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La ville de Détroit, dans l'État du Michigan, est réputée pour son patrimoine musical dans divers styles musicaux tels que Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm and blues, Soul, Rap et différents courants de Rock. Des artistes mondialement connus tels que Eminem, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder et Alice Cooper sont originaires de la ville, ou de son aire métropolitaine. Eu égard à la taille relativement modeste de Détroit et de sa population en comparaison d'autres villes américaines telles que New York, Los Angeles et Chicago, la ville a produit un nombre remarquable de groupes et de chanteurs connus.

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Basé à Détroit et spécialisé dans la soul et le rhythm and blues, le label discographique Motown Records a révélé et produit dans les années 1960 et au début des années 1970 des vedettes mondiales de première classe telles que Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations et the Four Tops.

Détroit, ville de rock
Connue pour ses groupes de rock « garage » comme les Stooges d'Iggy Pop, MC5 et The Frost apparus à la fin des années 1960, la scène rock de Détroit a pris dans les années 1970 un tournant plus hard rock avec des groupes et des artistes tels que Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent ou Grand Funk Railroad. À cette époque Kiss, avec la chanson Detroit Rock City et David Bowie, avec Panic in Detroit ont rendu hommage à la ville et à son public. Dans les années 1990, l'émergence des White Stripes (et des autres groupes de son leader Jack White), des Dirtbombs et des Von Bondies a permis à la ville de perpétuer son nom de Rock city. Édité à Détroit de 1969 à 1988, le magazine Creem fait partie intégrante de cette histoire rock.

Dans les années 1980 et 1990, Détroit était une place forte du punk hardcore aux États-Unis. Entre 1980 et 1981, un style nouveau communément appelé « Hardcore Midwest » s'était répandu dans les états du nord et Détroit constituait l'un des plus importants centres régionaux liés à ce sous-genre.

Le punk hardcore trouve en Détroit et sa région métropolitaine un lieu idéal pour s'épanouir. La musique rock produite dans cette ville avait toujours entretenu un son plus puissant, plus lourd et plus agressif que dans le reste du pays. Dans les années 1960, alors que d'autres métropoles se contentaient de singer la tendance « flower power », des artistes de Détroit tels que les Stooges attiraient les foules et contribuaient de la sorte au développement du punk rock. L'état de décrépitude de la ville, autrefois symbole du rêve américain, continua à alimenter une scène punk hardcore qui, loin d'être un phénomène isolé, se répandit à travers le Michigan et une partie de l'Ohio.

Au cours des années 1990, les clubs de Détroit continuèrent d'attirer les groupes punk. D'autres styles alternatifs se développèrent, notamment sur le campus de l'université de Detroit, plus progressiste et parfois lié à la culture straight edge.

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J Dilla, Eminem et Insane Clown Posse sont les représentants les plus emblématiques du Rap de Détroit. Le rap produit de cette ville possède ses caractéristiques propres qui le distinguent du hip-hop West Coast ou new-yorkais. Selon Joseph Bruce, qui est membre des Insane Clown Posse, la scène hip hop de Détroit ne se caractérise pas par des duels de rappeurs attendant d'être repérés par une grande maison de disques, mais par des empires indépendants qui se développent avec succès. L'exemple le plus frappant de cela demeure Reel Life Productions du rappeur local Esham.

En outre, l'on doit à, Esham, Eminem et Insane Clown Posse le développement du rap horrorcore, genre né au Texas avec les Geto Boys. Le horrorcore est une variante du rap hardcore qui intègre des thèmes sombres et violents tels que le suicide, le meurtre et le satanisme, le tout sur des beats maussades, voire terrifiants. Un bon exemple de ce genre est le titre Cleanin' Out My Closet figurant sur l'album The Eminem Show en 2002.

Esham, Insane Clown Posse et Kid Rock furent les premiers rappeurs de la ville à acquérir une notoriété considérable. Eminem, devenu plus tard l'artiste hip hop ayant vendu le plus d'albums, fut découvert par Dr. Dre, qui assura aussi la promotion de D12 et d'Obie Trice.

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Hughes Markets, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Hughes Markets, Inc.
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History of Hughes Markets, Inc.
A respected operator in the southern California supermarket industry, Hughes Markets, Inc. operates a chain of grocery stores in the greater Los Angeles area. For 45 years Hughes Markets was privately owned and family-operated, but in 1997 the company was acquired by Quality Food Centers, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based supermarket chain. During the late 1990s, the company operated 56 stores and controlled 5.5 percent of the southern California market.
The key to Hughes Markets' success in the fiercely competitive southern California grocery store industry was its adherence to a simple and focused operating philosophy, the originator of which was the company's founder, Joseph Hughes. Hughes spent his adulthood working in grocery stores, starting in 1934 when he went to work for Thriftmart in New Jersey. He stayed with Thriftmart for nearly 20 years, then packed his bags in 1952 and made the transcontinental trip to southern California, where he would lay the foundation for one of the region's largest supermarket chains.
Although Hughes had spent nearly a lifetime's work at Thriftmart in New Jersey, he would spend another 30 years working as a grocery store operator in southern California. Hughes embarked on the second half of his lengthy career in 1952, when he opened a Thriftmart franchise in Studio City. From there he opened two more Thriftmart franchises during the next two years, one in Van Nuys and another in Hollywood. The opening of his next store, which was located in then-rural Granada Hills, marked a symbolic moment in Hughes's life. When he opened the doors to his fourth store, gone was the familiar Thriftmart sign marking the entrance. For the first time in 20 years, Hughes had no ties to Thriftmart. The sign above his store--the first store he could genuinely call his own--read: Hughes Market. Over the course of the next four decades, the sign that debuted in Granada Hills would become a fixture in the southern California supermarket industry, as Hughes and his family shaped the company into a powerful regional force.
Joe Hughes was brought up in an era when running a grocery store was a relatively uncomplicated task, a period when small, family-owned stores blanketed the country, dominated their industry, and rarely tried to be anything else than a grocery store. This would all change during Hughes Markets' development into an industry stalwart. During the latter half of the 20th century, grocery stores became shopping destinations aspiring to fulfill a broad spectrum of consumers' needs. As the size of stores swelled beyond 50,000 square feet, banks, pharmacies, lawn and garden departments, bakeries, on-site cooking establishments, and sundry other "concepts" made their debut, transforming the definition of the grocery store format. During this sweeping revolution within the grocery store industry, Hughes Markets rarely strayed from the original course charted by Joe Hughes, and when it did, success was generally the result.
This constancy of the Hughes Markets enterprise stemmed, in part, from its distinction as a privately owned, family-operated business. Two generations of the Hughes family bridged Hughes Markets' founding and its acquisition by Quality Food Centers, and it was clearly evident that the second generation learned much from the first. Roger Hughes, the son of Joe Hughes, began working at the family's grocery stores during the early years of the company. While his father slowly expanded the number of Hughes Markets operating in southern California, Roger Hughes divided his time between school and the grocery store business, attending Loyola High School during the day and managing the liquor department at the Studio City store during his off-hours. Roger Hughes did not initially commit himself to a career as a grocery store operator and the inheritor of the family business, but after a two-year stint in the U.S. Navy and after being graduated from the University of Southern California, Hughes resolved to devote himself to the perpetuation of the growing Hughes Markets enterprise. He would have a long wait.
Joe Hughes worked tirelessly at developing Hughes Markets into a success, working six days a week and spending the seventh driving around in his car to visit the stores in his fiefdom. Expansion, which many of his supermarket brethren financed by accumulating hefty bank debt or by relinquishing control to investors in exchange for cash, was pursued slowly and achieved debt-free. Joe Hughes expanded by acquiring small grocery store owners and parts belonging to larger operators. He stressed simplicity and a narrow focus, yet occasionally he emerged as an industry innovator. In the early 1960s, while Hughes was cementing his reputation as a traditionalist, he donned the hat of a pioneer by becoming the first supermarket chain operator in southern California to feature fresh fish markets in his stores.
Hughes's son Roger, meanwhile, had ample time to absorb all the nuances of his father's leadership style. After holding a variety of positions at the company's stores following his completion of studies at the University of Southern California, Roger Hughes was eventually promoted to manager of the company's Sherman Oaks store in 1962. Three years later, he was promoted to general manager of the store. It was at this point--in 1965--that he copied a page from his father's ascent in the grocery store business by arranging with Joe Hughes to operate the Sherman Oaks store much like a franchise. This arrangement, with Roger Hughes in charge of the Sherman Oaks store and his father in charge of all the rest, existed for the next two decades; its conclusion ushered in a new era of leadership at Hughes Markets.
Second Generation Takes Command in 1982
Joe Hughes died in 1982, 30 years after he had arrived in southern California to open a Thriftmart franchise. During his years in the Los Angeles area, Hughes had built his namesake company into a roughly $400 million in sales grocery concern that was known for its emphasis on fresh produce, meats, fish, and customer service. Hughes Markets was regarded as a quiet and conservative member of the southern California supermarket fraternity. Roger Hughes inherited this legacy, and did little to alter it. Having spent more than 20 years learning the grocery business under his father's tutelage, Roger Hughes was imbued with his father's business perspective and, consequently, carried out his executive duties much like his father would have done.
Although Roger Hughes stuck close to the course charted by his father and continued to direct and present Hughes Markets as a quiet, conservative enterprise, he was more growth-minded than his father. By the end of the 1980s, Roger Hughes's influence over the fortunes of the company was readily discernible. Revenues more than doubled during his first seven years of control, rising to $885 million, and the number of Hughes Markets increased to 45 stores. Although the pace of growth was decidedly more animated under the stewardship of Roger Hughes, the way in which the growth was achieved was done in much the same way as during Joe Hughes's tenure: debt-free and in small bursts, as opposed to one massive boost via a merger or acquisition.
1990s: Expansion and New Ownership
Hughes Markets stayed to its tried and true course as it entered the 1990s, conspicuous by its absence from the spate of megamergers that swept through the southern California supermarket industry during the late 1980s. Massive, sprawling chains such as Vons Stores, Lucky Stores, and Ralphs were made even larger after they swallowed up large competitors. Public stock offerings filed by these supermarket chains helped fill their war chests, giving them the cash to make large acquisitions and to finance expansion. When public stock offerings were not an option, banks were. Supermarket chains borrowed heavily to build a string of new stores and to tailor their stores to reflect the trend of the day. Inside, as the square footage increased dramatically, supermarkets were replete with specialty items and services to attract all tastes and fulfill nearly every desire. Nothing, it seemed, was outside the pale of the supermarket format.
Hughes Markets, the old-fashioned member of the supermarket constituency in the Los Angeles area, bucked nearly all the trends its competitors embraced during the 1980s and early 1990s. The company was privately owned (a rarity). It was family-operated (a further distinction). And its stores, which generally measured 25,000 square feet, focused on a single and simple format (another characteristic that set it apart from the other large supermarket chains). In these respects Hughes Markets appeared to be behind the times; a quaint and stodgy chain that had failed to adopt what were perceived as the successful attributes of a supermarket operator. The company's stature, however, belied this assessment. In 1990, Hughes Markets reached the billion dollar mark in sales, a figure that would have put it at the top of its industry in almost any other market except southern California. The spree of megamergers had transformed giants into behemoths, making Hughes Markets relatively small when compared to the upper echelon of its class, but few could argue with the company's success--least of all Roger Hughes.
Hughes was unlike his father in at least one respect. No chairman of Hughes Markets had ever talked to reporters from the business press until Roger Hughes broke the silence in 1989. In fact, the company operated without a public relations department. When Roger Hughes finally did share his thoughts with inquiring journalists, the succinct phrases that followed mirrored the traditional, unassuming nature of Hughes Markets and, perhaps, Joe Hughes himself. When questioned about his company's reliance on a single format and its refusal to delve into specialty markets, Hughes stated flatly, "We can't walk and chew gum at the same time." When pressed further on the same topic, Hughes answered, "The simple things are working. They've been working for 30 years." In reference to the money that could be raised by converting to public ownership like many of his competitors had done, Hughes explained, "I guess public capital would be nice, but I'm not comfortable with the trade off. Looking at quarter-to-quarter results for the benefit of someone back in New York--I'm not very good at that. I just don't see an IPO (initial public offering) in the picture for us, unless we get really desperate." When asked why his stores were smaller than the rest of the chains with at least $1 billion in sales, Hughes answered, "We think that's [Hughes Markets' store size] big enough for our locations, and for who we are. We're not big in general merchandise, we don't have pharmacies, and we're not trying to draw from all over town. We like it that way ... and the rent's a lot cheaper." In defense of his refusal to ape the expansion pace set by his competitors, Hughes responded, "If we wanted to go out and build 20 stores next week, we'd have no problem. We just don't feel like we can grow any faster and hire the kind of quality personnel that we know it takes to run these stores. We want to grow as fast as we can grow realistically and still be Hughes Markets."
The company entered the 1990s as the largest privately owned Los Angeles-based supermarket chain and was in the process of ensuring that no rival usurped its reigning position. Although Roger Hughes was opposed to rapid growth, he had initiated a slightly accelerated expansion program while his competitors celebrated monthly store openings. Hughes Markets opened four stores in 1989, five more in 1990, and slated five additional stores for their debut in 1991. When the company announced it had eclipsed the $1 billion mark in revenues in February 1990, there were 52 stores composing the chain. That milestone achievement was reached the same month the company presented itself as an industry pioneer by becoming the first regional chain to implement a storewide recycling program.
As this program was being put into place and the celebratory mood springing from the achievement of collecting $1 billion in sales was in full swing, the telltale signs of economically bleak times were already appearing. A nationwide recession began to stifle economic growth during the early 1990s, and Hughes Markets responded by shelving its strategy of opening between three to five stores per year. Instead, the company concentrated on renovating more stores than usual, and bided its time until the stormy economic climate cleared.
Although the pace of store renovations picked up, the company did not abandon its expansion strategy entirely during the early 1990s. Between 1992 and early 1994, five new stores were opened, and in 1993 construction of a new office and warehouse complex in Irwindale was completed. The distribution complex, comprising three buildings, consisted of a 36,000-square-foot office building, a 137,000-square-foot facility for produce, delicatessen, and meat, and a 443,000-square-foot warehouse for dry groceries, general merchandise, and liquor. The size of the complex suggested there were high expectations for future growth, despite the less-than-ideal economic conditions. The warehouse, projected to meet the company's needs for the ensuing 10 years, had sufficient capacity to handle three times the number of Hughes Markets in existence in 1993, which pointed to the anticipation of aggressive growth in the decade ahead.
Hughes Markets' rate of expansion resumed its pre-recession pace by the mid-1990s, when four new stores were opened in 1995. Two more stores debuted in 1996, helping push sales up to $1.25 billion and lifting the company's store count to 56, but by November 1996 the focus on expansion took a back seat to momentous news from company headquarters. After nearly a half-century of operating as a privately owned, family-run company, Hughes Markets was preparing to join ranks with a publicly owned supermarket chain and bring an end to its distinction as the quiet independent competing against publicly traded chains.
In November 1996, Quality Food Centers, Inc. (QFC), a 64-store supermarket chain based in Seattle, Washington, announced it had signed a merger agreement to acquire Hughes Markets for $360 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Roger Hughes would relinquish his title as chairman, retain his chief executive officer title, and his management staff and all Hughes Markets employees would remain in place, with Hughes Markets and QFC slated to operate as separate business units under a holding company formed by QFC. For QFC, the deal represented the first move out of its home state and a significant step toward the realization of its ambitious expansion strategy. For Hughes Markets, the merger allowed it to keep its personnel in place and provided funds for future expansion. Said Hughes, "One of the family's concerns with any sale was that we didn't want to disturb the employees, and we were able to consummate this and have all our people remain in place. Once the merger is completed, we'll have more financial clout and we'll be in a better position to grow."
The acquisition was completed in March 1997 for $358.8 million. With Hughes serving as president and chief executive officer, Hughes Markets, under the auspices of QFC's holding company, planned to open three or four stores a year into the late 1990s. Acquisitions of smaller grocery store chains were in the offing as well, thanks to the added financial reserves gained from the deal with QFC. With its 45-year history as a privately owned company behind it, Hughes Markets embarked on a new future in the public spotlight. The essence of the company, however, remained the same.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Quality Food Centers, Inc.
Employees:5,100
Sales: $1.25 billion (1996)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
SICs:5411 Grocery Stores
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Both Dr. Brickey and Dr. Provine are in network providers with the following insurance companies: Regence BlueCross/BlueShield, Regence Valuecare, Select Health, and United Concordia.
Dr. Provine is also provider for Metlife, Delta Dental and Cigna.
Remember, you and your insurance company have an agreement that does not involve our office. We base your treatment on what procedures are best for you, not what your insurance will cover. Unfortunately, insurance companies don't base your benefits on what you need; they base it on what payout they can profitably provide based on how much your employer has paid them. At our office we have the capability to submit electronic claims for your treatment the same day of your appointment to speed up claim processing.
We want you to know that we always strive to provide you with the best possible value in dental treatment. This means we avoid patchwork treatment that would soon need to be redone. We use the finest possible materials, techniques, and technology to provide you with the greatest possible long term treatment, regardless of your insurance coverage.


Back in 2005, The Register reported on a UK police project (the article calls it Gatso 2) whose thrust was to use cameras to identify vehicles' license plates as they go by. The information on who/when/where (WWW) would be stored for at least two years, and the system was expected to process 50 million plates per day.
This all makes sense except for the part about saving the data for two years. Police can spot delinquent plates and dispatch squad cars accordingly without having to save the WWW data. And they can do something else: If they know the distance between the cameras, they can automatically calculate how fast your car is going. From a revenue perspective, automatic detection of speeding is very attractive: If you're caught speeding and you don't know it, you'll keep right on speeding. Which means you could be caught and fined repeatedly as you zoom along in happy ignorance. (And you won't have any idea how large your fine has become until they appear at your doorstep to extract a kidney.) But, even for that, they don't actually have to save the data.
No, the only reason to save the data is to facilitate backtracking. Backtracking is helpful if you have a suspect and want to know what he's been up to--where he's been and who's been there with him. This makes sense and should give the innocent (who, as always, have nothing to fear) a warm, fuzzy feeling of safety.
A cold, prickly feeling, however, should accompany this possibility: What if the data is hacked? Should that happen, interesting possibilities arise: Knowing which cars are in airport long-term parking, for example, would tell you who wasn't home--a quick look at their owners' credit reports would tell you which houses were worth "visiting." A little judicious data mining might even reveal blackmail opportunities: two married people (not to each other) showing up at the same hotels, for example, might let you write a pair of very remunerative letters.
But, those minor considerations aside, Gatso 2 is an innovative and exciting prospect that we should all welcome. Next time I'm in London, I'll give a friendly wave to its ubiquitous, reassuring, glassy-eyed Cyclopses...as I descend the stairs to the Tube.


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ADE Spending Over $7 Million "To Simply Administer" COVID Funds Meant For Student Learning
by B. Hamilton | Apr 7, 2021 | Education, News
PHOENIX — Rep. Michelle Udall, chair of the House Education Committee, sent a letter to Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction asking why the state is holding on to $85 million, that Udall says could help school districts avoid teacher layoffs.
Udall also noted in her letter to Superintendent Kathy Hoffman that "in addition to withholding these millions from our schools, ADE is also spending more than $7 million of it to simply administer the funds (the maximum allowed)."
Udall's questions come in the wake of several districts announcing layoffs due to declining enrollment. Declining enrollment means declining funding as school dollars are allocated based on attendance.
"Unfortunately, as we see from the current events in Gilbert and other districts facing similar decisions in the coming weeks, this money has not been allotted where it is needed most," wrote Udall referring to reports of teacher layoffs.
From the Yellow Sheet:
The AZ Dept of Education plans to use some of its Covid relief dollars for a marketing campaign to bring families back to the fold. The campaign, which will cost about $150,000, is aimed at students who left district and charter schools for alternative options during the pandemic or who delayed enrollment."
"Instead of allocating all of the available money to districts who need it, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is for some reason holding onto nearly $85 million of discretionary money from the initial $1.5 billion allotment that should be put to use to help stabilize Arizona schools so that they don't have to make premature reductions in staffing when many of those students may be returning in the coming school year.
Across the state, districts are seeing dramatic declines in enrollment as parents go in search of educational opportunities other than the hybrid-online type that the teacher's union pushed even as the pandemic waned, and evidence showed that children were not super-spreaders. In fact, over 55,000 K-12 students have disenrolled for the state's traditional public schools.
Despite the decline, which has been occurring over a number of years and was only exacerbated by the teachers' recent refusal to return to in-classroom learning, Udall believes that students may return, and premature layoffs would lead the districts to rely on long-term substitute teachers.
Even though the ADE has received over $1 billion in CARES Act ESSER and ESSER II funding, Udall told Hoffman that the Legislature "is currently working on a state budget that, I believe, will help alleviate the intense fiscal pressure some of these schools are facing."
RELATED ARTICLE: Gilbert Public School District's Fewer Students Results In Fewer Teachers
"But that won't happen until the budget process is finished," warned Udall. "You currently have on hand millions in discretionary funds that could, and should, be made available immediately – discretionary funds that were given to the Arizona Department of Education for precisely this purpose."
Hoffman responded on Twitter that the money was not enough.
It's no secret that Arizona public schools need funds to stabilize their budgets and ensure that all students have access to high-quality educators and programs. Other school leaders and I have been ringing this alarm for months.
— Kathy Hoffman (@Supt_Hoffman) April 5, 2021
Udall and Hoffman may not believe there will ever be enough money for schools. On the other hand, parents who have fled the schools believe that there will never be again enough students to fill the schools and employ the teachers that abandoned their kids at such a critical time.


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Westport saving $2.9 million on school subcontracting work
By Jeffrey D. Wagner, Correspondent
WESTPORT — In a struggle to keep costs within budget, the School Building Committee received some good news this week — the subcontracting work will cost around $2.9 million less than anticipated.
Construction Manager at Risk Robert Gilchrist delivered this news earlier this month but had one small piece of bad news — it might cost an additional $543,000 to import construction fill to the site, per a state Department of Environmental Protection order.
Gilchrist offered these updates and will likely have more information on the latter at the upcoming SBC meeting on Nov. 20.
Of the DEP order, Gilchrist said the state DEP was adamant that contractors not work within 250 feet of the Westport Elementary School well, which is on the same campus.
Gilchrist and other project officials noted that project officials are seeking permission from the state DEP to drill a new well, which could prevent the need to import structural fill from an off-campus site.
Even if the town has to import the fill, the savings would still be $2.4 million over what his firm projected when it worked this summer to keep cost projections just below $75 milion.
Gilchrist noted that his firm, Agostini Bacon, has worked with most of the subcontractors who have been hired. They are all reputable, he mentioned.
He mentioned that one employs 60 people per job, which will help ensure quick and efficient work.
Gilchrist also noted that he still await bids from non-trade subcontractors — drywall, landscaping and millwork companies.
Last spring, the SBC had to delay construction after learning that the construction costs would be higher than anticipated.
The SBC's subgroup met over the spring and summer and looked at cost-savings initiatives. The SBC then hired Agostini Bacon to coordinate work with contractors and subcontractors. This company has worked with many of the trades and has a more accurate view of market pricing for the work.
Construction is ongoing and project officials believe the 5 through 12 school building is on schedule for the agreed-upon September 2021 opening.
The entire project will cost approximately $97 million, with the state School Building Authority reimbursing approximately 40 percent.
Gilchrist noted that some of the cost-reducing initiatives includes a standard bike rack, rather than a premium one. Some classes and brick work will also use more standard, rather than premium-priced items.
The SBC is scheduled to meet this Wednesday 6 p.m. at the Junior/Senior High School Media Center.


Making games feel like building my world with rules and stories.I found out that a game is a great medium to put narratives and interaction. I have made video games that contain my concerns that I had after moving to US. As a foreigner in US, I had to struggle with solitary and feeling to be displaced in the foreign country.The game involves fitting the house between the other houses. I always miss my home country and want to bring everything from my country. The house is a metaphor for everything from my country. I asked to my self. Would it be less exhausted or happier if I can move with everything I miss from my home country? But I do not believe that I would perfectly fit here even though I bring my house from my home country.


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A container filled with rocks, concrete, sand, soil or other materials that is commonly used as a defence against erosion.
A whole or part development of a city with green space and sustainability central to its design principles.
The difference in social status, wage levels or rights and freedoms available between men and women.
General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)
An international agreement to promote trade and economic benefits. It aimed to encourage free trade by imposing trade rules and reducing tariffs among its member nations.
Genetic Modification (GM)
A process of transferring genetic material from the cells of one organism to those of another for the purpose of producing stronger or more resilient strains.
The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of those of a lower income level.
The large-scale, deliberate manipulation of an environmental process that affects the Earth's climate in an attempt to counteract the effects of climate change.
A study of the physical structure and substance of the Earth, in particular the rocks that compose it and processes which act on them.
Geomorphological
The physical features on the Earth's surface and their formation.
Geophysical Hazard
Hazards where the principal cause is climatic, meteorological, geological or geomorphological.
Geopolitical Independence
Freedom experienced within a country following colonial rule.
The study of the effects of geography on international politics and international relations.
A source of power whereby the heat of the Earth's subsurface is utilised, often by using water to create steam which in turn powers turbines.
Power generated by using the warmth of the subsurface layers to heat water which in turn spins a turbine.
A hot spring characterised by water that intermittently boils, ejecting a column of water and steam into the air.
Ghettoisation
The process by which people of a similar background (such as ethnically, by age nationally, or socio-economically) start to residentially cluster in one place.
Gini Coefficient
The measurement between 0 and 1 of the inequality among values of a frequency distribution such as levels of income.
Glacial Accumulation
Processes that add snow or ice to a glacier, including snowfall, avalanching or wind transport.
Glacial Retreat
Net loss of ice from a glacier as a result of ablation exceeding accumulation.
A river of ice that moves down a gradient towards the sea.
Global Brightening
An increase in the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by decrease in light-absorbing compounds in the atmosphere.
Global Dimming
The gradual and widespread reduction in sunlight at the surface of the Earth, caused by the blocking and scattering of insolation by particulate matter in the atmosphere.
A satellite navigation system that provides the user with data about their location.
Increasing interconnectedness between people and processes in different countries.
Glocalisation
The process by which concepts which are inherently global are represented or reinterpreted to reflect local nuances.
Gondwanaland
A super continent of the Southern Hemisphere that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, broke up into India, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America.
A deep and narrow opening between upland areas, usually containing a river and caused by the ongoing erosion by a waterfall.
The system by which a person, state or situation is controlled.
Grassroots Development
A project that involves the organisation and cooperation of local people to solve a locality specific issue.
An area of land surrounding a city that offers partial protection against further development and urban sprawl.
Green Employment
Work, employment or activity that contributes substantially to preserving or restoring natural environmental quality, contributing to a more sustainable world.
A wave of agricultural technological developments that encouraged greater productivity in agriculture, particularly in developing nations.
Technology that promotes environmental sustainability through its use, mitigating or reversing the effects of human activity on the environment.
Green Washing
The process by which companies who are known to cause environmental problems claim to be improving their record through positive press releases and public media spin.
An area of land surrounding an urban area in which planning restrictions are enforced to curb new house, commercial or industrial developments, preventing urban sprawl.
An undeveloped, often agricultural, tract of land that is a potential site for industrial or urban development.
The natural process by which the atmosphere traps the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to support life.
Gases that are released by the burning of fossil fuels, such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone.
The use of rainwater or semi-filtered waste water to flush toilets or water gardens.
Grid Line
Any of a series of numbered horizontal and perpendicular lines that divide a map into squares to form a grid, subsequently allowing any point to be located by a system of coordinates.
The squares of a map denoted by a grid formed by a series of numbered horizontal (Northing) and vertical (Easting) lines
The total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year.
Gross National Income (GNI)
The total income for a country comprising the total value of goods and services produced within the country (GDP) together with its income received from other countries, excluding net taxes.
The total value of good produced and services provided by a country, but not within its borders, during one year.
All sub-surface water which is not chemically combined with any minerals present.
Groundwater Flow
The movement of water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water than has infiltrated down;.
Groyne
A breakwater running seawards from the land, constructed to stop the flow of beach material transported by longshore drift.
A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular warfare.
An environmental setting that is occupied specifically by a particular species or set of related species.
Halophytic
A plant that is adapted to living in a saline environment.
Halosere
Plant succession in a saline environment, such as a salt marsh or estuary.
A small settlement with fewer than one hundred inhabitants and limited services.
Hanging Valley
A high-level tributary valley in glacial areas from which the ground falls sharply to the level of the lower.
Hard Engineering
Measures taken to prevent the impact of a natural hazard or phenomenon by means of physical structures and changes to the landscape.
A narrow piece of land that projects from the coastline into the sea, separating bays.
A prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
Industries that involve the manufacture of large and heavy, sometimes one-off goods such as boat building and metal works.
Heterogeneous Culture
A culture where difference is present within a population, including individuals of different cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, sexes or ages.
High Order Goods and Services
A good or service, usually costly, that people only occasionally buy, such as computers, furniture or jewellery.
High Tech Industry
An industry that develops or uses the most advanced methods and most modern equipment.
Hjulstrom Curve
The relationship between the velocity of a river and the particle sizes that may be transported which is used to determine whether a river will erode, transport or deposit sediment.
Homogeneous Culture
A society comprised of people of the same cultural backgrounds.
A volcanic region fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared to the surrounding mantle.
Hot Spot Volcano
A volcano formed above a hot spot or plume of magma.
A place that is particularly diverse in ecology but which is also under significant threat.
A place that displays multiple real and conceptual connections to other places.
A compound indicator of economic development, combining GNP per capita with life expectancy and literacy in a weighted average.
The rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of movement, certain standards of life or treatment which are believed to belong to every individual.
A description for those organisations acting with the needs of the person at the core of their work, such as providing materials or logistical assistance to those in need.
An alternative name for a tropical storm, usually used by people of North and Central America.
Hydraulic Action
The sheer erosive force of water within a stream or river.
Energy that is produced by the gravitational force of water falling through a gradient for example through a turbine system in a dam.
Hydrogen Economy
A proposed system in which energy needs are predominantly met by hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, bringing major environmental benefits.
A fuel cell in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen creating a current that is used to generate electricity.
Hydrograph A
graph of a particular weather event, catchment area and river channel which combines a bar chart of precipitation with a line graph of river discharge.
Hydrological Cycle
The continuous circulation of water around the world and between stores, facilitated by hydrological processes such as evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and percolation.
Hydrological Hazard
Hazards driven by hydrological processes, such as river and coastal flooding, drought, tsunamis, tropical cyclones and monsoons.
A form of agriculture which produces crop through highly-managed nutrient rich water rather than through soil contact.
The combined mass of water found on, under and over the surface of the planet - including oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, ice and water underground.
A very large supermarket that is usually built on the outskirts of a town.
Ice Sheet
A mass of ice covering surrounding terrain greater than 50,000km2 for a long period of time.
An idealised view of a place or a sense of extreme peace and comfort with one's surroundings.
Rock formed through the cooling of magma or lava.
The movement of people into a country or region.
The movement of goods into a country for trade.
Import Substitution
The process by which countries start to manufacture goods for which they had previously relied on imports.
Improved Water
Supply A water supply that, by the nature of its construction or through active intervention, is protected from outside contamination.
Waste destruction which involves burning rubbish at high temperatures in a furnace.
A state whereby a country and its inhabitants are able to self-govern.
Those people within a population (aged 16 to 65) who theoretically do not financially rely on the state or another person to provide for them.
Indigenous Population
The original inhabitants of a place.
The growth of industry, usually referring to manufacturing industries.
A business, usually privately owned, which aims to make goods or provide a service for the making of a profit.
A state in which some people obtain all the economic, environmental and social wealth while the majority have little.
The number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 children born.
The downward movement of water into the soil.
A section of employment where workers work independently and without security such as home weaving or shoe shine stalls.
Informal Settlement
An area where groups of housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally.
The services and facilities needed for an economy to function, for example transport networks, energy supply and health care.
The solar radiation received at the Earth's surface.
Instant Cities
Cities that come into existence suddenly and flourish as a result of the unique economic opportunities at the time.
The holding of raindrops by plants as the water falls onto leaves, stems and branches.
Interlocking Spurs
Tapering ridges which alternately project into a river valley, around which the river winds its course.
Internal Deformation
The process by which ice crystals deform at the base of a glacier due to the sheer weight of ice on them, creating as slip plane.
The movement of people within a named country or region.
Internally Displaced People
People who are forced to flee their homes but remain within their country's borders.
Money and assistance that is given from one country to another.
International Elite
A group of people who due to their high level of wealth and status can live anywhere in the world without negatively affecting their lifestyle and work practices.
An international financial organisation set up to promote trade by keeping currencies stable and having a fund of money from which member states may borrow.
Intrusive Landform
New, usually igneous rock material that is emplaced into pre-existing rock after being forced to the Earth's surface.
Species that are not native to a particular place and that once found in a new place tend to spread very quickly through it.
Money put into financial schemes with the expectation of material results in the future.
The transfer of money from a source into a region or sector with the aim of gaining capital or developing its presence.
The artificial provision of a water supply to land or crops.
Isolation (Geographical Isolation)
The state of being cut off from other people and places due to a lack of communication and connection infrastructure.
Isostatic
A condition in which there is equal pressure on every side of a geomorphological feature or process.
Line on a climate map or chart connecting points of equal average temperature.
An information source compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature listing the conservation status of the world's species.
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비디오 릴레이 탄산이 종료되었습니다. 그간의 응원에 감사드립니다.
Video Relay Taansan has ended. Thank you for your support.
<비디오 릴레이 탄산 VIDEO RELAY TAANSAN>은 이러한 현실인식에서 2012년 8월 시작한 비디오 페스티벌이다. 제목이 명시하듯 이 행사는 일회성 스크리닝이 아니다. 작가가 작가를, 비디오가 비디오를 물고 이어진다. 1회의 작가들이 2회의 상영작가들을 소개해주는 방식이다. 2016년 마지막으로 제5회 비디오 릴레이 탄산이 열렸고, 릴레이는 종료되었다.
Video Relay Taansan is a video screening program established by young artists in 2012. It is devised as a channel to promote exchange and mutual support among young artists themselves. For each Video Relay Taansan those artists who participated previously select the participants for the following years and introduce their works. In the summer of 2016, the 5th Video Relay Taansan was held and the relay has ended.


Our contractors, our plumbers, carpenters, masons, electricians, and excavators are this town's economic backbone and provide skilled labor to the entire region. Wareham underwrites a good part of Upper Cape Tech's annual budget for a reason.
Ask any local contractor you trust, they'll tell you Wareham is south coast's worst municipal nightmare for inspections, zoning, water, health department, housing, assessing... you name it, the list is endless.
That's why it wasn't surprising to watch (2014-05-13 BOS) last night and see Wareham's Health Dept, and Community Preservation Commission follow Madam Moderator's lead to seek blanket immunity from state ethics violations.
Thank Town Counsel Richard Bowen personally for this rotten state of affairs.
Next week's only BOS agenda item listed under Town Business.
a. Update from Town Counsel on Special Municipal Employee exemptions.
Nuts. I'm indisposed tonight. Hope someone's watching this and can report back.
Can someone recommend a local plumber please?


Raise your hand if you use any Google Apps (search, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc.) in your personal life?
It's as simple as this blog post, which I drafted on Google Docs, and inserted images and links. Or the spreadsheet I created to compare and contrast different cars to organize my new car search. Even geekier, I use spreadsheets is to keep track of the books I read each year–this one is massive, complete with charts and formulas.
These digital skills, plus collaboration and communication, are essential for our students to learn to prepare them for the working world beyond our classrooms.
Student working through an Applied Digital Skills lesson.
This is where Google's Applied Digital Skills comes into play!
Applied Digital Skills a student-paced "project-based video curriculum" where students create and collaborate on real-world-applicable lessons. And, it's FREE!
Before you turn up your nose at the word "curriculum," it's not strict and boxy. Instead, it provides the skills for students in short video lessons, and allows the teacher to circulate the room and assist students. Additionally, these sample projects can easily be customized to your content class.
Watch Google's intro video to learn more!
My students use both their iPads and the computers in the lab to maximize their efficiency.
I made a quick screencast to show you how to get started.
For each lesson, there are sample projects and a rubric too!
My students love Applied Digital skills because it gave them the freedom to create and explore, and work at their own pace. Students who finished their "Organize Information in Google Sheets" early added in additional columns and rows as they researched more universities.
College spreadsheet created by one of my students! They enjoyed coming up with their own research criteria for comparing universities.
Since we are 1:1 iPad, I took my students to the computer lab (you can't freeze a row/column on the iOS app). Most either watched the videos on their iPad and created on the computer, or split screen their computer monitor to watch and work. I loved watching how each student organized their physical and digital workspace.
Join my demo class to see Applied Digital Skills from the learner perspective!
In this demo class, you can get a feel for how students will access their lessons, watch the videos, and begin creating their project.
*You can switch back to teacher mode by clicking on your email on the top right > join a class > I am a teacher.
Applied Digital Skills is a whole lot of fun! K-12 and adult learners love the self-paced engaging curriculum.
Have you tried Applied Digital Skills? What are your favorite activities and how have you customized it for your classroom?


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The Ministry of Regional Integration and International Cooperation is a government ministry, responsible for relations with intergovernmental organisations, such as SADC. The incumbent minister is Sibusiso Moyo and the deputy minister is Reuben Marumahoko.

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When Barangay San Lorenzo chose to take on the challenge of maintaining an online presence, Gurango Software endeavoured to make that the best decision they ever made.
In the bustling business district of Makati City, Barangay San Lorenzo sits at its heart. Home to many residents and the location of many commercial developments, it is a testament to Makati's urban and cosmopolitan setting—a vibrant, moving space both night and day.
Since 2013, Barangay San Lorenzo has trusted Gurango Software to care for their Constituent Services Portal (CSP) to efficiently process hundreds of service requests per month from over 25,000 resident-constituents.


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package org.example.action.user;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import io.fusionauth.http.FileInfo;
import org.example.domain.Role;
import org.example.domain.UserField;
import org.example.domain.UserType;
import org.primeframework.mvc.action.annotation.Action;
import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

/**
 * This class is a simple edit action for testing.
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 * @author Brian Pontarelli
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@Action
public class FullFormAction {
  public List<Integer> ages = new ArrayList<Integer>();

  public FileInfo image;

  public List<Integer> roleIds;

  public List<Role> roles = asList(new Role(1, "Admin"), new Role(2, "User"));

  public UserField user;

  public UserType[] userTypes = UserType.values();

  public FullFormAction() {
    for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
      ages.add(i);
    }
  }

  public String get() {
    return "input";
  }

  public String post() {
    return "success";
  }
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Top 10 Most Fascinating New Species Unveiled [Slide Show]
To commemorate Carl Linnaeus's Birthday, an international committee of taxonomists has released its annual roundup of the most noteworthy newly discovered species
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This gastropod, Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum, sports vivid shades of blue, red and gold. Its discovery helped scientists understand the symbiosis that occurs in members of this genus. Algae called zooxanthellae typically exist symbiotically with coral, where they exchange nutrients via cycles of respiration and photosynthesis. In sea slugs a type of tri-species symbiosis occurs when algae residing in a slug's gut draw nutrients from coral its host consumes, in turn furnishing the slug with the nutrient products of photosynthesis. Credits: Photograph by Robert Bolland
CHICKEN FROM HELL Anzu wyliei is a bird like dinosaur that inhabited North American 66 million years ago. Because its relatives are chicken-size and the fossils were discovered at the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, A... Illustration by Mark A. Klingler
CORAL PLANT: Found only on the southwestern slopes of Mount Mignan in the Philippines, Balanophora coralliformis is an endangered plant that parasitizes the roots of other plants. Its rough, elongated, repeatedly branching, aboveground tubers set it apart from other species of its kind... Photograph by P.B. Pelser & J.F. Barcelona
CARTWHEELING SPIDER Meet the arachnid world's top gymnast. Cebrennus rechenbergi is a hunting spider found in the deserts of Morocco. This spider is the only species to "cartwheel," which allows it to move two times faster than running when escaping from danger... Photograph by Ingo Rechenberg, Technical University Berlin
THE X-PHYLA: Residing on the sea floor off the coast of Australia, Dendrogramma enigmatica is notable for its tiny size and mushroomlike shape. It resembles members of the phyla Cnidaria (jellyfish, corals, sea anemones and hydras) and Ctenophora (comb jellies) but lacks key evolutionary traits of both... Photograph by Jørgen Oleson
BONE-HOUSE WASP: A wasp found in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve in eastern China, Deuteragenia ossarium has gained notoriety for its morbid nesting habits. It builds its nests in hollow plant stems made of cells separated by soil walls, with each cell hosting an individual egg... Photograph by Merten Ehmig
INDONESIAN FROG: Limnonectes larvaepartus is a small fanged frog found in forests on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is unique in that the female's eggs are fertilized internally and she gives birth to live tadpoles... Photograph by Jimmy A. McGuire
WALKING STICK Measuring at 23 centimeters long—yes, as long as a human forearm— Phyganistria tamdaoensis is a member of the family of "giant stick" insects, the largest insects in the world... Photograph by Jonathan Brecko
PHOTOGENIC SEA SLUG: This gastropod, Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum , sports vivid shades of blue, red and gold. Its discovery helped scientists understand the symbiosis that occurs in members of this genus. .. Photograph by Robert Bolland
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Mr. Dan Osburn
Mr. Dan Osburn, age 83, of Hoschton, Georgia passed away September 11, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his family. A native of Waycross, Georgia, he was a son of the late Cecil James and Mary Elizabeth Bennet Osburn. He had resided in Hoschton for the past twenty years and was a former resident of Valdosta where he and his wife were associated with The Raintree Village Children's Home. Most recently, Mr. Osburn was a lunch room supervisor with Gwinnett County Schools and was a member of The Church of Christ at Chestnut Mountain. He was an Air Force Veteran. Surviving are Wife, Mabelle Tatum Osburn of Hoschton, Georgia, Children, James (Jayne) Osburn of Hoschton, Georgia, Elizabeth "Libbie" (Tim) Orbison of Gurley, Alabama, Ella (Glen) Clan of Hoschton, Georgia, Daniel (Chris) Osburn of Buford, Georgia, Susan Cannon of Hoschton, Georgia, Nine Grandchildren, Thirteen Great Grandchildren, Sister, Mary Jean Shea of Jacksonville, Florida and Cecil Lawrence Osburn of Waycross, Georgia. The Family will receive friends Friday, September 15, 2017 at the residence, 155 Poplar Springs Road, Hoschton, Georgia from 5:00 P. M. until 7:00 P. M. and on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 1:00 P. M. until 2:00 P. M. at The Church Of Christ at Chestnut Mountain, 5111 Old Winder Highway, Braselton, Georgia 30517. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 2:00 P. M. at the church with Mr. G. R. Holder officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Raintree Village Children's Home, 3757 Johnston Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31601.
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A busy year for IFIC supporting a range of EU-funded projects
PROCare4Life
PROCare4Life over 2022 could analyse the results of pilot 2 and launch pilot 3, supported by a multilingual survey to expand the knowledge about its future users' preferences. After COVID19, we could finally meet in person in Madrid Consortium meeting. Specific multimedia training materials were created, to support the additional and refined functionalities that have been incorporated into the ICT system. Consortium members presented PROCare4Life results in several international Conferences, such as ICIC22 or PETRA Conference and . Synergies with other projects continued with the support of the Horizon Results Booster, having completed Module A and leading the project group under Module B, together with eSMART, ADLIFE and ValueCare projects.
CareMatrix
CareMatrix successfully launched its 1st phase Tender, that will be open until mid-January 2023, after passing it first project review. Over 2022 the consortium was busy in its dialogue with the market, that was iteratively developed since 2021 through the OMC events, the RFI and the Q&A sections of its website. The feedback gathered was really useful to refine the CareMatrix challenge. It was possible to return to the usual practice to meeting in person, having held consortium meetings in Malmö (Sweden) and Drammen (Norway), aligning and refining together the strategy and documentation for the upcoming Tender and subsequent phases. CareMatrix successfully presented its results at International Conferences, such as ICIC22 and Medica, publishing also an academic article at IJIC. CareMatrix also promoted the collaboration with other projects, profiting from the Horizon Results Booster support services, collaborating with the project group led by INCAREHEART, integrated also by eCare and ROSIA PCPs.
INCAREHEART
Following a successful Phase I with six suppliers, INCAREHEART project had to choose three solutions to respond to its challenge from six promising ones. The Phase II consortia are the following: CareCardia (led by gnomon informatics SA); CardiCare (led by GESAN SRL); CORRAL (led by CERTH). Each of our suppliers in Phase II now again has the opportunity to show how their solution can provide an efficient, integrated, cost-effective way of better managing care for people with chronic heart failure (CHF), and enter the piloting stage in the next phase. INCAREHEART was able to meet again in person after COVID19, having held consortium meeting in Capri (Italy) and Istambul (Turkey). Additionally, INCAREHEART is leading the project group supported by the Horizon Results Booster, Modules A and B, together with CareMatrix, eCare and ROSIA PCPs.
EU4CHILD
This pilot action ended in October 2022, after 18 months' implementation. Over 2022 it was possible to finally meet in person, in Rome consortium meeting, and also during the intermediate review held in Luxembourg in May. Over the last year of EU4CHILD there were intense consultation activities with the project's key stakeholders, through personal interviews, segmented surveys and focus groups. The consortium advanced on the state of the art analysis and created a Roadmap for the AI based paediatric cancer platform, an IT Framework and a Knowledge Base, together with an exploitation strategy. Collaboration with other ongoing EU funded projects was very active, including a STANDS4EU, PERSIST, PRIMAGE, among others. Final results were presented in final webinars and also shared with UNICA4EU, action that has an enlarged consortium led by SIOPE and that is currently incorporating and bringing forward the results of EU4CHILD.
UNICA4EU
UNICA4EU continues the work started by EU4CHILD, to work on a unique European vision for Artificial Intelligence to fight Childhood Cancer. The project kicked off in July 2022, being focused in its first few months to integrate EU4CHILD results and to detail planning of the activities required to assure the quality of its implementation and results. It is expected that children and adolescents living with cancer, survivors and carers will be placed at the centre and their specific needs in regard to the AI based platform for paediatric cancer validated and enlarged. Roadmap, Framework and Knowledge Base, together with the exploitation strategy, were advanced over 2022.
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Earlier in the year, Project ValueCare partners met in Croatia for their 8th consortium meeting. Taking place in the beautiful town of Opatjia (Croatia), the meeting was hosted by the University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine – MEDRI. Following the success of a hybrid approach at our recent consortium meetings, the same system was used in June, with in-person attendees interacting with partners dialling in from sites all over Europe. Later in the summer, the Irish ValueCare pilot team at University College Dublin (UCD) were delighted to welcome lead project partners, Erasmus Medical Centre and ISRAA, to visit their site in July.
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lookin for some people to play with over skype if possible.Im new so would need a DM to start off with.I already have a character lv 1 for 3.5 which is the version im looking to play.
I'd be up for trying to DM a game over skype. Skype name is Artiamus, feel free to add me.
The only difficulty would be setting up what times to be on.
Just installed skype (yeah I know, I'm a bit slow) and like to join if the times of play aren't to wrong for me.
I'm familiar with all d&d games.. except 4th, but I'll probably pick it up quickly, just say when and I'll be on.
one thing though, I have the knack of being dominant in a game when not playing a schemer, but just say when it starts getting annoying and I'll try to contain myself.
Skype info on my profile.
That's good news, just hoping he gets back to you soon.
dosnt seem andrew is msging me back for what ever reason so i hope he is ok but any one have any idea for a DM?
So this is just another call to see if anyone wants to DM a game. If you DM we will work around your time. I also have a site that makes it easy to make 3.5 character in less than 10min and also a site to use so we know who rolls what.
I could probably DM, I'd need to re install Skype, but I already have a fair number of 3.5 books. Any idea how often you'd like to play, and what manner of adventures you have in mind?
i suggest we look into an online table top hoster. ive seen sites before that lets you play d&d on an online table where the dm can make grid maps players can chat and everything else we will need. more googleing is needed.
If you can DM we can play any time and any adventures lol as long as we can play but add me on skype olympian_hero just tell me who you are and such when you add me.
we can use roll20 if we want to use a online grid.unless you have a site with pre made storys.
I'd be game. I'm in a number of campaigns on Skype, 2 Fallout campaigns, dark heresy, a fantasy homebrew, a zombie homebrew, and a Sci-fi homebrew. Never done a DnD campaign using the actual ruleset, but I would be interested I suppose. Skype is Dragoonofdeath. If I may, I'd like to sit in and see if the campaign is something I'd want to join or not.
this site gives you the ability to create any character sheet from nearly all of the most popular systems around, ranging from DnD to Call of Cthulhu to Star Wars to almost anything.
EDIT: I put in broken link by accident.
Always down for games, Pathfinder is my preferred system.
Most of Paizo's material (as well as some 3rd-party publisher stuff) is available there. My friends and I always have at least one laptop on hand with that website when we meet at my house to play.
I'm up for a game. Never done it via Skype. Actually- never done anything via Skype. Um…yeah- I'll have to buy one of them camera thingies I suppose.


Say goodbye to CJ's Bomb Shelter and hello to Earl's. Earl's Firehouse Bar & Grill, that is. Earl Smith and his wife, Ellen, took over the space in the former Monticello Dairy Building on Grady Avenue on July 1, and are already in the thick of things. The duo last worked at Boudreau's, and Earl gained some degree of local infamy posing as the tiny "Uncle Boudreau" in the goofy television ads for the restaurant.
Smith says they'll be renovating the Earl's space as well as the menu, and will serve "classic American fare," including burgers, steaks, barbeque, macaroni salad, hot dogs, pork chops, liver, and Smith's specialty, chili.
Smith says Earl's will be more of a sports bar in the tradition of BW3, but he'll also offer live music, karaoke, an open mike night, pool tables, and a dance night. As for décor, Smith says think Ruby Tuesday with a firehouse theme. "We'll put all the knickknacks and whatnots up," he says.
Since the new recording studio Crystalphonics is opening up right next door, Smith says there's a possibility that his restaurant will host live recording sessions for bands using the studio.
"If Dave Matthews wants to do an 'Unplugged,'" he laughs, "that's fine with me."
It's been more than four months since the Chiang House went up in flames, leaving nothing but the burnt-out shell of the blue building and the aroma of rotting fish lingering over the area for weeks.
When Dish first spoke with Chiang House co-owner Jong Chiang back in late March, he was having difficulty securing insurance reimbursement for the estimated $800,000 damage because all the documents had burned with the building. But once complaints regarding the powerful "seaside" odor started flooding county offices, the insurance money came through and the clean up got rolling.
Since the site has been cleared for quite some time now, however, Dish has been wondering when we might see a new Chiang House rising from the ashes.
"Two more months," says Chiang, who also owns Chiang Houses in Harrisonburg and in Sevierville, Tennessee. He explains that the county is meeting to consider his site plan this week. If the plan is approved, Chiang says, he will immediately begin work on blueprints for the new restaurant; he should be able to start construction early this fall.
Chiang's vision for the new Chiang House calls for micro-brew tanks as well as Teppanyaki tables. Whether a koi pond will be included has not yet been determined.
Chiang tells Dish the the exterior of the building will be modeled after a Japanese restaurant he admires in Norfolk, with a blue roof and walls of white stucco and stone. Customers can be dropped off under a huge awning that will adorn the front of the building.
So what does Chiang think of Super Buffet, the Teppanyaki restaurant slated for the former Wood Grill space next door?
"I'm not worried," he insists, citing a different customer base. "They'll have a buffet kind of customer; I'll have a restaurant kind of customer."
As for what the representatives of Super Buffet think about their prospective neighbor, Dish can't say. A representative of the leasing company, Brownfield Realty & Investment, tells us the owner of Super Buffet is out of the country and does not want any information regarding the restaurant or his/her identity revealed. Ooooh, Dish loves international intrigue!


In time with Intel's launch of the new Xeon W-3175X 28-core workstation CPU today, Asetek has announced their first, and only to date, certified CPU cooler for the processor. The cooler, code-named 690LX-PN, is a closed loop liquid cooler developed in collaboration with Intel, and approved by the latter to be used with the 28-core behemoth that no doubt needs more ample cooling than most of Intel's desktop offerings. It is rated for a 500 W TDP, thanks to the use of a triple 120 m radiator (copper/brass instead of aluminium, for a change) with fans pre-installed, and their latest Gen6-s pump integrated with a copper cold plate.
The cold plate in question is fairly large relative to the pump, which indicates that the cooling engine itself is not necessarily optimized for the larger heatspreader on the CPU. The cooler is only compatible with this CPU platform, and is also the only cooler approved by Intel for the platform as of the time of this post. It is available for purchase on the Asetek web shop, and comes with a 2-year warranty.
When does Astek's patent choking on all AIOs expire?
Was joking, but i doubt these are going to run overclocked in a server. Don't those need absolute guaranteed stability?
Probably wont, however the patent only affects designs that put the pump in the same house as the cold plate - you could argue that both in case of visual design and thermal ditto, its the wrong place.
I would 10x rather have a clean area around the cpu socket with just the coldplate and have all the electronics in a seperate housing next to either the rad or somewher inline.
Alphacools new Eisbear extreme looks to be a perfect "AIO" - to bad its quite expensive.
What asetek has done, like it or not, is to put adequate quality WC in the hands of average joe - and quite frankly they deserve praise - not hate for that.
That cold plate looks like a goofy mismatch. Hmmm wonder why?
Wait until Asetek expands this AIO's availability to 1151 sockets. 100% probability later this year.
Cmon man, but it keeps the system to a nice cool 110c during benchmarking.
guess someone's prayer has been answered. On a good note, at least there's water-cooling for the Xeon CPUs now.
this design is actually functional... the areas where the pump doesn't touch provide some level of passive cooling, which is nice.
Utility Patents issues in the USA on or after June 8th 1995 have a fixed term of 20 years from the earliest filing date of the application on which the patent was granted.
That means presuming US Patent #8245764 is the patent in question, we should expect the patent to expire on Aug 21st 2032.
Until then, we're stuck with AIO designs that don't integrate the pump into the CPU block/coldplate, so expect to see more designs like the Deepcool Captain, Swiftech H220/Drive or Alphacool Eisbear.
and whats with the bozo-stupido install/remove instructions printed on top of the pump, who the hell do they think is gonna be installing these into workstations anyways, a 3 year old or some ditzy blond-bimbo waitress from the local startbuckies ?????
And I am merely stating my opinion to that effect.
You could easily have said "Wow, $400 for a rough-looking coldplate replacement that doesn't look very effective? Wow. That's a rip-off". That would have taken less of your time and resulted in you looking far, far less stupid than you currently look.
Is this less stupid- looking enough for you ???
That setup is artwork! It's a thing of beauty to behold. I applaud your talent!!!


Oh Dear! I don't know what to say! I can only imagine what you've seen, experienced and lived through and all I can say is that it takes a very special man to be able to do it!
I'm not sure I would have that strength to do what you do Ron & I can certainly appreciate your need to scream.
Sorry I've not been by in a while..my life has been anything but normal the last few months. I love the photo of you, it's fantastic!
Contrasts, supper cool studio photo, keyed up form the back. There is two sides to the tale, for sure. I'm jealous, the guilt is human, reflecting truth is often a questionable career I'm sure.(for anyone doing it) Any real artist feels it, that fear. Living under those circumstances must reinforce the beauty though. In that state of suspense, one that real, rare for most people, well out west. Anyway. You rock! don't die, there ain't many people with the heart or passion to replace you. Well not as pure as yours.
Hey Ron, How are you doing? It's been a long time since I blogged. When I went through your blog today, I felt a breath of fresh air. This post of yours were quite powerful. I could almost feel those fears as crystal clear as it would have been if I had gone through the same things. Good to see you again Ron.
Ron...it's been a while. But as always YOU always hold me mesmerized by your words. Here's my question to you....if you weren't doing what you do now, would you be happy?
Mucho mucho love to you! Hope you are well. Hope that the ledge you sit on is one that you can be proud of. Because you bring things we all wouldn't have the chance to see or know or feel about.
Dear Ron, you have a gift for conveying the human condition through your words and insights, as well as through your photos. I hope you write a book about your experiences...there are many who would benefit. hugs.


The American Association of Swine Veterinarians invites submissions for the Industrial Partners oral and poster sessions at the 50th AASV Annual Meeting. This is an opportunity for commercial companies to make brief presentations of a technical, educational nature to members of the AASV. The conference will be held March 9-12, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The oral sessions consist of a series of 15-minute presentations scheduled from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, March 10th. A poster session takes place on the same day. Poster authors will be required to be stationed with their poster from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm, and the posters will remain on display throughout the afternoon and the following day for viewing.
NEW THIS YEAR: All companies submitting topics for presentation during the Industrial Partners sessions must register to participate in the Technical Tables Exhibit before October 1st.
Restricted program space necessitates a limit on the number of presentations per company. Companies that are members of the Journal of Swine Health & Production Industry Support Council and sponsor the AASV e-Letter may submit three topics for oral presentation. Companies that are either a member of the JSHAP Industry Support Council or sponsor the AASV e-Letter may submit two topics. All other companies may submit one topic for oral presentation. In addition, every company may submit one topic for poster presentation, but the topic must not duplicate the oral presentation. All topics must represent information not previously presented at the AASV annual meeting or published in the meeting proceedings.
Receipt of submissions will be confirmed by email. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by October 15th, and must submit a paper by November 15th for publication in the meeting proceedings. Failure to submit the paper in a timely manner will jeopardize the company's future participation in these sessions.
All presenters are required to register for the meeting, either as a Tech Table representative, or as an individual registrant (nonmember oral and poster presenters are eligible to register at the regular AASV member rate). AASV does not provide a speaking stipend or travel reimbursement to Industrial Partners presenters.