originator.
Biogen and Samsung Bioepis announced that Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) has been launched on the US market as the first ophthalmology biosimilar and the first biosimilar referencing Lucentis, according to a company statement.
Ranibizumab products are used to treat patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), diabetic macular edema, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion, or choroidal neovascularization.
Byooviz was approved by the FDA in September 2021. Prior to the US approval, it was authorized for marketing in the European Union and the United Kingdom in August 2021. Byooviz was also approved by Health Canada in March 2022. Although Byooviz is the only ranibizumab biosimilar approved in the United States, the European Union, and Canada, the United Kingdom has also approved Ongavia, Teva Pharmaceutical's ranibizumab biosimilar.
Major distrubtions of Byooviz will occur July 1, 2022, allowing for the product to be commercially available to all patients. Byooviz will be listed for $1130 per single use 0.5 mg vial that would be administered intravitreally, about a 40% discount compared to the list price of Lucentis.
"The launch of Byooviz in the U.S. marks an important moment for patients, healthcare providers, payers, and the entire healthcare system. Patients suffering from retinal vascular disorders now have a more affordable treatment option…. Our research with physicians shows cost is cited as a leading barrier to patients initiating treatment, with one third of patients unable to afford medication. Byooviz has the potential to expand access to patients suffering from retinal disorders that can result in permanent vision loss, while also saving the US healthcare system billions of dollars," said Ian Henshaw, senior vice president and global head of Biosimilars at Biogen.
Ranibizumab is a inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF), which can lead to excessive blood vessel formation in the retina. AMD is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries and is estimated to impact up to 77 million people in Europe by 2050, creating a significant global burden for health care systems and societies.
Although wet AMD is less common than other forms of AMD, it accounts for the majority of severe vision loss or blindness associated with AMD. Anti-VEGF therapies are the standard of care treatment for wet AMD and the high cost of originator products, such as Lucentis, create challenges for patients related to therapy access and achieving optimal clinical outcomes.
"The launch of Byooviz, the first ophthalmology biosimilar in the US marks a key step towards increasing options and reducing the financial burden associated with current anti-VEGF treatments…. The priority of Samsung Bioepis is ensuring patients' access to the medicines they need, and we will continue to advance our pipeline to bring better access to biologic treatments, by leveraging our decade of experience in developing, manufacturing, and commercializing these important biologics," said Christopher Hansung Ko, president and CEO, at Samsung Bioepis.
OphthalmologyBusiness
Contributor: The US Biosimilar Market Outlook for 2023


Died at Level 551 by a true midnight asura.
Slain at Level 551 by Kszysiu Buk, Tysbreh, Mazgen, Bebekmelek, Rosha Runner and Holidays on Roshamuul.
Died at Level 552 by a falcon paladin.
Died at Level 552 by a falcon knight.
Died at Level 553 by a glooth golem.
Died at Level 554 by a glooth golem.
Died at Level 554 by a dawnfire asura.
Crushed at Level 554 by Ali eltaip, Psotnik Dracek, Ninjazz, Eternal Bomb, Stecuu, Mearvez, Mnijch, Don Sekuus, Holidays on Roshamuul, Lord Petriczz, Rosharunner and Thaumax.
Annihilated at Level 554 by Miichal, Dasol, Dahlliaa, Norelli, Helldigran, Co tam Dom, Lystek The Knight, Krille Pe, Eri Jackson, Dreker Sath, Stecuu, Temudjinn, Fortitude Of Nature, Awesome Alan, Demonique, Siliana, Vilumine, Siqque of Revenge, Mearvez, Blue Tree, Mahmed Niel, Inteligentny Kuman, Hon Som Kan, Mecacine, Naruse, Gofer of Distance, Zzoom, Yaga Yaga, King Wypchany, Rosha Runner, Zuzulanek, Small Hawk, Dias Nevercare, Toxic Nichu, Emiilek, Krycha Paralyzerr, Gleboka Waska, Psotniczek and Borutnikk. Assisted by Zuttlish, Robinsaurus Rex and Varandas.


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Weather Latest News | Atlantic Salmon | Bangor Metro | Maine Foods | Today's Paper
High winds leave more than 70,000 in the dark across Maine
By Christopher Burns, BDN Staff • November 1, 2019 7:05 am
Updated: November 2, 2019 11:11 am
High winds gusting up to 60 mph lashed Maine overnight into Friday morning, causing widespread outages across the state.
A high wind warning is in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday for much of eastern and Down East Maine, according to the National Weather Service. High winds blowing 25 to 35 mph, with gusts approaching 60 mph, are expected to linger into Friday evening.
In Bangor, wind gusts up to 52 mph have been reported, while in Bar Harbor gusts have reached 58 mph early Friday morning, according to the weather service's Caribou office.
LInda Coan O'Kresik | BDN
High winds brought down a tree in a neighborhood on Eighteenth Street in Bangor on Friday morning. Winds gusting up to 52 mph in Greater Bangor caused widespread outages overnight into Friday morning.
High winds have brought trees down across the state, creating hazardous traveling conditions.
"We are receiving multiple reports of large trees and power lines across roadways this morning. Driving is not recommended, but if you have to go out be alert for trees in the roads," the weather service's Caribou office warned.
As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, Emera Maine reported more than 51,700 people were without power, with the outages clustered in Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties. As of Saturday at 7:15 a.m., 24,025 Emera customers were without power.
Judy Long, an Emera Maine spokeswoman, said Friday morning that a majority of the company's crews are focused on repairing downed power lines and addressing outages on the electrical system's backbone.
She said some outages will linger into the weekend.
On Saturday, Central Maine Power reported more than 73,500 people were without power across its service area, Friday, with the highest outages in Somerset (13,470) Cumberland (9,453), Kennebec (6,253), Lincoln (7,217) and Waldo (5,541) counties. By Saturday, CMP reported 53,000 people without power.
"Unlike the recent Nor'easter which was primarily a coastal event, this wind has caused outages across the CMP service territory," said Kevin Elwell, director of electric distribution for CMP. "We had prepositioned crews appropriately to be able to address the need for road clearing before dawn."
CMP warned early Friday afternoon that outages could climb if strong winds persist into the evening. It said that it retained 125 crews to assist 97 of its own as part of the power restoration effort.
Numerous schools either delayed their start times or canceled due to the high winds. Bangor School Superintendent Betsy Webb said in a Friday morning tweet that Bangor schools would be closed due to power outages and road closures.
The University of Maine closed Friday morning and canceled classes until 5 p.m. due to road closures and power outages, according to the University of Maine Police Department. Husson University canceled its Friday classes.
The Halloween storm comes two weeks after a nor'easter lashed the state with heavy rain and winds that gusted as high as 73 mph along the coast. More than 219,000 people were left without power at the storm's peak on Oct. 17, and outages lingered into the following week.
Despite the heavy outages, that storm was not as severe as the wind storm that hit Maine on Oct. 30, 2017, knocking out power to almost 500,000 people — even more outages than followed the state's historic ice storm of 1998.
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A pair of hammered hand cut mountains with post and backing. Each mountain's peak varies slightly. Pairs are slightly asymmetrical. Measures 6mm high. Sold as a pair. Single studs are available as a special order. Brushed finish. Choose from sterling silver, 14k yellow, rose or white gold.


Delivery: Flex Term meets Fri, Sat, Sun, 4/11-5/1/ Note: Class begins Sat 4/11, 1-6 p.m. and ends Fri, 5/1, 5-10 p.m.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Jesse Todd at JTodd@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Jesse Todd at JTodd@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apil 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Jesse Todd at JTodd@dcccd.edu.
Jail Class for inmates only.
This course is restricted and requires Chris Lusk approval signature to enroll.
AUMT 1345.43220 GENERAL Begins 4/6/15. Ends 5/7/15. Prerequisite AUMT 1307. AUMT students must register in person in the CT Division. For registration information call Dr. Sue Byrd at 972-860-7671.
Aumt 1345.43240 HONDA Begins 4/22/15. Ends 5/14/15. Prerequisite AUMT 1307. AUMT students must register in the CT Division. For registration information call Dr. Sue Byrd at 972-860-7671.
AUMT 2332.43230 TOYOTA Begins 4/20/15. Ends 5/14/15. Prerequisite AUMT 1307. AUMT students must register in the CT Division. For registration information call Dr. Sue Byrd at 972-860-7671.
AUMT 2334.43230 TOYOTA Begins 4/20/15. Ends 5/14//15. Prerequisite AUMT 2317. AUMT students must register in the CT Division. For registration information call Dr. Sue Byrd at 972-860-7671.
This class is part of of a field studies program that includes field work on the Texas Gulf Coast from May 15, 2015 to May 22, 2015. Students interested in the program should contact Mike Huddleston, 972-273-3528 or mhuddleston@dcccd.edu.
HAWAIIN FIELD STUDIES Student will work on special focus projects in coordination with the instructor. Classes begin 3/20 with an evening orientation to the program. Certain pre-trip labs will be on the weekends. Trip dates: TBA For more information on cost, meeting dates, travel and requirements of the trip please call 972-273-3279 or e-mail hawaii@dcccd.edu.
Class 18. This class will meet eight times on B-shifts, every third day, except Sundays and holidays. Ex: Monday and Thursday, Tuesday and Friday, Wednesday and Saturday, then schedule repeats. MANDATORY 100 percent attendance required.
Class 41. EMS Program Director Approval Required.
Class 40 meets C-shift, every third day, including Saturdays.
Class 41. This class is only for Dallas Fire Rescue. EMS Program Director Approval Required.
Class 42. This class meets B-shift Saturdays. EMS program director approval required.
Class #7. Must be currently licensed as RN, RRT, or PA with current CPR and ACLS. Students are required to enroll in EMSP 2553 and EMSP 2237.
Online Flex Term: 04/06-05/14. Delivery: Online. No on-campus meetings/ Reqd: Log on to http://ecampus.dcccd.edu.
Online Flex Term: 04/10-05/14. Delivery: Online. No on-campus meetings/ Reqd: Log on to http://ecampus.dcccd.edu.
Online Flex Term: 04/10-05/14. Delivery: Online. No on-campus meetings/ Reqd: Log on to http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Note: This course uses a digital textbook (eText).
NOTE: ENGL 2328.43448 ONLINE Scholarmester course. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Morris, michaelmorris@dcccd.edu.
NOTE: ENGL 2328.93402 ONLINE Scholarmester course. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Morris, michaelmorris@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Dusty Girard at dGirard@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Dusty Girard at dGirard@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts on April 13 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Elizabeth Contreras at eContreras@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts on Apr. 13 http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Elizabeth Contreras at eContreras@dcccd.edu.
This is a Green Course.
NOTE: HART 1403.43200 3rd 5Week Session. Begins 4/6/15; Ends 5/7/15. Contact DannyBurris@dcccd.edu at 972-860-7377 for information.
NOTE: HART 1403.43701 3rd 5Week Session. Begins 4/6/15; Ends 5/7/15. Contact DannyBurris@dcccd.edu or at 972-860-7377 for information.
NOTE: HART 2449.43200 3rd 5Weeks Session. Begins 4/6/15; Ends 5/6/15. Contact DannyBurris@dcccd.edu or 972-860-7377 for information.
NOTE: HART 2449.43701 3rd 5Weeks Session. Begins 4/6/15; Ends 5/7/15. Contact DannyBurris@dcccd.edu or 972-860-7377 for information.
This course provides students the opportunity to learn, practice and adopt strategies to support his/her success in college and career exploration. Requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Asheley Landrum at aLandrum@dcccd.edu.
This course provides students the opportunity to learn, practice and adopt strategies to support his/her success in college and career exploration. Requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 9 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Asheley Landrum at aLandrum@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 6 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information contact Jana Barger at JBarger@dcccd.edu.
E-mail Ricky Reeves at rReeves@dcccd.edu for more information.
Mexico: A Cultural Perspective. This course studies the historical, political, social, religious and artistic traditions of Mexico as well as Mexico's relationship with Spain, France, the U.S. and Texas as well as native and Mexican-American traditions. Students must have Internet access and a current email address. Email Edleeca Thompson at eThompson@dcccd.edu.
New students should enroll in evening or day classes, not both day & evening classes: full- time students should enroll in 3 day classes.
Students are required to have access to a computer and the Internet. The orientation is online at the course home page. Go to http://dallastelecollege.dcccd.edu and access the course, MUSI 1306. For more information, please email Professor Melody Gamblin-Bullock at mGamblin-Bullock@dcccd.edu.
NOTE: MUSI 1306.43446 ONLINE SCHOLARMESTER COURSE. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Imthurn, mimthurn@dcccd.edu.
NOTE: MUSI 1306.93418 ONLINE SCHOLARMESTER COURSE. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Imthurn, mimthurn@dcccd.edu.
NOTE: PHED 1164 43446. This course is a SCHOLARMESTER course.
Delivery: Online flex term meets 4/6-5/14. No on-campus meetings/Reqd: Log on to http://ecampus.dcccd.edu/. Note:Free online textbook.
Delivery: Online flex term meets 4/20-5/14. No on-campus meetings/Reqd: Log on to http://ecampus.dcccd.edu/. Note:Free online textbook. A pedometer ($5-10) or smart phone wil be used to measure distance.
NOTE: PHED 1164 43413. This course is a SCHOLARMESTER course.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 6 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Alexander Schilpp at aSchilpp@dcccd.edu. This is a six-week, short semester course.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 6 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Alexander Schilpp at aSchilpp@dcccd.edu. This is a 6-week, short semester course.
Windows 7, Part III will build on your knowledge of Windows 7, Part II and cover areas such as the control panel, device manager, file association, user account control and accessories such as defragging and sound recorder. Prerequisites: Windows 7, Part I and II.
Making Life Easy with 21st Century Technology will explore the numerous ways to simplify your search for information. Learn how to plan a vacation, search for the best bargains and download the newest best-selling book to the latest devices. Also covered will be online banking, discovering apps for your smartphone, getting driving directions, researching health information and more.
Cloud computing integrates the power and convenience of managing documents, music, photos, email, contracts, calendars and more. Learn how to keep your files and information synced and accessible from anywhere at any time. We will use Apple iCloud for iPads and work with that as well as Google Cloud, noting the differences in these two cloud products. No classes March 9-15 during spring break week.
Windows PC Troubleshooting will address problems such as slow-running PCs; researching Windows and application errors; virus, spyware and malware removal; hard drive housekeeping and hardware and software-based performance improvements. "Live, No Net" troubleshooting may be done in class on students PCs (requires instructor pre-approval). This course is for intermediate and experienced users of Windows 8, 7 or Vista. Prerequisites: Parts I & II of Windows 8, 7 or Vista and proficiency in navigating the Windows interface and common functions.
Planning for the Weather and Storms will focus on using technology such as the computer, Internet to research and plan for weather, especially inclement weather. Course topics will include understanding weather maps, weather radar, outdoor conditions and cloud patterns. Storm development and large-scale weather patterns will be discussed. The course will utilize both the classroom and outdoor study of weather and sky conditions and students should have a working knowledge of Windows and the Internet.
Presentation skills using PowerPoint 2013 will teach you how to wow your audience using the latest techniques of professional speakers. Students will use Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 to build a presentation and discover how using visual communication can create a moment to remember. Students will also have an opportunity to make their own presentation to the class and to examine a book written on this topic by your instructor.
Excel 2013, Part I, will introduce students to spreadsheets and arithmetic functions. This course will include creating, editing, naming, saving and printing spreadsheets as well as within worksheets. Menus, shortcuts, toolbars for formatting spreadsheets and writing basic formulas will also be covered. Recommended prerequisites: Windows, Part I and II.
This course will explore the many different services Google offers, such as Calendar, Contacts, Gmail, Docs/Drive, Google Earth, Maps, Finance, Picasa Photos, iGoogle and YouTube. Students will also learn about creating Web pages, using the Search command, making free phones calls and more.
Technology for Dummies will explore the various types of technology in the world today, everything from TIVO to Smartphones, to Netflix, to wireless home routers. We will discuss the current trends of technology and when you should buy or upgrade or wait for the new technology. If you have a technology questions, then this class is for you.
Delivery: Flex Term 83219 meets 4/6-4/22/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83220 meets 4/27-5/13/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83222 meets 4/6-4/22/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83207 meets 4/7-4/28/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83212 meets 4/21-5/7/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83214 meets 4/21-5/7/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term meets 4/8-5/6 at Catholic Charities/ Note: This section for employees of Catholic Charities only.
Delivery: Flex Term 83253 meets 4/10-5/1/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83256 meets 4/10-5/1/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83262 meets 4/10-5/1/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
Delivery: Flex Term 83265 meets 4/10-5/1/ Note: Class designed for Emeritus plus 50, for students 50 yrs and older.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Mike Garza at mkGarza@dcccd.edu.
Delivery: This is a flex term class that begins 4/7 and ends 5/14.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Bill Sigsbee at bSigsbee@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email John Williams at Jowilli@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Stephen Link at sLink@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Stephen Link at sLink@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email John Williams at Jowilli@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Michael Garza at mkGarza@dcccd.edu.
This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Michael Garza at mkGarza@dcccd.edu.
Green Course. Website address is http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For assistance email jsargent@dcccd.edu.
Instructor will contact student with actual dates and meeting times.
The required text for this section is offered free as a PDF file, or in paperback for printing costs. Go to https://OpenStaxcollege.org for information. This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts April 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Greg Jacobs at GregJ@dcccd.edu.
The required text for this section is offered FREE as a PDF file, or in paperback for printing costs. Go to https://OpenStaxcollege.org for information. This course requires access to a computer, the Internet and email. MANDATORY orientation online starts Apr. 1 at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. For more information, email Greg Jacobs at GregJ@dcccd.edu.
NOTE: SPCH 1311.43446 ONLINE SCHOLARMESTER COURSE. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Burks, mburks@dcccd.edu.
Email your instructor at jhickerson@dcccd.edu as soon as you enroll in this class. After registering for this class, you must access eCampus by either participating in the class (sign syllabus agreement/online testing policy, complete/attempt an assignment, etc.)or communicating with your instructor through email, telephone, or face-to-face encounter after the start date and before the certification date. Failure to do so will prevent you from being certified for financial aid.
Email your instructor at rjackson@dcccd.edu as soon as you enroll in this class. After registering for this class, you must access eCampus by either participating in the class (sign syllabus agreement/online testing policy, complete/attempt an assignment, etc.)or communicating with your instructor through email, telephone, or face-to-face encounter after the start date and before the certification date. Failure to do so will prevent you from being certified for financial aid.
NOTE: SPCH 1311.93431 ONLINE SCHOLARMESTER COURSE. ORIENTATION online at http://ecampus.dcccd.edu. Contact Prof. Burks, mburks@dcccd.edu.
CORE TIER 1 - Speaking and Listening REQUIREMENTS: Computer accessibility. MANDATORY online component. Class meets face-to-face on campus with some written assignments completed online. Meets for 4 weekends: 4/10, 4/11; 4/17, 4/18; 4/24, 4/25;5/1, 5/2. Mandatory attendance at all sessions.


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S.I. No. 517/2015 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2015.
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 3rd November, 2015.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Expenditure and Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2015.
2. The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Finance.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform by or under sections 16 , 19 and 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2 of 2005) are transferred to the Minister for Finance.
4. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order, the name of the Minister for Finance shall be substituted for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in those proceedings and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.
5. Anything commenced but not completed before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may, in so far as it relates to a function transferred by this Order, be carried on and completed by the Minister for Finance.
6. Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in exercise of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the Minister for Finance.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,
ENDA KENNY,
Taoiseach.


An open meet is a swimming competition generally hosted by a swimming club at their 'home' pool.
At an open meet you're swimming as an individual representing your club.
Any swimmer can enter an open meet provided they meet the meet entry criteria.
The criteria for entering an open meet is generally based around age and event times.
Age ranges for open meets tend to start at 9 years and go up to as high as you like.
The criteria for times depends on the level of open meet of which there are four described here.
Meets are defined as either Long Course (LC) 50m pool or Short Course (SC) 25m pool.
Open meets can range in length from a single to multiple days.
Each day is divided up into sessions, usually 2 or 3, with a warm up at the start of each session.
The warm up is usually staggered by either gender or club e.g. girls first, boys second.
Events vary by meet but can include 50, 100 & 200 of each stroke, 400, 800 & 1500 freestyle and 100, 200 & 400 Individual Medley (IM).
You pay a fee per event ranging from around £4 to £8 depending on the host/meet level/event distance.
The top 3 swimmers in each age category are awarded medals.
Heats are seeded & swum by entry time, those without a time for an event will swim in the first heats followed by the slowest (regardless of age) next, progressing through the times until you get to the fastest swimmers (by entry time), in the final heat.
It's important to understand that you may be swimming against younger or older swimmers in your heat & if you 'win' your heat you may not be the fastest in your age category, you'll only know where you're placed in your age group once all heats containing swimmers in your age group have swum.
Most meets run a Heat Declared Winner (HDW) policy, this means only heats are swum, not heats and finals.
Once you've competed in a meet & registered a time for an event you can view details here.
You can click on an event, you can view this history of your efforts by event/time.
Open meets that MASC are supporting will be shown on the website calendar and an email detailing the meet will be sent to all members a number of weeks in advance.
Some of the details in the meet pack aren't relevant to parents/swimmers and are only applicable to the open meet manager at each club attending but it's a good idea to familiarise yourself with the details in each pack as there can be subtle differences between each meet.
The email and MASC entry form will specify a cut off date for entries, this date will differ from the cut off date in the meet pack.
This is because the open meet manager at MASC has to enter all of the MASC entries into a piece of software and submit electronically to the meet organizer.
In addition, many meets are over subscribed, in the event of over subscription the organizer will specify a policy for 'scratching' (removing) entries, this is often on a first come first served basis hence why we try to get our entries in much earlier than the organizer's cut off.
Therefore it's vitally important that your entry forms are submitted to MASC before the deadline.
Another method of scratching entries in based on event times, the slowest will be scratched.
If you miss the deadline & are keen to enter the event you may be able to enter your swimmer using an individual entry form in the meet pack.
The day after MASCs cut off date all entries will be submitted electronically to the meet organizer who will consolidate all entries from all clubs & scratch entries if required. Shortly after the host's cut off date we'll be informed of accepted/scratched entries which will be forwarded onto you to check. If all is okay you don't need to do anything, if amendments are required let the open meet manager know who will inform the host.
Once entries have been accepted you'll be asked to pay for your events (if you haven't already). It's preferred that you hold off from paying until entries have been accepted to avoid having to issue refunds in the case of scratches.
You should aim to arrive at the pool around 20 minutes before the warm up.
This will give you chance to park & meet up with the coach & other swimmers prior to entering the pool area.
Once on poolside, swimmers & coaches will be seated in an area allocated to the club & parents/spectators will go to the spectator area.
You'll generally have to pay a small fee per spectator either for a session or a day, a programme of events may be included in the entry fee or may be a few pounds extra, children are often allowed in for free.
Both swimmers & spectators (especially swimmers) should take plenty of water to drink throughout the meet.
Swimming pools are nearly always hot no matter the time of year and some events can last a full day so it's important to stay well hydrated.
Swimmers should also have plenty of food available on poolside & aim to eat little and often to maintain their energy levels throughout the day, there's some great advice on nutrition on the swimming.org website.
Kit wise, you'll only need your swim suit & goggles, a spare pair of goggles is also a good idea, you don't need to bring any training aids e.g. fins, kick boards, paddles.
You'll also need a towel or two as, potentially you'll need to dry off a number of times, instead of a slow drying cotton towel you could try a small sports hand towel like this. You basically pat yourself dry with it & rinse out & its dry again ready to dry you, ideal for long days at the pool & saves washing cotton towels.
You may also like to bring flip flops/slides and a T-shirt (try to avoid cotton & go for a quick drying sports fabric e.g. a MASC T-shirt).
At some meets you may have large gaps between your races so bring something to keep yourself amused.
Your coach will advise you when you need to get ready prior to your events & you'll queue up with the other swimmers in your heat until you get to the starting end of the pool.
The referee will guide you up onto the block or into the water for backstroke events then you're under starters orders & ready to go & put all that training to use.
Once you've completed your race you'll return to the team area on poolside.
It may seem daunting at first but there are plenty of volunteers, marshalls & officials to help & guide you and everyone knows what it's like to compete for the first time so there is no pressure.